The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 276

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“Annellia, calm down.”

The distance from the Imperial Palace to the Abner Townhouse wasn’t very far.

If you took the main road straight by carriage, you could arrive within 30 minutes.

In that short time, I had already bitten my nails down to half their size.

“Annellia, are you planning to eat all your fingers?”

Tian firmly grasped both my hands and made me look at him.

I spoke with an anxious face.

“They said it’s twins. What about our mother?”

“She’ll be fine.”

“I already looked everything up beforehand. Do you know how much the risk to the mother increases when the fetus is twins? The probability of premature birth also increases, and they really came out 3 weeks early, and our mother isn’t exactly young either….”

For the first time since reuniting with Tian, tears began to well up.

Seeing how anxious I was, Tian moved to sit beside me.

Then he wrapped his strong arm around my shoulders and let me lean against his chest.

“Nothing will happen. Even if something does, do you think your grandmother would just let it be?”

I thought of Grandmother, who had been extremely fussy throughout Mother’s entire pregnancy.

From a month ago, Grandmother wouldn’t even let Mother walk on bare floors.

She had even argued with Mother about making her wear three layers of socks because her feet needed to stay warm.

“And you heard earlier. It wasn’t labor pains – the babies were already born. If something had gone wrong, Jeremy would have told us along with the news.”

I barely managed to nod while suppressing my anxiety.

Tian’s words were right.

If Mother was hurt or the babies were sick, the news would have already reached my ears.

I anxiously stared out the window when the carriage finally stopped.

Without realizing it, I shook off Tian’s hand and practically jumped out of the carriage.

The guards who spotted me immediately opened the door.

As I entered the garden, I could see servants clustered around the main manor.

My steps grew faster and faster.

Tian, who quickly caught up to me, opened the door to the main manor.

I walked straight to the delivery room that Grandmother had prepared almost half a year ago.

Then, I froze in place when I spotted someone sitting in a chair in front of the delivery room with drooping shoulders.

“F-Father?”

It was Father, sitting with his head down and shoulders slumped.

When I rushed over, Father looked up.

“Annellia….”

Father’s eyes were completely wet and messy.

From how much he had cried, everything from his nose to his forehead was red.

An ominous feeling struck my head, and I staggered toward Father.

“Why are you crying? What happened? Huh? What’s wrong?”

When I grabbed Father’s shoulders and shook him, he fluttered like a paper doll.

Father sniffled and answered in a barely audible voice.

“Bell… I mean, Bell….”

The corridor was so quiet that no sound could be heard.

After what felt like an eternity of silence, Father added.

“She was in so much pain….”

The tension released and a short gasp escaped my mouth.

“Because they were twins, maybe that’s why, haa….”

Tears began dripping from Father’s eyes once again.

I shook my head and walked past Father into the delivery room.

Curtains were half-drawn around the bed placed in the center at the far end of the room.

Through them, I could see a familiar silhouette.

“Mother!”

I ran over and pulled back the curtains, and Mother, who had been sitting on the bed, turned her head.

In the cradle across from her, something the size of what could be either a person or a puppy was wriggling around.

“M-Mother. Are you okay?”

I asked while keeping my gaze fixed on Mother.

I was extremely anxious because of Father’s sobbing outside.

Fortunately, Mother looked much better than I had expected.

“Annellia, you’re here? My goodness, do you know what you missed?”

Mother looked at me and then at Tian standing behind me, then lowered her voice to a whisper.

“If there was a childbirth competition, I’d almost win first place. Three midwives were all gasping in amazement before they left.”

“What do you mean? Gasping…?”

“15 minutes. That’s how long it took me to deliver the first one. The midwives told me to push once, so I did, and Luel came out after just three pushes.”

Only then did my head slowly turn.

I could see the baby lying in the left cradle of the two.

“She came out earlier than expected so she’s small, but she’s healthy without a single problem.”

The baby had silver hair like Mother and me.

I could see her fluffy hair that the midwife had cleaned, closed eyes, small nose, and pursing lips.

Mother lifted her chin slightly as if proud.

“The more interesting part starts now. I thought it was over, but the midwife said she could see another head.”

My gaze naturally turned to the right cradle.

In the right cradle lay another baby wiggling her hands.

Red hair resembling Father’s caught my attention.

“That’s Leon, your little sister.”

