Bullied but Popular

Chapter 54

54 – Luna Nerestia

“You can’t give Elisha.”

“Why? My sister’s friend now…”

“Even with an elixir, the curse cannot be removed.”

Cecilia bowed her head deeply as if in despair.

“Even with the blessing of the High Priestess, it didn’t work. In the first place, the Elixir doesn’t have the effect of removing the curse.”

“But can’t you save your sister’s friend right now?”

Elixir could not remove the curse, but it was possible to restore the physical condition once.

But she shouldn’t be alive.

Even as Aren spoke, he listened to her voice knowing that this was the real content.

Cecilia said, biting her lips in pain.

“…you can’t save it.”

“why?”

“…the duke is crazy right now.”

The words I heard from Count Gran.

Aren asked again.

“Where are you crazy?”

“…the duke is now… targeting the phoenix.”

‘…… Phoenix?’

fire bird phoenix.

When Aren heard the name of the mysterious holy water, he immediately felt a doubt.

‘why?’

In other words, the phoenix is a holy beast that is also called the owner of the torch.

And the torch had the power to burn the magic of the black magicians as well as their curses.

Aren knew about it, but he never thought that the Duke was aiming for the phoenix.

The reason is that…

“Isn’t there only one phoenix found? Besides, wasn’t it less than two years old?”

“…… huh.”

As Aren said, the discovered phoenix was only one that was protected by the Holy Land, and it was not yet an adult, so it was an age where even if you made a spark like a match, let alone a torch, you should be praised.

Besides, Duke Hamel is aiming for the Holy Beast, which the Holy Land says is officially protected?

‘Am I crazy?’

Just declaring war seemed less crazy.

No matter how much it is to save his sister’s life, because of an unknown method, he is creating a spark of war with the Holy Kingdom.

Of course, if war breaks out, tens of thousands of people will die…

‘If I do something wrong, the two empires might intervene…’

Britannia and the Gia Raid Empire are now in the early stages of the war.

Under such circumstances, if a war broke out in another neutral country, they might intervene in the war for their own benefit.

For example, they will support you, so ask them to come under you, or delay the 3rd force to aim for war resources…

‘Then is it over?’

Just exgent will be smashed.

While Aren was clearing his confused head for a moment, Cecilia said.

“The duke hired an alchemist.”

“alchemist?”

“Yes, the elixir makers.”

“… Didn’t they say you could make an elixir with a phoenix?”

“Yeah… so… you can’t save Luna.”

‘I see.’

With these words, it felt like the tangled threads in Aren’s head had been unraveled.

You can save Lady Luna with the elixir, but that will give the duke time.

Given time, Duke Hamel will aim for Phoenix right away, and if this fact is known to the Holy Kingdom, a war will happen 100%.

‘That’s why I can’t save it…’

Of course, Duke Hamel also aimed at the Dark Priest who cursed him at first, but for the past five years, he hadn’t found a single hair, let alone a trace of the Dark Priest.

So, in the end, the target is the phoenix protected by the Holy Kingdom.

“……”

Upon learning all the circumstances, Aren looked at Cecilia with pitying eyes.

If Cecilia had asked for the elixir without explaining the circumstances, Aren would have given her the elixir.

But she did not ask Aren for the elixir.

Because he knows that if he saves his friend’s life, it could lead to war.

It’s heartbreaking for her, but it’s a choice she can’t help.

“… I don’t know what to do.”

“……”

“Until the year before last, Luna could walk… but since last year, suddenly she can’t walk… and her eyesight has disappeared.”

“……”

“Aren…… What should I do?”

Cecilia looked at Aren with red eyes as if begging for help and grabbed his collar.

“I… what should I do?”

“…… Whoa.”

Aren raised his head for a moment and looked at the ceiling and began to ponder.

‘The curse… what is it?’

The man in the dream played the role of a supporter.

Of course, it was the man’s role to do various buff activities and remove debuffs.

Of course, it is also possible for Aren, who has the same abilities as men, but…

‘Is this place the same as this place?’

A dream is always a dream

Aren believed that the dream was real, but he was aware that it was a completely different world from here, so he couldn’t hastily say that he could help her.

Aren lowered his head again and looked at Cecilia.

“……”

Cecilia was looking at him with sorrowful eyes.

“…Haa, don’t expect it, sister.”

“huh.”

“Actually, it’s because I don’t know much about magic or curses… Really what if…”

Aren did not get off his lips easily.

If Aren’s ability does not work, Cecilia will be greatly hurt again.

Aren paused for a while and took a deep breath before speaking.

“Whoa… if my ability works for curses, is it possible to do it?”

“……”

Cecilia, who had been listening to Aren, stood still with a dumbfounded expression as if she did not understand his words for a moment.

After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted.

“really!!!?”

“Wait! Don’t expect it!”

Cecilia’s reaction was so great that Aren quickly calmed her down.

“Calm down! I’m not really sure!”

“Ha, but… but!”

“Please… don’t expect it.”

Aren said, lowering his voice in part.

I couldn’t make her expect something that wasn’t even certain yet.

As Aren regained his composure, Cecilia too calmed down and began to take a deep breath.

“Whoa whoa… Really?”

“… I don’t know. I really don’t know.”

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Aren’s words gave Cecilia a glimpse of hope.

Until now, she had done everything in her own way to save Luna’s life.

But there was no way.

No matter how she tried this or that, Luna’s body was getting weaker every day, and Cecilia’s heart was getting more and more impoverished.

But there is a way.

No, there might be a way.

It was a really precious little light of hope for Cecilia.

She eventually shed tears again and said to Aren.

