142 – Outcast but popular
Why am I being scolded?
“Aren.”
“yes.”
“Why no answer?”
“……”
Aren was summoned by his mother, Sandra Deepus, and gathered at her door.
‘Why are you suddenly angry?’
When Aren couldn’t open his mouth, Sandra asked the same question again.
“What the hell are you doing at the academy?”
“Suddenly what…”
“I heard it all from the ladies.
“…?”
What did you hear earlier?
“Are you flirting with women?”
“…!? no!”
“Then why is Miss Cecilia telling me that she likes you?”
“…!!!?”
This older sister is gearing up…
Sandra’s eyes sharpen as Aren’s face hardens in shock.
“And Miss Lirina also confessed to you?”
“…!? No, that’s…?”
No, I didn’t receive a confession, but something similar situation was created.
“Do you have any ideas?”
“……”
“son.”
“Yes, Mother.”
“Mommy calls you mother. You have a habit of being cautious about what you say when you’re nervous.”
“……”
Sandra sighed and looked at Aren.
‘…is my son popular?’
To be honest, I feel a little better, but the current situation was not that simple.
As for anyone else, Cecilia is Tia’s older sister.
Moreover, seeing that even Lirina said in front of her that she liked Aren, it seemed that her heart was not ordinary.
“… I don’t know what to do.”
“……”
“What are you going to do?”
When my mother asked, I looked at her cautiously.
“Uh, how?”
“Yes. Are you engaged to Miss Tia? If this fact gets to Count Gran…”
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Just thinking about it is terrifying.
Aren, who noticed her thoughts, spoke as if to reassure her.
“Don’t worry Mom. I’ll make it right.”
“So how?”
“… now…”
“That’s a halfway answer. That’s just like your dad. That’s the part I hate the most.”
“……”
What kind of relationship did your father have?
“You must never behave rudely, okay?”
“yes.”
“Because you’re my son. If you act like crap, Mommy will bite her tongue and die.”
“Uh, Mom? What did Dad do wrong?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, remember what mom said. If you play with a woman’s heart…”
“Because it’s not!”
I’m going to go back with regret.
***
next day.
“……”
“……”
“……”
‘… awkward.’
Aren summoned Cecilia, Tia, and Lirina and gathered in an empty gymnasium.
“… Sister first.”
“huh.”
Aren looked at Cecilia and said.
“Why did you say that?”
“……”
“I told you. I have no intention of getting married yet, and my sister is waiting for my answer.”
“……”
Cecilia did not answer.
They just stare at Aren’s face with an expressionless expression.
‘…why am I being stabbed.’
Aren turned his head and asked Lirina this time.
“Lirina.”
“yes.”
“Are you really scolded for that Lirina?”
“is it so?”
what? That Lirina makes a shameless expression.
“Ask me just in case…”
“That’s right.”
“… yes?”
I haven’t even asked yet, but you’re right.
“What?”
“Do you like Aren?”
“Uh… kuhm.”
I’m ashamed, happy, ashamed, embarrassed, and I don’t know what to do.
Turn your gaze and look at Tia…
‘…why are you glaring at me?’
Lirina confessed, but her life was directed at Aren.
“Uh, Lirina? I’m grateful, but…”
“I know. Aren doesn’t intend to marry yet? I’ll wait too.”
“You seem like a different person today. Are you still awake?”
“why?”
When Aren tried to deftly pass it over, Lirina said with a straight face.
“Can’t I like you? You saved me, treated me kindly, and stayed with me, so I fell for you. Can’t I fall for you?”
“…!?”
“stop.”
Unheard of, Tia stood in front of Aren.
“There is really no one to trust in the world. Doesn’t my real sister say she likes my fiancé? Doesn’t my friend say she likes me?”
“I can’t help it. I’ve already conveyed my feelings. And Tia can’t catch Aren.”
“what?”
Tia’s eyes lit up at Lirina’s words.
“I saw you as a friend, but there’s nothing I can’t say? Whose boyfriend is this stray cat aiming for now?”
“I’m not a boyfriend. And honestly, if you had properly captured Aren, would the seniors and I be doing this? If it were me, I would never give you an opportunity like this.”
“Is there anything this princess can’t do? Have you been a prude until now? Have you decided to flirt with someone else’s man?”
“Now, wait…”
what now? Are the girls fighting over me? Is it a true story?
Aren said in a low voice, unable to adapt to the current situation, but the girls focused on their quarrel as if they did not hear.
“When I talked about it before, I trembled that I didn’t have a guy I liked yet, so you dare go after my man? Did I look at the wrong person?”
“At that time, I took care of you. But it’s been quite a while since you two got engaged, right? Still, there’s no progress between the two of you? So, isn’t it already heartless?”
“No. It’s because you don’t know. In class, he sometimes looks at me and goes crazy. A few times, when I smile, he just looks at my face with a blank expression!”
“That’s what happened to me too! I was pointing at the kids studying, but I couldn’t concentrate because I felt stares from the side!”
“I was training and I was glaring at him because I was sweating a little! With dirty eyes!”
“I was cooking and he stared at my backside blatantly! With dirty eyes!”
“for a moment!!”
Aren, who had not heard, shouted.
“What nonsense are these people!!”
“”what!””
“When did I do that!!!”
Are you going crazy with regret? Have I ever been like that a little bit?
The moment Aren was about to shout with a straight face.
“Aren.”
“Uh, huh?”
said Cecilia.
