Bullied but Popular

17 – Reconciliation

Tia and Aren were watching the match when someone approached them.

“hi.”

“sister?”

“Hello senior.”

Cecilia approached the two and greeted them.

And I look at the two of them alternately for a while.

“Are you reconciled?

“Uh… that’s it.”

Tia hesitated, but Aren answered.

“I was roughly reconciled.”

“Really? Then can I follow you now?”

“… no.”

“sister!”

“Okay, I’ll follow you around from time to time.”

“……”

“……”

Tia sighed as if she couldn’t help it, and Aren looked at Cecilia with an absurd expression.

‘This person is still the same.’

Aren laughed lightly, ate snacks, and watched the match again.

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Cecilia’s arrival was ambiguous to continue the conversation with Tia.

Then Cecilia spoke to Aren.

“I watched the match yesterday.”

“is it so?”

“Yeah, I learned a lot.”

“It’s an honor.”

“Come join me again.”

“I’ll decline that.”

“…they keep following you?”

“……”

After listening to the conversation between the two for a while, Tia spoke.

“Are you two very close?”

“huh.”

“… yes?”

When Cecilia spoke without hesitation, Aren let out a stupid sound.

“Aren’t we friends?”

Cecilia’s expression was expressionless, but there was a slight sadness in her voice.

“Um, they’re friendly.”

“It’s amazing. It’s the first time I’ve seen you talk like this with someone.”

“okay?”

I thought as I watched the stories blossom among the sisters.

‘I can’t keep up with the talk.’

Aren decided to just chew on a snack.

At that time, sound amplification artifacts installed throughout the academy were activated.

(I’m addressing this from the student council. Aren Difus, Class 1 A, please return to the medical center right now. Once again…)

When the campus broadcast sounded, the students in the gymnasium drew their attention to Aren, who was wearing a hospital gown.

“……”

“……”

“… oops!”

Tia, who was listening to the broadcast, couldn’t help but giggle.

“Puhahahahaha! Did you run away?”

“… By Bored.”

When Aren saw Tia’s smiling face, he thought about it without realizing it.

‘You smile like this.’

Tia often laughs when she’s with her friends, but she doesn’t laugh much in class, probably because of Aaron.

Sometimes, when I was talking to Carol, I could barely smile.

Because if you laugh out loud, the crazy guy (Aaron) reacts.

‘Looking at it like this, it’s pretty…’

While Aren was admiring Tia’s appearance, Cecilia said.

“Aren, go back to the infirmary.”

“Um, I’ll be back in a bit longer. I just came…”

“I’m the student council.”

“ah……”

Come to think of it, I saw her doing student council work on the day of the entrance ceremony.

“there’s nothing we can do.”

“Okay, go back.”

“yes.”

Aren briefly greeted the two and turned his back.

“… Aren!”

“huh?”

Tia called and stopped Aren, who was about to return.

“… Thank you for today.”

“Yeah, you too, do your best in the match.”

Aren and Tia looked at each other with smiles and said goodbye.

***

“ha…”

Yubar was lying on the bed and looking at the ceiling.

Although the wounds from the duel have been cured, he has not yet been discharged from the hospital due to psychological damage.

“Would you just drop out?”

Yubar has not been able to sleep lately.

If you fall asleep even a little bit, there is a scene where Aren appears in a dream and cuts off his arm.

Each time Yubar had a seizure, and now he was not expelled even if he did not participate in the tournament as the mental damage was recognized.

But Yubar thought it would be better to be expelled.

“If I go back to class, neither Aren nor Aaron will leave me alone…”

Aren was scared, but Aaron was also scared.

Besides, considering Aaron’s personality, he would no longer treat himself as a human, let alone consider him a friend.

Yubar, who saw Aaron’s actions directly next to him, was convinced.

“…let’s get some fresh air.”

Yubar walked the promenade in the medical center with a weak step.

“Whoa, but it’s a little cold because of the air.”

After regaining his composure for a moment, Yubar smiled lightly, but his expression hardened after a while.

well well

“……”

“……”

Aren was eating something sitting on a bench on the promenade.

“hi?”

‘Seabee!’

Yubar reflexively tried to run away, but his legs trembled and he didn’t move.

‘why!? Why are you here!?’

