Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 41

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 41

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Naturally, the pawn shop also had magic wands for beginners.

This was already her third visit. And this time, since she seemed to have business purchasing something, Roxanne approached her first and asked.

“As a customer?”

“Yes… Today I’m really a customer.”

Tiya headed to the magic items section, which occupied only a very small area within the spacious pawn shop.

Among them, the section selling magic wands was even more cramped.

Instead of the magnificent and splendid magic wands Tiya had imagined, about a dozen wooden wands that looked like they were carved from trees in the back mountains were modestly displayed.

“Winter… Do I really have to choose from these?”

【Tsk tsk, a craftsman doesn’t blame their tools. Besides, if you rely on a magic wand from the start, you’ll develop bad habits. For now, one of these will be sufficient.】

Hmph. But the ones here look like something only weakling mages who wave around twigs would use.

Tiya usually rebelled immediately against Winter’s words, but it was different when Winter spoke as her master.

Eventually, Tiya reluctantly moved and began carefully examining the dozen or so wands.

Fortunately, even though they were used, they were all in good condition. It was only natural since none other than Roxanne had selected and maintained them.

Before she knew it, Tiya was taking out each magic wand one by one like a knight choosing their sword, gripping them and gauging their weight.

Roxanne, who had been watching this, added a comment.

“You look just like you’re choosing a sword.”

“Oh, right. That’s true.”

Only then did Tiya realize her mistake.

Generally, magic wands are made short and light so that mages with zero physical strength who are stuck doing research in their rooms can easily wield them.

Moreover, the most important thing was the gems embedded in the magic wand or the materials used when making the wand.

Roxanne recommended about three wands for Tiya.

“First. It contains a fire magic stone that gives vitality to the caster. Second. It contains high-quality meteorite that helps constellation magic succeed more easily. Third. It contains a phoenix claw that enhances fire magic. I recommend one of these three.”

【All three are wands suitable for beginner mages to use.】

With Winter’s words added, Tiya’s dilemma deepened even more.

In fact, there was a wand that had caught Tiya’s fancy separately.

“I’ll take this one!”

Tiya couldn’t hold back and quickly grabbed the one she liked.

“Are you really going with that one?”

“Yes, I like this one!”

“Well, it’s the buyer’s choice.”

Roxanne’s words weren’t wrong either. What Tiya had chosen was not only crude but also twice as long as other wands, making it unsuitable for beginners to wield.

Not only that, but the materials used in the wand weren’t particularly special either.

“It has ground unicorn horn mixed in. So it’s incredibly sturdy.”

【A magic wand isn’t a sword, so what use is being sturdy? No matter how I look at it, that’s not right. Are you really going to choose that?】

Even Winter, who couldn’t stand watching anymore, stepped in, but Tiya grinned as if satisfied with her choice.

“I like this one the best. It’s similar to my master’s wand.”

It was an answer directed at Roxanne, but also words meant for Winter at the same time.

Only then did Winter’s gaze turn to their own waist.

‘Even if it’s a beginner’s magic wand, for such a trivial reason…’

Whenever Tiya showed that she trusted and followed them like this, Winter felt satisfied but… also strangely uncomfortable in one corner of their heart.

Even though it was clearly a good thing.

Winter tried to hide their bitter feelings and spoke nonchalantly.

【Yes. This master is quite pleased.】

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On the way out of the pawn shop.

As Tiya took Mia’s hand and climbed into the carriage, her eyes caught sight of street vendors making and selling paper flowers.

Mia, who noticed the child’s gaze, gently explained.

“Come to think of it, there are really only two days left until the consecration ceremony. You’ll be participating in the consecration ceremony hosted by The Grand Cathedral, won’t you, Miss?”

“Yes!”

Tiya, who had climbed into the carriage, answered.

Mia, who followed after, continued her explanation.

“When you go to The Grand Cathedral’s consecration ceremony, the excellent priests will place a wreath woven from fresh flowers on our Miss’s head. But in the middle of winter like this, not everyone can wear wreaths made from fresh flowers, so they make and sell flowers made from paper or cloth like that.”

“I see.”

From then on, Tiya became quiet and didn’t say much until she arrived at her room.

When Mia, thinking the Miss was tired, left her alone and closed the door.

“It starts in two days, right?”

With Tiya’s quiet question, Winter, who had been keeping silent, nodded.

【That’s right.】

In two days, finally, item number 1 on the family rescue plan, ‘preventing the epidemic,’ would be put into full action.

The only opportunity, perhaps, to obtain Palantio blessed with divine power.

However, the reason Tiya was so nervous wasn’t because she might not be able to obtain the Palantio.

“Tomorrow at the consecration ceremony, His Highness the Prince will also participate, right?”

【That’s right.】

It was precisely because the royal family would be attending tomorrow’s consecration ceremony.

Originally it was a ceremony attended only by ‘eight-year-old children,’ but the royal family was an exception. They could attend until they became adults, with the purpose of driving away the impurities accumulated over the year.

Therefore, the devout Empress sent the royal children to the consecration ceremony every year.

【I’ll say it again, but I’ve never seen the Prince directly either. So I don’t know what kind of person he is.】

Focusing on exactly that point, Winter devised a strategy.

The current Prince, who would become Emperor in the future Winter knew, never lifted the northern blockade order to the end, following the will of his uncle, Count Montes.

Besides that, rumors about the tyranny he committed would reach even the blocked North, and Count Montes was always behind it.

As if proving that the Emperor was a puppet moving according to Count Montes’ will.

Along with Count Montes, the Prince was also clearly an enemy of the Vladijef Family, but this fact becomes questionable in the face of one assumption.

Twelve years before the day Vladijef falls, in the past, the Prince is only thirteen. Does the current Prince consider the Vladijef Family an enemy?

【We’re going to assess the Prince’s character at this consecration ceremony.】

“And if His Highness the Prince is just being used by Count Montes—”

【If possible, we should win him over. It’s called the reformation plan.】

“The reformation plan!”

Tiya cheerfully echoed the words.

In truth, Winter didn’t consider the feasibility of this plan very high.

However, yesterday, seeing the employees congratulate Tiya for becoming a mage changed their mind a little.

The ‘Astiya’ Winter knew didn’t get along well even with the employees of Vladijef Manor.

So they probably had preconceptions about the employees. That they wouldn’t welcome Tiya becoming a mage.

‘The future information I know isn’t necessarily the truth.’

So perhaps the Prince might also be different from what she had thought, and Winter was hoping for that.

Dealing with Count Montes was worth trying since it was a matter between families, but if they made the royal family an enemy too, things would become too big.

If things went wrong, they might even have to consider treason.

Therefore, Winter was hoping that the current Prince, who would become Emperor before long, would be a fool with at least some degree of discernment.

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