Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 343

Running the Romance Fantasy with Baby’s Cash Side Story (23)

Side Story 23

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Bang!

Bang, bang!

Baaaaaaang!

The sky seemed to collapse, and the earth surged.

A scene where heaven and earth were literally shaken.

All of that was happening by one person’s hand.

Butterfly’s pupils widened at the unbelievable sight.

Ruatisha’s figure was reflected in his dark eyes.

Hair the color of soft light, like cherry blossoms, fluttering in the wind.

Slender arms stretching out and moving gracefully.

A delicate waist bending lithely.

It was as if she were dancing-

“Hey, hey. Where are you running off to? Hold still.”

“…….”

Butterfly’s expression became subtle.

“Our young lady was born with the qualities of a conqueror.”

The maid’s words, which he had dismissed, echoed in his ears.

He thought she was just making jokes in a serious situation…….

Baaaaaaang!

Just then, Ruatisha simultaneously bashed five monsters with the greatsword she was holding.

Yes, bashed.

That wasn’t cutting or stabbing with the sword.

It was just mindlessly bashing.

‘……That was a statement of fact.’

Butterfly had no choice but to admit it at last.

Ruatisha was a conqueror!

* * *

“She’s completely lost it.”

Felix clicked his tongue as he watched Ruatisha rampaging madly on the battlefield.

Raphael, who had cut down a monster next to him, shrugged his shoulders.

“How much stress do you think she’s been under? With that personality.”

“True.”

Ruatisha doesn’t have the temperament to endure things quietly.

She does show the tenacity to set up a plan and wait like a hunter when necessary, but she must have been incredibly frustrated inside.

However…….

“Muhahaha! This is it! This is the real thrill of romance fantasy!!”

In a situation where monster blood splatters and monster flesh tears…….

“……She looks like a madwoman obsessed with slaughter.”

“I wish she would at least wipe the blood off her face before laughing.”

She’s supposed to be called a saintess in her own way.

Right now, Ruatisha’s appearance was that of a witch to anyone who saw her.

Regardless of whether the two were looking at her with hazy eyes, Ruatisha tore apart all the monsters in front of her.

Then, she casually slung the greatsword over her shoulder and said to Clatie.

“It’s no use summoning monsters no matter how much you try.”

“Hmph, do you think I would have started this whole thing relying only on these small fries? They were just for stalling for time anyway.”

Whoooooo-!

At the same time that Clatie opened the book, the dark energy spreading throughout the hall began to stir.

“Ah!”

The people were in a state of being possessed by dark energy.

Before they could even think of escaping, the dark energy burrowed into their bodies.

“Cough……!”

“Kuh-heuk…….”

The movements of the people trembling stopped in an instant.

The expressions on their faces, filled with pain, became blank, and the light disappeared from their eyes.

Dark energy escaped from their mouths, which were opened blankly.

Along with something that shone mysteriously.

“N-No way, is that…….”

“Did the dark energy absorb their souls……?”

Voices filled with astonishment leaked out from among the priests.

The dark energy that had stolen the souls floated in the air and then seeped into the monsters.

“Hehe, how is it?”

Clatie smiled brightly.

The monsters that had fallen around her began to rise again.

Gleaming eyes and an unusual aura.

“It’s on a different level than before, right? Monsters originally get stronger by devouring humans.”

“…….”

“I directly injected souls into them…… You’re smart, so you know how much stronger they’ve become without me having to tell you, right?”

“So?”

Ruatisha spat and gripped the sword hilt tightly.

“They’re still weaker than me, though? Have you forgotten what kind of power I possess?”

The power of dispelling evil.

As long as the monsters had souls injected into them through dark energy, Ruatisha was their natural enemy.

“As if I could forget that nasty power. But-”

Clatie wore a vile smile.

“Those humans’ lives are on the line. Can you use that power?”

The people standing blankly, their souls stolen by dark energy, were practically hostages.

“The reason you haven’t killed me until now, even though you know my true identity, is the same, isn’t it?”

Just like Cheria and Clatie can’t be separated now, the souls of the people can’t be separated from the monsters either.

“You better be careful. If you kill all the monsters recklessly like before, you’ll end up killing those humans too. With your own hands!”

“…….”

“The noble saintess has to protect people, not kill them, right?”

Clatie felt a sense of elation as she watched Ruatisha bite her lip and remain silent.

How long has it been since she saw that arrogant thing bowing her head in front of her without saying a word!

It was the first time since she was very young.

‘Now everything is falling back into place!’

It was the moment when Clatie, filled with joy, wrapped her arms around herself.

“I knew it.”

Ruatisha nodded quietly, muttering to herself.

“The confirmation is complete. It’s time to earn my cash value.”

As soon as those words ended, a voice echoed in the air.

