Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 37
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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life
Chapter 37
“You’re always like that. When you judge something has no value, you carelessly throw it away, and in the end—”
【Be careful!】
“Huh, huh? Kyaang!”
The door slid open and Tiya, who lost her balance, stumbled into the study that was like thin ice with tottering steps.
The father and son’s gazes pierced down like ice picks onto the youngest daughter’s head as she barely managed to steady herself.
“G-good lunch! Uh… why did I come here again… so, um…”
【What are you planning to do with what you’re holding in your hand?】
“Oh right, that’s right. I came to feed Father some madeleines! Our Father, it’s time for him to eat.”
“…Eat?”
Tiya, who didn’t hear Rodion’s questioning tone, toddled over to Father.
Then she held a madeleine in her hand and began waving it dazzlingly in front of Shurkha’s face.
“Madeleine ship, departing! Your Majestyyy~”
“…”
“Father’s time ’10 minutes’ whoooosh.”
Only then did Shurkha’s tightly shut mouth open.
Tiya quickly stuffed the madeleine in.
She didn’t forget to clap for Shurkha as he mechanically moved his jaw.
“Good, good! Our Father eats well too. Aww, so cute.”
Tiya turned around with a proud expression and faced Rodion’s face, which was contorted as if he had seen something bizarre.
As if realizing his mistake, Rodion immediately composed his expression and called to Tiya.
“Tiya, let’s go out quickly.”
“Oh, okay! Father, see you later!”
Tiya, who had left the study in a daze at Rodion’s urging, glanced at her brother’s mood.
‘They must not get along well.’
Father even fought with Grandmother.
Tiya spoke with the heart of a parent defending a child who constantly causes trouble.
“Our Father is a bit prickly, right? But please look at him kindly. He doesn’t know better yet.”
“Good heavens. What on earth has that man been saying to a child.”
Rodion’s complexion turned pale.
【He seems to be imagining the very worst.】
Rodion let out a deep sigh and asked while making eye contact with Tiya.
“Tiya. Do you often encounter the Count, or rather, Father?”
“Of course! These days I’m the one taking care of Father’s morning meals!”
…Morning meals? Taking care of them?
“Are you okay being with the Count? Aren’t you scared?”
“Huh? Why would I be scared? Our Father listens to whatever I say!”
That man…?
The confusion on Rodion’s face deepened even more.
“…Does Tiya have some secret? A secret to making that stubborn Count listen to you well.”
“Hehehe. A secret!”
Tiya put her hands on her hips and laughed triumphantly. As if she had been waiting for someone to ask exactly that, she gestured for him to bring his ear closer.
Rodion immediately leaned his upper body forward but suddenly stopped his body.
As if he shouldn’t get any closer to Tiya.
Because of this, there was about two steps’ distance between them, but Tiya still thought this was closer than before and her lips curved up in a grin.
Then Tiya cupped her hands around her mouth and whispered as if afraid someone might hear.
“Our Father can be moved with money.”
That’s right. The secret was Father’s time converted into checks!
“…”
Rodion stood frozen with his smiling face and then glared at the study.
“To think he’d even target Tiya’s pocket money.”
【Ha, well, it’s not exactly wrong though…】
Just as Winter was holding her forehead at the deepening misunderstanding between father and son, and between siblings.
“Oh, come to think of it, I haven’t given you one yet, Brother. Here!”
“Ah, thank y—”
Rodion reflexively reached out his hand to receive the madeleine Tiya was offering.
Just as his hand was about to touch Tiya’s. Rodion suddenly came to his senses and quickly pulled back his hand.
As if he shouldn’t let his hand touch Tiya’s.
【Like someone with germophobia. Acting all disgustingly neat and clean.】
Tiya muttered dejectedly.
“I washed my hands. I’m not dirty…”
“It’s not that. It’s not that… my hands are dirty.”
Rodion, who had been restless, took the madeleine from Tiya’s hand again.
However, he was unusually careful not to let their fingertips touch, which only hurt her feelings more.
【Ugh, ptui! Ptui, ptui!】
Winter, unable to watch anymore, pretended to spit on the madeleine Rodion was holding.
But even so, Tiya’s mood wouldn’t easily improve.
Suddenly she remembered the conversation she had with Valentina a few days ago.
“Hey, Valen, what do you usually talk about with Brother?”
“Hmm, when I’m with him, he mostly just talks about you. How your day was, whether you seemed happy, whether you miss the North.”
She had been happy to hear that.
She thought that Brother Rodion was just shy, not that he disliked her.
‘Now I don’t understand Brother anymore.’
Tiya turned her head away sharply to ignore Rodion and said curtly.
“I’m leaving.”
She deliberately stomped her feet loudly as she passed by Rodion.
Despite the loud noise, her slow steps clearly dripped with the lingering hope of ‘hurry up and stop me!’
Winter cheered Tiya on as if picking up that lingering hope.
【Yeah, good thinking. Just ignore that kind of guy. What’s so special about family? You live life alone anyway.】
Right then.
Thud!
The sound of roughly stomping feet echoed from behind.
“…?”
Tiya and Winter turned around simultaneously. The one who made the sound was Rodion. Rodion, with the madeleine in his mouth, smiled faintly and waved at Tiya.
“Hmph!”
Tiya made a show of snorting and stomped loudly out of the corridor.
After Tiya disappeared beyond the corner of the corridor.
Rodion took a step and moved aside the shoe he had roughly stepped with.
Then Baeksa, who had his head stepped on by the shoe heel, half-emerged from the shadows and hissed.
As if reflecting Noir’s emotional state, the magical energy surrounding Rodion became sharp-edged.
Rodion calmed the spirit firmly but gently.
“I told you that’s not allowed.”
When Rodion extended his hand, Baeksa coiled around his master’s arm.
Noir playfully tapped Rodion’s arm with his tail.
However, those red eyes were sharply glaring at the end of the corridor where Tiya had disappeared.
Rodion grabbed his spirit’s head and forced eye contact.
“I’ve told you countless times that Tiya is not an enemy.”
Noir reluctantly seemed to agree, rubbing his head against his master’s hand before disappearing into the shadows.
Only then did a sigh of relief escape from Rodion’s lips.
He took out the necklace he had been hiding inside his collar and lightly kissed it.
“It’ll be okay.”
Making his prayer-like resolution as usual.
* * *
It had already been two months since Winter and Tiya began sharing the priest’s sword.
Tiya’s talent, like a high-purity gemstone, shone brilliantly in the hands of a master who knew how to recognize and refine its value.
Thus, Tiya mastered basic magic one by one at a genius-level pace, but her master knew no satisfaction.
【Good. At this point, you’re ready to move on to proper specialized magic. The very first thing you’ll learn is creation magic.】
“Yes, Master!”
Finally!
Tiya’s golden eyes blazed with fighting spirit.
Creation magic that breathes life into inanimate objects to birth golems.
Originally, the primitive form of golems had crude appearances made of dirt and stone, but as magic developed, golems became more diverse in appearance.
Additionally, while there was the disadvantage of consuming an enormous amount of mana, Tiya had never once struggled with insufficient mana until now.
【Creation magic requires a medium. That medium becomes the golem’s body. So first, choose an object to serve as the medium.】
“A medium?”
【That’s right. Since it’s your first golem, it would be good to choose an object whose internal structure you know well.】
【Something you’ve watched being made, or something you’ve kept by your side regularly. It would be even better if it has a form with arms and legs.】
A lightning bolt of realization struck above Tiya’s contemplating head.
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