The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 171

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Spencer Viscount collapsed into his seat, making the situation even more chaotic.

People who had gathered in a circle to watch the magic mirror whispered among themselves.

“D-did Princess Abner just throw a bomb at Spencer Socount?”

The fist-sized object, the property of sparkling slightly due to condensed magical power.

Even the smoke that burst out during the explosion.

Everything matched the small magical projectiles they had seen at the ‘Magical Studies New Technology Seminar’ a few months ago.

“Y-Your Grace. What on earth is happening?”

Spencer Viscount grabbed Sharon Abner’s trouser leg with an almost tearful expression.

“Why did Princess Abner throw a bomb at my son…! Of course, my son did point his gun first, but…”

Unable to finish his words, Spencer Viscount finally hung his head in despair.

To blame the princess for throwing a bomb, he had clearly seen Billy trying to shoot the princess first.

The princess must have had no choice but to attack Billy to protect herself.

Though he still didn’t understand why she had to use a bomb…

No.

Billy wasn’t the type to harm or attack anyone in the first place, was he?

But why on earth did that boy…!

“The smoke is clearing!”

At the sound that came then, the viscount jumped up from his seat.

He roughly pushed through the people and went to the front of the magic mirror.

The smoke in the screen was indeed clearing.

The scene that was revealed showed at a glance how powerful the bomb had been.

The leaves that had been half-covering the screen had disappeared, and countless small branches had fallen to the ground.

An uneasy premonition engulfed the viscount’s entire body.

What were the chances that Billy had survived such destructive power?

Even if he had barely survived, would he be able to continue living normally?

However.

“I can see Spencer Socount over there!”

Contrary to his worries, the first thing visible in the screen was Billy.

The viscount blinked with trembling hands.

Billy had a corpse-like white face…

Wait a moment.

Billy’s skin wasn’t white, but something white was smeared on Billy’s skin.

White powder like the cosmetics his wife applied to her face on party days.

When the mage manipulated the device, the screen was magnified.

“What is all that on the socount’s face?”

Other people began to murmur.

“That’s not the problem! Isn’t the socount hitting his own face repeatedly?”

It was then that Billy, who had been frozen like a statue, began to move.

Billy frantically brushed off the white powder stuck to his face.

Then he looked around aimlessly with a bewildered expression.

The situation was falling deeper into mystery.

“The surrounding grass and trees are also covered with that white powder…”

“Do small magical projectiles normally produce that kind of white powder?”

“No, what white powder. If anything, flames would come out from the explosion.”

“Then you’re saying what the princess threw earlier wasn’t a bomb?”

Then the other children who had disappeared from the screen revealed themselves.

Annellia Abner was in the lead, with Awin Dennis and Prince Marcs behind her.

For some reason, Crown Prince Tian was standing at the very back.

From his posture, gaze, and atmosphere, it seemed he was being wary of Billy.

“The princess seems to be saying something!”

No sound came from the magic mirror anyway.

But people concentrated on the screen without even breathing.

Annellia said something while slowly approaching Billy.

Billy on the opposite side had a confused expression.

When the mage magnified the magic mirror, the children’s figures appeared a bit larger.

Billy, who had been hit by the bomb, had his chest clothing slightly torn.

But no blood was visible.

Then Annellia raised one hand and pointed at something near Billy.

Billy, who seemed to be listening intently to Annellia’s words, frowned and lowered his gaze.

Then he suddenly jumped up from his spot.

Next, as if shaking off insects clinging to his body, he threw away the weapon he was holding…

One of Prince Marcs quickly retrieved that gun.

“What is that reaction? What on earth did Princess Abner say?”

An elderly nobleman asked with a suspicious voice.

Spencer Viscount kept his gaze fixed on the magic mirror.

As soon as the gun disappeared from Billy’s hand, Princess Abner ran to Billy.

And she examined Billy’s hesitant arms, legs, face, and chest.

It seemed she was checking if there were any injuries from the bomb she had thrown.

