Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 10

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 10

At the sudden change, both Tiya and Winter turned to look at Lev.

He was just smiling. I saw everything.

Moreover, she still hadn’t been able to ask what “dying before becoming an adult” meant.

So Tiya tried to hold her ground, unlike usual.

“Can’t I stay here just a little longer?”

“No, you can’t.”

“Hmph.”

Tiya moved as slowly and reluctantly as possible.

Lev, who had been standing with a stern expression, seemed unable to wait any longer and impatiently grabbed Tiya’s hand to pull her along.

“Hurry, get out… please.”

Lev’s hand was strangely hot.

Right then, Lev’s swaying body collapsed right on top of Tiya.

“Kyaa, heavy! Brother, I’m going to get up!”

Tiya, who had been struggling under Lev, soon realized something was wrong.

“Huh, um… Brother?”

Lev’s ragged breathing sounded alarming. His limp body had no strength at all, and his entire body was like a fireball.

The employees, belatedly realizing that Lev had half-lost consciousness, hurriedly rushed over.

“Young master!”

“Bring ice, all that we have!”

Their movements were calm yet swift, as if they were used to this kind of situation.

“Miss, please return to your room now.”p>

They pushed Tiya out of the room without explaining anything to her. No, they seemed to have no time to explain.

The corridor became chaotic for a while.

Tiya saw familiar fear on the faces of the employees carrying ice.

Suddenly, she remembered the night Mother died.

That day too, everyone was paralyzed with an indescribable fear just like now, and an inescapable silence weighed down on people’s shoulders.

Even though she knew she shouldn’t, Tiya secretly peeked inside through the partially closed door.

Very faintly, she could hear Lev’s voice, delirious with fever.

“Mel… Sorry for being mean. I didn’t mean it. I… was wrong.”

“It’s okay, young master. You’re just sick. I get cranky for no reason when I’m not feeling well too.”

Melody gently comforted Lev in response to his apology.

“Please get better soon so you can welcome Miss Astiya again tomorrow.”

“Forget it… Tell her not to come to my room anymore.”

“Why are you saying that, young master? You’ve been waiting so long for the miss to return. So…”

Tiya couldn’t eavesdrop any longer and stepped back. Then she ran to her room as if fleeing from something.

She was breathless.

After confirming no one was around, Tiya grabbed Winter’s sleeve and asked.

“Wi, Winter… Brother is misunderstanding something, right? Right?”

Brother dying before becoming an adult. Why?

Didn’t Winter clearly say so?

A plague would spread, barbarians would invade. So our whole family would die, and Winter would become the head…

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, a chilling sense of unease crawled up her back like a bug climbing on her body.

Tiya had thought all along that the family in The Dominion would die by getting caught up in the war with the barbarians.

So the family’s death was still far in the future.

She believed she could save everyone if she cured the plague and stopped the mastermind to prevent the war with the barbarians.

But thinking about it again, something was strange.

‘Not Father or Brother Rodion, but how did the weak Brother Lev get caught up in the northern war…?’

The doubt spread into trembling throughout her body.

Moreover, just before opening Brother’s door. What Winter was trying to say was…

【Because he’ll die soon-】

Tiya asked in a voice squeezed out.

“Brother Lev dies getting caught up in the war, right?”

【When did I ever say he dies because of war?】

Winter’s voice was so nonchalant it was rather strange.

She counted on her fingers and continued dryly.

【That child probably won’t see next summer. That’s exactly why we can’t make Lev our ally.】

Next summer. Even considering The Dominion’s particularly long spring, barely half a year remained.

“Why…? What’s the reason? Why does Brother die?”

Tiya, who had been asking desperately, shook her head.

“No, no. Brother won’t die. Now that I know, if I stop it-“

【That child has an absurdly high spirit sensitivity, doesn’t he?】

Spirit sensitivity.

The power that allows one to commune and resonate with spirits, harboring their existence in one’s body, is usually inherited through bloodline.

The spirit sensitivity of the first head of the Vladijef family, who summoned a great spirit, was unparalleled, and that power was passed down intact to his descendants.

Thus, Vladijef children would undergo the spirit ceremony at age four to summon a spirit to form a bond with them.

Lev had postponed his spirit ceremony due to health issues, but his exceptional sensitivity attracted all kinds of spirits from the world.

And in the year Lev turned seven.

As he responded to the spirits’ call, a flame spirit settled in Lev’s body and a small feather-shaped spirit mark was carved on his right shoulder blade.

However, that became not proof of ability, but a disaster.

【The problem was being born with too high spirit sensitivity. Lev’s frail body can’t handle the flame spirit’s heat. Suffering from high fever like that, he dies before reaching his tenth summer.】

Winter’s voice speaking of Lev’s death was excessively calm, like reading a report. So Tiya couldn’t believe Winter’s words at all.

“Why… why didn’t you tell me?”

【It’s something that can’t be solved even if I told you. Even knowing the future doesn’t mean you can change everything. Lev Vladijef isn’t going to die from an unlucky accident or illness. He’s destined to die like that.】

Winter’s voice became gentle as if dealing with a sulking child. As if she expected Tiya to understand this situation.

【Even if by some chance you save Lev, what help would that be to us?】

The destruction of the Vladijef family meant the destruction of the North.

Winter had clearly seen the tragedy of countless Northerners dying in vain, their blood soaking the earth like rivers.

The dazzling snowy landscape she loved so much.

The good people who had willingly embraced her when she was abandoned.

The final resting place and home where her soul should return.

She couldn’t watch all of that turn to ash again.

So when Winter crash-landed in this unexpected past, she immediately drew up the most rational plan again.

And in that plan-

【Unlike Shurkha, Lev is weak, so he has no utility value. Saving that child is a waste of time.】

Lev’s survival was never included from the beginning.

Tiya’s shoulders trembled as she quietly listened to Winter’s words.

Though it was obvious this was a precursor to anger, Winter crossed her arms as if to say ‘try me.’

She seemed determined not to budge no matter what Tiya said.

And when a shout finally burst from Tiya’s mouth.

“Y-you cold-blooded thing!”

Winter was momentarily at a loss for words.

【…Are you trying to say cold-blooded?】

“Yes, that! Winter is a cold-blooded thing!”

【It’s not cold-blooded thing, it’s cold-blooded.】

“Nyeong-nyeong-nyang!”

【Cold, blood, chill.】

“Nyeong-nyeong, nyeong-ryeong, nyeong-hyang, nae, nyeong, nyeong….”

Air kept whistling through the gap where her tooth was missing.

Tiya, who had been stuttering, shouted out in frustration.

“The important thing is that Winter is nyeong-nyang-nyang!”

“….”

The precarious tension snapped completely.

Even from between Winter’s tightly pressed lips, a soft snickering sound leaked out.

Tiya’s face turned bright red.

“D-don’t laugh! I’m angry!”

Tiya stomped her feet.

“You said you needed me to save Vladijef. You said it was something only I could do….”

She didn’t want to cry. But she was so frustrated that tears welled up in her eyes.

“If I can’t even save my one brother, how can I save Vladijef?”

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