The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 115

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Throughout the Empire, no, the entire continent, there were countless rumors surrounding the First Magtop Lord.

Having been the Magtop Lord for over 70 years without ever showing himself to the public even once, it was only natural.

‘But all the rumors were equally strange.’

Things like the First Magtop Lord being well over two hundred years old, or having horns on his forehead.

I frowned and thought hard.

‘Now that I think about it again, it’s almost like advertising that he’s not human…’

I stared seriously at the name ‘Crookiatus’ written in the book.

“I, I don’t know anything about that.”

Rico never gave me an answer to my question until the end.

Then he said he had something urgent to do and returned to the Magic Tower.

“If you gave it by mistake, you should take it back, or if not that.”

Then does that mean he gave it to me intentionally?

But why give this to me?

At that moment, something suddenly came to mind.

When I first met Theo, he had snapped his fingers to create a massive soundproof barrier.

But current magic could only be implemented with magic stones or magic scrolls.

‘But Theo cast barrier magic with his bare hands…’

He acted nonchalantly, saying things like ‘the Magic Tower’s technology is far more advanced than what’s known to the public.’

I tapped the cover of the ancient book with my palm.

‘If the First Magtop Lord really isn’t human, then it makes sense that his son Theo would be extraordinary too.’

After Theo entered Abner Academy, I realized something.

‘Theo is a genius.’

And not just some pretty amazing genius either.

Sometimes it seemed like he transcended human limitations.

I got a headache and flopped down on the bed.

‘…I’m sure I was investigating black magic because of the Senianna incident.’

Thanks to Rico bringing me strange materials, I felt like I’d learned some uncomfortable truths.

But more than being bothersome, for some reason my heart was pounding.

“Black magic is a forbidden art, but it’s still possible to cast.”

“If there’s a medium filled with corrupted mana, it’s not impossible to do.”

I also recalled what Theo had said about black magic.

‘A medium filled with corrupted mana.’

For a while, I searched the entire library trying to find out what that meant.

But I couldn’t figure out what corrupted mana meant at all.

However, after reading this ancient book and thinking about it, there was something I could guess.

‘The book definitely said that. The human realm was defiled as the Evil Dragons absorbed people’s mana.’

Then ‘corrupted mana’ might refer to mana imbued with the Evil Dragons’ energy.

‘Then what becomes important now is how Jayden got his hands on that.’

Jayden was currently staying at the Duke’s Castle in Abner Territory.

Awin was recording every day he left the castle at my request.

“Who on earth does he go out to meet every two weeks?”

Actually, I already had someone in mind as that person.

‘But there’s no physical evidence yet.’

I shook my head to dispel various thoughts and crawled under the covers.

The Opening Ceremony ended safely.

I was a bit flustered when my front tooth suddenly fell out, but as I kept talking, the whistling sound lessened a bit.

‘Let’s work hard at the Prodigy Academy for now.’

I was grouped with the second place, last place, and second-to-last place students.

But I was still confident I could get good grades.

‘Once I enter the Prodigy Academy, I’ll be able to access materials at the Academy of Pharmacy too, so maybe this worked out well.’

Feeling my eyelids growing heavy, I fell into a deep sleep.

“Hello? I’m Euriko!”

I blinked at Euriko, who was towering even while sitting.

“I’m so happy we’re in the same group! Even though I’m 91st place, I’ll work hard so I won’t be a burden to the team!”

Euriko was a child with dark skin and model-like long limbs.

‘She’s twelve but as tall as an adult… I’m jealous.’

Since I was short even in my previous life, I nodded while blinking with envious eyes.

Euriko grinned and leaned over the table to ask.

“Hey, I heard you got first place by answering all the test questions correctly. Is that true?”

“Mm-hmm, that’s right.”

“Amazing! Armin got second place by getting just one question wrong. Oh, about who Armin is…”

Euriko, who was speaking, suddenly widened her eyes and closed her mouth.

Following her gaze, I saw two boys walking toward us from a distance.

The boys had identical looks with lush blonde hair and moderately tanned skin.

However, one had blue eyes while the other had bright pink eyes.

“Couldn’t you have acted a bit more dignified in front of the Apothecary Dean? Aren’t you embarrassed about coming last when you came here as a foreign prince?”

“I told you I’m here on athletic scholarship?”

“Please!”

But somehow the atmosphere between them seemed unusual.

“Brother, why are you like that about everything? Even if it’s a small country, Marque is a kingdom. And you’re the crown prince of that kingdom!”

When the blue-eyed boy shouted, the red-eyed boy frowned.

“If you’ve risen to such an important position just by being born a few minutes earlier, you should at least show some effort. Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”

“Armin. You’re being a bit harsh today?”

“The harsh one is you, brother. You’re really pathetically hopeless. So hopeless I can’t stand to watch.”

The air between the two boys instantly turned cold.

Euriko beside me muttered ‘Oh, what should we do.’

I watched the two boys glaring at each other fiercely and tilted my head.

‘Dimas and Armin?’

From what I heard, they seemed to be princes of Marque Kingdom.

But in my previous life, I think I only heard one of their names.

‘…The crown prince was Dimas, right?’

I was narrowing my eyes and examining the boys’ faces when it happened.

“If you’re not interested in academics, don’t follow me. You stubbornly followed despite everyone’s objections and came in last… If this is how it was going to be, why did you insist on coming? How embarrassing.”

Dimas’s eyes widened slightly.

But Armin didn’t stop.

“Don’t you know you’re ruining Marque Kingdom’s reputation? If you’re going to live so carelessly, you shouldn’t be crown prince.”

Euriko was now repeatedly sitting and standing from her chair, anxiously biting her nails.

Armin muttered lowly with somewhat childish eyes.

“What you received without any effort, that was my dream and goal.”

“…Hey. Armin.”

“What I can never have no matter how hard I try, you have it without doing anything.”

Armin glared at Dimas with sharp eyes.

Then, as if he didn’t want to exchange any more words, he passed by him and came toward us.

When Armin plopped down in his chair, Euriko awkwardly waved her hand.

“Armin, you’re here?”

“….”

There was no response.

Soon after, Dimas, who had been standing alone, approached with a dejected expression.

Then he slumped down in a chair far away from Armin.

“Dimas! You’re here. I’ve been waiting!”

Only Euriko’s voice, trying to break the awkwardness, echoed through the silence.

That’s when it happened.

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, I noticed something strange about Dimas’s behavior.

Though it was hard to see clearly under the table, he was pressing his thumb firmly against his other wrist.

Only after I spotted the yellow and bluish bruises spread around that area did I widen my eyes.

‘I remembered.’

Where I had heard Armin’s name before.

And why I had never heard of Dimas’s name.

I looked at Armin with a serious expression.

“No matter how hard I try, I’ll never be able to have what you possess without doing anything, brother.”

Armin’s words were wrong.

That child would soon gain the position of Crown Prince.

Because Dimas would die before long.

‘Was it that he was bitten by a red-ringed sea snake when he was young?’

The Southern Archipelago where the Marque Kingdom was located was a place where all kinds of marine life gathered.

The problem was that there were also several creatures there that could kill humans.

Among them, the red-ringed sea snake’s venom was the most deadly poison of all.

A person poisoned by that venom would slowly die from nerve paralysis after a five-year incubation period.

A fatal poison for which no antidote had been invented to this day.

Moreover, the pain that comes after the incubation period ends was known to be tremendous….

I quietly observed Dimas.

Dimas was still pressing firmly around his wrist until his skin turned pale white.

Now that I knew the situation, I could see it.

That was clearly an action anyone would do to endure pain.

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