Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 44

Baby Runs the Romance Fantasy with Cash – Episode 44 (44/353)

☆ Chapter 44 ☆

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30 minutes ago.

Wow, a chocolate fountain!

I stared at the chocolate fountain, my mouth agape.

Chocolate was gushing out of a huge fountain, taller than me.

It’s really raining chocolate from the sky!

So cool……!

“Does the youngest Princess like chocolate?”

“Yes!”

As I nodded, the older siblings around the chocolate fountain smiled softly.

I guess everyone likes chocolate fountains!

I proudly declared,

“Ares made this for me!”

“Oh my, Ares-sama [Lord Ares] did?”

“Yes! Ares is my brother! My brother made the chocolate fountain! Ares is good at everything!”

As expected, the older siblings looked impressed.

*Ahem!*

“The Princess seems to like her brother very much.”

“Yes, I love him!”

When I said that with a bright smile, the older siblings clutched their chests.

“Heok……!”

“Keuk…….”

Why are they doing that?

Come to think of it, everyone is gathered around the chocolate fountain, but no one is eating anything.

I wonder if they can’t eat it because I said Ares made it.

Maybe they think it’s mine and they need permission.

“You can eat the chocolate if you want.”

“Oh my? Ares-sama made it for the youngest Princess, is it okay for us to eat it?”

Uung…….

Of course, it’s okay to eat it all. I should say that.

But what if it all disappears when there are so many older siblings?

My chocolate fountain…….

The older siblings were looking at me with strange expressions as I pouted.

They must really want to eat it.

I closed my eyes and gave permission.

“You can eat it.”

“Reaaally? It’s the Princess’s chocolate fountain~?”

“Yes, there’s a lot of chocolate!”

“We have a lot too, you know? At this rate, the fountain will all disappear! Is it really okay to eat it?”

“Uung, eating it all is…….”

I don’t want that.

But the older siblings must want to eat it too.

I wiggled my fingers.

“Eating it all is not okay. I have to give some to Daddy and Ixion too.”

Hiss, Keuk, Heok!

I heard some strange noises.

“Heuheu, so that’s the reason.”

“Aigoo [Oh dear], our little lady wanted to give chocolate to her dad and brother.”

“Don’t worry. We don’t need to eat chocolate.”

“Re, really?”

“Yes! Really.”

The older siblings smiled brightly.

Looking at their faces, it seemed genuine.

I felt relieved and giggled.

“Haa, I never thought I’d see such a soft and squishy baby in the Duke’s castle.”

“It makes sense that Ares-sama would prepare something like this.”

“Princess, are you going to eat chocolate? I’ll give it to you. What would you like?”

“Umm…….”

I looked at the pretty skewers and pondered.

Strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, biscuits with salt, and so on.

They all look delicious.

I groaned for a while and then shouted.

“Strawberry!”

“Hehe, strawberry it is. Here you go! The strawberry plunges into the fountain!”

“Wow! The fountain split!”

As I clapped, the older siblings stepped forward.

“Princess, I’ll give you the next one!”

“No, me!”

Were they not wanting to eat, but wanting to try the dipping?

Well, that’s fun!

Actually, I want to dip it in the fountain too, but I should just yield to the older siblings.

‘Ares, Ares’s chocolate fountain is a great success!’

Thinking that, I looked at Ares, and he nodded.

Hehe, I feel proud.

As I was eating a strawberry covered in chocolate, the grandfathers’ group approached.

“Here you are, youngest Princess. Are you enjoying the banquet?”

“Yes, it’s delicious!”

I said, showing off the newly received chocolate skewer.

This time it was a biscuit with salt. Sweet and salty!

“Hehe, it’s delicious, I see.”

“You eat so heartily.”

The grandfathers smiled and nodded.

‘Ah, I have to greet them.’

I almost forgot because I was eating. I have to greet them well to be a good kid.

I grabbed the hem of my skirt and bent my knees.

“Hello! I’m Ruatisha Paeraton! Four years old, no! I’m five years old now!”

When I stretched out all the fingers I had only stretched out four, the grandfathers laughed.

“She greets well and knows her age well. Our little lady is really smart.”

“Too much fuss.”

“Come on, it’s admirable for a child to introduce herself like this.”

“You can’t just call her a child.”

“You should tone down your prickly personality. Hehe, Princess. Don’t take this person’s words to heart too much.”

As the grandfather said kindly to me, the grandfather next to him grumbled, “Huh, what did I say?”

