Bullied but Popular

43 – Lisbeth Britannia 2

“Tia, are you here?”

“… uh.”

At Anna’s words, Tia sighed and stood up.

Luke and Ron were also coming this way in pursuit of Anna.

As the friends gathered in one place, Tia said.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“Day?”

Luke glared at Aren, who had been with Tia for a while.

“What are you doing here? Why did you come to that guy all of a sudden?”

“Ha, why again?”

“What’s wrong? You suddenly disappeared, so I just asked.”

As Tia sighed, Luke also spoke harshly.

When Tia and Aren were alone in a secluded place, Luke’s feelings were not so good either.

At that, Tia made an uncomfortable expression for a moment and said.

“I just came because I had something to say.”

“Really? But talk and disappear. You found it.”

“Yes, yes, I’m sorry.”

While Tia was giving a rough answer, this time Ron spoke to Aren.

“It’s definitely great, High Human.”

“… what?”

When Ron suddenly spoke, Aren turned his head to look at him.

Ron also looked at Aren in the eyes and said.

“Isn’t it like going into the empire as a concubine? It’s a big deal.”

“……”

“theory!!!”

“…!”

Tia, who had listened to Ron’s words, glared at him with a straight face.

“What are you doing all of a sudden?”

“…… uh?”

Tia’s reaction was so great that Ron, too, seemed to be taken aback.

Tia said in a low voice to Ron.

“I apologize to Aren.”

“… Tia…”

“Sorry! All of a sudden, this is…!”

“it’s okay.”

The moment Tia was about to shout, Aren stood up and said,

“Is the apology you asked me to be an apology?

“Oh, Aren…”

Tia panicked at Aren’s cold voice and called out to him, but Aren turned his back and walked away without saying a word.

“Ah, Aren! Where are you going!”

“To be alone.”

“Hey, wait!”

Tia called for Aren, but Aren didn’t answer and walked away silently.

Tia, who had no choice but to watch it, turned her gaze and glared at Ron.

“What are you?”

“… that is.”

“Suddenly, what kind of bullsh*t is this, are you a bully?”

“……”

As the atmosphere between the two became increasingly serious, Anna broke into a cold sweat and intervened.

“T-Tia, let’s calm down. And Ron…”

“Anna, wait a minute.”

Despite Anna’s intervention, Tia pushed her away and glared at Ron.

“Why did you do that, did Aren do anything to you?”

“……”

“Or is it because of me? If you talk like that because of me, f*ck it, let alone help…”

“no.”

Ron, who had been listening to Tia, interrupted her.

“Some provoked.”

“Provocation? Why are you provoking?”

“Because I want to stick with you.”

“… what?”

When Tia was taken aback by the sudden statement, Ron continued.

“It’s not that strange, he’s a guy who fights even with Aaron. It’s only natural that he wants to fight.”

“…Do you want to talk nonsense all of a sudden? Then just fight normally…”

“Let’s have sparring together? Why should we get along well? Are we still children?”

“……”

At Ron’s words, Tia hardened her expression and glared at him even more fiercely.

When she didn’t respond well, Ron sighed.

“I’m sorry for coming out like this all of a sudden. But Tia, I want to fight him, not get along.”

“……”

“If you still don’t understand, I’m going to apologize to him right now…”

“it’s okay.”

Tia shook her head and said.

“Is that an apology? Get down and receive me. Do as you like.”

“… Tia.”

Tia didn’t answer Ron’s call and left.

Anna hurriedly followed her, and Luke looked at Tia’s back for a moment and said to Ron.

“Are you okay?”

“… no.”

When Ron’s usual cold expression collapsed, Luke comforted him with a pat on the back.

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***

The party leader after Emperor Lisbeth left.

“Count Gran.”

“… Duke Nerestia.”

Thanks to the sudden appearance and disappearance of the emperor, the atmosphere at the party, which had become chaotic, began to move vigorously again as time passed.

