Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 74

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Whirrrrr.

An even heavier silence descended than before.

Everyone clamped their mouths shut like shells, glancing around awkwardly before finally looking at their father, Duke Paeraton.

Duke Paeraton was glaring at Aphelia as if he wanted to tear her to shreds.

He had sensed Aphelia’s presence while showering but dismissed it as one of his daughter’s maids since she seemed harmless to women.

More than anything, Ruatisha had the safety measures in place from the last slave incident.

So he had been relieved, never imagining it would be this kind of intruder.

Grind.

The chilling sound of teeth grinding broke the silence.

“Daddy, why is that lady here? And wearing only rags? Lulu has never seen clothes like that before. What kind of clothes are those?”

His daughter was looking at him with sparkling, innocent eyes.

Duke Paeraton realized for the first time what it felt like to break out in a cold sweat.

He was embarrassed and, at the same time, felt a stronger urge to kill than ever before.

He wanted to erase that woman with her hideous appearance from the world right now, in front of his innocent, pure, and naive daughter.

It was then.

“Oh my, young lady! You shouldn’t be seeing this!”

“Eek?! Dirty! Nasty!”

“Our young lady needs to wash her eyes!”

Ruatisha’s maids, who had arrived late, rushed over, making a fuss.

“Oong? What’s going on?”

At those words, the maids’ gazes narrowed.

“There’s no way His Excellency would have called that… to sleep with the young lady tonight.”

“No, His Excellency doesn’t even bring in women in the first place.”

“What should we say? A crazy woman, or, to put it as nicely as possible…”

Ruatisha tilted her head, as if she didn’t understand a single thing, then raised both arms.

“Ah! I know!”

“……!”

“……?!”

She knows?

The people looked at Ruatisha’s lips with fearful faces.

“It’s like sneaking into the bed secretly at night!”

Hull.

“N, no, young lady. Where did you learn such a thing一.”

“Bring the, bring the tutor! What did you teach the young lady!”

Amidst the chaos, Ruatisha shouted brightly.

“It’s an assassin!”

“……”

“……”

“……”

A brief silence.

Quick situation assessment.

“Y, yes, that’s right!”

“That’s the only explanation!”

“Indeed, young lady! To recognize an assassin at once!”

Of course, there was no space to hide throwing knives or blades anywhere on Lady Aphelia’s attire.

The most honest outfit in the world, in which nothing could be hidden.

But everyone unanimously framed her.

Protecting our young lady’s innocence is more important than that crazy woman’s human rights!

Duke Paeraton ordered with a glint in his eyes.

“Throw that assassin into prison immediately!”

“Yes, Your Excellency!”

Thus, Aphelia was imprisoned.

Ruatisha rejoiced, saying, “I caught the assassin!”

Everyone stroked Ruatisha’s head, saying, “Ooh, our young lady is so good at catching assassins!”

‘Phew! I protected the child’s innocence!’

They smiled brightly, relieved.

No one knew that the owner of that childlike innocence was burying her face in her father’s chest, wearing a wicked smile.

* * *

‘Fool, did you think I’d let you escape like this?’

If she wasn’t locked up in prison, Aphelia would pack her bags and leave the castle right away out of embarrassment.

I can’t let her run away like this when I haven’t even saved Dana!

At that moment, a notification popped up.

[Quest Completed: Save Daddy!]

This was the quest she had received after eavesdropping on Aphelia and Cynthia’s conversation and completing the quest. The quest was roughly about saving Daddy from Lady Aphelia’s physical assault.

[You have been awarded a 3000-cache gacha ticket as a reward.]

[Your influence within the Paeraton ducal family has slightly increased.]

[The Paeraton ducal family’s employees pledge to cherish our young lady’s precious innocence.]

[The Paeraton ducal family’s knights pledge to protect our lady’s purity.]

[The loyalty of employees and knights has increased!]

[Event Occurred!]

[Currently, the inner castle is almost entirely full with vassals, officials, knights, and their families!]

[The population density is above a certain level! Rumors are spreading quickly!]

[A footless word travels a thousand miles! [Rumors spread quickly.]]

[It’s only a matter of time before this incident spreads to the capital!]

‘Wow, it’s like this?’

I did check to see if the vassals were staying in the inner castle on purpose.

But that was in case there were vassals connected to the Empress, to inform them of Lady Aphelia’s actions and make them nervous.

Even if they weren’t connected yet, this incident could make them reconsider joining hands with the Empress.

‘But the rumors will spread to the capital in an instant.’

Lady Aphelia and Cynthia would have a hard time showing their faces in society in the future.

‘Then the remaining quests are…’

– Quests in Progress:

1.

2.

was also a quest received after completing . It was about Cynthia being more than just clueless and rude, so hurry up and give her some payback.

‘I was going to do that anyway.’

I looked at Laura.

Laura nodded slightly.

‘Good.’

At that moment, Dad looked at me with a serious face and muttered.

“Was the shock too great? My daughter hasn’t said a word since earlier. Should I wash her eyes again?”

Dad gently rubbed my eyes.

It’s okay, Dad.

Your face is eye candy.

When I snuggled into Dad’s arms, Dad hugged me tightly.

It was big and warm.

I felt relieved and yawned involuntarily.

“Oh my, the young lady must be tired.”

“She has every right to be.”

The employees smiled contentedly, turned off the lights, and left the bedroom.

Dad picked me up and laid me on the bed.

“Dad, happy birthday. Did you have a happy day?”

“Thanks to you, very much.”

Hehe.

Being able to celebrate my parents’ birthdays was a very, very happy thing.

I fell asleep as Dad patted me.

* * *

Cynthia pressed down on her pounding heart.

