Bullied but Popular

Chapter 50

50 – A child raises a child

“Kuh… ugh.”

The next morning after returning from Kuzen, Aren woke up in a dream crying.

“What… Why are you dreaming again?”

Aren lay blankly on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

Perhaps because she met the twins in her dream, her body was in deep homesickness.

“ha…”

the tears won’t stop

Aren finally got out of bed and wiped away his tears as he looked at the bed next to him.

sober

Rai and Rachel, whom I brought last night, were sleeping in their beds.

Aren, who brought the two children last night, treated their wounds and brought them to his room to sleep in his own bed.

Coincidentally, there were two beds, so he gave the bed to the children and asked Tail’s bed to sleep.

Aren stared blankly at the sleeping children for a while.

‘……”

it’s tough.

The man’s body must have died in his last dream, but why did he suddenly have a dream after that?

I don’t know if it was just a dream or if it really happened.

‘No… that’s not what’s important right now…’

Aren gathered his mind to be as sane as possible.

The confusion of the mind is too great.

But I don’t know why, my heart keeps hating me and I can’t stop crying.

It was to the extent that the children sleeping in the bed looked like Noh Eun-ha and No Eun-ah.

‘It’s dangerous… Wake up…’

Aren finally lowered his head and burst into tears again.

I missed you.

Whether in a dream or not, those children were undoubtedly his family.

However, the idiot who was assimilated with himself used his own life recklessly.

Even though he had a family waiting for him, he gave up his life for others without thinking about the future.

It is hypocrisy that causes nausea.

Can’t you think of when you’re dead?

Is it short thinking, or is it low intelligence, or is it drunk with a useless sense of justice, or…

“No… It’s not my job… It’s not my family…”

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It is definitely a dream job.

I repeat that it has nothing to do with me, but…

‘… I miss you.’

I miss No Eun-ha and No Eun-ah.

I wanted to see them sleeping, eating, playing together, and growing up together…

‘idiot…’

When Aren thought of the swear words he didn’t know if he was swearing at the man in his dream or swearing at himself.

“are you okay?”

“… uh?”

Rachel was up when she woke up.

Rachel approached Aren and asked in a worried voice, and Aren stared at the child’s face with a bewildered expression.

‘Can’t we live with the uncle like we do?’

At that moment, Eunah Noh’s voice passed through Aren’s head.

For some reason, Eunah Noh and Rachel look alike.

Aren stared blankly at Rachel and opened his mouth.

“Rachel, how old are you?”

“… six years old.”

“… six years old…”

He was the same age as the twins.

While Aren was thinking about Rachel’s words, Rai also got up and talked to Aren.

“hello?”

“Oh, are you awake?”

“Yes… Are you crying?”

“Yes, but your brother comforted you.”

A faint smile is drawn on Rachel’s lips at Aren’s words.

After watching this for a while, Rai got up from his seat and bowed his head to Aren.

“Thank you for letting me sleep.”

“What, it’s nothing.”

When Aren smiled and said, Rai hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“Hey… what about us?”

“……well.”

At Rai’s question, Aren made another blank expression and just looked at Rai and Rachel’s faces.

Seeing that, Rai is slightly nervous, and Rachel tilts her head.

Aren laughed at the cute appearance of the two children and said as if tossing it.

“Rye, Rachel.”

“yes.”

nod

Rai responds to Aren’s words and Rachel nods cutely.

Aren patted Rachel’s head like it was cute and said.

“Do you want to live with me?”

“… yes?”

nod

Again, the two children reacted in the same way to Aren’s words.

What is different from before is that while Rai answered with a question mark, Rachel responded with an affirmative sign.

Aren looked at Rai who was embarrassed and said.

“All I can do is clothes, food, and a week, but at least I won’t make you unhappy. Of course, if you don’t like it, I’m not forcing you to live together.

“……”

At Are’s words, Rai couldn’t believe it and looked at his face with a bewildered expression.

Rachel, on the other hand, nodded as if she understood.

At that cute gesture, Aren petted him even more.

“As expected, it’s hard to decide right away, right? Stay here for a while and think about it. I’m the owner of this place…”

“why!?”

As Aren was speaking, Rai could not stand it and interrupted him with a shout.

“Why does hyung do that to us!?”

“I told you, because you guys are pitiful.”

“I can’t understand!”

Rai said what was so sad about it with tears in his eyes.

“You say you’re good to us for nothing!? Lie! Don’t lie! Grown-ups always lie! It was like that at the orphanage! They said if we worked hard, we’d have a family… Selling us… to a slave trader… “

Having said that, Rai, probably thinking of what had happened, eventually lowered her head and began to shed tears.

“… huh.”

“brother…”

When Rai cried, Rachel also cried and went into her brother’s arms and rubbed her face.

Aren, who looked at the siblings for a while, opened his mouth about the sound of crying.

“Certainly, it’s a loss to me to collect you guys without any cost, right?”

“……”

Rai stares at Aren’s remarks as if he suddenly changes his attitude.

Aren smiled and said.

“Then let’s do this.”

“… how?”

“In exchange for me being your protector, Lai, you have to do me a favor.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Rachel turned her head and stared at Aren’s face.

“I’ll do a favor too.”

“Okay? Then, Rachel, please listen to me too.”

When Aren affirmed Rachel’s words, Rai spoke urgently.

“Wait a minute! I’ll do Rachel’s job! My sister just…”

“No! I’m going to ask you too!”

When Rai tried to take responsibility for her part, Rachel loudly refused.

Looking at these two siblings, Aren somehow felt comfortable.

