Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 338

Extracurricular 17

Ruatisha pressed down hard on the butterfly bandage over Nabi’s wound.

“……”

“Seriously, if it hurts, say something. At least frown.”

“……Isn’t that what the person who caused it shouldn’t say?”

“This evens things out, so don’t feel guilty.”

Ruatisha mumbled, looking away awkwardly.

‘……I can’t figure her out at all.’

Nabi paused, studying her seemingly innocent face.

‘Can’t figure her out? Me?’

A hollow laugh escaped him.

“Nabi?”

Unpredictable, unfathomable.

Indeed, this woman was the only one like that.

The only variable in his repeated lives.

“Jerk, am I that amazing? Still, it’s good to see you smile. Live a little more with a smile.”

Ruatisha patted Nabi’s shoulder.

Nabi looked at her completely unshadowed face and thought.

‘I want her.’

He wanted to grasp her in both hands and never let go.

He wanted to completely possess this woman.

It was a desire he had never felt, even after repeating his life dozens of times.

And Nabi had never failed to get what he decided to have.

Always.

* * *

A few days later.

“We’ve finally arrived in the capital.”

At Chaeria’s words, Nabi raised his head, which had been lowered.

Chaeria pouted.

“Hmph, you didn’t react to anything I said, and now you’re finally pretending to listen?”

“I just don’t react to useless words.”

“Useless words, you say.”

Chaeria twisted her lips.

A slender finger traced Nabi’s firm chest as if tickling him.

“Coming from your accomplice, no less.”

Chaeria’s breath heated Nabi’s ear.

“We share the same secret, after all.”

Nabi’s eyes locked onto Chaeria.

Chaeria’s smile deepened.

Nabi opened his mouth in a lowered voice.

“You—”

At that moment.

“Kyaaaaaa!”

A piercing scream echoed through the carriage window.

Nabi reflexively looked at Chaeria.

“What are you plotting?”

“What?”

“Calling yourself an accomplice, yet you’re setting things up without telling me.”

At those words, Chaeria chuckled.

“Hehe, you seemed lukewarm. Are you sulking because I moved alone without you?”

“……”

“Unfortunately, I didn’t plan this.”

Chaeria shrugged, crossing her arms.

“But isn’t it great? An accident happening coincidentally on the day Ruatisha returns to the capital. Isn’t it all Ruatisha’s fault?”

It was nonsense.

But he could see her determination to manipulate the crowd’s psychology that way.

“Or maybe someone who hates Ruatisha is plotting something in my place.”

“……A third party is behind this?”

“It’s possible. She’s the type to only do things that make her hated. There are probably tons of people who dislike her, right?”

“……”

“Whoever it is, they could be on our side!”

Chaeria smiled brightly and pressed close to the window.

“Now, shall we see what’s happening? Ah, I hope a lot of people died!”

Shwaaaaa!

It was the moment Chaeria pulled back the carriage curtain.

Welcome

♥

Saintess

♥

Celebration

♥

Return to the Capital

♥

Ha

Flap flap!

A huge, ornately decorated banner fluttered majestically in the wind.

That wasn’t all.

✿ Ruru flowers are in full bloom in the capital ✿

On a flashing electronic display, Ruatisha’s video and adoring phrases moved dazzlingly.

“……”

“……”

For a moment, both Chaeria and Nabi were speechless.

“Saintess!”

“Sainteeessss!”

Even as the two were stunned, the gathered crowds shouted Ruatisha’s name.

As if responding, the window of the carriage ahead opened.

Ruatisha opened the window and waved.

“Aaaaaaack!”

“Aack!”

The screams of excited girls echoed desperately.

It could only be described as truly desperate.

“……That piercing scream from earlier was all—”

Just screams of joy?!

Nabi was dumbfounded.

He looked at the numerous crowds gathered outside the window.

“Kyaaaaaa!”

“Kuaaaaaack!”

“Saintessssss!!”

It was truly a cauldron of madness.

‘I need to retract what I said about her being raised in a greenhouse.’

No, it was a greenhouse.

Just a greenhouse of chaos and destruction.

A heat that was hotter than hot, about to explode… no, filled with madness.

* * *

At the Paeraton estate in the capital.

‘Everyone’s crazy, crazy.’

Chaeria could only mutter those words to herself as she swept back her hair.

‘They’re not fanatics, what are they?’

Ruatisha’s popularity was already absurd before.

Ruatisha was never precious enough to deserve that kind of popularity!

But what about now?

It was even crazier than before.

“This isn’t normal……”

It wasn’t like Ruatisha held any event upon returning to the capital.

If the saintess who returned to the capital after a long time gave a blessing, it would be understandable for people to gather.

But Ruatisha just went into the Paeraton estate.

Without doing anything!

‘But what is this!’

Chaeria glared at the gifts filling the lounge.

Numerous invitations, bouquets, champagne, chocolates, and so on.

It had only been about an hour since they arrived in the capital.

But already, the gifts were piled up like that.

“Not normal…… You’re right, it’s a bit much, isn’t it?”

Ruatisha peeked out from among the gifts with a slightly embarrassed face.

Ares smiled brightly and stroked his younger sister’s hair as he looked at the gifts.

“It just means everyone welcomes my sister that much.”

“Welcoming me is one thing, but there’s another big reason, right?”

Ruatisha shrugged.

“They’re probably worried about whose salon or tea time I’ll show up at first.”

