Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 80

☆ Chapter 81 ☆

“This is strange. Usually, these kinds of herbs require years of research, but with this one, I feel like I know how to use it just by holding it.”

“It’s truly mysterious. To think there’s an herb like this. How did you know about it, Princess?”

I don’t know either.

The author who wrote 〈Flower.Path.Only〉 must have wanted to pave a flowery path only for the female lead. How would I know?

It’s even a flowery path made by finely grinding plausibility.

‘Thank you, author.’

Thanks to you, I’m earning oil money and curing the Black Death this time.

And even though the flowery path is a bit jealous and being picky, I honestly enjoyed reading it.

“I think this is an herb that works well against the Black Death.”

“The Black Death? How did you know?”

I put my hands back on my hips and stuck out my stomach.

“I’m a genius, remember?”

The doctors, apothecaries, sorcerers, magicians, and scholars were all amazed by the herb.

Since it was a newly discovered plant, it needed a name.

“Since you discovered it, Princess, how about you name it?”

“The discoverer usually names it.”

‘Hmm, it feels like I’ve been naming things a lot lately.’

What should I call this one?

I feel like calling it ‘Plausibility Destruction Grass’.

“If you’re having trouble deciding, how about naming it after yourself, Princess? That’s what people usually do, whether it’s a plant or a mineral.”

“Then how about Loulou Flower—”

“No! Absolutely not! That’s the worst!”

I shouted without realizing it.

But it’s a truly terrible name.

“Haha, that’s just how mages’ senses are. Lua Flower, Ati Flower, Tisha Flower, or um, Rusha Flower, how about that?”

What is that?

Are you playing a game of permutations with my name right now?

“…Everyone’s creativity has died from studying too much.”

“What are you saying! How much creativity do you think research requires!”

But why is your naming sense like that?

‘It’d be better if I named it myself.’

I quietly stared at the herb and opened my mouth.

“Flowerpath.”

“Ooh, Flowerpath! Now that you mention it, the shape is indeed similar to an orchid!”

“To immediately associate it with an orchid and name it, the Princess’s sense is truly amazing!”

No.

I just took the title of the novel it appeared in.

“Anyway, let’s quickly make a cure for the Black Death with this!”

“To chase away the ‘gishing’!” [A made-up word for the Black Death]

“We can’t let the ‘gishing’ hurt our Princess!”

“…….”

Should I just fire all these people?

I was a little worried because everyone seemed to be missing the point, but once they started researching, they all became serious.

“Um, I don’t know why, but it seems like we should inject mana first.”

“I don’t know why, but it feels like it would be good to mix in fairy dust.”

“I don’t know why, but I have a feeling we need to add ice thorn tree sap.”

Are they serious… right?

Feeling my suspicious gaze, the researchers gave me wronged looks.

“We never! Do things like this normally!”

“But really, I don’t know why, but from the moment we inject mana, how to handle it comes to mind!”

I nodded with a hazy look.

“Y-you might not believe it, but it’s true!”

No, I’m not giving you a hazy look because I don’t believe you.

‘It’s because I think I know too well why the usage is automatically popping into your heads.’

So that’s the plausibility behind how they made a cure for the Black Death in one night.

It was truly an all-purpose cheat key-like herb.

Just like how 〈Flower.Path.Only〉 created a cure for the Black Death in one night, they also completed the cure in a short amount of time.

“I really don’t know why, but I think it will be effective against the Black Death. A very big effect, too.”

“I know, right? I feel like we don’t even need to do clinical trials to get that feeling.”

I became hazy-eyed again.

“P-Princess! I know it might be a misunderstanding, but it’s true!”

“We don’t normally do research so recklessly either!”

No, I believe you.

I believe you.

That’s why I became hazy-eyed.

‘Sniff, I’m so jealous!’

Still, thanks to that, we were able to create a cure for the Black Death in an unbelievable amount of time!

“Then all that’s left is mass production.”

“Mass production? But we’ll be short on Flowerpath.”

“Hehehe! I found out everything while you were researching!”

To be exact, I had my Pink, Yellow, and Green do the searching.

I already knew the location, so I divided the area and told them to investigate.

As a result, they all found the herb at once.

