Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 58

Runs a RomCom with Baby’s Cash – Episode 58

☆ Chapter 58 ☆

Okay, here we go.

You’re probably thinking, “What nonsense is this?”

But it’s a really important issue.

“If you break these three rules, even if someone else begs me to save you, I will kill you without fail.”

“…Just kill me now.”

It was a scratchy, gravelly voice. Dry and withered, devoid of any life.

I opened my mouth brightly, pretending to be nonchalant.

“No. Either way, I hold the power of life and death over you. Not the other way around.”

His gaze snapped to me.

Slowly, something akin to anger flickered in his violet eyes.

I smiled.

“So, you can’t die until I allow it, and you can’t live unless I allow it.”

“…”

I turned my gaze away from the boy glaring at me and spoke to the Knight Commander.

“Take this child and lock him up in the dungeon under the main castle.”

“Yes, Lady.”

The surrounding people seemed relieved.

They must have been worried that I wouldn’t properly punish the great sinner who dared to attack the main castle because of naive and foolish sympathy.

I couldn’t act like that. I’m a direct descendant of Phaeton [In Greek mythology, Phaeton was the son of Helios, the sun god], with responsibility.

I nodded and was about to turn around when—

Because the boy was floating in the air, I could see his feet at my eye level.

Bare feet, covered in scratches and red with cold.

Just touching the ground would have caused extreme pain.

This was outside the main gate, so it was quite a distance to the main castle.

Even though I thought it was better not to care…

“They might be too small and not fit, but it’ll be better to wear them than nothing.”

This much should be okay.

As I handed him the shoes, Dad picked me up.

The boy stared intently at my feet in white socks before lowering his gaze.

The dainty shoes placed on the grass.

As Dad released the control of magic, the boy collapsed onto the grass with a thud.

It must have hurt, but he didn’t even flinch once and bared his teeth at me.

“I don’t need this cr—”

The moment he picked up the shoes,

*Squeak.*

“…”

Oh no.

It’s not that I did it on purpose, but I had changed into the squeaky shoes I wear at home earlier.

*Squeak, squeak.*

The boy looked at me with strange eyes as he pressed the shoes.

I avoided his gaze and tried to act nonchalant as I opened my mouth.

“P-put restraints on him too. So he can’t use his powers.”

“Y-yes, Lady.”

Why does the knight’s voice sound a little shaky?

I hugged Dad’s neck tightly for no reason.

Then Dad started walking towards the main castle.

‘Ugh, I’m so used to the squeaky shoes that I forgot.’

The squeaking sound wasn’t heard from behind.

Instead, another kid started ringing the alarm silently.

[What are you going to do? You’re completely entangled!]

[Kick him out right now!]

[No, just kill him!]

When I see this, he’s really like a devil.

‘I know he has strong powers. But so do our family members. Why is he dangerous?’

That was the most important question.

But no matter how long I waited, the devil didn’t answer.

* * *

As soon as I got away from the boy, I tapped Dad’s chest.

“Shouldn’t we detoxify the knights who were poisoned? Does he have a way to detoxify them?”

“You don’t have to worry. I’m driving out the poison with Aura [Aura is depicted as a tangible energy field generated by a living being].”

“I see.”

That’s a relief.

The knights were making a fuss again, saying, “The Lady saved us…!” So I ignored them.

No matter how many times I see those big, dark men with teary eyes, I can’t get used to it.

“Are you really going to take that guy as a slave?”

“I don’t really need him.”

Ares and Ixion were clearly showing their displeasure.

I shrugged.

“I can’t just kill a kid like that. It’s not like anyone died or became disabled.”

“Why not? Just kill him.”

“Then just kick him out.”

“Even if we kick him out, he’ll come back and attack again. He might hurt someone this time.”

At my words, Ixion bared his teeth and smiled.

“I can make sure he never comes back.”

No, hey.

“Ixion, you can’t kill a child.”

“Then I won’t kill him.”

“Yeah, there are various ways to make sure he doesn’t come back.”

“Ixion, Ares. You can’t hurt or bully a child.”

At those words, the two became quiet.

I knew it.

“I’ll punish him myself. He’s my slave, so I have to take responsibility. Is that okay, Dad?”

“If you want.”

Dad nodded at me.

“Come to think of it, raising living things is good for children’s emotions. I don’t know what kind of feeling it is, though.”

No, that’s not it.

