Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 49

Dier was looking at me, trying to hide his gums that were in full bloom.

Ugh.

“Why is Uncle Dier here?”

“Why, of course, to assist our youngest Princess!”

Looking at Dier, who was grinning from ear to ear, I didn’t find him very trustworthy.

“I’m the chief aide! Chief! First! I am the Princess’s first servant!”

“…No, an aide isn’t a servant…”

“I want to be the Princess’s servant!”

“No, thanks.”

I left the sniffling Dier alone and looked at the other aides.

Then, Dier suddenly returned to a normal expression and bowed his head.

“I have been appointed as the Princess’s aide from today. I will do my best to assist you, Princess.”

As Dier greeted first, the rest bowed their heads and greeted as well.

Four in total.

Indeed, the scale of Paeraton is enormous. I’m just taking my first steps, but they’re already supporting me with four people.

Of course, these aren’t all of them.

They are granted cooperation rights in each administrative department to assist me.

In other words, I can officially access the information of the Paeraton ducal family and use the family’s power to a certain extent.

“Greetings, Princess. I am Yeloche Belka.”

“I am Grunde Schokel.”

“I am Pianke Poeb.”

The aides bowed to me.

When our eyes met, Yeloche gave a gentle smile, Grunde gave a confident smile, and Pianke nodded with a rather blunt expression.

‘Wow, they all seem normal…’

I was touched.

First, I need to pick someone from these three to gain loyalty from.

‘To do that, I need to see who fits my style first.’

“I look forward to working with you all. There’s nothing better than working together to get to know each other. I want to get straight to the business talk.”

“Of course, Princess.”

“Good, everyone knows that I want to promote the mana stone business.”

I have no intention of laughing and joking like a rich kid’s hobby, not knowing whether this is networking or work.

‘I really need to prepare for the future here.’

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…I didn’t need this kind of communication channel expansion.

Still, 500 cash was good.

I tried to maintain my expression and said to the aides.

“Mana stones that are completely empty have no market value. Discovering new value here will be the first step.”

I rested my elbows on the desk and looked around at the aides.

“So, what have you prepared?”

* * *

Ruatisha’s three aides were taken aback.

They never expected that she would ask what they had prepared from the first day.

‘This isn’t going to be easy?’

Currently, the hottest topic in the Duke’s castle was about the youngest Princess.

She’s an amazing businesswoman who has already stripped the head of the Senate of his clothes.

She’s a clueless dreamer who says she’s going to promote the empty mana stone business.

Forget everything else, her loveliness alone is the light of the world.

They would know which one was right if they experienced it themselves.

That’s what they thought and came to this place today.

And the moment the three people saw the new owner spinning in her chair and giving a confident smile, they realized.

‘Ah, at least the last part about her loveliness isn’t a false rumor.’

How did such a cute, soft, and fluffy thing come out of the brutal Paeraton ducal family?

In fact, their tension had eased to some extent because of the owner’s cuteness.

But they snapped back to their senses at that moment.

‘What is it? No matter how different she is from ordinary children because she was born with the blood of Paeraton, she shouldn’t have any practical experience at all.’

‘Why do I feel like she has the experience of someone who has been in the workforce for a long time?’

They saw it right.

Ruatisha had been rolling and rolling in an extremely black company [exploitative work environment] in her previous life.

Even if it wasn’t a great career, the difference between having experienced organizational life and not is very big.

‘This person doesn’t want aides who carry out orders well. She wants someone who can judge the situation and think for themselves to be helpful.’

The three swallowed hard.

As such, the role of the aides would be endless.

And that role would be accompanied by appropriate rights.

Above all, they were the ones who gave up their stable existing jobs and applied for the position of the youngest Princess’s aides, which could be dangerous.

It was a matter of igniting the passions of the energetic aides.

‘I guess that’s why ‘that’ Dier came as the chief aide.’

A young genius in the Paeraton administration.

He was recognized early for his contributions and was awarded the title of Baron, and now he has even risen to the title of Viscount.

The most surprising part was that the owner of that great career was only in his 20s.

With a handsome face and excellent abilities, he was a man who aroused the dream of having an office romance for female officials at least once.

‘The higher-ups tell us not to be fooled because Dier’s mind isn’t sound…’

‘They must be saying that out of jealousy for his outstanding abilities.’

They were a little concerned about what he said to Ruatisha earlier about being the first servant, but they ignored it.

They respected Dier, the legend of the administration.

