The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 57

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The heavy doors of the Grand Assembly Hall opened with a resounding sound.

Kainton quickly turned his head.

Sharon Abner was walking toward them from a distance.

As always, she walked brazenly and took her seat as the family head.

Soon, her vivid purple eyes looked around at them.

“Quite a gathering again this time.”

Her tone was indifferent.

“What is it today?”

Kainton barely managed to suppress a sneer that was about to escape.

He quickly sent his gaze to the chairman.

Today’s council meeting had only one purpose.

To expose Sharon Abner’s misdeeds and hold her accountable.

All preparations had already been completed.

“The reason for convening today’s council meeting is…”

Chairman Herman read the opening statement he had prepared in advance.

The list of Sharon Abner’s mistakes that began this way was endless.

Kainton nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.

Even matters as trivial as dust sounded quite serious when presented through the opening statement.

As evidence, sighs and groans continuously erupted from the branch family seats.

“…Therefore, this council meeting has been convened out of concern whether the current family head’s qualifications are truly acceptable.”

As soon as the reading of the opening statement ended, the branch families pointed fingers at Sharon Abner.

Kainton thought while suppressing a smile that was about to spread.

‘Now, try to refute this.’

However, she kept her mouth firmly shut, staring straight ahead, lost in thought.

‘She’s already become speechless. And there’s still so much left.’

The information obtained from Jayden hadn’t even been revealed yet.

That tremendous news about the contract with the Imperial Palace being terminated soon.

‘I’d like to hold her accountable right now, but I must wait until the very end.’

No matter how many faults there were to find, the opponent was Sharon Abner.

That witch-like woman.

‘She stubbornly clung to her position through all those council meetings.’

This wasn’t the first time the elders had convened a council meeting.

From the moment Sharon Abner took the family head position until now, they had gathered the branch families at least once a year.

Once they established themselves in the meeting hall, they would mobilize everything they could to attack Sharon Abner.

‘Of course, we hesitated at first.’

No matter how unrecognized a family head might be, a family head was still a family head.

She could have summoned troops to drag them out, or cut off the branch families’ heads with a single stroke.

If she had done so, they naturally would have been helpless.

‘But Sharon Abner could never do that to us.’

Everyone knew that fact now.

Strangely, she had no intention of crushing the elders and branch families with force.

Instead, she simply chose to endure silently.

Whatever attacks the branch families launched at her, she just took them and bore it.

Only in her own way.

‘Was it the winter before last?’

Kainton unconsciously recalled a council meeting held in the past.

The situation was similar then.

The branch families and Council of Elders read the opening statement and found fault with various matters, forcing Sharon Abner to step down from her position as family head.

However, Sharon Abner’s answer was simple and clear.

‘I cannot accept this. But if you wish it, I’ll give you a chance to continue.’

Then she walked over and locked the doors of the Grand Assembly Hall.

It was meant as an invitation to try to persuade her.

If they succeeded in persuading her, she would step down from the family head position.

‘At first, I thought it was a good opportunity.’

However, after two full days passed in the meeting hall, everyone began to notice that something was going wrong.

‘That viper of a woman.’

Kainton clenched his fist, recalling the humiliation of that day.

Sharon Abner endured four days like that in the Grand Assembly Hall.

Without a single sip of water or a piece of bread.

Even when the branch families and elders collapsed, she didn’t blink an eye.

In the end, it was the branch families who lost.

They had no choice but to beg her to open the doors of the Grand Assembly Hall.

The persuasion naturally failed, and the council meeting ended there.

‘But this time is different.’

Even if Sharon Abner used the same underhanded tactics as before, he still had a powerful trump card left.

“Please answer, Family Head.”

Herman urged Sharon Abner.

“I mean, please explain the matters specified in the opening statement in a way that we branch families and elders can understand.”

A faint fatigue could be glimpsed in Sharon Abner’s eyes.

Herman placed other documents he had prepared in front of him.

“If you have nothing to say, I shall continue.”

He carefully examined the documents.

“Regarding the matters mentioned earlier, our Council of Elders has reconsidered the severity of these issues based on family law.”

“…”

“First, looking at Article 46, Section 5 regarding the rights of the Council of Elders, it clearly states that major family matters must go through the Council of Elders.”

“…”

“Article 23, Section 9 shows that ‘designation of a ward’ is included in ‘major family matters.’ That matter you unilaterally carried out this time, Family Head.”

Herman waved the paper.

“That’s not all. In the same context, your subsequent actions are also a major problem. According to family law, everything you have done, Family Head…”

“…”

“Is grounds for disqualification serious enough to warrant removal from the position of family head.”

“Please answer, Family Head!”

Someone added their voice from behind.

It was a branch family noble who was quite prominent in the Abner region.

“How long do you intend to bring such disgrace to Abner! You’re not fulfilling your duties, so you should cleanly acknowledge it and step down!”

Lady Larien Mehuin, another branch family member who had been listening, also stepped forward.

“Since you’re not answering, aren’t you already acknowledging everything?”

Kainton calmly looked at Sharon Abner.

She still kept her mouth firmly shut.

Beside her, he could see Jayden Abner watching his mother with apparent interest.

‘This seems like the right moment.’

Kainton slowly raised one hand with an inward sneer.

For some reason, Sharon Abner’s momentum seemed weak today.

If he pressed the advantage well, his long-cherished wish might be achieved more easily than expected.

“This Kainton agrees as well!”

His booming voice echoed through the meeting hall.

“The current family head no longer has the capacity to lead the family! It’s not as if the Abner Family lacks people! Young Master Jayden is here!”

The elders nodded as if they had been waiting for this.

“Therefore, the current head wishes to step down from the position of head, and we propose the family’s only son, Jayden Abner, as the new head… Ack!”

The voice that had been continuing boldly was cut off.

Everyone’s gaze turned to Kainton.

Kainton looked down at the floor with a surprised expression.

More precisely, under the desk, at his feet.

“Wh-what is this!”

His shoes were soaked through with something wet and warm.

Looking closely, it was milk!

Moreover, it had a strangely foul smell.

“Oh no…”

Then a small, disheveled head popped out from under the desk.

A white, round face with large eyes appeared.

It was a young child who had just woken up, with book marks still imprinted on her face.

“What to do… Grandpa’s voice was so loud it startled me.”

“What, what…!”

While Kainton couldn’t continue his words, the child stood up.

Then she bowed deeply to me in greeting.

“Sorry, Lia!”

Wait, Lia?

While I pondered over the somehow familiar name, the child passed by me.

Then she weaved around the seats and…

“Hello, Duke!”

“…Annellia.”

She poked her head out in front of Sharon Abner’s seat.

Bewilderment crossed Sharon Abner’s face, which had been expressionless throughout.

“Why are you here…”

But the child only smiled brightly.

“I was studying here and accidentally fell asleep. But what are you doing?”

“…”

At the innocent question, Sharon Abner hurriedly looked around.

It seemed he was looking for someone to take the child away.

Kainton froze, then slowly realized.

‘This situation is quite…’

He was flustered, but thinking about it, there was no need to be.

‘Sharon Abner’s greatest mistake. That stain has crawled in here on its own!’

Even if he had told them to bring the child, he thought it would be impossible since they kept it so tightly hidden!

It was the moment an excited smile appeared on his lips.

“If you’re studying family rules, can Lia join too?”

The child asked with sparkling eyes.

That innocent question was completely drowned out by another sound that followed.

“Aha, ahahaha!”

It was the ear-splitting laughter of Lady Larien Mehuin from the branch family.

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