I ate the crunchy biscuit and looked around.

The older siblings next to me had stepped back.

“Are the grandpas high-ranking people?”

“Hehe, does it look that way to the Princess? It’s just that I’ve been assigned an undeserved position because I’m old.”

“Hmph, undeserved my foot. Only those who aren’t capable say that.”

“I see.”

Anyway, it seemed like they were high-ranking people.

Among the grandfathers, two of them seemed particularly high-ranking.

‘There are bad guys among the high-ranking people.’

Then are they among these grandfathers?

I have to pick out who it is today.

[Ability 〈Receive a Tax Bomb!〉 is activated.]

[Please specify the target.]

A message appeared before my eyes.

Come to think of it, I thought I could pick them out using this.

How did I even think of that?

I don’t know at all now.

‘I must be really smart!’

I admired my genius.

‘I can only use this five times.’

I have to choose well.

Keueung, I focused all my mind.

I am smart!

I can do it!

But the more I tried to think, the less I could think.

There’s a way to deal with that!

‘Let’s guess!’

The prickly grandfather keeps grumbling at me, so he seems like a bad person.

‘No, no.’

I am different from others! I’m a reincarnator!

I’ve read so many romance fantasy novels.

The person who pretends to be friendly from the beginning has something dark hidden inside.

‘So the answer is the kind grandfather!’

[Target designation complete…Yozenheim Yozenheim.]

[Starting income tracking for Count Yozenheim.]

With the last message, numbers floated around the kind grandfather.

It was truly a festival of numbers.

I blankly stared at the scene.

[Undeclared income exists!]

[Illegal income exists!]

[Taxes have not been levied on undeclared and illegal income!]

[There is an error in the cost report for the previously declared income!]

[It has been confirmed that taxes were reduced through false reporting!]

[A penalty may be imposed for false reporting!]

[Would you like to tax the omitted income?]

‘Yes, I see. Indeed, indeed.’

I nodded with a serious face.

But…….

‘What is it saying?’

I don’t understand at all.

[The intellectual level of 〈Tax Collector〉 is significantly lower than expected.]

[Changing the notification method for the user’s convenience…change complete.]

What is it?

I frowned.

‘Why do I feel bad even though I don’t understand?’

It feels like it’s calling me stupid?

At that moment, all the numbers disappeared, and an arrow appeared above the kind grandfather.

[This bastard is a bad guy.]

I see!

I understand now!

“Bad guy!”

I pointed at the kind grandfather as the arrow indicated.

“Grandpa! Bad! Naughty!”

I can understand even very difficult words completely well.

I’m a smart five-year-old, you know!

[Bad tax evader.]

“Bad tax evader!”

I said as the letters told me.

But what is a tax evader?

[Will you decide on taxes?]

What is this again?

“Heh, hehe, Princess, what are you talking about?”

As I was pondering what it meant, the bad grandfather said to me with a forced smile.

Uh, what am I talking about.

I have to tell him why he’s bad.

[Bad guy stole money.]

Ah, I see!

“Stole money! Bad guy!”

“Haha, stole money. When did I do that?”

“Stole it.”

“Hehe, does the Princess think I stole her candy?”

“I, I guess so.”

“Princess, we met for the first time today. I’m not the bad grandfather who stole the Princess’s candy.”

“No! Not candy! Money!”

I told him exactly that he stole money, but why doesn’t he understand?

“Princess, if you keep doing that, I can’t just laugh it off.”

[Received bribes.]

[Didn’t properly report the money earned.]

“Received bribes!”

The bad grandfather’s expression changed at those words.

His face distorted like a yaksha [a fierce, demon-like figure], and he roughly grabbed my arm.

“Although you are young, I heard you are bright.”

“Ah, it hurts!”

“It would be difficult if someone who set up a secretariat and took on a business did this.”

My arm hurt as if it would fall off.

The grandfather’s face glaring at me was so, so scary.

“You must take responsibility for what you say. Lightly moving your mouth and falsely accusing this Yozenheim, the head of the Council of Elders. How will you pay for it?”

I don’t understand what he’s saying at all.

I was just so scared, hurt, and sad.

“Now, answer.”

The face of the uncle who used to hit me overlapped with the grandfather’s face.

That’s what his expression was like.

I had forgotten.

He hit me with exactly that expression.

“If you can’t, you can admit your mistake now, and I will generously overlook it. Of course, some education will be necessary, though.”

