141 – Confession! confession! confession!
“Why, why?”
Rachel asked with a teary face.
“Shi, I hate it heeing, I don’t want to break up with my brother.”
“No Rachel. It’s not like that.”
It seems that the children were shocked more than I thought.
Rai seemed to be calm, but his expression was the same.
Aren said with a kind smile, as if to be as reassured as possible.
“You guys know it, right? Didn’t the academy break down a lot before?”
“Yes.”
“That’s why I can’t live at the academy for a while.”
“Well, then…’
Rachel’s gaze moves back and forth as if she doesn’t know what to do.
Aren gently stroked Rachel’s hair and told her not to worry.
“It’s okay Rachel. You told me before, right? You really like Rachel.”
“huh.”
“So, from now on, my brother will be with Rachel.”
“… Yes, I will be with you too.”
A smile blooms on Rachel’s face as if she was relieved only then.
Aren also smiled while facing each other and started talking again.
“The academy is currently being repaired, but it’s still too broken for us to live in, so we can’t go in.”
“……”
“So for the time being, hyung decided to study at another academy? But Rai and Rachel can’t go there.”
“So what?”
Rai asked.
To him, Aren asked the opposite question.
“What do you want to do with Rai and Rachel?”
“yes?”
“Do you want to stay with Grandpa Tristan or wait here for your brother to come back?”
At Aren’s words, the two children look at each other.
When the children seemed hesitant to speak, Aren gave a further explanation.
“Bolridge is being fixed now, but our annex is fine. If you stay there, Grandpa Tristan will take care of you guys.”
“Or are you staying here?”
“That’s right. I’ve already told my family. You guys make the choice.”
The two children fell silent at Aren’s words.
It seems to be troubling me.
‘We got to know each other a lot.’
Looking at the troubled look, it seems fortunate that both children are friendly with Aren’s family.
Then Mirai said to Rachel, who was troubled.
“Rachel, stay with me.”
“Yes?”
“I want to play with Rachel more… What about Rachel?”
“Me too…but I want to see my grandfather too…”
“I see…”
“……”
‘Poop. Why are you so cute?’
Rachel’s expression shakes when she sees Mirai looking sullen.
Rai, who was watching it then, said.
“Rachel is here.”
“huh?”
“What about Rachel?”
When Aren questioned Rai’s words, Rai spoke to Aren.
“I’ll go to Grandpa Tristan by myself.”
“what?”
“no!”
cried Rachel.
“You have to stay with me!”
“No, let’s stay apart for a while.”
“no!”
When Rachel started crying again, Aren hugged her and asked Rai.
“What do you mean suddenly, brother?”
“Rachel is staying here with Mirai, and I’m going to be trained by Grandpa Tristan at the academy.”
“Ah~ that’s what you meant. But why?”
Aren shook his head and said.
“Rai, I know roughly what you’re thinking, but then Rachel will be very difficult.”
“Uncles like Rachel too. And if you stay with Mirai…”
“no.”
Aren said with a slightly stern expression.
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“You, what is the purpose of learning the sword?”
“…! That, that’s…”
“Is it to protect Rachel?”
Rai lowered his head as if his words were right, and Aren sighed and continued.
“I know you’re focusing on your training these days, but don’t mistake the most important thing. You have to think about Rachel’s feelings first.”
“Yes… I’m sorry.”
Rai said in a hoarse voice.
At that, Aren also relaxed his expression and spoke again in a soft tone.
“Then would you follow your advice?”
“yes?”
“When my brother thought it would be better for you guys to just stay here.”
“why?”
“Because Grandpa Tristan is still busy.”
Aren said while looking at the letter.
“Well, I know you want to see you, but Grandpa is probably very busy right now. Taking care of you in such a situation might be very difficult.”
“Then will you be here?”
“I like it. When we’re here, Rachel can play with Mirai, and Rai can learn swordsmanship from her uncle or… that Max or whatever.”
Aren turned his gaze and asked Rachel.
“What do you think Rachel?”
“Yeah…but what about grandpa?”
“Umm~ Rachel misses Grandpa a lot, doesn’t she?”
“huh.”
“Then let’s send a letter.”
That was a good idea.
Even if you study letters these days and misspelling, teacher Tristan will like it as it is.
“Let’s send a letter whenever Rachel misses Grandpa. Then Grandpa will send a letter to Rachel too.”
“Then when will I see my grandfather?”
“I’ll take you next time you come back.”
“… Yeah! I’m going to write a lot!”
Rachel shouted vigorously, and Mirai was delighted as well.
“So Rachel, are you going to live with us from now on?”
“Yeah! Now I can play with Mirai every day!”
“hehehehe, I’m excited.”
“Yes! Hee hee.”
‘It’s cute.’
Aren admired the cute looks of the girls for a while, then looked at Rai and said,
“Is this enough?”
“yes.”
“You send a letter to your grandfather, too.”
“yes.”
I finished talking like this.
***
Meanwhile, the female members gathered in Sandra’s room…
“It’s really fortunate. I was relieved that everyone didn’t get hurt.”
“Yes… Thanks to the professors.”
Tia struggled to open her mouth at Sandra’s words.
They were talking about the attack on the academy.
“Come to think of it, I heard Miss Cecilia became an Aura Master?”
Cecilia nodded at Sandra’s words.
“yes.”
