Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 28

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 28

‘She’s certain that I’m a boy.’

Then at the very least, she needed to know how Valentina had found out.

That way she could avoid repeating the same mistake in the future.

Valentina secretly pulled a small flower seed from her inner pocket and clutched it in her hand.

Like a dagger hidden beneath her sleeve, a blood-red flower bloomed in her palm.

Valentina continued speaking in a calm tone to lower Lev’s guard.

“Have you heard the rumor that I’m an illegitimate child?”

Though it was information he’d never heard before, Lev nodded as if he knew.

“The Duchess of the Dantal Family values efficiency above all. If she finds out that the illegitimate child she brought home late is actually a boy, she’ll ask her husband to butcher me like a hunted deer. Right now she’s keeping me because she thinks I’m a girl. Spirit Mage brides fetch a high price, you see.”

Ah, it would have been better if she were just a pervert instead.

The story was heavier than expected, and Lev couldn’t manage any response.

Watching Lev’s expression grow serious all by himself, Valentina slowly rose from her seat and asked soothingly.

“Your condition isn’t bad, is it?”

“What are you suddenly talking about?”

“If you don’t go around telling people my secret, I’ll bloom Shanak flowers so you can sleep peacefully like today.”

“What nonsense are you spouting…”

Lev’s furrowed brow gradually smoothed out.

His body, which had felt heavy like waterlogged cotton, now felt refreshed, and the headache that always felt like a pickaxe striking one corner of his head was gone.

Come to think of it, he couldn’t remember the last time he’d slept through the night without waking up even once.

It was Valentina who provided the answer to Lev’s question.

“Shanak flower pollen is the finest sleeping aid with no side effects. The only problem is that it’s extremely rare since it only blooms in desert oases.”

His physical condition was too good to deny the effects.

The wariness in Lev’s expression softened slightly.

Valentina didn’t miss the opportunity and carefully sat on the edge of the bed.

“I’ll grow the medicinal herbs and such that you need until you recover your health. That’s why I came here.”

“…And after that?”

“I’ll have to run away. What do you think? I’d say we both have something to gain from this arrangement.”

“I…”

Lev hesitated and swallowed his words.

Even though he had swallowed the spirit egg that Tiya had brought him, the Frost Spirit still showed no signs of hatching.

He had never believed he would successfully bind the Frost Spirit, but somehow he couldn’t bring himself to tell the truth.

‘And she said they’d butcher me like a hunted deer.’

That family seemed to be quite dysfunctional as well.

After pondering for a moment, Lev finally nodded.

“Fine. Let’s do that.”

“Then it’s my turn to ask. How did you know I was a boy?”

What Valentina held in her hand was a flower that could confuse half a day’s worth of memories.

After hearing the answer, she planned to stuff this flower into Lev’s mouth and make him lose his memory.

Completely unaware of Valentina’s plan, Lev waved his hand dismissively as if annoyed.

Through that gesture, something like a pink dust ball floated up and immediately rushed toward Valentina at fierce speed.

“That’s my spirit.”

A spirit? This cotton ball?

Looking closer, she could see it had a triangular beak, twig-like legs, and hard seed-like eyes.

The pathetic appearance somewhat dampened Valentina’s sharp hostility.

“What’s its name?”

“…Peach.”

Lev muttered quietly while avoiding Valentina’s gaze.

If he had known this would happen, he would have given it a more impressive name like General God Peach.

“But isn’t this thing… liking me a bit too much?”

True to those words, Peach abandoned even Lev and rubbed its body frantically against Valentina’s cheek.

It was so enthusiastic that even when Valentina’s spirit Rose threw soft punches at it, it was useless.

Seeing this spectacle made Lev’s sigh even deeper.

“That’s how I knew you weren’t a girl.”

“…?”

“It only likes males. Especially exceptionally handsome ones.”

Peep peep.

As if agreeing, Peach opened and closed its yellow beak while chirping.

“What kind of reason is that…”

The red flower fell limply from Valentina’s hand.

If that was the reason… there would be no point in erasing Lev’s memory.

Valentina glared at the Fire Spirit, which could be called the culprit behind this entire situation, then sighed as if there was nothing to be done.

What fault could the spirit have? It was her own mistake for letting her guard down.

Valentina offered a finger to this small, insignificant bird and asked.

“By the way, what kind of bird is this supposed to be?”

“I don’t know either.”

Valentina’s nose wrinkled slightly at his cold attitude showing complete lack of interest.

Valentina pondered deeply on behalf of the heartless master.

Bound spirits appear by borrowing the form of real-world animals.

In other words, Peach was also taking the form of some bird that exists in reality.

Though she didn’t know much about birds, she recalled the characteristics of a certain bird she had once heard about.

The peculiar trait of liking males.

Surely…

“It must be a bird called a Nammi bird.”

Lev’s gaze briefly turned toward Peach.

Since he had found spirits too disgusting to look at until now, it had been a long time since he actually observed its appearance.

When they first met, he had been curious about Peach’s identity, but after that, he had deliberately paid it no attention.

“So it was a Nammi bird…”

Lev muttered quietly.

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Peach was completely smitten with Valentina.

Though usually well-behaved, whenever Valentina came around, Lev could feel his body’s mana running wild.

When he was inevitably forced to summon Peach, a love triangle drama between Peach and Rose fighting over Valentina would begin each time.

The battle between the two spirits, with their pride on the line, was quite fierce, enough to make even their masters click their tongues.

The one who calmed that commotion each time was a very unexpected person.

“Big brother~ Your one and only little sister, Tiya, is here!”

As soon as Tiya’s voice was heard from beyond the door, the two spirits quickly hid inside their respective masters’ bodies.

When Tiya appeared carrying a plate of cookies, all that remained in the room were red fluff and flower petals.

Having no way of knowing that an epic battle had just unfolded, Tiya’s face lit up when she spotted Valentina.

“Valentina’s here too!”

No wonder big brother’s room seemed particularly bright today. Valentina’s beauty was glowing as brilliantly as ever.

“You know, have you ever heard this saying? If you see something too beautiful, the shock can make you temporarily lose your memory.”

“I’ve never heard such a thing…”

Though she had heard all sorts of compliments about her appearance, this was the first time she’d heard something like that.

Could memory really be lost from a single visual stimulus?

While Valentina was seriously pondering this.

“You know what? Have you ever heard this saying? When you see something too beautiful, the shock can make you temporarily lose your memory.”

“Astiya? Are you okay?”

“You know what? Have you ever heard this-“

“Ah, I get it, so please stop.”

Valentina felt heat rise to her face with genuine sincerity for the first time in a long while.

Lev, who had been watching this spectacle from the side, said just one thing.

“Ugh.”

“Brother, is your stomach bothering you again?”

“Oh my, unfortunately it seems so. Can’t be helped. Let’s eat these cookies just between us.”

“What?”

While Valentina and Lev exchanged fierce glares, Tiya, who had been tilting her head at the strange tension, clapped her hands together.

“Call me Tiya instead of Astiya. That’s my nickname.”

“What a wonderful name. Thank you for allowing me to use your nickname.”

Valentina displayed a dazzling smile that could make Tiya’s memory fly away for about 10 seconds.

Tiya, now excited, continued chattering to keep the mood going.

“Then can I call you by a nickname too? Um… how about Tina?”

Tiya and Tina.

It sounded just like sisters, and her heart that had been about to bloom like a flower bud-

“I don’t like it.”

Withered away just like that.

Tiya wasn’t the only one surprised by the unexpectedly cold response.

Valentina, who had answered immediately, also couldn’t hide her flustered state as she made excuses.

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