Bullied but Popular

27 – Dungeon

“Good.”

“uh?”

“It’s better to say this as soon as possible, then I can say it.”

“…are you okay?”

Tia was concerned about the reaction of Aren’s family, but Aren spoke calmly.

“Rather, it would be better for you and me to talk together?

“… is it?”

Could it be because Aren reacted too calmly?

Aren continued to speak when Tia was feeling uneasy about something.

“Oh, but I can’t go right away.”

“why?”

“I have an appointment. I’ll stop by somewhere else, so I’ll go separately.”

The moment Tia tilted her head at Aren’s words.

drooling

“Your sister is here!”

“… sister?”

“sister!”

Frey suddenly appeared and walked confidently, correcting the title Aren called him.

“Oh my my brother is very popular~ Three beautiful women!?”

“……”

‘Sister Frey?’

‘Brother?’

While Aren couldn’t adjust to Frey’s sudden appearance, Tia and Anna paid attention to Frey’s remarks.

This is the first time they have seen Aren and Frey conversing in this way.

Tia said, a little taken aback.

“P-What’s up Frey sister?”

“Huh? Of course it’s my little brother’s visit~”

“…my brother?”

“Yes! My brother!”

Tia and Anna looked at Aren with stunned expressions at Frey’s confident statement.

But Aren didn’t have anything to say, so he looked away and said to Frey.

“Your sister is here again.”

“Hmm? It gives off a nuance of why you came here~?”

“No, thank you for coming.”

Aren and Frey are having a playful conversation when Cecilia interrupts.

“Why is Frey the older sister and I the senior?”

“… yes?”

“Puha!”

This time, he couldn’t adapt to Cecilia’s sudden remark, but Frey started laughing madly to himself at what was so funny.

“Kyahahahaha! What the hell~ Our Lia isn’t so cute these days!”

“Prey loud.”

“Yes! Yes! I will laugh quietly!”

Frey covered her mouth with both hands.

“Pufufufufufufufu!”

“……”

“……”

Frey laughed viciously, but Cecilia didn’t care and glared at Aren.

‘Could that have made you feel bad?’

He knew that Cecilia was different from other girls, but this time he hadn’t guessed.

I never thought the title of older sister would be this important.

Aren cleared his throat for a moment and then said:

“It’s not that I was discriminated against, it’s that I’m not used to it.”

“Fray called her sister.”

“I’ll take care of you, sister.”

“huh.”

Tia and Anna, who had been listening to Aren and Cecilia’s conversation, were still looking at them with stunned expressions, as if they couldn’t grasp the situation.

‘What’s the situation?’

‘Sister to the princess and Cecilia?’

Whether the two were surprised or not, Aren looked at Tia and said.

“Let’s do that anyway.”

“Huh?… Uh huh.”

Tia was embarrassed to answer, but Frey interrupted.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s no big deal.”

“Uh, how dare you bully your sister?”

“You don’t have to know Frey.”

“Huh, do you hate only me again? Why is Leah only cold towards me?”

Tia, who had been listening to the conversation between the three for a while, spoke.

“Are the three of you very close?”

“Sure! My sister and my best friend!”

“huh.”

“… uh.”

When Frey and Cecilia answered without hesitation, Aren also answered somehow.

Tia, who looked at the three with an uncomfortable expression, asked.

“Since when did you become friends?”

“Um~ since when~”

“More than that.”

Frey was about to say something when Aren interrupted.

I thought that Frey would really say something.

“I’m sorry I came to visit you, but I have to go home today.”

“Why? Did I just come?”

“You’re late.”

Aren said looking out the darkened window.

It was already evening when they arrived.

“Ah~ It’s okay! I’m a princess.”

“Do you use your power for this?”

“Then~ use it like this… Oh, that’s right!”

Frey stopped talking and shouted as if he remembered something.

“Actually, I came today because I have something to say.”

“What is it?”

When Aren asked, Frey shouted with a flushed face.