“I’m sorry, Princess. I haven’t prepared anything about that yet. If you give me a little time, I will prepare it perfectly.”

“If there is anything else you would like to proceed with, I will prepare it together.”

“It’s our fault.”

Ruatisha looked at the three people bowing their heads.

‘At least they’re honest, which is good.’

I was going to tell them to leave right away if they didn’t prepare anything and tried to sugarcoat what they knew about mana stones.

It was then.

“Ahem, so the three of you didn’t prepare anything?”

Dier said, trying to suppress the rising corners of his mouth.

“How can you serve our youngest Princess, who is so perfect, intelligent, brilliant, lovely, and cute! Without preparing anything! You are unqualified to be aides!”

Dier, who was ranting while even pointing his finger, looked at Ruatisha and smiled.

“As expected, the only person who is fit to be the Princess’s true servant is me! Only Dier!”

Ah, I see.

That’s why they said he wasn’t of sound mind.

The aides tried to calm their twitching facial muscles.

“Dier, did you prepare something?”

“Of course, Princess. How could I stay still knowing that you were planning to promote the mana stone business?”

“Good, what did you prepare?”

“Here is the basic data on the Pilcherka mana stone mine. It also includes the progress that Nicholas Tarenka had made in mining and the survey of the inside of the mine. The estimated reserves that you will be most curious about are on the first page.”

The reports that Dier handed over were two.

One was a simplified summary report that allowed you to quickly grasp the main points, and the other was an appendix to it.

The report format was also compliant and well visualized with charts.

‘What, what is it? Why is he so competent despite being a pervert?’

Ruatisha was inwardly embarrassed but maintained her composure on the outside.

“It’s pretty good.”

“I’m honored, Princess.”

Ruatisha pursed her lips as she looked at Dier, who was bowing smoothly.

“To commercialize empty mana stones, I think it would be good to actually see them.”

“Yes, I thought you might say that, so I brought a sample.”

No, when did he?

“And, and I want to see the general data on the mana stone mines after empty mana stones began to be discovered. If we look at where and how the frequency has increased since they started appearing about 300 years ago, we can get clues on how to use them.”

“As expected of the Princess. Sometimes, you can make new discoveries just by revisiting common sense that everyone knows with professional data. I’ve already prepared it.”

“…I think there were also attempts to carve or sculpt empty mana stones, so that data too.”

“Yes, here it is.”

That’s already a failed business, so why did you bring the data!

“Ugh! Warm milk with honey and cookies too!”

“Of course. Here you go. You said you wanted to try citron jam cookies last time, so I prepared them.”

Clatter, thud.

Ruatisha was horrified to see the mug and cookies placed in front of her.

‘What, what is it? How?’

But the cookies looked delicious,

And steam was rising from the milk.

Crunch.

‘……Delicious.’

When she put it in her mouth, the outside was crispy and the sweet and sour citron jam flowed out from the inside.

“Does it suit your taste? According to big data analysis, I expect it to suit the Princess’s taste.”

When she looked up at Dier, his eyes were shining with a face that said, ‘Please praise me.’

There was an optical illusion that his dog ears were perked up and his tail was wagging like a helicopter…

Thud. Ruatisha put down her mug and looked at the aides with a serious face.

Yeloche, Grunde, Pianke,

It’s a combination that reminds me of something.

The combination of five helmeted men and women wearing colorful spandex…

Ruatisha’s gaze turned to Dier’s hair.

Red hair as red as red.

She swallowed hard.

“H-hey, what’s Uncle Dier’s name?”

“Heok…! The Princess is asking for my name! This is because I am the Princess’s一.”

“Tell me quickly. Before I dismiss you from being an aide.”

“It’s Redian.”

“Passed!”

Ruatisha jumped up and raised both arms.

“Yes?”

“Passed as my hands and feet!”

The pass necklace given to you.

What if he’s a little crazy?

It’s enough if he’s good at his job.

Above all, he’s Red.

* * *

“Ah, to pass as the Princess’s hands and feet. Then will you accept me now?”

“Uh-huh.”

I was embarrassed to see Dier shedding tears of emotion.

What’s so great about that that a grown adult is crying.

I feel a little sorry.

“Then please let me do it too!”

“Do what?”

“The oath that you only shared with His Majesty! An oath that cannot be broken, shared by engraving it on each other’s palms!”

No way……

“D-do you know what that is?”

