The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 60

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Kainton clearly witnessed Jayden shaking his head at him.

The heat that had risen to his head from his passionate speech cooled down futilely.

He felt his hands trembling as he looked down at the ancient book in despair.

‘The family’s history really… did such a thing?’

He had been running forward all this time, holding the legitimacy and purity of the family as his primary value.

He couldn’t easily sort out what he had done.

However, no matter how much his momentum was broken, the hatred he had harbored for so long wouldn’t easily subside.

‘…Damn it.’

Kainton had no choice but to admit that he had been defeated.

And by a mere five-year-old child at that.

That little kid didn’t even seem to have any particular hostility toward him.

Every word the child said with a smile broke and shattered his weapons.

Kainton bit the inside of his mouth until it bled and raised his head.

‘Even if I have to retreat.’

He wanted to at least leave a scratch on Sharon Abner.

She was an arrogant woman who had climbed to a position he could never dream of and stirred up a family with no blood relation to her as if it were her own home.

“I heard that the contract with the Imperial Palace is being terminated.”

The audience murmured at his words.

“I heard the official document is expected to arrive today or tomorrow.”

Even Chairman Herman, who had never heard of this, looked at Kainton.

“It’s Abner’s biggest business right now, so what will you do?”

His bloodshot eyes burned with hatred.

“Our Abner still has many enemies. Longton is targeting us, and others are desperate to bring us down.”

“…”

“In this situation, to ruin relations with the Imperial Palace and receive notice of contract termination…”

Sharon Abner’s eyes were wider open than before.

Seeing that expression seemed to slightly lessen his sense of defeat.

“You may have proven the legitimacy of the family head, but you must take responsibility for this matter…”

“That’s enough!”

Suddenly someone cut off Kainton’s words.

When he turned his head, Chairman Herman was looking at him with an angry face.

“I won’t tolerate any more independent actions, Kainton.”

“…Chairman.”

“Have you forgotten that you’re wearing the robes of the Council of Elders?”

Kainton gritted his teeth but kept his mouth shut.

It was because of Jayden’s cold eyes in the distance.

Now he could probably tell what his end would look like without even seeing it.

It was when he was hanging his head low.

“Your Grace.”

After a brief knock, the meeting hall door suddenly opened.

The one hurriedly bowing was Wendel, Sharon Abner’s closest knight.

“Crown Prince Tian has arrived. He says he must see Your Grace immediately.”

Sharon Abner opened her eyes wide in surprise and stood up from her seat.

“Let’s suspend the meeting for a moment.”

“No, there’s no need for that.”

At that moment, sturdy guards came rushing in behind Wendel.

At the front were several high-ranking officials from the Imperial Palace known to be favored by the Dowager Empress.

Kainton slightly frowned.

‘Has the official document already arrived? But so noisily?’

While he was thinking, Crown Prince Tian walked into the meeting hall.

He spotted Annellia standing awkwardly on the platform and unconsciously waved his palm before quickly lowering his arm.

“Hello, Annellia.”

Then he greeted her gently with a formal voice.

The branch family members looked even more dazed.

An official formally greeted Abner and spoke up.

“Duke Abner. Are you currently discussing the weapons contract termination with your vassals?”

Sharon Abner quickly stood up from her seat.

“That’s correct.”

Then the official nodded to Tian.

Tian calmly opened his mouth.

“Actually, I’ve just come to bring an imperial decree regarding that matter.”

Sharon Abner’s expression was colored with bewilderment.

She asked in an anxious voice.

“…Is the Imperial Court really going to terminate the weapons contract with Abner?”

Tian closed his mouth for a moment as if surprised.

But soon he shook his head.

“No. It’s actually the opposite.”

Sharon Abner’s pupils dilated.

“What do you mean…?”

Tian turned around.

Then another high-ranking official who had accompanied him nodded to Tian once more.

He was a teacher recently assigned by the Dowager Empress to teach Tian about imperial affairs.

Tian continued his prepared explanation calmly with a tense expression.

“The situation on the Eastern Continent has been unusual recently. When the Imperial Court investigated, we found that King Aren was preparing for a unification war.”

The branch family members’ expressions were colored with shock.

“The remaining kingdoms formed an allied force to oppose King Aren. But it seems they didn’t have a proper place to receive weapon support. They’ve been secretly looking for weapon suppliers.”