“I told them to bring it all to the Glass Tower warehouse. You said it’s easy to process into a cure, right?”

“Yes, it’s enough to know the basics of alchemy.”

“Great, then let’s get the factory running!”

A factory that grinds humans as parts!

I smiled brightly.

No, it’s not like I have any personal grudges.

I’m doing this to save the world, okay?

Really!

* * *

I stared at the neatly stacked potion bottles.

Just looking at them made me feel secure.

“As you said, Princess, we attached the family crest to the center of the potion bottles so it’s easily visible.”

“Yeah, I like it.”

As Piank said, the Paeraton crest was stamped in the very center of the sparkling blue potion bottles.

The person taking the medicine, the person distributing it, and the person watching will all have no choice but to see this crest.

“Great. All preparations are complete! Come on, ‘Gishing’!”

I clenched both fists, then realized something was wrong.

‘Gishing?’

‘Ugh, now even I’m calling it ‘gishing’!’

I’ve been hearing ‘gishing, gishing’ so much from the people around me that I’ve caught it.

I turned to Piank with an awkward face.

Piank had the same somewhat stoic expression as always.

When our eyes met, he slightly lowered his head.

‘I’m glad Piank is by my side.’

If it were Gruind, he would have smiled and said, ‘Gishing? Our Princess can’t be touched by the gishing!’, and if it were Baron Dier…

‘I don’t even want to think about it.’

It was the moment I sighed, “Hoo.”

“It’s alright.”

“Huh?”

“If the ‘gishing’ comes, I will defeat it.”

……Why are you like that too?

His serious face while saying “gishing” was almost scary.

It was then.

“Princess!”

My personal butler, Orca, rushed in with a desperate look.

“Orca? What’s wrong?”

“It’s here!”

“What’s here?”

When the usually calm her is this flustered, it means something big has happened.

What on earth is here?

Did royalty come?

Please don’t tell me Lady Aphelia is back again.

That would be the worst.

I swallowed hard and looked at Orca.

Soon, her lips opened.

“The ‘gishing’!”

……Ah, the ‘gishing’.

Orca, receiving my gaze, caught herself and cleared her throat.

“The Black Death has broken out, Princess.”

In the end, the predicted tragedy had occurred.

* * *

Mialen County.

It was now in a state of great emergency.

The Black Death, of all things, had begun to rage.

The first place the Black Death started was a small rural village.

A village formed on the road between cities, a place that Mialen County and his vassals didn’t pay much attention to.

So the report on the initial outbreak was delayed.

They belatedly sealed off and incinerated the village, but it was no use.

Unfortunately, it was a village that served as a gateway between cities, so there was a lot of traffic.

It had already spread to neighboring cities, and this highly contagious epidemic continued to spread.

“…It’s only a matter of time before it spreads throughout the territory.”

“Hasn’t it spread to cities that are under lockdown? It could reach here soon.”

“It is said that outbreaks have started in Lyndhal County and Andersen County as well.”

Both territories were adjacent to Mialen County.

“This is a disaster! The Black Death could spread throughout the empire!”

“Is that the problem now! I’m already dying with my own problems, do you have time to worry about the country! The tax revenue decreases as many people die!”

Mialen County’s roar echoed.

He glared at his vassals with a displeased look and opened his mouth.

“Does anyone have any solutions?”

“Even if it has spread a lot, it’s still only about a third of the territory. We can more actively seal it off and prohibit movement—”

“Didn’t you say that outbreaks have occurred even in fully sealed cities! It’s already too late!”

“S-still, we have holy water, so you and we are safe, Count. For now, it is better to plan for the future…….”

“Who will pay taxes if everyone but me dies!”

Mialen County ran his finger over the territory’s map.

“Burn this place first.”

“Yes? All of it? The epidemic hasn’t spread there yet. We should order an evacuation now—”

“It’ll be too late if we wait and burn it! Just block the entrance and burn it all down!”

It was then.

“Count! A delegation has arrived from Duke Paeraton!”

The butler came in as the door burst open.

“A delegation from Duke Paeraton? At a time like this?”

Lyndhal and Andersen, neighboring territories, must be dying to protest, but they didn’t send a delegation.

For fear of spreading the Black Death.

“What’s going on?”

“That is, they say they brought a cure for the Black Death.”

