Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 63

☆ Chapter 64 ☆

Countless bright red lines were tearing the child’s body to shreds.

At first, I thought it was all blood.

But it wasn’t.

Something more horrifying than blood.

Something ominous just to look at.

Something that made me break out in a cold sweat and tremble, as if I had ice in my stomach.

Ixion and Ares caught me as my strength gave way and I nearly collapsed.

“What, what is this……?”

“It’s a Geas [a magical compulsion or prohibition].”

“A Geas?”

I looked up, and Father placed his hand on my head.

As his large, warm hand brushed against my forehead, my trembling gradually subsided.

“Yes, it’s a power like a curse that activates when you violate something that is forbidden.”

It was similar to Gu poison [a type of venomous poison created through witchcraft].

Wizards and sorcerers stood a few steps away from the child, reaching out their hands.

The lights and letters flowing from their hands approached the child, then shattered with a crack.

“How is it?”

“I’ve never seen such a strong Geas before. It doesn’t even allow approach.”

“What is it forbidding?”

At those words, the old wizard was silent for a moment.

He glanced at me and answered cautiously.

“……Health and stability.”

What?

“You mean…… they suffer like that when they’re healthy or stable?”

“The more normalized their life activities become, the more pain they experience. The same goes for physical or emotional stability.”

“It’s astonishing that such a Geas was placed on them. They must have been in constant pain.”

“Then it burst when it exceeded the limit.”

I couldn’t understand at all.

A Geas that causes pain the healthier and more stable you become?

Why would anyone do such a thing……?

What sin could such a small child have committed?

It was then.

“Cough! Keuk……!”

Dark red blood spurted from the child’s mouth.

A large amount, enough to soak the front of their clothes.

Startled, I reached out to approach, when,

“Don’t touch me!”

The child, who I thought was unconscious, suddenly opened their eyes and shouted fiercely.

Their face was pale, and their mouth was covered in blood, but the look in their eyes as they glared at me was intense.

A clear refusal, not allowing me to approach even an inch.

The distance that had narrowed felt like it was back to the beginning, no, even further than the beginning.

‘I’ve been seeing them as Grandma all this time. So, there’s no need to feel hurt.’

Even as I thought that, my heart ached at being rejected.

Then, a jet-black mana enveloped me and lifted me up.

Father frowned as he caught me.

“Don’t go near.”

“But…….”

“Lady, you mustn’t touch that child. The Geas could transfer to you.”

“Does it transfer that easily?”

“It doesn’t transfer easily, but it’s an ominous energy, and that ominousness can cling to you.”

That’s why the wizards and sorcerers were investigating while maintaining their distance.

“Is there no way to undo the Geas?”

Silence fell at my words. A silence filled with a very difficult air.

“……A Geas is a forbidden curse that is difficult to undo even by the person who cast the spell.”

“And this isn’t a simple Geas. It’s a Geas engraved on this child’s flesh, bones, and soul.”

“Casting the Geas itself wouldn’t have been easy. At least ten sorcerers, probably an incomparably larger number of human sacrifices, would have been used.”

“I can’t even guess what method they used. But even if we knew the method, it would be clearly dangerous enough that we wouldn’t want to try it.”

“And the content of that Geas is health and stability. I’d rather they had killed them; even a mortal enemy wouldn’t do this…….”

The words of the wizards and sorcerers continued at length, but none of it resonated with me.

So, what.

Does that mean that child has to live in pain forever, never able to feel at ease for a single moment, and live like that until they die?

I can never allow that.

“So, you can’t do it?”

At my question, the people around me flinched.

“I’m sorry, Princess. I added too much unnecessary detail.”

“There is no way to undo it at the moment. A very long investigation is needed.”

“Fortunately, I should say, it’s a method that inflicts pain rather than death when the Geas is violated.”

“If the Geas is triggered by becoming healthy, they will suffer extreme pain, and if disease takes hold, the Geas will stop, so there’s no chance of dying from the Geas.”

What is that?

It’s so bad that it’s better to kill them.

A nauseating malice was felt.

A clear malice to keep them alive and torment them forever.

“To be honest, even if we investigate, it’s uncertain whether we can undo this level of Geas.”

“The investigation alone could take decades. Even then, we can’t be sure we’ll succeed.”

The wizards and sorcerers bowed their heads to me.

Suddenly, I realized my mistake.

This child is, after all, a great criminal who dared to attack the Duke’s Castle.

I saved them from immediate execution by claiming them as my slave.

And now I’m pushing innocent people, asking why they can’t save such a child.

“I’m sorry, everyone. I was too emotional and spoke sharply to you all.”

“We are originally here to fulfill what our master desires.”

“It is our duty to find a way to save this child, as the Princess wishes.”

“But to be so sorry and care about our feelings……. It’s the first time this has happened while serving the Duke’s family, sob!”

“Our Princess must have dropped her wings!”

“I was a little excited when the Princess asked if we couldn’t do it earlier, but I’m also excited to see you apologizing like this now!”

Okay, I’ll stop talking.

I forgot that everyone in our castle is a little strange.

“We apologize for our lack of ability, Princess.”

The wizards and sorcerers lowered their heads.

They seemed to have accepted that I understood that the Geas couldn’t be undone realistically.

“Continue the investigation.”

“Yes? Bu, but Princess一.”

“You will succeed.”

Everyone closed their mouths at my firm voice.

“I will undo this Geas.”

I looked up at the child who had lost consciousness.

So, wait.

* * *

“Bring all the data on Geases.”

I summoned Pianke, Grunde, and Yelloce and immediately ordered.

They obeyed my orders without question.

I hadn’t told them about the Black Gold, but I had been working with them on minor tasks, so they were quite used to my methods.

