Bullied but Popular

96 – Come under me

Aren’s annex.

“Gear Reid quietly returned.”

“is it so?”

At the words of Principal Tristan, Aren nodded roughly as if he liked it.

I didn’t even want to mess with them anymore.

Tristan gave a rough nod and looked around.

“Rye? Are you okay now?”

“Yes, I’m going around the academy right now.”

Fortunately, after seeing Aren’s duel, Rai regained his energy and was more focused on training than usual.

He said he would train even harder to get even a little closer to his brother, and he was still working hard.

Naturally, Aren’s shoulders shrug.

“He says he will work hard to catch up with the older brother he admires.”

“It’s a pity, I should have admired a more proper human…”

“… Teacher? Isn’t that your disciple?”

Ignoring Aren’s words, Tristan changed the subject.

“Was there no contact with Britannia more than that?”

“Yes, haven’t you?”

Aren said while thinking of Einhart.

‘Is it the same as usual?’

Three days have passed since the duel ended.

In the meantime, I ran into Einhart, my classmate, several times, but nothing in particular changed in my relationship.

As usual, he joked and passed.

“Rather, someone else is in contact.”

“Others?”

While questioning Aren’s words, the front door suddenly opened and a female student entered.

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“Hello Aren, let’s fight with me today.”

Aren pointed to Cecilia and said.

“That person. That person keeps harassing me.”

“……”

From the day after the duel, Cecilia had come to Aren whenever she had time and asked for a duel.

He seemed more obsessed than usual, saying that the duel at that time would not leave his mind.

Thanks to this, Aren felt tired after a long time and ran away from her.

While Aren sighs, Rachel, who was playing with a hit-dog in the corner, finds Cecilia and comes running.

“Ah! Sister!”

“Kaang!”

“Hello, Rachel White.”

Looking at Cecilia who greeted her warmly, Aren said.

“Take that cat. Isn’t your sister the owner?”

“Kaang!?”

“why?”

“Why, his prey, sh*t, and I…”

As Aren speaks, Rachel shouts.

“No albino!”

“Kaang!”

“… I’ll just raise it.”

Aren resigned himself and said to Tristan.

“The children’s meeting by the way? How did it go?”

“I was just about to tell you.”

Tristan looked at Rachel and said.

“There’s a meeting in a week. You can leave the day before that.”

“class?”

As Tristan looked at himself and said, Rachel tilted her head and said.

Tristan said with a grandfatherly smile.

“I mean the place where our princess’s friends gather.”

“… friend?”

“Okay, wouldn’t Rachel want friends too?”

At Tristan’s disgusting voice, Aren shut his mouth and just looked at Rachel.

If Rachel said she didn’t want to go, I had no intention of forcing her to go.

Rachel pondered for a moment, then hugged the albino and said.

“Are you friends with the albino?”

“So, of course, albino is a friend, but there are no friends of Rachel’s age. If you go there, there are a lot of friends of Rachel’s same age.”

“… hmm.”

Although his social phobia has improved a lot now, he seems nervous when he hears that he is going to see his peers.

Rachel pondered with a serious? (super cute expression) and said to Aren.

“Are you guys going too?”

“Rye will go with you. But I can’t go with you.”

“Why? Can’t you come with me too?”

When Rachel looks disappointed, a happy smile spreads across Aren’s face.

“Is that so?”

“Isn’t it obvious that it shouldn’t be?”

“… Yes.”

At Tristan’s words, Aren quickly put on a disappointed expression and said,

“Sorry Rachel, my brother has an academy class so I can’t go with him.”

“… Ugh.”

Rachel looked disappointed, but Aren was relieved inside.

‘It seems you don’t want to go, though?’

If she didn’t want to go, she would have said she didn’t want to go now, but Rachel began to think about whether it wasn’t really like that.

Looking at Rachel like that, Aren said with a smile.

“Rachel, for now, just go see your friends with Rai. If you feel like you don’t like it, tell Grandpa and come back right away.”

“… Can the albino go with me?”

Cecilia said at Rachel’s words.

“Albino.”

“Beep?”

“Look after Rachel.”

“Kaang!”

“…Does this guy really understand?”

I don’t think it’s just that they are worshiping the holy water in the holy kingdom.

With Cecilia’s permission, Rachel said as if she had made up her mind.

“Yes! I want to go see my friends!”

“okay.”

When Rachel smiled brightly, Aren and Tristan looked at Rachel with proud expressions.

Then Cecilia looks at Tristan and says.

“Is the meeting at Viscount Kelliac’s?”

“Hmm? How do you know?”

When Tristan said with a surprised expression, Cecilia patted Rachel’s head and said,

“My brother is going there.”

“Noah?”

“Brother?”

At her words, Aren and Rachel looked at her.

Cecilia said to Rachel with a smile.

“Yeah, it’s my sister’s younger brother.”

“Wow~ You have a younger sister too~ So are you friends with me?”

“A friend… rather than a brother.”

At Cecilia’s words, this time Aren asked.

“Nuna, how old is Noah?”

