Leo leaned against the side of the bathroom with his arms crossed and stared silently at the bathtub full of water.
There, Arga was sitting in the water with his legs crossed.
His expression was blank and his eyes were empty.
Bubble bubble bubble-
Bubbles of air were coming out of his mouth without stopping.
Leo glanced outside, seeing Ar in a half-ruined state.
It's almost evening now.
"Should we stop here?"
At Leo's words, the air bubbles stopped and distrustful eyes looked at Leo.
"What is that look in your eyes?"
At Leo's question, Arga, who had only pulled his mouth out of the water, opened his mouth.
"Are you going to do it again after dinner?"
"no."
"Are you going to do it again before bed?"
Leo said, looking at Ar, who was now on full alert.
"No. Today is really the end."
At those words, Ar reluctantly came out of the water.
It wasn't a malicious harassment, it was training.
The problem was that the training was excessively intense, but that was something Ardo endured.
Leo scratched his cheek as he looked at Ar, who looked tired, and asked.
"Should I tell you about Aron while we eat dinner?"
At those words, Ar's ears perked up.
Arga, who had been wagging his tail here and there, soon bent down.
Food-duk--!
Arga shook off the water from his body and raised his head.
Before I knew it, my eyes were sparkling.
"Areon's story?!"
"There was a great battle in this land long ago."
"Wow! Here? What kind of battle? Who was the opponent?"
"The Commander."
"Oh!"
Arga jumped up and down.
Leo, who had handed Ar a towel, asked.
"What do you want to eat for dinner?"
"meat!"
Arga answered brightly and wiped off the remaining moisture with a towel.
Leo, who left Ar inside and came out of the room, looked for Elsie.
"Elsie."
But there was no answer to Leo's call.
When Leo gave him a puzzled look, Larel appeared.
-Elsie, you went out with Chelsea Llewallin.
"Did you go to find Silleton?"
-Yes. Should I call you now?
"No. I'll come back when the time comes."
"Black Rabbit! I'm ready!"
Arga came out of the bathroom, looking fluffy.
Arga, who had become brighter, left the room and hummed "Gogi and Aron."
Leo followed, bursting into laughter at the sight.
So when Leo and Arga were about to order dinner at the restaurant in the hotel.
"oh?"
Someone came over.
"Who is this? Isn't this the leader?"
Leo is currently using a perception-impairing spell.
But recognizing Leo meant he knew him, but his voice was unfamiliar.
If so, that means we weren't close friends.
'I'm sure you'll be heavily affected by the perception-impairing magic?'
I found out about Leo, who is not a close friend, but is polymorphing.
That is, it meant that he was a very skilled person.
I turned my head and saw a beautiful woman in her mid-twenties standing there.
It was definitely a face Leo had seen a few times.
"It was Nicella Turcia… right?"
The head of the Turcia family, one of the three great families of Lumeren, along with Jerion and Rigaard.
It was a much bigger behemoth than I thought.
"Yeah. It's surprising to see you here."
Nishella smiled brightly at Leo and greeted Ar as well.
"It's an honor to meet you. I'm Nishelah Turcia, the student council president of Azonia."
"nice to meet you."
Ardo's eyes widened at the unexpected appearance of the giant.
After exchanging greetings with Ar, Nishella looked at Leo and asked.
"Can I join you?"
Leo glanced at Ar.
Ar nodded, as there was no reason to refuse.
"Yes. Let's join."
At those words, Nicella sat down and said.
"What would you like to eat? I'll buy you something. Oh, I wonder if my casual speech offended you, Lord? I'm older and a senior at school, so I spoke naturally. Should I be polite if it's uncomfortable?"
"It's okay, do whatever you want."
When Leo spoke with a smile, Nicella smiled back.
"Yeah. Thank you for your consideration."
"Please make it easy on me too."
"Huh? Is that okay? Ar-yang."
"yes."
"Okay. Then I'll take it easy."
Leo muttered to himself as he watched Nicella create a friendly and cheerful atmosphere.
'The atmosphere is different from Elena and Hark.'
These two people are not good-natured, even to say the least.
Elena is a rascal who only pretends to be quiet around Leo, and Haruk is indifferent to his surroundings when he's asleep, but is irritable due to lack of sleep when he's awake.
