Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 12

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 12

Fortunately, Tiya’s melancholy didn’t last long.

It was thanks to the carriage arriving at its destination.

Mia, who got off the carriage, couldn’t help but be flustered by the building before her eyes.

“Really… you want to purchase something here?”

“Yes!”

[Golden Owl]

The place where the carriage arrived was actually a pawn shop.

Located in a prime spot and well-decorated inside, it was a place frequented not only by commoners but also by nobles short on money.

Thanks to the shop owner’s accurate eye for goods and the special trade of buying any story, no matter how trivial, as long as it wasn’t false, it was a famous attraction in The Dominion known only to those in the know.

But naturally, it wasn’t a place for a young child from a noble family to visit.

‘Besides, there’s been a strange rumor that the owner here hasn’t aged for 10 years.’

Mia hesitated with an uneasy feeling.

“Hurry, hurry!”

Without giving her a chance to stop her, Tiya quickly ran into the pawn shop. The group also hurriedly followed Tiya inside.

“Are you selling or buying?”

At the staff member’s greeting, the gazes of Mia and the escort knights turned to Tiya.

Ahem, clearing her throat, Tiya suddenly began a riddle.

“You know that thing. It’s about the size of my two fists, but it contains the whole world inside.”

Question marks appeared on the group’s faces.

However, soon the determination to solve this riddle began to well up in their hearts.

“I want that!”

Tiya, excitedly flapping both hands, was as adorable as a baby bird chirping for food from its mother.

“Yes! Please wait here. Come on, everyone look for it!”

Without anyone taking the lead, not only Tiya’s group but even the staff scattered and began examining every corner of the pawn shop.

After their gazes moved away from Tiya.

“Heh, just as planned.”

Tiya smiled wickedly like a schemer who had succeeded in her plot. Of course, she didn’t look very sinister because of her missing front teeth.

【Why does the kid seem… increasingly lacking.】

With Winter’s worry behind her, Tiya began moving toward her target in earnest.

Tiya’s gaze turned to the only staff member maintaining her position in front of the counter.

She looked to be in her mid-twenties.

Tiya approached the young woman with striking flame-red hair and called to her.

“Miss.”

Glance.

The staff member only rolled her eyes to check on Tiya, then spoke with a face that said she was dying of boredom.

“I’m the type who gets headaches when conversing with creatures whose intellectual level is below average.”

I haven’t even said anything yet.

Indeed, as Winter had advised, the Owner of the Golden Owl’s manner of speaking was harsh beyond measure.

If it had been an ordinary child, they would have been immediately intimidated and unable to say anything.

【Appeal that you’re a customer. Don’t let them look down on you, so absolutely don’t smile.】

Tiya confidently shouted, appropriately mixing Winter’s advice with the particular shamelessness she had acquired from dealing with her emotionless father.

“I’m a customer!”

“And I’m the owner of this shop.”

The opponent was equally confident.

The woman checked on Tiya’s group, who were thoroughly examining the inside of the pawn shop.

‘Tsk, this is why nobles are…’

The staff member, no, the owner clicked her tongue conspicuously and reluctantly asked.

“So, what do you want, lower life form customer?”

“I need a magic potion that makes you an adult.”

One of the owner’s eyebrows shot up.

“…The headache is starting to come on. You can only find such a thing in your dreams. Unfortunately, this pawn shop doesn’t sell such items.”

Oh no. I didn’t expect this answer.

Once again rolling only her eyes, Winter, help!

【Act like you knew everything and threaten while asking if that’s really true.】

“Really?”

Tiya imitated her grandmother, raising one corner of her mouth crookedly in a menacing smile.

【Ugh. When will those front teeth grow back.】

Tiya’s threat failed spectacularly, and the opponent dealt with it with complete indifference, not wavering at all.

Hmm, after pondering something, Tiya lowered her voice even more and whispered, “Then, shall I tell you where that magic potion is?”

