The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 90

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Awin and Miel’s palms collided in mid-air.

 

“Awin, I felt this before too, but your acting is really first-rate!”

 

“No, you’re much better at it, sister.”

 

I smiled proudly watching the two who had grown closer over the past few days.

 

In front of us, Burmard was kneeling with a bewildered expression, bound and restrained.

 

“Wen, Wen… El! You, what on earth are you two!”

 

But before he could finish speaking, the tent door opened.

 

Soon, other corrupt middle managers came flooding in, led by the guards.

 

All of them had their wrists firmly bound.

 

“Jacks!”

 

“Burmard. Wh-what’s going on here?”

 

They all looked equally confused about what was happening.

 

Watching them, I spoke boldly to the restless group.

 

“Now, now! Everyone be quiet!”

 

They closed their mouths.

 

I tried to choose my words but ended up making a dejected expression.

 

“…Annellia has lost all faith in humanity today.”

 

Miel quickly approached and exclaimed, ‘Oh my, our poor little lady!’

 

I looked at each of the managers with a dispirited expression.

 

“You were all sick people. We allowed you to live in Abner Territory and gave you medicine, but we thought you’d be loyal to us.”

 

They exchanged glances with perplexed expressions.

 

When I nodded at Logrio, he immediately approached Burmard and thoroughly searched his inner pocket.

 

A pile of unopened Lubarinna bottles came tumbling out.

 

“…I was too kind and naive.”

 

With my words, the other middle managers’ pockets began to be opened one by one.

 

They were all people who had stolen at least ten bottles of Lubarinna each.

 

One person’s pocket was completely empty, which was puzzling, but soon a guard brought over a bunch of medicine, saying he found it in the tent.

 

In the end, there were no exceptions.

 

It was a moment when I was pondering with a troubled face.

 

“Pr-Princess!”

 

Someone’s urgent voice was heard.

 

It was Burmard.

 

“I-I was in urgent need of money! My sick mother is alone back in my hometown…”

 

“Where’s your hometown? Is it below Longton Territory?”

 

“Huh, what?”

 

Burmard, who had stiffened in panic, soon answered hurriedly.

 

“Yes! It’s further down! It’s a small marquis territory called Valdmore…”

 

“Miel. Connect the communication stone to Teacher Ann.”

 

Miel immediately said ‘Yes!’ and brought the communication stone.

 

Burmard’s eyes widened.

 

I looked at Burmard and smiled.

 

“I’m going to ask if it’s really true!”

 

“What? Who exactly are you going to ask…”

 

“Who else, the Marquis of Valdmore!”

 

Burmard’s complexion slowly turned pale.

 

“Burmad Paki, age thirty-three. There should be records of you recently leaving the territory, so I can ask about anything. Our grandmother is friends with the marquis there!”

 

“…What?”

 

A few months ago.

 

The orphanage friends who had stayed at Abner Castle all found adoptive families with grandmother’s help.

 

What was special was that the adoptive families they found were scattered all across the Empire.

 

‘Marquis Valdmore’s house. That’s where Tom was adopted, wasn’t it?’

 

The person who became Tom’s father was a retainer of the Valdmore house who had served the Marquis of Valdmore very closely for a long time.

 

It was a blessing that came about when the marquis, witnessing his loneliness from having no children, personally introduced our grandmother to him.

 

“If it’s really true that you have a sick mother, I’ll consider being lenient. I’m very smart but also kind.”

 

Burmard’s pupils began to shake like branches in the wind.

 

‘It’s obvious. The story about having an elderly mother is clearly a lie.’

 

I dangled the communication stone in my hand and looked around at the other managers too.

 

“Is there anyone else with a sad story like Burmard’s?”

 

The managers couldn’t readily open their mouths.

 

“As long as it’s not from across the ocean, everything can be verified, so feel free to speak up! It’s true!”

 

Silence fell over the tent.

 

Only Burmard was restlessly clenching and unclenching his bound fists.

 

‘Having the orphanage kids scattered across the Empire is really useful for things like this.’