“Finally! I thought I was going to die from being so bored, darling.”

“Tch, to put me alongside such filthy demons.”

Cain and Crescentio appeared in the space where nothing had been.

Clatie’s face turned pale as she confirmed their appearances.

“A demon and an angel……? How are you here……? Don’t tell me!”

“Yep, that’s right. I summoned them.”

Ruatisha took out Akirtus and grinned.

“You and Kiyasedel are really the same.”

Kiyasedel, who envied the god Aftanes and tried to steal his place to become a god himself.

And Clatie, who envied Ruatisha and tried to steal her place.

“So it was easy. Just like you used to copy my answers during the Dawn Festival-”

“……What?”

“I figured Kiyasedel would have copied Aftanes’ arrangement too.”

Ruatisha’s gaze turned to the book Clatie was holding.

One of the seven jewels on the cover had turned completely transparent.

Ruatisha chuckled.

“You’re the same in imperfectly copying things.”

While letting Clatie run wild, what Ruatisha had been confirming was only the state of that book.

She had been frustrated because she couldn’t see the cover properly since Clatie kept holding it open.

Thanks to Clatie being intoxicated with herself and hugging her own body, the cover of the book was completely visible.

“Seeing that it’s been used up, I guess all the dark energy is contained there? It’s not infinite.”

“You……!”

“I can’t feel the dark energy when it’s contained in the book like that, but when you use it, you have to take the dark energy out of the book, so I can’t help but feel it.”

“…….”

“You put some thought into it, though. You immediately fused it with the souls of the people so that I couldn’t attack.”

“You, do you think I’m a joke?! To just do such a test……!”

“Because this time, I really have to see the end. It would be troublesome if there was any dark energy left.”

Clatie bit her lip as she looked at Ruatisha, who was speaking so casually.

How much effort she had put in.

To make sure that the shrewd Ruatisha wouldn’t notice, to make sure that today’s grand event would succeed.

She had painstakingly built a tower, one by one, and prepared perfectly.

‘But she’s just leisurely watching me and analyzing me?!’

She wasn’t even putting up a fight, let alone struggling.

She had been running only to defeat Ruatisha, but Ruatisha had no interest in her.

That was more than anything-

“You’re going to regret it.”

Clatie gritted her teeth so hard that blood drew, and tightly gripped the book.

The veins on the back of her hand bulged, and the remaining six jewels glowed crimson.

Kieeeeeee-!

The monsters grotesquely bubbled and swelled in size.

Dark red blood began to flow from the noses of the people who were standing blankly, having lost their light.

Clatie shouted confidently.

“Nothing will change anyway! Go ahead and try to attack!”

A grotesquely twisted, giant monster rushed towards Ruatisha.

“Neither angels nor demons can save souls devoured by dark energy-”

Baaaaaaang!

The roar cut off Clatie’s words.

Ruatisha’s figure could be seen through the gap where the giant monster had been torn apart in one blow.

Ruatisha grinned, still in the stance of swinging her greatsword.

“Yes, they can?”

* * *

“Please give some kind of signal before you move.”

Crescentio grumbled at Ruatisha.

Cain, who was standing next to him, smiled languidly and sneered.

“Do angels need a separate signal? I don’t need anything like that with Darling.”

Crescentio’s elegant brow furrowed.

“Ruatisha.”

“Okay. I’ll give a signal before I move.”

“No, you don’t have to.”

Crescentio lifted his head arrogantly and said.

“Watch closely this time. Our angels are much more helpful than such filthy demons.”

“…….”

Ruatisha stared at Crescentio with hazy eyes.

‘Is it because the god is dim-witted? The angels are a bit…….’

But unlike his childish behavior, the scene unfolding from Crescentio’s hand was simply divine.

Pure white, sacred light spread out like an aurora.

A sight that was more than just spectacular; it was truly like a miracle.

Crescentio’s divine power protected the souls of the people who had been devoured by dark energy.

“Hmph, those guys always act high and mighty and just strike poses.”

At the same time, Cain drew the dark energy towards himself.

He temporarily separated the souls of the people from the dark energy.

And then.

Baaaaaaang!

Ruatisha swung her greatsword and annihilated the dark energy.

Now that the souls of the people were separated, there was no reason to hesitate.

“No way…….”

Clatie muttered, her face pale.

Ruatisha grinned and said.

“You’re not wrong.”

Neither angels nor demons can save souls devoured by dark energy.

In the first place, only Ruatisha, the proxy of Aftanes, could annihilate the dark energy.

“But things are different if the three of us cooperate.”

Hearing those words, Crescentio muttered as if he was displeased.

“The three of us cooperate? You should say it accurately. You and I are cooperating, and that filthy demon is just freeloading.”