The staff member didn’t hide her annoyed expression, but brought her ear to the hand trumpet Tiya had made.

“The owner of the Golden Owl pawn shop on Molber Street was taking potions to become an adult until just 5 years ago.”

“…”

The next moment, a flash of light flickered in the eyes of the woman who had been consistently indifferent.

“Shh! I’ll keep it a secret.”

Tiya grinned widely, showing off her gapped front teeth.

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Roxanne, owner of the ‘Golden Owl’ and sole appraiser.

Her eye for appraising goods and judging their value was well-regarded even in the industry.

However, her real profession wasn’t just ‘appraiser.’

She was also the head and brain of the information guild ‘Bronze Monkey,’ which boasted first place in reliability, accuracy, and work processing speed.

And the secret to her youthful appearance, not aging for 10 years, was precisely—

‘With just this, I can become an adult too, right?’

It lay in the magic potion the size of an index finger in Tiya’s hand.

Tiya carefully examined the bottles containing Growth Accelerator ver.10, aka ‘Grow-Grow Potion,’ which she had obtained through negotiations with Roxanne.

The pink potion in the bottle the size of an index finger looked somehow sweet.

“Did you enjoy your outing?”

Inside the carriage returning home.

At Mia’s words, Tiya hurriedly hid the potion bottles and pretended to examine the snow globe-shaped music box placed on her knees.

She had just rambled on randomly, but various items were summoned for Tiya’s riddle: a jewelry box with imitation gems, books containing miscellaneous knowledge, a miniature dollhouse, and more.

Tiya chose this music box among them because the castle inside the glass dome resembled Frost Castle.

Tiya touched the roughly scratched engraving on the music box surface that read ‘To my beloved Winter.’

In exchange for the music box, Roxanne had demanded an absurdly high price.

It felt like she’d been scammed, but since she really liked it.

Tiya pressed her cheek against the glass dome and answered while admiring the small world inside.

“Yes, it was fun.”

“Please tell me whenever you want to go out!”

Tiya spoke to the kind Mia with an apologetic heart.

“But I want to rest well tomorrow. I’ll be with Father from early morning all day long tomorrow.”

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Dawn. A time when even the most diligent servant in the manor was fast asleep.

Tiya stood in front of the mirror holding the Grow-Grow Potion. Reflected in the mirror was the figure of a child who had secretly stolen and worn an adult’s dress.

“Alright, I’m ready.”

Pop. The cork stopper of the medicine bottle opened in one go.

【Don’t sip it bit by bit, gulp it down all at once. That’s how you take bitter medicine.】

Taking Winter’s encouragement as support, she downed the contents in one gulp.

Gulp. Her throat bobbed.

Having emptied the potion bottle completely, Tiya rolled her eyes with a strange expression before suddenly covering her mouth.

“Mmph!”

【What! Is something wrong with your body? Where does it hurt?】

Originally, magic potions should be manufactured with delicate adjustments to the mixture and dosage according to the user.

But since she had gulped down a magic potion made for someone else’s body, Winter worried if there might be side effects.

“This tastes like strawberries! It’s not bitter at all!”

【…】

Tiya licked the mouth of the potion bottle.

‘I’m an idiot for worrying.’

Just as Winter’s sigh was deepening.

“Ugh.”

This time, Tiya truly clutched her stomach and curled up her body.

Her stomach was bubbling and churning, and it felt like her organs were stretching out like cheese.

Breaking out in cold sweat and groaning, Tiya belatedly realized that Winter was calling her.

【-say something.】

“I, I think I’m okay now.”

Tiya shakily got up, supporting herself against the full-length mirror.

“Huh?”

She had merely raised her knees, but suddenly the ground moved far away and her eye level became ridiculously high.

She lifted her head to examine the mirror in front of her.

Swoosh. The hair that had covered her face like a black veil fell away, revealing her bare face.

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