Tia’s Smooth Life After Regression - Chapter 95

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Tiya’s Smooth Regression Life

Chapter 95

“Constellation Moras’s magic requires not only mana but also a living medium. That medium is the very essence of curse magic.”

While Seolpyo read the contents of the book, Valentina listened intently to the story.

At the same time, a single flower bloomed in his hands, red as if stained with blood.

A forbidden medicinal ingredient called the Oblivion Flower.

Chewing one raw would erase about half a day’s worth of short-term memories.

Of course, it wasn’t permanent memory loss, but it was enough to escape this situation.

“Unlike other magic, even if the curse magic user—that is, a Moras Mage—dies, the magic won’t be broken as long as the medium remains alive.”

Now the problem was how to get Seolpyo to consume this flower.

“Therefore, to break curse magic, one must destroy the medium used in the spell.”

Valentina hid the Oblivion Flower within the pages of his notebook and looked back at Seolpyo.

Her face as she examined the book was dark, as if she were the one under the curse.

“Wildcat, do you know what medium was used?”

He couldn’t lie here and now.

Valentina composed his expression while recalling his memories.

The mage of Rose Castle had carefully tended to all sorts of animals in his room.

He was so devoted that even if a single small rabbit went missing, there would be chaos that very day, mobilizing all the castle’s servants to find the lost animal.

He had thought it was unbecoming behavior.

‘Those animals were the magical mediums, so that’s why he made such a fuss.’

“I have… a guess.”

Valentina deliberately avoided eye contact with Seolpyo and spoke while walking past her.

“That’s enough then. Let’s go back now.”

He had obtained the information he wanted.

Now all that remained was to feed Seolpyo the Oblivion Flower.

Brewing it as tea would be most effective, but unfortunately, that wasn’t a method he could use right now.

No matter how much he wracked his brain, he couldn’t think of a natural excuse to make her consume the flower.

The only method was to use force.

He had already figured out that while magic couldn’t be used in the Safe Zone, spirit arts based on magical power could be used.

Moreover, there were no witnesses.

So just like when he dealt with the attacker earlier, restraining Seolpyo wouldn’t be too difficult either.

‘In the end, there’s no difference between that man and me.’

It was when Valentina, wearing a bitter smile, had just left District 7 and stepped into the Safe Zone.

Seolpyo, who was still lingering in District 7, said to him.

“I’ll help you destroy the medium.”

“…”

No bell rang.

He knew Seolpyo’s words were sincere, but—

“It’s fine. Don’t worry about it anymore.”

Valentina refused her help.

Seolpyo knew too much about him.

He knew she wanted to help him without any conditions.

If he explained his entire situation, she might set everything aside and step forward to help him.

However, what held Valentina back wasn’t just distrust of others.

The suspicion that trusting and relying on others would ultimately lead to ruin weighed heavily on his chest.

To him, trust was no different from placing his heart in another’s hands.

In the end, after those words, Valentina didn’t say another word.

As they retraced their steps, Valentina thought only of making Seolpyo lose her memories.

There were several opportunities.

Seolpyo trusted him completely. Even so, he couldn’t readily take action.

And finally, when they arrived at the stone gate, the only exit and entrance to the Forbidden Zone.

What Valentina chose wasn’t to bind the defenseless-looking Seolpyo with thorn vines.

Still clutching the Oblivion Flower until that moment, Valentina impulsively opened his mouth.

“…I have a favor to ask before we leave.”

“A favor?”

It was a word Valentina had never once uttered before.

Even while preparing to sprout thorn vines at any moment, he didn’t stop speaking.

The hand holding out the Oblivion Flower trembled slightly.

“This is called an Oblivion Flower that makes memories of roughly half a day hazy. I’d like you to… eat this.”

Seolpyo looked at the flower Valentina held out with a dumbfounded expression.

“That’s your favor?”

“…Yes. I want you to forget that I’m under a curse, and that I’m going to eliminate the medium to break the curse.”

He was aware he was doing something foolish.

Yet he couldn’t stop speaking… because of the guilt of not wanting to deceive this person.

The woman’s gaze stretched straight toward him, as if piercing through his inner thoughts.

