The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 207

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Adrian was a child born between Karin and Jayden.

The only one who didn’t know this fact yet was the current Emperor.

“I’m worried about that child too. The child is innocent.”

“That’s what I’m saying. Yan firmly believes his father is His Majesty the Emperor. But if one day we suddenly tell him that’s not true… I don’t know, I’m not even sure how things will turn out later.”

Silence fell over the room.

However, it was clear that Kanaelle and I were thinking the same thing.

‘When all of Karin’s crimes are revealed. Will Adrian be able to save his life?’

Karin’s crimes were by no means light.

She had deceived the Emperor by making the child she bore with Jayden into a prince, and had even plotted treason.

It was something that wouldn’t be strange if it led to the complete destruction of not just Karin, but the entire House of Hunt associated with her.

‘So by principle, Adrian would also face execution, but…’

Nothing had been decided yet.

It was safe to say that all decisions lay in the hands of the Dowager Empress and the Emperor who would learn the truth in the future.

“By the way, what should I do at home after pretending to be dead and leaving the Imperial Palace?”

Kanaelle said.

Kanaelle continued her serious contemplation with her eyes narrowed.

“I think I’ll have to stay quietly in my room for a while.”

“That’s why I prepared everything for you.”

Kanaelle’s eyes widened.

“Huh? What?”

“I sent twenty popular romance novels that are trending these days. And I remembered you said you wanted to learn knitting before, so that too!”

Kanaelle’s mouth gradually fell open.

“Really?”

“Yes! I also sent a special loom I got from the Marque Kingdom’s black market, and they say you can knit blankets with it. Even if you work hard, it takes a month.”

“Wow, it sounds fun just hearing about it!”

“Puzzles, canvas and paints for drawing, a few musical instruments…”

Kanaelle clapped her hands excitedly.

I smiled awkwardly and sipped some cold tea.

Kanaelle said in a brightened voice.

“Chatting with you these days is my joy. When I’m with Karin, I have to pretend to be mute, so honestly it’s frustrating.”

“It’ll be over in just a few days, so hang in there a little longer.”

Kanaelle hummed while looking around the room.

“That’s right, I need to finish everything properly. But this place is always fascinating no matter when I see it. The fact that hundreds of sound-blocking artifacts are installed inside a perfectly normal wall.”

I also looked up.

This was my room prepared in Tian’s palace.

As soon as I got engaged to Tian, I made this room in the Crown Prince’s Palace and asked Father to renovate the walls, floor, and ceiling.

Magic detection devices, attack defense systems, and even special magic mirrors that showed the corridor outside the room and outside the window.

This room, which looked normal from the outside, was surrounded by tremendous security devices.

This was also why Kanaelle could chat with me here.

“I should get going. I wonder how many things she’ll throw today.”

Kanaelle, who got up from the sofa, brushed off the cookie crumbs from her skirt.

Then she walked not toward the door, but behind the bed and drew back the curtains.

When she pressed one of the marble panels on the wall, the floor slid away revealing wide stairs.

It was where the short-distance portal leading to the Empress Palace was located.

“Annellia, are you staying at the townhouse tonight instead of here?”

Kanaelle asked, stopping as she was about to go down the stairs.

“Yes, I have things to finish up at night, and today is the regular family luncheon gathering…”

Kanaelle giggled.

“I heard about it before. Everyone makes a fuss if you miss it. You’d better go quickly.”

Kanaelle waved her hand as she walked down the stairs.

“See you at the next scheduled time!”

I only pressed the wall to seal the stairs after confirming Kanaelle had disappeared.

After carefully arranging the curtains, the sun was setting outside the window.

“Ah, I’m a bit late.”

Muttering, I grabbed the leather bag that was on the sofa and hurriedly left the room.

“Look at this, you’re late again. Is it enough to just be pretty, kind, and cute? When you don’t even keep promises made with your mother?”

At the same time, in the townhouse dining hall.

