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53 – Elixir

Frey stared at Rai and Rachel curiously.

“Aren, are these your children?”

“Yes, that’s how it happened.”

“Hmm~”

As Frey continued to stare, Rachel hid behind Aren, feeling uneasy.

Seeing that, Frey smiled at the corner of his mouth and greeted him.

“Hello Rachel?”

… nod

When Rachel nodded at her greeting, Frey moved closer and attempted to talk.

“My sister is called Frey~ Do you call me Frey sister?”

… nod

“Hmm… Are you shy?”

As Rachel grew more and more burdened, Frey said regretfully and took a step back.

At that time, Lirina, who watched for a while, approached Frey and said hello.

“Princess, long time no see.”

“Uh~ hello.”

“……”

Frey gives a rough greeting and starts watching the children again.

‘Why do you hate it so much?’

It’s the first time I’ve seen Frey with such a cold reaction.

‘Did Lirina do something wrong?’

When Aren’s gaze turned to Lirina, she only put on a puzzled expression and sat quietly.

Then Rai spoke to Aren.

“brother.”

“huh?”

“Why are there only pretty people around you?”

“… huh?”

At the sudden strange question, Aren looked at Rai with a bewildered expression.

On the other hand, Frey went on a rampage to see if he liked Rai’s question.

“Ahahahahaha! Really!? There are only beauties around Aren!? Wow~! My younger sister, this sloppy guy! I can’t be satisfied with just one older sister…!”

“Stop! You know this is a really strange word, right?”

“… Hmmm.”

“……”

Rai’s question seemed to be liked not only by Frey, but also by Tia and Lirina. A smile spread across their faces little by little.

I looked around for a while, then looked at Rai again and said in a serious voice.

“lie.”

“yes.”

“Certainly, they are beautiful, aren’t they?”

“yes.”

As he spoke seriously to Aren, Rai’s voice became more and more serious.

“But the most important thing for a woman is not how she looks.”

“Then what is it?”

“It’s the heart! It’s the personality! A warm heart that knows how to be considerate of others…!?”

snap

While Aren was talking, a hand snatched his hair.

“what do you mean.”

“……”

Were you very angry?

Tia’s voice is calm, but you can feel the anger emanating from within her.

Aren quickly began to analyze the current situation.

‘The opponent is one 4th circle wizard, one auror knight, … one archmage, there’s no chance of winning.’

After quickly reviewing the situation, Aren spoke desperately to Rai.

“So you’re like hyung! You have a good heart! You have a pretty face! I only make friends with attractive girls! Okay!”

“… yes!”

Crazy advice to teach a child.

However, as if the two were satisfied with their conversation, Tia removed her hand from Aren’s hair.

Aren, who took a sigh of relief and straightened his head for a while, looked at Frey and said.

“By the way, what’s wrong with your sister?”

“Am I a student here too?”

“The vacation isn’t over yet. No, more than that, doesn’t your sister drop out?”

“Withdrawal?”

Frey is a great wizard.

To be honest, the only professor at the academy who could teach her anything was Principal Jake.

However, since each of the 7 circle magics is their own creative magic, Frey could not learn magic from Jake unless he was a direct disciple.

In other words, Frey did not need to remain in Borage.

Frey, who understood Aren’s meaning, spoke indifferently.

“Are you going to keep going?”

“why?”

“To see you.”

“Don’t play around.”

“Is it real?”

“……?”

“……?”

An awkward silence fell in the room at Frey’s remarks.

‘What are you talking about?’

It was a remark that could be misunderstood.

Aren, the person in charge, couldn’t open his mouth for a while, but Rachel, who was next to him, pulled on Aren’s clothes and said.

“brother.”

“uh?”

“Is that sister also your brother’s fiancée?”

“… no.”

Aren spoke briefly and turned his gaze to Frey.

“Look at this! Kids misunderstand!”

“Hmm~ But this is also true.”

“What?”

“I am here because I want to see you and Leah.”

“You should have said that from the beginning? Is it part of it? It’s very funny right now, right?”

“Poop!”

“ha.”

“Whoa.”

Aren, who heard Frey’s words, as well as Tia and Lilina, sighed in relief.

When the situation was finally settled, Aren leaned deeply into his chair and said.

“Ehh, but are you okay? You don’t do magic training?”

“Huh, I told you before~ I found something good in the dungeon.”

“Oh~”

At the party last time, Frey said that he must have found something in the dungeon.

Since it was the Grand Mage’s dungeon, it must have been of great help to her growth.

Aren, now somewhat convinced, suddenly realized that he was hungry and got up from his seat.

“Come to think of it, I was going to feed the kids lunch, but the conversation went the other way.”

“Oh my! Is Aren living? Then I~”

“Ray Rachel, what do you want to eat?”

Aren, who lightly ignored Frey’s words, looked at the children and asked.

“I like anything.”

“ice cream!”

“…I heard they buy ice cream for dessert. Who the hell fed him ice cream?”

Aren said that, but when he turned his gaze to the expected person, Tia was only staring out the window.

Aren, who was glaring at her, spoke to Tia as if he had suddenly remembered.

“Tia, who is Cecilia?”

“…it’s not out yet.”

“……”

Three days ago, Cecilia went into her room after turning a knight into blood, and not a single step came out.

Tia was worried a few times and went to bring food, but she wouldn’t even open the door to Tia.

‘It’s a big deal…’

Frey, who had been listening to the two of them, said.

“The Nerestia knights came?”

