Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 79

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

 

Chapter 79

 

Even that was impossible as she couldn’t take a single step due to the pain in her ankle.

 

“I’ll carry Valen on my back! Valen’s spirits have never scratched me before. So I can carry Valen.”

 

“….”

 

Though she didn’t know where to begin correcting that statement, Valentina couldn’t say a word.

 

Everything was happening because of her own lies—it was a situation of her own making.

 

“Come on, get on my back, Valen. I’m ready.”

 

He had his pride as a man.

 

He absolutely didn’t want to be carried by Tiya of all people, but there was no other way.

 

After hesitating for a long while, Valen squeezed his eyes shut and leaned against Tiya.

 

It was embarrassing enough to make him want to die.

 

Tiya staggered briefly before standing up firmly.

 

This was thanks to secretly casting a levitation spell on him, but Valen, unaware of this, couldn’t lift his head even more at Tiya’s strength in lifting him up so easily.

 

【His face is about to explode.】

 

Valentina is embarrassed.

 

Thinking this, Tiya added triumphantly.

 

“It’s just like when we did our role-play. Valen is the princess and I’m the prince. So it’s natural for me to carry Valen!”

 

【Now he looks like he wants to die completely?】

 

Oh, was he feeling sorry rather than embarrassed? In that case….

 

“Valen is really light. Not heavy at all. Like a feather.”

 

【He just died.】

 

Th-that wasn’t right either.

 

When Tiya came out carrying Valentina, the knights rushed over saying they would support her, but Tiya firmly refused.

 

How long had they walked like that?

 

Valentina, who had been resting her forehead against Tiya’s back, asked in a dying voice.

 

“Tiya, if… the princess had some circumstances, would you have forgiven the princess?”

 

The princess?

 

A beat later, Tiya realized that Valentina was talking about their recent role-play.

 

Since Tiya had made up that story, the child answered without hesitation.

 

“Of course I couldn’t forgive her.”

 

Valentina’s momentary pause in breathing was transmitted to Tiya through their touching bodies.

 

After a moment, a small voice answered, trembling like a candle flame about to be extinguished by strong wind.

 

“…Right. I wouldn’t have been able to forgive her either. I would have been angry at the princess….”

 

“Hmm, it’s a bit different from being angry. The reason the prince couldn’t forgive the princess would probably be because he was so very sad and frustrated.”

 

“Sad?”

 

“Yes! The princess was friends with the hero and the prince. For her to deceive such friends and stage that act, the princess must have had something very troubling happen to her.”

 

She hadn’t planned out what exactly had happened.

 

Still, during the role-play, she had called the princess a traitor….

 

“But even so, the princess didn’t tell anyone and decided everything by herself. She must have been suffering… but she didn’t ask her friends for help. That’s what makes me sad and frustrated.”

 

It was because the princess hadn’t told them anything about her difficulties.

 

“If the princess had asked for help, surely both the hero and the prince would have helped the princess.”

 

It was because of the resentment toward himself for not knowing at all that the princess was suffering.

 

“If the princess had wanted to leave the kingdom, they could have kidnapped the princess and gone to a place where no one could find them to live happily until death.”

 

It was because of the regret over missing an opportunity where everyone could have been happy.

 

Thinking about the princess made Tiya as gloomy as a crow that had its treasure stolen.

 

Winter clicked her tongue.

 

【Someone’s really over-immersed. Who would doubt you’re siblings.】

 

The princess carried on the prince’s back unconsciously imagined.

 

What if the princess had told her friends about her circumstances? Would the ending of that story have been different?

 

She tried to picture the happy ending Tiya had mentioned, but nothing formed in Valentina’s mind.

 

‘The prince probably doesn’t know.’

 

That for the princess, asking for help was harder to say than begging for her life.

 

“Valen, you must not trust anyone, no one.”

 

Mother’s last words came to mind.

 

‘Tiya. I’m betraying you, your family.’

