Bullied but Popular

158 – Is it a date? 2

“As expected, the fiance is different~”

“… Kuhm.”

When Anna said with a smirk, Aren put down his fork.

‘Wow… Doesn’t it really go down your throat?’

I almost got caught.

I don’t know how they can be so brave when real couples sometimes show affection in public.

Whether Aren is embarrassed or not, Anna continued.

“Because I’m jealous, I should get a boyfriend too~ I never thought Tia would be faster than me.”

“hehehe~ If there’s anything you don’t know, tell me.”

“Ooh, as expected, experienced people are different~”

‘I’m not your boyfriend…’

Exactly, my fiancée.

While Aren was thinking about that, Sylvia said curiously.

“You’ve really changed, Tia.”

“huh?”

“If it were you in the past, wouldn’t you have done something like that?”

At Sylvia’s words, Tia said with a tired expression.

“Haa~ Aren’t you ashamed to be called me? I’m just doing it.”

“just?”

“Yeah, my fiancé is rather popular.”

Startle

Aren’s body trembled at Tia’s words.

Aren glared at him and Tia continued to speak.

“That’s why I have to keep moving in order not to be taken away. That’s an iron wall more than I thought.”

“……”

Sylvia looks at Aren with strange eyes.

‘what? What should I do?’

Aren rolled his eyes.

Tia frowned at him and said.

“Why do you open your eyes like that? Are you going to keep doing that to my friend?”

“What am I? Did I just see it?”

At Aren’s words, Tia sighed and said to Sylvia.

“Sorry Sylvia, my boyfriend is a bit narrow-minded.”

“No, that’s cool. Isn’t it for you?”

“That’s right! He’s so cool!”

“Cool!?”

I was really caught.

‘Aren’t I surprised if you suddenly say that?’

While Aren gulped down the water, Tia continued to praise him.

“Do you know what he said before? Just because someone else said something bad about me, he straightened up and threw mean things at that person? I was surprised at that time!”

“It’s nice.”

“Huh? Really!?”

At Tia’s words, not only Sylvia but also Anna looked at Aren with surprised eyes.

“When!? Who!? Why didn’t you tell me!?”

“Anna, take it easy. And it’s a hot job that hasn’t even been a few days.”

‘No, I didn’t say anything stupid…’

It seemed like he was talking about things with Airen.

When Aren couldn’t raise his head in embarrassment, Sylvia laughed and said,

“No need to be ashamed. You did a great job. Why?”

“Uh… eat.”

Aren started eating again in silence.

After waiting for a while, the long-awaited main dish finally appeared on the table.

“wow!”

“What is it?”

When Tia and Anna asked while watching Aren’s main dish, Sylvia explained.

“It’s a king crab’s paw. It’s so big, you’ll be full with just one of those tongs.”

As Sylvia said, on the plate were huge tongs that had been split in half and were beautifully plated.

Aren gulped his mouth at the luxurious visual and took a bite of the crab meat.

soil

‘ah—–‘

The firm texture was amazing, but the rich extract from the crab meat was crazy.

Rich taste, as if the flesh of all kinds of seafood was gathered together and condensed.

“Hey, why is this so delicious?”

“Really? Me too! Me too!”

When Tia made a fuss, Aren paused for a moment before handing out the bowl.

“ruler.”

“Why don’t you feed me?”

“… Hey, I feel ashamed and crazy right now? Do you want to just eat?”

“hehehehe.”

Tia smiled hysterically and ate the crab meat.

Then, as if moved, she groans.

“Eww… no, it’s delicious…”

“… something… no.”

Aren took the plate again and continued to eat in silence.

Looking at Aren like that, Anna asked.

“Aren, can I have a bite too?”

“……”

Aren continued to eat in silence.

“Tch, I can’t eat together because my eyes are so cold.”

When Anna grumbled, she sliced the steak.

After finishing the main dish and eating dessert, Tia spoke.

“So~ … Nanggun?”

“… Heh heh heh.”

It’s an obvious beauty world. The effect is awesome though.

“Hey… just once.”

“okay.”

“really!?”

Even though they haven’t said anything yet, when Aren gives permission, Tia looks at him in surprise.

Aren sighed and said.

“You were planning on hanging on until I gave you permission anyway, right?”

“Yeah, do you know me well?”

“Let’s go. I’ll do the math.”

“Really? Oops!”

“Oh~ Aren is cool~”

Tia and Anna make a fuss.

Then Sylvia got up from her seat and said.

“I will pay for what I ate.”

“It’s okay. I’ll just live.”

“… I pay.”

At Sylvia’s words, Aren sighed and said,

“Don’t be awkward for nothing, just stay still at times like this. We’ll be training together next time, so don’t act awkward.”

“……”

“Get out first.”

Aren said that and headed to the checkout counter.

Sylvia looked at it for a while before heading for the exit.

***

After leaving the restaurant, Aren and his party entered the gymnasium in Felix.

“Are there any people?”

Tia said as she looked around the gymnasium.

“Shall we move to a place where there are no people?”

“It’s okay, Sylvia.”

“huh?”

When Aren calls his name, Sylvia looks at him with her eyes wide open in surprise.

“You changed your mana sword to wind last time?”

“Yes, it’s a family arcane skill.”

“Write it down.”

“… okay.”

Sylvia gave an awkward answer to Aren’s words, then raised a wooden sword and made a mana sword.

woo woo woo

“like this?”

