Bullied but Popular

7 – Aren vs Yubar

“How long are you going to watch?”

Tail always wakes up early in the morning and practices in the gymnasium dedicated to 1st graders.

Tail, who was training as usual, spoke first because Aren was staring at him.

“I’m just curious what kind of training you do.”

“…You talk so well with those eyes.”

Aren was now using the shore.

Aren, who had been hiding his gift, was using the shore to his heart’s content as if it didn’t matter in front of Tail.

‘That’s High Human…”

It was also the first time seeing Tails in person.

There was nothing I knew except that he was the owner of a rare ability that was rumored to be one in several decades.

‘If I see him, there will be an uproar.’

When the mysterious eyes that seemed to embrace the sea looked at him, Tail couldn’t concentrate on training and said,

“I don’t know what kind of ability it is, but why don’t you just stick around and stay still?”

“Nope.”

“Then go away.”

“Hey, what’s going on between us~”

“……”

The reason Aren uses the shore in front of Tayal is because he made a contract with Tayal.

Instead of revealing that Aren is a High Human and asking Tail to keep this a secret, he decided to hand over the information about the dungeon he knew.

At first glance, it seems like a losing deal for Aren, but it’s not necessarily so when you look at Aren’s coastal abilities.

Every time Tail trains, if Aren peeks over to the shore, you can see his mana practice with your own eyes.

Of course, since the only information to be handed over to Tail was the dungeon information, Tail did not yet know about Aren’s ability.

“But is that information true?”

“If it’s a lie, I won’t show you my gift.”

“Well, if it’s false, just chase it to the end and kill it.”

“… Please.”

Aren watched Tail’s training with an absurd expression.

Tail, who had been concentrating on training for a while, suddenly looked curious at Aren and said,

“But it seems like nothing’s wrong.”

“what?”

“I heard the rumors about you.”

Rumors of Aren were being spread intentionally by Aaron.

The halo of the marquis was so great, it hadn’t even been a few days since he entered the school, but not only Class A, but all first-year classes were burning hotly with rumors about Aren.

The contents were all nonsense, such as that Aren was still chasing Tia, or that he was harassing a woman with an occupant, or that he was not an aristocrat but a commoner who came in with the support of a high-ranking aristocrat.

It was like a warning from Aaron to first-year students.

The guy approaching Tia Cloud was like a notice that he would make him look like Aren.

“He was really crazy. To be honest, I was very surprised.”

“I think it’s already too late, but try not to touch his temper as much as possible. As far as I know, Aaron isn’t just that far.

“barely?”

“I heard that he killed a death row inmate himself when he was 13 years old.”

“hahahaha?”

“Even after that, I heard that it was a daily routine to beat the servants or slaves in the family that I didn’t like.”

“Wow.”

Tail looked at Aren who exclaimed with admiration.

Everything he is saying is true, and Aren, who is listening to this story, is the one who was captured by Aaron.

Far from being afraid of him, he was only exclaiming as if he was really surprised, so it looked amazing.

“You are a strange fellow.”

“What do you mean all of a sudden?”

“I just said it because your reaction was so calm. If the other guys were in the same situation as you, they wouldn’t have reacted like you.”

“……”

Aren hardened his impression for a moment at Teil’s words and seriously thought about it.

“It’s definitely changing his personality.”

After waking up to Gift and having that strange dream, Aren’s lively personality gradually changed into a calm one.

There seemed to be no major problem with his personality, but Aren, who had not yet adapted to his changes, felt uncomfortable with himself.

‘no. I can’t think deeply.’

Aren tried to shake off his negative thoughts and said to Tail.

“But what about the artifact I was talking about?”

“ah…”

“why?”

“I got it yesterday.”

“What? But why not give it to me?”

“It’s not that important, I forgot.”

“… Why are you so confident?”

Aren was dumbfounded and moved to his dormitory.

“Where did you leave it?”

“Under my bed.”

Aren asked Tail to prepare an artifact.

It’s not a fancy item, but an ordinary artifact used in everyday life, popular with women who change the color of their eyes.

“It’s only 2 gold for color lenses…”

Unfortunately, Aren had no ties to the Department of Engineering, so he asked Tail instead, but when he tried to refuse, saying it was annoying, he even took care of the fee.

“I’m pissed off, but I can’t help it. I need to quickly make friends in the Engineering Department…”

Aren grumbled and entered the dormitory.

As soon as I entered the room, I took out a small black box from under Tail’s bed.

“Is this an artifact?”

When I opened the box, there was a black earring inside.

It doesn’t have a particularly great pattern on its back, and it just looks like a round button.

Aren immediately put on the earrings and stood in front of a mirror.

“Oh! I really can’t see the shore!”

Aren’s eyes in the mirror were a normal brown.

“Now I’m going to have a taste for living.”

Aren smiled at himself in the mirror and left the dormitory to start a new day.

***

“Today, we will practice sparring.”

Byron stood in the middle of the gymnasium and said while looking at Class A lined up.

“As you all know, there is a corporal punishment for expulsion from Bollywood Academy.”

More than 1,000 new students enter Bolridge Academy each year.

The reason for this excessive selection was the expulsion corporal punishment system.

