Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 74

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

 

Chapter 74

 

Count Valoz, sitting on the sofa examining documents, wasn’t much different from how Lev last remembered him.

 

Those cold eyes that had looked down mercilessly at him groaning in bed, and that frigid face that never showed even a hint of emotion.

 

He still looked the same, but on his head—

 

“That’s definitely a tiara, right?”

 

At Valentina’s whispered voice, Lev roughly rubbed his eyes instead of answering.

 

However, the children’s tiara sitting askew on his father’s head didn’t disappear.

 

Neither did the colorful ribbons dangling from his jet-black long hair.

 

Seeing the Count sitting there confidently without any hesitation or bewilderment, Lev was starting to have the strange illusion that maybe he was the one who was wrong.

 

“Let me introduce you. This is the great mage who is the hero’s lover!”

 

Tiya exclaimed cheerfully.

 

Only then did Lev snap back to his senses.

 

“Unfortunately, he won’t be able to join this dragon subjugation.”

 

Lev’s mind started working a beat late. So what she was saying was—

 

“…Father is my lover?”

 

Before Lev could recover from the shock, he was pushed from behind and ended up sitting on the sofa.

 

With Lev and Tiya, Valentina and Shurkha, and even Sasha 2nd that Tiya had brought along.

 

Finally, all the main characters had gathered.

 

As if he had been waiting, Anton cleared his throat with a “Ahem” and began to speak.

 

“Script by the youngest miss. Adaptation by Anton. Narrator, Anton.”

 

A moment later.

 

Anton, deepening his voice, announced the beginning of the play.

 

“It’s been ten days since the princess was kidnapped by the evil dragon. The hero, finally ready for his journey, shared the sorrow of parting with his lover, the great mage, in a passionate embrace.”

 

Lev encountered difficulties right from the opening of the role-play.

 

A passionate embrace?

 

Lev rolled his eyes to glance at Shurkha sitting next to him.

 

No matter how he looked at it, his father didn’t seem to be participating in this role-play willingly.

 

Just when Lev was wondering if maybe he was just called in as a substitute for a doll due to lack of people.

 

Tiya, sitting diagonally from Shurkha, made a circle with her thumb and index finger in a coin gesture and waved it in front of the Count’s eyes.

 

It meant to hurry up and start his hourly part-time job.

 

Shurkha, who had been casually flipping through documents and glancing at her gesture indifferently, casually reached out and grabbed the back of Lev’s head.

 

“Huh, huh?”

 

Then he pulled Lev’s head over and buried it in his chest.

 

“Return safely.”

 

A blunt voice with no discernible intonation.

 

It even seemed to carry a murderous intent that said he’d kill him if he didn’t return safely.

 

Lev stiffened his body and stammered.

 

“Uh, um… Y-yes. I’ll return safely.”

 

Even after escaping from his father’s embrace, Lev couldn’t collect himself for a while.

 

What just happened?

 

Did Father hug me? No, the great mage hugged the hero, right?

 

Everything felt bewildering.

 

However, the play continued immediately without considering Lev’s situation.

 

“The lovers part ways after sharing a tearful embrace! But the path ahead for the hero and prince was filled with hardships!”

 

From then on, it was mostly Lev and Tiya’s stage. Before he knew it, Lev began to deeply immerse himself in the role-play.

 

The journey ripened and finally reached the climax.

 

“The moment the hero’s sword pierced the dragon’s heart, light burst forth from the dragon’s body!”

 

Anton grabbed Sasha 2nd, who was playing the dragon, by the scruff of the neck and lifted him up high.

 

In sync, Tiya cast a light spell above the bear doll’s head.

 

Everyone’s gaze followed Sasha 2nd.

 

Anton placed Sasha 2nd in someone’s arms and announced the tragic truth.

 

“When the light finally faded, what remained where the dragon had disappeared was… How could this be! It was the great mage, the hero’s lover!”

 

What?

 

Lev’s eyes widened as he looked up at his father sitting next to him.