“It’s my birthday soon!”

“……”

“And I’m going to have my birthday party and the youngest archmage celebration party together!”

“……”

“I’ll send an invitation, so people here must come! I’m looking forward to the gift!”

“……”

Frey smiles and looks at Aren.

‘Well, even though he’s the youngest, there’s no way he’ll just pass by…’

Frey’s level is a 7th Circle Archmage.

I usually forget it because of her atmosphere, but this was really ridiculous.

Of course, this news will spread abroad as well.

‘Looks like the party will be huge… Can I go?’

Aren’s family were barons of the frontier.

Even if Aren didn’t have to go, there would be many people.

I don’t even know what to give as a gift in the first place.

“When is your birthday?”

“About a month left! There’s plenty of time, so it should be easy to choose a present! Right?”

Proudly ask for a present on your birthday.

‘I don’t want to move during vacation… Besides, I don’t like to go…’

Aren had a thought in his heart that he did not want to go, but he did not do anything stupid to reveal it with his expression.

“Even if you don’t want to come, you have to come!”

‘Do archmages read minds these days?’

Frey emphasizes it again, looking around at the others.

“I’m expecting a present!”

“huh.”

“I’m going to go…”

“yes.”

When Frey proudly announced, the other three nodded in dismay.

“Okay, so go back now.”

“Eh~ Really?”

“Yes, really.”

Aren said with a serious face.

“If we gather at this late hour, there may be another strange rumor. Please go inside today.”

“What if there are rumors?”

“…Are you taking the rumors lightly?”

After Aren issued several more celebratory orders, Frey was forced to return.

“Eh, yes, it’s late at night, so my brother and sister must be very nervous to be together, right?”

“What is it?”

“Let’s go guys! Aren is nervous because of us.”

“huh.”

When Cecilia affirmed Frey’s words, Aren said with a serious face.

“Everyone get out.”

“Poop.”

“Kick.”

Tia and Anna burst into laughter when they heard Aren’s voice.

“Then we’ll leave too.”

“Okay, thank you for coming.”

Tia spoke as the representative, and the others said goodbye and went back to their dorms.

Looking at the hospital room, which became quiet in an instant, Aren let out a breath.

“Whoa… I was nervous.”

It wasn’t Aren’s fault.

It was a mistake to have too many beauties.

***

4 weeks later.

“Now take it.”

“… What is this?”

“Homework.”

When Aren entered the principal’s office after being called by Tristan, his face hardened as he looked at the assignments piled up in front of him.

“Isn’t that a little too much?”

“It’s good that vacation started today.”

Tristan calmly responded.

As he said, today was Borage’s vacation.

Originally, the summer vacation would be a little later, but it was decided that the current academy would take a vacation a little earlier due to various circumstances, such as whether an assassin or a great wizard would come out.

Of course, early vacation is good for Aren, but the homework in front of him was a completely different matter.

“Anyway, there are too many of them.”

“It’s because you missed too many classes.”

“I didn’t fall out because I wanted to fall out, I was hospitalized.”

“That doesn’t matter, it doesn’t make sense that a guy named my student is inferior to other students.”

Tristan looked at Aren with a determined gaze.

Aren couldn’t help but feel depressed in the atmosphere that he would never back down.

‘The vacation will end after I do my homework.’

While Aren was muttering inwardly, Tristan continued.

“Although you’ve made it public that you’re my disciple, you still shouldn’t relax, there will definitely be guys who are targeting you.”

“All right.”

In the past few weeks, rumors that Aren had become Tristan’s personal disciple were quickly spreading among the nobility.

It is a rumor that Tristan deliberately spread to protect Aren, but there must still be aristocrats or secret organizations targeting Aren.

Because High Humans are that rare.

“And this is a secret book that contains my practice methods.”

“Seniority law?”

When Tristan held out a book, Aren took the book and stared at him blankly.