Count Gran also hardened his expression when he saw Duke Hamel approaching him while enjoying the party again.

“What is it, Duke Hamel?”

“Is Leah not here?”

“… why are you curious about that?”

When Count Gran’s voice began to murmur, Duke Hamel raised one hand and said as if it was a misunderstanding.

“I have a question for Leah.”

“What is that?”

“… Dungeon.”

“……”

one word.

With one word from Duke Hamel, the air between the two changed.

Count Gran, who glared at Duke Hamel for a while, said with his eyes shining.

“You didn’t want anything, so don’t approach Cecilia.”

“Is that so.”

“……”

“……”

There was no further conversation between the two, but the atmosphere was anything but.

The nobles around them were gradually increasing their distance from the bloody appearance of the two.

After a while, Duke Hamel spoke first.

“Then let’s go first.”

“……”

There was no answer from Count Gran, but Duke Hamel politely bowed his head and left the party.

Looking at the back of Duke Hamel, Count Gran sighed.

“Whoa… Stupid.”

Count Gran’s voice cursing Duke Hamel sounded bitter.

***

“Sir Aren Deepus.”

“Who are you?”

After being separated from Tia, Aren found Benz far from the party and sat there to rest.

Meanwhile, a man in a butler’s uniform approached Aren and spoke to him.

“His Highness the King is looking for you, let’s go.”

“… All right.”

At the butler’s words, Aren got up and followed the butler.

‘I’ll call them as well.’

Certainly, this time it was a big event for even the king to ignore.

What an emperor’s proposal.

Aren dismissed it as a joke because it was too unrealistic, but from the king’s point of view, he couldn’t.

The emperor’s whim would shake a country, so from his point of view he couldn’t just pass it on.

After following the butler for a while, Aren arrived in front of the luxurious gate.

The butler knocked on the door and said.

smart

“Your Majesty, I have brought Sir Aren Deepus.”

“Stop by.”

A voice came from inside the gate.

“Come in.”

“yes.”

through

The well-oiled gate opened smoothly and Aren entered the room.

“Hello my brother!”

“sister?”

Upon entering the room, not only the king, but also the first prince, Dante Iggent, the second prince Pion Iggent, and Korea’s only princess, Prey Iggent, were gathered.

“Oh, you really are my younger brother.”

After hearing what Aren had to say, King Langritte spoke as if he was interested, and Aren realized his mistake and spoke hastily.

“Excuse me, Your Highness, I…”

“It’s okay, sit there and see.”

“… yes.”

At the words of King Langrit, Aren had to sit in the chair prepared opposite him and receive the gaze of the royal family.

‘It’s a burden.’

While Aren was feeling the burden of the royal family staring at him as if they were curious, Frey spoke up.

“Aren’s expression is not good, are you okay?”

“are you okay.”

“But why are you sweating so much?”

“It’s because I was overdoing it earlier, I’ll be fine soon.”

Aren spoke as if he was all right, but it didn’t seem all right to Frey.

“Butler! Go get the best potion!”

“I’ll get it right away, Princess.”

At Frey’s words, one of the butlers in the room left.

The first prince, Dante Iggent, who saw Frey like that, sneered and said,

“Are you making a fuss over something you barely sweated? Try doing that to your brother normally.”

“Kyahahahahaha! Oh, brother, did you even know how to joke?”

“……”

When Frey said as if he had heard a joke, Prince Dante fell silent.

Either that or not, Frey took out his handkerchief and wiped Aren’s cold sweat.

“Nu… Princess, I’ll do it.”

“Uh heh! Sup! Don’t stay still? And it’s my sister~”

‘It’s inconvenient.’

Aren didn’t know where to put his eyes when the king stared at him.

At that time, King Langritte spoke first.

“A disciple of Lord Tristan?”

“Yeah, that happened a while ago.”

“Because he’s a nobleman, he must have been trying to protect you.”

