ALSAR ( Part 01)

chp 194

"Bu-But we're cousins, right? Will you come to play often from now on?"

"Ivan. Enough already. Sit over there."

Ivan-kun, who finally recovered from the initial shock, asked me cheerfully. He had regained his composure completely. Vicky-san then motioned for Ivan-kun to sit in the empty chair instead of sitting on the floor. Ivan-kun then obediently moved to the chair.

However, his attention still remained fixed on me. Just like what Ivan-kun said, he was indeed my cousin.

Fufu~ I was an only child in my original world too. My mother didn't have the best relationship with her relatives either. This was also my first time having a younger relative...

"Hmm~ It might be a bit difficult since I'm an adventurer. My job requires me to go around on a quest and stuff."

Ivan-kun was still staring at me expectantly, so I placed my hand on my chin as I pondered.

I might need to leave Pedrel for quests sometimes. I doubted I could come here often.

"Huh?! Ren-kun, you're an adventurer?!"

"Ren, are you really adventuring with those skinny arms?! Uncle! Uncle, don't you already earn enough for yourself!? Why would you make him do the impossible for money?!"

Sabine-chan, who had been silently munching on her hamburger, suddenly looked up. She looked aghast as she stared at me intently.

Ivan-kun also stared at my upper arms. Confusion was clearly etched on his face as he complained to Malik-san.

Ahh, right. When we were explaining our circumstances earlier, these two weren't here yet. Indeed. Malik-san already earned pretty well on his own, but despite how I looked, I was already an adult. It might be presumptuous of me to say this, but I believed I was pretty good for an adventurer.

Although Ivan-kun and Sabine-chan already knew my real age, but I guess in their eyes I still looked like someone who needed to be protected...

"That's right, Sabine-chan. I am an adventurer. Also, Ivan-kun, although I look like this, but I'm technically an A-rank adventurer, you know?"

I nodded at Sabine-chan before furrowing my eyebrows and pouted my mouth at Ivan-kun.

""""A?!?!?!""""

I only told my rank because I wanted them to know that despite my appearance, I could earn pretty well too. However, everyone, except Amy-san exclaimed in surprise.

In fact, Amy-san only smiled warmly as she stared at Victoria-san's side profile. Aaah... It seemed she didn't feel bothered by me because she was busy enjoying her spouse's reaction.

"Yeah. I got promoted recently. I'm technically an A-rank adventurer now."

"Recently... Ah! So you're Black Flower Princess?!"

"Unfortunately, yes........"

I trailed my words. It seemed Vicky-san had heard about my embarrassing nickname. Aaah... I didn't expect that nickname had spread this far... I really didn't want to admit it, but I couldn't run away from the truth so I ended up nodding, albeit reluctantly.

"That nickname suits you, Ren-kun."

"Yes. You have such beautiful black hair after all."

Amy-san and Sabine-chan said as they stared at my hair, which had grown quite a bit over the past few months.

Currently, my hair had already reached my shoulder blade. I didn't cut it because Fer-san and my other fiancés told me how much they liked my hair, practically urging me to grow my hair out. I had cut my bangs at the castle recently, but my bangs had grown a bit too. I was starting to get a bit annoyed at how long my bangs were.