34 – Count Cloud
“Prepare for battle.”
“…!?”
“What!?”
At Tail’s sudden words, the party hurriedly gathered their weapons and approached Tail.
and the visible opposite cavity.
In the cavity opposite, five burly men were approaching Aren Fatih.
After looking at them for a while, Aren tilted his head curiously when he saw a familiar face and called out to the man.
“Professor Byron?”
“Aren Difus.”
One of the five men was Professor Byron.
Aren stared at him for a moment, then responded as if he knew.
“Ah! Is Professor Byron the person Tristan was talking about?”
“… Did you come to this place knowing that?”
Professor Byron looked at Aren with a tired expression.
Really, this guy was running rampant as if he didn’t know how to live a quiet life.
Even in his adolescence, he had quite a few accidents and wandered around, but compared to this guy, he was on the cute side.
Professor Byron, who grabbed his throbbing head for a moment, glared at Aren and said.
“What the hell are you doing here? Do you know where you stand?”
“I was just exploring normally.”
“X is normal, unless this is an unidentified dungeon! You guys know where this is…!”
“It was like a grand mage’s dungeon.”
“… you know all too well.”
Professor Byron looked away for a moment and glared at the corpse of the white tiger.
‘……Ha, what is this?’
The holy water was dead.
In addition, looking at the body of the white tiger, it was discolored in several places as if it had been subjected to some kind of experiment.
If this fact was known, there was no doubt that the Seongguk would directly hold the Iggent royal family accountable.
Rumors were circulating that our country’s duke’s family was playing tricks on Seongguk.
Professor Byron fell into trouble without saying anything due to the sudden feeling of fatigue.
At that time, the knight of Frey stepped forward and opened his mouth.
“What is this white tiger?”
“As you can see, it’s sealed in the dungeon. It seems that the owner of this dungeon has gone mad.”
“… We take care of this.
Having said that, Dyke glared at the white tiger in Cecilia’s arms.
“Lady Cecilia.”
“Long time no see Sir Dyke.”
“Yes, please hand over the white tiger.”
“No.”
“… The white tiger is not an ordinary pet. Even if you keep it, if the Holy Land knows this, they will definitely investigate you.”
“I’ll figure it out.”
“……”
Dyke frowned and glared at Cecilia.
The appearance of an unidentified dungeon is bothering me, but I don’t know what kind of obstacle the white tiger in Cecilia’s arms will become.
‘We have to wipe out any traces here…’
As Dyke was getting more and more negative, a man came out and spoke to him.
“Hello Sir Dyke.”
“… Aren Deepus.”
“Thank you for the last time.”
“Do you know what you guys are doing?”
“I’m well aware of it.”
Despite Dyke’s threatening words, Aren did not back down and spoke.
“Certainly, the death of a white tiger is a big deal, but wouldn’t it be necessary to kill the cub? If only the carcass was handled well here, no one would know.”
“That’s not for you to judge.”
“Lord Dyke’s duty is to escort me.”
Aren said, staring into Dyke’s eyes using the shore.
“Even you are not qualified to judge that, and besides, this dungeon was attacked by our party. Legally, we should have ownership of the offerings from this dungeon.”
“……”
When the words didn’t seem to work anymore, Dyke shut his mouth and began to cheer up.
Certainly, Aren’s words are the right theory, but that white tiger had to disappear for the sake of the country.
As Dyke cheers up, Aren’s party also cheers up and is about to enter a combat posture.
parbat
“The Princess Appears!”
“…!?”
“…!?”
“Frey?”
Prey Exent suddenly appeared as the co-founder of the dungeon.
“Princess, how…?”
When Dyke calls out to Frey as if embarrassed, she says with a tilt.
“You sent a messenger.”
“I sent it, but it hasn’t even been a few hours yet…”
“Huh hu hu ha ha ha ha! Oh dear Dyke, your master is now a great wizard~ This is enough to lie down and eat soup!”
“……ha.”
Dyke sighed and cheered up.
Since she came here, the final decision here was Princess Frey, not herself.
When Frey turned his gaze to check Aren, he ran away.
“Ah! Ren!”
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“Billion… For a while…”
When Frey ran and put a headlock on Aren’s head without hesitation, Aren could not resist and was struck by her technique.
