Bullied but Popular

24 – Please visit the hospital

“Ummm…”

Aren opened his eyes in bed and looked at the ceiling he had never seen before.

“Where are you?”

“Woke up?”

“uh?”

Aren stood up in a drowsy state and looked at the place where the voice was heard. Frey was looking at Aren with a pretty smile.

“Senior Frey?”

“sister.”

“Sister Frey.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Where are you?”

“national medical center.”

Aren looked around for a moment and nodded.

Still nothing.

“Could you please explain the situation?”

“Once the assassin is dead.”

Having said that, Frey suddenly laughed and added,

“With the mountain.”

“… mountain?”

Aren thought for a moment about the situation at that time.

‘Come to think of it, I did give strength to the final blow.’

I didn’t know it would split a mountain…

While Aren was lost in his thoughts, Frey kept talking to him while talking about what was so good.

“My younger brother is amazing~ I went to see the mountain myself, but I wasn’t sure if I could do it too~”

“… Wouldn’t it be possible if my sister didn’t cut but smashed?”

“Okay~ And sister.”

“……”

It doesn’t work well to change the name subtly.

Frey continued his explanation.

“Anyway, you and Aaron passed out immediately after that~ A first year student named Lirina was treating you guys.”

“Ah, is Lirina all right?”

“Yeah, you didn’t have any injuries?”

Relieved by Frey’s words, I laid back on the bed and covered myself with the blanket.

Frey stared at him and asked.

“My younger brother is so kind~ He worries about the safety of such a nuisance~”

“No, well… First of all, it’s the same team.”

“Really? Is that really all?”

“What else is there?”

“He said he was pretty~ I wondered if it was a relationship like that.”

“I saw you for the first time yesterday.”

“Um~ yeah? Oh, and you slept for three days.”

“… 3 days?”

“Yeah three days.”

Aren was mesmerized by Frey’s words for a moment.

‘Did the damage accumulate that much?’

I certainly did shed a lot of blood, so it wouldn’t be strange to sleep for the rest of my life instead of three days.

While Aren was lost in thought, he heard a knock at the hospital door.

smart

When Frey heard that, he frowned slightly as if he didn’t like something.

“Looks like you’re here again.”

“Who’s coming?”

“Lirina.”

drooling

As Frey finished speaking, the hospital room door opened and Lirina appeared.

“Aren is awake!”

“Hello, Lirina.”

Lirina made a happy expression when she saw Aren waking up, but when she saw Frey sitting in a chair, she quickly managed her expression and lowered her head.

“Hello Princess.”

“Yeah~”

Frey gave a rough greeting and stood up from his seat.

“Aren, I’ll be on my way.”

“Yes, thank you for your visit.”

“Thank you, isn’t that what you say to your sister?”

Frey stroked Aren’s head once and left the hospital room.

When she leaves, this time Lirina approaches Aren and says,

“Aren, are you okay?”

“Yes, I heard that Lirina gave first aid. Thanks to her, I was saved.”

“… No, I was the cause after arguing…”

Lirina slurred her words and put on a gloomy expression.

They feel guilty that they almost killed unrelated people because of them.

Looking at her, Aren smiled and said.

“It’s not Lirina’s fault, so don’t worry about it.”

“No, this is my fault. Without me,,,”

“There is no end to each of those things. And the assassin tried to kill us anyway.”

“……”

Lirina stayed silent instead of answering.

No matter how much Aren comforted her, it was of no use to her now.

Looking at her like that for a moment, Aren, who was lost in thought, asked insinuatingly.

“What happened to Aaron by any chance?”

“Oh, he woke up yesterday.”

“Have you met him?”

“… take a minute to apologize…”

“What did you say?”

“……”

After a moment of silence, she spoke cautiously.

“That… bullsh*t… stop it…”

“Poop!”

Hearing Lirina’s story, Aren couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“hehehe sure is like Aaron.”

“……”

“Aaron and I don’t blame you, so you don’t have to feel too guilty.”

“…how could that be?”

“yes?”

When Lilina suddenly made a strange noise, Aren was confused and asked again.

However, Lirina continued with a serious face.

“Aaron and you are both strange.”

“What?”

“Others were scared and couldn’t move. How can you fight against such a strong person in a situation where you could die?”

“……”

Aren listened to Lirina without saying a word.

Lilina also continued to speak as if the words were not finished while looking at Aren.

“Not only that, but if something like that happened to me, you might say at least one voice of resentment to me, but how can you calmly pass it over?”

To Lirina, Aren and Aaron looked so dazzling.

Unlike himself, who kept running away from the threat of death, these two fought to the death and overcame it wonderfully.

‘These people are strong!’

I’m not talking about material strength, but pure strength!

Aren and Aaron had what Lilina had been longing for and seeking.

“How can you be so strong?”

Lirina looked into Aren’s eyes and asked the same question again.

‘I shouldn’t have answered this hastily…’

Depending on how Aren answers Lirina’s question, the crossroads of his life will change.

Even considering her life, I couldn’t give a quick answer.

After thinking for a while, Aren said to Lirina.

