The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 175

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Sharon Abner silently pressed her forehead.

Suddenly, she remembered the day Annellia confessed about her regression.

In Annellia’s story, Lambert Longton was a person who only thought about thoroughly using others.

“I didn’t know it then, but after regressing, I also felt that Lambert Longton was obsessed with his daughter.”

“Obsessed?”

“Just, you know, the feeling that he judged his daughter to be more useful than his son? It’s just a feeling. I don’t know why either.”

The more she recalled Annellia’s words, the clearer the puzzle became.

“I had so many plans set up… such a shame.”

Then Philomena gasped softly.

Sharon looked at Philomena with a hardened expression.

Philomena’s eyes were filled with hatred and contempt as they fixed on Lambert Longton.

Sharon unconsciously followed that gaze.

Even though most of his body was bound by vines, it was visible.

‘…He resembles the previous generation to a chilling degree.’

That Lambert Longton looked exactly like the previous generation of Longton that Sharon remembered.

“Really, I really didn’t mean to kill you like this…”

Suddenly Philomena stopped speaking.

Dark, blackish blood flowed from her mouth.

Sharon could naturally understand.

That blood was likely a side effect of casting black magic.

Sharon slowly closed and opened her eyes.

‘…I promised Annellia.’

That no matter what happened, I would personally kill Lambert Longton.

Somehow she had a premonition that she wouldn’t be able to keep that promise.

The moment her white breath spread into the air, Philomena’s eyes gleamed coldly.

As the vines began to strangle Lambert Longton’s neck, people started screaming.

“Kyaaaah-!”

“Call someone! Call a doctor!”

“Don’t go near! Don’t touch those vines!”

The surroundings became chaotic.

But in the end, no one could approach Lambert Longton.

Until his hand dropped limply into the air.

Philomena stood in place, watching Lambert Longton’s form for a long time.

But only after a long while did she slowly kneel on the snow-covered ground.

Her pitch-black eyes remained motionless, staring straight ahead.

It was when Sharon Abner was about to take a step forward.

Someone with a small frame quietly passed by her side.

The pink hair of the young girl who emerged through the crowd was clearly visible among the falling snow.

The young girl approached Philomena silently.

She paid no attention even as the noble ladies shouted for her to step back.

Then she said something to Philomena in an inaudible voice.

And finally, she closed Philomena’s wide-open eyes.

Only then did people realize that Philomena was dead.

“Brother, brother! Snap out of it!”

Kilios gradually regained consciousness.

From beyond the space where endless darkness spread, a familiar voice was calling him.

“Kilios! Brother!”

Then he felt intense vibrations as if the ground was shaking.

Kilios frowned and put strength into his legs to maintain his balance.

“Open your eyes!”

At that moment, someone slapped his cheek.

Along with the stinging pain, his vision suddenly brightened.

“…Jas?”

Kilios parted his lips, recognizing the face looming right in front of him.

Jas made a “Hah!” sound and then pressed his forehead against his lying chest with a thud.

“Thank goodness. Really thank goodness, brother…”

Kilios hesitantly sat up.

He immediately saw the clouds covering the sky and the dense forest around them.

The ground where he placed his palms was covered with so much snow that he couldn’t even tell where he was.

“Don’t you remember? A demon beast suddenly appeared while we were hunting.”

At the word demon beast, some memory flashed through his mind.

“While… hunting?”

“Yes! While hunting!”

Right.

This was the hunting ground prepared in the northern forest of Abner Territory.

The reason for the hunt was… it seemed to be to catch offerings for the Blessing Festival.

Kilios’s face darkened as he remembered up to that point.

He staggered to his feet and asked in a frightened voice.

“Hiana. What about Hiana and Lewis?”

Hiana and Lewis.

Because demon beasts were charging from all directions, he had unfortunately gotten separated from his two youngest siblings.

Hiana didn’t know how to handle weapons, and Lewis could use a sword but was still just a child.

“Did you find Hiana and Lewis? Did you confirm they’re safe?”

An agitated voice burst out without him realizing it.

But Jas didn’t answer and avoided his gaze with a complicated expression.

“Jas!”

Finally, when Kilios grabbed Jas’s shoulders.

