Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 104

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 104

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A bright star rose above the Deep Underground Layers, casting brilliant light.

Tiya’s holy radiance magic illuminated everything in the underground in detail.

Thanks to this, not only was her vision secured, but Tiya was also able to hide her position among a pile of scrap metal without exposing herself with the light from her staff, steadying her breathing.

The vast scale of the underground and the piles of scrap metal scattered everywhere worked to Tiya’s advantage.

Winter, who had been keeping watch around them in Tiya’s place, finally signaled that it was time to begin the operation.

【It’s nearby. When I give the signal, do exactly as we planned.】

While running errands for her master, she had seen the location of golem cores until she was sick of it.

Thanks to that, Tiya could immediately spot where the golem’s core would likely be located.

Tiya nodded with a determined expression, but she couldn’t stop her hand holding the staff from trembling.

Catching a glimpse of this, Winter casually added:

【It’s just a wild boar. A kid who can even catch fire bears.】

Winter’s rough way of comforting soothed Tiya’s heart.

Suddenly, she remembered her first meeting with Winter.

‘Back then too, I was able to catch the Thief because Winter helped me.’

As she recalled that day, strangely, the trembling in her hands stopped. Instead, confidence took root that she could overcome anything as long as she was with Winter.

“I’m ready.”

Then Tiya looked at Winter’s reliable back as she kept watch over the situation in her place.

And she suddenly blurted out the words she had been hesitating to say all along.

“Winter, there’s something I want to tell you.”

【How many times do I have to tell you not to say such ominous things before a fight.】

Winter sighed, but Tiya didn’t care.

Perhaps because adrenaline was being excessively secreted before the fight, a strange confidence welled up.

Rather, she felt that if not now, she might never be able to say it, so Tiya just went for it.

“Winter, you lied to me about something, didn’t you?”

【…Stop talking nonsense and focus on the fight right now. It’s coming.】

Winter still didn’t turn to look at Tiya. But Tiya was certain that she was listening to her words.

“I have proof that Winter lied.”

“When asking for the truth, you block all the escape routes for the other person.”

The Princess’s advice – block all escape routes so they can’t run away with lies!

Tiya poured out the words she had imagined saying countless times in her head.

‘Because of the prohibition due to the Spirit of Time, you can’t reveal future events to other people.’

“But you revealed them to me!”

Was it because she was too nervous?

Tiya didn’t realize that her inner thoughts and the words she should have spoken out loud had gotten mixed up.

Naturally, Winter, who couldn’t understand what Tiya was trying to say, answered halfheartedly.

【Let’s solve this problem first… Ah, this is driving me crazy. Now!】

It was a sudden start to the operation.

It seemed the wild boar golem had fallen into the trap Tiya had set.

However, wild boar or whatever, Tiya was annoyed that her story was being ignored and puffed up her cheeks in anger.

Even so, she faithfully climbed up the mountain of scrap metal step by step according to the plan.

Of course, she didn’t keep her mouth quiet.

‘It’s not over yet! My relatives didn’t go to a foreign country, they went to heaven long ago.’

“Then Winter can’t be a Vladijef!”

【I can’t understand a single word you’re saying. Focus on the enemy in front of you!】

No, there’s nothing more important than this conversation right now!

Before she knew it, catching the golem had become completely secondary for Tiya.

Nevertheless, she faithfully carried out her assigned task.

Below the pile of scrap metal, she could see the wild boar golem pretending to dig the ground with its hind legs while its attention was captured by something.

What had captured the golem’s attention was the stuffed doll Tiya had been examining earlier.

The doll, which had gained life again through Tiya’s creation magic, was waving its arms and acting playfully in front of the wild boar golem to divert its attention.

Launching herself from the blind spot where the golem’s gaze couldn’t reach, Tiya shouted:

“You said no one can be certain in advance that they’ll become a mage!”

The wild boar golem reacted to that sound and raised its head.

At that moment, the holy radiance magic suddenly disappeared and darkness fell all around.

Whoosh!

Tiya’s staff, wrapped in mana, pierced through the wild boar’s forehead like cutting through pudding.

Clank, clang, rattle.