“Woo…….”

“Woo?”

“Waaaaaah!”

I was so scared and afraid that tears welled up.

I sniffled and shouted loudly.

“Ares!”

Ares was surprised and looking at me.

Seeing his face made me even sadder.

I cried and told on him.

“Bad guy made me hurt!”

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‘That hopeless guy.’

Ares was so dumbfounded.

From the moment Ruatisha shouted, ‘He’s a bad guy!’ he had trouble understanding the current situation.

The words that followed from Ruatisha’s mouth were even more absurd.

‘What? Just trust me? I’ll quietly find out who’s backing him?’

Where is the quiet in that!

You couldn’t be more effective even if you went around shouting it in the neighborhood.

Ares cursed inwardly but approached Ruatisha.

He couldn’t leave the child alone when she was crying and making a fuss like that.

“Ares!”

Ruatisha greeted him with a tearful face.

“You, really…….”

“My brother came, so you’re all dead!”

Ruatisha stuck to Ares’s side and shouted at the elders.

Ares gave up on thinking.

“My brother is so cool, so strong, and so smart! Right?”

Ruatisha asked Ares.

Tears were dripping, and her nose was bright red.

But the eyes looking up at Ares were shining brightly.

‘Why?’

Ares couldn’t understand.

The kindness and gentleness were acting, and he even stood by when she was almost kidnapped.

Even though she said she would cooperate in catching the traitor, she didn’t actively help.

In the process, he constantly tested and probed Ruatisha.

That’s not proper cooperation.

Ruatisha has many reasons not to trust Ares, and no reason to trust him.

But this child is shining her eyes at him.

‘Why?’

“That’s not Ares’s way.”

Ruatisha replied that before.

But if so, shouldn’t she know better?

In this situation, standing up for Ruatisha was not Ares’s way.

There was no benefit, and it was obvious that he would only lose.

“Ares-sama, surely you are not going to question me because of a child’s tantrum.”

Count Yozenheim asked Ares.

The form was a question, but the tone was confident that Ares would not interfere.

However, when Ares didn’t answer immediately, a sense of vigilance appeared in his eyes.

“What the Princess did can be dismissed as a child’s mistake. But you are different.”

That was true.

But…… something was bothering him.

It’s strange.

Everyone was an enemy to Ares.

He didn’t trust even his blood brothers, let alone those who followed him.

That’s why he had to check everything himself to be satisfied.

Originally, he would have checked everything about how Ruatisha found out about the bribes, but he didn’t, so this situation happened.

So now he has to step back without getting caught up in this little brat.

“It is unfair to oppress the Council of Elders like this.”

“Council of Elders? Since when has suspicion of an individual count become oppression of the Council of Elders?”

But what flowed out of his mouth was a completely different word.

“I am the head of the Council of Elders. Saying that I received bribes is enough to be considered a suspicion of the transparency of the Council of Elders.”

Count Yozenheim’s old tongue moved sharply.

“Are you saying that the Council of Elders is corrupt without any evidence?”

Accusing Yozenheim, the head of the Council of Elders, without evidence is crazy.

He has everything to lose and nothing to gain.

‘Even now, step back一.’

Ares lowered his gaze.

Ruatisha was looking at him with unwavering eyes.

‘Ares is on my side! I’m not scared anymore!’

Eyes that seemed to be shouting that.

Absolute trust that there is nothing more reliable in this world.

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The numbers rising rapidly in Ruatisha’s eyes were reflected.

The numbers that had been rising non-stop stopped at one point.

[0]

“Ares.”

[0]

Ruatisha reached out to Ares.

[This

“Bad grandpa made me hurt, heung.”

[0]

…

[1]

The stopped number finally moved.

A rise of ‘1’.

It was a really small increase compared to what had been rising so far.

But it was a bigger difference than anything else.

There is an infinite gap between 0 and 1.

From nothing to something.

From indifference to interest.

There was a big wall between Ruatisha and Ares.

Ares reinforced it higher and bigger, constantly and tirelessly, lest the wall collapse.

But in the end, it turned out like this.

In front of the collapsed wall, Ares finally realized that he had surrendered.

“Gongja-nim [Young Lord]!”

Listening to Count Yozenheim’s urging, Ares reached out to Ruatisha.

“It’s not right to accuse the Count of receiving bribes without evidence.”

“Exactly! Then immediately to the Princess一.”

“But my sister is crying.”