121 – towards the candy store
The next day, Aren took Rai, Rachel, and Mirai to the village.
“Brother, what is that?”
“Huh… ? What is that?”
To Rachel’s question, Aren gave a timid answer.
‘I’ve changed too much.’
It was good until they came out to create something for the children to get along well.
‘The problem is that I don’t know where to go.’
I came back to my hometown after a long time, but I can’t guide my children.
Seeing Aren bewildered, Mirai spoke cautiously.
“There… there’s a new candy store over there.”
“Snacks? Ice cream!”
At Mirai’s words, Rachel said excitedly.
“Mirai, is it far away?”
“No, come with me in a little while.”
“Whoa! Oppa, let’s go there!”
Rachel smiled brightly and begged Aren.
Seeing her smile, Mirai also smiled with satisfaction and said to Aren,
“Let’s go there brother.”
“Huh? So what?”
Aren immediately took Rachel and Mirai’s hands and moved on.
Then, after thinking for a while, he looked at Rai and said.
“Will Rai hold hands?”
“I really…”
“Should I hold Mirai’s hand?”
“…!?”
Rai’s expression hardened like stone at Aren’s sudden words.
And of course, tension began to flow through Mirai’s expression.
‘hehehehe, that’s cute.’
Seeing the two awkward children, Aren said as if he couldn’t help it.
“Ew, you’re weak to women, even though you’re my younger sister.”
“…? You’re weak against women too…”
“I can’t. Rachel, can you hold Mirai’s hand?”
At Aren’s words, Rachel nodded with a smile.
“Yes! Mirai! Let’s go hand in hand with me!”
“… huh.”
Mirai smiled shyly and held her hand.
Appreciating this, Aren smiled happily and held out his remaining hand to Rai.
“ruler.”
“…?”
“catch.”
“… Hyung. I’m really good.”
Ray’s face turned red.
‘Embarrassingly…’
To walk down the street holding my brother’s hands with the children.
It’s not like a child
As if Rai didn’t like it, he opened the distance, and Aren said with a gloomy expression.
“Is that so. Do you hate it that much? I can’t. Rachel, Rai hates you.”
As if surprised by Aren’s words, Rachel opened her eyes wide and shouted at Rai.
“Brother is bad! Why don’t you hold Aren’s hand!”
“I’m done?”
“No! We have to hold Aren’s brother’s hand! Isn’t it Mirai?”
‘Why throw it over there!?’
While Lai was taken aback by her sister’s sudden curve, Mirai looked at him and said,
“huh…”
‘ah…’
Everyone’s eyes turned to Rai.
‘Ah, it’s embarrassing…’
To walk holding my brother’s hand in the middle of the street.
This has never happened in 10 years of my life.
Rai could barely move and stood still, then flinched when he felt Mirai’s gaze.
‘It can’t be helped.’
I didn’t want to be seen as a bad image to Mirai.
Rai was very excited and carefully held Aren’s hand.
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“hehehehe, that’s good, brother.”
“Ah… embarrassing.”
“What’s embarrassing? It’s just nice.”
Aren spoke succinctly and walked towards the candy store.
And the villagers who saw the four people holding hands began to look at them one by one.
“Huh? Isn’t that man Aren?”
“Oh, that’s right, hey! Master!”
The villagers who saw them saw Aren and pretended to know.
“Huh? Drunk guys?”
They were drunken men I had known since childhood.
Aren saw them and began to greet them.
“Hello guys? You still smell like alcohol from daytime? Do you work in the fields?”
“You’re still talking nonsense. It’s been a while since we met, is that what you’re talking about?”
“Well, it’s true, but why? More than that, what are those children?”
As the men looked at them curiously, Aren smiled proudly and said,
“They are all my younger brothers!”
“What!? No way!”
“Where did that man get into an accident!? I knew that!”
“Are these guys drunk? It’s not like that. Don’t talk nonsense.”
While Aren was frowning, an old woman appeared from behind the two uncles and brandished a broom.
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“Ah!?”
“Ahh!?”
“These crazy people? What nonsense are you talking about in front of the kids!”
“Oh, really old woman!”
“You still carry that broom!?”
The old woman suddenly appeared on the broomstick, and the two men made a fuss and ran away.
Aren, who was watching the scene, shouted as if he was happy to see the old woman.
“Tomato Sword Master Granny!”
“What are you talking about, you madman?”
Aren shouted as if he was happy, but the grandmother waved a broom with a straight face.
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“Aww.”
“This guy still looks slim. Where are you talking about…”
While the grandmother was nagging, Rachel shouted, blocking Aren’s way.
“Don’t hit my brother!”
“Huh? What are these peanuts?”
“I-I’m not Peanut! It’s Rachel!”
“It’s a noisy peanut. Are you Mirai’s friend?”
Mirai nodded at her grandmother’s words and said.
“Yes… He’s a friend.”
“… hehehehe.”
Rachel laughed thinly, as if she were angry at Mirai’s words.
Aren, who was watching the scene, laughed nonchalantly and started introducing the children.
“This girl is Rachel, my sister. Of course, she’s an adopted child. This is Lai, my little brother. Say hello, my brother’s close friend, Tomato Sword Master Grandma.”
At Aren’s words, the two children bowed their heads and said hello.
“Hello Grandma.”
“Hello Tomato Sword Master Grandma.”
“I teach the kids good things. You sing along without knowing anything, right?”
The grandmother said as if she was dumbfounded and passed the basket she was holding in one hand to Aren.
“ruler.”
“What is it?”
“If you give it to me, I’ll just take it. Why do you talk so much? I can’t see Grandma’s arms falling!”