Instead of the wild boar’s roar, the sound of scrap metal twisting here and there echoed in the darkness.

Through the sensation transmitted through her magic staff, Tiya instinctively knew the operation had succeeded.

Soon after, with a thud that shook the ground, the wild boar golem collapsed, and its two glowing eyes also lost their light.

However, Tiya’s operation wasn’t over yet.

In the darkness without a single light source, Tiya turned toward the direction where Winter had been and threw out her final question.

“But how did Winter know I would become a mage?”

Whoosh.

A red flame bloomed at the tip of Tiya’s staff, illuminating both of them.

Winter’s face was still veiled and invisible, but Tiya could feel that Winter was flustered.

Though she couldn’t see the face, she could now sense that much.

“I know everything now too. It’s the result of going through the magical thinking that Winter taught me.”

Listing the suspicious points one by one, it was strange that she hadn’t suspected Winter all this time.

‘No, maybe I had been suspicious all along.’

Otherwise, these suspicious circumstances wouldn’t have come to mind so easily.

Part of her mind had found it strange, but she had brushed it off as unimportant.

Because she trusted Winter and didn’t want to doubt her.

However, Tiya now had to pay the price for ignoring her instincts all this time.

Tiya’s golden eyes looked directly at Winter.

Even Tiya herself couldn’t tell whether the emotion in those eyes was disappointment, betrayal, or anger.

“So, Winter.”

Following the Princess’s advice, she had blocked all escape routes.

Tiya, who had left only the path toward truth open, continued:

“Show me your face.”

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In the early afternoon when the mages, whose day and night were reversed, were still deep in sleep.

Shetbyeol Tower was in complete chaos.

The pride of Shetbyeol Tower and the culmination of technological civilization.

The mana elevator had broken down.

That alone would have been a big problem, but it had unfortunately headed to the Abandoned Floor in the Undergrounds, a place where golems that had outlived their usefulness or failed were discarded.

And it was carrying a young mage who had recently entered the tower.

It was called the Abandoned Floor, but there might still be golems that hadn’t stopped functioning yet.

Because of this, the Abandoned Floor was a place that even adult mages didn’t enter carelessly.

And a child had fallen alone into that terrifying place. A great noble at that! If something went wrong, they would have to pay enormous compensation.

Unfortunately, two of the three Elders were out, so while the remaining mages were buzzing and working on repairing the mana elevator.

“I’ll take a look at it myself.”

Elder Volkner stepped forward slowly.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, he pretended to repair the mana elevator while cleanly erasing all traces of the sabotage that had caused the malfunction.

During this time, Volkner struggled to suppress the laughter threatening to burst out.

Manipulate the mana elevator to send her to the abandoned floor, then attack with combat golems.

There was no need to dirty his own hands, and it would look like a perfectly tragic accident.

‘Well, it might be a bit excessive for getting rid of just one child, but still.’

He needed to be this thorough to satisfy his patron.

Finally, the mana elevator began operating normally again with an ominous sound.

“It’s all fixed, but quite some time has passed already… I’m not sure if the young mage will be safe.”

The mages held their breath as they waited for the elevator to rise to the surface.

That’s when it happened.

“E-everyone, huff, stand back, huff!”

Pushing through the mages, the sweat-soaked Mage Lord Argon appeared.

The old man who had been holed up in his research lab must have been worried about his disciple after all, as he had apparently run down all those stairs on foot.

His body was completely drenched in sweat, and none of his usual crankiness could be seen.

Volkner put on a sympathetic expression as he supported the Mage Lord and comforted him.

“Lord Argon… It would be better if you didn’t look.”

“What are you talking about? She just went down to the abandoned floor, so why are you already babbling as if that little one is dead?!”

Though Argon snapped irritably, he couldn’t completely hide his anxious expression.

Finally, the ceiling of the mana elevator came into view.

At the same time, gasps erupted from among the mages.

The iron gate door at the top of the elevator platform that was gradually coming into view was completely mangled.

Just as everyone turned their heads away, unable to bear watching until the end.

“Huh? Master? Even the other mages are here… Why is everyone gathered here?”

Tiya’s face, smooth and without a single scratch, emerged from below ground.

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