The next day, Ren got up and sat down as he got into a meditation position.
she put a connection with the meat clone of her.
and seeing what he saw, he was facing Duke Holland.
- dammit.
- how could you not get anything!.
Duke Holland yelled as he destroyed the tablet that brought the report of his territory.
"I apologize, master, the culprit behind the dungeon closures is still being investigated, but it seems that he knows our steps.
- fix everything immediately, I'm going to my territory, you come with me.
-as an ordered teacher.
The butler nodded and stepped back.
Ren left the connection there and sent a message to Balder to take care of him, the duke with his shadow guard, which will be troublesome.
Ren changed his clothes and went to school.
Upon entering class, it seemed that everything was normal, the classmates from yesterday's party were fresh without hangovers, he had to admit that the recovery of the awakened ones was on another level, it seemed that everything was the same as before.
what was not the same as before is that for some reason, Isabel kept bothering him.
Hey, he.
- hears.
" Yes ?.
- Why didn't you invite me yesterday?
" and as I repeat it to you, I was unexpectedly invited, if you want to complain, complain to kiriko.
-How do you think I could complain to the future emperor?
"Doing it, but now you'd have to face his girlfriend.
- I declare a girl?.
" upside down.
- Seriously? Who?
"You'll find out later, it's pretty obvious.
Isabel just nodded, she realized in the training class.
unlike the other times where the girls actively approached kiriko.
this time, Kumiko was holding Kiriko's hand as he smiled.
but the girls who know that his worst enemy is another girl understood the message perfectly.
"Stay away from him, he's mine."
Ren, on the other hand, helped Aiko with his magic.
He threw objects into the air, and Aiko had to hit them.
If he got them all right, Aiko earned a slice of Ren's homemade bacon.
then came Akane.
with Akane the exercise was something different, she had to prevent Ren from winning a fight.
Akane was already at the level where Ren had to get serious, though he still hadn't made her use the bum style.
something that changed in this girl, is her security clearly.
she wasn't wearing any headbands now, which drew stares from the boys, but Akane didn't even care.
when ren asked her, she just answered him
"I need to be sure of myself to fulfill my dream.
Ren thought it was fine, although he has no idea what it is, if he has a goal, the first thing is to have confidence in himself that he can achieve it.
As Akane and Ren continued to exchange.
Ren's phone started to ring.
Aiko who was nearby, just out of "curiosity" to know who she was, approached.
She saw the name "mama" that she called.
Aiko sighed in relief, and she was about to call Ren until she stopped ringing, but a message came.
- happy birthday son, sorry for not being able to be there with you celebrating it, but your dad and I wish you the best of blessings to the goddess, on the night we leave work we will dedicate a prayer to the goddess.
Aiko who saw that, spit out the water that she was drinking.
Ren and Akane who were finishing training saw that act.
"Something happens ?.
- no, nothing ren, by the way, do you remember what day it is today?
"I don't know, Monday?
- Yes, but there is nothing special today?.
"I don't think so, aside from Stew Monday, there shouldn't be anything that I know of.
Aiko sighed, today was July 14th, and Ren doesn't remember it.
-nothing ren, are they finished?
" Sure.
- Perfect, I'll take Akane with me, let's go Akane, we have to talk.
Akane, totally exhausted, was forced to run back to the locker room.
Ren who saw that just shrugged and went to change too.
On the way she met Kiriko who was also coming out from changing while she was holding her phone.
Seeing Ren, Kiriko became nervous.
" What's wrong?
-me!?.
"There's no way I'm talking to the wall, of course, I'm referring to you, what are you bringing?
- I, uh...
Kiriko excused herself for a moment and wrote a message.
A few seconds after sending it, Ren got a call.
"Hello?.
- Stop cornering my fucking idiot boyfriend.
"I don't know who you call idiot, idiot, I didn't corner anyone, it's not my fault that your boyfriend is nervous, I don't even know what he has.
-you don't care that he has, take off or I'll tell amerie that you accidentally saw under his skirt yesterday at the party.
"It's not my fault that you created a wind breeze just at that moment Damn.
- Are you blaming him for your vision? If you are a damn pervert.
"Don't come to me with your stupidities Kumiko, I was drinking when you...
While those 2 were arguing, Kiriko took the opportunity to escape.
Ren who let Kiriko escape on purpose was still arguing, but out of nowhere, Kumiko said.
"Yeah, I apologize for that, see you later.
'The woman who didn't apologize even though she was the one who hit a noble customer at Don Julio's restaurant is apologizing?
' How strange are people today.
After changing, I check if there was any kind of festival, but nothing.
I did not remember any activity that is today.
He checked his messages and saw the message his mom read from him.
He reminded Aiko who spat while he was holding something, she must have been the cause.
Ren sighed, even though he has the same ren birthday as his past life, he forgets the day.
Although instead of saying that he forgets it, it would be that he wants to forget it.
I sigh under my breath and guess what a surprise party they're probably planning meeting these guys.
Since there were still 3 hours left and according to Kiriko's message, I wanted to go to training today until 9 pm.
Ren agreed to train, but he had a plan to avoid that surprise.
He went to train, they were training for 3 hours.