 

My relationship with the orphanage kids was as thick as blood relations.

 

So for information like this, answers would come immediately upon request.

 

It was natural since we grew up in the same orphanage.

 

‘Plus, the adoptive families grandmother selected are all excellent too.’

 

When I asked Teacher Ann, she said all the orphanage kids were living happily with their new families.

 

Naturally, they were all very favorable toward our Abner.

 

Because we were the benefactors who introduced and cared for the orphanage friends who had become their family.

 

I let out a deep sigh.

 

Then I raised my head and spoke to the managers who had stolen Lubarinna.

 

“You will all serve prison sentences.”

 

“What?!”

 

Burmard was startled.

 

The others also looked at me with expressions of injustice or anger.

 

But I didn’t bat an eye.

 

“Even though you stole medicine, if it had been your own portion, I was just going to kick you out of the territory and be done with it. But that’s not the case, is it?”

 

As if waiting for this moment, a guard from behind quickly gave his report.

 

“In the tents these people managed, there’s at least one patient in serious condition in each.”

 

I looked at the managers again.

 

“This is a bad thing to do.”

 

This meant all of them had tried to steal and sell medicine that wasn’t theirs but belonged to others.

 

“You can be greedy. But you can’t let other people die because of it.”

 

Burmard’s lips twitched.

 

Soon Logrio gave orders to the knights.

 

“Transport them to the castle and lock them in prison.”

 

“This is too much!”

 

At that moment, Burmard shouted and looked toward Awin and Miel.

 

“Th-those guys are people the Princess planted, aren’t they? This was all a trap!”

 

I looked at Burmard with an expressionless face.

 

“No, when the black market is buying Lubarinna for 2 million tera, of course you’d want to steal it! Anyone would think that’s normal…!”

 

“There are sixty-two tents set up in total. And sixty-two managers too.”

 

Burmard closed his mouth.

 

“All sixty-two of them knew. That the black market was buying Lubarinna for 2 million tera. Even people who aren’t managers roughly know. That Lubarinna sells for a high price outside.”

 

Since these were people who came here after failing to obtain that medicine, how could they not know?

 

“But among them, only these five people here actually did something bad.”

 

I continued speaking to the managers who seemed to have lost their words.

 

“Also, even before Awin and Miel came here, the medicine supply was already short. Someone had been continuously tampering with the logistics warehouse.”

 

“….”

 

“I needed to know who that was, so I sent those two here.”

 

I wanted to select all the people who would work in the greenhouse from among the immigrants.

 

Honestly, it was the result of my simple and naive thinking.

 

I thought they would be completely loyal since House of Abner had provided them with places to live and even given them medicine.

 

‘Well. Annellia, you’re so kind and soft that you might not know, but there are more vicious people in the world than you think.’

 

If it hadn’t been for Tian’s words when he came for sword training, I would have missed all of this.

 

“Soya. Gather all the other managers except for these people.”

 

They were people who knew that Lubarinna sold for tremendous prices but didn’t steal any.

 

In other words, they were people whose trustworthiness had been proven to some degree.

 

It was an unexpected achievement obtained as a result of weeks of effort.

 

“Let’s select the main personnel who will work in the greenhouse focusing on those people, and also put people like Jen from earlier on the list for now.”

 

“Yes, young miss!”

 

While I was having a conversation with Soya, Burmard and the other four were dragged out of the tent.

 

“This is too much! Y-you can’t do this!”

 

I was shaking my head while looking at them when I suddenly became anxious.

 

“…By any chance, that Burmard guy, he’s not going to act like that even when he goes to the Duke’s Castle, is he?”

 

Logrio narrowed his eyes and answered seriously.

 

“I think there’s a high probability he’ll continue acting like that.”

 

“Oh dear….”

 

I looked at Burmard’s retreating figure with pitying eyes.

 

“If he acts like that at the Duke’s Castle too, he’ll die….”

 

After all, Grandmother waiting at the Duke’s Castle is a much scarier person than kind and naive me.

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