Bullied but Popular

Chapter 49

49 – Rai and Rachel 2

“It’s this much, but do you really hate it?”

“……”

At first glance, it was a pile of top-notch jewels.

Tony swallowed dry saliva for a while and managed his expression before speaking.

“Isn’t that enough? You have to pay twice as much to get one person.”

“What bullsh*t, you bastard!”

Tia swears again at Tony’s words, but Aren doesn’t care and pulls out a bag of gold coins.

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‘Huh!?’

As the gold coin pouch comes out of Aren’s magic backpack without hesitation, all the eyes of the people on the street are focused on the gold coin pouch.

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After taking it out to some extent, Aren pretends to wipe off his sweat and tells Tony.

“How about this?”

“……”

Tony couldn’t answer right away.

No matter how good the money was, there was something about it.

It would be nice to change that pile of gold coins and slaves right now, but it was an amount that would not be strange no matter what happens after that.

Tony glared at Aren, feeling cold sweat running down his back.

“… are you really going to exchange it for that money?”

“huh.”

“… who are you?”

“Aren Difus.”

‘It’s the first family name I’ve heard.’

Upon hearing Aren’s family name, Tony was a little relieved, but it was still too early to be completely relieved.

“Of course, it’s not just a change.”

“… what do you mean?”

“Let’s make a bet with me.”

“bet?”

As Tony’s eyes lit up, Aren smiled and pointed to the knight standing next to him.

“Why don’t your knight and I fight and whoever wins gets all? If your knight wins, I swear to my family that I will hand over all the gold coins here to you without saying anything, and of course there will be no retaliation.”

Tony’s eyes widened at Aren’s words.

‘It’s an opportunity!’

As soon as Aren finished speaking, Tony shouted.

“Okay! If you win, I’ll give you the slaves over there! You’re not complaining about this!?”

“good.”

It was a bet that would cost Aren no matter who sees it, but Aren said as if he had waited and then walked to the center of the street.

“Look after Tia Lirina’s children.”

“Ugh, why are you doing that?”

“Be careful, Aren.”

At Aren’s words, Tia and Lirina approach the children.

Aren looked around the children for a moment, then turned his gaze to the article and said.

“Come on, let’s finish quickly.”

“…I don’t know which family you’re from, but you’ll regret it.”

Tony, who had heard the knight’s words, shouted.

“Guy! You don’t have to look! Don’t kill me, but finish it with a quick attack!”

“insect!”

At Tony’s command, the knight called Guy drew his sword and stepped forward.

‘hehehe what’s going on~’

Tony was now confident of Guy’s victory.

Gai was a knight of the highest rank, an expert among his family and knights.

In a way, it was natural for such a guy to think that he would not get tired of Aren, who seemed to be in his mid-to-late teens.

‘How much is that?’

Aren took out a coin to start the match, as Tony looked blissfully at the stacked bag of gold coins.

“Let’s start with this coin the moment it touches the ground.”

“All right.”

With Guy’s agreement, Aren flipped a coin.

Ting

The moment the coin bounced off Aren’s finger and fell to the ground in a parabolic arc.

tying

‘now!’

Guy leaps forward at the same time as the sound.

‘Got it!’

Gai, who approached Aren in an instant, swung his sword, convinced of victory at the appearance of Aren, who had not even pulled out his sword yet.

Break love!

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Huung

‘damage?”

As Aren avoided it, Gai energized the mana sword and swung it at random.

Crush Crush Crush!!

hong hong hong hong

“What, what!?”

When Aren avoided all of his attacks with minimal movement, Gai panicked and distanced himself, only then could he see Aren’s eyes.

“Whoa, snow…!”

The blue shores of Aren stared piercingly at Guy.

Looking at Guy who was embarrassed, Aren calmly began to approach him one step at a time.

“Is it over?”

“Who, who are you! Your identity…”

Fain!

While Gai is talking, Aren runs fast and gets right in front of him.

“this!”

chain fluid!

Seeing this, Gai reflexively swung his sword, but Aren dodged even that and fired a kick into Gai’s abdomen.

Tristan style smash

Perong!

“Gagging!”

When the blow from the kick hit Gai’s abdomen, his body floated in the air for a while before coming down to the floor.

“Kahhhhh.”

“Go, Guy!?”

Tony reflexively shouted at the sight of his knight being attacked, but as if shocked, Guy held his stomach and couldn’t answer.

“What are you doing! Hurry up and deal with it with all your might!”

Regardless of what Tony said or not, Aren forced Guy’s torso upright and moved on to the next move.

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Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa

“Come!?”

As the aura rose from Aren’s hand, Tony, who was watching the duel, exclaimed in fright.

Aren lightly ignored him and forced his fist into Guy’s upper body.

Tristan style smash

Kwaaang!

Guy, who is blown away by Aren’s fist, rolls past Tony on the floor.

thud! thud! kurrr

“Go, Guy…”

As his knight rolled on the floor, Tony unconsciously called out to him, but Guy didn’t answer as if he had lost his mind.

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‘What, what is XX. Why is this…’

Seeing Guy lying on the floor was so miserable, Tony unconsciously backed away and tried to leave.

Of course, Aren was staring at Tony like that.

“Where are you going?”

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Tony’s body froze at the sound of Aren’s voice and stopped walking.

thump thump thump

Aren is approaching.

Unlike the weak steps at the academy, I heard the sound of powerful steps that gained confidence.

Looking at him like that, Tony starts his last struggle.

“Hey, XX! What family are you from? Who dare I…!”

“Can’t the Manos family keep their promise?”

Aren cut off his words.

“There are so many people here, so you’re not going to keep the promise you swore to your family?

