The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 236

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“How rude of you.”

At my words, Bloz closed her mouth.

Her eyes filled with bewilderment.

“Ah, I didn’t mean it that way…”

“I respect the Dowager Empress. Of course, I also respect her choice in selecting you, Miss Bloz. That’s separate from her opposing my position in that role.”

“P-Princess.”

“Then shouldn’t Miss Bloz also show proper courtesy toward me?”

Bloz closed her mouth.

I kept my gaze straight and took a step closer to Bloz.

“I have no desire for the Crown Princess position. I have no intention of engaging in a battle of nerves with Miss Bloz either. This engagement, as Miss Bloz said, was a contract marriage, so we’ll break it off someday.”

“…”

“But when to set that timing is my choice and my freedom. It’s something we agreed upon and part of my authority that Miss Bloz cannot interfere with.”

Bloz looked restlessly toward Tian.

I watched her and added one more thing.

“You said earlier, ‘You might think I’m overstepping my bounds.'”

“Princess…”

“Those words were correct. Miss Bloz, you just overstepped your bounds. Quite a lot by my standards.”

I looked straight at Bloz and added firmly.

“If you have no more business here, please leave.”

“Unbelievable.”

As I muttered while sitting on the bench in front of the shop, I felt Tian’s gaze turn toward me.

I kept my eyes fixed straight ahead and continued speaking.

“We’ll break off the engagement someday, and I’ll handle it myself without that young lady pressuring me like that. But still, how could she ask me when we’re going to break up?”

“Annellia.”

“I’m still your fiancée. The person beside you right now is me, not that young lady.”

When I turned my head, I saw Tian’s face without his mask.

For some reason, Tian had a complicated expression.

“Annellia. Actually.”

“Actually what?”

“Actually, Miss Bloz…”

Tian, who had been hesitating, closed his mouth again.

I furrowed my brow.

But Tian hesitated and shook his head.

“No. I don’t think this is something I should talk about. Sorry.”

I closed my mouth.

I looked straight ahead again and exhaled.

Because I had almost said something strange.

The moment Tian started to speak but stopped.

The words ‘Why? Because I’m not someone who’ll marry you?’ had almost slipped out but barely went back down.

‘Don’t be childish, Annellia Abner.’

I got up from my seat, calming my unnecessarily boiling insides.

“We should visit the doll shop next time. We’ll be late for the play.”

Then I put on the cat mask by myself and started walking ahead.

I felt Tian approach and walk alongside me.

I furrowed my brow inside the mask.

‘Why do I feel like this? I was the one who said let’s just date.’

I already knew about Bloz Nancia’s existence.

I also knew that the Dowager Empress didn’t like me and had another young lady in mind.

Moreover, it wasn’t strange at all that the young lady liked Tian.

‘What woman in the world would refuse Tian?’

Tian had excellent character and looks, and was even the Crown Prince.

But, but…

‘Ugh, this is really annoying.’

Since the unexpected encounter at the apothecary shop, my heart had been beating fast the entire time.

It was because of an unpleasant and uncomfortable feeling I’d never experienced before.

As I unconsciously fidgeted with my nails, I remembered a conversation I’d had with Mica long ago.

“A lot of people around us are dating these days.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. But you don’t know how disgusting it is to watch.”

That day, Mica had spent a long time talking about a famous marquis’s daughter in the Imperial Capital, her face full of disgust.

“What I can’t understand is that wicked mentality of not wanting to keep someone but not wanting to give them to others either. Really, if you’re not going to keep them by your side and take responsibility, you should let them go! That way the other person can fly free and find another match!”

“Why? Who’s doing that?”

“Miriam Ciolo! The funny thing is, she rejected Cory Count Youngshik’s proposal but asked if she could just stay by his side.”

At the time, I had listened with one ear and let it pass since it wasn’t interesting to me.

But for some reason, Mica’s clear voice became vivid in my head now.

“Isn’t she really a devil? How could she make such a request when she clearly knows Cory Youngshik likes her? Then poor Cory Youngshik won’t be able to give up and will endure it! Having a hopeless one-sided love, grasping at straws!”

“They’ll figure it out themselves.”

“What are you saying, Annellia. We need to curse about this kind of thing behind their backs. Then someday it’ll reach Miss Miriam’s ears. That’s when she’ll realize what a wicked person she is.”

“…Ahem.”

Now that I think about it, having too good a memory was sometimes a problem.

I fidgeted with my ear for no reason.

‘It’s not like I don’t know what I’m doing.’

Of course I knew.

I knew what part of Miss Miriam’s behavior had made Mica angry, and why it was wrong.

But knowing didn’t change anything.

I sighed again.

I didn’t know, but feelings of love were strange things.

The moment you realized what they really were, they had grown two or three times larger.

“When might you be able to break off the engagement?”

The image of Bloz asking that question flashed through my mind.

Unlike me with my curly hair that was always messy no matter what I did, I couldn’t understand why Bloz’s blonde straight hair was so pretty.

Why was she so tall, and how did she manage to have such a noble, cool, and refreshing atmosphere…

“Annellia.”

At that moment, Tian gently wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

Then he carefully turned my body around.

“I think the theater is here. You almost passed it.”

I nodded with a dazed expression.

Then I entered the bustling theater.

“Rose, for you I will break off my engagement with my Ellia!”

The actor’s booming voice made the audience burst into exclamations.

Some even wiped away tears of overwhelming emotion.

“Liam, is this really true?”

“Yes. From the beginning, my love was for you, Rose, not Ellia!”

“But you already married Ellia seven years ago…”

“It was a contract marriage! We merely joined hands temporarily for mutual benefit! Of course, Ellia loves me now, but I…!”

I furrowed my brow deeply and rested my chin on my hand.

The male actor continued his lines.

“I love you, Rose, not Ellia! I’ll settle things with Ellia soon, so let’s get married.”

As the male actor knelt down, the audience let out groans of delight once again.

Then Liam pulled out a ring from his pocket and held it out to Rose.

“Oh my goodness, Liam!”

“Rose, please marry me! Be my lifelong companion!”

Rose, Ellia, Liam.

It was just then, as I clenched my fists at these strangely familiar names.

“I accept your proposal! I love you!”

The two actors pulled each other into an embrace and began sharing a passionate kiss.

The audience erupted in exclamations, and I frowned even more deeply.

“What kind of play is this? Too provocative…”

But I stopped mid-sentence and closed my mouth.

The two actors’ kiss wasn’t calming down at all, but was becoming increasingly provocative.

I watched the two actors stuck together like leeches, then turned my head toward Tian.

“…Tian.”

Tian also looked at me with a serious expression.

Silence stretched between us, and Tian asked quietly.

“Annellia. What was the title of this play again?”

I froze for a moment before answering.

“Remus Kaitlin’s… Savage Love.”

“Remus Kaitlin, you said.”

“Uh-huh…”

We blankly turned our gazes back to the front.

The actors were pressed even more deeply against each other than before.

Amid the audience’s cheers, the actors’ kiss was growing deeper and deeper.

“…”

Eventually, my mouth slowly fell open.

I was finally remembering who Remus Kaitlin was.

Tian looked at me and said carefully.

“I’m fine, Annellia. Let’s do whatever you want. If you want to keep watching, we can watch…”

I covered my dazed face with both hands.

Remus Kaitlin.

The author that romance novel fanatic Kanaelle had been loving most lately.

An author who specialized only in adults’ passionate love,

And the name of an adult novel writer famous for writing physical dialogue better than regular dialogue.

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