The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 56

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Everything went smoothly.

As soon as the next morning dawned, I ran to the West Wing with Mica.

“Here! I want to show this to Lawrence here!”

“Oh, it’s such a huge painting!”

Of course, I was tightly hugging the teddy bear doll with one tattered eye.

“Sh-shouldn’t we stop her?”

I could hear the servants passing by whispering to each other.

‘Well, the West Wing is where Jayden’s bedroom is located.’

More than anything, Jayden openly disliked me.

The fact that he hadn’t come to see me even once in the past few months was proof of that.

But that feeling was mutual on my end too.

‘Hmph, I don’t like that terrible personality either.’

The moment I first saw Jayden was still vividly etched in my mind.

The day I moved my room to the main manor, the scene of him slapping Butler Grandfather Roger was too vivid.

Seeing that, I could understand why Jayden still hadn’t received the title of Young Duke.

‘And yet the branch family is on Jayden’s side – if I were Sharon Abner, I would have died from the injustice.’

It was Sharon Abner who rebuilt the crumbling Abner family.

Not Jayden.

But the Abner branch family and elders were all on Jayden’s side.

I slowly realized.

‘To protect Sharon Abner’s position, I need to dig into Jayden first.’

Because the branch families are currently gathered around Jayden as their center.

‘Also, Kainton seemed to follow Jayden too, right?’

That greedy-looking grandfather repeated the same words dozens of times in the meeting I eavesdropped on.

Words like ‘the head position should have gone to the rightful person’ and ‘treating the legitimate eldest son like a screen.’

Of course, the other elders seemed to agree with him.

‘Then they’ll definitely meet with Jayden at least once. At least Kainton will for sure.’

There’s no way they’d plan to oust the current head without conspiring with the next head.

I was very curious about what they would discuss when they met.

Of course, I already had dozens of scenarios prepared.

But still, I wanted to be more certain if possible.

‘To defend properly, you need to know where you’ll be hit in advance!’

And this kind of preliminary investigation had to be conducted without being followed.

“Mica! Let’s go this way!”

I pointed to the inner corridor filled with luxurious decorations.

Mica nodded readily.

The servants became even more restless.

Because the corridor we were heading toward led to Jayden’s bedroom.

But they ultimately couldn’t stop us.

Because Sharon Abner had firmly told the servants that ‘there’s nowhere in the estate the children cannot go.’

‘Good, everything’s going very smoothly.’

I ran down the corridor like an excited child.

I didn’t forget to keep smiling brightly the whole time.

Mica followed behind me, looking around curiously.

Then, after running for a while, I stopped in place.

“What? It’s a dead end?”

“Huh. Why is this place so big?”

“I don’t know, let’s go back now!”

Mica nodded.

We chattered away as we turned around and ran back in the direction we came from.

On the way back, Mica was too busy looking around the interior of the West Wing.

Thanks to that, she didn’t see one of Lawrence’s eyes fall from my hand and roll away.

‘As expected, my prediction was accurate.’

I stared intently at Lawrence’s darkened eye, admiring myself.

This listening device was single-use, so it could only be used once when I activated it.

Magic stones basically turned into ordinary pebbles once all the magic power inside was exhausted.

‘Even if I get caught, I can just play dumb and that’s the end of it.’

So even if someone picked up the eyeball in the West Wing, they wouldn’t suspect it was a listening device.

They’d definitely just think the kids dropped it while playing.

“Phew, how refreshing.”

I muttered as I lay down next to Mica, who had fallen fast asleep.

Then I soon frowned slightly.

“But it feels a bit unsettling too.”

It was because of what I had overheard Jayden say to Kainton earlier.

‘Viscount. Engrave this in your ears.’

‘The contract with the Imperial Palace has been terminated.’

‘I obtained it directly. Information from Karin Empress who was in charge of the weapons business.’

It seemed Karin Empress was determined to cancel the weapons supply contract with Abner.

And I knew the reason.

“No, why is that person so childish.”

Karin Empress was apparently bothered by how close Abner had become with the Crown Prince and Dowager Empress lately.

