The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 113

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“You look particularly anxious today, Theo.”

 

The deepest basement of the Magic Tower.

 

In a place where humid and cold air tickled his nose, Theo startled and raised his head.

 

Bright yellow pupils gleaming in the darkness came into his view.

 

“Didn’t you say there was nothing more to observe about the Abner Family? Yet why do you look to my eyes like you’re dying to return there?”

 

Though it was a very low and eerie voice, Theo answered with a composed expression.

 

“That couldn’t be the case.”

 

The yellow pupils narrowed.

 

“No matter what happens, I will remain by Father’s side. Nothing else matters.”

 

The eyes sharply scanned Theo’s face as if verifying the truth.

 

But Theo met his gaze with unwavering eyes.

 

Only then did the suspicion fade from those pupils.

 

“…Right. My only son wouldn’t neglect me.”

 

With that muttering, his figure emerged from the darkness.

 

“Isabel Abner’s magic power keeps trying to return to that thing. Now I can’t even maintain this half-human appearance with just twice a month.”

 

What was frowning was something with an obviously bizarre appearance.

 

His face and body had human form, but the pupils beneath his eyelids were reminiscent of a snake.

 

Gleaming black scales densely covered his entire forehead and cheeks.

 

“Just when will this damned curse finally end…”

 

Theo silently maintained a solemn expression.

 

Crookiatus.

 

That was the name of this man standing before him.

 

He was the Previous Archmage and Theo’s biological father who created him.

 

At the same time, he was also not human.

 

“If the situation becomes more unfavorable… I think we’ll have to kill Isabel Abner.”

 

At those words, Theo’s hand flinched imperceptibly.

 

He gazed at Crookiatus while hiding his tightly clenched fist under his robe.

 

“I will follow Father’s will.”

 

Crookiatus nodded with a satisfied smile.

 

“Yes. Once we eliminate that thing, we’ll finally know.”

 

“…”

 

“Whether the Michaeliann Bloodline has truly ended with that thing.”

 

Theo secretly moistened his parched lips.

 

Crookiatus looked at Theo and added as if telling him not to worry.

 

“Don’t you worry. The moment not a single member of the Michaeliann Bloodline remains in this world, all magic power in the human realm will return to me.”

 

“…”

 

“When that time comes, we will become the sole absolute rulers of this world.”

 

Theo endured the bitter taste in his mouth and bowed deeply.

 

The sound of Crookiatus laughing continued to echo through the dark basement.

 

Divine Dragon Crookiatus, banished from the heavenly realm to the human realm.

 

The Michaeliann, descendants of Lasandra who sealed him.

 

The two were beings that could never coexist even if the world were to end.

 

But Theo had been precariously standing between the two for some time now.

 

The fact that Crookiatus was beginning to consider harming Isabel also meant the day had come to finally put his plan into action.

 

After greeting Crookiatus, Theo left the dark basement.

 

The basement of the Magic Tower was exactly as deep as the height that rose above ground.

 

And among the hundreds of mages, none knew what existed at its deepest level.

 

“I am Theo Lirquian. I hear you have great interest in magic.”

 

“Nice to meet you.”

 

Suddenly, he remembered the day he first met Isabel.

 

“But Theo, have you heard any other rumors about me?”

 

“What rumors do you mean?”

 

“I’m actually weak to handsome men. Like you, Theo.”

 

Slowly, like clothes getting wet in drizzle, the days they grew closer.

 

“Theo, did you sleep well? I’ve been thinking a lot, and there’s actually something I haven’t told you.”

 

“What is it this time?”

 

“Actually, besides magic, I’m also very interested in you, Theo! …Is that too burdensome?”

 

Those large eyes sparkling while looking at him.

 

The fragrant spring breeze brushing past his nose.

 

That’s when Theo felt he could hear a strange sound from somewhere.

 

“Theo, just run away with me.”

 

Later, only when Annellia was born could he understand.

 

What that sound he heard back then was.

 

“Let’s be happy. We can do that, together.”

 

It was the sound of Theo’s world, which had been filled only with Crookiatus, crumbling.

 

It was the sound of something more important than Crookiatus taking root deep in his life, and his heart belonging to Isabel.