“Of course! I want to sign, copy, and stamp on the Princess’s tiny hands too!”

Dier exclaimed, breathing heavily.

‘He was a weirdo after all……’

I’m an idiot for thinking I was sorry for even a moment.

But Dier didn’t seem to back down.

“Haa, first, everyone else get out.”

“……Yes, Princess.”

The three bowed their heads and left the office.

Just before the door closed, they heard the story they were exchanging.

“You didn’t even show it to us, so what is it that makes him like that?”

“I don’t know what it is, but it must be amazing. Originally, only His Majesty did it.”

“I’m jealous. I want to be recognized and do it someday!”

No, that’s not it.

It’s just a pinky promise!

“Well, Princess. I’m ready.”

Dier politely held out his right hand.

It was a long and graceful hand, befitting the saying that he was a scholar holding a pen.

“Ahyo, what is this really.”

“What do you mean? Isn’t it a very sacred ritual? Swearing my loyalty.”

“Okay, let’s do it quickly.”

“Of course.”

Dier’s face became serious after saying those words.

Tightly closed lips and neatly lowered gaze.

He knelt on one knee in front of me.

“I, Redian Dier, pledge my life’s loyalty to my master, Ruatisha Paeraton. Even if this life ends, I will exist as my master’s faithful servant.”

A solemn declaration.

And a little finger being held out.

“……”

I don’t know if I should laugh or match the atmosphere seriously.

Anyway, I hooked my little finger.

“Promise!”

“It’s a promise.”

“Stamp!”

When I wiggled my thumb while hooking my little finger, Dier also held out his thumb.

We pressed our thumbs together to make a stamp.

“Eung-hik-hik!”

I hear a strange laugh.

“Sign!”

Every time I scribbled ‘Ruatisha Paeraton’ on Dier’s palm, I heard the sound of “Eung-hik-hik!”.

I keep hearing it, and it’s a laugh I’ve heard a lot. Where was it?

Anyway, I was proud that I could write ‘Ruatisha Paeraton’ this time instead of ‘Paeraton’.

Dier also signed my palm with a serious face.

“Small……Precious……”

I decided to ignore the muttering during the signing.

“Last copy!”

After scratching our palms together, all the procedures for the oath of allegiance were over.

No, it’s not an oath of allegiance, right?

I’m getting infected too.

“Euh-heuk, heuk……I have no regrets even if I die now.”

“You can’t die!”

“Heok! The Princess is worried about my death! I’m touched!”

“You have to work!”

“……”

Dier looked at me with eyes that had lost all emotion.

“Still, I’m happy.”

“That’s a relief.”

I answered casually.

Because the more seriously I answer, the more mental energy I will consume.

“Today is a monumental day. It’s the day I swore allegiance to the Princess, whom I had been dreaming of.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“I can’t just let this day pass! I have to leave it behind no matter what!”

“Yeah, leave it behind.”

“Then you’re allowing it?”

“Huh?”

“Well, draw me a picture! Me swearing allegiance to the Princess!”

Dier shouted, taking out a sketchbook and crayons.

No, but where did those things come from since earlier?

* * *

“Why is it next to His Majesty’s room? My room would have been enough.”

Ixion leaned against the wall of Ruatisha’s office and grumbled.

“It’s much safer next to my room than next to yours.”

Ares appeared from the corner of the corridor and said.

“Heung? Cotton ball asked me to protect her directly. She told me to be her brother. Of course, she’ll like it next to my room too.”

“Really? But who was the person my sister looked for when she was in danger at the Grand Banquet?”

Sparks flew from the clashing gazes of the two boys.

“You’re both noisy. You’re disturbing my daughter’s work.”

The Duke of Paeraton joined in and raised one eyebrow.

“You should each have your own work to do? You must be free.”

Just as the three were checking each other and fighting a war of nerves.

Click.

Dier came out as the door opened.

His face was flushed as if he had just come out of a hot spring, and he was walking as if he was floating above the ground.

It was truly a happy sight.

The eyes of the two young masters became sharp.

“Oh my, Your Majesty, young masters. What are you doing here?”

“It’s none of your business.”

“Unlike you, who are just an aide, we are her family.”

However, the Duke of Paeraton was silent.

He had seen something in Dier’s hand.

A sketchbook torn from a book.

And the one on it一.

“……Did you hold my daughter’s hand?”

The voice that muttered lowly was boiling more fiercely than the sulfur fire of hell.

“How dare you.”