Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 128

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 128

Even at the time, I thought he had been framed, but now it was certain.

Though he no longer used the Vladijef name, Count Valoz was also a target of the enemy.

If Count Montes was behind all of this, there was no guarantee of the Count’s safety in prison.

That’s why she had told Tiya to connect her mana to the Count.

So that when the worst situation came, they could follow the mana traces to find him.

“Winter, you can save our father, right?”

While Winter was lost in thought, Tiya asked.

Though she seemed to be trying to hide it, her amber eyes were filled with fear.

Winter met Tiya’s eyes and answered firmly.

【Of course. Unlike the past when he was framed for treason, there’s a high probability that evidence remains for this incident.】

This incident was probably something Count Montes had hastily orchestrated after becoming anxious about the discovery of a cure for the Death’s Mark.

It was different from back then when there was even the Empress’s testimony.

Therefore, Winter could promise this one thing if nothing else.

【I will never let the Count die.】

This time too, Winter would strive to save the Count.

However, it wasn’t because she had the power to save him, nor because she wanted to forgive him now.

‘He still has use value.’

It was because there were things he needed to do to save the Vladijef Family, as per the original plan.

【You know where you have to go to catch a tiger, right?】

“The tiger’s den!”

【So let’s head to the Imperial Palace first. The clues will be gathered there.】

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Around the time Tiya left with the excuse of going to the Imperial Palace to meet the Princess.

Rodion was moving busily to control the chaotic manor.

Originally, handling the manor’s affairs big and small was his responsibility, so it wasn’t too difficult.

The manor’s servants feared Count Valoz, but they had their own loyalty, so fortunately he could control them well.

“They took everything without leaving a single sheet of paper.”

Standing at the doorway of the Count’s study, Rodion muttered in a deflated tone. As he said, the Count’s study had all its belongings removed as if someone had moved out.

He couldn’t even guess how much information had leaked under the pretext of conducting an investigation.

Among them, a few sheets of paper scattered on the floor caught his eye. Seeing that they were colored in various hues, they didn’t look like simple documents.

Rodion entered the room and picked them up, then paused.

Below the words “Praise Chart” written in crooked handwriting, there was a drawing of grapes with sparse, empty spaces.

It was obvious whose handiwork this was.

‘Will Tiya be okay?’

A sigh escaped him.

Though he had promised Tiya that the Count would return, in truth Rodion couldn’t trust the Count.

The day he heard the Count’s charges from the royal investigator, he had unknowingly ended up doubting.

Perhaps his father really had created the Death’s Mark.

That’s how much Rodion couldn’t understand the man called the Count.

Long ago, until before his mother’s hereditary disease manifested, he had been very transparent.

Father was simply someone who cared only for his family, and his actions and gaze could be understood without needing to dig deeper.

However, after Mother passed away, Rodion could no longer understand what Father lived for.

Did he live for honor?

Then he wouldn’t have severed ties with Grandmother without a word of explanation.

Then did he live for power?

Though one could guess that he had done dangerous and dirty work to claim the Count’s title, once Father obtained the title, he neither enjoyed that power nor used it as a stepping stone to gain greater power.

Since nothing could be known about Father, he seemed like a terrible man who might do anything.

Rodion knew that the Count was constantly researching pharmacology and was devoted to creating something.

He hadn’t paid much attention to it until now.

Perhaps the Count really had committed such terrible acts to take revenge on the Duke, just as people gossiped.

‘Of course, Tiya sees this man with different eyes than I do.’

Rodion stared at the half-filled grape drawing for a while, then carefully placed it on the desk.

Then, he heard a knocking sound from behind.

Turning around, he saw the butler standing restlessly in front of the open door.

“Young Master. A letter has arrived from the Mage Towers.”

“If it’s for Tiya, she went to the Imperial Palace to see the Princess.”

Since it came from the Mage Towers, he naturally assumed the recipient was Tiya.

However, surprisingly, the person the butler was looking for wasn’t Tiya.

“It’s a letter addressed to you, Young Master. Someone who appeared to be an apprentice mage personally came to deliver the letter, insisting it must be delivered directly to you immediately.”

Though puzzled, Rodion accepted the letter.

The letter was from Argon, the head of Shetbyeol Tower.

His letter contained only the main point, clearly stated.

There is someone who anonymously sponsors mages not only in Shetbyeol Tower but also in other schools.

After comparing with the handwriting of Volkner’s sponsor, it was confirmed that they are all the same person.

I understand you’ve experienced great trouble, and I hope this information will be helpful for my cold disciple as well.

Rodion read and reread that information for a long time, then threw the letter into his shadow.

Noir, who poked his head out from the shadow as if waiting, took the letter in his mouth and disappeared.

The mysterious patron who had targeted Tiya.

He had once thought that this person might be targeting not just Tiya but Vladijef itself.

Yet Shurkha also hadn’t recognized him as ‘Vladijef.’

So if this incident was the work of the mage’s patron—that is, Count Montes’ patronage as he had suspected—then they had found a clue to the case.

As soon as he thought this, Rodion found himself unconsciously relieved.

Because a suspect other than Count Valoz had emerged.

First, he needed to start by informing Grandmother in the North of this news.

Though a blockade order was in effect, after it was revealed that Palantio imbued with divine power was a cure, many priests had been heading to the North.

Palantio was also being continuously sent to the North.

It wouldn’t be difficult to send a letter along with those supplies.

Rodion began moving quickly.

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Inside the Imperial Palace.

“Tiya, will you really be okay?”

Princess Anael couldn’t let go of her worry until the very end. Even in front of her, Tiya answered spiritedly.

“Don’t worry! I’ll be back within exactly one hour.”

It was no wonder the Princess was so worried. Because Tiya had immediately asked about Count Valoz upon arriving at the Imperial Palace.

Unfortunately, Anael also knew nothing.

When she honestly told her this fact, Tiya nodded as if she had expected as much, then made a bombshell declaration.

“As expected, it would be faster to ask the person involved, right?”

“The person involved?”

“Yes. I should ask our father!”

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