Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 653

Chapter 653: Chapter 653 - Taming the Fifth Year - Pledge - 3

"No!" Ren said quickly, realizing the problem. "Wait, yes I have a secret, but the secret isn’t about anything romantic."

The three brothers exchanged glances, silent communication passing between them.

His mana showed it was true. Completely true. No deception, no half-truths, just straightforward honesty.

Julius closed his eyes briefly, something like relief crossing his face. The tension that had been coiled in his shoulders released slightly. Victor completely loosened his grip on Ren’s shoulder, giving him an almost friendly pat instead.

Arturo opened his mouth, clearly wanting to ask more about that "secret" and what it implied exactly. His curiosity was evident, political instincts wanting to understand what Ren was hiding.

"It’s enough," Julius stopped him with a gesture, his hand raised again. "We already interrogated, said what we thought and... made our points clear."

He stood, approaching Ren. The interrogator becoming the advisor.

"Ren, I would appreciate it if you talked to Larissa. And recommend that you consider your future very carefully."

He paused, his eyes studying Ren’s face as someone who’d spent decades reading people.

"Because you shouldn’t bite off more than you can chew. And although everything could seem... ’tasty’, we must be measured. Choose well."

Julius’s tone was paternal but with an edge that communicated this wasn’t a suggestion but a warning. The kind of advice that carried consequences if ignored.

Ren swallowed, nodding. He understood. Or at least believed he understood what they were trying to tell him about multiple relationships.

Though he didn’t get why they were pushing Larissa to him... They wanted to get him like Selphira? Still... She was free to choose, he’d never use those ’politic shenanigans’ to pressure anyone, much less his friends.

Liora and Luna... They seemed interested in different ways.

But he’d have to see if those ’temporal crushes’ as his father calls them would not ’vanish easily’ by adulthood, then he’d see what to do. "They never last, so don’t get too invested... It hurts!" he used to say, trying to protect Ren’s heart.

’Yeah, good luck with that mess future me!’

The three brothers began moving toward the exit. Victor gave him another pat on the shoulder, this one definitely friendly. A gesture of approval, of acceptance into some unspoken club. Arturo looked at him for a long moment before nodding with something like reluctant approval, as if admitting Ren had passed a test he hadn’t known he was taking.

Julius stopped at the threshold, looking back with expression that had shifted to something warmer.

"By the way," he said with a more casual tone, the advisor voice replacing the usual prince, "look for her in the library. When Larissa gets like this, she tries to study or work on something to distract herself from her problems."

And with that, all three left, closing the door behind them with a soft click that somehow felt final.

Ren remained standing alone in Larissa’s empty room, processing what had just happened. The confrontation played back in his mind, each moment feeling surreal in retrospect.

He’d been interrogated. Subtly threatened. Warned about "biting off more than he could chew". And apparently the Dravenholm brothers thought he was trying to assemble some kind of... harem?

’Where did they get that idea?’

But then again:

Liora had admitted she liked him.. Luna had lied about ’not having any interest in him’ and was clearly upset about something related to the three new girls. Larissa was...

And from the outside, especially for protective brothers, it probably looked exactly like Arturo had described. A boy collecting girls, accumulating romantic interests without consideration for the complications.

Ren put a hand to his head, feeling a headache forming behind his eyes. The kind that came from emotional exhaustion rather than physical strain. But...

’The library. Larissa is in the library.’

’This is a disaster,’ he thought, not for the first time that day.

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