Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 126

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 126

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“Tiya!”

“Hey, Corn!”

A voice calling Tiya from behind could be heard, and several servants chased after Tiya.

However, they couldn’t catch Tiya who shot out like an arrow. The same went for Winter.

【Stop! What can a little kid like you do against Imperial Investigators!】

As Winter tried to dissuade her, Tiya shouted while running down the stairs almost as if flying.

“I don’t know! That’s why Winter should think for me!”

Tiya didn’t know how the situation was unfolding. But her heart was beating strangely anxiously.

That was probably because…

【…And so all the direct descendants of Vladijef were completely wiped out.】

She knew Father’s ending.

That he would die from false accusations.

Without a moment to breathe, she rushed down the stairs and arrived at the first floor hall.

Her hurried dash down was worthwhile, as fortunately she wasn’t too late.

In front of the foyer, between the Butler and Aide who stood unable to do anything, Father’s back could be seen.

The voice of the high-ranking investigator standing before Father and giving orders reached Tiya as well.

“Evidence has been found of spreading an epidemic, so as of this moment, you are under arrest.”

The language was difficult so she couldn’t understand everything, but she could understand this one thing.

If she let Father go now, she would never see him again.

“My daddy didn’t do that!”

Tiya desperately shouted and ran forward. The gazes of everyone present focused on Tiya in an instant.

“Miss! You mustn’t come here!”

This was a situation where the Royal Guard had stepped forward representing the Royal Court.

It was just the intrusion of one child, but if things went wrong, she could be severely punished for obstruction of official duties.

Aide Anton reached out his hand to stop Tiya. She ducked to avoid his touch, then used all her strength to kick off the ground and try to cling to Father.

The solid marble floor became soft and her foot sank deep into it.

“…!”

As she staggered and was about to fall forward badly, someone caught her.

The person lifted Tiya up and held her tightly so she couldn’t move.

Feeling wronged, Tiya struggled frantically and opened her mouth.

“No! My daddy- mmph!”

A white gloved hand covered Tiya’s mouth with a large hand. From the back she was pressed against, Rodion spoke with cold determination.

“We do not intend to defy the Royal Court’s command. Please proceed with escorting the suspect.”

The investigator, who had become somewhat agitated by Tiya’s appearance, gave orders to his subordinates with a single tip of his cap.

Despite all that commotion, the Count never once looked back at the manor, his family, or Tiya.

It was when Tiya could only groan and watch Father’s retreating figure.

【Tiya, if you want to know the Count’s fate from now on, don’t act foolishly and do as I tell you.】

She flinched.

Winter whispered secretly in Tiya’s ear.

Tiya only rolled her eyes to look up at Winter. It seemed Winter had some kind of method.

【Draw out your mana as thin as thread, as much as possible. Like when you share mana with the Golem.】

Tiya stopped moving and created mana as thin as thread as much as possible.

It was such a small amount that only a Mage would notice.

【Connect it to the Count.】

“…”

“Tiya?”

Rodion called to Tiya who had suddenly stopped resisting, but Tiya was too busy doing as Winter instructed.

Faint golden mana spread out like a snake, slithering across the manor’s front yard.

Clatter. Thud.

And just barely, it clung to the Count’s trouser hem as he boarded the Royal Court’s carriage.

【Well done. From now on, keep flowing mana so the trail doesn’t break.】

Soon the carriage carrying the Count departed first, and the Royal Guard on horseback began to follow.

Though she released her mana as thinly as possible, as the thread of mana extended far away, the amount of mana leaving Tiya’s body began to increase exponentially.

Still, it was manageable for now.

Only after seeing the Royal Court’s carriage exit the manor’s massive iron gate did Rodion release Tiya.

“Tiya.”

“…”

Tiya didn’t answer and just kept her head down.

However, this time Rodion wouldn’t back down either. Among those present, only the child herself didn’t know how dangerous what she had done was.

“You must never do such a thing again. Especially in front of those bearing the Royal Court’s insignia. Understand?”

This time too, Tiya didn’t answer.

In Rodion’s view as he sighed, Tiya’s foot with one shoe missing caught his eye.

Come to think of it, her shoe seemed to have come off when he hurriedly picked up Tiya. As he briefly scanned the surroundings, he spotted the child’s shoe sitting alone on the marble floor.

It was just a moment when he turned his back and bent down to pick up the shoe. Rodion paused briefly at the traces left on the shoe.

When Tiya ran toward the Count. He had been able to catch his sister because Tiya staggered.

At the time, he thought it was simply a mistake where Tiya almost tripped over her own feet.

Rodion picked up Tiya’s shoe.

Inside the child’s shoe, which was about the size of his palm, sand was half-filled.

The Count’s spirits had indeed engulfed this area to defend the manor from the sudden intrusion of the Royal Guard.

So it wasn’t strange that traces of sand spirits remained throughout the manor, but this… was like traces that would only remain if Tiya’s foot had sunk deep into a sand swamp.

So it was probably the Count’s will that stopped Tiya from rushing forward.

“…”

Rodion didn’t think further about this and shook out the sand from the shoe. Then he personally put it on Tiya’s foot.

“Brother, I can see daddy again, right?”

Then, Tiya, who had been keeping her head down, looked straight at Rodion. Rodion’s mouth opened and closed.

Since Imperial Investigators had stepped forward directly, it wouldn’t be a problem easily resolved.

Moreover, even though Shurkha was Count ‘Valoz’ who had the Emperor’s trust, he was taken away in the middle of the night, by surprise.

Given various circumstances, it was difficult to guarantee his safety, but.

“Of course. I promise.”

Rodion lied.

It was a lie he didn’t know was for Tiya’s sake or for his own.

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Deep dawn.

Though it had been long since he retired to his bedchamber, the Emperor still couldn’t fall asleep.

Even though he had drunk high-proof alcohol, this time it couldn’t make him forget either the pain from the curse or his worries.

Nevertheless, it was when the Emperor filled his empty glass with amber liquor again.

“You’re overdoing it today.”

A slender hand stopped the Emperor’s hand holding the bottle. It was the Empress.

The Emperor smiled apologetically and said.

“I’ll make this the last glass.”

“Then it can’t be helped.”

The Empress let out an obvious sigh, then took out another empty cup and poured about half a drink’s worth for the Emperor.

“I’ll join you for this last cup.”

The drinking cups were placed side by side in front of the imperial couple. Only then could the Emperor stop emptying cup after cup without even tasting the alcohol.

After a brief silence, the Empress, who had been observing her husband’s complexion, asked.

“I heard you’ve arrested Count Valoz.”

“…That’s right.”

At that question, the Emperor tilted his cup once again. The Empress’s question had left a bitter taste in his mouth.

For no short amount of time, Count Valoz had been his faithful subordinate.

No, even now he was a loyal subordinate.

The only problem was that clear evidence had been discovered that he had created and spread the plague that had spread through the North, the mark of death.

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