The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 46

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“Once upon a time! A very, very long time ago!”

The sketchbook fluttered as I turned the page.

On the paper was a drawing of a dragon breathing fire from its mouth.

“Back when dragons smoked cigarettes!”

Tian narrowed his eyes.

“…This is supposed to be a dragon? Isn’t it an earthworm?”

I lightly ignored him and turned another page.

“Our ancestors could wield the power of magic!”

“What do three torn lumps have to do with magical power…?”

Flutter.

“Back then, even the most severe wounds could be healed instantly with just one spell!”

“…”

“But when magical power disappeared, people faced a great crisis!”

A sky heavily colored with black, brown, and gray crayons appeared.

On what looked like the ground, people with sad expressions were scattered everywhere.

“People who had relied on magical power for everything became incredibly troubled!”

I proudly drew lines with blue crayon all over the people’s faces.

I wanted to emphasize how difficult it was for people, enough to make them cry.

“Ah, if it’s water flowing over rocks, that must be a valley!”

“…They’re people.”

“…”

Leaving behind Tian, who awkwardly closed his mouth, I stubbornly turned another page.

“Unlike the past when everything could be solved with just spells, now humans had to solve everything by themselves.”

The next page was full of magical tools drawn with gray crayon.

“But people quickly found ways to survive! Instead of being able to use spells, they developed ‘technology’ based on magic!”

“I, I see.”

“And they gave this technology a name, which was ‘magical studies’!”

When magical studies came up, Tian glanced at me.

“And pharmaceutical studies that support magical studies!”

The picture that appeared this time showed various reagents in flasks and beakers.

“But the development speed of pharmaceutical studies was much slower than that of magical studies! It had a very high dependence on research environments!”

Tian nodded faintly.

My presentation seemed quite impressive to him.

‘Visual materials are better than just explaining randomly. I’m glad I prepared them.’

Suppressing a proud smile that was about to emerge, I continued explaining.

“As a result, until now on the continent, people would drop dead from even the tiniest wounds.”

Now my handmade sketchbook visual materials were almost reaching the final page.

“The biggest problem is infection! Even the smallest wound becomes difficult to treat once infected. Not having medicine to prevent this was truly a big problem!”

“Yes, that’s right. I also learned from my palace tutor how many people lose their lives due to infection.”

“That’s right. The only treatment, Forentia grass, is so scarce that even the imperial family can’t easily obtain it.”

Having said that, I turned to the last page of the sketchbook.

I had drawn Forentia grass as the conclusion.

“Hmm, green yarn?”

“Forentia grass.”

“I, I see. Continue.”

I stared intently at the Crown Prince and finally closed the sketchbook.

“Anyway, so what our Abner Academy invented is…!”

Then I rummaged through the small child’s cloth bag I received as a birthday gift to find what I had prepared.

“Right here!”

I had drawn pictures in the sketchbook all day yesterday for this very moment.

I endured the pain in my fingers from drawing all day, even though drawing wasn’t my forte.

Finally grasping what I was looking for, I held it out in front of the Crown Prince.

“External wound treatment Rubarina!”

And I extended my other hand as well.

“Infection preventive Rubawen!”

They were an ointment in a bottle and a green potion made to be drinkable, respectively.

Tian blinked blankly and stared at the two bottles held out before him.

I brought the medicines closer so he could see them better.

“Your Highness, Your Highness. I told you, I really almost died! I had a wound this big on my back!”

Tian’s expression reflexively frowned slightly.

But I didn’t stop talking.

“But how did it heal so quickly! And in just two months!”

I felt exactly like a swindler selling cheap medicine.

While I was thinking I should have considered my pitch more, Tian looked back and forth between me and the medicines.

“So what you’re saying is, you were treated with these medicines, not Forentia flowers?”

“As expected of Crown Prince Your Highness! You’re so smart, so cool!”

“Wh, what.”

Tian coughed awkwardly and averted his gaze for some reason.

Then he asked carefully.

“Is everything you just said really true?”

“Of course! It’s real!”

“That means you… I mean, Abner Academy has created something amazing that would surprise the entire Empire, no, the entire continent.”

“Exactly!”

“How did you… no, how did Abner Academy manage that?”

I had anticipated all these questions as well, so I nodded very maturely.

And I began explaining the history of Rubarin grass.

How Rubarin grass had been despised in the south due to its characteristics.

How commoners and nobles had joined forces to make Rubarin grass extinct long ago.

But in fact, Rubarin grass possessed tremendous healing power and infection prevention abilities.

“That’s impossible.”

Tian stared at the two medicine bottles alternately with a shocked expression.

“So you restored Rubarin grass and created these medicines? Just the two of you?”

I nodded proudly.

“I’m incredibly smart, you know. Of course, my master is incredibly smart too. Maybe I’ll become the youngest Mage Tower master someday!”

Tian stared at me blankly.

I placed the medicine bottles in front of him and finally began what I really wanted to say.

“So! I want to register this Rubarina and Rubawen at the Imperial Palace Pharmaceutical Academy.”

“…”

“My master says if I have a recommendation letter from the imperial family, I can register a bit faster.”

Everything I had prepared so far was actually to achieve this purpose.

‘How fortunate that Tian happened to visit the manor.’

I had already been planning to visit the capital with Owen.

Because there was something I definitely wanted to ask Tian when I met him.

“I’d really like Your Highness to write that recommendation letter!”

Tian’s eyes widened.

“…Me?”

“Yes! It has to be Your Highness!”

Tian looked confused and restless, then carefully opened his mouth.

“I understand what you’re saying. But I’m still…”

Then he hesitantly parted his lips.

“I’ve never used the Imperial seal before.”

This time my eyes widened.

Of course, I hadn’t expected Tian to give me an immediate yes.

‘But this is a bit unexpected.’

As I just blinked, Tian nodded with an “Ah.”

“You don’t know what it means to use the Imperial seal yet.”

Then he continued somewhat hesitantly.

“Each member of the Imperial Family has their own Imperial seal. Of course, I do too. I became Crown Prince when I was two, and I received it then.”

Of course, I already knew all of this.

But I didn’t interrupt Tian and listened to the end.

“That seal is usually used when Imperial Family members make important decisions. When handling state affairs, sending letters to neighboring countries, or inviting great nobles to the Imperial Palace.”

“….”

“Simply put, it’s like a face – you stake your name, face, and status as Imperial Family to add official authority to something. But I… haven’t had a chance to use my seal yet.”

Somehow Tian’s eyes became slightly bitter.

I nodded inwardly.

‘He hasn’t been able to use his seal even once because of Empress Karin’s interference.’

Hadn’t Tian just said it directly?

The Imperial seal given to Imperial Family members is like a face.

But not being able to use the seal even once until now meant….

“You know too, Annellia.”

Tian smiled somewhat sheepishly.

“I’m not that great of a Crown Prince.”

I remained silent for a moment, thinking.

‘Hmm. In a way, is this good?’

There were of course several reasons why I had tried to ask Tian for a letter of recommendation.

‘First, Tian was the only person I could ask in the first place.’

Tian had somehow become acquainted with me and was even the Crown Prince.

Moreover, since he was still a child, he wasn’t too difficult to deal with.

Of course, if Tian had been a scoundrel like I’d heard in my previous life, I wouldn’t have made such a request.

But when I actually saw him, wasn’t he just an innocent, even soft-hearted child?

And second.

As far as I knew, Tian had a small unit composed of a few elite knights.

A unit that happened to be struggling on dangerous battlefields where my new medicine would be needed.

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