“Ten years old.”

“Are you the same age as Lai?”

Rather than Rachel’s friend, he was Rai’s friend.

‘But can we be friends?’

If Noah found out about his relationship with Rai, he would treat him like an enemy.

“Well, you know how to get along well?”

“Yeah. More than that, Aren, when are you sparring?”

“How many more times do I have to say no?”

Does this person like me?

I’m tired of duels now.

Just as Aren was about to change the topic again, the front door suddenly opened and unexpected people entered.

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“Aren Difus.”

“… Now, all the strangest people are coming.”

The Britannia trio, including Millia, entered Aren’s annex.

Milia, who entered without permission, confidently looked down at Aren and said,

“I have something to say.”

“get out.”

Cecilia glared at Milia and said.

“You don’t even know how to knock?”

‘You know knock!?’

“Get out of the way, I have nothing to do with you.”

‘Be confident in someone else’s house.’

The murderous spirits of Cecilia and Milia spread throughout the room.

“Kreurreung.”

“Uh, sister…”

Startle

Cecilia came to her senses at the albino growl and Rachel’s frightened voice.

She immediately took her life and approached Rachel to comfort her.

“Sorry, were you scared?”

“Ugh, it’s okay sister.”

“Kreurreung.”

“Quiet albino.”

“Kaang!”

I don’t know what they’re doing.

At that time, Tristan, who was watching the situation, looked at Milia and said.

“What’s going on?”

“… I would like to speak separately to Aren Deepus.”

“You’re my disciple. As a teacher, you should listen together.”

“……”

Millia looked at Tristan blankly for a moment, then sighed and sat down on the sofa.

“Bring the tea.”

“Isn’t there such a thing?”

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“Bring some water.”

Cecilia reacts once more to Milia’s words.

“go away.”

“Get out of here. It’s not something you or the like can hear.”

“Come outside.”

“Enough, both of you.”

Aren said with a straight face.

“I only say nice things in front of my kids. If I don’t want to, I’ll leave.”

“……”

“……”

When the two of them shut up at Aren’s sudden words, Baltos speaks instead.

“What nonsense are you talking about? You’re not normal either.”

“get out.”

“…?”

“Leave, if you don’t like it, I won’t talk.”

In response to Aren’s words, Milia also speaks.

“Get out of Baltos.”

“…… really?”

“get out.”

“… my circumstances…”

Baltos was kicked out.

Looking so pitiful to see him go outside with his shoulders drooping, Isaac pulled out a trump card he had prepared just in case.

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“I bought it from a popular pastry shop in Kuzen. Here…”

“Thank you, Sir Isaac. I’ll bring you some fruit.”

Aren seemed to like Isaac’s gift and immediately took the cookie and passed it on to Rachel.

Then I headed to the kitchen to really prepare the fruit.

Milia looked at Isaac and said, as if the two of them were absurd.

“You’re doing all sorts of weird things.”

“I think it’s better than Baltos.”

“That’s natural, and if you’re dumber than Baltos, you don’t need to take him with you.”

“… I’m so sorry, that’s persuasive.”

After a little while, Aren, who had brought fruit beautifully, put it in front of the party and said,

“So what are you talking about?”

“Come under me.”

“I refuse.”

A conversation that goes by in an instant.

Isaac interrupted hastily.

“Now, wait! Princess! I’ll tell you!”

Negotiations were impossible for Milia.

Isaac cleared his throat and said.

“Keuheum, Aren-kun.”

“It’s just Aren.”

“Aren, do you know why we are here?”

“On the surface.”

The direct order given by the emperor to the international students was to be recruited by Aren Deepus.

However, the international students never took action to enlist Aren.

Isaac nodded in approval.

“Yes, His Majesty certainly ordered your capture, but our goals are slightly different.”

“What’s your purpose?”

“Before that, Aren, you are the human that His Majesty Lisbeth wants now. And you have no intention of leaving the Iggent Kingdom. Is that correct?”

“yes.”

Aren nodded, and Isaac grinned.

“I think we can help you if you join hands with us.”

“What how?”

“That means His Majesty can make you give up. Of course you can live wherever you want without problems.”

After listening to the conversation for a while, Principal Tristan interrupted.

“If that’s the case, then there’s no need to worry.”

“yes?”

When Isaac asked back at the sudden tackle, Tristan said calmly.

“Did you really think you wouldn’t know about the plains of Abraya?”

“…!”

As Isaac opened his eyes wide in surprise, Aren looked at Tristan and asked.

“Plains of Abraya?”

“It’s a wide plain between two empires. The two emperors collided there.”

Tristan continued, eating the fruit as if it didn’t matter.

“Mum-mum, in other words, Emperor Lisbeth, it’s not the time to care about Aren or anything like that.”

“…something like that? Teacher, what are you doing today? I’m really sad?”

Tristan simply ignored it and turned his head.

“What do you think, Millia Britannia?”

“……”

At Tristan’s words, Millia and Isaac’s faces turned to stone.

The deal was ruined before it even started.