‘Healed.’

The body that seemed to be tired of homesickness just a moment ago is now much more comfortable.

Aren looked at his own body as if he was curious, then looked at his siblings again and said,

“Well, listen first. It’s not a bad story.”

“……”

As the two siblings focused on his words, Aren began to speak his request.

“I have a younger sister.”

“younger sister?”

“Yes, I’m the same age as your brother.”

At Aren’s words, Rai looked at Rachel.

Aren looked at Rai and continued talking.

“All you have to do is be friends with my sister, and of course Rachel too.”

“… friend?”

“okay.”

“Is that all?”

When Rai said as if he was dumbfounded, Aren said calmly.

“Actually, my younger sister doesn’t have many friends. My older brother’s hometown is a bit rural, so there aren’t many kids around Rachel’s age. I think it would be nice if Rachel could be my friend.”

“Yes! I want to be friends too!”

Rachel responds greatly to Aren’s words.

But Rai still looks at Aren suspiciously.

“…And what?”

“Ah, that’s right, Rai is more of an older brother than a friend… Mmm~”

Aren thought for a moment and then said.

“I hope Rai will be helpful to my brother in the future, for example, if bad guys bully my brother, you will come forward and beat me up, or if my brother wants something to eat, you can buy it within 30 seconds.”

“……”

At Aren’s absurd request, Rai fell silent for a moment and fell into thought.

Then he asks again in doubt.

“…And what?”

“Isn’t there anything?”

At Aren’s words, Rai’s face still passes with anxiety as if he can’t believe it.

Looking at Rai like that, Aren smiled and said,

“Or would you like to be my disciple?”

“A disciple?”

Aren nodded and said.

“I know you saw it yesterday, but my older brother is a bit strong, so I think you should learn some self-defense techniques too, right?”

Rai’s eyes widen at Aren’s words.

Rai had clearly seen Aren use his aura yesterday.

“Will you really accept me as your disciple?”

“You can’t do it if you don’t like it.”

“no!”

Rai hurriedly shouted at Aren’s words.

“I want to do it! I want to become a disciple!”

“Okay then, good luck in the future.”

Aren stood up and gently stroked Rai and Rachel’s hair.

***

The gymnasium of the Department of Magic Engineering.

“… so you’re going to drop out?”

“sorry.”

Aren went to Principal Tristan, who was waiting at the gymnasium, and was reporting what had happened yesterday.

Tristan, who heard the report, looked at his disciple with an absurd expression, then looked blankly at Rai and Rachel around Aren.

‘It’s such a strange life…’

Are all High Humans like this? While I was seriously contemplating, I heard Aren’s serious voice.

“Of course, I never forgot the kindness of the teacher. Once I can afford to raise them to some extent…”

“stop.”

Principal Tristan, who was listening to Aren’s words, suddenly put on a serious expression and said,

“Aren, are you going to raise the kids?”

“yes.”

“Is raising children like a joke? Like raising a pet…”

“I never thought of it that way, and that’s why I decided to drop out.”

“Do you think your family will allow it? He said he wants to raise a child?”

“I will persuade you until you convince me.”

“Oh really. Do you really have to raise them? Like an orphanage…”

“I have no intention of entrusting it to anyone else.”

“……”

Tristan spoke to Aren, but Aren did not avert his gaze and spoke earnestly.

‘Is this guy serious?’

Tristan was dumbfounded.

A kid who has just become an adult says he will raise the kids.

I don’t know what’s going on, but from the look on his face, it seemed that he was really serious about raising children.

In my experience, no matter how much I talk to these guys, it doesn’t work.

‘He lives an easy life.’

Tristan sighed and said.

“No matter what I say, I intend to raise it.”

“yes.”

“…as much as you among my pupils…”

“This is the first time I’ve ever had an accident? I memorized it.”

“I won’t hate you if you can’t speak.”

Tristan looked at the two children with a serious expression, as if he was thinking for a moment.

Frightened by that gaze, Rachel hid behind Aren, and Aren gently stroked Rachel’s head and said,

“It’s okay~ He has a scary face, but he has a pretty heart~”

‘I can’t hit him because it’s in front of the kids.’

Tristan clicked his tongue in regret.

“Don’t drop out.”

“Yes? But to raise the kids…”

“Aren’t you my direct disciple? I can make you a personal space at the academy.

“… while I’m in class?”

“It’s inside the academy, so what are you worried about? You take care of the education, and the kids eat… I’ll tell the restaurant, so you can take them with you every meal.”

“… can you really do that?”

No matter how direct a disciple he was, if he was given this level of convenience, other students could have bad voices.

Tristan, noticing Aren’s concern, snorted.

“What do you think the level of Borage is now?”

“yes?”

“It’s the best educational institution in Korea. Do you know how many transfer students want to come to Borage because it’s so noisy these days?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

The youngest Archmage, the youngest Auronite, and the first High Human to appear in Korea in decades, all of them were now students of Borage.

“It would be nice if the number of enrolled students decreased because of your favoritism. There are so many aristocrats who have been contacting me lately that I was thinking about retiring.”

“Then can I really stay here?”

“okay.”

At the permission of Principal Tristan, Aren bowed his head deeply and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you very much sir, you guys should say hello too.”

At Aren’s words, Rai and Rachel also bowed their heads to Tristan.

“thank you!”

“Thank you.”

“… hmm hmm yes.”

Tristan cleared his throat as if he was not accustomed to greeting children.

Looking at Tristan, Aren smiled and said,

“Oh! And I have a disciple!”

“… What is it?”