Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 143

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 143

The only card left to the Count. He wouldn’t hesitate to use the Prince to survive.

Whether due to the Emperor’s firm will, the Count’s chances of escaping this crisis seemed distant, but Shurkha didn’t let his guard down and watched the Prince’s movements.

Because he believed without doubt that the small, foolish tyrant would move for the Count, unaware he was being used like a puppet.

“Since Princess sister helped us a lot this time, I should go thank her.”

At least until Tiya mentioned the Princess.

The moment Tiya said that, Shurkha suddenly recalled the scene of Count Montes’ final trial.

After the Count’s crimes were revealed, the Count patting the Prince’s shoulder as he wailed in the chaotic courtroom.

He had thought that what was contained in Count Montes’ eyes as he looked at the Prince was merely cold calculation weighing his usefulness.

But why was it? That day alone, he saw something different.

Urgency and desperation, and even tenderness toward the child and sincere affection.

Even seeing that, Shurkha couldn’t easily reach a conclusion. The fact that what was contained in the Count’s eyes wasn’t ambition that saw the other only as a tool, but paternal love toward the young Prince.

If what I saw is true, the Count won’t move according to my plan.

Perhaps the Count will—

“Target the Princess.”

Clatter.

The carriage jolted again, but this time Shurkha didn’t look outside the window.

Thinking rationally, it doesn’t make sense. If the Princess is attacked right now, the first to be suspected would be the Count.

Already in a precarious position like a candle before the wind, risking even his own life to target the Princess wasn’t like the Count.

Even knowing this, Shurkha couldn’t stop his crossed arms’ fingertips from anxiously tapping his forearm.

What is this uneasiness stemming from?

A sense of crisis from Jarek not being nearby?

Displeasure at an uncontrollable variable arising?

What exactly was so bothersome that he was heading to the palace at this time when he should be restraining palace visits?

“Count, it seems difficult to go further ahead.”

Then, a message came from the coachman in the front seat.

Looking outside the window to assess the situation, Shurkha saw black smoke.

It was the Princess’s Palace, the place where he sometimes dropped off Tiya when bringing her to the Imperial Palace.

At that moment, without time to think, he got up and stepped out of the carriage.

Then he pulled out the reins of one of the horses pulling the carriage and mounted it without a saddle.

“It’s dangerous if you go that way now!”

The voices of the coachman and palace people trying to stop him didn’t reach his ears.

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Thunk!

A chilling sound echoed right behind her head. Tiya didn’t bother to look back.

【If the Count’s spirit hadn’t blocked it just now, you would have had a dagger decoration on top of your head.】

Winter was kindly explaining the situation, and she didn’t have the leisure to look back anyway.

Tiya checked the face of the Princess who was running while half-clinging to her.

Whether out of breath, Anaël couldn’t hold her head up and was only looking at the ground.

Swish, thunk!

Another flying dagger grazed Anaël’s cheek and embedded in the wall.

As Anaël staggered and nearly stumbled, leisurely laughter followed from behind.

“Try a little harder, Princess. Even the dog you raised would be faster than that.”

Malicious mockery and a distance that neither widened nor narrowed.

The opponent seemed to be enjoying the sensation of hunting while driving the two into a corner.

If the opponent had moved seriously, the two would have already been caught by the assassin.

“Ti, Tiya… Hah, go, go first and get help from people…”

It was when words mixed with resignation finally leaked from Anaël’s mouth.

【Go into that room you see ahead!】

Following Winter’s instruction, Tiya threw open the door she saw ahead and dove in with Anaël.

Bang!

As soon as they closed the door and engaged the lock, the door shook violently with a clatter.

“Good. I really like hide-and-seek too. I’ll come in when I count to twenty, so hide well until then.”

From beyond the door came the voice of someone who had once devotedly cared for the Princess.

It was an excessively bright tone, just as it always was when serving her master.

“One, twooo, threeee—”

The countdown from outside the door sounded like the scraping sound of life being cut away.

“Wh, what do we do now?”

In her urgency, Tiya asked Winter without being conscious of Anaël’s gaze.

If they had tried to run down the corridor to escape outside, they would have been caught by the assassin before that.

Though she was someone who enjoyed human hunting like a game, she wasn’t careless enough to let her prey escape.

So entering this room was nothing more than buying a little time.

However, it wasn’t that there was no way to shake off the assassin.

【Tiya, do you remember how we fooled the spirit egg thief on the first day we met?】

Tiya immediately nodded.

【We’ll use the same method as then. But this time, what the thief is after isn’t a spirit egg, but…】

Winter and Tiya’s heads turned toward Anaël simultaneously.

Anaël, who had been breathing roughly while on her knees, finally raised her head to look at Tiya.

In Anaël’s eyes, Tiya appeared to be having a conversation with someone.

However, her own breathing was too rough to hear exactly what was being said.

Soon after, Tiya approached and placed her hands on Anaël’s shoulders.

“Princess, please listen carefully to what I say.”

“Mm.”

“From now on, we’re going to split into two.”

“Split into two?”

“The opponent is just one person. It’s more dangerous if we stay together. So we’ll split into two and one of us will be the decoy.”

Decoy…

At that moment, Anaël immediately realized who would be the decoy.

It felt like the taste of blood was rising in her throat.

Her hands trembled, but she soon clenched her fists tightly and nodded.

“Yes, I understand.”

“Good. Then I’ll use magic to get us both out through the window. First, take off that cumbersome dress and wrap this around you. Hurry!”

It was when Tiya had faithfully carried out Winter’s several instructions and finished.

“Eighteen, nineteen, twenty!”

With a cheerful voice, bang, the door shook violently.

Tiya and Anaël held each other’s hands and stood on the window sill.

Whether the flames had spread here too, the garden behind the Princess’s Palace was burning.

“See you later, Princess.”

Tiya grinned and pulled out her staff.

At the same time, both their bodies floated up and hopped through the air as if stepping on clouds to descend.

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Crash!

A moment later, the door burst open as if breaking apart, and the Assassin revealed herself.

After scanning the room, she soon spotted the silhouettes of two children moving away outside the window.

Though they had cloth wrapped around their heads as if to avoid the flames and smoke, they weren’t difficult to recognize.

“Ah, damn. Did I play around too much?”

Just how did they manage to jump down from a window at this height?

The Assassin scratched her head, belatedly recalling that the young Nobleman who often met with the Princess was a Mage.

“I should deal with the target before troublesome complications arise.”

All personnel within the Palace had been deployed to fight the fire.

She had swiftly dealt with the few remaining knights as well, but once they left the Palace, the possibility of witnesses would increase greatly.

Before that happened, it seemed she would need to move with some real seriousness to catch not only the Princess but also the little lady who was with her.

The Assassin immediately threw herself out the window.

And she headed straight toward the Maze Garden where the Princess’s bright yellow dress hem had disappeared.

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