Soon, a massive amount of data on Geases began to pile up in my office.

“We’ve brought all the data from within the castle for now. Shall we start organizing it?”

“Yes.”

I nodded and opened a book.

‘I might be able to do it if I use my ability.’

However, there was one problem.

‘To choose which ability to summon, I need to know what Geas was placed on them.’

Even if I summoned the heroine’s ability as a saintess to heal the pain, the Geas wouldn’t be undone.

The same goes for the heroine who is a great wizard proficient in all magic.

If the Geas isn’t a restriction by magic, it will be useless.

So, first of all, I needed to know exactly what that Geas was.

“This side is forbidden books. We don’t have access, so we can’t organize them.”

“Yes, then it’s better for me to read that first. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. We will do our best to assist you.”

So, I stayed up for several days and nights.

It was strange.

My still young body usually complained of being sleepy even if I stayed up a little late.

But I didn’t even feel tired.

I repeatedly dozed off and woke up, organizing countless letters in my head.

Of course, I didn’t just look at books.

I also had many conversations with the scholars, wizards, and sorcerers in the castle.

The fact I found out that way was desperate.

The Geas used on that child was neither a curse that could be undone with divine power nor a restriction through magic.

It couldn’t be defined exactly.

It was magic, a curse, and even a technique involving drugs.

Even divine power was used.

Divine power was used to firmly fix the soul and body.

Originally, Geases were difficult techniques to undo.

But this was completely different.

Since it couldn’t be defined as the action of any one power, any heroine’s ability would be incomplete.

Even if I used the saintess’s ability to regenerate even people with severed limbs.

Even if I used the ability of a wizard powerful enough to destroy the world.

Even if I used the ability of a black magician or someone skilled in curses, no, even the ability of a demon.

I can’t undo the Geas embedded in that child.

As the sorcerer said, the only way is to unravel the tangled threads one by one over decades.

Even then, the possibility of failure was greater.

“I’ve seen many Geases, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Princess, you’ve done enough.”

Enough?

I couldn’t accept those words.

‘No. There is definitely a way.’

That’s right.

A child whose name, age, and reason for living I don’t even know properly, only suffering until their life is exhausted.

Such an unfortunate thing cannot exist in this world.

That’s why I liked reading romance fantasy novels.

Unlike reality, I liked that they had happy endings.

I liked that innocent people didn’t suffer and became happy.

So.

‘I won’t give up.’

“……How is that child?”

“They are enduring the pain strangely well. It’s not pain that can be endured by just enduring it; they are really amazing at that young age.”

That child was always like that.

They seemed very used to enduring pain, not even flinching when I poured disinfectant on them.

But.

‘Can I just gloss over it?’

“The pain of that Geas is said to be beyond imagination.”

“That’s right.”

“Is it to the extent that you can accept it simply because they endure pain well?”

“……Absolutely not. Usually, we would have had to administer a series of narcotic painkillers to others.”

“Maybe一.”

A new hypothesis and possibility grew within me, combined with existing knowledge.

“That child may have the power to block the pressure of the Geas.”

This is more convincing than saying that they endure strangely well and have strong patience.

And that child has a special power, doesn’t they?

“Aether [the life force or essence].”

The eyes of the wizards and sorcerers widened at my words that were spat out.

“Co, come to think of it! We didn’t think of that at all.”

“That child is a Conduit who can use two abilities at the same time, but their Aether level is excessively low!”

Aether is the source of life.

A Geas that restricts the body, bones, and soul, eating away at life.

“Could Aether offset the Geas?”

“I’ve never heard of such a theory. But looking at the current situation, there is a possibility!”

“If that’s true, it’s also possible to explain why the Aether level is detected so low!”

Everyone shouted in an excited tone.

It’s foolish to rely entirely on self-immunity.

But no one doesn’t know how important the self-immune system is.

Even with the same disease, you may not get it if your immune system is active, and even if you do get it, the symptoms are much milder.

“If we can’t undo it from the outside…….”

“Yes, doing it from the inside is also a method.”

“But, Princess.”

A scholar called me with a worried face.

“Aether is life itself, born from the beginning. That’s why ability users are Conduits, not Transcenders.”

“It means that they didn’t transcend humans to gain abilities, but were given the power from birth.”

“In other words, you can’t forcibly increase Aether.”

I nodded.

That would be the case in this world.

But what if there was someone who could create Aether with a song, an ability that ordinary humans couldn’t do?

I certainly know such a heroine.

‘It’s worth a try.’

I jumped up and hurriedly left the conference room.

As soon as I arrived at my room, I took out the Akirtus [a magical artifact] without even catching my breath.

It was that moment.

[Warning!]

[The Karma with the dangerous figure 〈■■■■〉 is becoming excessively deep!]

[If it gets any deeper, you will not be able to completely sever the relationship with that person!]

A warning window that confused my eyes popped up.

And soon, the devil’s messages began to pour out.

[Reader, you must make a good decision.]

[You are now at a new fork in the road of destiny.]

[This could be a choice that will completely shake the path that is prepared for you!]

“What is my prepared path?”

When did you tell me to pioneer my own path?

“A future where my family, the people I cherish, can all die?”

That’s the only future you told me about.

“Didn’t you tell me to prepare to prevent that future?”

The devil had no answer to my question.

“I said I could walk the limit set by causality.”

The only one who can reach the limits of the law of causality.

That’s how you called me.

“Doesn’t that mean that I can defy the fate set by causality and get the life I want?”

There were no messages floating in front of me.

‘You’re always silent only at times like this.’

I was about to frown and open the Akirtus when.

[Hidden!]

[Hidden conditions have been met!]