“Aaron, I don’t know, but if it’s my opinion, I can tell you.”

“I will listen.”

“… I also ran away at first.”

“…!”

Lirina put on a look of disbelief at Aren’s first words.

‘Who is this strong?’

Aren is strong.

Didn’t you see with your own eyes that the mountain was split with a single sword?

Whatever Lirina’s reaction, Aren continued.

“Of course I was afraid of fighting, so there were times when I kept running away. But things don’t go your way, do you?”

Lirina, who was listening to Aren’s story, nodded involuntarily.

It was like listening to one’s own story.

“There is a situation that can’t be helped, so I forced myself to fight, but it’s not easy. It’s scary, but how do I fight…”

What Aren is talking about now is about a man in a dream.

It wasn’t something that Aren actually experienced, but because he was assimilated to a man, he remembered it vividly as if it were his own.

“At that time, I was scared and couldn’t move, but I saw my friend’s figure.”

“A friend?”

“Yeah, he was a great guy. He was strong on weak subjects.”

“Weak but strong?”

“yes.”

The friend he saw in his dream was a man with a remarkably low mana ability.

There was no mana ability or special ability like Aren, and there was only trash around him trying to eat him instead of helping him.

Nevertheless, the man does not give up on becoming a hunter and rises step by step from the bottom to become a professional hunter later.

Pure strength was no different from the current Aren, but the man eventually achieves his dream with only two things: skill and hard work, and sits in the position of a strong man recognized by everyone.

“I felt a lot of things when I saw that friend. Ah, talent is important, but hard work is more important.”

“okay.”

“Still, there was something I didn’t understand.”

“What is it?”

“How can I fight?”

At Aren’s words, Lirina immediately understood what he meant.

It wasn’t about ‘how to fight’, it was about how to fight without fear.

The answer that Lirina herself wants to know the most.

Aren said…

“But nothing happened.”

“… yes?”

When Lirina’s expression was slightly dazed by the sudden words, Aren smiled and said,

“My friend told me to bluff when it’s unavoidable.”

“… yes?”

When he responded that he was also not sure, Aren continued to explain further.

“For example, when I met a strong man, I thought to myself, ‘Isn’t that kid actually weak?

“ah…”

“I reacted like Lirina at first.”

“… How was it?”

“It worked.”

Even after that, Aren told Lirina about his experiences.

But mostly, it was just strange advice to move or bluff and put into action.

Lirina began to ponder for a while as she listened to Aren’s words.

If what Aren said is true, he was weak at first like himself, but he became strong after receiving that advice.

‘But I wonder if that’s the case…’

Lirina was not confident.

Aren might be able to do it, but wouldn’t he be able to?

Having been running from bullying and assassination all her life, she didn’t feel confident.

Negative thoughts did not leave my head.

Looking at Lirina like that, Aren said.

“I know what Lirina is thinking.”

“……”

“Because I did too.”

“ah.”

Aren said with a small smile.

“It’s important not to think negative thoughts first.”

“negative thought…”

“Yes, no matter what the circumstances, just don’t think negatively.”

“… bravado and negativity…”

“Yes, I’m not saying that you need to be courageous. First, prepare yourself to be confident. It’s good to practice magic, prepare a secret weapon, or, oh, poison is fine, take something that can instantly kill your opponent with just one drop. Wouldn’t it make you feel a bit more confident?”

“…surely that’s a bit self-confident.”

As I listened to Aren’s words, my thoughts changed a bit.

When Lirina listened earnestly, Aren nodded and said:

“That’s about all I can say right now.”

After thinking for a while, Lirina bowed her head to Aren.

“Thank you for being serious.”

“What, I hope this helps.”

Aren, who had finished his story warmly for a while, said as if he had suddenly remembered.

“Ah! Come to think of it, I forgot to introduce Lirina to Frey’s sister.”

“Oh no, that’s enough now.”

“yes?”

When Aren was puzzled, Lilina said with embarrassment.

“Actually, we ran into each other a few times while visiting the hospital.”

“Then, did you become a disciple of Frey’s sister?”

“… No, he didn’t like me.”

“… ah.”

As soon as he heard Lirina’s story, he was struggling to come up with a reason for Frey to hate her, but Lirina changed the subject first.

“Is Aren popular?”

“Am I?”

“Yes, Mr. Frey and two female students from the Management Department came to visit.”

‘Two girls?’

Again, Aren had no friends.

I had no female friends or male friends.

So Aren, who was desperately trying to find a hidden friend, asked Lirina when someone unexpectedly found out.

“Senior Cecilia?”

“yes that’s right.”

“Then how about the other one?”

“A man named T-I is here.”

“Ahh.”

‘It looks like the sisters came together.’

Aren, finally convinced, lowered his head with a sullen expression.

While reiterating that he wasn’t disappointed because his expectation of ‘Is there a female student who has a crush on him?’

While Aren was sullen, Lirina was getting up from her seat, perhaps thinking of going back.

“I’ll go see you today.”

“Ah, thank you for visiting Lirina.”

“No, thank you very much.”

Lirina left the hospital room with a charming smile and saying that she would come again.