 

Theo quietly connected the communication stone.

 

And spoke softly.

 

“Rico, it’s me.”

 

From the other side came the sound of hurried inquiries about his well-being and the situation.

 

Theo answered calmly.

 

“I think it’s about time.”

 

There was a time when Crookiatus was his entire life.

 

Back then, sacrifice and devotion didn’t hurt.

 

He thought that no matter how much devotion he showed, he could never surpass that of Crookiatus, his parent.

 

So he followed his commands absolutely.

 

When told to approach Isabel, he did. When told to become the Magtop Lord, he became one.

 

But at some point, Theo found it difficult to control himself.

 

Days of agonizing over guilt increased, and then Annellia was born.

 

‘For this small child, I could even die.’

 

It was a thought that struck like lightning the moment he first saw Annellia.

 

Theo soon realized.

 

The feelings Crookiatus had for him were different from the feelings he had for Annellia.

 

‘If this is what it means to feel toward a child, then Father doesn’t regard me as his child.’

 

To Crookiatus, he was merely a means and a tool.

 

So if Crookiatus tried to harm Annellia and Isabel.

 

Even if he was his father, Theo would have to stop him.

 

“We’ll have at least a few years. This time, we can’t fail as futilely as before.”

 

After speaking matter-of-factly to Rico, Theo ended the communication stone call in front of a massive iron door located elsewhere.

 

As he opened the door, cold air immediately rushed in.

 

A woman who had been lying like a corpse in the depths inside groggily rose from her spot.

 

“Theo?”

 

Having been confined for so long, her long hair reached down to the ground, and her two eyes in the middle of her gaunt face were bloodshot red.

 

Theo slowly approached her.

 

“…Bell.”

 

The woman’s eyes widened in surprise.

 

As he bent down to her, her fragile, breakable arms wrapped tightly around him.

 

An anxious voice reached his ear.

 

“Our daughter?”

 

Theo met her violet eyes filled with worry.

 

“Is our daughter doing well? How much has she grown? Did she do well on that Academy presentation you told me about last time?”

 

Theo gently stroked around her eyes with his thumb and nodded.

 

“She finished it well. Rico says her front tooth fell out.”

 

At those words, her eyes, identical to Annellia’s, immediately widened.

 

“I see.”

 

“….”

 

“Our daughter’s front tooth fell out.”

 

A single tear rolled down her smiling cheek.

 

Having been trapped here for so long, Bell had slowly lost her ability to smile.

 

It was natural, since Crookiatus had been draining her magic twice every month.

 

Theo took a breath and then spoke.

 

“We’ll be able to meet again.”

 

She looked at Theo with a surprised expression.

 

“So you don’t need to worry about anything.”

 

“….”

 

“There really isn’t much time left now.”

 

Isabella, who had been frozen, immediately pulled him into a tight embrace.

 

And murmured in a trembling voice.

 

“Yes, we’re going back together. Really, to our daughter….”

 

Theo buried his face in Isabella’s trembling shoulders.

 

‘We’re going back together.’

 

Isabella had said that.

 

But only Isabella would be able to return to Annellia.

 

‘But that’s fine.’

 

Theo’s father, Crookiatus, was a demigod.

 

He wasn’t a being that could be easily killed or harmed.

 

So if someone had to embrace Crookiatus and die, it had to be Theo himself.

 

‘This time Annellia is safe too.’

 

There was no longer any reason to hesitate.

 

“Let’s see now.”

 

Having finished lunch, I returned to my room with enthusiasm.

 

The books Rico had brought were neatly arranged on the table beside my bed.

 

I was flipping through the books with an excited face when my eyes widened.

 

“Huh?”

 

Among the books was some strange bundle made by roughly binding papers together.

 

When I picked it up, strange symbols and large ancient letters immediately caught my eye.

 

I carefully examined the hard-to-read characters and flipped through the pages quickly.

 

“What is this? Licarus, Hegatan… Evil Dragon Crookiatus?”

 

Then I unconsciously froze at a middle page.

 

“…Huh?”

 

[Ancient Sorcerer Lasandra and the Michaeliann Bloodline]

 

It was because familiar names had suddenly appeared.

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