The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 212

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“Hey? Tian? Could you walk properly? Otherwise I might get crushed under you and get hurt.”

“Oh, sorry Annellia. Sorry.”

As soon as he spoke, Tian straightened up in his position.

Then he smiled, folding his well-shaped eyes prettily.

“I’ll walk carefully so you don’t get crushed and hurt. Just a moment.”

Tian soon straightened his body and took a step forward.

Certainly, the worryingly swaying movements from before had stopped.

The problem was…

‘He’s slow.’

I let out a deep sigh.

If I let Tian go to the room at the end of the 2nd floor alone like this, it seemed like dawn would break before he even arrived.

“This won’t work. Just lean on me. I’ll manage to go well without getting crushed.”

When I spoke in a half-resigned voice, Tian’s eyes widened.

“No? That can’t happen, Annellia.”

Tian had a tremendously serious expression with slightly flushed cheeks.

“That’s not right. What if you get crushed and bruised somewhere or get hurt?”

“Huh?”

“I can’t let you get hurt. Rather than you getting bruises on your body, it would be better if I died instead.”

My mouth fell open.

“What are you saying? I think you’re incredibly drunk right now.”

Tian’s mouth closed.

“Do you think so?”

“Yeah.”

“So you don’t like it?”

I tilted my head.

“It’s not that I don’t like it, but it’s not good either, right? I’m basically against alcohol and drugs. I don’t understand why people voluntarily put poison that paralyzes the mind into their bodies.”

I felt Tian staring at me intently.

Soon Tian’s eyes became clear.

“…Then I should go outside for a moment. I’ll sober up from the alcohol right away.”

Without giving me time to stop him, Tian turned around and headed for the first floor.

I watched with my mouth agape as Tian went down the stairs he had climbed with difficulty, opened the door, and went outside.

Then, with a feeling of desperation, I quickly followed after him.

“Let’s go together!”

When we came outside, a bright full moon was illuminating the dark blue sky.

“Tian!”

I hurriedly followed behind Tian, who was already far away.

Despite being heavily drunk, Tian was walking very quickly toward a bench set up in the garden.

“Annellia, don’t run. You’ll fall.”

“That’s what I want to say!”

I put my hands on my hips while looking at Tian sitting on the bench.

“So why did you drink alcohol when you can’t even drink well? I told you that you didn’t have to drink.”

“But everyone was drinking happily in that atmosphere. I’m past the age of majority, so I’m legally old enough to drink.”

“That’s not the point. You’re the Crown Prince in the first place, so what does legal or illegal matter? If you said you wanted to drink, there wouldn’t be anyone to stop you, right? What I mean is, why did you suddenly drink alcohol when you don’t usually…”

“Annellia. Grandmother said so. Whether you’re a beggar on the street or the Emperor, the law is equal before the law. Following it regardless of status is proper and lawful.”

I listened quietly and then smiled brightly.

“Yeah, right. I think you’re correct.”

Tian’s face brightened slightly.

“Really?”

“Yeah! Really!”

I continued speaking gently.

“So we’ll stay for exactly 5 minutes and then go in, okay? I need to sleep early today. I have an Academic Society conference tomorrow morning.”

“Yeah. I also have a meeting at dawn.”

“What?!”

My eyes widened.

I opened my mouth wide and patted Tian’s knee repeatedly.

“Then what are you doing staying out here like this! Are you going to come to my research room again and doze off saying you didn’t sleep well?”

Tian, who had been staring at me, burst into a light laugh.

Even under the moonlight, I could see Tian’s cheeks and ears flushed with color.

“Annellia, you’re really pretty when you’re angry.”

“What are you suddenly saying?”

“It’s true. You’re pretty when you smile, and you were pretty when you cried last time too, which surprised me.”

“Ugh, stop it.”

“I’m serious. Do you remember the day I came of age?”

I frowned while thinking, then opened my eyes wide.

“I remember. That’s the day you made a wish to me.”

“Right.”

Tian smiled softly again.

Three years ago.

The day Tian came of age.

A grand banquet was held at the Imperial Palace to celebrate Tian’s birthday.

And that day, Tian brought up an unimaginable story, asking me to let him make a different wish instead of a gift.

“Why is Prince Dennis called Awin, but I’m called Tian?”

“Pardon?”

“I’d like you to call me by my name too. We’re… engaged, aren’t we?”

