The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 164

Chapter.36 Hibiren Flower and Concert

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“His Majesty says he will soon announce the winner!”

The attention of the performance hall was focused on one place. This is because the emperor, who had left for a while to decide the winner, returned to the stage.

All participants in the waiting room were also called to the stage.

What’s strange is that the participants in the waiting room looked helpless, like a stretched-out scarecrow.

He was breathing heavily and had a pale complexion, like someone who had severe breathing difficulties.

Of course, Lurin is not in it.

Lurin is already next to me.

The situation is strange. I have no energy at all. Just holding my arm.

It seemed like he was thinking about something, so I left him alone for now. Then, after a while, he gently waved my arm. He held the hem of my clothes tightly with one hand and finally opened his mouth.

“you!”

“Yes?”

Since he seemed to have no energy, I answered as kindly as possible. Lurin then admitted defeat in a hushed voice.

“I lost.”

“Did you know you couldn’t win?”

Admitting defeat by humans?

This is a very refreshing appearance for Rurin, who for a while never wanted to admit it, even when she lost a fight with me.

Has Rurin finally grown up too?

My emotions are endless.

“I can’t do it because it was my first time doing it. So, if you lose, you lose. But I won’t lose next time!”

He jumped up, clenched his fists and shouted that, and instead of sitting on the chair he had just gotten up from, he sat on my thighs with a face full of heartache and pressed his buttocks against mine.

“Okay, I think it went well. Wouldn’t it be a shame to finish it with my current skills? You should be able to hit Verna at least. “If you can play something that touches my heart like Verna, I think I’ll fall in love with you even more.”

“Is that true?”

The tone of my voice rose when I said I was in love with it.

“Really.”

Well, that’s right.

It is a fact that when you see them playing with concentration, you will feel a strange gap and fall in love with them all over again.

“That’s huge! It won’t take long! “It instantly makes you fall in love even more!”

I’ve felt it since last time, but Lurin seemed to secretly like Legana. That’s a good thing.

It is very desirable to be interested in human civilization and culture. In that case, we should bring Legana into rare right away.

There is nothing better than that for me if I can adapt to the human world by learning one by one like this.

While Lulin was gaining strength and igniting her will, the emperor began to recite a long sermon, like a sermon from an elementary school principal.

In fact, it is so obvious that you don’t even need to hear who the winner is.

Still, the ones who remain here are the Gray boy, who has turned pale because he is so nervous, and Verna, who is standing there looking even more nervous.

I wanted to see these two people smile.

And finally, the winner was announced from the emperor’s mouth.

“Actually, everyone knows which performance is the best without Jim having to say it! “The winner of this competition is Gray Verna of the Gray family!”

-The Emperor

‘s announcement caused a commotion in the concert hall.

-The

sound of applause is heard.

Originally, it was the nobles who were preparing to boo. However, no one could object to the emperor’s decision.

There was no fuss at all.

Actually, that’s natural.

Verna’s performance is truly… .

Because it was a performance that left even people who didn’t know what music was, deeply moved.

The fact that even nobles, who were almost enemies, recognized his skills and silenced him proves how great Verna’s playing was.

Silencing the opposition is a difficult task no matter what era or person it is. Especially when it comes to matters related to politics.

I stood up with a happy heart and applauded.

“Mother!”

And the Great Boy cheered, and as if the cheers weren’t enough, he ran down the stage. I ran so quickly that I fell and rolled three times before I got to the stage.

“What is that idiot?”

Lulin fell so many times that he expressed these sentiments, and anyway, he got up even when he fell, and the Gray boy barely made it to the front of the stage. And then he jumped into Verna’s arms.

Verna cries and hugs the boy.

The moment when the two people, who had relied on each other strongly since the previous Earl Gray fell and had become closer than mother and son, confirmed their bond even stronger.

Verna cried and the Great boy cried too.

These are tears of joy. Those tears are tears that no one needs to wipe away.

After looking at it, I said to Rurin.

“Lurin, let’s go back. “The original purpose was the Hibiren flower, so there is absolutely no need to stay here anymore.”

After telling the Gray family chamberlain that we left first, use teleportation.

If I stuttered and got caught up with the Gray boy, I would have to go back to Gray City by land, which was very tiring.

Because the restaurant was closed for too long.

However, when I told him to go back, Lurin suddenly started making a fuss.

He made an aaaah sound as if he had forgotten something, stopped, trembled, and then let out another scream after about 5 seconds.

“Sleep! What you lose is what you lose! What you lose is what you lose! This is not it! When I think about it, I haven’t achieved my goal with this body! I didn’t lose! “I didn’t lose!”

Lurin huffs and glares at Verna. The emperor also glares.

After kicking the ground, he was on the verge of storming back onto the stage, so he grabbed Lulin’s back and ran out of the hall.

He showed a mature attitude by coolly admitting defeat. It’s so sudden that you don’t even know why it’s doing this.

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Legana was installed in Rare. I was wondering where to put it, but ended up installing it in the main room.

The main room is literally the main room, but since Lulin never returns to the main body, it has become a useless space. It would be nice to install and use Legana, as it would make better use of the space.

The Luruns expressed their curiosity by asking what this was, and when Lurin played, the Luruns began to tremble in fear.

