The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 53

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“So you’re going to bring down mother, is that it?”

Eyes that perfectly resembled Sharon Abner’s gleamed mischievously.

Kainton swallowed hard and nodded his head.

“Yes. This time I truly intend to do so.”

“This time truly?”

Hahaha, Jayden let out a low laugh and swirled his wine glass.

“That phrase is only amusing once or twice.”

Then his expression hardened coldly.

“It gets annoying when you keep repeating it.”

Kainton unconsciously closed his mouth.

A face pale as death, sharp nose bridge, and tightly pressed lips came into view.

Jayden was glaring at him like a predator eyeing its prey.

That unrealistically beautiful appearance amplified the fear.

But Kainton pulled himself together.

“Th-this time it’s real.”

And he answered quickly.

“This time I will definitely return the head of house position to you, young master!”

Young master.

The sole heir of Abner, yet still called young master instead of duke despite being nearly thirty.

But that was Jayden’s current status, so it couldn’t be helped.

With a clink, Jayden released the glass from his hand.

That hand moved slowly to support his sharp chin.

“Right. I’m getting rather tired of it.”

“….”

“I was just getting sick of wondering how long I’d have to live like this.”

Kainton waited restlessly for his next words.

A few strands of hair fell over Jayden’s forehead as he lowered his gaze.

“Gradually… even drinking is getting boring.”

The next moment, with a sharp shattering sound, the glass hit the wall and broke into pieces.

Jayden had swept across the desk without hesitation.

Kainton froze without even being able to scream.

Only Jayden wore a comfortable expression.

He asked languidly.

“So. Did you properly summon the elders?”

“Yes, y-yes!”

“The branch families?”

“I-I sent invitations to all of them!”

“The grounds for bringing down mother?”

“W-we can find fault with her arbitrarily designating a ward. The d-decisive point is that she spent a fortune on that child’s medical expenses…”

Though his lips were parched, Kainton explained to the end.

All dozens of faults he had devised to bring down Sharon Abner.

Jayden’s lips, which had been listening with lowered gaze, finally moved slightly.

Drawing a very faint arc.

“Right, that’s better than last time.”

“Y-yes!”

“But you know, Baron.”

Suddenly Jayden’s eyes turned toward Kainton again.

“Will that be enough?”

It was a low, sharp voice that seemed to drip with frost.

“Yes, yes…?”

“I’m asking if just that will be enough. The opponent is my mother.”

Kainton closed his mouth, not understanding Jayden’s meaning.

Then his vision flashed.

When he came to his senses, a sharp knife was hovering right in front of his eyes.

“It seems like you’re looking down on me right now, Marquis.”

It was the steak knife that had been hanging at the edge of the table.

“Now even branch family vermin like you seem to look down on me. Hmm?”

Kainton stopped even breathing at the sight of the blade gleaming right before his eyes.

The blade was so well-polished that the flickering candlelight reflected vividly on it.

“If such trivial things, such a level would work.”

Bang! A loud noise struck his ears.

Kainton turned his gaze down like a creaking doll.

Half of the knife that had been in front of his nose was embedded in the table.

Jayden had struck it down.

Right next to where the marquis’s hand had been.

“Wouldn’t I have already done it? Long ago.”

Jayden smiled.

It was clearly a smile, but Kainton knew.

That anger was rippling in his eyes.

“Marquis. Engrave this in your ears.”

While he couldn’t pull himself together, Jayden’s voice reached him.

“The contract with the Imperial Palace has been terminated.”

“…What?”

Kainton raised his head with a pale face.

As soon as he asked back uncertainly, Jayden smiled again.

“Mother’s weapons business with the Imperial Palace. It’s going to collapse soon.”

Weapons business, weapons business.

Only after repeating it several times could he come to his senses.

‘The weapons business!’

That was Sharon Abner’s greatest achievement and one of the businesses currently deeply supporting her performance.

“The weapons business will collapse? Are you saying the contract has really been terminated?”

“That’s right.”

Kainton was seized by a strange feeling.

If Abner’s business had collapsed, as an elder, he should rightfully be sad.

But it was also true that joy came first at the thought that he might be able to pull Sharon Abner down from the head of house position.

He quickly pulled himself together.

