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39 – Count Cloud 6

While Aren and Tia were chatting in the hallway, this time Cecilia approached.

“hi.”

“Oh, sister.”

“Hi sister, are you okay?”

“huh.”

Cecilia had not yet recovered from the damage she suffered from the battle with the White Tiger.

In the dungeon, he used a high-grade potion as a temporary measure, but the wounds eventually opened as he moved violently while still not healed.

As a result, Cecilia still hasn’t recovered from her wounds.

“Sister, don’t go to the party tonight.”

“… okay.”

Today was Frey’s birthday party as well as a party to celebrate the birth of the Archmage.

However, judging from Cecilia’s condition, it would be better to leave it this time.

‘The wound might get worse again.’

So the three of them made a noise and headed to the restaurant.

“You’re here.”

“Welcome.”

In the dining room, Count Gran and Lady Lena, who had already arrived, were sitting at the table.

“Good morning~”

“Hello mom and dad.”

Tia and Cecilia simply greeted each other in the morning, but Aren, a diner, couldn’t.

“Good morning. Oh, father and mother.”

I tried to say hello as neatly as possible, but I’m still not used to the title, so it became an awkward morning greeting.

As Aren stuttered, Lena’s wife covered her mouth with one hand and smiled.

“Whoops, Aren doesn’t have to be too formal.”

“Ah, I see…”

“It’s going to be a family soon anyway, but it’s not like that between families.”

“……”

At Mrs. Lena’s kind remark, Aren and Tia had to feel like they were going to get sick from the morning.

‘When shall I speak…’

Breakup with Tia.

If it went on like this, I really thought I would get married.

The best way was to tell Aren to Aren’s family and Tia to Tia’s family separately.

However, the atmosphere in the Countess’s house is so good these days that she doesn’t dare to bring up the topic of breaking up the marriage, so Tia was just silently focusing on training.

After thinking about it for a while, Aren got tired of thinking and decided to stop thinking.

‘Tia will take care of it, but he said to break off the engagement first anyway, so if we don’t break off, we’ll get married.’

There was nothing wrong with Aren either way.

‘Yes, let’s live like the second round of life.’

When your thoughts are organized, your mind is at ease.

While Aren is sitting and waiting for breakfast, the heir of the Cloud family enters the dining room.

“Dad mom… Aren Deepus!?”

Entering the restaurant, Noah, who was about to say good morning, saw Aren sitting at the family dinner table and shouted with pride.

Aren waved his hand and said hello.

“Hello Noah?”

“Why are you here!?”

“Did you come for breakfast?”

“You’re funny! You…!”

“Noah!”

When Noah tried to refute Aren’s words, he had to shut his mouth to his mother’s roaring voice.

“Where are you being rude to your brother!”

“Uh, Mom…”

“Aren’t you going to apologize to your brother?”

“……”

‘…are you hurt?’

Noah shuddered and turned around and left the restaurant, probably shocked when his mother sided with Aren instead of him.

“Noah!”

Seeing that, Lena’s wife shouted again, but Noah didn’t stop and disappeared.

Lena’s wife sighed and looked at Aren and said sorry.

“I’m sorry Aren, the child is still young…”

“It’s okay, Mother, it’s because I like you so much.”

After saying that, Aren turned to Tia and said.

“You follow.”

“me?”

“Then shall I go? Go quickly.”

“… It sucks.”

At Aren’s words, Tia got up and left the restaurant to find Noah.

Count Gran, who watched the scene for a while, said with a hearty smile.

“hehehehe, we already have a glimpse of a married couple…”

“The Count’s sister says she’s not feeling well yet.”

“What is it!? Are you okay Cecilia!?”

When Count Gran tried to say something strange, he immediately changed the subject.

Cecilia said calmly.

“It’s much better.”

“You mean it’s not all better yet! As expected today…”

“Yes, Aren wants to rest at home.”

“… okay?”

At Cecilia’s words, Count Gran looked at Cecilia in surprise.

Cecilia was taking out the albino she had brought to her bosom without paying attention.

“Kaang!”

“…Did you bring it?”

“huh.”

“Why are you putting it in your clothes?”

“He keeps coming in.”

‘…Is it the second round?’

Aren glared at the albino suspiciously, but the albino ignored him and began to inhale the warm milk brought by the maid.

“Lick lick lick lick.”

“…they eat well.”

For a moment, everyone’s eyes focused on the albino.

Mrs. Lena, who was looking at the albino as if she was curious, looked at Count Gran as if she had suddenly remembered it and said,

“By the way honey, is it really okay for us to raise Baekho?”

“doesn’t care.”

“but…”

“It’s not possible in the castle country, but it doesn’t matter in our country, it’s okay.”

In Seongguk, it was impossible to raise holy beasts including white tigers.

Since they firmly believed that the holy beasts descended from the heavens, it was forbidden by the law to imprison them because of human greed.

However, that was the situation in the Holy Land, and Iggent was different.

“It’s okay, honey, there have been few cases like this since holy water never came out in our country in the first place, but it’s not prohibited by law.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Relieved by Count Gran’s words, Mrs. Lena picked up the albino who had sucked up all the milk before she knew it and picked up her hair.

“Kaang!”

“Fufufu, you’re really cute.”

As if understanding Mrs. Lena’s words, the albino went into Lena’s arms while showing off her charms.

