The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 73

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‘How utterly boring.’

The Empire of Taranta, which ruled the Western Continent of Carillonia.

Edward Lacteus was the sovereign of that empire.

Except for some regions, the empire had grown rapidly on fertile land that produced abundant grain.

After achieving continental unification and expanding its territory, it went without saying.

The gold accumulating in the national treasury was now overflowing, and the taste of power was very sweet.

Perhaps that was why.

From some point on, Edward found it difficult to feel interest in anything.

“Your Majesty, this is Chesen from the Biern Kingdom of the Eastern Continent. My lord has sent a special gift to Your Majesty.”

A man in unusual attire stepped forward before him.

A very faint glimmer appeared in Edward’s eyes.

Perhaps because he was an envoy from an Eastern Continent kingdom, he wore peculiar clothing that seemed unlike anything ever seen within the empire.

“What my lord has sent is…”

As the envoy smiled slyly, something came rushing out from behind the pillars as if they had been waiting.

It was several young and beautiful people.

The Emperor didn’t even twitch an eyebrow at the sight of the group mixed with women and men, but then.

“This…! How insolent! Chesen of the Biern Kingdom!”

Empress Karin’s voice rang out sharply through the courtyard.

She rose from her seat with wide eyes, glaring at the Eastern Continent envoy.

“Where do you think this is, offering human beings as tribute?”

The Eastern Continent envoy replied as if surprised.

“In the Eastern Continent, beautiful people are considered precious gifts. My lord personally selected and sent them…”

“Did you think the Eastern Continent’s lowly methods would work in the Empire, right now!”

Karin shouted like an angry cat and shot up from her seat.

Then she approached near the imperial throne and naturally grabbed his left arm, shaking it gently.

“Your Majesty, this is unpleasant. Just looking at that gift shows how the Biern Kingdom views the Empire…”

“Why. Are you afraid I might drag them into my bedroom?”

Empress Karin stared at Edward as if she couldn’t believe it.

“Pardon? Just now, what did you…”

“I asked if that’s why you’re making such a fuss.”

“Your Majesty!”

Grief suddenly welled up on Empress Karin’s face.

However, Edward moved his arm and shook off Empress Karin’s hand.

And he spoke loudly enough for the Eastern Continent envoy to hear.

“Tell your lord I said thank you.”

The Eastern Continent envoy bowed happily and withdrew.

Edward spoke to Karin, who remained frozen in place.

“I believe I told you to exercise restraint.”

His voice was small enough for only the two of them to hear.

“You already know that I hate most those who disrupt important matters because of personal feelings, don’t you?”

Empress Karin whimpered.

“Your Majesty! That was, trying to break the weapons contract with Abner was…”

“I’m already sick of hearing excuses, so enough.”

Edward looked over Karin’s face dismissively.

“Not everything you do is charming yet. So stop your presumptuous behavior.”

Karin staggered in her seat.

However, she gritted her teeth and walked straight back to her place.

The butler, who had been watching carefully, brought forward the next nobleman in turn.

“The head of the Abner Family, Sharon Abner, greets the sun of the Empire.”

The Emperor’s eyes widened.

Because finally, the person he had been waiting for had appeared.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Duke Abner.”

The Emperor looked completely different from what I had expected.

He was so handsome that my mouth fell open at first sight.

‘I wondered who Tian resembled…’

The Emperor’s eyes, nose, and overall facial atmosphere were exactly the same as Tian’s.

The ruby-red eyes were the same too.

However, if there was just one difference, it was the hair.

Unlike Tian who had jet-black hair, the Emperor had brilliant golden hair that seemed to scatter sunlight.

“I heard you went through a lot of trouble in various ways. You personally stepped forward to command everything from weapons production to collection and transport.”

“Not at all. It was all Crown Prince Tian’s work, and this inadequate subject merely assisted from the side.”

Sharon Abner bowed to the Emperor at exactly the correct angle without the slightest error.

The Emperor smiled contentedly.

“Your modesty is excessive. The head of the allied nations personally sent a letter. Saying they owe a great debt to our Western Continent.”