Aren took the basket and looked inside.
“Oh, tomatoes?”
“Go feed the kids.”
“Thank you. Is this why I like my grandmother?”
“You’re going to lose it again. You bastard. Anyway, I got rid of my father.”
Grandma said a word and moved on again.
“Grandma, are you leaving already?”
“Then what are you doing here? I have to go home.”
“Guys, the sword master is going. Should I say hello?”
At Aren’s words, the children bow their heads once again.
“Goodbye, Grandma.”
“Goodbye, Grandma.”
“Goodbye, Tomato Sword Master Grandma.”
“That Peanut is a bit brainy.”
“That’s not a peanut! My head isn’t bad!”
Rachel shouted at Grandma’s words, but she calmly ignored them and went on her way again.
“Ugh… I’m not a peanut.”
“hahahahaha, grandma was playing a joke~”
Aren smiled kindly and said.
But Rachel looked at her legs for a moment, then turned her gaze to Mirai’s head.
Miria tilted her head and asked.
“…? why?”
“… Ugh, Mirai is taller than me.”
“Put.”
Rachel’s sullen voice and facial expression are unfunny and cute.
‘Keuhmm, no way.’
Aren cleared his throat and held the children’s hands again.
“Should we go to the candy store now?”
“huh.”
“huh!”
Mirai holds Aren’s hand, and Rachel holds Mirai’s remaining hand.
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Aren put a basket of tomatoes on the other wrist and held it out to Rai again.
“……”
“Arms fall~”
“ha.”
Rai carefully took Aren’s hand again.
“Okay, let’s go!”
“depart!”
“depart.”
Rachel and Mirai follow Aren’s words.
Rai’s face turned even redder.
“Yes, people are staring.”
“Huh!? What!?”
“Oh brother!”
“Quack.”
good night. He seemed more excited than usual as he traveled around his hometown with his children.
‘Well, there are things that I’m a little disappointed about.’
When Aren looked around again curiously, Rai asked.
“How much has it changed?”
“To the extent that I feel that I can’t mess with the duke again?”
“Isn’t that normal?”
While Rai tilted his head as if wondering, he finally arrived at his destination, a candy store.
“Here.”
“Is this here!?”
At Mirai’s words, Rachel shouted in excitement.
“Brother! My ice cream!”
“Yes, yes. I really like ice cream~”
Aren smiled helplessly and went into the store.
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“Welcome… Aren!?”
“Neyra?”
One of Aren’s childhood friends, Neira, was in the store.
“What are you doing here?”
“That’s what I mean? Why is Neira here?”
When Aren said puzzled, Mirai, who was next to him, explained instead.
“Neira’s sister’s store has changed.”
“huh?”
“A deal with my dad.”
“… huh?”
Aren’s gaze slowly turned to Neira.
Embarrassed by that, Neira began to explain.
“Ah, well… Didn’t the grocery store do that before? There’s no way a vegetable store will succeed in our town, so Dad…”
“Did you borrow money from my father?”
“… Well, that’s right, young boy.”
When Neira said it with a smile, Aren smiled meaningfully and looked around the store.
“The shop is very nice, sir.”
“……”
“Guys, what do you want to eat? The boss bought it for you!”
“What!? This evil lord!?”
“I’m not a lord yet?”
Aren picked up the baskets placed in the store and held them out to the children one by one.
“Take everything you want to eat!”
“Wow! Really!?”
“Then Rachel! You don’t lie!”
“Wow! Oppa is the best!”
Rachel ran right away, and Mirai and Rai followed her.
Neira, who was watching the scene in amazement, approached Aren and said.
“You came from living in the city and you became a very bigot?”
“No, even if it was the old me, I would have acted the same way in the current situation.”
“I’m proud of it. More than that, who are those kids? Mirai friends?”
When Neira asked, looking at Rai and Rachel, Aren nodded and said,
“It’s Mirai’s friend. He’s also my sister.”
“What!? Could it be that the old man!?”
“No. Why is everyone trashing my father?”
Aren said with a puzzled expression.
“I adopted him.”
“… What? You?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Why? Are you crazy?”
“You speak harshly.”
Aren proudly took another basket and began to sweep up the cookies.
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“Hey! This crazy guy!?”
“Guys! More! That’s not a hat!”
“Really!? The basket is full!?”
Rachel showed her basket in surprise.
But Aren shook his head resolutely and said.
“It’s okay. You can use another basket here.”
“Ah! I see! Okay brother!”
Rachel also proudly took another basket and began to sweep the cookies.
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“hehehe, it fell.”
Put the fallen cookies back in the basket!
“Wow.”
Neira, who had been watching the scene blankly, muttered in a state of fascination.
“Pay the right price for the snacks and go. If you don’t pay, you and I will die here today.”
“You make a lot of fuss. To the creditor.”
“You’re laughing, you impostor. If you continue like this, you’ll tell the baron everything.”
Neira said as promised, but Aren ignored him and shouted.
“Okay! Now let’s go guys!”
“Yes! Oppa, let’s have a snack party with this!”
“Okay Rachel! She’s my sister too! What do you know!”
Aren took the whole basket of sweets and went outside.
Rachel followed him, and Rai and Mirai glanced at Neira and lowered their heads.
“Oh, good-bye.”
“Goodbye, Neira.”
“…… Yes, Mirai, can you tell Aren that I will visit you later?”
Neira spoke expressionlessly, but there was an unknown power in her voice.
Mirai nodded cautiously and went outside with Rai.
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“… Whoa, whoa, Aren you bastard XXXX!!!!”
That day, Aren and his children were able to get closer by having a snack party at the mansion.