This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54

 

Raven pointed to his house.

 

“It’s reached the stage where we’re decorating the garden.”

 

As he said, the house was now almost completely finished, and workers were in the middle of decorating the garden.

 

“I heard Baron would soon be bringing up plants, so he ordered special seeds. I brought them today.”

 

“…What?”

 

Baron grinned broadly.

 

“It seemed like Nuna likes roses.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I wanted to plant them myself.”

 

“?”

 

“I even looked up books about it.”

 

It was something my brain couldn’t understand. It seemed certain that he had borrowed Raven’s help.

 

“Baron, don’t tell me you troubled Raven again?”

 

“What trouble? Raven said it himself. That I ordered this.”

 

“…Huh?”

 

Raven smiled brightly.

 

“Yes, Baron bought it.”

 

How?

 

It didn’t take long for my question to be resolved.

 

Now I saw that Baron had been helping with Raven’s work, and with the money he received as payment, he bought the roses. It had happened when I was away or busy.

 

He hadn’t bought goods sold by Raven’s merchant guild, nor had he added profit to transportation, so it didn’t violate domain law either.

 

“What Baron helped with was work like document delivery, so it wasn’t dangerous. There were no mistakes in handling the work either. So there’s absolutely nothing to worry about.”

 

Raven, who had reassured me along with Baron, pulled out an invitation from his chest.

 

“Three days from now in the evening, we’ll have a modest housewarming party. Due to various matters, I haven’t been able to properly show you the Empire’s food culture yet, but it would be an honor if you and Baron could attend together.”

 

When I nodded somewhat bewildered, Raven put down the bundle of plants to one side with the workers and returned to the construction site.

 

“Nuna just watch. Or go do your work.”

 

Baron, who had earnestly instructed me, put on gloves and picked up a shovel.

 

Not a trowel, but a shovel. The one we had bought to use for field work.

 

In the past, I would have been startled and stopped him, but now I found myself staring blankly, perhaps because I knew Baron was much stronger than me and had good skills with tools.

 

Baron dug holes to plant the roses with a skilled posture.

 

Every time dirt flew through the air, Baron’s hair fluttered softly and sparkled in the bright sunlight.

 

His skin was pale and his violet eyes were full of vitality.

 

“…”

 

Being young, his arms didn’t have prominent muscles or overflowing masculinity, but watching him seemed somewhat cool.

 

Strangely exciting too. And reassuring.

 

Even though he was a little kid, I felt this way probably because he was making a rose garden for me.

 

No matter how I looked at it, Baron was an angel. A genius angel at that.

 

As I was admiring Baron’s character, one thought suddenly occurred to me.

 

Could it be that there being no weeds at all was…?

 

“Baron, by any chance. Did you pull the weeds in the field?”

 

“Weeds?”

 

Baron, who rolled his eyes around, nodded.

 

“Yeah, when Nuna went to gather seaweed, I pulled them out little by little.”

 

As I thought. The neat field was thanks to Baron’s efforts.

 

“I told you that you don’t have to do that.”

 

But Baron lightly turned the shovel and smiled brightly.

 

“I’m only doing it to the extent that it’s not hard. Also, since I live with Nuna, I should do at least that much.”

 

At his deliberate show of strength, I had nothing to say. I could only tell him to be careful not to get hurt.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

Baron planted all the roses Raven had brought in just a few hours. And while eating dinner together, he smiled confidently.

 

“If you wait about three months, they’ll bloom fully.”

 

“Three months?”

 

Wouldn’t that be winter by then?

 

There was no way roses would bloom in winter. But Baron was confident that the roses would definitely bloom.

 

In the past, I would have thought he didn’t know because he was a child, but not now.

 

‘Baron is a genius, so I feel like I’m missing something.’

 

Only then did something suddenly come to mind. Winter in the original work was only depicted at the Northern Gate.

 

I had never read descriptions of winter in Snoril.

 

“Baron, wouldn’t winter come by then?”

 

“Winter?”

 

Baron, who had been rolling his eyes, shrugged his shoulders.

 

“That’s only true for the north, not here.”

 

“Not here?”

