123 – Hard to get recognized
“You’re here.”
“What’s wrong? You overslept.”
Hans and Sandra said as they watched Aren enter the restaurant just now.
‘There are a lot of people.’
More than 10 people were gathered in the restaurant, including Aren’s family and children, Max and his wife Mary, and those brought by Aren.
“I overslept.”
Aren calmly sat down in his seat and looked at Lirina’s condition.
‘Umm, are you calm?’
At that time, Lirina, who met Aren’s gaze, said with a smile.
“Are you okay with a hangover, Aren?”
“Ah yes…”
Do you remember or not?
I am confused because you speak so casually.
“Don’t eat.”
“Yes, I will eat well.”
“”I’ll eat well~””
At Hans’ words, the children greeted each other as if they were in sync.
Seeing that, Hans smiled lightly and started eating.
clatter clatter
‘Ugh, it hurts inside.’
I don’t know what kind of alcohol I drank yesterday.
Anyone who uses mana should be quite resistant to drunkenness, but the bitterness did not go away even after a day.
“Brother, what’s wrong?”
“huh?”
At that time, Mirai tilted her head slightly and asked if she had noticed my condition.
“I just woke up and the rice doesn’t go over well.”
“Then no, you have to eat breakfast. Brother eats this.”
Then, he served me a vegetable salad.
“… Chew this guy’s vegetables, too.”
“I’m eating vegetables now, but my brother seems to have no energy, so I’m giving it to him.”
“Oh, then me too.”
As if mimicking Mirai’s actions, Rachel approaches with bread.
“Rachel.”
At that time, Lirina, who was watching Rachel’s actions, spoke in a stern voice.
“Didn’t I say you don’t get up from your seat during meals?”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
Sitting back in her place, Rachel looks into Mirai’s eyes as she wonders what’s so exciting about her.
‘It seems fortunate that we became close.’
I was a little worried, but fortunately, I was happy to have a friend my age, so the two of them quickly became close.
‘Then the rest…’
I looked at Rai for a moment, but he said he would tell me later, so what…
I was about to start eating again when my mother suddenly spoke to Lirina.
“Miss Lirina, is the food to your liking?”
“Oh, yes. It’s really good, Mother.”
“It’s fortunate, I was worried that my food would suit foreigners.”
“No, it’s really good?”
“is it so?”
The mother laughs softly for a moment and then glares at Aren with meaningful eyes.
“By the way, how did the two of you get close at the academy? Ms. Lirina looks like a wizard, but isn’t Aren in a different department?”
“Ah, that’s…”
When Lirina was taken aback by the sudden question, Aren hurriedly opened his mouth.
“We were in the same group on a field trip. We became close there.”
“So? I didn’t know you had the affinity to get along well with a friend of the opposite s*x.”
“I’m your father’s son. This much is natural.”
Startle
When the aggro suddenly focused on himself, Hans unknowingly shuddered.
Sandra glared at her husband for a moment, then looked back at Lirina and said,
“How is Aren doing at the academy? Does he not have any accidents?”
‘Why do you keep asking Lirina?’
What are you trying to hear by asking her from another department?
While Aren was questioning, Einhart intervened.
“Aren is doing well, ma’am.”
“Can I hear you in detail?”
“For example, they are popular with their fiancées and other women. First…”
“hey.”
You really won’t let go this time? I said it with my eyes.
What nonsense do you dare to tell your parents?
Einhart smiled and corrected his words.
“Because Aren has good grades.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yes, he is especially good at swordsmanship, so there are not only two students around him.
I like this word quite a bit.
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Aren quietly proceeded to eat.
“And I get a confession.”
“Pu-huh!”
I was careless.
Aren immediately opens his eyes to Einhat, but suddenly even his father intervenes in the story.
“Oh, did you get a confession?”
“…yes, what.”
“Who is your opponent?”
“Do you know if I tell you? No, even if you do, I won’t tell you.”
You know me, so I’ll never tell you.
“Hmm, well, it could be, but Aren. You already have a fiancé. Never excuse Miss Tia…”
“Stop it and have a meal, right? Oh, I’ll take care of Rai’s training today, so father play with Max.”
I’ll catch up in the morning
Aren forcibly ate the food and stood up.
***
“You want to feel mana?”
“yes.”
After the meal, Aren and Rai were having a conversation as they headed to the gymnasium.
“Why all of a sudden? What happened?”
“…at a social gathering…”
Rai started talking about what had happened at the meeting.
“Wait, I saw Noah Cloud handle the sword.”
“okay?”
“Yes… I dealt with mana.”
Rai clenched his fists in anger.
“I want to feel the mana too.”
“Hmm, so you increased the training time?”
“yes.”
‘I can help, but.’
Aren’s gift can make you feel mana, but mana sensing is the most basic skill for a warrior.
If Aren helped him with such things, it wouldn’t be very helpful for Rai to grow later.
‘I have to overcome this on my own, so it’s no big deal.’