Rather than playing, it’s like kwagwagwagwang! Bang bang! This is because it caused noise while walking.

In fact, doesn’t that guy not like playing, but rather like doing that?

Legana is Leghana, and in fact we had one more problem to solve. Perhaps because of that, Lulin had been hesitating about something ever since he returned.

Mainly in the bedroom before going to sleep.

When there are two here and there.

Today, after washing up and trying to dry my hair with a towel, Rurin sits quietly at the edge of the bed and looks at me intently.

So I charged.

Today we will see the final decision.

He dragged Rurin, pushed her against the wall again, and attempted to hit the wall.

“you?”

“You said that if you win, you’ll tell me why you rejected me, right? You didn’t win, but the competition is over, so stop telling me why. “If I don’t convince you of the reason for my refusal, there will be no kisses or flirting for the time being?”

Rurin, who was slowly closing her eyes and twisting her legs, faced the exact opposite of what she wanted, and refuted it with a look on her face as she heard that the world was coming to an end.

“that… Cancel! “I failed because I didn’t win!”

“Is that so?”

“It is like that. therefore!”

“therefore?”

“… … .”

“So what? “Where is Lurin, who was so proudly avoiding her lips?”

“Aaaah! you are bothering bad.”

“No tears flowing? “You should at least put some eye drops and act.”

“eyewash? Is there such a thing? Does that make you cry?”

Lulin began to act in a different direction.

It’s absurd.

That doesn’t mean there wasn’t any reason. If you refuse without any reason, that is just as serious.

“Is that so?”

I relaxed my wall striking posture. I turned my back. And then I walked to the bed.

“you?”

Rurin must have sensed that something was wrong, so she ran over in a hurry, grabbed my arm, and made an excuse.

“Ugh, that red thing! “It’s all because of that red thing!”

The red one?

Are you talking about Serena?

It seemed like he was about to confess something, so I stopped for now. Then Lulin lowered his head and opened his mouth with a defeated look on his face.

“you… I wanted to give you a gift. You always bring me gifts on my birthday and give me rare gifts… And you yourself are a gift to me! Because I never gave it to you. I hated that… .”

Lower your head and circle your feet on the ground.

It was a face that looked angry.

“gift?”

Nod.

“Did you try to give me Hibiren flowers as a gift?”

“It was for that reason that I persevered and entered the competition held by humans, but I lost. So I am nothing. “I became a fool.”

“That’s stupid.”

“I’m not stupid!”

People call me stupid and I get angry when they call me stupid. But a gift is a gift. That alone doesn’t explain why he rejected me.

“Did you reject me because of that gift? “Doesn’t this make sense?”

“that… !”

I took Lulin’s arm away, walked over to the bed, and sat down on it. I acted like that, but my mind was a little shaky.

He was so absorbed in learning Legana that he wanted to give me a gift.

that.

lovely.

But that is what it is, and rejection is rejection.

I have to find out the reason.

So I went into bed and lay down. As I continued to pretend to be upset, I couldn’t feel Lulin, who seemed to be standing there the whole time.

“It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad. The red thing is the problem. This happened because of the damn thing. The red thing is like that. It seems like you always give too much, so try rejecting it and you will stop restless and realize my importance more. Why isn’t that the case? Red guy, jerky. You have to scoop it up, trample it, and trample it, but before that, after the red one rejected the kiss, there is something recommended to be given as a gift… .”

The silence continues for a moment, and then rap is heard from where Lurin is standing. The dialogue is so rapid-fire that I can’t even understand it properly.

I have no idea what he’s mumbling about. So I continued to not move from the bed.

Express that you are upset. That’s important.

It hurt because Rurin rejected me. Because it hurt so much.

My feelings also became very complicated.

Moreover, I realized that my actions were useless.

What if Rurin truly rejects me?

In my heart, if Lulin ever leaves me, the sense of loss I would feel would be greater than the size of this world.

I realized this while looking at those lips that rejected me.

-iced coffee.

Lulin always says You’ll die without me.

But more than that, I loved this guy.

Those two rejections made me realize that feeling. I have a duty to hear the reason. So, I’m just pretending to be upset.

I heard Lulin walking towards me, as if he sensed that I was upset.

It’s not as light as a feather as usual.

I feel a heavy weight with each step I take. I tried to glance at him to see what he was doing, but I barely held back.

Rurin approaches right in front of us.

Lulin’s hand touches my head as I lie back.

“you… .”

A voice calling me.

He calls me in a lower voice than usual. But for now, there was no answer.

Then I felt Rurin’s hair on the back of my neck. That told me that Lulin’s face was approaching.

No, what was approaching was not a face. It was Rurin’s lips.

-Jjook.

Lulin’s lips separated, leaving a peck on the side of my face.

“Huh?”

That was the first kiss that shy Rurin gave me for the first time.

“It’s a gift!… you!”

Lulin said that and ran away to hide under the blanket.

You can’t just leave it like that.

I went under the blanket to find Rurin.

“Aaaah! you! “It tickles! Hehehe.”

When they tossed and turned, tickling each other, and threw away the blanket, something strange happened.

The Hibiren flower that Verna had given her as a gift from the vase placed by her bedside in the bedroom gave off a strong light.

And the hibiren flower, which shone for a split second, soon returned to its original color as if it had never happened before.