 

Even so, Valentina felt the urge to confess like that.

 

* * *

 

“What on earth happened?”

 

Lev, who had been waiting for his family in the carriage, gasped when he saw the state of Tiya and Valentina.

 

Tiya summarized the circumstances of how she came to carry Valentina here in one sentence.

 

“Heh, nothing happened at all.”

 

However, the appearance of the two clearly showed they had been through something tremendous.

 

Confirming that Lev’s eyes had narrowed, Tiya quickly changed the subject.

 

“But why is the entrance so crowded? Is everyone going home already?”

 

As Tiya said, the entrance to the Crystal Palace was packed with nobles’ carriages, leaving no room to step.

 

Even though it was still the height of the opening party, everyone was rushing to return home, creating chaos.

 

“It’s been quite a commotion. Some noble kid was attacked by a magical plant in the Fantasy Forest and broke their leg. So everyone’s running away.”

 

“Gasp, really? I was there until just a while ago!”

 

While Tiya was surprised, Valentina asked calmly.

 

“Only a broken leg?”

 

“What?”

 

“Just wondering. If it was a magical plant, it would have been really dangerous, so I thought it was fortunate only the leg was broken.”

 

There was a strangely disappointed tone to it.

 

Lev seemed to be thinking about something, then asked with a face drained of color.

 

“Hey… you don’t mean?”

 

Just then, something scratched at the carriage door with a scraping sound.

 

Without answering, Valentina opened the door as if she had been waiting.

 

Before the door was even fully open, a desert fox squeezed through the gap and shot in like an arrow, leaping into Valentina’s arms.

 

“What was that just now? Is that Rose?”

 

When Tiya asked with a bewildered face, Valentina smiled brightly and answered.

 

“Yes. I let her roam around freely for a while. Poor thing seems to have been startled after seeing something terrible.”

 

“Co-could it be that she witnessed the accident Brother Lev just mentioned?”

 

Unlike Tiya who looked worried, Lev and Winter silently stared at Valentina.

 

And they said simultaneously.

 

“Scary kid.”

 

【This one’s really completely crazy, isn’t she?】

 

Valentina only smiled without answering.

 

Lev finally felt like he knew the name of the noble Yeongshik who had been attacked.

 

* * *

 

Report Date: [Month] [Day]

 

Special Incidents.

 

On the day of the total lunar eclipse, overall security within Vladijef Manor confirmed to be lax. Request review of infiltration possibilities timed with the eclipse.

 

Employees are tight-lipped and highly loyal. Information acquisition through monetary bribery judged to be difficult. Prepare for long-term strategy regarding employee recruitment.

 

Valentina’s hand, which had been moving the pen without hesitation, stopped.

 

Tonight, the mockingbird would come.

 

Duke Dantal wanted to know not only more detailed internal affairs but also information about the key figures staying at the manor.

 

After hesitating for a moment, Valentina moved her hand again.

 

Key Personnel Activities

 

Shurkha Valoz, requires additional observation.

 

Rodion Vladijef, chief administrator of manor internal affairs. Sincere and diligent. However, be cautious of monitoring spirit movements.

 

Lev Vladijef, weakling.

 

Astiya Vladijef.

 

Valentina’s hand slowed down once again.

 

Only after ink dripped from the pen tip did the pen scrape across the paper again.

 

Astiya Vladijef, foolish.

 

The only non-spirit mage in the family but an exceptionally talented mage. The person who must be approached closest to obtain high-level information.

 

Always steps forward first even when it’s not her business and trusts people too easily.

 

…She shouldn’t trust people so easily like that. She shouldn’t forgive people so easily like that. Someday she’ll surely be betrayed and…

 

“Ah.”

 

Belatedly, Valentina realized she had written content that deviated from her purpose.

 

He memorized the report’s contents and burned the paper so no one could see it.

 

Not long after, the mockingbird tapped the window glass of Valen’s room with its beak.

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