The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 134

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The moment we fell, everything before my eyes was completely pink.

It was because Hiana’s long hair completely blocked my vision.

Should I call it fortunate? We fell onto the low wooden bushes on the first floor of the annex.

And we rolled somewhere for quite a while.

“Ugh…”

Finally, my constantly shaking vision stopped.

I struggled to sit up while holding my head.

Then something that had been tightly gripping my body fell to the ground with a thud.

It was Hiana’s arm.

When I looked down, I could see Hiana with her eyes closed right below me.

Hiana was still tightly gripping the hem of my dress.

“Hi, Hia…”

I was about to speak but immediately closed my mouth.

Behind Hiana’s head, red blood was slowly spreading.

I took a deep breath and urgently grabbed Hiana’s shoulders.

“Hi, Hia, Hiana.”

Was it because it had been so long?

The lips calling that name didn’t feel like my own.

“Wake up, wake up.”

I restlessly looked up at the surroundings, which were green.

Perhaps because we had rolled several times, we were completely buried in the bushes.

I anxiously pushed through the bushes and looked outside.

In the distance, the edge of the annex could be glimpsed above the hill we had rolled down from.

Even if someone looked this way from the window, they probably wouldn’t be able to spot us.

“Hi, Hiana.”

I called Hiana again.

My fingertips trembled as I shook her drooping shoulders.

“You’re not, you’re not dead, right?”

Hiana didn’t move at all.

She just kept her eyes tightly closed with a peaceful face as if sleeping.

“What, what should I do.”

I muttered and moved my lips.

“First, first…”

I need to ask for help.

Because Hiana is bleeding a lot.

I quickly tore the outermost fabric from the hem of my dress.

The sewing was so well done that I had to strain with my ten-year-old body.

After rolling it up, I pressed it firmly against the back of Hiana’s bleeding head.

Even in my unsteady state, I instinctively repeated to myself.

“Think. Think, Annellia.”

I recalled the map of the Imperial Palace I had seen before in my mind.

“The Great Hall is on the east side of the Imperial Palace.”

It’s not too far from Tian’s palace located in the northeast.

And today Tian didn’t attend the pregnancy celebration.

So there’s a high chance he’s at the Crown Prince’s Palace, right?

I came out of the bushes and ran toward the large tree while watching the annex.

Unmanaged trees and bushes brushed past me.

How much time had passed like that?

I stopped in front of a large gazebo.

A familiar voice could be heard faintly in the distance.

“Rocaram… the soldiers we dispatched… were attacked.”

“As I reported. The pirates… the Rocaram tribe members as well…”

Soon, someone’s figure hidden behind a pillar was revealed.

Under a large old tree, I could see Tian sitting comfortably in casual clothes.

With Jeremy, his faithful confidant and butler, in front of him.

“When the Imperial Army arrived, the damage to the Rocaram region was already severe. Some were sold as pirate slaves, and the tribe members were all seriously injured.”

“…The support must have been late. Even if the Empress Faction nobles opposed it, we should have sent soldiers faster.”

Tian put down the documents he was holding and stood up from his seat.

“First, it would be best to dispatch additional troops immediately. There’s no need to go through the council meeting. Just with my authority…”

At that moment, Tian closed his mouth as if sensing something.

Tian remained silent for a moment, then slowly turned his head this way.

His eyes, sparkling even more vividly in the sunset light, were revealed.

“…Annellia?”

Tian’s eyes narrowed, then immediately widened.

The next moment, he started approaching me.

At first walking, then quickly.

And he firmly supported me as my legs gave out and I almost collapsed to the ground.

“Annellia, why are you here…”

Tian looked over my appearance.

Large and small leaves stuck to my hair and all over my body.

Wounds on the back of my hands, my limping leg, and even my torn skirt hem.

I gasped for breath and barely managed to open my mouth.

“Your, Your Highness… no, Tian.”

I spoke in a sobbing, breaking voice.

“Please, please help me.”

“The lower part of the back of her head seems to be torn. The bleeding has stopped now, so she should be fine.”

I blankly watched the man in knight’s uniform examine Hiana.

“He’s the top medical officer. He was under Logrio in the conflict zone of Widonnen region, so he’s trustworthy.”

I slowly nodded at Tian’s explanation.

“Logrio is secretly coming this way. I’ve also briefly informed Duke Abner, so don’t worry.”

I smiled faintly at his continued words.

“Thank you… Tian.”

Instead of answering, Tian stared at me intently.

Then he picked up a soft blanket that was placed on one side of the bed and wrapped it around my shoulders.

Fortunately, Tian moved quickly as soon as he heard my rambling story.

He had Jeremy call two knights, and they instantly brought Hiana from the place I had described.

After that, he guided me through a secret passage behind the Crown Prince’s Palace.

The passage led all the way to the second floor where Tian’s bedroom was located, and thanks to that, we were able to enter the bedroom through the corridor that Jeremy had cleared in advance.

Recalling that tense situation, my heart was still pounding.

I calmed my breathing and asked the medical officer.

“Then, Hiana can wake up soon, right…?”

The medical officer smiled as if telling me not to worry.

“Yes. It’s just a simple fainting spell. It seems she got a mild concussion from hitting her head hard when she fell.”

My mouth closed again.

She hit her head hard when she fell.

Thinking about it, it was only natural.

Hiana had hugged me tightly and thrown herself out the window.

…With her own body facing downward.

Although we fell into bushes, the window was still at second-floor height.

Hiana couldn’t have been unaware that falling would cause serious injury.

‘Yet she still protected me so tightly….’

Even while we rolled down the hill for quite a while, she held me close in her arms.

I let out a deep sigh.

Perhaps because Hiana resembled Lambert Longton, she had been tall since childhood.

Our birthdays were only a few months apart, yet she was always more than a span taller than me.

Thanks to that child holding me tight with her long arms, I didn’t suffer any major injuries.

On the other hand, Hiana….

“There are quite a few torn areas here and there. It looks like she was scratched by stones or thorn bushes.”

The medical officer muttered as he disinfected Hiana’s wounds.

He opened the box he had brought and took out the Lubarinna and Lubaven I had developed.

When the medicine was applied, the bleeding from the wounds stopped.

But I didn’t feel relieved at all, not even a little bit.

Just then, with a brief knock, someone entered the room.

“Miss.”

It was Logrio, his face pale as a sheet.

“Hah, you have no idea how shocked I was…!”

Logrio quickly approached me and knelt on the floor.

Then he frantically examined my face and asked.

“Are you alright? You’re not hurt anywhere, are you?”

“I’m sorry, Uncle Logrio… I should have just listened to you.”

Today I had barely managed to dissuade Logrio from staying by my side.

It wasn’t common to bring escort knights to a party venue.

And today was supposed to be the Empress’s moment to shine.

I was afraid I might be criticized if I, as an attendee, brought various people along.

“I’m also sorry for suddenly disappearing. There were too many people, so I just wanted to rest in the corridor for a moment.”

Logrio silently grasped my hand tightly and then let go.

Throughout the party, he had been standing at the entrance of the hall watching over me.

But realistically, it would have been difficult for him to track my every movement.

The hall was very crowded today, and I was a ten-year-old child so short that I could barely be seen among the adults.

Just as I was about to say something more out of guilt.

“Ugh, mmm….”

A small groan escaped from Hiana’s lips as she lay there like she was dead.

I opened my eyes wide and turned my gaze toward Hiana.

Cold sweat was beading all over Hiana’s face.

As if she was talking in her sleep, her lips parted slightly.

“Don’t die….”

“….”

“Don’t die… sister.”

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