The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 161

Chapter.36 Hibiren Flower and Concert

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“Hey, run away.”

When I returned to the imperial palace after stopping by the Gray Boy’s house, the first word out of my mouth was runaway.

Lulin must have returned immediately after using teleportation and was sitting quietly in front of the keyboard. Strictly speaking, it is not quiet. It was fluttering.

Sitting at the keyboard and moving your body back and forth.

“Not a fugitive.”

And without even looking back, he denies what I said.

“And why are you so late?”

“You’ll be late if you leave it behind.”

“Can not help it! Be patient a little bit. “Blessings come after patience, so I will be patient.”

Lulin let out an unintelligible sound and put his hand on the keyboard again.

“How long are you going to endure?”

After that, I walked closer and brought up the topic again. Lulin has no answer.

“If I win this trivial contest and give you a gift, I will tell you everything.”

Lulin turned his head, said that, and started playing the keyboard again.

The more I do this, the more frustrated and unidentifiable emotions boil in my heart. Even though I know that whatever he does or says is not done out of antipathy toward me.

A world where Lurin rejects me.

What if Lulin leaves me?

The moment you realize how terrible and scary it is.

I moaned without Lulin knowing.

What great reason is there?

I don’t know.

But I have no choice but to put up with it.

There is one week left until the concert. Rurin, perhaps aware of the thoughts in my heart, tinkles on the keyboard, then stops her hands and looks back at me.

“But you.”

“huh?”

“I don’t like all the songs I learned here. Something tickles! These are boring songs. “Is there anything else?”

Rurin completely rejected the songs recommended by the court lady who taught her.

“Now I can read sheet music, but it’s not fun.”

“okay?”

Well, at a concert, it is important to choose what you want to play. Because if you play a song that suits you, you will stand out more.

Especially in the case of Lurin, since she is a beginner, it would be better to thoroughly master a song that suits her.

I shook my head.

And then Lulin always says kwagwagwagwang! I remember tapping the keyboard.

Now that I think about it, when I think of Kwa Gwa Gwang, it’s that song.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Although it is not the official name, the song is more famous under the name ‘Destiny’.

Regardless, Lulin is a guy who likes to be quite exciting, and that’s why he’s also a guy who likes banging on the keyboard.

Because it is true that Lurin and gentle songs do not suit each other at all.

***

Time flows like a river. The day of the finals has arrived before we know it.

The concert hall was very crowded from the morning. From the nobles who came from the countryside to participate in this big social event to the great nobles staying in the capital, one by one, they gathered in the concert hall.

Even at the time of arrival, the lower nobles were the first to fill the seats, as if there was an order, and as the start time got closer, the big names appeared.

The last to arrive was, of course, the emperor of this country.

While nobles are filling the performance hall, the legana in the central hall is checked several times.

10 people participated in the finals after passing the fierce preliminary round.

When all ten perform, the emperor announces the rankings. That is the new rule created for this competition.

Participants sat in the performance hall’s luxurious waiting room. Lulin was sitting on a chair in the waiting room with his eyes closed.

Annoying.

That was the feeling.

I should have ignored the red advice too. Such a human competition.

But even as I thought this, my determination to give L a gift surpassed even my annoyance.

Lurin was now slouching on the chair with her legs crossed and a very arrogant posture, puffing out her cheeks.

Her face with swollen cheeks actually made her look cute.

The reason my cheeks were swollen was because I was frustrated because of the rules that the damn red thing had made.

Come on!

Kkooooook!

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I want to do it.

While thinking about this, Lurin finally pouted.

I was fighting my frustration by myself, telling myself countless times that if things didn’t work out, I would really make smoked meat like Red Dragon and throw it to the bugs.

And of course, there were other participants in this waiting room.

There was a woman sitting with a more irritated face than Lurin, and that was Loriana Delian.

Sitting next to him was Riendal Illen of the Duke of Illen.

These two people are already famous in the social world.

Two people are from great noble families. And the rest of the participants were nobles from families below the count.

According to the family hierarchy, the only people who sat on the chair were Loriana and Riendal.

And in addition, Lulin was the only one and everyone else was standing still.

That’s the rule.

So Loriana was very unhappy with Rurin sitting arrogantly.

Actually, I didn’t like it from the preliminaries. So, my anger is boiling inside.

“Loriana, isn’t that person over there very uncultured?”

In a situation where Lurin was unable to face Peer because her eyes were closed, Riendal opened his mouth to Loriana.

As if she had been waiting for that, Loriana began to answer in a loud voice.

“I heard that they are from the same royal family as us, but I would like to dare say that they come from a distant collateral lineage.”

Loriana was especially emphasizing the word dare.

However, since Lurin had spoken to humans in mosquito-sounding mode, Loriana was safe at that moment.

Loriana could not openly do anything to Lurin due to the Duke of Delian’s strict orders, and Lurin also did not touch humans and treated them as if they were not human due to El’s strict orders.

Peace, like a sheet of thin ice, was being maintained in such a precarious manner.

“What happened? “Afterwards, they see me being embarrassed in front of so many people and they laugh at me.”

Loriana said that to Riendal. However, the more I got angry, the more I looked around to see if there was anyone else to vent my anger on, and then I caught sight of Verna quietly meditating, leaning against the wall.

At that moment, a bitter smile appeared on Loriana’s lips.