“……”

When King Langrit’s gaze did not leave Aren’s face for a moment, Aren had to shed the sweat again.

“Aren Deepus, what are you going to do?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Are you going to marry the Emperor?”

“… I don’t.”

When Aren spoke in bewilderment at the king’s words, the king frowned and said, as if in agony.

“Isn’t it too easy to reject the emperor’s marriage proposal?”

“In the first place, I doubt if that’s even true.”

“I’m serious.”

King Langritte said in a confident voice.

“She’s a do-it-yourself kind of person, she always has been and always will be.”

“But aren’t things a little different this time?”

“It’s not different, as far as I know, she got a new concubine a while ago.”

“……”

“It’s true.”

Beads of sweat form on Aren’s face at the words of King Langrit.

At that time, the butler, who had left after receiving Frey’s order, approached with a potion.

“Princess here.”

When the butler handed out the potion, Frey quickly took it and handed it to Aren.

“Aren, drink this.”

“Yes, I will drink well.”

After looking at his daughter for a while, King Langritte grumbled.

“… Let’s raise my daughter.”

“Butler! A glass of wine for Obama!”

“yes.”

Frey quickly called the butler and ordered his drink.

“… let’s continue the conversation.”

“yes.”

King Langritte set the mood to continue the conversation and said.

“Anyway, Emperor Lisbeth may propose to you again. If that happens, this will no longer be your problem.”

“I’ll refuse if you propose again, but is there any problem?”

When Aren showed a slightly incomprehensible reaction, the second prince, Paion Exgent, began to explain instead of the king.

“Sir Aren.”

“Your prince.”

“Are you aware of the current situation of the Britannia Empire?”

“…Are you talking about a truce with the Gia Raid Empire?”

One of the only two empires in the western continent, the Gia Raid Empire.

The Giaraid Empire and the Britannia Empire were now in a state of truce after the war they had fought 10 years ago.

Prince Paion nodded at Aren’s question and said.

“you’re right.”

“… I can’t believe that.”

“It hasn’t been fully decided yet… but from the information we got from our side, it looks like war is about to break out.”

‘Why now?’

At the words of Prince Pyron, Aren could feel annoyance rising up without knowing himself.

However, realizing that he was now in front of the royal family, he suppressed his irritation and said,

“…Then, the reason His Majesty came this time…”

“Well, he’s always free to roam, so I’m not sure, but I think it’s something like that.”

When King Langritte spoke to Aren’s question, Aren continued speaking while maintaining his composure.

“But why is there a sudden war?

“Ten years! Enough time to break the truce.”

King Langritte said as if he hadn’t heard anything.

“Even now, it looks like they are maintaining a truce, but in fact, the war has already started.

“……”

It was unknown information.

After Aren fell silent at the king’s words, Prince Dante spoke this time.

“In the midst of that, our princess stood out as the youngest archmage, and besides, this time, a high human who was proposed to by the emperor appeared?

“……”

Prince Dante’s voice sounded sarcastic, but none of his words were wrong.

If you do something wrong and the Iggent Kingdom gets halfway between the two empires, the chances of being killed literally increase.

Then Frey’s serious voice is heard.

“Certainly, as my older brother said, Aren and I were so outstanding that we attracted people’s attention. To a genius, presence is like the charisma of an emperor…”

“… you didn’t say a word about that?”

Dante said it was absurd at Frey’s self-congratulation, but her self-congratulation is just the beginning.

“If we go on like this, Aren and I will get more attention. Not to mention the mountain of engagement applications, but against our overwhelming charisma, please beg us to become your subordinates or barefoot? Step on them? Beg or not!”

“stop.”

At Frey’s self-congratulations, which got longer and longer, the king said with a tired expression.

“Ha, don’t provoke Dante Frey… You’re getting tired.”

“……”

“It’s too much! Why do you always do this to me?”

‘He’s like this here too.’

Frey’s My Pace always comes with an exclamation.