Bullied but Popular chapter 5

5 – Happy academy life

After tidying up the tableware, Aren approached Tia Cloud.

“Were you in the restaurant?”

“uh…”

Aren glanced at the people gathered around her and asked, ‘What are these people?’

Tia answered calmly.

“They’re my friends. Never mind.”

After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Tia’s friends also followed her.

‘… It’s annoying.’

I had no idea what Tia was going to say.

As expected, Aren’s displeasure increased.

‘He’ll probably bring up the breakup…’

I could understand that far.

The problem was that there were completely unrelated people gathered around her.

After holding back my irritation for a while, I followed them and came out to an empty lot with no one in sight.

Tia turned and looked directly at Aren and then got down to business.

“I’ll be straight. I have no intention of marrying you.”

‘Haa… I’m really annoyed.’

As expected by Aren, Tia announced her intention to reject the engagement.

The problem was the people behind her.

‘What is this situation?’

Behind Tia, Luke laughed and sneered, while the blonde head next to him was glaring at Aren with hostility.

Also, next to him, a girl with short hair, whom I have never seen before, is looking at me with curious eyes, which honestly makes me feel bad.

It’s like looking at a strange animal.

At least, Carol was watching the situation with an uncomfortable expression, as if she was unwilling to see it, but there were all kinds of unpleasant things.

Isn’t it as if he confessed in front of Tia’s friends and got kicked?

‘I’d like to pour out my heart’s content, but…’

If it was like before, he would have been talking without thinking, but after awakening, his personality has calmed down a lot.

Aren thought about Tia’s situation for a while.

‘Perhaps Tia Cloud was notified the same way I was.’

Then, of course, Tia would also have felt rejected and would have expressed her intention to refuse to Count Gran.

However, as things did not go well, the atmosphere would have become more and more serious, and in their situation, he would be a nuisance.

‘That’s why he’s deliberately creating this situation for me.’

It would be a tactic to deliberately instill displeasure with oneself and break off the engagement.

Of course, he had no right to break off the engagement, but if the parties to the engagement disliked each other, Count Gran and his father had no choice but to give up the engagement.

While Aren was organizing his thoughts, Tia continued.

“The engagement was decided by my father at will. Against my will. I’m sorry for you, but tell your father. This engagement is for me to…”

“okay.”

“… uh?”

Aren did not want to be here any longer, so he turned and went back to the dormitory.

No matter what he said here, it only hurt his feelings and did not solve the problem.

Tia was dazed for a moment when she saw Aren giving up neatly and returning.

Then Luke’s voice full of ridicule was heard.

“Puheup! That guy seems to understand his subject too.”

“What? Is this the end?”

Next to Luke, Anna grumbles that it’s not funny.

“You know that you can’t do it anyway. Kick, you were a wiser child than I thought, right?”

“By the way, Luke, I really like you~.”

“Kuhm.”

Luke is slightly taken aback by Anna’s meaningful words.

Then Ron spoke to Tia.

“What’s wrong with Tia?”

“Huh? No…”

Tia said with a puzzled expression.

“I didn’t expect it to end this easily. I honestly thought it would drag on a little longer.”

If Aren had heard it, he would have said what nonsense, but considering Tia’s popularity, it wasn’t strange.

Tia’s appearance has been extraordinary since she was young, and lately she has been constantly receiving confessions and engagement requests.

So, of course, I thought that Aren would not resign easily, but when he resigned so meekly, he was stunned for a moment.

“It’s okay. Let’s stop thinking about him and think about persuading the Count.”

“Luke is right. Tia, as long as Aren agrees to break off the engagement, your father will give up easily.”

Tia was agreeing with Anna’s words, saying that she thought so too, but Carol, who hadn’t said anything since before, caught her eye.

“What’s wrong with Carol?”

“……”

Carol looked at Aren’s back as he walked away without saying a word.

Then he sighed and told his friends.

“Is it really necessary to do this?”

“……”

Tia also made a slightly displeased expression at Carol’s words.

Certainly it would be unpleasant in Aren’s position, but it could not be helped.

If you act halfway, you don’t know how things will turn out later.

Then Luke speaks.

“Of course you need to do this. You understood it to a certain extent, so you followed it.”

“That’s right. I certainly didn’t mean it.”

“…mmm.”

Carol’s reaction was colder than expected.

Luke hesitated slightly at that, and Tia stepped forward and said.

“I’m sorry. I knew you were against this, Carol, but don’t do that to Luke. Didn’t I force you to ask?”

“……”

As Tia said, Carol was against this incident.

Wouldn’t it be too pitiful for Aren if he suddenly created an atmosphere from the first day of admission?

However, Tia also developed her business out of a sense of urgency, and when she gathered her friends (I wanted to exclude Carol, but I couldn’t help but say it alone, so I sang it together) and asked for help just once, it was an atmosphere that made it difficult for me to fall in.

His friends said he would take on an uncomfortable role for Tia, but he couldn’t be left alone.

Carol sighed once again and spoke to Luke.

“Sorry. I was sensitive…”

“No what…”

When the atmosphere became awkward, Anna clapped her hands and refreshed the atmosphere.

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“Now! Let’s stop thinking about the past and look around the academy. Isn’t it too much of a waste to spend the first day like this? You two stop fighting!”

Anna’s words eased the atmosphere a little, and Tia and the others left to look around the academy to restore their relationship.

And after a while, a pink-haired female student who had been hiding in an empty lot where no one thought there was going to come out.