“Boo, please… it doesn’t matter… just look at it.”

“…… okay.”

To Cecilia’s weeping voice, Aren answered in a weak voice.

***

Duke of Nerestia.

‘…… I came.’

With the help of Frey’s teleportation, Aren was standing in front of the gate of the Nerestia family within a day.

“… Sister, first of all, to the Duke.”

“I know.”

At Aren’s words, Cecilia nodded and said,

Aren had no intention of bringing up the idea that he might be able to cure Luna.

It was because Duke Hamel might kill Aren if he didn’t treat him after giving him hope for nothing.

Aren, who imagined being hit by the sword of Duke Hamel for a while, shivered all over, and Frey, who was next to him, smiled confidently and said,

“Mhahahahaha! Don’t worry, brother! This older sister will protect you~”

“I really ask you~ Princess Archmage~”

“Um! I see~”

While the two were playing, a man who appeared to be a butler came out of the front door.

“Welcome, Princess and Lady Cecilia.”

“Hello butler.”

nod

‘I have one too…’

When the butler welcomed only Frey and Cecilia, Aren was a bit sullen.

“Eat inside, the Duke is waiting for you.”

“butler.”

“yes?”

The butler, who was about to lead the party inside, was stopped by Cecilia’s sudden call.

“Can’t you see one?”

“… yes?”

The butler was taken aback by Cecilia’s cold tone, but she continued to speak.

“Do it right.”

“… sorry.”

The butler briefly bowed his head to Cecilia, then immediately bowed to Aren and said:

“I apologize for the rudeness, Aren Deepus.”

“Oh, no.”

“If it’s not rude, can I guide you right away to the Duke?”

“Yes… Thank you very much.”

After that, the butler began guiding the group, and Aren followed the butler with a stupid expression.

Frey, who was watching Aren’s expression, whispered in his ear what was so interesting.

“Whoa, whoa, Aren is loved~”

“Heh heh heh, will you?”

“It’s good~ I want to be protected by Lia even if it’s just once~”

“Umm… I can definitely understand why the female protagonists in romance novels are thrilled with the male lead.”

“Whoop… Hey, the role… has changed? Heck”

While Aren and Frey were talking, the butler guided him to the door of the parlor and told Frey that he had arrived at his destination.

“The Duke is waiting for you inside.”

“Then~”

Hearing the butler’s words, Frey walked to the door without hesitation.

chuck chuck chuck chuck

‘no way…’

I thought maybe it would be the same here, but as expected, Frey was Frey.

Taang! jump

“The Princess Appears!”

“Open gently.”

Even though Frey opened the door as if to smash it, Duke Hamel, who was in the drawing room, said nothing.

‘They’re both weird…’

The moment Aren entered the drawing room thinking so.

oh oh oh

‘…… I’m serious?’

Aren began to get nervous in the energy of the knights standing on the wall of the drawing room.

‘This is the strongest family in Korea.’

Aren looked around the knights with a nervous expression and stopped looking at a familiar face.

‘Is that person there too?’

The knight who had been beaten to death by Cecilia in Bollywood was standing in the corner of the wall.

Aren, somehow relaxed, turned his gaze to Duke Hamel.

‘He really looks like Carol.’

The atmosphere is vastly different, but just looking at their faces, I could believe they were brothers.

“It’s the High Human I saw at the party.”

While Aren was thinking about things, Duke Hamel spoke first.

Aren didn’t know that he would talk to him first, so he started to greet him in embarrassment.

“Ah, my name is Aren Deepus. Duke Hamel, this time…”

“Did you bring the elixir?”

Cutting off Aren’s greetings in the middle, Duke Hamel went straight to the point.

Cecilia spoke on behalf of Aren, who hesitated for a moment about what to say.

“There is no Elixir.”

“It’s a lie.”

oh oh oh

As soon as the words were finished, Duke Hamel began to cheer up.

As Cecilia tried to cheer up accordingly, Frey hurriedly stepped forward.

“Duke? First of all, aren’t you curious about why we came here?”

“If it’s not an elixir, I’m not interested.”

“It’s too much! It wasn’t so cold in the past!”

“You are the same as before and now.”

When Frey tried to speak in a bright tone, the atmosphere relaxed a little.

Frey took advantage of this gap and continued talking.

“You know the duke, right? Here’s my little brother!”

“so?”

“Do you know what my brother’s ability is?”

Frey immediately began to explain Aren’s abilities to Duke Hamel.

And while listening to the explanation, Duke Hamel wrinkled his brow and said.

“so?”

“So if you see Luna’s aura with Aren’s ability, you might be able to know something, like Luna’s current physical condition?”

“It’s useless.”

Duke Hamel, who was listening to Frey’s explanation, said as if he was disappointed.

“In our family, we already have top-ranking councilors and high-ranking priests placed on a regular basis. We already know everything about Luna’s physical condition.”

“But Aren’s ability…”

“Give me the elixir.”

Frey tried to persuade him, but Duke Hamel glared at Aren as if he had no intention of listening.

“One of the people who entered the dungeon at that time was you, and if Cecilia doesn’t have the elixir, the next possibility is the Boyd family, the boy and you. Aren Deepus.”

“……”

“Give it over gently, of course it’s worth it…”

“stop.”

While Duke Hamel was talking, Cecilia cut off her words.

“Duke, I’m sorry, but we’re here to see Luna. Stop looking for missing items, and we’ll get up first.”

“Whoever wants to.”

Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa

Duke Hamel raised an aura as if he was going to take the elixir this time.

As Frey and Aren looked at him with nervous expressions, Cecilia’s aura began to ignite.

Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa

“sister!?”

“Lea stop.”