I’d like to buy an elixir and feed it, but if the elixir was so easily obtained, I wouldn’t go through such a hard time.
In this world driven by mana, more people wanted to eat elixir than sell it.
Aren entered the gymnasium, where he had arrived before he knew it, and said while choosing a wooden sword.
“But you shouldn’t overdo it. If you overdo it when you’re young, won’t you grow taller?”
“Still, mana is more important.”
“Phehehe, is mana more important than height?”
“yes.”
Rai nodded as if it were natural.
“Come to think of it, how old were you when you felt mana?”
“Me? Eh~ I was 14?”
“Brother!?”
“Why are you so surprised?”
Aren looked at him as if he was wondering why, but Rai looked really surprised and opened his eyes wide and thought.
‘He’s such a strong older brother?’
Rai also saw quite a few duels of Aren.
It was Rai who carefully observed Aren’s swordsmanship in the exchange battle with Baltos, duel with Kun, and training with Tia.
Moreover, since Aren is so famous that the academy discusses the strongest, Aren was evaluated as a genius in Rai’s head.
It was shocking information for Rai to say that Aren felt mana at the late age of 14.
“Did you really feel mana for the first time when you were 14?”
“however?”
“… But how did you become so strong?”
“It hasn’t been long since I’ve gotten stronger, but I got stronger after I became a disciple of Teacher Tristan.”
“… I thought you were a genius?”
“Not all strong people are geniuses, are they?”
Aren laughed and raised a wooden sword.
“Quickly pick up a wooden sword, shall we see the results of our special training?”
“yes.”
Lai immediately chose a wooden sword that suited his body.
Just as we were about to start training, Max came into the gym.
“young master.”
“why?”
“I have something to tell you…”
“Can’t you see now?”
Aren said, glaring at Max as if he was caught well.
“Hey, come here and try against Rai’s sparring opponent.”
“yes?”
“Come on, don’t you like it?”
“Oh, no.”
Max ran right over and grabbed Aren’s wooden sword.
“Sometimes it would be good to train by switching opponents. Lai, can you do it?”
“yes!”
“Okay start.”
match
With Aren’s applause, Max and Rai’s sparring suddenly began.
‘why me…’
Max questioned him, but in order not to offend Aren, he put Rai’s wooden sword against him.
f*ck! right!
“Rye! Move your legs some more!”
“yes!”
“The opponent is a warrior stronger than you! Aim for the opponent’s loophole rather than the front!”
“yes!”
right! right!
As Aren said, Rai continued to move his feet to exploit Max’s loophole.
“Ah, an adult doesn’t care about children at all? Rai! Use stabs often! Stabbing is harder to block than cutting!”
“yes!”
‘ha…’
At the blatant voice of Aren, Max sighed in his heart.
***
“Okay, what’s going on?”
“… excuse me…”
After training, Aren sent Rai to his room and asked about Max’s business.
“young master.”
“what.”
“… How can you acknowledge me?”
“What are you talking about?”
Aren laughed and turned away.
“Stop talking nonsense and go back to your seat.”
“young master!”
Max shouted, blocking Aren’s way.
“Can’t you just give me one chance, just once? Then I’ll do anything…”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Aren frowned and cut off Max’s words.
“Give me a chance? You said you were a knight in our family? Didn’t you say you were a Mirai knight then?”
“Didn’t the young master acknowledge it?”
“of course.”
Why are you making such a silly noise?
Aren pointed at Max and said.
“If you’re like me, can you accept a knight like you as your son’s knight?”
“……”
At Aren’s words, Max fell silent.
‘Certainly… Nara…’
Even if he thought about it, if he was a knight in a similar position to himself, it would be difficult to accept him as a knight of Ray.
As Max stood still, Aren continued.
“Well, if you silently handle your own affairs and show an effort to be recognized, I’ll admit it a little bit, but I don’t think you’re coming here now?”
“……”
“Shouldn’t you be thinking about how to become an essential part of our family instead of worrying about how to be recognized by me?”
“… you’re right.”
As Aren said, it was difficult for him to accept himself now.
He couldn’t solve the problem with the count’s family, and he didn’t even have the strength to protect his wife and son.
There is only one thing he can do right now.
‘To become an essential existence for the Difus family.’
If that happens, Aren might even acknowledge himself.
Max lowered his head and said.
“Thank you, Bocchan, I will do my best.”
“Of course I won’t admit you, but if you were single, I would have forced you out.”
wince
Hearing his bloody voice, Max slowly raised his head and looked at him.
Aren glared at Max in the eyes and cursed.
“If Mirai gets a scratch because of you, will you die at my hands? No kidding, really? For each scratch you %$^$^#$$%#^%$^%$%^$#^$%^$ I’ll do $#$#%$, so always be nervous?”
“…… yes.”
Seeing the sincerity in Aren’s eyes, Max nodded shyly.
Looking at Max like that, Aren snorted and left the gymnasium.
Poor Max
Sis con to bone hahahaha