The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 62

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The elders and branch family members all rose from their seats and begged desperately.

There wasn’t a shred of dignity to be found anywhere.

“Wh-where should we write? There’s no paper?!”

“You fool! Just write here!”

Several of them flipped over the meeting agenda papers they had brought to attack Sharon Abner.

I swallowed hard watching that scene.

‘…I expected this, but.’

It was truly impressive.

Copying that thick law book was by no means an easy task.

And five times at that.

‘It’ll take at least a full week.’

But even that was like sweet rain to the branch families.

Writing lines was infinitely, a hundred times, a thousand times better than dying.

“Your Excellency, we were wrong! We were arrogant! How dare we doubt you!”

Perhaps because of this, the faces of the branch family members that had been filled only with fear and despair now showed some reflection.

A lifeline thrown down when you’re about to die makes people desperate.

And the savior who threw them that lifeline was none other than me.

“I apologize to you too! Ah, Annellia, was it?”

Lady Larienne jumped up from her chair and approached me.

She fidgeted restlessly and sniffled.

“I-I’m sorry. You’re better than us. Really better than us, and much more clever than my daughter Clara! I take back what I said earlier, okay?”

“Uh, um…”

“How did you memorize all the family rules? I should learn from you too. All our retainers should learn from you!”

“That’s right, exactly! Your Excellency’s eye for talent is amazing, how did you find such a gem…”

Of course, there were still people making displeased expressions.

Like Kainton, for example.

But it didn’t matter.

I glanced at Jayden and then awkwardly looked away.

‘Grandfather… can’t be saved even with a lifeline.’

Looking at Jayden’s expression, it seemed Kainton would soon be finished even without Sharon Abner stepping in.

The council meeting ended.

After finishing the meeting, we moved to Sharon Abner’s office.

“Currently, Abner’s weapons are being produced in two locations. One is below the Weylon Mountains in the northwest, the other is in the Tiboris Plain in the northeast.”

“The Tiboris Plain has higher production, right?”

“That’s correct. However, if you’re planning to transport weapons to the Eastern Continent, it would be better to gather all products at the Tiboris Plain and move them from there…”

Tian was extremely serious as he conversed with Sharon Abner.

‘The fate of Abner, and furthermore the Empire, no, the entire Eastern Continent depends on this matter.’

Not only that.

Through this weapon support matter, Tian had received recognition from the Emperor for the first time.

So he would want to work hard at everything to achieve results.

To avoid disturbing them, I quietly slipped out of the office.

Sharon Abner sent a glance to Wendel as if telling him to look after me.

Conscious of Wendel following behind, I walked earnestly toward my room.

My body felt drowsy and tired.

It seemed to be because I had been tense throughout the entire meeting.

‘Still, I’m glad everything was resolved well.’

Preparing for the Council of Elders’ attack, the other things weren’t too difficult.

After all, what the branch families were doing was nothing more than childish tantrums.

‘But that’s exactly why I needed to point it out precisely.’

That their misconduct had crossed the line.

That above the family rules stands the family head, and the family head’s authority must reign supreme at the top of the house.

And then everything went exactly as I expected.

The branch families seemed to have come to their senses properly through this incident.

It also helped that I discovered various goldmines during the preparation process, making things easier.

‘The only thing that was concerning was the weapon contract cancellation.’

Karin Empress had completely betrayed Abner.

Just a few months ago, she had come to renew the contract, then suddenly flipped her attitude.

All for the petty reason that she didn’t like Abner being friendly with the Crown Prince, who was her political rival.

‘Really narrow-minded, so narrow-minded.’

While I was pondering how to handle this, I soon came up with a good idea.

I recalled what had happened in the Eastern Continent around this time in my previous life.

The Eastern Continent back then was in complete chaos.

It was because of the ‘Eastern Continent Unification War’ that Tian had mentioned in the meeting hall.

‘It’s certain that the Allied Forces will win.’

If I hadn’t known that, I wouldn’t have subtly connected Tian with the Allied Forces.

However, in my previous life, it was the Magic Tower that had provided weapons to the Allied Forces.

‘The Emperor probably threw a fit when he found out about this later.’