“Okay. Keep it that way.”

Aren immediately went up to Sylvia and put his hand on her shoulder.

Tup

Startle

Sylvia flinched as if surprised by the sudden touch.

Seeing that, Aren spoke softly.

“I’m relaxing.”

“huh.”

“I’m going to apply the buff from now on. Don’t resist, accept it.”

“okay.”

With her permission, Aren immediately applied the buff.

Unlock Coastal Art

Whoo oh oh oh!

“…!?”

Her wind began to gust like a storm.

Seeing that, Sylvia muttered blankly.

“Oh… to come?”

“Concentrate.”

Aren said to her, who was dazed.

“Get a feel for it. You know you’ve got a great opportunity right now, right?”

“…!”

Sylvia immediately began to focus on her own mana.

Then he slowly raised his sword and assumed a stabbing posture.

Rochelle Tempest

Whoa oh oh oh oh!

At the sound of her storm spinning fiercely, the eyes of the students began to turn to her.

But Sylvia paid no attention to them and thrust her sword forward.

Beep beep!

“…!”

A shockingly fast stab pierced the air.

The students began to mumble at the bloody sound of the bell.

“Wow… do you kill me?”

“He’s gotten stronger again. How far is he going?”

“Something’s strange…? Isn’t it coming?”

The students’ voices could be heard by Sylvia, but she only stared blankly at her mana.

‘I really have to come…’

It’s a feeling you feel for the first time.

It is as if the body is light, but inside, something heavy is being carried.

While Sylvia was lost in thought, Aren approached and said,

“you’re good.”

“… uh?”

“You’re good at it. Is it surprisingly easy?”

“… uh…”

Sylvia affirmed.

It was my first aura, but it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t use it at all.

Aren said with a smile.

“Really? You seem to have more talent than me.”

“huh?”

“I’m still having a hard time.”

Aren shrugged and said.

“Pick up the sword again.”

“huh.”

“And practice. Swing your sword until you run out of mana. And remember the senses.”

“huh.”

After saying that, Aren retreated again.

As soon as he retreated, Sylvia started swinging her sword in the air.

Fain! Break love! Fain! Beep profit!

Sylvia started to dance.

I ran quickly, threw a stab, ran again, cut, danced again, and started blowing sword winds around.

The students around him began to admire his movements as if he had lost half his weight.

Looking at that, Aren said to Tia.

“Now is it?”

“Yeah, thank you.”

“Okay. Has it been once or twice that you’ve forced yourself?”

“… hehehehe. Thank you!”

Tia laughs innocently.

‘You’re really cute today…’

Aren, who fell for the beauty world, cleared his throat and pointed at Sylvia.

“Why don’t you train together? If we train together now, will it be good for you and good for him?”

“Um, is that so?”

“Yes. Let’s train together. I’ll go first.”

“Uh, then…”

Tia looked at Anna, who nodded as if she was okay.

“Come on. I’ll go back with Aren too.”

“Yeah, thank you both for today.”

Tia smiled brightly and approached Sylvia with a wooden sword.

After seeing the two, Aren soon turned around and left the gymnasium.

“Hey, Aren.”

“huh?”

Anna, who was following Aren, said.

“That buff. Maybe…”

“no.”

“What? Do you know what I’m talking about?”

“Aren’t you saying you can’t help your friends practice?”

“……”

When Anna kept her mouth shut, Aren said with a straight face.

“Don’t you have a conscience? You ask me to do that?”

“Yeah, but… you’re getting along with Luke now, right? Ron… isn’t Luke okay, even if it’s not him?”

“You say I’m getting along with Luke?”

Aren snorted and said.

“That guy kept asking for sparring and playing around with it. Why does that turn out to be close?”

“Yeah, but compared to before, we’ve gotten a lot closer! And Sylvia helped us today too…”

“shut up.”

As I kept listening, I heard all sorts of things.

“I helped Sylvia today because Tia asked for it. If she didn’t ask, I wouldn’t have helped Sylvia.”

“……”

“The reason why you suddenly say that to me must be because you have your own thoughts. Tia seems to have similar thoughts to you. Do you want me to get along well with you guys?”

“……”

Anna at Aren’s Peak was speechless.

At her response, Aren let out a sigh.

“Does that make us friends just because we’re forced to be close?”

“that is…”

“Lastly, I understand what you think, but did you ask for Luke’s opinion?”

“No. I just…”

“Depending on how you hear that, doesn’t that mean it hurts Luke’s pride?”

“huh?”

When Anna tilted her head in disbelief, Aren said.

“Luke still hasn’t given up on my challenge. Even now, he is concentrating on training every day, and because of that, his growth rate has far surpassed his own talent.”

“That’s right?”

“Yeah, and you’re asking me, the current Luke’s target, without asking the opinion of a guy who works so hard.”

“ah…”

At Aren’s words, Anna realized her mistake and bowed her head sullenly.

Looking at Anna like that, Aren asked.

“Well, you said it for him, so don’t worry too much about it.”

“Yeah… I almost made a big mistake.”

“What can I do? I guess he wanted to say something for the man he cared about.”

“Uh… what!?”

Anna is startled and shoots Aren.

“What nonsense!?”

“no?”

“no!!”

“Then can I tell Luke about this?”

“Profit…don’t do it!!!”

Anna was serious and started to get angry.