Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 149

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 149

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If the blockade of the North were lifted and she could meet Grandmother Bear.

Tiya had dreamed of such a dream-like situation hundreds of times.

‘I’ll give Grandmother Bear a really long heart attack!’

‘I’ll ask her how she’s been all day long, all through the night.’

‘And, and also-‘

She had imagined all sorts of reunions, but she had absolutely never imagined a reunion like this.

“G-Grandmother Bear! How are you here… Kyaang!”

“You little bean-sized thing!”

One day, Grandmother Bear suddenly burst in through the window with a demon-like face-

“It hurts! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Grandmother Bear! Kyuuuup!”

“At least you know you did something wrong.”

“Actually, I don’t really know!”

Just like that, her temples were grabbed and her head was lifted up.

“Oh my, your arms keep dropping down.”

She really couldn’t have imagined a reunion where she had to maintain lower body strength training position number 13, the horse stance, for a full thirty minutes.

She didn’t know the reason, but it was clear that Grandmother Bear was thoroughly angry.

Tiya quickly raised her hands that had been dropping down.

In front of a small table sized for Tiya, the Duke sat with her legs spread wide, already crunching on ice from what must have been her umpteenth glass of ice water.

Tiya looked up at Winter sitting beside her with an aggrieved expression.

‘Winter, did I do something wrong?’

Even Winter, Tiya’s life cheat sheet, couldn’t readily answer this time.

She too had never experienced a situation of reuniting with the Duke in The Dominion like this, and no matter how much she searched her memories, she couldn’t think of anything that would make the Duke this angry.

Then, the Duke, who had been only crunching ice, turned to look at Tiya and asked.

“What was that herbivore that came rushing in earlier saying it would save you?”

Herbivore?

“The one who was fierce like a carnivore, who jumped into your room.”

“Ah! Valen? He’s the new friend I made that I mentioned in my letters before.”

Tiya explained about Valen while carefully gauging the Duke’s mood. Her initial murderous momentum had noticeably softened.

Thinking this was her chance, Tiya began chattering about everything that had happened.

“…So that’s how he came to live with us. Valen is an incredibly amazing Spirit Mage!”

“I see. So that’s how it is. Then, how did you become a mage?”

“Well, that’s…”

The longer the story went on, the more Tiya’s arms gradually dropped down. However, the Duke no longer threatened her and just quietly listened to the story.

By the time the not-so-short story ended, Tiya had somehow climbed up and was sitting on the Duke’s lap.

“I see. I understand.”

Deep regret suddenly seeped into the Duke’s voice.

Having already thrown off her armor, she slowly stroked Tiya’s head.

“Astiya.”

Tiya felt like she knew what words would follow.

“I permit the heart attack.”

As expected, the permission she had been waiting for so long finally came.

Tiya stuck to the Duke’s embrace like a cicada.

“I’ve been waiting so long to hear those words!”

Grandmother Bear’s embrace carried the nostalgic scent of the North. The Duke patted and stroked the back of her granddaughter who was burrowing into her arms for a very long time.

“This little bean-sized thing, how much you must have suffered. Hmm?”

Tiya was so busy enjoying that touch that she didn’t notice Grandmother Bear’s hands trembling, or that the aged face holding her granddaughter had contorted.

“Just how much terrible things you must have gone through.”

The words muttered like a soliloquy didn’t reach Tiya either.

【Could it be…】

The only one who saw all of this was Winter.

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Four and a half years ago, when Shurkha was disowned by the Duke, many employees from the North who had been at the Vladijef Manor in the capital left.

However, fortunately, the incident was quickly resolved because there were several people who recognized Duke Vladijef’s face under the helmet.

“Y-Your Grace! How did you come here without any notice? No, rather, has the North’s blockade been lifted now?”

To the butler’s question, who came running after belatedly learning of the situation, the Duke answered as if it were nothing.

“It hasn’t been officially lifted yet.”

“Pardon? Then how are you here…”

“I came to The Dominion as a messenger to receive official documents, so I stopped by.”

“For Your Grace to take on the mere role of a messenger.”

The butler’s face turned pale. But unfortunately, his ordeal was just beginning.

The Duke, who had descended upon The Dominion like a bolt from the blue, began turning the entire manor upside down.

“The manor’s defenses are absolutely terrible. With soldiers so weak, how could they catch even thieves?”

“Why are there so many weeds in the garden? There are too many flowers, I might break out in hives. Have them all weeded out.”

“Among the surviving soldiers, there are some who show promise. While waiting for the follow-up messenger to arrive, I’ll personally train those guys.”

No one dared to stop the Duke from roaming the manor freely as if it were her own home.

Except for one person – the real owner of this house.

“What brings you all the way here?”

“Did I come somewhere I shouldn’t have? Of course I came to see my granddaughter and grandchildren.”

“Then I’ll prepare a guest room for you.”

“No need. Even if there are grandchildren here, I can’t sleep under the same roof as a worthless fool.”

Even if they were enemies rather than parent and child, they would probably be more caring than this.

Finally, the butler, who had been watching the conversation between the two with anxiety, cried out with a heart-bleeding feeling.

“I’ll prepare tea, so please have a comfortable conversation.”

He had said this because he couldn’t leave the two standing in the middle of the corridor.

But surprisingly, the Duke didn’t refuse the butler’s suggestion.

“Forget the tea, just prepare a few glasses of ice water. This damn Dominion is still swelteringly hot.”

After that, even before the house owner’s permission was granted, the Duke headed to Shurkha’s study.

While the butler, hoping that perhaps there might be progress in the father-daughter relationship, hurried off to prepare tea.

Upon arriving at the study, the Duke brought up the main point before Shurkha could even sit across from her.

“Haven’t you ever felt that Astiya’s behavior was strange?”

Shurkha paused, his brow furrowing slightly.

“I don’t know what you mean. Weren’t you the one who raised that child to be like that, Your Grace?”

The Duke, not missing even that small change, clicked her tongue and continued.

“I’m talking about ‘this.'”

The Duke placed something on the table.

Thud.

What appeared with a sharp metallic sound was the Vladijef Family’s signet ring.

The thing that had once occupied Shurkha’s finger for a very long time. That ring was a symbol meaning the owner of the vast North’s great domain, but in reality, it was more than that.

The Contract with the Spirit of Time, passed down from the Family’s founder.

The signet ring was bound with that contract.

Therefore, the Duke’s words were deeply meaningful.

Perhaps it meant that Tiya might be connected to the Spirit of Time.

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