Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 73

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

 

Chapter 73

 

Zero points…!

 

In Astiya Vladijef’s not-so-short 8 years of life, she had never received such a disastrous score.

 

Even arithmetic calculations she wasn’t confident in scored at least 10 points!

 

Unable to accept Winter’s evaluation, Tiya protested.

 

“Why? What part of me deserves zero points! I’m working so hard!”

 

Indeed, Tiya’s days lately had truly been hard labor.

 

Waking up in the morning to take care of Father.

 

Spending lunch time with Lev and Valen, learning magic from Winter in the afternoon.

 

Helping Rodion with his training in the evening, then back to childcare warfare the next morning!

 

Living this hamster wheel life as an eight-year-old, and getting zero points!

 

For his student who was pouting and breathing heavily, the teacher offered a life lesson.

 

【Originally, life evaluations only have two scores: perfect or zero. Until you succeed with your plan, it’s unconditionally zero.】

 

“But…!”

 

Tiya, who was about to argue back, found herself speechless.

 

“I was a zero-point child…”

 

Tiya’s dejected cheeks puffed up like well-fermented flour.

 

Given Tiya’s personality of thinking positively about everything, there was a need to tone down her energy appropriately, but Winter realized that last comment was a bit too harsh.

 

She cleared her throat with a cough and gently offered a carrot.

 

【Still, you handled the epidemic problem well. We’ll know the results once the incubation period ends.】

 

Lev’s frost spirit still showed no signs of hatching, but unable to resist Tiya’s persistence, he left his bed to exercise, and taking the precious medicinal herbs Valentina cultivated daily had greatly improved his health.

 

Rodion still couldn’t completely control Noir, but the siblings who no longer misunderstood each other hugged tightly every evening, sharing the greetings they couldn’t exchange before.

 

Restoring Shurkha’s emotions showed desperately little progress, but actually, Winter was in the same situation.

 

Surprisingly, the Count was integrity itself.

 

He was probably being careful due to having many enemies, but at least in the documents Winter examined, not a single line of corruption was recorded.

 

And…

 

Winter, who was retracing what Tiya had accomplished so far, unconsciously realized.

 

While it was still zero points because the danger remained, it was at least a different kind of zero from the future she knew.

 

Then the perfect future she was envisioning and the perfect future Tiya was envisioning would also be different.

 

She was finally facing that reality.

 

【…】

 

“Winter?”

 

She looked down at Tiya, who was tilting her head like a curious baby crow, and sighed.

 

Thinking that she had become quite soft toward this child at some point.

 

【Well, you did work hard, and you’re my student, so I’ll give you 30 bonus points.】

 

Tiya’s mouth immediately stretched into a grin as she shrugged her shoulders.

 

“Right, right? I’m not zero points, am I?”

 

Getting excited again so quickly like that.

 

【Right. However, Count Montes is the problem.】

 

To oppose him, Tiya planned to become a tower master and make the princess emperor, but currently, even seeing his face once was difficult.

 

To meet high nobles required social activities, but aside from Tiya being young, the biggest problem was that Vladijef had no hostess to lead their social activities.

 

If handled poorly, this ‘anti-social’ problem might lead to Vladijef’s isolation and downfall in the future.

 

As far as Winter knew, Count Montes wasn’t showing any particularly prominent activities at this point in time.

 

She needed to meet him at least once to observe his movements.

 

“Count Montes will attend this Crystal Palace opening party as a host along with the Royal Court. He poured a lot of money into this Crystal Palace construction.”

 

The Crystal Palace opening party.

 

It was a perfect opportunity to approach Count Montes, but—

 

【The problem is that Crystal Palace invitations can’t be obtained even with money.】

 

“We don’t have money now either…”

 

Tiya sighed deeply with Winter, then opened the childcare encyclopedia, which was like the bible of childcare, to preview tomorrow’s parenting time with Father.

 

Chapter 3. Nurturing Your Child’s Emotions.

 

Tip. Are your child’s eyes lifeless? Then try role-playing with your child.

 

By becoming a princess and a prince and role-playing with your child, before you know it, your child’s emotions will become rich, resembling the caregiver’s.

 

Lifeless eyes…?

 

Tiya glanced suspiciously at Winter, who often called Father “dead fish eyes,” then began preparing for role-play as the childcare encyclopedia instructed.

 

‘I need a story for role-playing.’

 

Fortunately, relying on genius inspiration, a story came to mind instantly.

 

Now all that remained was finding actors to role-play with.

 

* * *

 

The next day, early morning.

 

Tiya burst into Lev’s room earlier than usual and shouted.

 

“Brother, Valen! Help me out!”

 

Pleased that his sister needed him, Lev prepared to follow Tiya without asking for details.

 

Valen naturally accompanied Tiya as well.

 

While waiting for her brother to get ready, Tiya casually approached Valentina and asked.

 

“Um, Valen. You haven’t been going out much lately?”

 

She used to go out to the library quite often.

 

Since encountering herself—or rather, Seolpyo—last time, she hadn’t gone out even once.

 

Valen needed to go to the library so she could disguise herself as Seolpyo and help.

 

“Yeah, a strange bug has been bothering me.”

 

A bug?

 

【Why don’t you just curse to her face instead.】

 

“That’s strange. It’s still cold, but bugs are already out.”

 

【Right, if you curse to their face and they don’t understand, that makes you the winner.】

 

Not knowing why Winter was clicking her tongue, Tiya asked more directly this time.

 

“If there’s anything I can help with, tell me. I’ll help you anytime, with anything!”

 

At those words, Valentina stared intently at Tiya with an expressionless face.

 

As if trying to dig out Tiya’s true intentions.

 

“Valen?”

 

When Tiya tilted her head and asked, Valentina, realizing her mistake, quickly smiled and denied it.

 

“Thank you for saying that. If I ever need help, I’ll ask you first, Tiya.”

 

“Later… Okay. You’ll definitely tell me, right?”

 

In the end, Tiya didn’t push further and backed down.

 

“So, what does this brother need to do?”

 

Lev, who came out to the corridor, squared his shoulders proudly and asked triumphantly.

 

Corn was asking him for help.

 

He thought something big had happened.

 

“I’m trying to do role-play, but I’m short on people.”

 

The content of her request for help was quite strange.

 

“Role-play?”

 

“The childcare encyclopedia said it’s good for children’s emotional education.”

 

Emotional education? She’s not telling me to receive emotional education right now, is she?

 

“Brother is the hero! I’m the prince, Valen is the princess♡”

 

Lev’s furrowed brow quickly smoothed out.

 

Valen also nodded as if he had no complaints.

 

Tiya crossed the corridor while chattering away, explaining the content of the role-play they would perform today.

 

“The story begins when a neighboring country’s princess gets kidnapped by a dragon. The prince from the neighboring country who is friends with the princess, and the hero, set off on a journey to rescue the princess.”

 

It was a very clichéd story.

 

However, what was unique was that without any prepared script, they would improvise their lines on the spot according to the narrator’s situational explanations.

 

Still, since it was a story with a predictable ending, improvising didn’t seem difficult.

 

At least until they saw the place where they would perform the role-play.

 

“…The study?”

 

“Yes, it’s a role-play for Father’s emotional education.”

 

Lev’s expression became reluctant.

 

Even though they lived in the same house, he couldn’t even remember when he had last seen his father.

 

And now they were going to play house together?

 

Just thinking about having to be in the same space as his father made him feel so awkward that his feet wouldn’t move.

 

He was at a loss for what to say when he saw his father’s face…

 

Surprisingly, words came easily.

 

“Your tastes have become… quite unique since I last saw you, haven’t they?”

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