Sunset-colored eyes that held no malice whatsoever.

The reflection of himself in those eyes looked so shabby and ugly that he ended up averting his gaze.

And then.

“Alright. I’ll do that.”

Acceptance came.

Seolpyo took the flower from his hand with surprising ease.

Before she put it in her mouth, Valentina asked what he thought was a foolish question.

“How can you trust people like that? Aren’t you afraid of being betrayed?”

At those words, Seolpyo frowned briefly. As if a bomb had exploded right next to her ear.

Rubbing her ear and staring into empty space, she answered.

“I can punish the betrayer after being betrayed. If you worry about such things in advance, you won’t be able to make a single friend.”

Then Seolpyo put the flower in her mouth and chewed without hesitation.

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“Ugh, I feel so drowsy…”

【I told you so many times not to.】

Winter clicked his tongue from the side.

Winter’s nagging seemed to float around inside her skull, echoing everywhere.

Tiya sprawled on the Central Library bench, blinking her heavy eyelids while glancing at the massive stone gate of the Forbidden Zone.

The heavy sound of the massive stone gate slamming shut behind her.

She remembered up to meeting the castaway when they reached District 6 after passing through District 1.

‘So did I save the castaway…?’

After that, she had just blinked once, and before she knew it, she had exited the Forbidden Zone.

If she carefully retraced her memories, something might come to mind.

Tiya shook her dizzy head roughly and asked.

“So I’ve already finished exploring the Forbidden Zone?”

【Yes.】

“And Valentina got what he wanted?”

【…Yes.】

“Then that’s fine.”

According to Winter, who had watched the entire situation, her identity hadn’t been discovered either, so it was a happy ending for everyone.

Tiya triumphantly raised her upper body and stretched.

Though her whole body felt languid, her mood was refreshed.

Just before parting with Valentina.

‘…Thank you for helping me.’

A single sentence heard from Valentina, who had her hat pulled down low.

Just that alone made Tiya feel as if she had been compensated for all the hardships she couldn’t even remember.

‘If you need my help again next time, just say so anytime, little kitten!’

At those words, Valentina let out a small laugh. Tiya somehow thought that smile looked a little bitter.

A moment later, Valentina added in a very small voice.

‘…It’s Valentin, my name.’

Valentina’s name, heard directly for the first time in months.

With those words as the last, Valentina disappeared into the crowd without looking back.

“Since she’s disguised as a man, it’s Valentin instead of Valentina.”

【Valentin Dantal….】

Winter muttered in a meaningful voice. She had heard that name before.

In the past she remembered, it was the name of the Thorn King.

She couldn’t know why Valentina had told Tiya that name.

However, this made it certain.

‘She’s made that fox owe her a debt of gratitude.’

Having someone who would become a big shot in the future owe her a debt was certainly a good thing.

However, if there was one concern, it was that she couldn’t know his whereabouts after he left Vladijef Manor and returned to the South.

If Lev Vladijef hatched the frost spirit’s egg as Tiya hoped, Valentina’s return to the South would be delayed even further.

While Winter pondered how this variable would affect things later, Tiya headed to the Librarian Department’s Forbidden Zone section at the Central Library Branch.

It was to convey to the library the information written on the paper she had been clutching tightly even while she had lost her memory.

-There is an unidentified man in Zone 6. He knows the whereabouts of the castaways.

-Zone 6 has become completely covered with thorn vines, so inform the librarians.

The crooked handwriting was Tiya’s own.

When Tiya reported the new information, the Elite Librarians moved quickly.

“We need to hear detailed information, so please wait here for a moment.”

She couldn’t remember the detailed information the librarians wanted to hear, but with Winter there, it would work out somehow.

As Tiya sat obediently waiting as instructed, her gaze fell on a certain document on the desk.

The document listed the names of people who had discovered new precepts in the Forbidden Zone.

It was perfect timing since she had been bored.

Tiya’s gaze, which had been scanning through the list, suddenly stopped at a certain point.

Wondering if she had seen wrong, she rubbed her eyes, but the name written on the list didn’t change.

Zone 128. Unexplored Zone exploration complete.

Precept discoverer. Shurkha Vladijef.

Without a doubt, it was Father’s name.

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