The Emperor burst into a satisfied laugh.

I couldn’t help but look at Empress Karin sitting on his left.

Because the more the Emperor praised Sharon Abner, the more miserably Empress Karin’s face crumpled.

‘Well, who told you to backstab?’

If only Empress Karin hadn’t unilaterally broken the contract with Abner, all the credit would have gone to Empress Karin instead of Tian.

After all, it was Empress Karin who had originally made the weapons contract with Abner and managed it all this time.

‘Of course, I don’t feel sorry for her. Not even a tiny bit.’

Because Empress Karin was a wicked person who had abused young Tian.

Even in my previous life, she eventually drove Tian out of the Imperial Palace.

After that, Tian even lost his life.

Just as I was thinking how satisfying this was.

“I wonder if I should accept a gift from you, Duke. It seems like I should be the one giving instead.”

At the Emperor’s words, I raised my head.

Behind us, the butlers were moving the gift boxes we had prepared inside.

They were two heavy wooden chests wrapped in silk cloth.

Sharon Abner glanced at me slightly, so I nodded.

I knew what was inside.

The butlers removed the cloth and opened the boxes.

The Emperor asked in a curious voice.

“What is this?”

Inside were blue glass bottles made by mixing cobalt, packed full.

Even Empress Karin focused her gaze on the unfamiliar objects with a slightly furrowed brow.

Meanwhile, the butlers finished opening the other box.

The Emperor’s eyes openly widened.

Because this box was full of something he would probably recognize.

It was Lubarinna and Lubaven, the treatments that had recently been officially registered as medicines and were selling like hotcakes today.

Sharon Abner finally opened her mouth.

“Your Majesty, what I have prepared is the second invention recently developed by the Abner Academy.”

“…”

“It is a precious medicine that my granddaughter made personally with the intention of offering it to Your Majesty.”

The Emperor looked at me in surprise.

I quickly placed my hands on my stomach and bowed deeply.

“I greet the sun of the Empire! I am Annellia of the House of Abner!”

The Emperor nodded.

“Yes, indeed. I heard the developer of Lubarinna and Lubaven was five years old.”

Then he asked as if amazed.

“Did you really develop the medicine in that blue bottle?”

“Yes! Lia developed it with her teacher at the Duke’s Castle!”

“Those Lubarinna and Lubaven were also developed by you.”

“Yes!”

The Emperor’s eyes slowly lit up with curiosity.

“So you made a second precious medicine to give to me.”

“Yes!”

I said with sparkling eyes.

“Would you like me to show you how to use it?”

“Do so.”

I quickly received an identical bottle from Wendel who was waiting behind me.

Then I slightly rolled up my left sleeve.

A fairly clear scar remaining on the inside of my arm was revealed.

It was a wound I got from rolling down the stairs when I was attacked by Brooke.

“This medicine…”

After carefully opening the cap of the blue bottle, I poured a little of the flowing medicine onto the scar area.

White steam immediately rose from the medicine that touched my skin, along with a cool fragrance.

Some scattered into the air and some absorbed into the skin.

“It’s made by mixing Amias flowers that regenerate skin with Lidge grass obtained from the Eastern Continent.”

I lifted my arm to show the inside to the Emperor.

The red, slightly protruding scar had clearly faded in that short time.

It was at a level where it could be said to have almost disappeared.

“It has the effect of removing scars!”

The Emperor opened his eyes wide and froze with his mouth half open as if he couldn’t believe it.

“If you apply it consistently just two or three times, even large scars will completely disappear! I also erased a large scar on my back with this!”

I smiled slightly while looking at the Emperor’s frozen face.

Because I had already anticipated his reaction.

I slowly lowered my gaze to his attire.

The collar of the clothes the Emperor wore was long enough to reach just below his chin.

The sleeves were also tailored long enough to almost cover the backs of his hands.

‘Because the current Emperor’s body is covered with scars.’

The wound areas where he was bitten by poisonous insects during an assassination attempt in his childhood.

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