Leaving Kiriko's training ground, to the locker room, Ren took another shower.
When the two got out of the shower, they changed and Kiriko wanted to accompany him because according to him, he forgot something in his room last time.
When Ren opened the door to his apartment, he found all the main characters with confetti and their room nicely decorated.
There was Kiriko, Kumiko, Amerie, Kara, Kuroka, Eira, Aiko, Naomi, Akane, Isabel, and Saiko.
Ren made a surprised face and smile quite a few Ren according to this narrator.
But out of everyone in the room, only 3 women realized something when they saw Ren.
One of them thought silently.
' this idiot.
The second one just turned around, no one saw her expression, but she sighed silently.
As the celebration began.
Akane had a word with Aiko, then Aiko slipped away and left.
She walked straight out of the academy and headed to a park.
It was the same park where she met Ren.
seeing him, Aiko just sat next to her.
Ren was looking at the lake in front of him, the ducks were still swimming and Ren was there just looking.
- Can you tell me what happened ren?.
"Well, I'm surprised you realized he wasn't me, Aiko.
- I could never confuse your ren.
"and that is a clone of mine.
- because you did?.
" Well, in the dungeon I found an artifact that allowed me to make a few clones of myself and I had it available and used it.
- You know what I mean.
"He has...
Do you have time for a story?
- for your stories, I always have time.
"Well, this is not moral, it's just a story.
"There was a common family of three, a father, a mother, and a son.
"Unlike these 3, his other relatives were quite successful people with a lot of money.
"Despite that, the family got along quite well.
"When there were family gatherings where the grandmother was the one who invited, all the uncles and cousins came.
When it was the birthday of his rich cousins and wealthy cousins.
"They used to do it in a big way, with a lot of invitations, a lot of friends.
"The 5-year-old boy, who saw that, though it was so much fun to share his special day with others, so on his sixth birthday, he invited all his cousins and friends.
"His parents had saved money to buy festive things and rent chairs.
- rent? not buy?
"Yes, rent, the boy's family was a common one, in other words, they had to live and eat in peace, and a few tastes, but they had still saved to throw a party for his son.
"It turns out that no one went, his parents knew about it, but they didn't want to kill the boy's illusion and they still bought the things for the party.
"There was only one aunt with her daughter, they knew that aunt because she was always someone simple and although she became wealthy, she never left aside that characteristic humility.
"The boy did not give up.
"Year after year he would invite friends and family to his parties.
"But nobody came, maybe he wasn't as loved as he thought, maybe they weren't true friends, he didn't know.
"When the boy turned 14, he gave up completely.
"He stopped caring about so-called birthdays.
"Even though his relatives gave him a small celebration, he learned to lie that he cared for him.
"Although of course, that taught him more to appreciate his parents and his aunt.
"But the word birthday for him became just one more day, just one less year of life for him, no more and no less.
"He never tried again, every time they asked, he just made an excuse.
"Although he learned something important, on every birthday that he invited 20 or 40 people, only 1 or 2 friends would go.
"I call those true friends.
"Those who are in the thick and thin, those who don't care if you have money or not, are there.
"He knew many people, but he had only 2 friends in his life, with that he was happy.
For him, those 2 friends were irreplaceable.
"That's why I don't like birthdays, although I have nothing against those who celebrate them.
"Besides, I couldn't be rude enough not to go either, so I sent a clone.
-...
"...
While the two of them were sitting on the bench in silence, at some point, Aiko became curious about something.
- Ren, do you trust me?
"Well, at least I know I could trust you with my bacon without fear of you eating it.
-...
- Hahaha.
"??.
- I guess that's at least something.
-ren, I want to make a promise.
"Go ahead, what do you want to promise?
- I will be trustworthy enough that you can trust me with your life.
ren seeing the girl's completely determined and bright look, he couldn't deny that, he could only sigh and accept the new and strange goal of his for a while, as ren says.
" do whatever you want.
Aiko smiled and stood by Ren's side in silence.
.
.
.
After a while, Aiko couldn't take it anymore and ask.
- you are not going?.
"Leave a clone, they'll be fine.
-please?.
"You know those puppy dog eyes don't work for me.
- And if I pay you?
"I would not accept such a job.
- please...
" No.
- please.....
ren being subjected for more than 5 minutes to the pitiful gaze of a beautiful girl, in addition to the fact that he bent down to beg her and left her bust discovered only at an angle in which ren could see her bra, sigh of she.
"Ha..., since it should be over soon, I guess I'll go.
-yeah!.
Aiko jumped to hug Ren.
Ren just patted him on the back signaling him to get down.
when they were returning, in the corridor they saw that someone left the room.
Ren as he went with his hands in his pockets, he nodded to the clone.
The clone didn't say anything, and put Ren's birthday hat on, in addition to fixing his clothes a bit, until he looked exactly like him.
then he bowed and disappeared into nothingness.
Aiko who was to the side was fascinated by the capacity of that artifact, with her eyes, she could notice a small flow that entered the ring, it was practically invisible, if it were not for what happened in front of her, she would have believed that the clones disappear in the nothing.
Upon entering, everyone was telling stories about Ren.