“Yes, not only swordsmanship, but various martial arts are written down, so during the vacation period, learn at least two techniques.”

“… thank you.”

Tristan said calmly, but just by looking at the cover, you could tell that this secret book was not such a light thing.

The cover was tattered from being touched too much, and each piece of paper had traces of time.

said Tristan.

“Thank you, you’re my disciple, so I don’t have to be very polite. You should do the same when you become a disciple.”

“All right.”

“Okay, finally…”

Tristan paused for a moment before speaking.

“I’m thinking of attaching someone to you.”

“… yes?”

Confused by the sudden words, Tristan continued.

“Isn’t it so surprising, you are in a more dangerous situation than you thought.”

“No, but that’s a bit…”

“Don’t worry, you know me well.”

‘Who knows better?’

While Aren was in doubt, Tristan issued a congratulatory order.

“Stop going out.”

“yes?”

“Let’s go.”

“No, you have to tell me who the escort is.”

“I’m busy right now, so I’ll visit you later. Stop and go.”

Tristan said that and left the principal’s office.

‘You must have been really busy.’

Aren felt grateful to Principal Tristan for taking care of him despite his busy schedule and left the principal’s office with his homework.

‘It’s finally a dungeon!’

***

In front of the eastern gate of Kuzen City.

“… you bastard.”

“……”

Tail was glaring at Aren with deadly eyes.

The cause is the two women behind Aren.

“… hi.”

“……”

Tia greeted Tail on behalf of the timid Aren, and Cecilia stood still with an expressionless expression.

Either that or not, Tails was glaring at Aren as if he were going to kill him.

“…explain it convincingly.”

“… that’s what you mean…”

Aren read the correspondence from the Cloud family and decided to go separately later.

The reason was because of the promise to explore the dungeon with Tail.

You can’t go to the dungeon if you ride Cloud’s carriage, so I told Tia to go first, but the problem was Cecilia.

‘I didn’t call a carriage?’

‘huh.’

‘why?’

‘Should I go with you?’

‘……’

‘……?’

Conversation between Aren and Cecilia an hour ago.

After hearing Aren’s words from Tia, Cecilia told Cloudga that there was no need to send a carriage.

Thanks to this, there was no carriage to ride to Tia, and in the end, Cecilia, who was chasing after Aren, came all the way here.

“… I told him to explain to me.”

“No, I’m sorry. And you brought one too!”

When Aren shouted at the woman wearing a longbow behind Tail, Tail approached one step at a time.

“I don’t care about her, I brought her. You are a breach of contract.”

“No, listen to me!”

As if Aren’s excuses didn’t work, Tails approached with heavy steps, and he backed away and distanced himself.

Then Cecilia stepped forward as if protecting Aren.

chuck

“……”

“……”

oh oh oh

The two of them stare at each other silently, but it’s not quiet enough to live.

‘Ah… things are getting bigger.’

Aren saw the atmosphere of the two and rushed out.

“Hey, are you that confident?”

“…What kind of bullsh*t are you talking about all of a sudden?”

When Tale looked away from Cecilia, Aren didn’t miss that moment and spoke urgently.

“Honestly, it might be difficult for you and me and those three girls. You’re not sure either!”

“……”

I couldn’t directly talk about the dungeon in a place like this, but this was enough.

Certainly, a dungeon raid could take at least a day to a week.

Maybe he could end his life in a dungeon.

It was a place where even Tails and Aren could never be careless.

“… Whoa.”

After thinking about it for a while, Tail seemed to finally give up and said, glaring at Aren.

“Lead ahead.”

“yes.”

Aren immediately obeyed Teil’s words and hurriedly moved on.

‘I almost died…’

Aren is relieved inwardly, but suddenly Tia, who has been watching the situation, says.

“But where is the atmosphere so serious to go?”

oh oh oh

As soon as Tia’s words were finished, Tail’s life again aimed at Aren, and Aren hurriedly broke into a cold sweat.

‘Oh really!’