Whether Yubar shuddered or not, Aren ate all the sweets in his mouth and rose from his seat.

sniff

“Hee!”

“……?”

It just happened, but Yubar stepped back as if starting a game and fell.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, no.”

“What isn’t it?”

“Oh, nothing…”

‘Was it too bad that I cut my arm three times?’

Aren felt a little sorry for Yubar.

At that time, a familiar voice came from behind Yubar.

“The X gods are playing well with each other.”

‘omg!’

“……”

Yubaru turned around slowly, breaking out in a cold sweat at the sound of the voice he heard.

‘Sir, Shiva…’

Aaron was glaring at Yubar with bloody eyes.

‘Oh no, you’re not looking at me!’

To be precise, he was glaring at Aren beyond Yubar.

Yubar quietly withdrew from his seat.

Unbelievable remarks from Aren at that time.

“Hello? Is the place where you were hit by the X scene okay?”

“… this bastard.”

‘What are you talking about!?’

Yubar was completely unaware of the situation at the academy while he was hospitalized.

So, I was completely unaware of the current situation.

At that time, Aaron, who was provoked by Aren, moved.

“So, did we end up a little bland? Shall we stick together now?”

“Aaron, don’t overdo it, then you get hurt again.”

When Aren spoke with a sympathetic expression, Aaron reacted like an Aaron.

pang

‘I’ve already recovered to this extent.’

As Aaron ran quickly, Aren also used the shore.

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When the flow inside the body is turned quickly, the limiter is released.

Aren literally attacked Aaron.

baek! puck! Huong Puck! puck! baek!

‘Mi-crazy!?’

When Aren and Aaron violently exchanged fists at each other, Yubar was startled.

‘I was that strong?’

When Aren fought Aaron on equal footing, he was so surprised that he took a backward step and fell again.

And what surprised me was Aren and Aaron as well.

‘I even strengthened my body, but I fight well with that body condition?’

‘X feet! What the hell is this bastard?’

Aaron, like Carol, was a genius among geniuses who had systematically trained since he was a child.

Of course, he had never met a peer his age who could compete with him.

But now, a person who wants to destroy him who fights with him on an equal footing has appeared.

Aaron’s fighting spirit ran out of oil.

‘Yes, who wins…’

“What are you doing!”

“Stop there!”

The sound of the two fighting was quite loud, so lawmakers started running.

“Let go! Damn it! Let go!”

“I’m fine. Thank you for stopping me.”

When the lawmakers blocked it, Aaron ran wild, and Aren bowed his head to the lawmakers and thanked them.

“You f*cking feet! Where are you going! Wait there! Kill me now…!”

“I’m sorry, but please take him away soon. I’m too scared…”

As if Aren was scared, he pulled the sleeves of the lawmaker, and the lawmaker shouted with a sense of mission to protect the patient.

“Take that madman away! Aaron Valentine! I’ll tell Principal Tristan all about this, so you know!”

“What? This Mr. X! These are group %$#&&^~^”

As the lawmakers dragged Aaron away, Aren bowed his head to the remaining lawmakers.

“Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I lived.”

“As a member of the council, it’s natural. Are there any injuries anywhere?”

“Yes! Thanks to the members of the council…”

When Aren and the lawmakers created a friendly atmosphere, Yubar looked at Aren and made a promise.

‘Let’s drop out.’

Yubar decided to drop out.

***

“It must have been a while since probation was lifted, right?”

“… sorry.”

“No, you don’t have to apologize.”

Professor Byron came to the principal’s office and reported to Tristan about Aaron’s disturbance at the medical center.

And there was one more in the principal’s office.

“If it’s Aaron, isn’t that crazy?”

“Jake, he’s the guy you think is right.”

The principal of the Department of Magic Engineering, Jake, was also in Tristan’s principal’s office.

said Tristan.

“Professor Byron, as soon as Aaron is discharged, he will be put on probation.”

“Okay. What about Aren?”

“… Let’s go.”

Strangely, when lawmakers defended Aren, it is ambiguous to issue probation.

Byron bowed to Tristan and Jake and left the principal’s office.

percussion

“Jake, keep talking.”

“Yes. Probably, as I expected, Aren is a High Human.”

“Hmm. But that guy seemed to only use mana.”