“B-but I haven’t heard anything. If such a thing really happened, as an elder, I should have been the first to…”

“That’s because it’s something that hasn’t happened yet.”

His eyes widened.

“Something that hasn’t happened yet?”

“I obtained it directly. Information about Karin Empress who was in charge of the weapons business.”

“….”

“It was unfortunate and sad information that the empress is preparing to terminate the contract with us.”

Saliva went down with a gulp.

“Then…”

“It should arrive in about two weeks. This bolt from the blue news.”

Kainton’s eyes found focus.

The information Jayden was giving seemed accurate.

There was also a reason he could guess about how things had come to this.

‘This would be perfect.’

It felt like finally fitting the last remaining piece of the puzzle.

Kainton looked at Jayden with fervent eyes.

‘Yes, this is the person. It has to be this person.’

The legitimate eldest son of the previous generation, who carried the blood of Abner so deeply.

His temperament might be a bit aggressive, but what’s wrong with that?

At least Jayden wasn’t an outsider.

He was someone who rightfully had the qualifications to inherit the ducal title.

‘And this information too.’

“Magnificent.”

With sincerity, Kainton spoke in a trembling voice.

“As expected of the young master!”

Sharon Abner, that woman had underestimated Jayden.

She had firmly declared that he wasn’t talented enough to become a duke.

Of course, even in Kainton’s view, Jayden could be immature at times.

In fact, he had lived obsessed with alcohol until recently.

When it wasn’t alcohol, it was gambling, and when it wasn’t gambling, it was women.

Several times he had caused problems due to his violent tendencies.

‘But he’s in his right mind now, isn’t he?’

Relatively speaking, compared to before.

And also.

‘Having the ducal title unjustly taken away, he had temporarily gone astray due to betrayal and loss.’

It was Abner that had been protected since his great-great-grandfather’s time.

Watching such Abner crumble in Sharon’s hands, hadn’t he himself felt deeply sorrowful?

‘All of the young master’s past misconduct was reasonable.’

Moreover, Jayden had some outstanding qualities too.

Wasn’t this time proof of that?

Of all people, he had obtained information about Karin Empress, who monopolized the Emperor’s love.

‘He must have his own people.’

He pretended to be stupid and violent, but he surely knew what he was doing.

How to move and how to act in the political world.

“Truly, truly impressive. Young master, you have more than enough ability to become the head of the family!”

Kainton praised with a voice full of fervor.

Jayden himself spoke languidly with an unimpressed expression.

“It would be troublesome if you fail, Marquis.”

“How could there be any doubt?”

“You’d better take responsibility for those words.”

“Yes, yes.”

Soon a gesture indicating he should leave was given.

Kainton bowed his waist and quickly left Jayden’s bedroom.

And in front of the door, he covered his mouth.

Because he couldn’t hide his excitement.

‘Contract. Breaking the contract with the Imperial Palace.’

Ah, how delighted the ancestors would be!

Finally, at last, they could cut off the tentacles of the black magician who had invaded Abner.

They could finally drive out that spider-like woman who had seduced and killed the previous head, then brazenly taken over the family.

Kainton’s hands trembled with joy.

In doing so, right in front of Jayden’s door, in a corner of the corridor.

He failed to notice something very small glittering.

—It would be troublesome if you fail, Marquis.

—How could there be any doubt?

—You’d better take responsibility for those words.

The sound of a door opening, then closing with a thud.

After a moment of silence, excited footsteps fade away.

I made a hmm sound and gently stroked the one-eyed bear doll.

Then the light emanating from the bear doll’s eye dimmed and made a tick- sound.

“I did it just in case. It would have been terrible if I hadn’t…”

I carefully came out of the wardrobe.

Mica was sleeping soundly on my bed.

“Geez… I told her to keep watch…”

I placed the bear doll next to the pillow and let out a deep sigh.

While inwardly bowing in gratitude.

‘Lady Rieri, thank you.’

The birthday gift given to me by the Dowager Empress’s maid and Laura’s mother.

It was a well-processed magic stone.

Of course, there were many things I could do with this magic stone.

For example, making a disposable wiretapping device.

It all started a few days ago when I eavesdropped on the elders’ conversation.

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