Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 116

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 116

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“Caring for wild animals is difficult work. Especially for such a young and injured creature. Even if its body recovers, whether it will be able to fly…”

The manor’s doctor examined the baby crow for a long while, carefully choosing his words before giving that response.

Though he spoke as diplomatically as possible, it essentially meant he couldn’t guarantee the crow’s survival.

Still, Tiya didn’t give up and cared for the baby crow with utmost devotion.

Lev found this annoying, but tried not to pay attention.

“I’ve decided. From today, your name is Kkokko! Say kkokko, try it, Kkokko.”

“Caw!”

“Good job!”

Giving an inappropriate name to a creature that could die at any moment and growing attached to it.

“The doctor said if you eat well, sleep well, and poop well, you’ll get better quickly.”

“Caw caw!”

Being completely fooled by the doctor’s lie and believing without doubt that Kkokko would recover.

“Kkokko is hungry. Should we eat, eat?”

“Caw caw caw!”

Never leaving the side of Kkokko’s temporary shelter made from a box filled with feathers and twigs.

He thought all of this had nothing to do with him.

“Ta-da! Today I caught caterpillars for our Kkokko’s meal. They’re plump and very delicious… Oh no, two escaped!”

At this absolutely impossible-to-ignore sound, Lev’s patience snapped completely.

“Are you telling me you just released two disgusting caterpillars into this room?”

“Hmph, brother said he wouldn’t pay attention.”

“How can I not pay attention when there are two caterpillars of unknown whereabouts crawling around my room?”

“The room is big anyway. How petty.”

“The room being big isn’t the problem. And why are you causing this chaos in my room anyway!”

“But my room has Sasha 2nd so it’s dangerous, and I can’t see Kkokko’s nest from my room’s window. But I can see it at a glance from brother’s room.”

The real problem was that Tiya had started practically living in Lev’s room to care for Kkokko.

Thanks to this, Lev, who had one corner of his room illegally occupied, was going crazy.

The first few days were tolerable. Kkokko had been curled up and motionless like a dead mouse.

Perhaps the problem was that he felt a bit sorry for it, so he occasionally summoned Peach while Tiya was away.

Thinking that Peach, who hovered around him, was its sibling, Kkokko gradually began to regain its energy and eventually became an excellent noise bomber that never stopped crying.

“Caw caw caw caw!”

“Yes, yes. I’ll give you food right away, Kkokko.”

Tiya quickly dropped a caterpillar in front of Kkokko, but Kkokko ignored it and cried even louder.

“Huh? Is Kkokko full? Are you not eating because you’re full?”

Tiya was restless at the sight of Kkokko showing no intention of eating.

“What? Why are you crying? Kkokko, say something. What? Stimulate your hunting instincts more? Got it. Like Winter said…”

With some idea in mind, Tiya suddenly picked up the caterpillar and began showing off dazzling hand movements.

She probably intended to catch Kkokko’s interest and stop its crying, but the idea itself was flawed.

Because.

“…It’s not saying it’s hungry, it’s complaining that its nest is dirty.”

“Huh, what?”

There was a different reason why Kkokko was crying.

When Tiya hesitantly cleaned out the feathers in the nest, amazingly, Kkokko’s noisy crying subsided considerably.

Tiya’s eyes widened as she turned to look at Lev.

“How did you know? Can brother understand everything Kkokko is saying?”

As if that were possible. He had simply gained experience. He had years of being tormented by Peach’s cawing.

However, hiding his true thoughts, Lev shrugged cynically and added one more comment.

“Speaking of which, it prefers egg yolks over bugs. Soft-boiled ones that are fully cooked.”

This time Tiya’s mouth fell wide open.

Feeding Kkokko eggs from the same bird species.

“That seems… too cruel for Kkokko.”

However, contrary to Tiya’s concerns, soft-boiled eggs became Kkokko’s favorite snack, just as Lev had said.

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Contrary to the doctor’s diagnosis that Kkokko had low survival chances, Kkokko gradually recovered its health.

Its wet, downy feathers gradually began to stiffen, and its emaciated body began to gain weight.

Though smaller than ordinary crows, it was visibly getting healthier day by day.

It wasn’t just Kkokko that was growing rapidly.

“Corn, did you… grow taller?”

Tiya placed her hands on her hips and spoke triumphantly as if she had been waiting for those exact words.

“Hehe, I was just conserving my strength. All of this was just taking three steps back to move two steps forward!”

【You just retreated one step.】

Nevertheless, Lev moved closer in disbelief and measured Tiya’s height.

It wasn’t his imagination.

The crown of her head, which had been dangling at his nape just the day before, was now up to his chin.

Her body, which had become younger due to the side effects of the growth potion, was rapidly returning to its original size.

However, Lev, who couldn’t know such circumstances, said with a disgusted expression.

“Are you a weed?”

“A weed! I’m… what’s that… that thing! So…”

Tiya looked at Winter with pleading eyes for help, but Winter, who lacked much literary cultivation, also couldn’t think of anything to say.

Valentina stepped in for Tiya, who was struggling to find words to refute.

“Tiya is like bamboo. Bamboo can grow as tall as an adult in just one day.”

“Right! Valen is correct. I’m not a weed, I’m bamboo!”

Tiya immediately became triumphant.

As both Tiya and Kkokko grew rapidly like the ripening season, Kkokko’s siblings from the nest it had fallen from began practicing flight one by one.

Perhaps seeing this.

Kkokko, who had only been walking around on two feet, began flapping its wings.

It seemed to instinctively realize it was time to learn to fly.

Though it hadn’t recovered enough health to fly yet, its wing injury had completely healed.

Perhaps they should start flight training now for future flying.

“Alright, Kkokko. Starting tomorrow, we’re going to practice flying!”

Tiya, who had grown to the height of a six-year-old child, rubbed her cheek against Kkokko’s small head.

Kkokko, which had barely filled Tiya’s small palm, had now grown large enough to completely cover Tiya’s face when it spread its wings wide.

Kkokko seemed eager to fly immediately, wiggling its bottom restlessly.

Tiya went outside the manor with Valentina, bringing Kkokko along.

Holding Kkokko on both hands, when Tiya felt a suitable strong wind, she launched Tiya with all her strength.

Kkokko spread its wings wide and soared up riding the wind.

Flap flap.

Unable to maintain balance, it swayed back and forth like a piece of paper before plummeting to the ground.

“Kkokko!”

Tiya and Valentina hurried to Kkokko.

Kkokko tilted its head as if confused, then flapped its wings again. But the result was the same.

Looking again, the movement of one injured wing wasn’t flexible.

As the doctor had said, Kkokko had become a bird that couldn’t fly.

“It’s okay, Kkokko! It’s because it’s the first day. If we keep practicing, you’ll be able to fly someday.”

Tiya comforted the dejected Kkokko.

Lev was watching this scene through the window.

‘As I thought, bringing him back then wasn’t the right answer.’

If he hadn’t, Kkokko would have closed his eyes without knowing he would become a bird that couldn’t fly.

Lev couldn’t bear to watch Kkokko’s crash landing any longer and drew the window curtains.

The room immediately became stuffy.

Summer had already approached right before them.

Lev vaguely sensed that he wouldn’t be able to see the end of this summer.

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