Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 151

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 151

Silence fell over Lev’s Room.

Then Lev shook off Tiya’s hand as if he was getting goosebumps.

“Don’t talk crazy! Why would I marry him!”

He was genuinely getting goosebumps and breaking out in chills, but Tiya didn’t care.

She looked at Lev with passionate eyes and proudly laid out her plan.

“Listen, if Valen marries you, this place becomes Valen’s home, and we become Valen’s Family. Then Valen won’t have to go back to the South!”

“Do you think marriage is that easy? That’s something only people who truly like each other should do. You can’t just do it because you’re close. Besides, he’s-!”

A guy.

Lev swallowed his last words.

At the unexpectedly sensible rebuttal, Tiya fell into thought. However, she found an answer surprisingly quickly.

“Then, then what if instead of really getting married, they get fake married? What do you call this kind of thing. It was in a book Mia was reading…”

Winter pulled out the word that was tickling Tiya’s mouth.

【…Contract marriage.】

“Right, contract marriage! The two of them fake marry and live together, then later when Valen becomes an adult, because of your fault, fault, fault-“

【Grounds for fault.】

“Grounds for fault! They can break up because of your grounds for fault. And then so Valen can live well alone-“

【Alimony.】

“Give alimony!”

At first it sounded completely absurd, but as Tiya continued speaking, her plan gradually began to take on reality.

There was only one reason the Dantal Family was keeping Valentina – to sell her expensively on the marriage market.

Shurkha had been cast out from the Family, but his children still carried the Vladijef name, so even as a second son, Lev was of great noble blood.

There was a possibility that Dantal would judge him to be a fairly decent match.

So if they got engaged with marriage as the premise, there would be justification for Valentina to stay at Vladijef Manor.

Then Valentina wouldn’t have to live in constant anxiety about her true identity being discovered.

‘But… still…!’

No matter how fake the marriage was, no matter that Valentina’s life was at stake, getting engaged to a guy.

“That’s a bit…”

“I don’t want to.”

It was Valentina who continued Lev’s words.

Only then did Tiya realize and turn to look at Valentina.

“Come to think of it, I didn’t ask Valen’s opinion. Sorry. But with this method, you wouldn’t have to go back to the South. How about it?”

“Hey, Corn. What about my opinion?”

“Of course our brother is a bit weak, always lying around, speaks unpleasantly and is prickly… but he has good points too! …If you look hard enough.”

“What? What are you saying.”

“Oh, right! If you marry our brother, you get a sister-in-law like me. I’m really truly ready to be an excellent sister-in-law. So, how about it?”

If things went according to plan, it would be the best possible conditions for Valentina.

Playing this clown role for a few more years wouldn’t be impossible if it guaranteed perfect freedom and her life.

But-

“Thank you, but it’s okay.”

She couldn’t bring herself to say she would do it.

It wasn’t a matter of conscience or possibility, but a matter of pride.

Yes, pride.

Pride was the first thing she had abandoned when she changed her gender and fabricated everything.

Even when fawning over her damn half-siblings, her pride hadn’t been hurt.

“Maybe Father really is coming because he wants to see me. So don’t worry too much.”

Just because she was in front of Tiya, Valentina prioritized her pride over her life for the first time ever.

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Despite Tiya’s efforts, the day Duke Dantal would visit Vladijef Manor approached without finding any solution.

The Manor was busy preparing to receive guests for the visit of the big shot Duke Dantal.

Tiya stood side by side with Lev, poking their heads over the Window sill to observe what was happening outside.

“He’s here.”

As Lev said, a Carriage approached from far away and stopped in front of the Manor.

And a middle-aged man got out of it.

Tiya could tell at a glance that this man was Valentina’s father, Duke Dantal.

“It’s Valentin!”

“Valen, what?”

“No, he looks just like Valen.”

“Well… they are the same blood after all.”

She brushed it off casually, but Tiya was actually quite surprised.

Duke Dantal’s appearance was very similar to Valentin she had met at the Central Library, that is, Valentina in male disguise.

It was naturally Valentina who greeted Duke Dantal as he got out of the Carriage.

Valentina, dressed more splendidly than usual, politely bowed her head to her father. They couldn’t tell what the atmosphere was like there, but one thing was certain.

“As expected… Valen doesn’t get along well with her father.”

“Of course not.”

Duke Dantal’s gaze toward his daughter was not just indifferent but excessively harsh. Both Tiya and Lev could clearly read the contempt toward Valentina in the Duke’s expression.

Lev clicked his tongue briefly and reached out to cover Tiya’s eyes.

“Oh, now I can’t see Valen!”

“Stay like this until I say it’s okay.”

“Why.”

“Just do what I tell you for once.”

Though she didn’t understand why, Tiya closed her eyes as instructed.

A brief conversation took place between Duke Dantal and Shurkha in front of the Carriage. Even during this time, Valentina didn’t raise her head that she had bowed to the Duke.

Valentina only raised her head after Duke Dantal and the attendants and Knights who came with him had entered the Manor first.

She looked not like a daughter, but like a mere Employee. The atmosphere must not have been good, as the Employees standing in a line in front of the Manor could be seen fidgeting and watching Valentina’s mood.

Valentina instead comforted them and entered the Manor together with the Employees.

Only after watching this scene did Lev remove his hand from Tiya’s eyes.

“What. Everyone already went in? Why did you tell me to close my eyes?”

“Because sometimes there are things you don’t want others to see.”

“What was it? What did only you see?”

Tiya pressed him, but Lev kept his mouth shut. Then he grabbed his hair and groaned, before saying irritably.

“Let’s do it.”

“What?”

“Your plan, let’s put it into action.”

“Really? Really, really?”

Tiya looked at Lev with delight. Lev nodded with a face that really looked like he’d rather die than do this.

Winter, who had already heard Tiya’s absurd plan, clicked his tongue and tried to dissuade her one last time.

【Rather than that plan, it would be better to ask Grandmother Bear to attack the Dantal Family.】

But as always, Tiya’s stubbornness couldn’t be broken.

* * *

The Count’s Study.

As if even the time to drink a cup of tea was precious, Duke Dantal immediately got to the point.

“I intend to take that child back to the South now.”

At those words, Shurkha nodded halfheartedly.

From the beginning, he hadn’t cared much about who resided within the manor. His attention was entirely focused on the duties he had to handle as Count Valoz and creating a cure for the White Flower Disease.

Therefore, if Duke Dantal demanded his child’s return with this visit, he had been prepared to readily agree.

However, what came from his mouth was.

“As it happens, I have a proposal regarding that matter.”

It was completely unexpected words.

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