This system in which students compete and only those who survive rise to the top was one of the reasons why Borage was ranked among the top academies in the kingdom.

Of course, this was possible because of the high level of education and facilities that could handle the risk.

“Today’s real-life sparring will be graded by the professors. If you show poor sparring, you will not survive this year and will be expelled, so bear that in mind.”

As soon as Professor Byron finished speaking, the students began to murmur.

“Wow, I can feel that I’m finally here in Bolridge.”

“Did you get scared?”

“Yeah, honestly, I’m nervous, so let’s fight with me.”

“why?”

“If possible, I should fight someone who can win for sure.”

“What? This killfish!”

“Come on, you little fish. I’ll expel you.”

As the students’ murmur intensified, Professor Byron drew attention with a loud voice.

“The opponents will be decided by drawing lots! Let’s come forward one by one!”

An assistant professor stepped forward and the students lined up in front of him.

“How many times is Tia?”

Carol checked her number and asked Tia.

“no. 1.”

“No. 1? It’s starting from the beginning.”

“What about you, Carol?”

“I’m number 7, Luke and you?”

“I’m… No. 8. Whoa.”

Tia laughed at Luke’s reaction.

“Are you afraid that you might end up playing Luke Carr?”

“I’m scared!? I thought I’d stick with Kara after a long time, but it’s a pity~”

“Really? But it’s a relief. There’s no way Luke will win if we fight Carol.”

Tia giggled as Luke pretended to be sick with the heavy facts.

At that time, a laugh louder than Tia’s voice was heard.

“Puhahahaha!!”

“What is that guy?”

Tia frowned and looked at Yubar, who was bursting into mad laughter in front of Aren.

“no way…’

Carol blurted out her words as if she had a premonition.

And as if Carol’s premonition was correct, Yubaru fluttered.

“Hey~ I guess you and I are meant to be. Huh? Hey~ Don’t be too heartbroken, I’ll take care of you until I die.

“…was that bastard Yubar caught?”

Luke said in a dumbfounded way.

Tia pondered for a moment whether it was okay to switch her number with Aren and step on that bastard, then turned her gaze to Carol.

“Is Carol surprisingly calm?”

“huh?”

“I knew you would worry about Aren.”

“Ah~ no Dalian can’t be helped. If we lose here, Aren would be better off expelled.”

Tia was of the same opinion.

This is Bollywood Academy.

If you keep getting beaten up by a guy like Yubar, Aren will be expelled before he graduates anyway.

“If you unplug all the power, come out once!”

Professor Byron’s Maletia stepped forward.

“I’ll be back.”

“Yes, do your best.”

“Don’t lose your guard!”

“Luke, do you think I am you?”

Tia stepped out with a confident step.

***

‘I’m going crazy.”

Yubar could not hold back his laughter even while watching the students fight in real combat.

It was because of the result of drawing lots.

‘Ah, that’s a bit unfortunate. I’ve been quite fond of it, but I have to expel him.’

Yubar laughed evilly and was thinking of a way to expel Aren.

In this real-life match, losing once did not mean being expelled right away.

It was to be penalized.

However, it was not that there was no way to expel him.

This is because this Dalian is a ‘real battle’ Dalian.

‘It would be enough if I cut off one arm or leg.’

In the past, there was an incident where an opponent’s body part was cut off during real-life sparring.

Most of those students could not overcome the memory of that time and were expelled or dropped out due to penalty points.

He is the so-called Jinx.

‘hehehe, my turn won’t come soon.’

While Yubar was wasting his time thinking about it, his turn finally came.

“Forward 15.”

“Come~!”

As if Yubar couldn’t wait, he rushed to the center of the arena.

On the other side, Aren was walking, but in Yubar’s eyes, Aren seemed frightened and was walking slowly.

“Hey, come quickly. I’m looking after you a lot~.”

“……”

Aren looked at Yubar without answering.

Then Professor Byron’s voice came.

“As you both know, this sparring is a real combat sparring using real weapons. Accidents that occur during sparring cannot be questioned by the opponent, and such information is written in the application form, and you have agreed to this and entered the Volage. Agree do?”

“yes.”

“Yeah.”

“… preparation.”

The two of Professor Byron’s signal pulled out their swords and stance.

“start!”

“aaah

Simultaneously with the start, Yubar shouted a mischievous spirit and charged.

‘Give me your arm~’

The moment Yubar swings his sword with the thought of severing Aren’s arms in two.

Huung.

‘what?’

In an instant, Aren’s figure shook and the position subtly changed, thanks to which Yubar’s sword cut through the air.

“Okay, wrong…”

The moment Yubar panicked and tried to retrieve the sword.

burst into flames

‘uh?’

Silence fell in the gymnasium.

Yubar lowered his gaze and looked down at his arm.

I couldn’t see my arm.

When he couldn’t see his arms that were supposed to be there, Yubar lowered his gaze even more, and only then could he see his ‘both arms’.

“Oh ahhhhh!”

“lawmaker!”

Professor Byron exclaimed urgently, and the doctors who were with the professors hurriedly began to treat Yubar.

“My arm!

Yuvar screamed madly, as if in great pain, and the professors struggled to catch him as he raged.

Either way, Aren wiped the blood off his sword with a rag and returned to the gathering of the students.

“……”

“……”