Bullied but Popular chapter 119

119 – Aren’s hometown friends 2

“How did you find me?”

At Lirina’s words, the three of them looked at her with blank expressions.

‘Who is it?’

she is a great beauty

As soon as a once-in-a-lifetime beauty came out of Aren’s house, Anje tried to manage her expression as much as possible, but she couldn’t help but shake her mind.

Neira, who had been dazed at that time, came to her senses and opened her mouth first.

“Um, we are Aren’s friends… who are you?”

“Ah, they were friends of Aren. Nice to meet you. I am also a friend of Aren. My name is Lirina.”

Lirina said with a seductive smile.

The three of them were once again mesmerized by that deceitful appearance.

‘What is this guy doing at the academy?’

Rio had to struggle to forcibly avert his eyes from being stolen by Lirina.

It’s been less than a month since I’ve been dating Anje, so I can’t lose my eyes to another woman.

However, her insane appearance makes her inevitably drawn to it.

‘X I’m pretty…’

Then, suddenly, a burning pain came from his side.

Kkwaak

“Oops!”

“Leo, you look too pierced.”

Ange was staring at Rio with cold eyes.

“Ah, no! We have to look at each other’s faces to have a conversation!?”

“Oh yeah?”

Anje answered coldly and then said to Lirina.

“Is Aren inside?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Aren went out with his father for a while. I think he’ll come back in a little while…”

Normally, they would tell her to wait inside, but since this wasn’t Lirina’s house, it was ambiguous to even mention it herself.

Three people walking this way when I was in such a stupor.

“Ah, Aren!”

“Aren?”

When I turned my head to follow Lirina’s gaze, there were Aren, Hans, and Max walking towards the mansion.

Seeing them, Neira cried out.

“Aren!”

“uh?”

Aren’s gaze turns to the three.

“Oh! Rio! Ange! Neira!”

Aren found his friends and quickly approached them.

“Long time no see! How are you?”

“Aren, you son of a b*tch! Aren’t you too in touch?”

When Leo put his arm around his shoulder and said, Aren said apologetically.

“Sorry, but I’ve been really busy. It’s a miracle that I’m here right now.”

“That’s an excuse, buy some food later.”

Meanwhile, as Hans and Max approached the mansion, Aren’s friends began to greet them.

“Hello Baron.”

“”hello.””

“Yes, it’s been a while.”

After being greeted roughly, Hans spoke to Aren.

“Go out and come, I will be watching Rai’s training.”

“It’s okay. Rai will do well on his own, and I will come and teach him later.”

“Are you upset?”

“I’m sorry, Lirina, but I’ll take care of Rai and Rachel.”

“Yes? Oh, yes, come home.”

Aren took his friends and headed back to the village.

Looking at Aren’s back, Lilina spoke cautiously.

“… Hey, Aren looks angry?”

“It’s okay, it will be solved someday.”

“Isn’t that a big deal?”

Hans said that to Max, who was still depressed.

“You guys don’t care too much. Even if he’s like that now, he’ll understand everything after time.”

“… yes.”

“Go to Mary sooner than that. You’ve been gone since morning, so you must have been taking care of Ray all by yourself. I’ll have to go and give Mary time to eat lunch.”

Max nodded and went into the mansion.

***

“Heh heh heh, did a restaurant like this open here?”

Aren looked around at a new restaurant in town and said curiously.

As far as he knew, there were only two or three restaurants in the village, but before he knew it, several restaurants were lined up in the village.

“hahahahaha, are you surprised? You’ve changed a lot in the past few months? Suddenly, people come in and do grand construction…”

“A grand construction?”

Rio started to explain what had happened to the town since then.

A lot of people, materials, and a blacksmith suddenly came in.

“It’s amazing? I don’t have it now, but the dwarves came too. Aren’t they going to build a building they’ve never seen before in one morning, or a castle wall?”

“Hey hey stop it.”

As Rio continued to speak excitedly, Neria, who was worse than he was, stopped him.

“All those people must have been sent by Aren, so why are you boasting?”

“Oh, is that so?”

When Rio was embarrassed, Aren smiled and said.

“I didn’t send it.”

“What? The baron said that the high-ranking aristocrats sent people because of your achievements?”

“It’s true, but I didn’t expect it to change to this extent either. Did you know it for the first time when you saw it yesterday?”

“Aren.”

At that time, Anje, who had been listening quietly, said with a soft smile.

“Can you tell me what happened?”

“Ah, so…”

Aren began to outline what had happened.

The problem was that most of what happened at the academy wasn’t normal.

‘Did they fight every day?’

I felt it while explaining it, but it seemed like we fought every day.

After listening to the conversation for a while, Leo said in surprise.

“So, you said you had a duel?”

“Yes, I have won and I have drawn.”

“Have you not progressed?”

“So? Why?”

Come to think of it, I never lost a duel.

Of course, I didn’t think I was weak, but I didn’t think I was strong enough to never lose.

“Well, I’m not strong.”

Aren just decided to brag.

It’s not a lie, isn’t it okay to brag like this in front of your friends?

