Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 93

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 93

‘Me suspecting Winter?’

No way!

Tiya was about to immediately protest when she quickly pressed her hand harder against her mouth.

She almost fell for the demon’s temptation!

The demon’s cheerful yet seductive laughter echoed throughout Tiya’s mind.

In the distance, the end of Zone 6 finally came into view. Tiya glanced back to check if Valentina was following well.

Fortunately, Valentina was keeping up without falling behind, but…

Suddenly the laughter in her head stopped abruptly, followed by an irritated murmur.

-Tsk, that vulgar thing with no sense of aesthetics is ruining my enjoyment.

The voice, now drained of its faint excitement and interest, was chillingly cold enough to send shivers down one’s spine.

After a brief silence.

-5 o’clock direction.

With those words of unknown intent as the last, the demon’s voice vanished without a trace.

‘5 o’clock direction?’

It was when Tiya unconsciously looked toward the direction the demon had indicated.

Whoosh!

She barely dodged something flying straight toward her thigh.

“…?”

Tiya’s head turned to follow what had embedded itself in the floor.

An arrow of light so thin that it didn’t seem very effective at inflicting major wounds.

However, it looked sufficient to rob prey of their mobility and cause enough pain to make them scream involuntarily.

But the light arrows didn’t stop there.

Though the aim was terrible, the shower of arrows pouring down was not something to ignore.

It was a situation where she couldn’t carelessly speak.

Tiya quickly lifted up Valentina who was following behind and carried her like a princess. Instead of screaming, Valentina resisted by grabbing and pulling at Seolpyo’s clothes as if tearing them, but soon gave up and covered her face with both hands.

Tiya’s cheeks puffed up greatly as she swallowed the shouts that wanted to burst from her mouth.

And the next moment, as Tiya stepped inside the safe zone, she burst out with the frustration she had been holding back.

“The rules didn’t mention anything like this!”

They said just don’t talk, but arrow rain!

“…Please put me down.”

Valentina, who had been carried by Tiya the whole time, quietly murmured.

Her voice was so ominous that Tiya unconsciously set her down very carefully.

“S-sorry. Baby kitten. I was in a hurry.”

However, Valentina didn’t even look back at Tiya.

His gaze was directed toward the quiet Zone 6.

“That bastard-“

The moment it seemed like vicious profanity was heard from Valentina.

Rumble.

The wooden floor they stood on began to shake.

Just as Tiya staggered from the vibrations felt from underground, thorn vines instantly grew up, breaking through the library’s wooden floor.

In the blink of an eye, the vines that shot up between Tiya and Valentina stretched across the forbidden book area.

They weren’t simple plants, but moved greedily like carnivorous plants with their own will.

Tiya looked up at the thick thorn vines blocking her path like a castle wall with her mouth agape, then knocked on them.

“B-baby kitten?”

However, no answer came from beyond.

* * *

Beyond the thorn vines.

As soon as Tiya disappeared from view, Valentina’s quietly settled gaze swept over Zone 6.

“Rose.”

The spirit responding to its master’s call was summoned on the spot.

Valentina sprouted the thorn vine seeds he had scattered liberally while running through Zone 6.

The thorn vines spread their tendrils instantly like carnivorous animals on a drive hunt, thoroughly covering Zone 6.

“Capture anything you find.”

Shortly after, the thorn vines that had been spreading like a net according to their master’s command suddenly stopped moving.

Valentina quietly stared at the darkness between the bookshelves.

Then, with a creaking sound of wood twisting, some man with thorn vines wrapped around his ankles was dragged all the way to Valentina.

Though his whole body was scratched by thorns and bleeding profusely, the man was covering his mouth and desperately trying to endure the pain.

When Valentina lightly waved his hand, the thorn vines gripped the man’s ankles and flipped him upside down.

The boundary line separating Zone 6 and the safe zone.

That divided life and death between the man and Valentina.

Valentina stared intently at the man who couldn’t move a muscle in Zone 6.

Damn it, it was a familiar face.

“Hey.”

The terror-stricken man’s eyes widened.

The castaway that Seolpyo had discovered and helped earlier.

Having clearly confirmed that face, Valentina asked with an expressionless face showing no emotion.

“That attack just now, it was you, wasn’t it?”

The man desperately shook his head while covering his mouth.

His expression looked so wronged that if Seolpyo had been nearby, she probably would have been completely fooled and immediately suggested freeing this poor person.

