Retrieving Mountain Lion after a restoration using Time Machine

Hello,
I've a little issue I would like to submit to all wise mac users...
I restored my mbp, delivered with Mountain Lion, using a Time machine save but it ended up replacing it with Lion (Which I was using when I did the save). Is there any solution to get Mountain Lion back or do I have to purchase it from App store ?
Thanks a lot to whoever has an answer, and sorry if my english is not so good (French... ).
Oh and btw, I searched before asking and didn't find anything, but if I missed the answer I'd be glad to be pointed to it.

Boot into Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, follow the prompts to reinstall the OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.

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