“… yes?”

“No, you asked.”

Tristan asked, bewildered, but Jake couldn’t help it either.

The number of High Humans was so small that it was said that one person appears every 10 years.

Of course, Jake had seen High Humans abroad before, but…

‘It was so different from Aren…’

The High Human that Jake saw controlled the plants.

It might be a gift that was shaped like this, but he used only mana to conclude that Aren was a high human.

Jake, who couldn’t feel the gift, couldn’t be sure.

“I’m not sure either… There are still undiscovered powers in the world.”

“Hmm, I thought you would know.”

“I can investigate a bit more. In that sense, how about sending Aren to the Engineering Department for a while?”

“… what?”

“No, seeing the match at that time, if you use Aren’s ability well, even magic…”

“Stop talking bullsh*t and go.”

Tristan issued a celebratory order, saying that there was nothing more to hear.

***

“It’s finally over.”

Aren completed the one-week period and went through the procedures for discharge.

“It’s been a really boring week.”

Returning to the dormitory, Aren greeted Tail, who was still lying in bed.

“Congratulations on winning the tail.”

“…When are you talking about the enemy?”

Four days have passed since the tournament ended.

“By the way, how many times have you been to the gymnasium?”

“No. 6.”

Tails gave a short answer, then got up and started stretching.

“Who was the strong kid?”

“None.”

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“Will the kids cry when they hear number 6?”

Aren sat down on his bed and said regretfully.

“Ah~ I wanted to see you and Carol fight.”

Since Carol was at the gymnasium No. 1, she couldn’t meet Tail.

“I saw you lose to Aaron.”

“Hey! When did I lose?”

Aren grumbled and questioned.

“Who’s the 3rd winner?”

“Lucy.”

Tails gave a short answer and went out to wash up.

“You must have been a girl with a bow, right?”

Right before Aren’s game, it was a female student who showed off archery that was close to divine.

“Oh, if it weren’t for Aaron, there would have been a possibility…”

Aren put his disappointment behind and left the dormitory and headed to Class A.

‘Hmm, it seems like it’s been a while since I’ve looked at you like this?’

As Aren passes through the hallway, the students stare at him as they always do.

“It’s here.”

“Don’t make eye contact.”

“why?”

“Oh, no.”

“Ah! Come to think of it! Before! To Aren!”

“You f*cking bastard!”

The students, who seemed to have quarreled with Aren, were making a fuss.

Aren simply ignored them and entered the class.

drooling

“……”

“……”

‘This one is burdensome.’

Upon entering the class, everyone in Class A looks at Aren.

Some are terrified, some are wary, some are looking at a mysterious animal.

Aren ignored them and sat down.

And one who approaches Aren.

“hi.”

“… hi.”

As Tia Cloud approaches Aren and speaks to him, the entire class’ eyes gather once more.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s all right.”

“I’m glad. Oh, I won.”

“… congratulations?”

“Yeah, thank you. I was nervous because someone said I wouldn’t win, but it worked.”

‘It’s about me.’

Tia must have said that when eavesdropping.

“Secretly listened to…”

“Because someone told me not to care.”

As the conversation between Tia and Aren continued, Carol approached.

“Huh? What happened to you two?”

Carol smiled and asked, and Tia answered.

“I was just casually reconciled.”

“Oh~ that Tia?”

“what do you mean!”

“hahahaha, just like that.”

Karl turned his gaze to Aren.

“Is Aren’s body okay?”

“I heard you. Everything is fine.”

“Ha ha ha yes.”

Carol laughed for a moment, as if Aren’s answer was interesting, then suddenly erased her expression and spoke in a low voice.

“Aren.”

“… why?”

“I saw the match between you and Aaron.”

As soon as Carol finished speaking, the noise in the classroom disappeared.

The whole class was concentrating on the conversation between the two.

“… so?”

“……”

Carol didn’t answer right away and looked at Aren quietly.

However, as if his mana had not been able to do that, it quietly swayed and filled the classroom.

oh oh oh oh

The air in the classroom became heavy.

“Carl, carr.”

Tia panicked and called, but Carol opened her mouth while glaring at Aren.

“Let’s have a fight with me.”

“……”

A heavy silence ensued, and the two quietly looked at each other’s faces.