Of course, Cain was just as bad.

“Darling, you have to play with me intensely when it’s all over. I’m cooperating with Darling while putting up with that jerk, you know?”

“That’s what I should be saying!”

“Oh? Did you also want to play with Darling intensely? You were pretending to be so pure.”

“N-No, that’s not what I meant……! I’m putting up with you-.”

“Wow, are you feeling really guilty? You’re even stuttering while making excuses.”

“You……!”

Even as the two were bickering, the souls and dark energy were being steadily separated.

Ruatisha thought as she watched the scene.

‘Aren’t those two surprisingly compatible?’

They said they hated it, but their bodies were perfectly in sync.

* * *

“Hmm, it seems like my little sister has played enough.”

“Is it this body’s turn to step up soon?”

“It’s an older brother’s duty to take care of his youngest sibling so she can play well.”

The three men of Paeraton muttered as they looked at the chaotic hall.

Lord Erkel, who had been standing safely far away, was sweating profusely.

‘Where exactly is this playing, where!’

The floor of the temple was all broken, and the pillars had collapsed.

The monsters’ blood was everywhere.

The monsters’ corpses were unrecognizable.

Even at this moment, the monsters were becoming ‘things that used to be monsters.’

‘As expected, when the young lady makes a plan, blood splatters and flesh tears!’

She was the youngest, possessing Zeon’s destructive power, Ares’ cruelty, and Ixion’s drive.

The daughter who resembled her father the most among his children!

“S-So, you’re going to stop her now, right?”

Lord Erkel, a normal civil official, only hoped that this festival of carnage would end soon.

However.

“Huh? Why? The cleaning isn’t done yet. We have to clean it up properly.”

“My little sister has enjoyed herself to the fullest, so she won’t say we’re interfering with her playing even if we help out a bit.”

“My body has been itching since earlier!”

‘Ah, this family is hopeless…….’

Lord Erkel sweated from his eyes and moved as far away as possible.

Soon, the three men rampaged and began to massacre the monsters from whom the souls of the people had escaped.

* * *

The monsters were all dead.

The jewels of the book she was holding had long since turned completely transparent.

Clatie was left alone, shouting with a resentful face.

“Why, why only you……! I also worked hard, I worked much harder than you……!”

What was truly absurd was that she seemed genuinely resentful.

Ruatisha shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, ordinary people don’t try their best to slander and alienate others, do they?”

“It’s not my fault! The people who were deceived are the fools!”

“Then at least you shouldn’t have killed people and turned them into monsters.”

“The world, the world is wrong. I was trying to fix the world. I’m not wrong. I’m just trying to make this world right-.”

“Clatie.”

Ruatisha reverse-summoned her sword [meaning she dispelled the summoning, returning the sword to wherever it came from].

“I have no intention of persuading you.”

“What?”

“I don’t expect an apology, and I don’t expect you to sincerely repent.”

“……What-.”

“Let’s end this.”

At the same time that Ruatisha’s words ended, Crescentio’s divine power burrowed into Clatie’s body.

“Kyaaaaaaaaak!”

Clatie screamed in pain.

However, the divine power only caused pain and did not harm her soul, which was made of dark energy.

However.

“Ru, sob, Ruru…….”

A feeble voice was heard between the groans.

The right eye, which had turned greenish, began to regain its hazel color.

Tears flowed from her right eye.

However, Cheria’s body convulsed as if in a seizure.

A voice filled with venom shouted.

“No, no, no! This is my body!!!!”

At the same time, a greenish light began to flicker in her right eye as well.

“The resistance is enormous. It’s on a different level than before.”

“It’s also difficult to take away the control over the dark energy.”

Crescentio and Cain muttered.

It was difficult to safely separate Cheria’s soul due to Clatie’s resistance.

“So you can’t do it? I should have brought the spirit beast after all…….”

“I didn’t say I couldn’t do it!”

“Don’t make me agree with an angel, Darling.”

Explosive power flowed out from Crescentio and Cain.

And then.

“No, no, no, no- Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!”

Clatie’s soul was completely separated from Cheria’s body.

Ruatisha did not miss that moment.

The power of dispelling evil bloomed from her hand.

The moment the power of dispelling evil pierced Clatie’s soul.

Kieeeeeeeeee-!

A grotesque scream, no longer that of a human, but like that of a monster, echoed.

.

.

After a while, Cheria regained consciousness.

Her whole body ached, and her head was dizzy.

But even that pain was welcome.

Because it meant she had regained her body!

‘Ru, Ruatisha saved me……!’

Cheria raised her head, shedding tears.

What came into her eyes was…….

“Ugh, Sid.”

Two lovers kissing.

‘Those guys are really…… still the same.’

Cheria thought as her consciousness faded away.