The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 47

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In my previous life, Karin Empress giving birth to the second prince happened when I turned eleven.

Not long after that, Tian was deposed from his position as Crown Prince.

He lost the Crown Prince position to his newly born younger brother and was expelled from the Imperial Palace.

And that timing coincided with when Hiana returned to Longton Manor.

I traced through my hazy memories.

‘Yes, it was definitely around that time. How could I forget?’

It was the moment when my relatively peaceful life was completely turned upside down.

After Hiana appeared at House of Longton, I shut myself in my room.

I knew it instinctively.

That there was no longer a place for me in the manor.

‘What? You came to the manor 7 years ago?’

‘Yes… But the manor was completely empty. I begged them to let me meet father just once, but in the end I was mistaken for a beggar…’

Hiana had come to find the house precisely when everyone from the ducal family had left the manor.

It was the day we had all gone on a trip together for my birthday wish.

That child was driven away by the butler and servants who didn’t recognize her, and was sold to slave traders right after.

Afterwards, Hiana lived as a slave in a foreign country for 7 years.

Following Hiana’s testimony upon her return, the people at the manor became incredibly busy.

Duke Longton investigated the truth of the incident and also conducted a paternity test with Hiana.

And before long, he learned that everything she said was true.

The atmosphere of the manor’s people toward me changed in an instant.

Around that time, even the servants who occasionally came to clean my room had disappeared somewhere.

All I could do was look out the window from my room all day long.

While observing the busy atmosphere outside.

That’s why I remembered.

The person who came to visit House of Longton around that time.

‘Please lend us your strength.’

The man who came to see Lambert Longton introduced himself as the leader of ‘Gader’ behind the manor.

Though I was young at the time, I knew what ‘Gader’ was.

Because even at my young age, I understood the political situation very well.

Gader, ‘The Empress’s Shield.’

Gader was an elite unit that protected the late Empress Miraena when she was alive.

‘Though Her Majesty Miraena passed away long ago, we of Gader are still united in purpose. We intend to formally petition His Majesty the Emperor for His Highness Tian’s restoration.’

They naturally served Tian, son of Empress Miraena.

Even though he had been deposed from the Crown Prince position, enough to petition for his restoration once more.

‘Her Majesty the Dowager Empress will share our intentions. We came here hoping that you, as a great noble, would also lend us your strength.’

It seemed that Logrio, the leader of Gader, was going around to great nobles throughout the Empire asking them to join his cause.

How desperate he must have been – that day, he even knelt down.

Not knowing that I was watching everything from the 4th floor of the manor.

‘I beg of you like this. If I cannot protect His Highness Tian, this Logrio will have no face to show Her Majesty Miraena even in death.’

Logrio wasn’t just any ordinary knight, but the leader of ‘Gader,’ the strongest unit that served the late Empress most closely.

For such a person to kneel down was absolutely unthinkable, no matter that his opponent was Duke Longton.

But Logrio had set aside all his pride for Tian’s restoration.

However, there was one thing he had overlooked.

Lambert Longton was not the kind of person who would appreciate his sincerity.

‘I understand your intentions well. I will convey my thoughts through a letter later, so please return for today.’

After sending Logrio away, Lambert Longton wrote a letter as promised.

Not to Logrio, but to Karin Empress.

‘That Logrio fellow – I wonder if his loyalty is remarkable or if he’s just stupid.’

Because he spoke about it openly, most people in the manor knew what the contents of the letter he sent were.

The contents were simple.

That Logrio, who once served the Empress, was planning to restore the Crown Prince.

But now that a new Crown Prince had already been enthroned, his actions appeared to be clear acts of treason.

It was content that greatly exaggerated the facts and, in a way, framed Logrio.

‘For the strong future of the Imperial family, traitors must be dealt with severely.’

Before long, Logrio was executed.

Naturally, it was because of Duke Longton’s letter.

The charge was treason.

Karin Empress argued that Logrio’s attempt to restore Tian posed a great threat to the new Crown Prince.