At Aren’s words, Tony closed his mouth with a firm expression and glanced around.

“It’s rubbish.”

“Isn’t it natural since you started beating kids on the street?”

“What kind of aristocrats are there? You shouted confidently earlier, but now you’re changing your words?”

“Why live?”

“You have to take off XX, XX is the problem.”

The commoners passing by begin to hum in order to listen to him.

Tony finally kept his mouth shut.

Being disgraced for raising the family name now affects not only oneself but also the face of the family.

‘…XX.’

Tony eventually took out a slave contract and an artifact in the form of a key from his bosom and threw it at Aren.

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“That’s it!”

After saying that, Tony threw away the fallen knight and left the seat by himself.

“… It’s fresher than I thought.”

As soon as Aren picked up the key that had fallen on the floor while muttering as he watched Tony run away, thunderous applause began pouring in from all directions.

Clap clap clap clap clap!

“Brother, you’re cool!”

“X feet! X is cool!

“It’s like seeing the old me!”

“Who? The knight who passed out after being hit by those two?”

“Brother! You’re handsome!”

At the sudden applause, Aren scratched his head in embarrassment and bowed his head in the direction of the woman who had shouted that he was handsome.

“hehehehe thank you.”

***

“So what are we going to do now?”

“well?”

After defeating the extras, Aren’s party hid in a deserted alley to avoid the crowds of people.

After looking at the night sky for a while, Aren looked down at the blonde siblings and said,

“It’s late today, so do you want to go with your brother?”

“……”

He looked at Rai and spoke in the kindest voice possible.

It’s because he knows that Rai is still wary.

Rai, who stared at Aren’s face for a moment, opened his mouth.

“Your brother is our master after all.”

“Huh? Ah~ this?”

At Rai’s words, Aren took out the slave contract and key he had put in his arms.

“Come to think of it, I forgot.”

Aren muttered for a moment before approaching Rai and beginning to loosen the slave collar around his neck.

click

“…!?”

“Next, Rachel, come here.”

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As Rachel nodded at his words and approached, Aren smiled and untied her necklace.

click

“……”

Rai looked at Aren with a stunned expression for a moment and then said with a very nervous face.

“Why are you helping us?”

“Of course it’s pitiful.”

“……”

When Aren said it as if it were obvious, Rai made a stunned expression again and said.

“Is that all?”

“Then what do I want from you guys?”

“… I can’t believe it.”

At Aren’s words, Rai made a sullen expression and said.

“Your brother may be a good man, but it doesn’t make sense that he doesn’t want anything.”

“Why doesn’t it make sense?”

“Yeah… In the orphanage…”

When Rai couldn’t speak for a moment and looked like he was going to burst into tears at any moment, Rachel started to cry along with him.

“Boo…”

“Egogo, it’s okay now, so don’t cry~”

As Rai and Rachel cried, Lirina approached and gently embraced the two children and began to pat them.

As a result, the two children began to cry even louder, and Lirina looked at Aren and said,

“I think it would be better to take them to the academy first.

“I see.”

At Aren’s words, Tia sighed and said,

“Eww, I don’t know, Aren, you should take care of the kids properly.”

“Well… I’ll have to think about it from now on.”

Aren looked up at the night sky, lost in thought again, when suddenly something soft grabbed his hand, and Aren lowered his gaze again.

“……”

Rachel was staring at Aren, holding Aren’s hand tightly with one hand and Rai’s hand with the other.

Aren, who looked at Rachel like that and smiled, spoke in a kind voice.

“Then, shall we go hand in hand with your brother?”

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“It’s cute~”

Aren lightly stroked Rachel’s head, who nodded cutely, and started walking toward the academy.

“Are you surprised?”

“Really.”

“… what?”

Aren, who had been walking silently for a while, turned to Tia and Lirina when he heard the voices behind them and asked.

“I didn’t know you liked children so much.”

“It seems to be taking good care of it.”

“……”

At their words, Aren put on a blank expression, then turned his head and walked silently.

***

“Mister! I’m hungry!”

“Mister! I want to eat meat!”

‘Ah… it’s a dream.’

When Aren saw the twins calling him Mister, he realized that this was a dream.

“Who are you, I’m in my twenties now.”

“But the face is that of a man?”

“hahahahaha! Are you good at lying too?”

“You guys are still there.”

“huh?”

As if not understanding Aren’s sudden words, the twins tilt their heads at the same time.

A small smile appeared on Aren’s lips at that cute figure, and he carefully stroked the twins’ heads.

“No Eun-ha, No Eun-ah.”

“huh?”

“why?”

The family in the dream, boy No Eun-ha and girl No Eun-ah, answer Aren’s call.

“My brother in my dream…”

“Yes, uncle!”

“What is your dream? Mister!”

“hehehehe.”

As soon as the twins rushed to call him brother, Aren started to laugh in a silly voice, as if that was good.

“So, did you meet children your age in your dreams?”

“Are we our age?”

“Are they twins too?”

“No, it’s my brother’s sister.”

Even after that, the twins kept asking questions about what they were so curious about, and Aren kept answering while laughing about what they liked so much.

“Then they don’t have a mother either?”

“That’s right, since we have a man, it’s okay…”

The twins’ voices became slightly muffled as if they were worried about Rai and Rachel in the other world.

Seeing that innocence, Aren’s smile grew even thicker and he asked the twins.

“Then what should I do, uncle?”

“Um~ can’t we live with the uncle like we do?”

“Wow! Eun-ah is a genius!”

At Eun-ah Noh’s words, Eun-ha Noh said it was a good idea and began to admire it.

“But they might hate you?”

“No! It’s because I don’t know you well!”

“Right! How nice my uncle is!”

“Yes~ our cuties~”