“What?”

Mialen County jumped up.

But he soon snorted.

“Medicine from Paeraton, who only knows how to kill? Ha! I’d rather believe that the temple held a slaughter party!”

“H-however, Count. They say it’s medicine. Still, shouldn’t you meet them…….”

“I’ll meet them for now. Guide the delegation to the audience chamber.”

Chapter 18. Life is Real, Jongman!

“They brought a cure for the Black Death?”

Seeing Mialen County sitting down and crossing his legs without even greeting them, the Paeraton delegation twitched their eyes.

Ignoring the delegation was the same as ignoring Paeraton.

They couldn’t just let it go.

“Mialen County, we are the official delegation of Paeraton. And as you may have heard, we have brought a cure for the Black Death. Please show some more respect.”

“Ha! So that was the purpose.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You’re telling me to bow down to you in exchange for the cure!”

How could the words to keep basic etiquette be so distorted?

Mentioning the cure meant that they came with goodwill.

“Hmph, I’ve never heard of a medicine that cures the Black Death. But you made the medicine at such a good time and are handing it over?”

Mialen County snorted.

“Nonsense!”

“Why is it nonsense?”

Mialen County frowned at the delegation’s attitude of retorting.

‘The impudence is just like its owner.’

“Do I really have to explain? The moment I explain, I won’t be keeping that ‘etiquette’ you mentioned. Let’s look at the letter.”

The Count’s aide brought the letter from the delegation.

The letter was long, unlike Duke Paeraton, but there was nothing particularly special about it.

It said that they would give the Black Death cure under certain conditions.

But after a few lines—.

“……Ruatisha?”

“She is our youngest Princess.”

It’s not that he didn’t know.

“Why is the story of the youngest Princess so long?”

It was a calm tone, but if you looked closely, it was all boasting.

“A child made the cure?”

“That’s right! Our Princess is so amazing—”

“Ridiculous! I heard the youngest Princess wasn’t even born with magic!”

“Even if she wasn’t born with magic, she is very bright and special, as befits Paeraton.”

“Paeraton’s special…… cough, I acknowledge the characteristics. They’re not human at all.”

Mialen County sniffed and continued.

“But wasn’t all that specialness coming from magic? She’ll be no different from an ordinary child, so you want me to believe and use the medicine that child made?”

The delegation gritted their teeth at the rude remarks.

But first, saving people by handing over the cure was the priority. That’s what the Princess would want.

“If you think of her as an ordinary child, you will naturally have doubts. But as it is written in detail in the letter, our youngest Princess…….”

“There’s no need for that.”

Mialen County abruptly cut off the delegation leader’s words.

“Didn’t you come to laugh at me in the first place? Did you think I wouldn’t know?”

“What.”

“It’s ridiculous that Paeraton made a cure. But you’re giving it away almost for free?”

Of course, there were conditions attached.

But in this emergency situation, they were very minor conditions.

“You’re thinking of making me a laughing stock by saying that I eagerly accepted a child’s toy.”

Duke Paeraton was originally arrogant and obnoxious.

‘Duke Paeraton must be conscious of me. That’s why he’s going through all this trouble.’

“Don’t make such absurd assumptions!”

The delegation leader finally got angry.

“Duke’s guarantee is attached! Isn’t it written in the letter with the seal?”

“So?”

“Duke Paeraton’s name is never light. Isn’t that guarantee enough?”

“Ha.”

Mialen County twisted his lips.

Who is he to be enough with his name?

‘I didn’t like that bastard from the start.’

At one time, he thought that he was the perfect match for him.

So he tried to get closer to him first.

“Why does Mialen Young Master keep following Duke Paeraton?”

“The atmosphere gets cold every time Mialen Young Master opens his mouth. He tries to tie the Duke together, thinking he’s on the same level, and it’s so annoying.”

“Is it fortunate if he thinks they are on the same level? Recently, he subtly tried to look down on him. He praised the Duke for being handsome, but then said he wasn’t that handsome.”

“It’s annoying that a clueless, smelly pig waddles around and chases after him.”

It was an event more than twenty years ago, but it was still vivid.

Mialen County’s hand, holding the armrest, tightened.

“I don’t need it! Take that trash back right now!”