Nicella laughed, as if she had read Leo's thoughts.
"You just compared me to Elena and Hark."
"yes."
Nicella giggled and chose a menu before calling the waiter.
"We ordered food and wine," said Nicella.
"Well, they were unmanageable troublemakers since they were little."
Nishella is 27 years old this year.
Although there is a generation gap between Elena and Hark, Nicella has often met them since she was young.
They became close friends because they would eventually lead their respective families.
As an older sister, it was Nicella who took the two of them out to play a lot.
"What was Elena like as a child?"
Arga asked curiously.
Since I had become quite close with Elena, I was curious about what she looked like as a child.
"Elena's childhood...."
Nishella smiled softly as she recalled the past.
"And on top of that, he's so ugly…."
"...."
"A brat who ate a bunch of cheap rice? Yeah. That's the only way to describe it."
Ar, sensing the atmosphere becoming tense, asked to change the subject.
"What about Mr. Hark?"
"He's also a mean-looking kid who eats dirty food."
"...."
I guess I asked for nothing.
While Arga was thinking like that, the waiter brought wine.
Nicella poured herself a glass of wine and began to sip it.
It seems that I can't help but drink it because it brings back old memories.
Leo said, looking at the sight.
"Those two people are the same now as they were then."
"Our leader knows something!"
Nicella was delighted.
"Personally, thank you. I wish you would hone those guys a little more and make them into human beings!"
When I recently heard that Hark was suffering after starting work in the Kingdom of Arhi, I felt a ten-year-old slump lift away.
Elena also felt better at the thought that she would be suffering from now on.
"They're still so rude, it's like breathing! Hark! You know what that bastard said to me the first day we met? He said I'd never get married! He said all men would run away because they were scared of me!"
Nishella's face turned red with anger as she recalled the old story.
"After graduation, he was unemployed, so I went to him and gave him some advice, and guess what that son of a bitch said?!"
"What did you say?"
"You're just saying you knew I'd never get married! I'm just too busy to date!"
"...."
Certainly, 27 is quite late.
Of course, since Nicoleine took the position of the head of the Turcia family at a very young age, she must have been very busy and got married late.
In fact, it wasn't a very rare case.
"Elena told me the first day we met that she couldn't marry me! Her reason was exactly the same as Haruk's! But you know what's even more vicious about her?!"
"What is it?"
"You're going to introduce me to Albi! Of course, Albi is young and handsome! But he's still like my uncle! How rude of you to do that!"
Before the meal even arrived, Nichella had finished an entire bottle of wine by herself.
"Black rabbit."
"why."
"This person seems to be very weak to alcohol."
"Yeah. I think I should stop drinking."
"But I find it really funny."
Ar made a mischievous expression.
Leo clicked his tongue softly.
I agree that it's funny, but I feel like I have to protect Nicella's honor.
"You know what's even more miserable?! It turns out that not long ago, my father quietly brought up the topic of marriage between me and Albi! And he got slapped! No! Isn't that beneficial for Albi? Wouldn't it be better for him to marry a young, pretty, and capable woman like me?"
As he watched Nishella reveal more and more of her dark past, Ar's expression became even more mischievous.
"I don't want to work. I want to find a good husband and live comfortably. Hehehehe."
Ha So-yeon, who had been lying face down on the table as if she was sad, soon turned to work-related matters.
Leo thought to himself as he ate the food the waiter brought.
'I thought he was a very normal person compared to Elena and Hark.'
Seeing her drinking wine endlessly even though she was drunk, it seemed like Nicella wasn't normal either.
Suddenly, Leo remembered the story Elena had told him about Nicella.
"Sister Nicella? Hmm. She's a nice person. And she's funny too."
I thought it was a pretty good evaluation for Elena, who has her own quirks.
'Should I say it's a fun toy to play with?'
Leo sighed and shook his head as he recalled Elena giggling.
Ar started to buy Nishella all kinds of expensive things by comforting her while she was holding onto him and complaining.
"Ah. You're such a good kid."
"Hehehe. I'm a bit of a good person. But can I eat this too?"
"Okay! Okay!"
Leo clicked his tongue as he looked at Ar, who was smiling like a cat burglar.
'If Ar is treated like that, then he must be just prey to Elena.'