“Well, my sister’s first move will change their status.”

The Paeraton’s daughter, the crown prince’s fiancée, and the saintess.

Even having just one of those titles would have a great impact on the political and social circles.

But Ruatisha had all three titles at the same time.

“Hmph, not just girls, but aunties, uncles, and even old hags and geezers are going crazy, crazy.”

“Ixion. You need to use kind and pretty words.”

“Ruatisha.”

“Yes……?”

Ruatisha looked at Ixion as if asking why he was calling her.

Ixion put his hands behind his head and spat out.

“You told me to use kind and pretty words. Ruatisha.”

“……?”

“That’s the kindest and prettiest word in the world.”

Only then did Ruatisha realize what Ixion meant and let out an internal scream.

‘Ugh!’

A chill ran down her spine.

It was an unavoidable physiological reaction.

‘Where did Ixion learn that kind of cringe?!’

He was even worse than her, who was already cringy thanks to her past life.

He even spat it out casually with a dry attitude!

‘It’s even more chilling because he seems completely serious!’

Ruatisha scratched her arm vigorously.

Seeing that, Chaeria distorted her expression.

‘Why does that spoiled brat, who doesn’t even know how to be grateful for what she’s given, have everything?!’

If it were her, she wouldn’t have reacted so rudely.

‘If it were me, I would have treated Ixion kindly!’

It was then.

Ruatisha turned to look at Chaeria.

“Ah, come to think of it. Chaeri, you said you were curious about parties and stuff, right?”

“Huh?”

“When the retainers welcomed my return at the estate. You said you were curious about what parties other families attend are like.”

“Ah, yeah……”

Chaeria nodded vaguely.

‘That was before I possessed this body. Why did I say such a rustic thing?’

She resented Ruatisha for bringing it up like this.

Ruatisha smiled brightly.

“Then Chaeri, why don’t you pick one?”

“What?”

Chaeria’s eyes widened at the unexpected suggestion.

“Is it okay to decide like that for your first attendance?”

“It’s fine.”

At those words, Chaeria felt a surge of anger.

As Ruatisha mentioned earlier, the first attendance is politically significant.

But to have someone else choose it for you is…….

‘Is she saying her position is so superior that it doesn’t matter where she attends!’

How annoying.

‘In the end, she’s just showing off and telling me to pick one.’

To look at each of these numerous invitations one by one.

To envy how great the people they came from are!

It was then.

Zeon, who had been silently looking at the invitations, opened his mouth.

“Take this out.”

He was holding a stack of invitations in his hand.

Ruatisha tilted her head.

“Why? Did they come from a strange place?”

“Yeah.”

“Really? Where?”

Ruatisha was surprised and approached Zeon to look at the invitations.

“……They don’t seem particularly suspicious. Oh, there’s even an invitation from Duke Delbatren?”

“Yeah, they came from a strange place.”

“……?”

“They’re from men.”

“……”

Ruatisha looked at her eldest brother with a bitter expression.

“……Zeon, this person is ninety-nine years old. He’s a regular at the herbal clinic. And this one is only twelve years old. Oh my, they’re bragging about being the winner of this year’s dawn festival? How cute.”

It was the moment Ruatisha said that while looking at the invitations in Zeon’s hand.

“Cute?”

“You said cute?”

Zeon asked back with a blank face, and at the same time, Ares smiled brightly as he asked.

The two had different expressions, but the aura they exuded was the same.

A fierce and ominous aura.

“……What do I have to do to become younger than a cotton ball?”

Ixion’s voice was heard, seriously contemplating.

Ruatisha shook her head.

‘It’s hopeless. My brothers are.’

At that moment.

“More than me?”

A low voice was heard from behind.

Turning her head, Sidrian was tilting his head and looking at her.

For some reason, his eyes were filled with a bewitching glimmer…….

Ruatisha hissed and inhaled.

‘Ah, he’s so cute.’

Not just cute, but cute, sexy, and innocent.

‘How can a person be like this?’

As expected, Sidrian was different because he was a human (real) personally crafted by God.

‘If there’s one thing that demon did right, it’s that he painstakingly crafted our Sid as the first human.’

It was a complete change of attitude that one couldn’t imagine from the person who shook her head, saying it was hopeless when her brothers did the same thing.

She just didn’t say it out loud, but she was the only one who didn’t know that her cringe was much more serious than Ixion’s.

‘What…….’

Chaeria, who had become a background character in an instant, bit her lip tightly.

But she had no intention of just biting her lip like this.

‘Ruatisha. I’ll make you regret telling me to pick one to show off.’

Chaeria picked up one of the invitations and smiled.

‘Thank you, Ruru. For helping me with my work this time.’

* * *

A few days later.

‘Finally……!’

I clenched both fists tightly.

‘I can finally summon Crescentio……!’

How much I suffered taking care of that wild cat who only acted prickly and didn’t listen to me!

Today, I will finally see the light!

‘……Of course, I’ll have to take care of him a bit more to summon a 19+ novel [a novel with mature content].’

I need to summon a 19+ novel quickly and practice with Sid, but the world won’t leave me alone.

‘Still, once I summon Crescentio, I can put all the remaining cash into 19+ novels!’

I’m really going to summon it with a completely high level of spiciness.

I’m going to summon a thrilling novel that I can’t even bear to look at with my eyes open!

I concentrated, setting up a grand plan.

Soon, a man appeared with light.

But…….

“Huh? Who are you?”