Hearing those words, my tension released and my nose tingled.

“The name you gave was Ruellion. But when split into two names, they’re both pretty.”

Mother smiled.

I don’t know when he came in, but Father was carefully embracing Mother from the opposite side of the bed.

“Congratulations on getting little sisters, Annellia.”

I felt Tian firmly grasp my hand.

I nodded while my eyes welled up with tears.

And like Father, I hugged Mother tightly.

“Mother… *sniff*, *sob*. You worked so hard….”

Instead of answering, Mother gently patted my back.

Even Tian quietly lowered his gaze in the touching atmosphere.

But that only lasted a moment.

“Now-!”

Suddenly the door burst open and a familiar face appeared.

“Grandmother…?”

Grandmother was holding an enormously large 5-tier tray in her hands.

Seeing the mountain of food piled on top of it, my mouth fell open.

“Isabel! It’s time to eat!”

Grandmother strode over and gestured at Father to move aside.

When Father stepped back, Grandmother pulled over the tray that had been beside the bed and placed the 5-tier tray on top of it.

Then she pressed a plate of meat soup into Mother’s hands and said.

“If you used your strength, you need to eat accordingly. You need to eat well and drink plenty now so you’ll be strong for life, understand?”

Mother took the spoon with a bewildered expression.

Every time she stirred the spoon once, countless pieces of meat cut to bite-size were caught.

“Eat meat, eat vegetables too. Drink lots of water. I have tea imported from the Eastern Continent that’s supposedly great for reducing postpartum swelling.”

Grandmother was now brewing warm tea on the tray.

“So from now until Annellia’s wedding, you just rest completely. Don’t even think about moving except for walks! Make your husband do it, absolutely!”

“That’s right, Bell. Make me do everything. I’ll do it all.”

A relieved laugh escaped my lips as I watched Grandmother, who seemed somehow combative, and Father, who seemed somehow timid.

When I turned my head, I could see the twins sleeping soundly despite all the commotion.

I squeezed Tian’s hand tightly and whispered softly.

“They’re so beautiful….”

“Yes. They’re so cute and lovable.”

“I never thought I’d really become a big sister, really become an older sister.”

The siblings I lived with at the orphanage were my siblings too.

But until I met Grandmother, until I got back all my family members following Father.

I had never expected that I would become someone’s big sister, older sister connected by blood.

“Luel, Leon….”

I quietly moved my lips, calling out my siblings’ names.

Some kind of future seemed to overlap over the sleeping babies’ faces.

“Mom, Dad! Sister! Look at this!”

Leon running across a field full of wildflowers, her red curly hair flowing.

“Big sister! Let’s play together, okay?”

The sight of Luel giggling and running after Leon.

“…I was worried it might be awkward.”

A faint smile crossed my lips as I muttered to myself.

I turned around and pulled Tian into a tight embrace, burying my face in his chest.

“I think I already love them so much. What should I do.”

His pleasant laughter rang in my ears.

“What do you mean what should you do. You should keep loving them.”

Tian looked at me and whispered softly.

“I love you, Annellia.”

I smiled without answering and met his gaze.

Then I hugged his waist tightly and replied.

“I love you too.”

“….”

“I love you so, so much, Tian.”

The day one week before the wedding was as happy as usual.

The next day too, and the day after that too.

Happy days continued without anything particularly different.

And finally, the wedding day arrived.

“I can do well, right…?”

“Of course! There’s no one more beautiful than Young Master in this world right now!”

“That’s right!”

I swallowed nervously as I watched Miel and Soya adjusting the hem of my dress with combative expressions.

I could see myself in the mirror, looking like a perfect bride.

Elegant lines that revealed my shoulders and flowed down gracefully.

A skirt that gave a cute feeling while being calm and flowing.

This dress was specially custom-made by Grandmother through the Empire’s finest boutique, ‘Forma’.

Rene from Forma put tremendous effort into the dress, as befitting a regular customer.

Thanks to Grandmother sparing no expense and investing generously on top of that, the dress was more beautiful than any outfit I had ever seen.

“Shall we go? Young Master is so beautiful that people might faint, so should we use the back door?”

Miel threw out a joke as if trying to ease my tension.

But I couldn’t laugh at all and just swallowed nervously.

Then I finally took a step outside the room.

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