The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 277

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Below the plaza decorated with splendid flowers.

“Do you remember the Prodigy Academy entrance ceremony?”

Dimas, sitting in the front row of the guest seating, asked gloomily.

Armin, who was swirling his champagne glass, also answered gloomily.

“Of course I remember. She was missing her front teeth and gave her valedictorian speech with a lisp, and it feels like yesterday, but now Annellia is getting married…”

Euriko tilted her head.

“Armin, didn’t you really hate Annellia back then? You cursed her out saying she must have cheated to become valedictorian…”

“When did I ever!”

Euriko rolled her eyes as if her memory was hazy.

Then she suddenly jumped up from her seat.

“Dimas, Armin. Look over there!”

The place Euriko was pointing to.

A splendid carriage could be seen rushing through the castle gates decorated with flower petals and silk.

The carriage slowly reduced its speed as it reached the plaza.

Kanaelle, sitting at the adjacent table, spoke.

“Having a wedding at the gates of the Imperial Capital entrance is so very like Annellia. Don’t royal weddings usually take place in places like the Imperial Palace greenhouse garden?”

Duke Victor, Kanaelle’s father who had recently returned to acting, burst into laughter.

“Look at the number of guests, Kanaelle. Even if they wanted to hold it at the Imperial Palace, they couldn’t.”

Kanaelle nodded sheepishly.

“There are quite a lot of guests.”

In fact, it wasn’t just quite a lot.

Behind them and across from them was completely packed with people and banquet tables.

It was a number that could never have been accommodated if not for the open plaza and field.

“Director!”

Just then, as if to prove this point, a booming voice could be heard from somewhere.

At the very back of the guest seating.

A group of researchers was vigorously waving a large cloth.

[The pride of Abner Research Institute! Congratulations on the Director’s wedding!]

Kanaelle frowned as she read the text written on the cloth.

[The research staff have always felt a wall with the Director.

Perfection.

Director, may you always be happy.]

“What is that…?”

“Academy Director! Please look this way!”

That wasn’t the end of it.

On the other side, another group of people was continuously setting off lights with strange magical devices.

They too were waving cloth with writing on it.

[Academy Director! Even if you get married, please fix this one thing!

Our hearts that broke from looking at you, Academy Director!!!]

“How do they even come up with such ideas?”

Euriko muttered while rubbing her forearm.

“It probably wasn’t that difficult. Money would have taken care of everything.”

Awin appeared from somewhere and leisurely sat next to Euriko.

“Annellia distributed special bonuses to commemorate the wedding. To every organization under Abner, one big check per person.”

Armin and Dimas’s mouths fell open.

“And she even invited them to the wedding. Not leaving out a single person from managers to the lowest staff. From their perspective, they can’t help but feel good.”

As if proving Awin’s words, the faces of the people waving the cloth all had bright smiles.

“Director! We respect you!!”

“Be happy!”

“You are beautiful!!!”

Amid the enthusiastic cheers, Annellia stepped down from the carriage.

Annellia looked startled at the fluttering cloth and quickly turned her head away.

Then she walked along the flower petals scattered on the ground as if she hadn’t seen anything.

At this sight, laughter erupted from various parts of the guest seating.

“Oh no, she must be embarrassed.”

“She has to be embarrassed. Annellia kind of dislikes that sort of thing, right?”

“You really don’t know anything, do you? Annellia loves that kind of thing. Even if she doesn’t show it, she enjoys getting attention.”

A heated discussion broke out between Euriko, Dimas, and Armin.

Meanwhile, Annellia reached the dais prepared in the center of the plaza.

The Imperial Palace’s direct knight order, dressed in splendid uniforms, made way for Annellia.

At the end of the path, a man was waiting for her.

“Honestly, I still don’t like it.”

Armin muttered in a sulky voice.

“Why Taranta? Out of all the guys, why does it have to be Crown Prince Taranta?”

“You should speak correctly, Armin. He’s not Crown Prince anymore, he’s Emperor now.”

“Emperor or whatever, our Mark wouldn’t lose to him either. The country name can just be changed…”

“Stop it, Armin. Everyone knows now what Crown Prince Tian did for Annellia.”

At Euriko’s words, Armin closed his mouth.

