Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 82

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

 

Chapter 82

 

“Of course! I dressed up so prettily thanks to Valen.”

 

“Yeah, then have a good trip, Tiya.”

 

Valentina waved her hand gently.

 

Tiya also waved back and headed to Father’s study. Beside her, Winter kept clicking his tongue.

 

【That one, that one. Her heart is pitch black.】

 

“Why do you keep saying bad things about Valen? She’s so kind!”

 

Winter, who was about to snap back something in frustration, ended up just letting out a deep sigh.

 

What could he say to a child who saw Valentina walking around in a boy’s appearance yet believed without doubt that she was a girl?

 

【She’ll have to get stabbed in the back before she comes to her senses.】

 

“But I have eyes on the back of my head too~ I can dodge everything~”

 

【…You just wait and see in the memory labyrinth today.】

 

“Hup!”

 

* * *

 

Princess Anael had been losing sleep for a week due to the tension and excitement of welcoming a guest.

 

With a pale face and dark circles under her eyes, the Princess kept comforting herself.

 

‘It’s okay. I can do well.’

 

She had prepared many things for today over the past two months.

 

Not only did she redecorate the interior of the palace, but she also purchased several shops to select toys that might interest the Vladijef young lady.

 

That wasn’t all. She learned gossip popular among young ladies her age to keep conversations flowing, and memorized the history of the North to avoid making verbal mistakes.

 

‘Of, of course it was terrifying.’

 

The history of the Vladijef family was literally written in blood, no exaggeration.

 

Of course, internal family conflicts existed everywhere, but there was no mercy in how the Vladijef family resolved problems.

 

As if they were people without emotions.

 

‘But the Vladijef young lady was different.’

 

She was sociable, brave, and most of all, had no hesitation in speaking her mind.

 

“Useless? I’m incredibly grateful just that Princess sister thinks about the North!”

 

Recalling the words the Vladijef young lady had said, the Princess pulled her bonnet brim down deep to hide her expression.

 

‘Sister. And looking at me with such sparkling eyes…’

 

Tiya was the only person who had looked at her with such eyes, someone who lived with barely any presence.

 

If I had a younger sister, wouldn’t she be like this child?

 

‘So this time I must not mess up and get along well.’

 

Anael strengthened her resolve as she saw the Vladijef carriage approaching from afar.

 

And finally, the moment the carriage stopped and the door opened.

 

“Thank you for com… ing…”

 

Anael’s voice, which had started strong with great determination, gradually faded away.

 

‘Was, was her expression always so scary?’

 

Had her memory been beautified? Tiya’s face as she stepped down from the carriage footboard was somehow different from her memory.

 

She was sure she had a gentle impression with slightly upturned eye corners.

 

Now her eyes were sharply slanted like fox eyes, looking almost fierce.

 

Moreover, due to her hair being tied up high without a single strand out of place, her impression felt even more stern and strict.

 

“Thank you for the invitation. I’m a little late because I had to drop off Father, Count Valoz, at his appointment first.”

 

Tiya greeted with a stiff expression, bending her knees.

 

At this awkward reunion different from expectations, Anael couldn’t even think to remove her bonnet and guided Tiya into the palace.

 

While sneaking glances by lifting her bonnet slightly to steal looks at Tiya, their eyes met.

 

Tiya raised the corners of her mouth in a grin, but her eyes weren’t smiling at all.

 

‘Eek!’

 

Anael quickly turned her head as if she had seen something she shouldn’t have.

 

The two girls who barely reached the tea room sat facing each other with the tea table between them.

 

Even while the maid served tea, no conversation passed between the two.

 

Though her stomach seemed to start churning, Anael chose the most safe option from the hundreds of lines she had prepared without showing it outwardly.

 

“The weather is really nice, isn’t it?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“That… hairpin is really pretty. It suits you well.”

 

“A friend chose it for me.”

 

“Oh… I see.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Whatever she asked, only short answers, and a blunt expression.

 

Anael’s anxious thoughts began spinning rapidly.

 

‘Co, could she be upset that I invited her after two whole months?’

 

‘Maybe she was just being polite when she asked to be invited, and I was the only one who took it seriously?’

 

‘Maybe the incident where I spilled tea at the social gathering’s tea time became a rumor. Yes. That news must have reached the Vladijef young lady’s ears!’

 

‘So she must be disappointed in me.’

 

Just when her mind had gone completely blank and she was almost about to faint.

 

For the first time, Tiya spoke first.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“May I let my hair down?”

 

Huh? Let her hair… down?

 

It was when the Princess, not understanding the meaning, was studying Tiya’s expression.

 

Tiya continued with a serious expression, pressing her forehead.

 

“Actually…”

 

Actually?

 

“I feel like my scalp is going to be torn off.”

 

“Sc, scalp?”

 

“Yes. Father tied my hair too tightly…”

 

“…Ah?”

 

Tiya, whose eye corners were pulled so tightly that she couldn’t even blink properly, made a tearful expression.

 

Unlike her drooping mouth corners, only her eyes still looked sharply angry, so Anael burst out laughing.

 

* * *

 

“Phew, now I can live a little. I thought all the skin on my face would be torn off.”

 

Tiya’s expression melted away like sinking into a warm bathtub after letting her hair down.

 

Winter clicked his tongue.

 

【Partner’s hair my foot. That Count bastard tied his own hair loosely, so what grudge made him pull all the skin on the kid’s scalp?】

 

This time even Tiya couldn’t take Father’s side. She really thought all her hair would be pulled out.

 

‘Though it was bearable at first.’

 

The tickling sensation near her hair roots grew stronger over time, until later her scalp was throbbing.

 

Not only that. Her facial muscles wouldn’t move properly, so even smiling was torture.

 

Anael, who had finally cleared up the misunderstanding with Tiya, fiddled with the bonnet on her lap and asked.

 

“You must have a good relationship with the Count.”

 

Oh, did it look that way?

 

Tiya smiled shyly.

 

“Yes! My father owes me a debt. So he does everything I tell him to do.”

 

“Oh, um… I see.”

 

That Count Shurkha Valoz is being bossed around by his daughter because of a debt?

 

Seeing Anaël’s eyes waver, Winter let out a deep sigh.

 

【I’m not sure if it’s okay to leave this to her.】

 

Fortunately, despite Winter’s concerns, Tiya began to fully display her talents.

 

“This is my first time coming to the Imperial Palace! Could you show me around?”

 

When Tiya’s eyes sparkled brightly, Anaël smiled shyly and nodded slightly.

 

The two girls dismissed the maids and looked around various parts of the Princess’s Palace.

 

Tiya’s head moved busily.

 

The Princess’s Palace was packed with exotic decorations that, though neither from the North nor The Dominion, felt strangely familiar.

 

Eventually, the two entered a room where one entire wall was filled with landscape paintings.

 

The scenery captured in the paintings was uniformly dazzling snow scenes.

 

Only then did Tiya realize why the Princess’s Palace had felt strangely familiar.

 

While the Palace’s exterior followed The Dominion’s architectural style, the furniture and decorations inside were all filled with things one would only see in regions with heavy snowfall.

 

“What kind of room is this?”

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