Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 3

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 3

Tiya looked around and quickly picked up a poker that was in the corner.

“Strike first to win…!”

It was a moment when the Duke’s cramming education shone brightly, but,

【Stop!】

The ghost’s words put the brakes on Tiya’s feet.

The ghost who stood blocking Tiya’s path asked in a tone that suggested she found it pathetic.

【You, do you do this when hunting bears too? Did you just charge in recklessly?】

Of course not.

‘The reason I could crack that brown bear’s skull was because I lured it with scent and then took advantage of when it let its guard down…’

“Aha?”

As if realizing something, Tiya’s eyes flashed like a hunter who had spotted prey.

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Click.

The closed door opened.

The intruder’s movements were cautious. As if knowing there was someone in the room.

The thief, who had been groping through the darkness with his eyes, soon discovered what he was looking for and let out a sneer.

Far away in one corner of the room, he could see the form of a child curled up in a ball as if sleeping.

“Right, there’s no way she could last until this dawn.”

The intruder’s steps, having turned his gaze away from the child, headed straight for his target.

It was when the thief with his face covered by a mask reached out his hand toward the spirit egg.

The ghost who had been watching the intruder from the middle of the room all along shouted.

【Now!】

A voice the intruder couldn’t hear.

Using that as a signal, Tiya, who had been hiding behind the open door, swooped out like a low-flying crow.

Tap tap tap!

Following her light footwork that silenced her footsteps, her skirt hem fluttered like small wings.

The moment her weapon aimed precisely at the back of the thief’s head flashed menacingly!

“Uryaaah, Wolf’s Fang!”

Tiya shouted out loud and swung the poker.

“Wh-what!”

The poker barely grazed over the head of the thief who noticed the attack.

【You idiot! Who makes such a racket during a surprise attack!】

“But shouting technique names during fights is the golden rule!”

While Tiya timidly protested, the thief pulled out something like a metal ball from his chest and threw it.

Bang!

Acrid smoke instantly filled the room.

“Kyaang! I can’t see anything!”

Tiya, who had lost her sense of direction and composure, wildly swung the poker around.

What calmed such a Tiya was the ghost’s low voice.

【Shut your mouth and calm down. I’ll detect the enemy.】

“Can you see the enemy?”

【Of course.】

It was a lie. Not being able to see even an inch ahead was the same for the ghost too.

However, she could ‘feel’ the enemy’s presence.

In the thick smoke.

The ghost, who had been silent with her senses sharpened, pointed at one spot with her index finger and shouted.

【Third Form, strike at head height with Wolf’s Claw.】

“Third…!”

【Shut up!】

Sigh. After swallowing the technique name with a dejected face.

Using the ghost’s words and fingertip as a guide, Tiya moved without hesitation.

Tiya swung the poker with the sensation of having swung a wooden sword hundreds and thousands of times.

Clang!

Thud.

The thief fell over with his eyes rolling back without even being able to scream.

From the feeling at her fingertips, Tiya instinctively knew of her victory.

However, instead of jumping around in place with joy, she suppressed her excitement and tried to put on airs.

“Hmph, did I get him?”

【…You did get him, but don’t say stuff like that. It’s a resurrection spell that makes even dying enemies spring back up.】

“Eh? There’s such a terrifying magic?”

While Tiya was bewildered, the smoke cleared and it became noisy outside the door.

“There was some sound from inside… Huh, huh? Smoke?”

“Isn’t there a fire? Here! Bring some water!”

The employees who belatedly rushed into the room were shocked to see the fallen intruder and Tiya.

“A thief? He’s unconscious!”

“Don’t tell me the young miss caught him?”

My goodness, how could such a tiny young miss catch a thief!

The employees, half-believing and half-doubting, rushed to Tiya to check if she was hurt anywhere.

Just like the thief had, none of them noticed the presence of the ghost three steps away from Tiya.

Then, someone removed the mask of the thief who was sprawled out.

“No way, this person is…!”

Under the lamp, the criminal’s face was revealed.