‘What, something soft…!’
“This guy! How dare you keep it a secret from your sister and enter the dungeon!”
When Frey shook Aren’s head around as if he was sad, Aren was swung around without a single resistance.
“Stop playing.”
After watching the situation for a while, Cecilia stopped it, but this time Frey was not pushed back either.
“Huh! How could you keep this a secret only from me!”
“… it’s not like that.”
“It’s okay! Lia and Cecilia go away!”
“… sorry.”
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When Frey spoke as if she was really sad, Cecilia also backed away as if she couldn’t help it.
At that moment, a flash-like realization that he had felt before passed through Aren’s head.
“birthday present!”
“huh?”
At Aren’s sudden cry, Frey tilted his head and looked at Aren.
Aren said to Cecilia.
“Sister! Bring out the birthday present!”
“huh.”
Realizing what Aren meant, Cecilia took out the bracelet from her bosom, and Aren at the same time began to take out the ring from her bosom.
“Here’s Frey!”
“Take Frey.”
“… What’s this?”
As if Frey was taken aback by the sudden gift, when he unlocked the headlock, Aren’s mouth began to speak without missing the opportunity.
“Actually, I was looking for a birthday present for my older sister Frey in this dungeon. Right!”
“huh.”
“My sister is a princess, so we can’t give her anything, can’t we?”
“huh.”
“That’s why this dungeon has something I can give to Frey’s sister! So I kept it a secret from Frey’s sister, right!”
“huh.”
“……”
At Aren’s rapid-fire words, Frey stood still without saying a word, while the party members looked at Aren with an absurd expression.
‘Wow… make excuses…’
‘Lie to the princess…’
‘You trash.’
It was Tia, Lucy, and Tail’s thoughts in turn.
However, this strategy seems to work for our country’s princess.
“You did~?”
“yes~!”
“huh.”
Hearing Aren’s words, Frey smiled widely as if pleased and began to hug Aren and Cecilia.
“That’s right~ What should I do! I was touched.”
“Ah, between us, this much is what… What?”
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“huh.”
To Aren’s shameless words, Cecilia answered shamelessly.
As Aren, Cecilia, and Frey created a friendly atmosphere, the rest of the members looked at them with absurd expressions.
‘Does that work?’
‘……’
‘They’re playing with each other.’
Aren started to open his mouth without knowing what the members were thinking.
“Sister Frey, that’s why.”
“huh?”
Aren began briefly describing the current situation.
While listening to Aren’s explanation, Frey shifted his gaze to the baby white tiger in Cecilia’s arms.
“Kaang.”
“Oh! It’s cute!”
Baekho’s cute cries made Frey go to sleep, and then turned his gaze to glaring at his little boy.
“How could you think of killing such a cute kid?”
“That’s right! His mission is to protect me!”
“Aren is right! Why don’t you follow my orders? Do you want to die?”
“Come to think of it, they tried to attack me because they didn’t give me a white tiger!”
“You’re crazy, did you find out about the royal order in reverse? Do you think you have to return the head in reverse to work properly?”
“……”
Dyke held back his anger for a moment before speaking to Frey.
“Princess, if this fact spreads out…”
“Okay, all right.”
Frey looked at the ceiling for a moment and thought, then looked down again at Dyke and said,
“Dike, dispose of the body of the white tiger, don’t touch the cub.”
“… but.”
“I know everything, what you’re thinking and how I should move… Why, do you want to do as you please?”
“… No, the princess’s order, I will carry out immediately.”
Dyke took the rest of the knights and started examining the body of the white tiger.
And Aren rattled again.
“As expected, the atmosphere is completely different because Frey is here!”
“Huhuhu Then~ I’m the strongest here, so if someone bothers you, tell your sister again, brother!”
“Yes sister! Oh, that’s a treasure trove, you should take a look!”
“Okay, let’s take a look!”
Seeing Aren guide Frey to the treasure house, Tia said with an absurd expression.
“I see so many things today.”
“what?”
“You seem like a different guy from me.”
“… um.”
Aren flinched for a moment as he remembered himself just before.
But I couldn’t help it.
The opponent comes out with power, but this side has to defeat with power.
“You saved the white tiger.”
“Yeah, that was good.”
“Is that all?”
