118 – Aren’s hometown friends
Max’s face hardened to stone.
“Why… why do you say that?”
“Hmm, Yura…”
Aren blew his fingers one by one and said.
“I don’t like you first.”
“yes?”
“And your skills are terrible, and I don’t like carrying Mirai in front of me, and I don’t like being Mirai’s knight without my permission.”
“Now that’s why…”
“Certainly.”
Aren said while shining on the shore.
“I don’t like the presence of an unknown auror knight in my house.”
“……”
“What are you doing? Depending on your answer, you wouldn’t be able to walk properly today?”
Max kept his mouth shut.
He didn’t mind telling me about himself, but then he had to tell about his wife, Mary.
‘What can I do…’
As Max stood still, Aren continued.
“The family seems to like you and your wife quite a bit.”
“… but why me…”
“Of course, I can’t find out your identity. My family doesn’t seem to want to ask in detail, so I have to ask? What if something happens to my family because of you?”
“……”
It was a theory.
Certainly, the unidentified Auror Knight was a suspicious figure from his point of view.
Because if they do something wrong, they could cause damage to Aren’s family.
‘I have no choice but to say…’
As Max bit his lip and fell into trouble, Aren smiled and said,
“Actually, you don’t have to tell me. If you just quietly leave my house, I’ll be satisfied. Of course, I’ll give you a hefty severance pay.”
“… I am Lady Mirai’s knight.”
“From now on, I’d like you to be careful with your words.”
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Aren pointed the aura blade at Max’s neck and said.
“I’m not here to talk about oaths or contracts or anything like that. I asked you guys who you were, and you just have to decide whether or not to answer. Do you understand?”
“… yes.”
A cold sweat broke out on Max’s forehead.
‘It’s a monster.’
I thought it was definitely not an aura night, but I’m using an aura.
Besides, judging from his murderous life, if he didn’t like this answer, he might kill himself.
Max swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth.
“We… are the people of Count Rosengart.”
“Rosengart?”
“Yes, I was a knight of Count Rosengart, and Mary…”
When Max was speechless, Aren answered instead.
“Do you think it’s the count’s daughter?”
“… yes.”
“Is it something common?”
“… yes?”
When Max asked, Aren put on a disappointed expression and lowered his sword.
“hahahaha, what did you mean, after all?”
“What do you mean?”
“A story of love between a knight and a young lady, and a story of a nobleman who opposes marriage.”
“…… yes.”
It was something insincere, but it was as it was said.
Max continued in a desperate manner.
“As the boy said, Mary was the count’s daughter, and I was her fiancé.”
“fiance?”
“I was also a nobleman.”
Max’s official name is Max Quasar.
The successor to the Viscount Quasar was Max.
“But why are you knighting the Count’s family? Has it fallen?”
“… You’re right, but you’re doing too much.”
“Huh? I just threw it out, I’m sorry.”
“… Well, that’s right. My father’s business failed and the family was ruined, and I gave up my title.”
Having said this, there was nothing more to hide.
As Max was about to go into more detail about what had happened, Aren raised his hand and said,
“I’m done with the details. Since you seem to have a rough idea, just tell me the current situation. Is the Rosengart family still after you guys?”
“… yes.”
“Yes? Then…”
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As Aren continued to speak, Max suddenly knelt down and shouted.
“young master!”
“What, what?”
“Please! Please, please don’t kick us out! Then I risk my life…”
“Sorry. Please leave.”
Aren put his sword in the scabbard and said.
“The Rosengart family is a well-known family. If you hate such a family, you will feel very sorry for our family.”
“…isn’t that the boy?”
Max said in a desperate voice.
“Isn’t the boy under the protection of Princess Frey, and besides, the Duke of Nerestia also supports him…”
“What do you mean by that? It doesn’t matter who I’m favored with you, right? Seriously, why do I have to be hated by a noble family like a count for you guys?”
“… you’re right. But… we are now… really.”
Max made a face that looked like he was about to collapse at any moment, and dragged on his words.
But Aren had no choice.
‘I can’t pretend to be with the count because of one Auror Knight.’
The Auror Knights were obviously a valuable force, but it would be foolish to lose the Count and Chuck because of one of them.
‘Even if Mirai opposes it, not this time.’
No matter how much my sister objected, I couldn’t listen to the childish light this time.
While Aren was thinking about that, there was a man entering the gymnasium.
“Stop it, Aren.”
“How did Rai come?”
Hans Deepus entered the arena and spoke to Aren.
“If you move around a lot in the morning, the day is hard. Especially not good for Rai, who is still a child.”
“Then are you even talking? What did you come all the way here for?”
Hans didn’t answer and grabbed Max, who was still on his knees.
“Stop getting up.”
“… Baron.”
Max, weak from his touch, looked at Hans with a desperate gaze.
Hans nodded as if he was okay and said to Aren.
“Stop harassing me. Why are you harassing an innocent person?”
“I didn’t know my father could be this soft.”
Aren did not avoid his father’s gaze and faced him head on.
“Did you hear about it?”
“okay.”
“But why are you letting them go?”
“It’s because I’ve become attached to it. Max is already a knight of our baron family.”
“I can’t admit it.”
Aren said in a firm voice.
“The Rosengart family is a high-ranking aristocrat who controls the southern provinces. From what I’ve heard, it seems they’re still chasing them. No matter how affectionate they are, this son can’t understand why they’re letting such dangerous people go.”
“But you can’t just throw them out. They have a new born child. If you kick them out now…”
“What if something happens to your mother and Mirai?”