The Emperor readily agreed with Karin Empress’s words and authorized Logrio’s execution.

He also advised the Dowager Empress, who was supposed to join forces with him, to remain in seclusion.

It was the moment when Tian’s last remaining power was pathetically broken.

‘But there are still about 6 years left until then, so right now Gader and Logrio are…’

After organizing my thoughts, I looked at Tian with a bright smile.

“I’ve never used a seal before, so it would be great to try it this time!”

“But…”

“I also understand that the Imperial seal is incredibly important. You can’t just stamp it anywhere carelessly, right?”

Tian had a bewildered expression.

“That’s true, but…”

I clapped my hands as if this was perfect.

“Wow, then that’s even better!”

And I pushed the medicine bottle I had been holding straight to Tian.

“Your Highness, please take this.”

Tian looked at me with surprised eyes.

I smiled confidently.

“If you try it, you’ll really want to write a recommendation letter!”

I had no intention of asking Tian for a forced recommendation letter.

‘I’m confident even without that.’

I was confident that after Tian used this medicine, he would write a ‘real’ recommendation letter from the heart.

“This ointment is for applying to wounded areas, and the medicine is for taking to prevent infection.”

Tian hesitantly looked at the medicine bottle.

“…Right, but I’m not injured anywhere. I don’t need medicine right now either. Also, if you want, I could just write you a recommendation letter? If you’re really okay with just my seal…”

“Huh? Isn’t there anyone injured around you? Annellia would be fine if Your Highness shared this with people who need it!”

Tian hesitated.

His eyes turned toward the medicine again.

‘Think carefully. There must be someone you want to give this medicine to.’

Logrio, Gader’s Captain.

When he came to see Duke Longton, he was wearing a prosthetic on his left hand.

‘After the Empress dies, he’ll be deployed to the frontier conflict zones by the Emperor’s order.’

And there he injures his left hand.

The wound was small, but the problem was that he got infected with a very nasty pathogen.

Eventually, he had to have his left arm amputated below the elbow due to the infection that started in his left hand.

The reason I knew everything was because I personally looked into it after Logrio was executed.

He remained in my memory somehow, the man who hoped for Tian’s restoration even while abandoning his pride as a knight.

I wondered if things might have been different if I had someone who showed me such unconditional support.

‘It’s July of Imperial Year 1287 now.’

And the article about Logrio returning to the capital in disgrace after losing his left arm was published in August 1287.

‘Really, what am I supposed to do with this smart brain that never forgets numbers.’

I didn’t know who my birth parents were, but this was something I was truly grateful for.

Sure enough, Tian’s eyes soon lit up faintly.

“…Now that I think about it, there is. Someone who’s injured.”

I cheered inwardly.

In my previous life, Logrio took care of Tian until the very end.

Even after he was dethroned, he died trying to protect him.

If he was that loyal, he must have tried to maintain contact with him somehow even while being pushed to the frontier.

Soon my prediction proved correct.

“There’s a knight I know. He used to serve my mother, and he keeps sending me letters. I rarely write back though.”

As expected, as expected!

It seemed Logrio was still regularly checking on Tian’s well-being.

‘He really is a cool uncle the more I see of him.’

I could still vividly see him kneeling before Lambert Longton.

He was the first person who looked cool even while kneeling.

If only that man had been a little less honest, if he had chosen a different method instead of a frontal assault.

‘He might not have been executed like that in my previous life.’

“He mentioned getting injured a few weeks ago. If I send it to him…”

“Wow, what an amazing coincidence! That sounds like a really good idea!”

I clapped my hands and pushed the medicine closer to Tian.

“Give this to that knight uncle, and if he needs more, Annellia will give you more! There’s plenty here!”

I immediately jumped down from the chair and opened a wooden box in the corner of my room.

Inside were lots of Lubarina and Lubawen.

Tian looked at it for a while, then nodded and picked up the medicine bottle on the table.

“I’ll do that.”

“Yes, yes!”

“And I’ll write a letter of recommendation too. With my seal.”

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