He frowned but didn’t add anything more.

After the war ended, the fact that Tian had sacrificed himself to save everyone became widely known.

Strictly speaking, Armin was also on the side that owed his life to Tian.

“…If Annellia ever has a hard time, I won’t just stand by.”

When Armin muttered, Dimas burst into laughter.

“There are plenty of people besides us who would step up.”

Armin’s gaze naturally turned to one place.

To Annellia and Tian’s families sitting in the seats prepared on the dais.

“My child… my granddaughter who wouldn’t hurt even if I put her in my eyes is leaving like this…”

Sharon was sobbing so much that her handkerchief was completely soaked.

“…Please stop. They’re going to live well together, so why do you keep crying? What’s there to be sad about!”

Isabel scolding Sharon in a low voice.

“…”

Even Theo, quietly wiping away tears by himself.

“Was His Majesty originally so prone to tears?”

When Kanaelle tilted her head, Duke Victor answered.

“No. From what I remember, he was a person without blood or tears.”

“Then why did he suddenly become so emotional?”

“He saw the twins recently. When you have children, parents are bound to change.”

Kanaelle’s expression became puzzled.

But soon she vaguely understood the Duke’s words.

Having something to be responsible for certainly seemed to make a person stronger.

After deciding to become Adrian’s support, she too had changed somewhere.

Before long, the Dowager Empress stood up on the dais.

The Dowager Empress read through Annellia and Tian’s marriage vows with a bright smile.

The reading was almost finished, with only the section asking for vows of love remaining.

“Do you two take each other as life companions…”

Dong- Dong- Dong-

Obliviously, the town square’s clock tower began chiming noon from the northern end.

The guests widened their eyes and the Dowager Empress burst into laughter.

She soon cleared her throat and raised her voice to speak.

“Do you two take each other as life companions, and swear to love each other unchangingly?!”

Despite her age, it was a resonant and clear voice.

Tian, who had been smiling while facing Annellia, answered first.

“For a lifetime. I will love you even beyond time and this life.”

A smile bloomed on Annellia’s face at the vow that echoed under the blue sky.

Soon, in a voice barely audible over the bell tolls, she spoke.

“There was once a time when I didn’t know what I should do. I had no confidence in myself, so I was always anxious and impatient… but thanks to Tian, now I believe in myself.”

“…”

“Like this, from now on too. I believe more firmly than anyone that we’ll be happy forever.”

Annellia’s gaze turned back to the Dowager Empress.

She cleared her throat several times before speaking spiritedly.

“So I’ll continue to love Tian just as I have until now. So that Tian will never be lonely again, I’ll always be by his side!”

A couple more bell tolls rang out, and the Dowager Empress, smiling warmly, declared that the two had become husband and wife.

The moment Tian kissed Annellia, fireworks were launched into the sky.

They were splendid fireworks made of flower petals and colorful ribbons, clearly visible even under the midday sunlight.

Cheers erupted from among the guests.

The children who had come to watch the wedding all reached their hands toward the sky.

Annellia and Tian also stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.

It was a magnificent finale completed by Owen and Rico.

The festival continued until night with Tian’s imperial coronation announcement and the wedding reception.

“Annellia!”

As I was going around greeting guests and receiving tremendous congratulations, I turned my head at a familiar voice.

Among the bustling crowd, Mica was standing there.

“Mica!”

When I hurried over in my reception dress, Mica pulled me into a tight embrace.

I glanced sideways at Mica’s barely visible profile and widened my eyes.

I could see other orphanage friends standing behind Mica.

“Sister, sincere congratulations on your marriage!”

Tom, who used to follow me around every day when we were at the orphanage, grinned mischievously.

A few years ago, Tom had suddenly grown a lot.

The little kid who used to beg me for candy was gone, and now he had become a proper young man I had to look up to see.

The other children were the same.

“Sister will live happily. I just know it. Sister has been good at everything since she was little.”

Mica, who nodded at Lulu’s words, held out something large to me.

“…Take this.”

What Mica handed me was a single old and worn piece of drawing paper in a frame.

The familiar handwriting at the top of the drawing paper caught my attention.

【Make a wish on a shooting star!】

“Mica. This is…”

That was Ann’s handwriting.

Then the small writing below caught my eye.

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