But Valentina showed no sign of wavering.

‘Oh, by the way, missing persons have been occurring frequently on Basement Level 1 lately, so please be careful.’

From the moment the Elite Librarian mentioned castaways, three possibilities had occurred to Valentina.

Either the castaways made stupid mistakes, unexpected new rules for arcane tomes appeared, or they were attacked by fellow humans.

And the moment he met the castaway asking for help.

“If you’re going to lie, at least guard your eyes well. You claimed to be a castaway, but instead of being happy to see people, your gaze immediately went to my companion’s magic staff?”

Valentina became certain of the third hypothesis.

When he discovered Seolpyo, he hadn’t missed the greedy smile that flickered momentarily on the castaway’s face.

He was probably using the rules to neutralize opponents’ force and achieving a creative economy by taking expensive treasures like magic staffs…

“…”

Faced with Valentina’s sharp judgment, the man no longer put on a wronged expression.

Confronted with his anger-filled face, Valentina raised one corner of his mouth crookedly.

“It’s unpleasant when people exploit others’ goodwill, isn’t it? What if that person becomes disappointed in humanity after learning she was deceived by you and decides not to help anyone anymore? Hm?”

The thorn vines gripping the man’s ankles tightened even more.

“The Zone 6 rule was not to make any sounds, wasn’t it? If you endure and bear the pain, I’ll overlook your attempt to attack my companion.”

Crack, crack.

The vines squeezed the man tighter, and just as the man who couldn’t endure it any longer was about to burst out in a scream of pain.

“Baby kitten!”

Thud. The thorn vines stopped moving.

Valentina glanced back once, then tried to regain his composure and torture the man severely-

“Are you in danger right now? You’re not hurt, are you?”

“…”

“Baby kitten!”

Eventually, Valentina let out a deep sigh and rubbed her brow.

“Ha. What kind of mage has such a loud voice.”

He clicked his tongue lightly and spat out a warning toward the man.

“You should know how lucky you are today.”

If he left him hanging in the thorn vines like this, the librarians would find him.

Or if he couldn’t endure the pain and the demon’s temptation and opened his mouth to have his soul stolen, that would be his own doing.

Valentina lightly dusted off his clothes and sent Rose back.

Soon, Valentina’s face as he turned around finally showed a sulky expression befitting his age.

When he gestured lightly, the tangled thorn vines split apart, creating a small path he could pass through.

Valentina, who arrived beyond the vines without a single scratch, spoke irritably to Seolpyo, who was waiting for him restlessly.

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

“You won’t tell me your name to the end, so what choice do I have? Anyway, what was all that about?”

The sudden growth of plants and Valentina disappearing beyond them.

Tiya, who knew all of this was Valentina’s doing after subduing the flower spirit, asked.

Valentina shrugged as if it was nothing.

“How would I know? Must be a new rule or something.”

Tiya’s mouth fell open.

He did it himself! He lied without batting an eye!

Without even changing his expression!

“Well, let’s get going now. Our destination is right in front of us.”

【…I agree with that kid this time too.】

Winter, who had easily surveyed beyond the thorn vines, agreed in a blunt voice.

Only Tiya, who didn’t know what had happened beyond, narrowed her eyes and observed Valentina.

He was definitely hiding something.

‘Winter seems to know something too.’

-Winter Vladijef, are you truly certain that existence is truthful to you?

Suddenly, the demon’s voice seemed to echo in Tiya’s ears again.

Tiya shook her head vigorously to shake off that voice.

Valentina, who was leading the way, looked back at Tiya and asked.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you coming?”

“It’s nothing, wildcat.”

“Wildcat?”

“Yes. You’re not a baby kitten, you’re a wildcat.”

So incredibly prickly.

It wasn’t like Seolpyo, but she couldn’t help her lips pouting.

Thus, the two crossed the Safe Zone and stood in District 7.

District 7.

Do not speak falsehoods.

This place is ruled by the Arcane Tome 【Divine Law】.

The eyes of God see through everything.

Do not speak falsehoods. God’s hammer will judge those who utter lies.

“Don’t tell lies. This rule is as easy as drinking soup while lying down.”

Seolpyo confidently stepped into District 7.

However, Valentina couldn’t rashly move forward.

Don’t tell lies.

For him, there was no rule more terrible and difficult to avoid than this.

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