Before Aren could argue with Tia, Frey’s voice was heard.
“Now, pay attention!”
“…?”
“…?”
As the party members gathered at Frey’s words, she opened her mouth.
“From now on, this dungeon is mine.”
“…?”
“…?”
“And you weren’t here today.”
‘What do you mean?’
***
The next day, inside the carriage heading to Cloud.
“… Sister Frey.”
“huh?”
“Do I have to follow you?”
“This guy is trying to bully his sister again.”
“No, it’s different this time. Why does my sister follow us in our family matters?”
A day has passed since I came out of the dungeon.
Tail and Lucy broke up as soon as they came out of the dungeon, and Aren, Tia, and Cecilia borrowed Frey’s magic to move to a nearby village, stayed overnight, and headed straight to Cloud.
The problem was that our country’s princess was riding in the same carriage.
“Well, Prey knows everything about our engagement anyway, so doesn’t it matter?”
Tia said as if it didn’t matter.
“Yeah, but something doesn’t feel right.”
“what?”
“There is something like that.”
‘I think it’ll be a nuisance.’
Aren managed to swallow his heart and turned his gaze to Professor Byron, who was riding with him in the carriage.
“How long will the professor be there?”
“All through the vacation period.”
“……”
“I don’t like it either, so don’t make that face.”
Professor Byron let out a small sigh and said.
“Aren, you became Master Tristan’s disciple.”
“Yes… Master?”
At Aren’s question, Professor Byron nodded and said,
“I am a disciple of Master Tristan.”
“… execution?”
“Call me Professor.”
“yes.”
Professor Byron straightened his back and said as if looking down at Aren.
“As long as you’re Master’s disciple, I’ll protect you as an alumnus, Dan! You must never do anything that could discredit Master’s name, okay?”
“I understand the professor’s words, I’ll act as carefully as possible…”
“Do not lie.”
“… I don’t know how the professor views me, but I…!”
“Don’t you remember what you were doing at the academy?”
“……”
When Byron continued to refute Aren’s words, Aren, who had nothing to say, became mute.
Certainly Aren was in the middle of the turmoil at the academy, so the current reaction is understandable.
‘No, but I was a victim!’
Aren pursed his lips in resentment and looked out the window.
Either way, Professor Byron continued to speak.
“I’ll train you during the vacation. You’ll receive a salary with Master’s practice method written down on it, so don’t think about fooling around.”
“… yes.”
“Kaang!”
“Poop!”
When Baekho let out a cry in line with Aren’s helpless reply, Tia, who was looking at the two of them, smiled and said, looking at Baekho.
“sister.”
“huh?”
“You have to give it a name.”
“I made it.”
Cecilia said while stroking the white tiger.
“Albino.”
“… really?”
“huh.”
When Cecilia spoke so confidently, Tia looked at Baekho with a pitying gaze.
“Oh, nice? Something cute?”
“huh.”
‘Where?’
When Cecilia affirmed Aren’s praise, Tia shook her head as if she couldn’t understand the two of them.
At that time, Frey, who was sitting still, looked at Aren and said.
“Aren.”
“yes?”
“Are you comfortable talking to Leah now?”
“yes.”
I don’t know from what moment, but Aren was talking to Cecilia comfortably.
Looking at Aren who reacted more calmly than expected, Frey said with a sad expression.
“Huh, the two of you bullied only me! Let’s talk! Don’t you guys hate me?”
When Frey acted like he was angry, Aren also maintained his composure.
“It’s just because we’re close, right?”
When Aren asked, Cecilia flinched for a moment before responding a little later.
“… huh.”
“It’s too much! Me!?”
“It’s uncomfortable because you’re a princess.”
“Yeah, that’s right, okay.”
Frey decided to go to the end when Aren didn’t fall for the prank.
“In other words, Aren prefers Cecilia to the fact that he is engaged to Tia, right?”
“… what?”
“How can this be! Tia! Listen to your sister!”
“Wait! This princess is real! How far is she going!?”
Needless to say, despite the fact that there were people involved in this narrow carriage, Frey did not hesitate to say the bombshell.
Watching the students riot, Professor Byron felt tired and looked out the window and thought.
‘I want to go home…’
This novel is pretty good so far.
I’m also kinda digging the author’s sense of humor.