Tian’s gaze briefly rested on Annellia.

“But I was lucky enough to make contact with them, so our Taranta Empire decided to support the Allied Forces with weapons.”

As everyone doubted their own ears, Tian’s final words followed.

“So rather than terminating the weapons contract with Abner, we concluded that we need to increase the transaction volume a bit more.”

Tian’s words lacked realism.

Just moments ago, Abner had been worried about unilateral contract termination notice from the Imperial Court.

But suddenly the Crown Prince himself appeared saying they would increase the weapons transaction volume.

While all the branch family members were confused, Tian said.

“But it seems you’ve already… heard the previous news. About the contract termination.”

This time, the high-ranking official who taught Tian about government affairs stepped forward.

He looked at Sharon Abner and said.

“The previous decision was something the Empress acted on unilaterally. His Majesty greatly scolded the Empress, saying she acted rashly during a critical time.”

Tian nodded.

Then he looked at Sharon and said.

“I know you must have been displeased by the sudden notice. But currently the Imperial Court needs weapons. His Majesty has already made an agreement with the leader of the Allied Forces to support the Eastern Continent.”

Sharon moved her lips without finding words to respond.

Tian continued in a very mature voice.

“So I will formally apologize on behalf of the Imperial Court regarding the previous notice. I hope the weapons contract can remain as a matter of trust between the Imperial Court and Abner.”

Sharon finally came to her senses.

Then she hurriedly knelt down.

“There is no reason for Your Highness to apologize to me.”

“No. This is clearly the Imperial Court’s mistake. His Majesty said he would pay 10% more for transactions starting from this point today.”

Sharon Abner’s eyes wavered as if she couldn’t believe it.

Tian smiled.

“Don’t worry. Our Imperial Court has gained much by helping the Eastern Continent Alliance this time.”

There was a strange dignity in Tian’s gently added voice.

He was no longer the child who had always been withdrawn somewhere.

He was neither a Crown Prince in name only, nor an immature heir thoroughly isolated in the Imperial Court.

“The Allied Forces will win with the weapons we supported. Both I and His Majesty are confident of that.”

The Emperor’s younger days briefly flickered across his still youthful face.

‘Once the Allied Forces win and the Eastern Continent stabilizes, then they will add to the Empire’s power.’

The Emperor’s words were circling in Tian’s mind.

‘I thought you were still young, but how excellent. To have grasped the situation in the Eastern Continent.’

The trust he discovered in the Emperor’s eyes was something he was tasting for the first time in his life.

‘Haven’t you been handling any government affairs until now.’

‘I’ll ask the Dowager Empress to arrange someone to teach you government affairs. Go to Abner together with them. You should start experiencing various things, shouldn’t you.’

At the same time, the Emperor made Karin Empress withdraw from the weapons contract.

That was practically the same as handing over the weapons contract with Abner to Tian.

It was also a metaphorical instruction that once the Eastern Continent matter was concluded and Tian had grown somewhat, he would hand over the related government affairs.

The Dowager Empress was very pleased, saying that Karin Empress had finally been brought down a peg.

Tian looked at Annellia while recalling all these events that had suddenly occurred a few days ago.

‘Everyone was amazed, wondering how I knew.’

The formation of the Eastern Continent Alliance was news that had only become public this afternoon.

Until then, the Allied Forces had been secretly moving in the shadows, growing their numbers.

Other countries couldn’t even know the news that they had assembled.

Tian was the only one who had noticed it.

‘…It was all thanks to Annellia’s letters.’

Thanks to those letters they continued to exchange even after sending Lubaven and Lubarinna to Logrio.

Your Highness.

Will Lubarinna and Lubaven sell in the Eastern Continent too?

I promised my teacher that we’d definitely sell in the Eastern Continent too, but suddenly we can’t.

When I looked into it, the Eastern Continent market has all disappeared, you know?

Now even if we sell, we probably can’t sell to the entire Eastern Continent, only to the Kingdom of Pantaon.

I’m so upset I can’t sleep…

The Eastern Continent’s market had disappeared.

Even if they managed to sell, they couldn’t distribute to the entire continent, only sell to the Kingdom of Pantaon.

Tian pondered a famous diplomatic strategy book he had read before and realized something was strange.

And he reached a conclusion.

‘Could it be that the Eastern Continent’s trade routes have been closed?’

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