Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 90

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 90

“You have an appointment with Sister Melin, don’t you?”

“Y-yes, yes, yes?”

The coachman stammered noticeably flustered.

It wasn’t a secret that he was meeting the manor’s kitchen maid Melin with good feelings. But to hear that story come from this young lady’s mouth.

As he hesitated to answer and scratched his cheek, Valentina smiled brightly and held out the bouquet she had been carrying.

“It’s nothing special, but I prepared this as thanks for always taking us. I secretly found out that Sister Melin likes marigolds.”

“Such a precious thing…”

Marigolds that bloom in autumn when summer hadn’t even come yet. Along with the fragrant flower scent, his lover’s smiling face naturally came to mind.

The coachman thanked her several times and carefully held the flowers in his arms, worried the petals might get crushed, before leaving.

Valentina waved her hand until the coachman disappeared from sight.

Soon after confirming the carriage had completely departed, the smile vanished from Valentina’s face as if washed away.

“Easy.”

With this, she had perfectly won the coachman’s favor.

She would often have occasions to visit the Magic Guild in the future. Right now he was showing kindness with good intentions, but who knew when his feelings might change and he’d find dealing with an outsider like her bothersome.

Fortunately, Valentina had an extraordinary talent for winning people’s favor and reading what they wanted.

But lately, that talent seemed not as good as before.

She couldn’t even get a sense of what Tiya wanted or what would make her happy…

“Huh, kept you waiting.”

Most of all, she had encountered another person like Astiya.

Today too, wearing shabby boy’s clothes and a pressed-down hat, Valentina glanced at her counterpart and answered coldly.

“I wasn’t the one waiting.”

The other person paid no mind and took the seat next to Valentina, then naturally picked up the magic theory book she had been struggling with from the first page.

Then she began turning pages smoothly without hesitation.

‘How does she know I’m coming to the Central Library?’

She hadn’t set specific days, and deliberately changed the times she came.

This suspicious person would appear as if she knew of her visits like a ghost. As if she had been tailing her from the manor.

‘That can’t be.’

She hadn’t told her current residence, let alone her name. Moreover, even her gender changed outside the library.

Then could she possibly be sleeping rough in the library?

With such suspicion, she glanced sideways at the woman.

Name: Seolpyo.

Age: Estimated late teens.

Origin: Estimated North.

Judging by her hair color and appearance, she seemed to be a Northerner or a branch member of the Vladijef Family. Perhaps she came to The Dominion last year and couldn’t return due to the blockade.

Though everything about this suspicious woman was mere speculation, there was exactly one reason she didn’t drive her away.

“This book also has no particular information about Moras.”

It was because she was sharing information about curse magic.

Thud. The woman who closed the book stared directly at Valentina.

She had nothing to feel guilty about. But when their amber eyes met, she unconsciously lowered her gaze and pretended not to care.

The woman tilted her head and asked.

“Is there something on my face?”

“Yes, ugliness is stuck on it.”

“Hmph… this kid.”

The woman’s shoulders drooped. As if genuinely disappointed.

It seemed pathetic how an adult’s true feelings were completely exposed, but on the other hand, that also bothered her for some reason.

‘This is all because she looks so annoyingly familiar.’

Of all things, she resembled Tiya.

Of course, Tiya was prettier.

Her eyes shone sweetly like honey filled with sunlight, and her cheeks were always rosy like ripe peaches.

But whenever she glimpsed Tiya’s shadow in this fake, her pride would get scratched.

That’s why she unconsciously snapped at someone she should be winning over to extract information about curse magic.

“This won’t do. There’s too little information.”

Valentina agreed with that statement too.

Moras mages were extremely rare, and only ordinary materials could be obtained from the Central Library that anyone could access.

The really important information would be hidden away.

‘Perhaps in the Forbidden Zone there would definitely be the information we’re looking for.’

Of course, only Magic Association mages could access it, so Valentina couldn’t enter…

“How about going to the Forbidden Zone, little kitten.”

…this works.

Though she wanted to shout “yes” immediately inside, Valentina composed her expression and played hard to get once.

“I told you not to call me little kitten.”

“Huh, such whining.”

…endure it. To enter the Forbidden Zone, she absolutely needed help from an Association mage. So endure it.

However, Valentina’s shoulders trembled with anger. Then Seolpyo patted her chest as if to say trust only her and spoke reliably.

“The Forbidden Zone is a dangerous place. But don’t be too afraid. I’ll protect the little kitten.”

Ha, really hate this…

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The Forbidden Zone.

It was where the Magic Guild, which called itself the cradle of knowledge, gathered and stored rare and ideologically dangerous books from across the continent.

Among them existed vicious grimoires that had magic embedded in the books themselves, threatening readers.

Because of this, originally only Magic Association mages could enter the Forbidden Zone.

However, the problem began when too many grimoires were brought into the Forbidden Zone.

The mana and magic flowing from the grimoires affected parts of the Forbidden Zone.

As a result, the Forbidden Zone became not an ordinary library, but a labyrinth governed by magical rules.

When physically weak mages went to do some reading and kept disappearing and dying in the Forbidden Zone, the Magic Association finally took drastic measures.

They allowed guardians to protect the mages’ bodies – that is, outsiders to accompany them inside.

Using this loophole, Tiya planned to register Valentina as her guardian and enter the Forbidden Zone together.

Fortunately, registering Valentina as a guardian wasn’t difficult.

She examined the Forbidden Zone’s guide map and easily found that the curse magic section they were looking for was in Zone 7.

Tiya filled out the Forbidden Zone entry application, purchased a beginner exploration set, then took the application to find the Elite Librarian guarding the Forbidden Zone entrance.

The librarian wearing the stylish uniform signifying Elite Librarian status flipped through Tiya’s application with a face worn by fatigue.

“Seolpyo plus 1, destination Basement Level 1, Zone 7. Correct.”

“That’s-“

Before Tiya could finish speaking, the Elite Librarian stamped the documents with a bang.

Then he handed Tiya and Valentina guidebooks with the Forbidden Zone usage rules.

The rules below were created through the hard work of Forbidden Zone Elite Librarians and the sweat, blood, and lives of numerous users.

With gratitude to them, please familiarize yourselves with the following items, or unleash your boundless thirst for knowledge to discover undiscovered rules and become the foundation for new rules.

Valentina casually glanced at the text on the front page, then soon checked the warning messages that followed with a serious expression.

One. Failure to follow Forbidden Zone usage rules may endanger your life.

One. If you encounter people within the Forbidden Zone, we recommend ignoring them. They may not be human. Violating this may endanger your life.

One. Please read all books within the Forbidden Zone. Attempting to take them out carelessly may endanger your life.

With each consecutive instruction ending with a threat to her life, she was a bit confused whether this was providing precautions or making death threats.

She had heard it wasn’t an ordinary library, but it seemed like a more dangerous place than she had thought.

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