 

Shurkha glanced once at Sasha 2nd, who was reaching out his arms asking to be held on his lap, then covered his face with the documents he had been reading without any sign of disturbance.

 

Then he delivered his ad-lib line bluntly.

 

“To die like this.”

 

A line delivered without sincerity, as if reading a book.

 

Nevertheless, Lev couldn’t collect himself at the development that was heading toward disaster.

 

“D-dead? The dragon? No, the great mage?”

 

Then, Tiya shouted.

 

“Hero… You killed the great mage!”

 

“What? I didn’t kill—”

 

“You did kill him!”

 

“No, no. I, I didn’t know! I didn’t mean to kill him… Did, did I kill him?”

 

Lev, who had fallen into panic, grabbed his hair as if he was going to tear it out.

 

However, Anton didn’t give the hero’s party time to wallow in sadness.

 

“The dragon’s true identity was the great mage! But the shocking twist doesn’t end here.”

 

“…?”

 

“The truth is, the one who orchestrated all of this was the princess!”

 

“…!”

 

Valentina, who had been watching the play with great interest like a princess looking out the window from her tower, flinched.

 

“The princess, who had long ago noticed that the great mage’s true identity was a dragon, blackmailed the great mage into orchestrating her own fake kidnapping!”

 

Ah, so the princess was actually the villain?

 

‘The princess is quite something. I thought she was just completely stupid.’

 

Although Valentina couldn’t tell where this disaster of a play was heading, she knew what she should say as the princess.

 

First, appeal to their sympathy.

 

Valentina made a pitiful expression as if she was about to shed tears at any moment.

 

“Please forgive me. The truth is, I had unavoidable circumstances—”

 

“You liar! Traitor!”

 

But the moment she faced Tiya, who was so immersed in her role that her face was flushed as she hurled curses.

 

For some reason, Valentina couldn’t open her mouth.

 

“I… didn’t betray you…”

 

It was just a role-play.

 

Yet her heart felt like it was sinking.

 

Even though dozens of excuses to persuade Tiya, no, the prince, came to mind, she couldn’t utter a single word.

 

Valentina just opened and closed her mouth before finally avoiding Tiya’s gaze.

 

When his complexion turned deathly pale, Anton quickly stepped in.

 

“Just then, the great mage, who was both dragon and the hero’s lover, opens his eyes and speaks his final words!”

 

Shurkha lowered the documents, revealing only his eyes.

 

His gaze, which had been about to deliver his line with a listless expression, briefly fixed on Lev’s face.

 

Lev was clutching Shurkha’s clothes with tears welling up in his eyes.

 

His gaze briefly moved to the hem of his clothes, then—

 

“…Time’s up.”

 

He delivered his final words.

 

“No! Don’t go, great mage!”

 

Thinking it meant the great mage was leaving this world forever, Lev clutched the Count’s clothes even tighter.

 

However, Tiya realized it meant Father’s scheduled time had been completely exhausted.

 

Tiya clapped her hands together to signal the end of the role-play.

 

Then she ran to Father and looked up at his face intently, asking.

 

“How was it, Father? How did it feel to die once? Doesn’t something hot well up from deep in your chest?”

 

“Next time you do something like this again, I’ll charge an additional fee.”

 

“Tch. A failure, I guess.”

 

Tiya pouted her lips and spoke to her companions who had helped her with today’s work.

 

“Come to think of it, it’s already lunchtime. Brother, Valen! Want to have lunch together?”

 

“Food? Hic, you, can you even swallow food right now? The great mage is dead, and you think you can swallow food?!”

 

Now Lev was half-wailing.

 

Tiya scratched her cheek as if troubled.

 

“…He’s a bit too immersed in the role.”

 

Winter, who had been watching the whole time, added a comment.

 

【Look who’s talking. What are you going to do about him?】

 

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Tiya’s emotional education for Father ended with Lev’s emotional breakdown.

 

Well, putting aside Brother Lev.

 

Tiya glanced sideways at Valentina sitting on her left.

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