 

“It’s warm here all year round.”

 

Rumble!

 

Perhaps because the shock was great, I thought I could even hear thunder.

 

“…Ah.”

 

I covered my eyes with my hands.

 

I didn’t know about nobles, but as far as I knew, there were no refrigerators or storage facilities in this world. Even if I could somehow manage the soybean paste artificially, to make fermented sauces, it was best to use the seasons.

 

‘If there’s no winter, what about my soy sauce, soybean paste, and red pepper paste?’

 

Baron, who had been quietly observing my expression, asked carefully.

 

“What’s wrong? Is there some problem?”

 

“No, I just didn’t think about this region not having winter.”

 

“Huh? What kind of nonsensical talk is that?”

 

“Actually, there were food ingredients I wanted to make.”

 

“Food ingredients?”

 

“Yeah, if I had those, the rice would become even more delicious.”

 

“Even more delicious than this?”

 

Baron looked at the food on the table and sighed with a disbelieving face.

 

“That’s impossible. How could it get more delicious than this?”

 

I had been serious just moments ago, but Baron’s extreme praise made me feel good and I couldn’t help but laugh.

 

“Really. After you taste it, my cooking up until now will seem bland.”

 

“Oh, then I want to try it.”

 

Baron’s expression became serious.

 

“Do you need winter… to make it?”

 

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be winter.”

 

Honestly, I could make it anytime. It’s just that making it in a season with appropriate temperature increases the chances of success.

 

“More precisely, it’s about the environment. I need a cool place.”

 

“Hmm… a cool place… like an ice house or caves?”

 

Baron’s words gave me a realization.

 

‘That’s right, there was cave fermentation!’

 

At the coastline some distance from here, there were various forms of cliffs and forests. Since it was by the sea, there might well be suitable caves that met the conditions while being untouched by human feet.

 

“Good, let’s look for such a place! It would be over there, right?”

 

With hope that I could make fermented sauces much faster than expected, I jumped up and threw open the house door. I wanted to look toward the coastal cliffs.

 

Rumble!

 

But as soon as I opened the door, lightning flashed across the sky and heavy rain began pouring down.

 

Whoooosh-

 

‘Hmm, so the thunder I heard earlier wasn’t a hallucination from the shock after all.’

 

I closed the door right back up.

 

“Well, I can just look for it tomorrow.”

 

* * *

 

Since I couldn’t go out to search either, I leisurely ate dinner, cleared the table, tidied up the house, and planned for tomorrow.

 

‘First I need to find a suitable location. Once I find it, I’ll need to gather all the materials right away.’

 

As I was mentally organizing what materials and tools to buy, my eyes suddenly fell on Baron.

 

Baron was leaning against the sofa, having finished preparing for bed early, and was reading a book he had borrowed from the library.

 

‘He’s definitely seven years old.’

 

He was just reading a book, yet he exuded such elegance.

 

I decided to add another title to Baron’s name.

 

Elegant genius angel.

 

Baron, sensing my gaze, looked up.

 

“Hm? What is it?”

 

I was startled and quickly finished what I was doing.

 

“It’s time for bed. Let’s sleep now.”

 

“Oh, it’s already that time.”

 

Baron closed his book and lay down on the bed.

 

I covered the magic stone wall lamp with a shade to dim it.

 

Since magic stone lighting is so bright, light still seeps through faintly even when covered. It doesn’t interfere with sleep, but it’s enough to make out the surroundings.

 

Looking at the magic stone wall lamp, I was amazed anew at how much our environment had changed overnight.

 

“Good night, Baron.”

 

I gave Baron a goodnight kiss on his forehead, tucked him in properly, then lay down beside him at a slight distance. Now it was Baron’s turn to say “Good night, Nuna.”

 

But Baron’s greeting never came. Rumble, only the sound of thunder echoed from outside.

 

It’s noisier outside than I thought. Did he fall asleep already?

 

Then Baron tossed and turned and called out to me.

 

“Nuna.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“I’ve been curious about this since we changed beds.”

 

Baron’s voice was a little quiet.

 

“Why don’t you hold me when we sleep anymore?”

 

“…Huh?”

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