“Congratulations. Miss Cecilia is so famous these days that rumors have spread all the way here.”
“Not quite like that.”
Cecilia answered briefly.
As for her, it was something she said with great care, but it sounded very hard to Sandra.
When the atmosphere of the conversation did not improve, Sandra changed the topic of conversation again.
“No, I heard from Lena that Miss Cecilia is very popular. She said she hired about 100 men.”
“Ah… that’s…”
This time, Cecilia was slightly taken aback by Tia.
“It’s true. My older sister is rather popular with men.”
“As expected! I didn’t believe Lena’s words at first either! But seeing that you’ve come and grown into a Master like this, the rumors are true!”
Sandra was really admiring it, but it was not a very welcome talk from Cecilia’s point of view.
‘It’s about a man…’
I didn’t want to say that I kicked other men in front of Aren’s mother.
And Sandra, who did not miss Cecilia’s delicate reaction, changed the subject once again.
“Come to think of it, all three of you are beautiful~ Do you have any boyfriends? Oh, Miss Tia doesn’t.”
When Sandra joked, Tia didn’t miss the opportunity and answered right away.
“Of course, mother~ I have ‘Aren’, but can another man catch my eye?”
“Oh, you’ve gotten closer than I thought?”
A smile blooms on Sandra’s face as if she likes Tia’s reaction.
Conversely, Cecilia and Lirina’s expressions hardened slightly.
“So, do the other two still have boyfriends?”
At Sandra’s question this time, the two of them fell silent for a moment.
The moment when Sandra is once again puzzled by the reaction and wonders if Sandra should change the subject again.
“There are people who are interested.”
“Oh, really?”
Tia looks at her in bewilderment at Lirina’s unexpected remark.
“who?”
“Someone you know.”
“Huh?… Who?”
“That’s a bit… I can’t tell you yet.”
Now that the conversation was about to move forward, Sandra felt relieved.
‘Whoa, don’t you know what ladies are talking about these days…’
I called to get to know her, but Sandra wasn’t used to social gatherings either.
The moment you want to focus on the topic without missing this opportunity.
“I have someone I like too.”
“oh!”
“…!”
At the same time Sandra is surprised, Tia looks at her sister with eyes that are crazy.
‘Couldn’t it be… that’s what you meant?’
No matter how much her sister was, she thought that she wouldn’t go out that fast.
But that was an underestimation of her sister.
“I like Aren.”
“……?”
“…!!!”
“…!!!”
Sandra looked at Cecilia with a dazed expression, and Tia and Lirina looked at Cecilia with a shocked expression.
“Mi, crazy…! No, sister!”
“why?”
“You have to be good at talking! It’s not that I like you as a man!”
“I like you as a man.”
“……”
Tia kept her mouth shut.
I never thought I would tell Aren’s parents directly…
Although she is my older sister, she is a really easy-going person.
“Hey… Miss Cecilia?”
“yes.”
Sandra still looked at her blankly in disbelief.
“That’s why Miss Cecilia likes our son as the opposite s*x…”
“Yes, I have already confessed, and I am waiting for an answer.”
“……”
Sandra looked at Tia with a bewildered expression.
Tia felt ashamed at that gaze and lowered her head.
‘really…?’
Aren’t these kids playing with Auntie now?
For a moment, it seemed that I had heard such unrealistic words.
“That… keuhmm, Miss Cecilia?”
“yes.”
“Aren is Miss Tia’s fiancé.”
“Yes, but it’s not an engagement because we like each other.”
Also Cecilia.
There was no rush for her.
“This engagement was only based on the parents’ opinions. So, if Aren doesn’t want to marry Tia, I can do it instead.”
“Oh, no… that’s… so…”
It sounds correct in some way, but from the parents’ point of view, it’s a complicated feeling.
‘Isn’t that my fiancé’s older sister?’
Tia’s older sister, who is no one else.
To be honest, I don’t know how to react.
‘Oh, what should I do? I don’t think it’s something I need to hear alone…’
Tia, who was looking at Sandra, said in embarrassment.
“There is no need to panic, Mother.”
“yes?”
“The engagement will go on as it is. You can just ignore her.”
“……”
In a way, this is an unexpected reaction.
Sandra didn’t know if Tia liked Aren that much.
“Aren will marry me.”
“Sister, that was funny. You can stop now.”
“I’m serious.”
“Yeah. I’m serious, and my fiancee is me.”
Two sisters stare at each other.
‘This, first of all, send a letter to Lena and give your opinion… no, think more…’
Lirina said while Sandra was panicking.
“Oh, you two, I’m sorry.”
“huh?”
“…?”
At Lirina’s sudden words of sorry, the eyes of the three turned to Lirina.
Lirina said with a slightly troubled expression.
“Actually, I confessed too.”
“…… what?”
When Tia asked with a serious expression, Lirina smiled softly and said.
“I drank with Aren the other day.”
“…!?”
“…!?”
“That’s when I confessed that I like Aren.”
“…!!!”
“…!!!”
Cecilia and Tia’s expressions were stained with astonishment.
At the same time, Sandra rose from her seat.
“Max!”
“Yes! Madame!”
Hearing Sandra’s cry, Max ran straight to their room.
Sandra said with a straight face.
“Bring Aren!”
“yes!”
Max storms the mansion in search of Aren.