“……”
Aren spoke defiantly to his father for the first time in his life.
“What do you believe in? Is this going to end with saying that you’re attached to it? The person who objected so much when I sent a letter saying that I took Rai and Rachel was saying something very different now.”
“Yeah, that’s for sure.”
Hans nodded, but there was an unwavering determination in his eyes.
“Then let’s ask the other way around.”
“What do you mean?”
“If Rai and Rachel are children of high-ranking nobles and their parents try to take them by force, would you tolerate that?”
“It’s sophistry.”
Aren said as if he did not understand.
“Why are you so against it? You know how dangerous the situation is right now.”
“As I just said, I’m very attached to it. And I’ve already passed the knight’s oath and become a Mirai knight, and furthermore, my family except for you already considers them to be my real family. You also think of Rai and Rachel as family, right? “
“……”
“I’m just like you. You’re definitely like me in this respect.”
“That’s not a very nice word.”
Aren glared at Max disapprovingly and said.
“Then what are we going to do? If Count Rosengart sends someone.”
“Do I need to worry?”
“yes?”
“If you marry Tia, the Rosengarts won’t be able to touch it either. The Clouds and the Rosengarts have been at odds for a long time, so there’s no problem if they fall apart.”
“……”
Oh, it’s complicated.
***
“Anje, Aren is here, did you hear?”
“… huh.”
Aren’s hometown friend, Neira, looked at her friend, Anje, and said in a worried tone.
“Shall we just meet? You’re dating Leo now, aren’t you?”
“No, it has nothing to do with that… Aren is still a friend.”
“Then go with Leo.”
“Yes, it will.”
Neira sighed as she looked at Ange, who was feeling weak.
‘Aren, you fool.’
Even if you come back, you come at a timing like this…
Neira looked at Anje’s expression with a puzzled look inside.
‘…will it be okay…?’
Anje has been unrequitedly in love with Anje for years, about 10 years ago to be exact, after Aren rescued Anje from a goblin attack.
However, Aren never showed much interest in Anje despite her many courtships.
In addition, at the beginning of this year, he entered Bollywood Academy, a prestigious educational institution in the kingdom, and since then, time has passed without any news.
In the end, tired of waiting, Ange accepted Rio’s confession to him, and a month had passed since they dated.
‘Why are you coming back at this timing?’
I’m sorry for Aren, whom I haven’t seen in a long time, but I’ll have to pinch his side as soon as I meet him.
At that time, there was a man waving at Ange from afar.
“Anje~!”
“Leo…”
It was Ange’s boyfriend, Rio.
Rio ran to Anje’s side in one step.
“Anje, are you here?”
“huh.”
“… have you heard the news?”
“Yes, Aren is back.”
At her words, Leo felt a little uneasy and said.
“The… Shall we go together?”
“Of course, you’re my boyfriend.”
Ange noticed his feelings and said with a smile as if to reassure him.
‘Anje…’
Rio also knew Ange’s heart.
He also had been friends with Aren since childhood, and he knew that Anje had feelings for Aren from before.
However, Aren didn’t seem to have a big heart for Anje, and while he was away in the city, he confessed his feelings to Anje.
‘Yes, Anje is now my girlfriend.’
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Rio proudly raised his chest and looked at Ange and said.
“Come on, I wonder how much he’s changed.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
Ange crossed Rio’s arms and said.
Then Rio’s gaze turned to Neira and said.
“Are you going too?”
“So, are you not going?”
“Then go first, we’ll go gently and slowly.”
When Neira made an absurd expression at Rio’s words, Ange pinched Rio’s side and said,
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“Ah!?”
“Why are you talking to Neira like that?”
“You’re kidding me! I pinched you too hard!”
“Heh, let’s go, Neira.”
“Yeah, nice looking idiot.”
When Ange crossed his arms, Neira moved and chewed on Rio.
Seeing the two of them go first, Rio was taken aback and hurriedly caught up with them.
“It’s a joke, let’s go together, friend~”
“That’s all right.”
“Leo, do you really think I’ll get mad at Neira again?”
“Yes, yes, I was wrong.”
As the three of them walked side by side, they looked around the town with a new expression.
“… come to think of it, did you say Aren made this?”
“It’s like Aren, Aren made achievements and the baron developed the village.”
Rio corrected Neira’s words.
The three of them felt the distance from Aren even more while watching the completely changed village.
Unlike them, Aren was an aristocrat, but he did not care and hung out with them, so he often forgot that he was an aristocrat.
‘When I was young, I thought I’d be like this for the rest of my life…’
Anje looked at the two friends walking on either side and thought.
Four people who have been together since childhood.
One of them, Aren, was no longer a human being of the same position as them.
‘I won’t be able to live like the old days…’
Their childhood, playing together, laughing, eating, drinking, their own memories.
However, as time passed, their relationship gradually changed.
‘Soon…’
You can see the mansion of Baron Difus.
Anje prepared her mind and headed for the main gate of the mansion.
“Keuuu changed a lot here too.”
“That’s right~ It’s a mansion that doesn’t suit our village.”
Rio and Neira looked at the Dafus mansion and said.
It was certainly a sight that had changed a lot from the past.
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After Rio rings the bell hanging at the front gate and waits for a while, the front gate of the mansion opens.
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“…?!”
“…?!”
“…?!”
The first foreigner I saw came out.
A gorgeous woman with milky hair and light brown skin.
Lirina Aslan hurriedly left the mansion and walked towards the front door of the yard.
“Hello? Who are you looking for?”