When Rio heard Aren’s words, he muttered with a blank expression.

“… Sounds like something from another world?”

“Yeah, and hasn’t your physique changed?”

Neira chimed in and looked at Aren.

He had a robust physique that could not be compared to Aren before he left.

The fit of the clothes he was wearing seemed to reflect the lines of his body.

Aren proudly puffed out his chest and said.

“Whoops, it’s the result of love and stress beyond the limit!”

“Isn’t that usually the result of hard work?”

Anje opened his mouth just as Neira was speechless.

“Aren.”

“huh?”

“Me and Leo are dating.”

“…?”

Aren, who did not understand the story for a moment, stared blankly at her face.

And then he smiles brightly and shouts.

“really!?”

“huh.”

“Puha! This bastard, when did you confess? You finally did?”

Aren put his hand on Rio’s shoulder and said.

At that, Rio smiled awkwardly and said.

“No, I mustered up some courage a while ago.”

“hehehehe, well done. I was worried about one thing, but now I feel relieved by this older brother.”

“Why are you my brother?”

Anje, who watched the bickering between the two, opened his mouth again.

“Isn’t Aren like that?”

“uh?”

“The person you’re dating.”

“ah…”

At that moment, the Cloud family’s sisters passed through my mind.

‘Well… I have a fiance… and the person who proposes…’

What can I say about this?

As Aren kept his mouth shut with a puzzled expression, Neira said suspiciously.

“Who are you, the foreigner who came out of the mansion earlier? You’re a great beauty? Maybe…”

“Oh, no. Lirina is just a friend.”

“Just friends?”

“Aren’t they just friends? Uhm, not like that anyway.”

“So you’re not dating anyone?”

“Um… no…”

I should have said confidently that I was dating no one, but my mouth didn’t come out.

‘Why are you doing this? Aren’t they dating?’

“Are you dating someone?”

Ange asked.

Aren scratched his head shyly and said.

“I’m not dating… I have a fiance.”

“what!?”

“really!?”

Leo and Neira jump up from their seats and look at Aren.

Anje opened his eyes wide and asked if he was surprised.

“You have a fiance?”

“Yeah… What for now?”

“for now?”

“No, no. I have a fiancé.”

Since Tia has confessed sincerely, it is impossible to give an ambiguous answer.

I don’t know if she’ll get married later, but now she’s her fiancé.

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“It’s the count’s daughter.”

“Countess…”

“wow…”

“……”

At Aren’s words, the three of them had to feel the distance from Aren once again.

Now I really felt that Aren had become a man of aristocratic society.

‘I see…’

Ange said with a smile.

“Isn’t that nice? To hear that our Aren has a fiancé, this sister is finally relieved.”

“Why are you my sister? Is there anything I can’t say to my brother?”

“That’s funny. Why are you my brother?”

Aren and Ange having a normal conversation.

Seeing that, Neira felt relieved and bitter at the same time.

‘What… I can’t help it.’

Having grown up with Anje since childhood, I knew how much she liked Aren.

It was Ange who had always thought of him and sincerely thought of the things that made him happy.

I had to feel pity in my heart because I saw such a friend right next to me.

‘That bastard, I don’t have to be forced to meet him… but I’ll have to pinch his side at least once.’

Aren was also a friend who grew up together since childhood, but nasty things are nasty things.

“I’m sure it’s good, someone has a fiancé and there’s a reason they don’t show their faces in their hometown.”

“huh?”

When Neira suddenly said something strange, Aren said with a slightly sorry expression.

“Oh, sorry Neira.”

“what?”

“Neira hasn’t had a boyfriend yet. We didn’t notice.”

“Pooh!”

“… up”

“this guy…”

At Aren’s words, Neira opens her eyes and says.

“Then why don’t you introduce me to a good-looking boyfriend? There’s a fiancé here…!”

“Aren.”

“huh?”

Neira shut her mouth at the sudden sound of a man’s voice and turned her gaze in the direction of the sound.

And then the eyes went back.

‘Huh! What, what is that handsome man!?’

Einhart, Kana, and Lirina were entering the restaurant.

“What are the three of you doing?”

“I came in to eat, but you were there?”

“It’s okay to eat at home? What are you doing here?”

“If you come to another region, you should enjoy the local food, right?”

“Indeed, you are right.”

Aren nodded and looked at Lirina.

“What about the kids?”

“I’m having a good time with Mirai.

“Really? Ah, these are my friends, did you see them? Starting from this side, Leon, Ange, and Neira.”

Aren began introducing the three to his friends.

“This man is Einhart, my friend I met at the academy. Did you see Lilina earlier? A gangster with good looks.”

“bully?”

Lirina looks up.

“This is Kana. As you can see, she has cute ears and a tail.”

Kana stares.

“Let’s all eat together like this. Sit down.”

“Is that so?”

Einhat immediately sat down and greeted Aren’s friends.

“hello?”

jjiling

A handsome smile appeared on Einhart’s face.

Seeing that smile, Neira muttered to Aren.

“friend.”

“huh?”

“thank you.”

“…what~”