‘What empress acts the same way as orphanage kids.’

I suddenly remembered Audrey, who had been Mica’s nemesis at the orphanage.

Mica had hated Audrey for being sneaky for a while, but in my view, Mica was sneaky too.

‘Telling other kids not to play with Audrey, and saying she’d cut ties with anyone who did.’

I sighed and looked at Mica sleeping beside me.

Mica, who had acted so sneakily, changed one day.

‘Because she learned!’

That if you interfere too much in others’ relationships, you’ll lose your own relationships too!

The orphanage friends who were uncomfortable with Mica’s tyranny eventually started sympathizing with Audrey.

And one by one, they began giving Mica harsh words.

Things like ‘Mica, you’re being mean!’ or ‘Even if you try to stop me, I’ll keep being friends with Audrey!’

When her friends suddenly disappeared, Mica finally realized her mistake.

When Audrey was adopted, Mica cried buckets of tears saying she was sorry.

Of course, Audrey also sobbed saying it was okay, that she had done wrong too.

I turned over and blinked.

‘I wonder if the Empress will be better than four-year-old Mica?’

The Empress’s response to the situation that would unfold.

I was very, very curious about that.

“Did you hear? There’s going to be a Council Meeting soon.”

“I-I heard. What should we do about our master…”

I kept my eyes tightly shut and listened to Miel and Soya whispering.

Living in this estate, I had become a master of pretending to sleep.

After the previous attack incident, Miel and Soya no longer left my room easily.

Even after I fell asleep, the two would always stay and watch over me for at least another hour or two.

“What I really don’t understand is, even if they’re going to find fault, why target the young miss?”

“Th-that’s right. Wh-where else could you find such a blessing like our Young Miss!”

Even Soya, who rarely got angry, was fuming.

“Th-they haven’t done anything themselves. Y-Young Miss works so hard at such a young age!”

“Right, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Council meeting? It’s not even funny.”

“Wh-what about Young Miss that day?”

At that moment, the topic I had been waiting for came up.

“L-Lady Larienne was making a huge fuss about having Young Miss attend too.”

“Are they crazy? What terrible questions are they planning to bombard our young Miss with?”

“D-don’t worry. Th-the Master said absolutely not, very st-strictly.”

Oh no, that won’t do!

I slightly opened my eyes.

“Well, seeing that chaos would be so shocking for our pure Young Miss.”

“O-obviously they’d say st-strange things to Young Miss too. W-we absolutely must prevent that!”

‘But that’s exactly what I want.’

For me to attend the council meeting, and have the elders and branch families bombard me with strange questions.

‘Then I’ll gently refute them!’

That was my grand plan.

I would counter principles with principles, precedents with precedents.

But unreasonable arguments with logic.

Everyone would be furious if they lost to a baby like me.

Especially that black-hearted Count Kainton wouldn’t be able to stand it.

For all of that, I had stayed up nights for the past few weeks.

‘There’s no choice! I’ll have to use that method.’

I looked at Miel and Soya while secretly forming another plan.

It was an exceptionally bright day.

Sharon Abner got up from her office desk, holding her throbbing head.

“This settles all arrangements for the Evehill children.”

Even amid her busy schedule, she never neglected finding adoptive homes for the Evehill children.

“I was planning to look at the rest in the afternoon, but the elders won’t let me off easily.”

However, the schedule got a bit tangled contrary to expectations.

Unlike usual, the elders who had been stubbornly holding out at the manor finally convened a council meeting.

Branch family members who had been away also came in one by one to take their positions.

They wouldn’t miss today’s opportunity to tear into her.

Sharon Abner stood before the mirror with a complex expression.

Her wrinkled face, representing the passage of time, came into view.

She calmly adjusted the cufflinks on her formal uniform sleeves and arranged her hair.

‘You did nothing wrong. I believe you are….’

Her deceased husband’s voice echoed in her ears.

She smiled bitterly with mockery.

“Nothing wrong, indeed. You were mistaken.”

And with a hardened expression, she left the office.

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