You’re completely wrong.

If you give her a human to raise, his emotions will be completely devastated.

“Still, it’s better to have safety measures.”

At the same time, Dad’s magic wrapped around my body.

The soft, black energy that swirled around from head to toe soon seeped into the back of my neck.

I don’t know what it is, but it must be protecting me.

“Thank you, Dad!”

When I hugged Dad tightly, he pressed my head down.

‘It’s completely entangled, but it’ll be okay, right?’

Either way, there’s no reason for him to like me.

‘Rather, there are plenty of reasons to hate me!’

To him, I’m the person who tried to buy him with money.

A human no different from the people who shouted prices in response to the auctioneer’s words at the auction house.

‘On top of that, I said all sorts of nonsense, saying he’s my slave and his life is in my hands!’

It’s obviously the worst.

Of course, he won’t be obsessed.

‘Oh, but will he become an enemy?’

I became a little uneasy in another direction.

‘E, eh! It’s okay, it’s okay. I didn’t treat him that badly.’

Let’s not bother with him in the future and pardon him when the time comes.

* * *

Anna handed me warm cocoa when I arrived in my room.

I took a sip and groaned, “Huuu.”

I’m really tired.

My still young body insisted that I should be in dreamland at this time, asserting itself.

Plus, there was the incident I experienced from going out today.

I held the half-empty cocoa cup in both hands and started dozing off.

“Lady, you can’t sleep yet. You have to brush your teeth.”

“Ugh…”

Even though I nodded, my eyes wouldn’t open.

Then, a large hand scooped me up.

I relaxed my body and leaned on the familiar touch.

“Dad…?”

“Yeah.”

Dad took the mug out of my hand.

Each step sent pleasant vibrations patting my body like a lullaby.

Soon, something tapped my lips, so I opened my mouth.

A toothbrush covered in sweet strawberry toothpaste entered.

I tried to come to my senses, but once my eyes were closed, they wouldn’t open.

Dad brushed my teeth for me and laid me down on the bed.

Feeling his hand patting my stomach, I fell deeper and deeper into sleep.

He’s young too, so he must be so sleepy right now that he can’t stand it.

‘If he walked from the auction house to the Duke’s castle, even more—’

Uh?

‘But if he walked barefoot from there to the Duke’s castle, it would have taken at least half a day for a child to walk.’

How did he get here so quickly?

And I, my brothers, were all wearing masks and robes.

How did he know I was the Duke’s daughter of Phaeton?

There were more than one or two strange things.

I tried to think more, but the sleep piled up to the top of my head dragged my mind to a distant place.

I fell asleep without even knowing when I fell asleep.

Chapter 13. Grandma’s Here

“…Lady.”

Umm.

“Master.”

Something had been buzzing annoyingly next to me for a while.

I turned over and burrowed deeper into the blanket.

“Uuung, Anna, I’m tired. I want to sleep more.”

“…Ugh, don’t cling to me.”

“Okay…”

I mumbled in response, and then my eyes suddenly widened.

Uh?!

As soon as I opened my eyes, there was a face so beautiful it was bad for my heart right in front of me.

Oh, surprise.

“…If you’re awake, move! …Please.”

He couldn’t even make eye contact with me and his face was flushed red.

It was definitely that boy who was injured yesterday.

I blankly stared at him.

‘Why is he here?’

He’s even waking me up like a real slave.

As I blankly stared at him, he averted his gaze and knelt in front of me.

“…I will serve you during your meal, Master.”

No.

Is this real…?

I was so flustered that I just stared, and then he raised his eyes and looked up at me.

‘Wow…’

Those slightly chic eyes looking up like that—

The moment our eyes met, he lowered his gaze again.

His earlobes are subtly red.

I don’t feel like he’ll back away even if I reach out.

Rather, it feels like he’ll subtly bring his chin closer…

‘No, that’s not it.’

What is this situation?

It doesn’t make sense! Where did the cautious kid from yesterday go!

‘Even if there was no attack yesterday and I just bought him for 10 billion and brought him here, it shouldn’t be like this!’

Like a wounded wild animal, he should be raising his guard and being wary!

Nevertheless, the heroine keeps approaching and treating him well!

The male lead unknowingly falls for such a heroine!

‘That’s the standard, right?’

But he’s letting his guard down after just one night?

Serving me during meals, he’s completely like a tamed beast.