Billy waved his hands as if to say he was fine, and then Prince Marcs and Awin Dennis also approached Billy.

Crown Prince Tian, for some reason, stood before Billy only at the very end this time too.

Billy fidgeted and tried to bow but froze.

It was because Crown Prince Tian stopped him with one hand as if to say it was fine.

Afterward, the six children gathered together and went off screen.

While the mage hurriedly switched screens, Spencer Viscount barely came to his senses.

When he turned his head, Duke Abner was already giving instructions to the knights.

“Send troops to where the children were.”

It was about half an hour later when Annellia’s group, including Billy, appeared in the magic mirror again.

Sharon Abner immediately shared the new location with the forest search team.

After sending the search team led by Wendel, she returned to the Central Outpost.

Someone had to oversee the situation from the Central Outpost.

As a result, a large magic mirror and a map of the entire forest were installed inside the tent.

Outside, Abner’s army was arriving moment by moment through Idongji.

They reorganized their weapons and established defensive positions, preparing for possible demon beast invasions.

The doctors and pharmacists who arrived with the army examined the condition of the wounded.

“Your Grace. I’ve been thinking…”

Spencer Viscount, who had been silent the entire time inside the tent, spoke up.

“I think Billy wasn’t in his right mind for a moment.”

Sharon Abner, who had been staring into the magic mirror, looked at him.

“It was strange from the beginning. He’s a boy who complained that he didn’t have the confidence to shoot even animals. For such a boy to point a gun at a person.”

“…”

“The way he looked as if he didn’t know he was holding a gun was the same. So I think…”

Spencer Viscount stared at Sharon.

“I think Billy had contracted larva disease.”

Larva disease.

A hallucinogenic disease that many children between childhood and adolescence contract.

“He went on a trip to the south before coming here. Since larva disease is transmitted by insects, I think Billy might have been bitten by an insect there.”

Billy had said he had a headache from the morning when the hunt began.

Headaches were a typical symptom of larva disease.

“So what I’m saying is…”

“Billy isn’t the only child who suddenly took up weapons and entered the forest.”

At that moment, Sharon Abner spoke matter-of-factly.

Spencer Viscount closed his mouth.

“Those children probably didn’t all go on trips to the South either.”

Spencer Viscount eventually hung his head.

“…Yes.”

Sharon Abner quietly observed the viscount.

“Uranus. I’m well aware that Billy is also a victim.”

“….”

“The time when we persecuted even the victims involved in dark magic has passed.”

Spencer Viscount clenched his fists tightly.

Then he muttered quietly.

“That’s right, isn’t it? Since he was controlled by dark magic, surely Billy won’t be punished or anything….”

“That won’t happen.”

At Sharon Abner’s confident words, Spencer Viscount blinked blankly.

“I will definitely find the mastermind and make them pay the price, so don’t worry.”

A brief silence followed.

As Spencer Viscount nodded, a bell rang from outside the tent.

“Come in.”

The person who appeared was a man who looked quite old.

Spencer Viscount narrowed his eyes, then soon recognized the man.

‘Herman, who was the former chairman of Abner’s Council of Elders?’

Herman was currently known as the closest aide to the Abner Duchess.

He was rumored to have even stepped down from his chairman position to enter the Imperial Capital to serve the duchess.

“Your Grace. We’ve found a common point among the households of the missing children.”

While Spencer Viscount was carefully observing Herman, another person appeared from outside the tent.

It was another man in shabby clothes with his cheeks covered in filth.

The man had bandages wrapped tightly around his shoulder and looked terrified of swords.

“I-I greet the master of Abner. I’m Ro-Roberty Melgon. I’m a ba-baron from the Imperial Capital….”

Roberty Melgon squeezed his eyes shut, caught his breath, then suddenly prostrated himself flat on the ground.

“Please help me! My daughter seems to have been captured by a demon! There was a demon attached to the bow bestowed by the Empress!”

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