The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 145

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“Release this immediately! Do you think the Barkin Chieftain will let you get away with this!”

I silently watched Shahma shouting at the top of his lungs at the servants and knights.

He was kneeling in the first floor lobby of the manor with his entire body bound.

Suddenly Shahma turned his gaze and glared at me.

His pupils flashed fiercely within his sunken eyes.

“Listen here, Duke Abner’s daughter! What is the meaning of this? Can this be taken as a provocation against all of Barkin?”

“Are you going to keep being noisy?”

“…What?”

“I’m asking because if you keep being noisy, I’ll tie your mouth with rope too.”

Shahma’s eyes widened slightly.

Soon an enormous murderous intent appeared on his face.

“How dare you! A mere girl who’s not even worth a punch…!”

That was the moment.

“What guest is this at this hour?”

The closed manor gate opened and someone revealed themselves.

“It’s already past midnight. Our Annellia’s bedtime has long passed.”

The person entering the lobby with a frown was Grandmother, who had temporarily left for the Duke’s castle.

I blinked my eyes with a surprised face.

“Grandmother? Weren’t you coming tomorrow?”

Grandmother smiled and bent her knees. Then she spread both arms toward me.

“I hurried because I missed my one and only precious granddaughter.”

I hesitantly went toward Grandmother, unable to smile brightly due to the situation.

Grandmother first hugged me tightly, then examined my face.

“But why doesn’t my cute little one look happy? What’s wrong?”

Then she looked at Shahma bound in the middle of the lobby and narrowed her brow.

“Looking at the tattoo on his neck, he’s a man from the Barkin tribe. Did he come with your friend Euriko?”

“If you know, then order them to untie this, Duke Abner!”

Shahma said through gritted teeth.

Grandmother raised one eyebrow, but he didn’t stop.

“Your granddaughter arbitrarily tied me up like this! I haven’t done anything wrong!”

Grandmother looked at me again as if she hadn’t heard anything.

“Why did you tie him up?”

I looked at Grandmother and said.

“He made Euriko cry.”

Shahma shouted angrily again.

“What do you know, you little thing! Euriko is my cousin! I’m the one who accompanied that girl from Barkin all the way here! So why would I make her cry…!”

Suddenly Grandmother raised one hand.

The knights beside Grandmother went to Shahma and gagged his mouth.

“Mmph! Mmph, mmph!!!”

“So?”

I hesitantly continued speaking.

“Actually, what he said is right too. He is the Barkin Chieftain’s grandson.”

I turned my head to look up at the second floor where Euriko would be.

Right after the commotion, I sent Euriko to my room with Teacher Ann.

It was because Euriko was trembling so severely.

“It seemed like he barged into Euriko’s room in the middle of the night.”

“Did you discover it by chance?”

“Yes. When Uncle Logrio opened the door, Euriko was crouched in a corner of the room crying.”

Grandmother’s gaze turned to Shahma, who was still struggling.

“Just, Euriko’s expression… it seemed like she disliked him. I know Euriko, you know.”

“…”

“She didn’t want to be with him for even a moment, but it seemed like he forced his way into Euriko’s room and stayed there…”

“I see, you did well.”

Grandmother patted my back once as if it was fine.

Then she stood up lightly.

“He’s a suspicious person who invaded a child’s room without permission. Throw him in the prison cell.”

One vassal stepped forward with a worried voice.

“But Your Grace. He’s a direct descendant of the Barkin Chieftain. If this escalates into a diplomatic issue…”

“Euriko is Annellia’s friend and Abner’s guest. He invaded such a child’s room in the middle of the night. Even when the child cried and hid in a corner, he stayed in that room until the end, threatening the child.”

The vassal closed his mouth.

“If we don’t imprison such a person, how should we treat him? Should we throw him in a luxurious room and serve him an exquisite meal?”

The vassal hesitantly muttered ‘I apologize’ and stepped back.

When Grandmother let out a short sigh, the knights bound Shahma’s arms.

And just as they were about to drag him to the basement.

“Mmph, phew! Can’t I freely enter the room of the woman who will be my bride!”

Shahma, who had somehow twisted his body to remove the gag, shouted.