Loriana jumped up and walked in front of Verna, feeling like she had found prey caught in a spider’s web.

The other participants, who had not been interfering due to the noise that Lurin was from the royal family, also seemed to realize the intention and followed Loriana in droves.

“Aren’t you embarrassed? You showed up well in a subject where you can’t even play properly. Do you enjoy being embarrassed?”

“Lauriana is speaking, but what is that expression on her face?”

A participant in his 30s who appeared to be around the same age as Berna helped Lauriana.

“What Loriana said is correct. “If I think of the name Deadran, I would be so embarrassed that I wouldn’t even be able to come here. This is really a shame.”

Other participants also joined in and started making fun of Loriana, saying they wanted to please her.

Even if deep inside you are determined to win this concert, which is evaluated purely based on your skills, there will be absolutely no benefit in being looked down on by Loria or Delian on the surface or in the social world.

Of course, Verna made no response.

“Are you ignoring me now? “Why don’t you say something?”

Loriana started scratching Verna again. But Verna just nodded. Loriana didn’t like that adult attitude even more.

“Don’t words sound like words?”

One of the participants who received Loriana’s glance grabbed Verna’s head. And I pushed him away hard.

Verna, who had skipped a meal because she was so focused on practice, rolled around on the floor helplessly.

Verna is still the lord’s mother who is respected by everyone in Gray City. Therefore, it was absurd to be treated like this, but this concert hall itself was a place where the emperor and great nobles gathered, so it followed that relativity.

Verna is crashing with a chair! I fall.

In the meantime, Verna fell and stopped at Lulin’s feet.

At that contact, Lulin opened his closed eyes and shouted.

“sick!”

Rurin, who was already feeling uncomfortable due to the lack of skinship, touched Verna’s feet and looked at her.

The sound of mosquitoes was already really annoying, but since they touched me, it was already self-defense. Kill them all.

While I was thinking that, Verna opened her mouth wide. The name that came out of his mouth, which he had not opened at all even after being attacked by Loriana, was Rurin’s name.

“Lu Lulin? Why here… ?”

Then Lurin frowned. L said he participated under a different name. So, you are not Lurin now.

“Who is Lulin! “It’s Lulin, but it’s not.”

“That El… “You are my wife, right?”

“Hnyna?”

Lulin’s face, which had been getting up angrily, instantly cleared up. And only then did I look at Verna closely.

Come to think of it, it’s a face I’ve seen somewhere before. That’s Rurin’s impression. However, he opened his mouth with a face that said he had no idea where or where.

“Do you know this body? “Who are you?”

Verna knew that El was a great magician, and that Lulin was also not ordinary, and she had heard a lot about the two, so she naturally responded to Lulin’s comments.

“I am Gray’s mother… that… “I met you a few times at the Lord’s Castle, but excuse me, don’t you remember?”

“huh? Right. Are you that little boy’s mother? What happened? Since you said it was your wife, I will take care of it hehe. “Sit here.”

Lulin pulled Verna to the chair next to him and sat her down. And then he started yawning loudly.

As I waited, the three sets of feeling sleepy, bothersome, and irritated slowly began to appear.

Loriana, who was watching it all, was dumbfounded.

“Now what are you doing… ? you!”

Because of her frustration, Loriana disobeyed her uncle’s words and came in front of Lulin.

“Who are you?”

Lurin looked at Loriana with sparkling eyes. Loriana also met Lurin’s eyes. At the same time, a tiny pier attacks Loriana.

Loriana, who felt the peer, was startled and instinctively took a step back.

I felt like I didn’t know why I ran away, but I had no intention of approaching Lurin again.

And that’s what other participants felt at the same time.

In an instant, there was silence in the waiting room.

***

“I’m annoyed that the concert has become so needlessly complicated.”

Duke Sergei, seated in the VIP section of the concert hall, grumbled.

“Well, it’s just this one time, so what can I do? A great being is involved… Wouldn’t it be tempting to say that if you win, you will be exempted from paying taxes to His Majesty for a year? Plus military power. “Isn’t it killing two birds with one stone?”

The person who is aiming to kill two birds with one stone is none other than Duke Delian. However, the one who made a fuss was Duke Illen, who was sitting right next to Duke Delian.

In the grumbling Duke Sergei family, there was no one capable of winning. On the contrary, Duke Illen was bracing for Riendal to defeat Loriana this time.

And, unlike usual, Duke Taimuran, who was on the outskirts, was quiet throughout. It’s been like that ever since I heard that L was involved in this incident.

The other dukes could not understand the reason, but there was a reason why Duke Taemuran could never come forward.

There’s only one thing he wants.

There was no winner from the Delian duchy or the Illen duchy.

“Is it certain information that the great being’s skills are poor?”

So Duke Taimuran was most curious about this.

“It sucks.”

Duke Delian answered half-heartedly. Duke Taemuran turned his head and let out an excited sound.

“Your Highness Illen, have you heard about the participant from the Gray family?”

Count Michel appropriately intervened in the chilly atmosphere and asked Duke Ilène a question.

“Oh, that guy. That’s right, he was a very arrogant guy.”

Following Duke Illène’s reaction, Count Michel began talking about making the Gray family realize their plight by humiliating them so that they could not enter the social world at all.

Of course, he conveyed the Duke of Delian’s wishes on his behalf.

Duke Delian hated the seemingly pointless act of saying things like that the most.