Isabel stared at Theo with her lips pouted.

“Did you really give her a stern talking-to last time? I told you to properly tell her she can’t keep being late to lunch.”

Theo glanced at Isabel nervously.

“I did say something.”

“You said something but the child is late again?”

“Maybe she’s busy? Maybe there’s some situation.”

“This is why Annellia doesn’t spend time with us, because you keep doing this. You keep saying it’s okay, it’s okay, so we as her parents have been pushed down in priority!”

“Be quiet. Compared to the trouble you caused when you were young, Annellia is a sage, a sage.”

Sharon, who was sitting at the head seat, interjected.

“This gathering sounds nice calling it a regular luncheon meeting. Isn’t this a gathering you created to see Annellia’s face even one more day?”

“She’s always holed up in the research room and won’t come out.”

“Oh really? Then who do you think that child takes after?”

“What do you mean, when Mom was happy too when I suggested making luncheon gatherings!”

“Ahem!”

Sharon cleared her throat and put pickled ham in her mouth.

It was when Isabel was frowning deeply while looking at Sharon.

“I’m here!”

Just then, the dining hall door opened.

Soon Annellia came running in with a large leather bag on her shoulder.

Annellia smiled awkwardly while staring at the large wall clock.

“Oh my, I’m a little late?”

Immediately Isabel’s eyes narrowed.

“An hour isn’t a little, daughter! Right, honey?”

Theo nodded slightly.

Isabel continued.

“Annellia. If you keep doing this, Mom will really be hurt. Is research more important to our daughter than Mom, Dad, and Grandmother? Is the Academic Society more important? Is that it?”

Annellia answered while subtly taking her seat.

“Nooo, of course not. I do all the Academic Society research for Mom, Dad, and Grandmother!”

Sharon burst into laughter and muttered ‘Who could beat that child.’

However, Isabel’s expression didn’t soften easily.

“Our daughter. Mom is different from your soft Dad and Grandmother. Even if you try to get out of it with such excuses…”

Then Annellia took something out of her bag.

It was something wrapped in paper that looked like a brick.

Isabel opened her eyes wide with her mouth closed.

Annellia walked around the dining table and placed one of those items in front of Sharon, Isabel, and Theo each.

“What is this?”

Sharon asked first in a curious voice.

“Proof that what I just said is true!”

Isabel was the first to start unwrapping the paper packaging with suspicious eyes.

Theo and Sharon did the same.

“It’s heavier than I thought. What on earth could it be…”

Isabel’s voice stopped abruptly.

Soon, her eyes began to waver.

At the same time, Sharon’s exclamation burst out from beside her.

“How much is all this!”

“Money….”

Theo was blinking nonstop as he looked at the bundle of checks piled on the paper.

Annellia giggled.

“I know everyone already has a lot of money, but this is special because it’s money I earned through my own efforts and saved up bit by bit!”

“You really saved all this yourself?”

“Yes! This is the first allowance I’m giving you! It’s not much, but please accept it!”

Isabel lifted her head from the bundle of money.

And muttered in a trembling voice.

“Two years’ worth of the Household’s budget is not much money to our daughter…?”

“Honey, copyright, copyright.”

Theo whispered.

“This is great, just great! You see, as the Lord, my money is the Household’s money and the Household’s money is my money, so sometimes I feel awkward about spending it!”

Meanwhile, Sharon, who had shouted in an overwhelmed voice, ruffled Annellia’s hair vigorously.

“I should buy those Grasslands down there while I’m at it. After I pass the Ducal Council to Isabel, I’ll have to live there catching birds. Such a thoughtful and lovely child, who did you take after to be so considerate?”

Isabel looked at Sharon making a fuss and Annellia giggling, then opened her mouth.

“…Honey.”

“Yeah?”

“Is this financial therapy? Our daughter just bribed us with money, right?”

Theo nodded while fiddling with the bundle of checks.

“…Mm-hmm. I think so.”

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