“Euriko and I are already set to marry in two months!”

Suddenly silence fell over the lobby.

“The Chieftain himself ordered it! According to tradition, consummation should have taken place long ago, but Euriko and her father stubbornly refused, ugh-!”

However, Shahma couldn’t finish his words.

Grandmother, who had stridden over, struck Shahma’s cheek with her right hand with a loud smack.

The force was so strong that with a death cry, Shahma flew about three steps away and fainted.

In the settled silence, Grandmother spoke.

“Looking at how shamelessly he barks, he wasn’t even human.”

Then she flashed cold eyes.

“Just a prison cell won’t be enough. Lock him in the deepest basement and contact the Barkin tribe’s successor.”

The Barkin successor would be Euriko’s father.

The pale-faced vassals bowed their heads.

I watched with clenched fists as Shahma was dragged to the basement.

And when Shahma’s figure was no longer visible, I quickly ran up to the second floor.

But,

“Annellia. Miss Euriko…”

Euriko wasn’t in my room when I arrived.

Instead, Teacher Ann said restlessly.

“I told her to wait here until you came, but she insisted so much on leaving.”

“Where’s Euriko? Is she on the third floor?”

Teacher Ann nodded.

Without a moment’s rest, I ran up to the third floor again.

“Euriko? Euriko, are you inside?”

Inside the dark room.

Euriko was crouched in a corner of the room with her face buried between her knees.

Tears dripped down onto her clothes.

“Um, Euriko. If you’re there, could you just answer me? Please, okay?”

During this time, a small voice continued to be heard from outside the door.

It was Annellia calling me while carefully turning the door handle.

“You know Euriko, it’s normal to be upset when a crazy bastard bothers you!”

Euriko slowly raised her head.

As if she was pressing her lips close to the door crack while speaking, Annellia’s voice carried intermittent timid breathing sounds.

“If you’re embarrassed about crying earlier, don’t worry! I really won’t tell anyone! Not Dimas, not Armin either, it’s a secret! Really!”

Whoosh-

The sound of snorting came again at the end of her words.

At that sound, Euriko couldn’t help but let out a shallow laugh.

“So couldn’t you just tell me if you’re there…? You’re not like, escaping through the window or anything, right?”

“…”

Euriko quietly stood up from her seat.

“I don’t mean anything by it! It’s just that Euriko’s arms and legs are so long that you might be able to reach the tree outside the window… Huh?”

When she approached and opened the door, Annellia, who had been lying face down on the floor, startled and lifted her head.

Her round eyes grew wide.

“Euriko!”

Annellia jumped up from her spot and threw her arms around her.

“Locking the door and not answering! I was worried!”

Euriko stared blankly down at the top of Annellia’s head.

Annellia looked up with an aggrieved expression and said.

“Why didn’t you tell me! If I had known your cousin was such a crazy bastard from the beginning…!”

“…Sorry. I was too embarrassed.”

At the words spoken with difficulty, Annellia closed her mouth.

“Huh…?”

“Lia. Do you remember when we first met? I was a kid who wasn’t good at anything, wasn’t skilled at anything.”

Euriko began to sniffle quietly.

“Armin is good at studying, Dimas is good at sports, but I couldn’t do either. And that’s not all?”

“…Euriko.”

“You’re a genius and incredibly kind. Your grandmother adores you so much, and you’re pretty and cute…”

Euriko’s head finally dropped powerlessly.

“But I’m not smart, and I’m not cute and pretty like you. Even though I’m a girl, I’m disgustingly tall, so everyone said I’m not suitable to be a successor.”

Euriko’s tears dropped onto Annellia’s cheek.

“Why did God choose me? Why someone like me…”

“Who said that?”

Suddenly Annellia cut off Euriko’s words.

Annellia had an expression of anger that she had never shown before.

“Don’t tell me it was your grandfather? The Barkin Chieftain?”

Euriko closed her mouth.

Annellia made a “Ha!” sound and immediately narrowed her eyes into triangles.

“What is your grandfather really?! Hasn’t he been drinking 2 liters of spoiled goat milk every day?! Right?!”

“…Huh?”

“Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense for him to say such rotten things!”

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