This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 103

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Chapter 103

Bloden, who had been fidgeting with his two hands that were smaller than fern leaves, let out a sigh.

“Raven, I can’t see properly.”

“….”

At the lisping voice, Bloden covered his eyes with both hands.

“He’s two years old, Your Majesty. Can you walk?”

“Don’t be so hasty.”

Bloden gritted his teeth at the unbelievable reality and stood up from his seat. Then he took out a pocket dimension from his clothes, handed it to Raven, and gave the necessary instructions.

“Understood, Your Majesty. Please wait a moment.”

Raven arranged the commanders he could summon in a circle so that no one could see Bloden.

Then he poured out supplies needed for disaster response at a spot a few steps away and called the waiting Imperial Knights to give them orders.

While the Imperial Knights moved busily, Raven quickly set up a temporary tent for Bloden to rest.

Bloden, who had changed into age-appropriate clothes, sat on the sofa listening to progress reports while giving remaining instructions and voicing the anxiety and curiosity that had filled his mind from the beginning until now.

“How is Nuna?”

Since Kimarise had also been unsummoned, he could no longer see Hailey’s situation.

Raven, who knew this well, reported on Hailey’s condition that he had received.

“Haa. Stupid Nuna.”

The more Bloden listened to Raven’s words, the darker his complexion became.

“If the children get scared, send Camen instead of salamanders. How hot and painful it must be.”

‘When he was actually two years old, he didn’t speak at all.’

Was it because he was concentrating so as not to miss the instructions given in lisping speech?

His gem-like sparkling red eyes, white chubby cheeks, and small mouth that moved constantly as he chattered were particularly noticeable.

Raven unconsciously smiled broadly.

Two-year-old Bloden was too cute. It also reminded him of Lienda, who used to smile brightly while looking at her young son when Bloden was really two years old.

“I’m serious, but do you think this is funny?”

‘Oh no!’

Only after receiving Bloden’s scolding and glare did Raven realize he had been grinning, and he hurriedly managed his expression.

“Still, she’s being treated with the most precious medicine. The pain will subside soon and she’ll heal without a single scar. More importantly, Your Majesty, there’s a bigger problem remaining.”

“A big problem? What’s that?”

“When the treatment is finished, she’ll want to go home. What should we do?”

“Ah, right.”

Bloden sighed and bit his lip.

At his current age, he absolutely could not appear before Hailey.

It would be troublesome if Hailey returned home and looked for Baron. Setting aside everything else, it was obvious she would be greatly shocked to see that the seven-year-old child had become two years old.

“We have to stop her.”

“How about using treatment as an excuse to keep her staying in the temporary tent?”

Raven, who understood from Bloden’s crumpled expression that this was not allowed, bowed his head politely again.

“I’ll escort Lady Hailey to the best hotel in this domain and treat her without the slightest inconvenience.”

“That’s good. Ah, if we do it like this, it’ll work.”

Even in this serious situation, Bloden forcibly came up with reasons why Baron and Hailey couldn’t see each other and moved the Imperial Guard through Raven.

While he was at it, he had Hailey treated in a hotel suite under the pretext of honoring her for the rescue operation, and spent enough wealth to avoid suspicion.

After completing all measures, Bloden returned home with Raven.

Raven immediately searched through the house, found all the food Hailey had prepared, broke it up or mashed it to make it easy to eat, then gave it to Bloden.

This was in case he might grow quickly and return to his seven-year-old Baron appearance.

But it was useless.

Bloden’s stomach had become smaller, so he couldn’t eat much.

“Your Majesty, it seems you’ve eaten too little. Please try to eat more.”

“I’m full already.”

Bloden moved his spoon diligently. But Raven’s head tilted more and more to the side.

Although he showed excellent motor skills for a two-year-old, Bloden’s spoon accuracy and agility had definitely declined due to becoming too young.

“Your Majesty, shall I feed you this tofu?”