Instead of doing that, he should be raising his fur like a wounded wild animal!

He should be at his highest level of wariness by now!

‘It’s strange, strange, strange!’

Starting with the fact that I wouldn’t get involved if I didn’t raise him, nothing went as I expected.

Anyway, it’s going to be difficult if I get this close to him.

‘Help me, heroines!’

Ah, that’s right. The heroines aren’t good at pushing people away.

Because of their actions of pushing away, they end up being obsessed over.

‘Then help me, villainesses!’

The villainesses are good at pushing people away even if they don’t try to!

‘Wow, but his hair feels really nice…’

He probably hasn’t been able to eat or wash properly, but how can it be like this?

“Really soft…”

“Yeah, it’s soft.”

“Uuung… Huh?!”

I opened my eyes wide.

Dad was looking down at me, handing me his hair.

“Are you awake?”

“U, uaaaa!”

* * *

I never thought Dad would be here.

He said that there was such a thing yesterday, and Dad came to see me on purpose because I didn’t wake up.

After confirming that I woke up and there was nothing wrong, Dad went back to work.

‘Anyway, it was a really strange dream.’

Surely it’s not going to go according to the standard RomCom [Romantic Comedy] route, right?

Ugh, sooooo creepy!

“You’re awake, our sleepy lady.”

“I can’t help it. I was tired.”

When I grumbled, Anna smiled and patted my cheek.

“That’s what I told you, but His Excellency seemed very worried.”

“His Excellency was with you for over two hours.”

“Really?”

“Of course.”

I pursed my lips, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

“Uncle Erkel must have cried.”

“Lord Erkel also admitted that he couldn’t help it this time.”

“I don’t know if I should say that’s a relief.”

I rubbed my eyes and sat down at the table.

“Hey, what are you doing with him?”

“He’s in the underground prison with restraints on, as you ordered.”

“I see…”

Umm…

Juicy, savory sausage. Moist pancakes with lots of syrup.

They’re both delicious and I like them, but I don’t feel like eating them for some reason.

I fiddled with my food and got up from my seat.

“Are you going to see him?”

“Uuung, just to see how he is.”

I fidgeted with my hands, worried that she would say it’s dangerous and not allow it, but Anna gave me a warm smile and stroked my hair.

“You have to be careful.”

“Okay!”

I answered energetically and went down to the underground prison cheerfully.

There was a guard, but he didn’t stop me and even opened the door for me.

Beyond the door, a huge darkness lurked inside the passage.

A musty smell and dampness.

I swallowed once and stepped inside.

At the end of the passage, where I approached silently, there was a large prison.

A small figure was crouching inside.

It seems like he hasn’t come to his senses yet.

Still, just in case, I didn’t approach him and secretly watched him while sticking to the wall.

‘Ugh… That must hurt.’

Maybe it’s because I just told them to take him to prison, but he wasn’t even given basic treatment.

Half-hardened blood and newly flowing blood were mixed together on his torn skin.

‘He’s still a child.’

I frowned just looking at him.

‘But if I go and treat him…’

That’s the standard way to raise an obsessive male lead.

‘But to leave him like this…’

It’s a bit much to just watch a child suffering like that.

More than anything, if he stays like that, he’ll think of our house as an enemy.

If he just thought of it as a grave and came here yesterday, he seems like he’s determined to kill us now.

Especially me.

‘Then isn’t it dangerous, as the devil said?’

What should I do?

It’s a situation where I can’t do anything.

‘Help me, thousands of RomComs!’

I recalled the countless RomComs I had read all night in my past life.

‘According to my big data, there’s only one case where a child with such strong powers becomes a dangerous being!’

An unhappy past.

Never having received a warm favor.

The world is too harsh on him.

He hates this world and can’t trust anyone.

In other words, ‘You’re pitiful because you don’t know the awesomeness of love!’

‘Then if I give him a warm favor, won’t he grow up well?’

That made sense.

Many RomCom male leads and sub-male leads were reformed in that way.

‘But if I give him a favor and treat him well, he’ll be obsessed with me.’

This is an undeniable RomCom law.

If I’m obsessed over, it can become dangerous again.

‘I can’t unconditionally trust the devil’s words, but I’ve never lost anything by listening to him so far.’

The best thing is not to get involved, as the devil said.

‘Umm…’

I pondered for a long time and then my eyes widened!

That’s it!