“…”

“We’re closer than just a simple relationship like Crown Prince and meritorious subject, right?”

“Ever since that day, whenever you call me Tian, this place hurts so much.”

Tian took my hand and brought it below his neck.

I could feel his heart beating thump, thump beneath his firm chest.

I pulled my hand away and stared at Tian.

“What do you mean it hurts? Do you dislike it? I went through the trouble of changing it because you said you didn’t like honorifics…”

“No, I like it. It means I really like it.”

Tian burst into laughter like an innocent boy.

Then he added in a voice hoarse, perhaps from the alcohol.

“Annellia. Have I ever told you?”

“Huh? What?”

“I really like you. More than Jeremy, more than Grandmother, more than His Majesty the Emperor… I like you most of all in this world.”

I stood up from my seat.

“Mmm, I see.”

It seemed like if I kept listening to Tian’s drunken rambling like this, it would get even later.

But then.

“I think I love you.”

Along with the sound of a light breeze, Tian quietly murmured.

I stopped getting up and stared at Tian.

Then I answered awkwardly.

“Hahaha, right! You’re very, very precious to me too, Tian.”

I felt Tian staring at me quietly.

“But Tian, you seem really drunk. It would be better to go in and rest a bit…”

That’s when it happened.

Something warm wrapped around my wrist, and my body suddenly tilted forward.

When I came to my senses, Tian’s eyelashes were tickling my eyelids.

“….”

An awkward sensation lingered on my lips for a few seconds, and I slowly straightened up.

“Wh-what.”

I muttered in a flustered voice, but Tian didn’t answer.

He was sitting on the bench, leaning his head against my arm, fast asleep.

“How does it make sense to do something so ridiculous and then just forget all about it!”

When I shouted, Mica rubbed her ears with a sullen expression.

“Yeah, I see. So, are you done bragging now?”

I looked up with an incredulous expression.

Mica crunched on her biscuit nonchalantly and added.

“I thought it was something big. It’s nothing special.”

“Wh-what do you mean nothing special? Tian kissed me without permission!”

“What kind of kiss is that? Your lips just accidentally bumped into each other.”

My mouth fell open.

After finishing her biscuit, Mica brushed the crumbs from her lips and pulled down her lower lip.

Her tongue and teeth naturally showed, revealing the red mucous membrane inside her lip.

“Here. This needs to rub and collide for it to be a kiss.”

“Pfft!”

I spat out the juice I was drinking and stepped back with a bright red face.

Mica shook her head as if I was pathetic.

“Hey, Annellia. You said you and Crown Prince are friends till death, right? Let’s say that’s true. But wait a minute!”

“….”

“What if friends accidentally slept together? You could never go back to being just friends.”

“Sl-sl-sl-sleeping together, wh-wh-wh-why would you say such things….”

“But that level of peck, I could do it ten times and still get along just fine!”

Mica stood up from her seat and pursed her lips.

Then she made kissing sounds toward the air. Smooch! Smooch!

“Does this make your heart flutter? Something that just touches briefly and separates?”

“Hey, I….”

“And it’s more surprising that you even remember it. I think there’s a high chance Crown Prince made a mistake too.”

My eyes widened.

I unconsciously looked up and stared intently at Mica.

Mica continued speaking.

“Right? Under the influence of alcohol, and it was just a brief touch and separation. He definitely made a mistake while trying to hug you.”

Mica silently put on the coat hanging on the chair and waved her hand.

“So just let it be. Since you’re friends anyway, why keep dwelling on a memory that’s better left buried? Well, I’m leaving?”

The door closed with a bang.

I stared at the door intently and frowned.

Then I quietly muttered to myself.

“…Everything she said makes logical sense.”

Mica’s words were reasonable from beginning to end.

That it could happen under the influence of alcohol, that it was probably a mistake.

That since Tian was a friend anyway, since we were going to break off the engagement, there was nothing good about digging up memories from that day.

“But why.”

But why do I feel so bad?

Meanwhile, outside the door.

“…Did you tell her?!”

Isabel whispered quietly to Mica who had just come out the door.

Mica nodded with a determined expression.

“Yes. I said it was probably just a mistake, that Crown Prince probably doesn’t have any feelings for you, so don’t worry about it. And then her reaction was just….”

Isabel nodded.

“I see, so that’s what happened.”

The two quickly clasped hands and hurried away from Annellia’s door.

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