“Wow~ That’s a lot more information than I thought, right?”

It was Amy Francis, a freshman in Class 1 A.

***

the next morning.

Aren got up from his bed feeling uneasy.

‘Haa… Let’s forget it.’

Aren was in a good mood from the first day of his academy life because of being dumped by Tia yesterday.

‘it’s okay. It’s not a formal engagement anyway, so I don’t want to get involved with them in the future.’

Aren worked hard to shake off his uncomfortable feeling and turned his gaze to the seat next to him.

“Are you gone already?”

When Tail’s bed was empty, Aren got out of bed, washed up briefly, and headed to the dining room.

“Still, the food here is delicious, so it’s a little better.”

Aren entered the restaurant feeling instantly better.

At that moment, Aren was knocked down by a sudden impact from behind.

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“Kuk.”

“Why is it so long and boring?”

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The attacker looked down at Aren and said.

Aren frowned and looked at his attacker.

‘Aaron Valentine?’

Aaron Valentine, the man who kicked Aren, was glaring at him.

“What is it all of a sudden?”

“What? You want more hits?

‘What is this bastard?’

Aaron was really coming to hit Aren.

“stop!”

At that time, a man who appeared to be a professor in the restaurant shouted at Aaron.

It was Professor Byron who led the students in front of the school gate on the day of the entrance ceremony.

“Aaron Valentine, what are you doing?”

“What?”

“Why did you hit the student?”

“I just cleaned this guy up because he was in the middle of the road?”

“…do you think I’m kidding?”

“……”

“Aaron is a real madman…”

Despite Professor Byron’s murderous words, Aaron was passing them over with a calm expression.

At that time, other professors who were watching the situation came forward.

“Stop Professor Byron. There are too many students.”

“Yes~ The kids may fight. Aaron, you should come to the counseling room separately later.”

Aaron is the second son of a marquis family.

No matter how great the professor at Borridge was, Aaron, who was being hailed as a marquess, was an uncomfortable existence.

Immediately after Aaron’s arrival, the support of the Valentine’s family entering the academy was not negligible.

Therefore, professors are desperately trying to lighten the current situation.

“Then let’s go first.”

When Aaron saw the professors arguing, he calmly went into the cafeteria and started to choose food.

Seeing this, Professor Byron seemed to get even more pissed off, so he strongly shook off the professor’s hand holding him and left the cafeteria.

“Ha ha. Is the student okay?”

“… it’s okay.”

Aren answered and left the restaurant.

I was so displeased that I didn’t feel like eating breakfast.

‘Ah~ X feet!”

Aren swears inwardly as he walks right through the classroom.

‘It’s like academy life X Seriously, why is everyone doing this to me?’

It was just things that I couldn’t even think of on the first day.

But Aren’s misery was not over yet.

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As Aren entered his class, the students in the classroom started whispering to him, staring at him.

“It’s here.”

“Is that him?”

“Uh, the guy who was blacked out by Tia. He didn’t understand the subject and kept pushing it?”

“Still, your courage is amazing~ If Aaron knew, it would have been difficult.”

“I already know. I’m just behind that kid at the restaurant, but Aaron is already…”

‘What the hell happened in one day?’

Hearing the students’ conversation, Aren was speechless.

It is unbelievable that this happened in just one day.

I only know that someone spread rumors about what happened yesterday, but the problem is that Aren didn’t even confess, but it was supposed to be dumped, and the engagement was completely missing.

There were even those who went further and insulted their personalities.

Aren froze as he stood in this incredible situation.

And, of course, Carol and the others were watching this scene as well.

“… Tia Luke, who did you tell yesterday?”

When Carol asked, Tia shook her head with a serious face.

“No… I never said…”

“What about Luke?”

“Uh… that’s…”

When Luke was speechless, Carol glared at him and said,

“who is this?”

“…No, Amy came to me yesterday…”

Carol and Tia’s expressions twisted when they heard Luke’s words.

Yesterday, Luke was caught by Amy on his way back to the dorm after breaking up with Carol.

When Amy asked about Tia’s affairs in detail, saying that she was hiding there, Luke refused because he couldn’t talk about their engagement.

It was because Tia didn’t like the rumors about her engagement spreading.

But when Amy threatens to tell Aaron what she saw if she doesn’t tell, Luke has no choice but to evade Aren’s confession to Tia and dumped him, except for the engagement issue.

Fortunately, Amy didn’t hear the details of the conversation at that time, so she believed Luke’s words.

The problem is, truth be told or not, Amy was going to report to Aaron.

‘I never thought this would get this far…’

Luke looked at the students who were blaming Aren with complicated eyes, as if embarrassed.

After hearing what Luke was saying, Tia started to get angry with him.

“Why did you say that!? You can just ignore it and go to the dormitory!”

“No… Amy is too persistent and tells Aaron about you…”

“No, so you can just ignore it! Why would you…”

“Stop Tia.”

Carol cut Tia’s words and said.

“This is not only Luke’s fault, Tia is also at fault.”

“What? What do you mean all of a sudden?”

“Yesterday’s work was done by you. And Luke said that for your sake.”

“……”

As the arguments poured in, Tia became a mute who ate honey.

The moment when Carol was talking to Luke this time.

bang!

Carol turned her gaze towards the sound.

Then he frowned.

“Ah~ This bastard is doing really well.”

One of Aaron’s men was talking as he knocked over Aren’s chair.