The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 213

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I crossed my arms and stared intently at the report placed in front of me.

“It’s more surprising that you remember that.”

Mica really doesn’t know anything at all.

It’s surprising that I remember that?

Isn’t it stranger that I can’t remember it?

He’s not a child, and if a grown man did such a thing, he should naturally remember it!

“From what I can see, there’s a high probability that Crown Prince made a mistake too.”

A mistake? A mistake?!

If it was a mistake, isn’t that even more serious?

How on earth could someone make such a mistake?

Kissing someone isn’t an act that can be brushed off with just the word ‘mistake’.

Right, as expected, Tian must have a lot of experience kissing various people.

So when his reason was clouded, such behavior suddenly came out!

“That’s right, because of alcohol.”

Because of alcohol, because of alcohol.

I told him not to drink so much, but that damn alcohol…

“…I should just burn it all up.”

“E-excuse me, did I hear wrong?”

I quickly raised my head.

Then I saw about twenty researchers looking at me with tense expressions.

One of them pressed their lips together tightly and their eyes welled up with tears.

“By any chance, do you mean that our assignment is so terrible that it should be burned again…”

I looked down with flustered eyes.

Finally, I could see the text on the paper I had been holding in my hands.

【Advanced Engineering Principles Based on 8 Elements of Mana, Final Assignment – Group 2】

I quickly read through the report.

And then I said.

“…It’s not bad enough to say that.”

The researchers’ eyes widened.

I cleared my throat and added.

“It’s not bad enough to say ‘I should just burn it all up.'”

The mouth of the researcher who had been tearing up slowly opened.

“R-really?”

“Yeah. But it’s not well done either. You set up the hypothesis well, and the experiment seems to have been done properly. But why are the results like this?”

I put down the paper and pushed it toward them so they could see.

“With this enormous amount of high-quality information revealed during the experiment process, you could only draw this level of conclusion?”

Everyone’s expressions darkened, but I raised my voice even more clearly.

“I’ve always said this. In advanced engineering, ‘discovery’ is important. This is an era where we can even create airships with magic formulas. We’ve already done what we could, and magical studies are in a stagnant state.”

“W-we’re sorry…”

“When dealing with highly developed academic fields, it’s important to have a completely different perspective. ‘Discovery’ is the new ‘development.’ I’ve been saying this earnestly for two semesters, but making such mistakes in the final assignment doesn’t make sense.”

The researchers’ faces turned pale.

“Th-that means…”

“Do it again.”

“Eek!”

One researcher standing in the back collapsed with a thud.

Another researcher next to him tried to support him, but he also staggered as his legs gave out.

I didn’t mind and stood up from my seat.

Then I looked up at the researchers who were much taller than me and said.

“Well then, everyone did good work.”

But soon I stopped in place instead of leaving the room.

“Ever since our academic society started accepting students, you’ve become quite notorious.”

I remembered what Owen had said a few weeks ago.

Ahem, I cleared my throat.

Then I smiled brightly at the students who were at least two years older than me, and at most ten years older.

“Everyone, fighting!”

But for some reason, everyone’s faces turned even paler.

I tilted my head.

“Monster, the Academy Director is a monster…”

Inside the research room after Annellia left.

One researcher who had been sitting on the floor muttered.

“There’s no cold-blooded person like that! This is our graduation thesis!”

“I heard the Southern Serten Research Institute Academic Program is easy to graduate from. Usually, they traditionally overlook graduation theses with a blind eye, right? We didn’t even have any major errors! Just because we missed some content…”

“Shut up.”

Then another researcher standing at the front spoke up.

Everyone closed their mouths at the cool voice.

“Who’s calling the Academy Director a monster and cold-blooded? Are you guys crazy?”

“Th-that, Shasha. We didn’t mean it like that…”

“Don’t you know that one researcher at the Serten Research Institute died from a magical device explosion? That’s what happens when professors teach carelessly.”

The students looked down with embarrassed expressions.

“But look at this place.”

Shasha’s orange eyes gleamed sharply as she looked at her group members.