The one who had dragged Tiya into the room and locked her up.

The one who hadn’t stopped there but tried to frame her for stealing the spirit egg.

“It’s Erin!”

It was Erin, the maid assigned to Tiya.

The corners of the ghost’s mouth, who had been watching the situation with a cold face throughout, rose for the first time.

Originally, in the ‘today’s incident’ that the ghost knew, Erin doesn’t get caught.

Therefore, people believed that the youngest daughter of the Vladijef family, who was ignored for not being able to become a Spirit Mage, had stolen the spirit egg.

Tiya was an innocent and foolish child who could only say no when something wasn’t true, so from this day on, she was branded as a liar and gradually became isolated in the manor.

Never imagining that Erin, who was the only one who believed in her, was the real culprit.

The ghost stared at Tiya, who was grinning with a stupid face, getting excited from the adults’ attention and concern, then muttered irritably.

【Damn spirit. What exactly am I supposed to do with such a brat.】

Though she said that, the ghost’s mind was already busily working to devise new schemes toward her goal.

Eventually, the ghost’s gaze, which had been looking around the room, turned toward the spirit egg.

Her lips twisted.

At least she had decided how to make use of this situation that had changed due to her intervention.

【Everything will be different from here on.】

The face of the ghost muttering meaningful words was covered by a black veil and could not be seen to the end.

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The next day at noon.

Tiya, who had fallen asleep as if fainting as soon as the excitement from the previous day subsided, opened her eyes late.

‘Mmm, I feel like something incredible happened yesterday.’

Blink. With one blink, she recalled the stinging sensation of the poker that had made her fingertips tremble.

Blink. With another blink, she remembered the helplessness of being trapped in that unfamiliar room…

Blink. Finally, when all traces of drowsiness disappeared from her hazy eyes.

【If you’re awake, why don’t you get up?】

“A g-ghost!”

She came face to face with a ghost sitting cross-legged in mid-air, looking down at her.

Tiya quickly sat up and hid behind the sofa.

After catching her breath, she peeked over the back of the sofa, but the ghost didn’t disappear.

‘It wasn’t a dream!’

Moreover, that same ghost from yesterday had appeared again. And in broad daylight, no less!

‘But since it helped me, it doesn’t seem like a bad ghost.’

Tiya scraped together all her courage and slowly rose from behind the sofa.

Then she looked up at the ghost and expressed her gratitude from yesterday.

“Th-thank you for helping me yesterday. I’m Tiya. Tiya from Astiya.”

At that greeting, the ghost silently stared at Tiya. Actually, because of the pitch-black veil, Tiya couldn’t even tell the ghost’s face, let alone the direction of its gaze.

The silence continued for quite a while.

Now feeling boredom rather than fear, Tiya fidgeted while waiting for the ghost’s response, and the ghost’s clothing came into her view.

Yesterday it was dark around them, so she just thought it was wearing black clothes.

‘That’s… the knight uniform of the Vladijef Knights, isn’t it?’

Right then, after the long wait, the ghost finally spoke.

【…Call me Winter.】

It was a short answer, but it was satisfying enough for Tiya.

As soon as she realized the ghost was wearing a Vladijef knight uniform, her wariness melted away like snow.

“Got it, Winter! So, you know what.”

Whoosh, Tiya took a big breath and poured out her words in a rush.

“Are you really a ghost, Winter? How long have you been living in this manor? Have you seen me before? Actually, I used to live here when I was a baby! Everyone else couldn’t see Winter, so can only I see Winter? Oh! But I still can’t see Winter’s face! So if you could take off that thing on your face… Oops.”

Tiya, who had been chattering non-stop, suddenly realized something and quickly covered her mouth.

What Winter was wearing was a funeral veil.

Grandmother had said that Northerners, who consider not showing emotions a virtue, hide their sorrow with black veils.

Therefore, asking someone to remove their black veil was an extremely rude request.

In other words, Winter was currently in a very sad state and was wearing the black veil because she didn’t have the strength to hide that sorrow.

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