“Yeah… I was kicked out after being hit by my sister.”

“Um~ I know roughly what the situation is.”

At Frey’s words, Aren interrupted the conversation.

“What’s the situation?”

“Um~”

“I know to some extent, so can you tell me?”

“Um~”

Frey didn’t say it easily, so this time he looked at Tia and said.

“Isn’t it true that the Elixir is related?”

“……”

“This is just a medicine, so why can’t I give it to Nerestia?”

“……”

Despite Aren’s words, the two remained silent.

In the end, Aren got up from his seat with a disappointed expression on his face.

“Okay, let’s go get lunch.”

“yes.”

nod

When Allen tried to take the children with a sullen expression, Tia said with a puzzled expression.

“Hey, you really shouldn’t tell anyone about this.”

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“Someone said something. Let’s go eat lunch.”

“…you’re upset.”

As Tia said, Aren’s lips slightly protruded.

Seeing this, Frey grabs Aren’s cheeks as if he is cute and wiggles like a massage.

“Ahahahaha! My younger brother is upset~ Noona made me sad! I’m sorry~ I don’t know why my younger brother is so cute~”

Tia and Lirina’s expressions hardened at Frey’s excessive expression of affection, but Aren calmly replied.

“Why don’t you tell me when your cute little brother asks you to?”

“Puhahahahaha!!”

As if Aren’s wit had worked, Frey burst out laughing maniacally.

After laughing for a while, she cleared her throat and said to Aren,

“hehehe, go to Aren Leah.”

“Me? I heard you won’t open the door for Tia?”

“It’s okay… let’s go.”

Frey gave a bittersweet smile as he spoke.

***

Hearing Frey’s words, Aren left the children’s lunch with Tia and Lirina and headed straight to Cecilia’s room.

smart

“Sister, it’s me.”

“……”

‘there is no answer…’

As Aren was contemplating whether to knock again, he heard a strange sound from inside the door.

“Kaang!”

“… I brought you something to eat for the albino.”

Having said that, Aren decided to wait for a while.

… kiik

Cecilia must have reacted to these words as well, as the door opened slightly, revealing her face.

“… Anything to eat?”

turuk

As soon as she had finished her words, Aren pulled on the door and said,

“Sorry, that’s a lie.”

“……”

“Did your sister cry?”

Cecilia’s eyes, which she saw after three days, were red and there were traces of tears on her face.

Looking at her, Aren hesitated for a moment and then carefully opened his mouth.

“Can I go inside?”

“… huh.”

With Cecilia’s permission, Aren entered the room.

“Kaang!”

“Hello, white boy.”

I was worried because he hadn’t come out for three days, but it seems that the albino had something to eat.

“… Does he already have teeth?”

“It’s a white tiger.”

‘Baekho is like that…’

Aren, who had learned useless knowledge, looked around for a moment and hesitated. Then Cecilia pointed to the bed and said,

“Sit here.”

“… there?”

“huh.”

‘…… Wake up, Cecilia-sister couldn’t be like that, right?’

Aren calmed down for a moment and sat cautiously on the edge of the bed.

“Sister, do you know why I came?”

“……”

“Can you tell me what happened?”

As soon as Aren finished speaking, tears began to flow from Cecilia’s eyes.

“Who, sister!?”

“… Whoops!”

Aren was taken aback by Cecilia’s sudden sobbing and began to soothe her.

“Is sister okay? Who, who… Shall we bring Tia? No, Frey-nee came earlier too!”

‘What are you talking about, you f*cking god!’

Aren cursed at himself for such a clumsy appeasement.

Her voice then faintly audible.

“Ah, Areen…”

“Yeah! Sister, why?”

“Huh… uh… black… what should I do…”

“Huh? You’re fine, so speak slowly.”

nod nod

At Aren’s words, Cecilia shed tears and nodded her head.

After shedding tears for a long time, Cecilia stopped crying and took a deep breath.

“Whoa… I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. Sister?”

“are you okay.”

“……”

“……”

The two of them sat quietly for a while without saying anything.

Meanwhile, Cecilia spoke first.

“Aren.”

“huh.”

“Do you know the Duke of Nerestia?”

“huh.”

Cecilia nodded and said with a sad expression.

“I have a friend in Nerestia.”

“friend?”

“Luna Nerestia.”

“Ahh.”

Aren was convinced by Cecilia’s words and began to listen again.

“Luna is cursed now.”

“I know, you mean the Dark Priest?”

For an instant, Cecilia’s eyes shone coldly at Aren’s words.

For her, the Dark Priest was a hateful existence that made her want to tear it apart.

“Yeah, I went to Nerestia a while ago… Luna is very sick right now.”

“Is it too bad?”

“I’ll die soon.”

Cecilia seemed sad even as she spoke, but her eyes began to blush once again.

“When I went this time, I saw Luna… she felt strange…”

Cecilia eventually shed tears and continued in a sobbing voice.

“My body keeps drying out… the strange… bruises are growing.”

“……”

“Your breath will get weak… and you’ll wake up… uhhh.”

Cecilia finally put her head on the bed and started crying again.

Aren silently patted her on the back and waited for her to stop crying.

When Cecilia’s crying stopped, she began to explain again.

“Haa… So the duke told me.”

“what?”

“Did the elixir come out of the dungeon?”

“so?”

What Aren wanted to hear the most began to emerge.

With the elixir he had, he might be able to save Cecilia’s friend.

On the other hand, she shook her head and said.

“You can’t give me the elixir.”