“Four years without accidents, and among the first graduates, there’s already someone who got their name on the Pharmacy Academy Board.”

Now the other students were nodding with solemn expressions, their mouths tightly shut.

Shasha pointed to several of them and continued.

“You, you, and you and I are even receiving money from the Academy Director, aren’t we?”

“…”

“We should be grateful just for accepting commoners that no one else would take. Aren’t scholarships, dormitories, and personal research funds enough?”

“Y-yes, Shasha. We misspoke.”

“Of course you misspoke.”

When Shasha lifted her chin slightly, her face hidden under her curly hair was revealed.

Sharp eyes, a straight nose, and red lips.

Several students gaped at her gorgeous appearance.

“And.”

“A-and?”

“She’s only strict when teaching, but she’s a very kind person in private.”

One student nodded at those words.

“It’s true! I didn’t know, but it really is like that? I was completely shocked when I saw her at the Academy event a few weeks ago!”

The other students stirred.

“Why? What happened?”

“Our eyes met right in the crowd. I was about to hide immediately, but she came over first with a welcoming face…”

The student continued as if still surprised by the memory.

“He kept introducing me to high-ranking officials at the Academy of Pharmacy. While he scolded me at the research lab for poor grades, there he praised me as excellent talent and even mentioned my previous research!”

“Cr, crazy.”

“I even met Princess Isabel, the Academy Director’s mother. Anyway, I nearly died of shock.”

“Princess Isabel? The candidate for next Academy Director?”

“Right. She’s truly amazing. Even just sitting there, elegance was overflowing from her…”

“Shut up. Who are you guys to evaluate the Academy Director and his mother?”

The students awkwardly closed their mouths once again.

Shasha gathered the reports on the table and added.

“Compared to them, we’re just amoebas. Amoebas just need to do what they’re told from above.”

Then he cynically opened the door and said.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you all leaving?”

“Shasha. Where have I heard the name Shasha before.”

I kept tilting my head as I left the research lab.

No proper surname, just Shasha.

It was one of the names written in handwriting at the bottom of the report I had just checked.

“Where was it? I definitely saw it somewhere, but where?”

I usually remembered things immediately without having to try hard to recall them.

So there’s no way I wouldn’t remember something like this?

As I was frowning, suddenly a thought flashed through my mind.

‘It’s from my past life.’

The 17 years I lived before being born as Annellia in this life.

The life that had to end with poisoning at House of Longton…

“Is that really true? You succeeded in grafting the right arm?”

“Y, yes! The other twenty-two died, but…”

“Indeed, Annellia’s idea wasn’t completely wrong.”

Something suddenly came to mind.

When I was seven years old.

Before Hiana returned, when I still monopolized the love of Lambert Longton and the three princes.

“Who else could have conceived the idea of implanting magical devices into human bodies in the first place. This is why children are so surprising.”

I was deeply immersed in magic and magical engineering beyond pharmacy.

I read countless books, and in the evenings sat on Lambert Longton’s lap chattering about what I had newly learned.

Then one day, I thoughtlessly said it would be cool to attach a large magical device to my body.

“…Ha.”

From that day, Lambert Longton’s horrific experiments began.

“Shasha… I’m certain. That’s the name I heard back then.”

I quickly turned around.

And began retracing my steps.

‘Let me just check. Whether it’s really that child. Just check…’

The moment I entered the building while thinking.

I nearly bumped into someone and stopped in place.

Across from me was a small-framed man with round orange eyes wide open.

“Academy Director?”

“Shasha. You are Shasha, right?”

Shasha’s eyes grew large.

“Wait, let me see you for a moment.”

I grabbed Shasha’s wrist and started walking toward the opposite corridor.

“Academy Director. Suddenly what…”

And as soon as we turned the corner, I rolled up his right sleeve.

My mouth slowly fell open.

Shasha’s right arm was wrapped tightly with bandages soaked in blood and pus.

Underneath, I could see metal chunks and iron rods irregularly embedded in his skin.

“What are you doing.”

At that moment, Shasha yanked his arm away from me.

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