“I’ll tell my dad too.”
sh*t
Her whole body stiffened at her words.
Instead, Tia shouted.
“What are you talking about! Are you crazy!?”
“no.”
Cecilia stared at Tia’s face and said.
“I told you before, I mean it.”
“……”
“I’m not just going to wait.”
Cecilia took a step closer to Aren and looked him in the eyes.
“… wait.”
“…?”
“It’s you, not me, waiting for Aren. I’m waiting until I get my father’s permission.”
“$&^%^&#^?!?!?!?!?!?”
As Aren lost consciousness, Cecilia turned her gaze back to Tia and Lirina.
“Do whatever you want.”
“……”
“……”
“In the end, I win. As always.”
“……”
“……”
At those words, displeasure lingered in Tia and Lirina’s eyes.
***
Time passed in an instant.
“Mirai Rachel. How are you getting along while you’re away?”
“huh.”
“Yes! We are best friends now!”
“Keuk, okay?”
It seems that he learned the word best friend from Einhart.
Then Cecilia approached the two children.
“Rachel, Mirai.”
“yes.”
“huh!”
“Take care of the albino.”
When Cecilia looked at the albino in Rachel’s arms and said, the two children responded vigorously.
“yes!”
“Yeah! We’ll be taking good care of her until she comes!”
“Kaang!”
“…so send it first.”
Aren sighed and hugged the two children.
“I’ll be back as soon as possible.”
“Yeah, oppa went well.”
“… Yes.”
While Mirai answered well, Rachel mumbled as if she could feel that Aren was leaving.
“Brother… are you coming soon?”
“Yes, I’ll come soon.”
“… Hee-in.”
In the end, she showed tears.
As Rachel begins to cry, tears begin to fill Mirai’s eyes as well.
“… Yes.”
“Egogo, our princesses~ Oppa will come as soon as possible~”
Aren hugged the two girls for a moment to comfort them and then said to Rai.
“I’m taking good care of my brothers.”
“Yes…don’t worry.”
“okay.”
He stroked Rai’s hair as well, then looked at his father and mother.
“I’m coming.”
“okay.”
“Aren…”
As the mother opened her hands, Aren fell into her arms and they hugged for a while.
“Have a good trip.”
“yes.”
“Don’t do anything bad.”
“hahahaha, me?”
“… don’t flirt with women.”
“……”
I don’t think I’m going to say anything to my son…
Aren untied the embrace with a feeling of hesitation.
Then other women came up to Sandra and started greeting her.
“Father and mother, I’m really having a good time.”
“Father and mother, I’ll come back to greet you next time.”
“thank you.”
In turn, it was Tia, Lirina, and Cecilia’s greetings.
Upon receiving their greetings, Sandra looked at them with slightly nervous eyes.
“Okay… see you later.”
“””yes.”””
“……”
did this make it?
Sandra looked at the women with a complicated expression.
At that time, Magra and Lime approached Lirina after they said hello.
“princess.”
“huh.”
“We will move separately.”
“huh.”
Lirina answered simply.
She was also allowed to join Felix, but Magra and Lime were not allowed to enter, so she decided to guard Lirina behind the scenes.
“You don’t have to try too hard. If it’s hard…”
“no.”
“Don’t talk like that.”
“… thank you.”
Lirina whispered in a soft voice.
After glancing at them for a while, Aren looked at his parents again and said,
“Then I will go.”
“Yes, go and come.”
At Aren’s words, Hans nodded and spoke to Max in the driver’s seat.
“Please take care of me.”
“yes.”
Max lowered his head and immediately started the wagon.
“Here!”
Cheak
all over again
As the wagon starts moving, the children shout once more.
“Brother! You have to come quickly!”
“Brother! Heuuu brother! Come quickly!”
“Kaang! Caang!”
Aren opened the carriage door again and shouted to the children.
“I’ll be back soon! I’ll send you a letter too! Rachel, don’t cry!”
“Heuuu!
“Whoa.”
Eventually, Rachel started to cry.
Aren waved his hand once more and disappeared into the carriage again.
“Aww, Rachel is right.”
“You look happy?”
When Einhart spoke, Aren cleared his throat and answered.
“Isn’t it nice. Crying when I’m leaving. Isn’t it cute?”
“okay.”
Einhart looked straight ahead again.
To be precise, I looked at the three women sitting across from me.
“……”
“……”
“……”
There was no dialogue between Cecilia, Tia, and Lirina.
‘Is something wrong?’
The past few days, I hadn’t seen the three of them talking.
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Einhart whispered to Kana, who was sitting next to him.
“Kana.”
“why.”
“Those three, did you fight?”
“I don’t know.”
“… I’m stupid for asking you.”
Einhart asked Aren in a whisper this time.
“Aren.”
“why.”
“Those three, did you fight?”
“… I don’t know.”
“You know something?”
Aren didn’t answer and just stared out the window.
“Aren, you have to tell me what’s going on so I won’t make a mistake?”
“……”
“Just in case I heard about Princess Frey…”
“hey.”
Aren warned Einhart with cold eyes.
“Do you really want to fix that habit before you tear it up?”
“You’re very angry? I’m sorry, but am I the prince?”
“I’m a person who can fight even with the prince.”
“Come to think of it? So what happened?”
“… I’ll tell you later.”
Aren looked back and looked out the window.
In this way, the carriage of Aren’s party did not speak a single word until it reached its destination.