At that time, the Taranta Imperial House had plenty of weapons.

Even if not overflowing, thanks to the weapon contract with Abner, they had enough to help the Eastern Continent.

‘But the Magic Tower beat them to it.’

The Magic Tower heard news of the Allied Forces and provided full support with offensive magical tools and various weapons.

The Allied Forces, empowered by this, achieved victory before long.

The Emperor regretted this incident for a long time.

After all, he had lost a golden opportunity to the Magic Tower – one where he only needed to add his spoon to an already set table.

‘Originally, things should have flowed the same way this time too.’

The information about the Eastern Continent war was something only the Magic Tower possessed, and it should have been the Magic Tower providing weapons to the Allied Forces.

But because I leaked information to Tian, the entire situation was completely reversed.

‘I didn’t intend to go this far, but Karin Empress was the one who acted petty first…’

Honestly, I’m not particularly interested in anything other than my own safety.

So naturally, I had no desire to intervene in the Eastern Continent war either.

‘Rather, I was more interested in the Magic Tower.’

I heard that the Magic Tower was overflowing with rare magical formula materials.

However, Karin Empress’s petty revenge opened my eyes.

‘Moreover, that revenge threatens Sharon Abner, which is absolutely unacceptable.’

Sharon Abner was my partner.

She was the protector I had personally chosen, to whom I had entrusted my safety until I grew to a certain extent.

‘I’m already working hard to establish her position within the family, and she’s interfering with that.’

I immediately wrote a letter to Tian.

I thought Tian would be able to find hints from my letter.

‘If I just vaguely hint that the Eastern Continent situation is strange, he’ll definitely catch on.’

And our Tian moved exactly as I expected.

He noticed the news of the Eastern Continent Alliance formation and beat the Magic Tower to weapon support.

Naturally, Karin Empress’s cancellation of the weapon contract also came to light.

‘He’s only eight years old, but Tian is really smart.’

Moreover, the timing was perfect this time.

I managed to humble Karin Empress and establish Sharon Abner’s position.

Tian catching the Emperor’s eye was an unexpected additional harvest.

‘Come to think of it, that makes sense.’

The original Tian should have been steadily ignored by the world even at this very moment.

The number of imperial citizens calling him the ‘deposed crown prince’ should have been increasing, and his distance from the Emperor should have been growing.

But now was not that time.

‘From now on, Tian might do quite well, don’t you think?’

Making contact with the Eastern Continent was a remarkable achievement.

‘Right. That would be good for me.’

Whether I work at the Academy of Pharmacy later or enter the Magic Tower.

Having connections with the Imperial Family wouldn’t be bad.

Fortunately, Tian seems to consider me quite a close friend.

‘Let’s maintain this good friendship just like now.’

Even after becoming independent from Abner, we’d continue to see each other often and stay close.

‘If I need rare materials for research, maybe I could subtly ask for help?’

While thinking about various things, I arrived in front of my room.

As soon as I opened the door, my eyes widened.

Mica was sitting collapsed on the floor of my room.

“Annellia!!”

Mica saw me and jumped up from her spot.

“Hic, sob…! Waaah!!”

Then she came running while crying loudly.

“Hey! Did you hear? Did you hear about it!”

Feeling her hands hitting my shoulders, I looked around in bewilderment.

We weren’t the only ones in the room.

Ann and Soya were also there, wearing worried expressions.

“Annellia. I tried to stop her, but…”

Just as Ann opened her mouth with a troubled expression.

“We only have 3 days left!”

Mica’s sorrowful voice echoed through the room.

I pulled Mica away and frowned.

I had no idea what she was talking about.

Mica hugged me tightly again while crying.

“Me, Tom, and Lulu! All the kids are leaving in 3 days! We can only stay for 3 more days!”

“…”

“Waaah! I was so happy here with you! Sob… I don’t need a new family! I wanted to live here with you!”

Whether it was tears or snot, my shoulder became damp because of Mica.

But I just stood frozen, only blinking my eyes.

3 days.

Why was she talking about parents again, and everyone’s leaving?

I looked at Mica and trailed off.

“Mica, you…”

Then I hesitantly asked.

“Are you… getting adopted?”

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