“No. I’ll eat it myself.”

“But you’re spilling it.”

“….”

Bloden’s chubby cheeks turned red.

“You need to grow quickly, don’t you?”

Raven carefully took the spoon from Bloden’s hand and scooped up some mashed tofu.

“Now, Your Majesty… aah.”

“Ah, aah.”

Bloden, who seemed unable to accept being fed with a clear mind, closed his eyes tightly and opened his mouth, soon turning red from his neck to the tips of his ears.

“Aaah.”

The moment the mashed tofu went into his mouth, Raven unconsciously smiled like a mother.

‘Like a baby swallow.’

At the same time, Bloden opened his eyes and got goosebumps at Raven’s expression he’d never seen before.

“What’s that expression? Are you looking down on me because I’m small?”

“No, Your Majesty. Absolutely not.”

Raven tried hard to suppress his trembling lips and scooped up another spoonful of mashed tofu.

“Come, please eat more.”

Bloden sighed softly and opened his small mouth again.

“Oh my, you eat so well. Good boy, good boy.”

“Argh!”

As soon as he swallowed the tofu, Bloden’s cheeks puffed up.

“Don’t be so hasty!”

“Is that what’s important right now? You need to recover quickly and go see Lady Hailey. Lady Hailey is beside herself wanting to see Your Majesty right now, isn’t she?”

“N-Nuna wants to see me that much?”

“Isn’t that obvious? You know Lady Hailey’s personality.”

“….”

Bloden sighed deeply with a resigned expression and opened his mouth.

“Ha, fine. I have to see Nuna.”

But that was only for a moment, as Bloden pushed away the spoon and shook his head.

“My stomach’s about to burst!”

“Then let’s rest a bit before you eat more.”

“Ha, this doesn’t seem right.”

After thinking, Bloden had Raven bring a little bit of the gochujang stored in the crook in the caves.

Raven scooped up the brought gochujang with a small teaspoon, confirmed it wasn’t poisoned with a silver needle, and offered it to Bloden.

“Please try this, Your Majesty.”

Bloden looked down at the gochujang with a determined expression, then put it in his mouth all at once and swallowed it with water.

“Cough! Cough!”

Bloden, who collapsed while shedding tears from the insanely stimulating taste, realized two things.

First, drinking cold water would somewhat calm the hot taste.

Also, while the gochujang was slightly more effective than other foods Hailey had completed, it was too much for his tongue to handle.

‘No matter what I eat, nothing is as intense as the tteokbokki Nuna made!’

Although it was a hellish experience, looking back, it was also a taste that was sweet and made him think of it again.

In the end, Bloden stayed home, gradually recovering his magic power with the mild foods that remained in the house while waiting for Hailey’s wounds to heal.

Then, when his lisping had almost disappeared and he looked like a three-year-old child, he heard the news that Hailey had fully recovered.

He immediately sent Raven to Hailey.

‘Given Nuna’s personality, she’ll gladly make it for me. The only question is when.’

Bloden estimated when Hailey would be able to make tteokbokki.

‘She’ll probably come home and make it, right?’

Then he couldn’t let Hailey see him like this.

“Ha, how do I avoid her?”

Just then, a knock was heard.

“Your Majesty, it’s me.”

It was Raven.

Bloden quickly approached the door and pulled the hanging rope. It was a device Raven had made since a three-year-old child couldn’t reach the door handle.

“How is Nuna?”

Raven smiled brightly.

“She asked us to bring the ingredients to the hotel. She said she would look for a cooking location.”

Bloden’s expression brightened considerably.

“Now you can finally return to Baron’s age. I’ll be more comfortable too since I won’t have to calculate future movements.”

“Good!”

Bloden quickly went to the kitchen and opened the storage cabinet.

“Raven, the rice is here. You learned the rice cake skewer recipe, right?”

Raven unfastened his shirt cufflinks, rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, and put on an apron.

“Of course.”

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