‘Mom is doing well, right?’

If today’s work is successful, I can become the Paeraton Duchess.

Thinking about what happened at the party earlier still made me angry.

I wanted to be formally registered as a member of the family and establish a clear hierarchy as soon as possible.

‘But why is it so noisy?’

Even though there are many people staying here today, there’s no reason to be this loud, right?

If they want to play more, they can enjoy the party that’s still going on.

Cynthia put on a shawl and went outside.

People were going in and out of rooms or gathering in the resting area in the middle of the hallway, talking about something.

‘What, do they think they’re the only ones here…’

Cynthia frowned, then widened her eyes when she spotted someone.

“L, Lord Yutra Pella!”

She ran to Yutra and clasped her hands together.

“Wow, I’m a huge fan. I have all the design books you’ve published so far. They’re all so wonderful! It’s my dream to debut wearing Lord’s dress!”

Yutra smiled. She was used to such words, as she was admired by quite a few young ladies.

“Thank you, young lady. A new design book will be published soon. It’s filled with new and special designs that make the previous ones look ridiculous.”

“Oh my, really?”

“Ah, but the young lady might not be so interested. They’re all clothing designs for 4-5 year old girls.”

“…4-5 year old girls…?”

No way.

Cynthia’s face hardened slightly.

“It might be helpful for the young lady to refer to when she raises a girl later. I’m sure it will still be stylish and amazing even then.”

“……”

“It’s all thanks to the muse who inspires me! How important a muse is to an artist…!”

“Muse. Lord has never been inspired by people before, in her autobiography…”

“Not until now! But it’s different now. Just looking at her gives me endless inspiration!”

Cynthia clenched her fist tightly.

It was a dream.

To become Yutra Pella’s one and only muse.

But there’s already such a person.

“…Wh, who is it?”

I didn’t want to ask, but I had no choice but to ask.

“Of course, it’s the cute… no, Paeraton Duchess!”

Again.

It’s that kid again.

My eyes burned white.

“I’m so busy making her clothes that I honestly don’t want to make anything else. Men’s clothing and adult clothing are another area, so I keep making them, but especially for girls’ clothing…”

I couldn’t hear what Yutra Pella was saying.

‘What is it about her that everyone…!’

At that moment,

“She sneaked into Duke’s bedroom naked?!”

A loud man’s voice pierced my ears.

The voice was so loud that the hallway echoed.

“Shh, shh! Your voice is too loud!”

“No, isn’t everyone talking about this? Why are you lowering your voice so much? Everyone came out of their rooms because of that story.”

Cynthia’s eyes wavered.

What are you talking about一.

“Wow, running into His Excellency’s bedroom naked.”

Yutra Pella shook her head with a disgusted face.

“I don’t know what crazy woman it is, but that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Cynthia’s face turned bright red.

A respected and dreamed-of idol.

But to hear such words from such a person!

Cynthia stormed out and went into her room.

Bang!

Seeing the door closing roughly, Yutra scratched her head.

“I haven’t finished talking about my muse yet.”

* * *

A soft touch gently swept over my hair.

Feels good.

I smiled and enjoyed the touch.

“Are you awake?”

At the low voice, I slowly opened my eyes.

Blinking, blinking, after shaking off the sleepiness, a sharply handsome face filled my eyes.

Phew, I saved this precious handsome man from the swamp of a depraved 19+ romance fantasy!

I’m so glad!

“Yeah. Good morning, Dad.”

“Yeah.”

Dad was lying diagonally to the side, propping himself up with one arm and looking at me.

As I wriggled to get up, Dad poked my cheek as if he was sad.

“Sleep a little more?”

“Weren’t you awake since earlier, Dad?”

“Yeah.”

“But are you going to sleep more?”

“No.”

“……?”

“I’m going to watch you sleep.”

What’s so fun about watching someone sleep?

I tilted my head and got up.

“Dad, sleep more. I have a lot to do.”

“To think that having a smart and hardworking daughter who is busy would be such a sad thing.”

Dad grumbled.

“Even the busiest daughter has time to have breakfast with her loving dad!”

At those words, Dad chuckled and got up.

“That’s a very grateful thing.”

So we had breakfast together.

The orange that Dad peeled for me was very sweet and delicious.

* * *

The Black Gold production facility was secretly remodeled and running very smoothly.

Thanks to that, quite a bit of quantity was secured, so there was no problem selling it right away.

In addition, a paper company [a company that exists only on paper, used for illicit transactions] was set up to launder the source, and a merchant group owned by me was established to trade with the paper company.

Now that it was time to start distribution in earnest, I was really busy.

But I put everything aside and went to Dana.

“Dana!”

“Ah, young lady…”

The moment Dana raised her head, I was startled.

“Dana! What happened to your face?!”

Dana’s face was swollen and her lips were torn.

It was obvious that these were injuries caused by being hit.

I didn’t even need to ask who the culprit was. It was even more certain since Aphelia was in prison.

‘She wasn’t just verbally abusing her, she was hitting her too?’

Continuous harassment, verbal and physical assault.

Even if it was school violence among classmates, it’s a serious problem. Moreover, Dana wasn’t the same age as Cynthia, she was much younger.

“It’s nothing.”

Dana smiled.

Even smiling would hurt, but she still smiled.

“You can tell me.”

Dana lowered her head and said nothing.

“I asked you every time we met if you were hurt. But Dana only said she was okay.”

“……”

“Do you know how surprised I was when you collapsed while bleeding from your nose?”

“Young lady…”

“Tell me honestly now.”

“…Cynthia was in a bad mood. That’s all.”

Just because she’s in a bad mood, she hits a child?