‘I think he’s right for the 2nd time?’

Aren glared at the albino, then turned his gaze toward the entrance when the restaurant door opened.

trudling

“… sorry.”

“hmm…”

Did Tia comfort you?

When Noah entered the restaurant and apologized while bowing his head, Aren smiled as if he was fine.

“It’s okay, because I know how much Noah cares for his sister.”

“……”

Noah did not answer, but sat down with a sullen expression on his face.

Tiado sat next to Noah and waited for a while before breakfast started coming in.

“Come on! Let’s eat for now.”

As if to change the mood, Count Gran spoke loudly, and Aren nodded as well.

“thank you for this food.”

“OK.”

Starting with Aren’s greetings, the people of the Cloud family also started breakfast.

***

After the meal, Count Gran said.

“Today’s party will only be me, Tia and Aren.”

“… me?”

At Count Gran’s words, Noah, who had been silent during the meal, opened his mouth cautiously.

“Noah, I’m sorry, but you should stay home this time.”

“why?”

“This party is a bit big.”

Prey Exgent’s birthday and archmage’s birth celebration party.

A genius wizard among geniuses who stepped into the realm of a great wizard at the ridiculous age of 19.

Naturally, this news has spread abroad, and messengers will be sent from abroad to see Frey.

“No one your age will come to this party, just stay home this time.”

“… yes.”

Noah sighed and shook his head.

Mrs. Lena, who was looking at Noah, turned her gaze to Eren.

“Aren.”

“yes.”

“Please take good care of Tia’s escort.”

“Ah yes…”

‘I see, is that so?”

There were three people attending this party: Count Gran, Tia, and Aren.

Tia, the only lady here, needed someone to escort her.

“Hey… isn’t that what your father does?”

“why me?”

“Actually, I have no escort experience.”

“That’s great, let’s use this opportunity to gain experience.”

“……”

Count Gran said while looking at Tia this time.

“Tia, be quiet today, because today we will talk about your engagement.”

“… Huh? What do you mean?”

“Yeah, you two go into the party at the same time, and of course there’s talk of engagement.”

“……”

At Count Gran’s words, Tia began to ponder for a while.

For her part, if possible, she did not want to gossip about the engagement.

The breakup hasn’t been decided yet, but if one day it really breaks off, it’s better to keep the rumors as low as possible.

After all, an aristocrat who broke off his marriage once had a lower value in aristocratic society.

After thinking for a while, Tia looked at Aren and asked.

“What do you do?”

“what?”

“The party leader, I don’t want our engagement to go viral yet.”

Countess Gran, who was listening to Tia, frowned and asked.

“Why? The other nobles will find out soon anyway.”

“Dad, we’re still students, what would it be like at the academy if rumors spread that we were engaged?”

“How are you, congratulations?”

“Hey! No! Didn’t you hear about us before?”

Aren and Tia were celebrities at the academy.

Especially among the first graders, there are rumors that Aren was dumped while confessing to Tia.

In addition, even though it was kicked, there were even rumors that Aren was following Tia’s tail pattern.

It was all a rumor created by Aaron’s gang, but some of the students actually believed it.

“If I go around talking about me and Aren getting engaged, will only strange rumors spread again at the academy? They’ll talk about things that Aren and I didn’t even do and gossip behind my back.”

“Hmm… It’s just a rumor, right?”

“The person who hears the rumor gets very dirty, and if Dad tells him to live with it, he will announce that he is engaged.”

“……”

When Tia said it as if she was sacrificing, Count Gran also made an expression as if he was worried about whether he would change his mind a little.

When Count Gran began to worry, Aren came up with a simple solution.

“Will my father escort Tia this time? I’ll go in separately.”

“… I can’t help it.”

Count Gran nodded at Aren’s words and said while looking at Aren and Tia.

“Then I’ll decide to do that and teleport in the evening, so prepare until then.”

“okay.”

“yes.”

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Tia and Aren nodded.

***

“It’s time.”

Aren changed into party clothes and waited in his room until the party time.

“Let’s go soon…”

jump

“Aren.”

“… professor.”

As soon as he was about to go to Count Gran, Professor Byron suddenly entered Aren’s room.

“Please knock.”

“Don’t do it next time.”

“But what are you doing?”

“I told Count Gran.”

It was a sudden word, but Aren understood what he meant and nodded.

“Ah, come to Bolridge as soon as the party is over?”

“okay.”

“… I’m on vacation?”

“It’s because you’re having an accident.”

“…..”

Three days after leaving the dungeon, Professor Byron received a letter from Tristan.

To be precise, it was a letter sent to Aren.

‘As soon as the princess’s party is over, Aren Deepus will return to Bolji.’

It’s a very simple paragraph.

‘Maybe it’s because of the dungeon…’

It was good until he entered the dungeon right after vacation.

However, the appearance of the white tiger is unexpected.

Although Frey was organizing the dungeon, those who were quite sensible could notice that the people of Frey were trying to hide something.

And, of course, Aren was also at the center of it.

“…Did something happen?”

“… not yet… no, I don’t know.”

Professor Byron sighed and said.

“At that time, it seems that there were quite a few things following around the dungeon.”

“……”

“Luckily Frey is handling it well… but there’s one family line that’s bothering me.”

“A family name you care about?”

“Nerestia’s knights were around the dungeon.”

“…!?”