Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 9

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 9

In truth, Tiya had received quite a lot of harsh words from Shurkha all this time.

Each time, she would laugh cheerfully, pretending it didn’t bother her, but when she turned away, she would awkwardly add, “My daddy, I’m still just a baby.”

‘It’s obvious she’s getting hurt. Acting tough like that.’

Then, Tiya, who seemed to be pondering something deeply, asked.

“Winter, I’ve been thinking. Besides Father, I think we need more allies on our side.”

What’s this? She’s actually thinking properly for once?

As it happened, Winter had also been thinking about new allies.

【For example?】

Tiya answered as if she had been waiting for this question.

“Brother Lev and Brother Rodion.”

After returning home, Tiya realized one fact she hadn’t noticed before.

Mother who died from illness, and Father who lost his emotions and only worked, neglecting his family.

Brother Lev who wouldn’t come out of his room at all.

And even Brother Rodion, who extended his Academy stay and wouldn’t show his face at home.

‘Our house is completely falling apart.’

When the family should be united to overcome Vladijef’s crisis, they wouldn’t even face each other once.

“We need to make Brother Lev and Brother Rodion our allies so we can prepare together!”

【Rodion would certainly be useful. But not Lev.】

“Why? Because I fought with Brother Lev? So it would be difficult to make him our ally?”

It was a week ago.

Mia, who had become Tiya’s new personal maid, came to inform her that Lev’s condition had improved.

Naturally, Tiya was excited and ran straight to Lev’s room, finally able to meet the brother she had so longed to see.

“Brother Lev!”

“Tiya…?”

Platinum hair tangled and curly like grape clusters.

His honey-colored eyes and lovely appearance like an angel statue decorating a temple entrance were still the same.

However, if there was something puzzling, it was that everything was exactly the same as the brother in her memory, to an excessive degree.

So much so that she felt the brother who had seemed so big had become smaller than her.

“Huh, Brother, why did you shrink?”

Words that slipped out carelessly.

But perhaps that was a mistake.

Lev furrowed his brow and replied coldly.

“What about you. You’re supposed to be that Tiya? You’ve gotten ugly.”

“I don’t talk to ugly kids. Get lost.”

The siblings’ reunion after 4 years ended like that. After that, Tiya repeatedly visited her brother’s room, but—

“Brother, could you show me your spirit?”

“Do you think spirit mages are entertainers? Stop bothering me and get lost.”

She was kicked out.

“You know, if you come play in the North with me later, I’ll show you Sasha! Sasha is my pet…”

“I absolutely hate animals with their flying fur. Get lost.”

Kicked out again.

“Brother!”

“Get lost.”

“I haven’t said anything yet…”

It was a continuous series of being kicked out.

【Well, you two don’t get along. But that’s not really the problem.】

Because even after being kicked out like that, Tiya would completely forget about yesterday’s events and knock on Lev’s door again the next day.

“Ah! I got it. My brother is like that because he’s room mold!”

【That’s also true, but…】

Lev, who wouldn’t step foot outside his room, or even outside his bed, didn’t seem like he would be much help.

But even that wasn’t the reason Winter opposed it.

“Then what’s the reason?”

Tiya asked while knocking on Brother Lev’s door, which she had somehow already reached.

Instead of answering, Winter stared intently at Tiya and tapped her crossed arms. As if measuring something.

Soon, as if she had made a decision, the moment she opened her mouth.

【Because he’s going to die soon—】

“Say that again. What did you say about your sister?”

Her brother’s cold voice, which she had never heard before, swallowed Winter’s remaining words.

Tiya stopped opening the door and quietly hid behind it. She didn’t know what was happening, but the atmosphere inside the room was ominous.

All the maids and servants in the room didn’t even know Tiya had come and were gathered in front of Lev’s bed.

Tiya quietly entered the room and observed the situation.

The maid standing in front of Lev stammered an excuse.

“My, my younger brother came to mind… That child also suffered from a long illness, but miraculously became healthy, so surely a miracle will happen to you too, young master… Kyaah!”

Crash!

It happened in an instant.

The water glass Lev threw grazed the maid and shattered into pieces.

“Telling me to cling to such nonsense. Even if your brother miraculously dies tomorrow, you’d have nothing to say.”

At that moment, Tiya heard something snap in her head.

When she came to her senses, she had jumped onto the bed like a starving black bear and grabbed Lev by the collar in one swift motion.

Tiya shook Lev back and forth while shouting.

“You’re a man, and you’re being violent toward a lady?! If you’re a North man too, Brother, you shouldn’t do this!”

Irritation gradually spread across Lev’s initially flustered face.

“Let go of me! Don’t climb on my bed with your shoes on! You savage!”

“You’re the savage one, Brother! Throwing things is bad! You should be kind to people!”

“Why should I?”

“Huh…?”

Tiya was speechless at the shameless response.

“I’m going to die before I even become an adult anyway, so what’s the point of being kind to people?”

Tiya blinked.

Die?

“Why are you saying such things?”

Neither Lev nor anyone else present answered.

Tiya knew this atmosphere. The sensation of the air becoming bone dry.

Now Tiya asked, half terrified.

“Brother… are you very sick?”

At that moment, a look of dismay crossed Lev’s face.

Clicking his tongue, he spoke without even looking back at Tiya.

“Melody. Get her out of here.”

“Brother, wait!”

Tiya grabbed onto Lev’s clothes and wouldn’t let go. Lev shook off Tiya’s hand with all his strength.

“You’re annoying me, so please just get lost!”

Thwack!

“Kyaang!”

His wildly swung elbow hit something.

Only after seeing Tiya cover her nose did Lev realize that his elbow had struck Tiya’s face.

Soon blood trickled down between Tiya’s fingers.

“Hey, you’re getting a nosebleed…”

But the real problem wasn’t the nosebleed.

Tiya, who had been blinking and sniffling, suddenly started moving her mouth around and spat something onto her palm with a ‘ptoo.’

Something white like a peeled corn kernel.

Seeing it, Lev’s complexion turned pale white.

“You, you don’t mean that’s…”

“My toof…”

【It’s a tooth.】

Tiya, who had been staring down at her fallen front tooth, finished her sentence.

“It fell out.”

She had tried to speak normally, but air leaked through, making her sound like she had a lisp.

Soon blood began gushing from where the tooth had been.

“Mel, Melody! Call a doc… no, call a priest!”

Lev, his face pale white, jumped up from the bed and shouted.

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“Say ‘ah.'”

“Ahhh.”

At the doctor’s request, Tiya opened her mouth wide enough to show her uvula. After examining every corner of the child’s teeth, the doctor finished his examination with a relieved expression.

“It was a baby tooth that fell out. It came out very cleanly.”

“Brother, did you hear? It came out cleanly. You must have a talent for knocking out teeth.”

Tiya gave up her bed to him and grinned at the restless Lev.

The gaping hole where her front tooth used to be looked quite amusing.

【The kid was already a bit stupid. Now even her smile looks lacking.】

Winter clicked her tongue, and Lev had just let out a light laugh.

Lev suddenly frowned and wiped away his smile, then spoke irritably.

“Now get out.”

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