“We couldn’t find Hiana and Lewis. But if they just hid well, they should be safe now.”

“What do you mean?”

“The demon beasts disappeared. Suddenly.”

Kilios’s mouth opened slightly.

Come to think of it, that was right.

The demon beasts that should have been visible around them weren’t there.

“And I don’t remember what we’ve been doing since we got separated from those two.”

He gulped at Jas’s following words.

As his brother said, the returned memories were cut off right in the middle.

Getting separated from Hiana and Lewis.

Frantically killing demon beasts and then…

“Why are we… here?”

“I don’t know. When I opened my eyes, we were here, and you were collapsed next to me, constantly making strange sounds!”

As if just recalling it made him anxious, Jas looked around.

Kilios’s expression became serious.

“Why? What did I say?”

Jas bit his lips tightly and then whispered in a low voice.

“That you were going to kill His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“What?”

“You kept talking in your sleep about killing His Highness the Crown Prince.”

A chill ran down his spine.

He had talked about killing the Crown Prince?

Even if it was sleep talk, it was something that could get him executed for treason.

“That can’t be…”

“It could be. Something’s strange right now. Our memories are fragmented, and there’s also the matter of the demon beasts appearing.”

“…”

“Let’s head back to the outpost for now. Hiana and Lewis might be there too.”

Kilios nodded for the time being.

Then he gathered the weapons scattered around and began to take the lead.

Meanwhile, snow began to fall and gradually grew heavier.

Jas, who was following behind, muttered in a despairing voice.

“Ha, I can’t tell which way is which at all.”

Ever since it started snowing, the sky had turned pitch black.

Even what little moonlight there was seemed to be blocked by thick clouds.

“There are no footprints because of the snow either…”

If the demon beasts hadn’t appeared, they would have returned to the central outpost before sunset.

Then they would have warmed themselves by the campfire and gone to bed early for tomorrow’s hunt.

There was another problem.

The weather was getting colder and colder.

“…Hiana told us to wear an extra layer under our coats.”

“That’s our problem. We keep not listening to Hiana.”

Thinking of Hiana brought both anxiety and worry flooding in at the same time.

It was when silence had settled between the two of them.

[Hey.]

Suddenly, a low voice came from overhead.

Kilios reflexively nocked an arrow to his bowstring and looked up at the sky.

However, above his head he could only see the branches of conifers and birch trees that half-covered the sky.

“What was that?”

Jas asked from behind in a wary voice.

Kilios shook his head to indicate he didn’t know and looked around.

The quiet forest, snow that their feet sank deep into.

There was no one around.

[Are you princes of the Longton Family? Are you in your right minds?]

Once again, a voice came from overhead.

Kilios turned his head skyward again and narrowed his eyes.

About 3 meters above his head, he could see something black and glinting on a thick branch.

“…A magic device?”

After muttering this, he could be certain.

What was hanging on the branch was definitely a magic device.

Though it was a magic device he’d never seen before, judging by the voice coming from it, there was definitely someone behind it.

Kilios shouted as loudly as possible without letting go of his bow.

“What do you mean, are we in our right minds?”

The magic device immediately went quiet.

“Hyung. What’s going on.”

Jas whispered, so Kilios shook his head at him to indicate they should wait.

Had a few more seconds passed like that?

[They’re answering? They seem to be in their right minds.]

Someone spoke in a whisper from beyond the magic device.

Then someone else answered in a different voice.

[Does being in their right minds mean the black magic has been lifted too?]

[It must be. If it hadn’t been lifted, they wouldn’t have answered because they’d be thinking about killing the Crown Prince.]

[…What if even that is an act?]

[There is a technique for completely controlling even the mind with black magic and manipulating them like puppets!]

[Then what do we do? Throw the bomb?]

Kilios’s eyes widened as he listened.

He urgently shouted.

“We’re in our right minds!”

Though it was a somewhat strange thing to say, as soon as he said it, the area beyond the magic device went quiet.

“Don’t attack us!”

Just when he’d felt relieved that the demon beasts had disappeared, now someone was talking about throwing bombs at him and Jas.

“I don’t know who you are, but let’s resolve this peacefully!”

Kilios threw his weapon far away.

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