I Became the Second-in-Command in a Romance Fantasy Novel

First day of the Academy exam. Morning.

“Adam, did you study?”
Prince Ellen asked, looking at my confident expression.
Did you study?
“I finished preparing for the exam perfectly.”

Private education existed since kindergarten.
I was reincarnated into a world where elementary, middle, and high school were the basic education, and college was a basic 12 years.
That’s why I knew better than anyone else what was important.
“The practical score is higher in swordsmanship.”
The swordsmanship score is 30% theory and 70% practical.
That means that if you only do well in the practical, even if your theory is completely ruined, you will have no problem graduating.

“… So you’re saying you didn’t study.”
“Why are you doing that?”
It’s about selection and focus.
I wasn’t going to get a job by getting good grades at the Imperial Academy.
Since I was already affiliated with the Leon Royal Family, one of the largest conglomerates, it was okay as long as my grades weren’t enough to get me suspended or expelled. And there was no time to study for the exam in the first place.
It was common sense that an incident would occur at an academy event.
For the daily life of this damn romance novel male protagonist, the royal laborer was destined to work hard.

“It’s natural for a student to study.”
“…That’s a normal student story. What are you going to do by doing well on the exam at the Imperial Academy? Are you going to abandon the kingdom and get a job at the Empire?”
It was just a casual remark, but I couldn’t help but pause for a moment.
Come to think of it, didn’t you say that this kid didn’t return to the kingdom after graduating from the academy and instead wandered around the empire?
“Why, why do you look at me like that?”

The look of panic made it even more suspicious.
Should I submit a statement to the royal family saying that it would be a good idea to summon him back to the home country under the pretext of the academy terrorism?
“I told you to do well on the exam.”
“You don’t look like that at all?”

If you know, do well.
I couldn’t bring myself to say that, so I headed to the classroom, and Prince Ellen followed me, telling me to go with him.
After a while, it was exam time.
I received the exam paper.
“Hmm.”

I was frustrated for a moment because the exam paper was full of subjective questions instead of multiple choice questions.
I wrote down the most plausible answers I could with the mindset that I just didn’t get a zero.
I didn’t study for the exam, but I listened hard in class.
I roughly knew the answer to one of the three questions, and I could roughly write down the other two.
Will I get partial credit? It didn’t matter if I didn’t.
After the three subjects’ exams were over, the day was over.
The next day was the same.
And on the third day of the exam.
After all the theory exams were over, when the practical exams were about to begin.
Bam!
With a loud noise, gray smoke began to rise from the other side of the academy.

“Did you mess up in the magic department again?”
But the professors’ reaction was that they had done it again. This seemed to happen often during magic and exams, but since I already knew about the Academy raid, I had no choice but to respond.
“Is Daisy okay?”

The fact that the female protagonist of the romance novel was worried when she heard that there was an accident at the magic department.
She really was into it.
“Are you going to go find me?”
“…No way.”
This kid was momentarily troubled.

He averted his gaze and muttered that he wouldn’t do something like that during exams, but if I told him that this wasn’t an accident but an incident, he would run away.
“Don’t worry too much. If it’s a magic and exam, there’s Violet and Dale’s prince, right?”
“……”
He nodded at Violet’s name, and his mouth fell open at the mention of Dale’s prince, which was really transparent.

“Next year, you’ll transfer to the magic department instead of the swordsmanship department, right?”
“Should I?”
I wondered what the hell this was, but when I thought about it, it seemed like this kid had nothing more to learn in the swordsmanship department.
The only advantage the swordsmanship department had was that there was swordsmanship, but there wasn’t much difference between the time spent learning in the swordsmanship department and the time spent learning in club activities.
Wouldn’t it be more academically beneficial to go to the magic department and learn how to deal with magic?

“…No matter what, the Kingdom of Leon has to save face.”
For a moment, that thought crossed my mind, but I was able to come to my senses.
The prince of Leon is becoming a magician.

If that happened, I might be summoned to the royal palace for dereliction of duty as an instructor.
“I was joking.”
It’s been so long since we last saw each other.
I could bet my instructor’s annual salary that this kid was seriously worried.

“But why are you here? Isn’t it almost time?”
“I have some time left.”
No matter how much stronger Prince Ellen is than me, it’s my duty to protect him. In the first place, our king was a sword master, and the king of Dale was also a strong man who had reached the level of a great magician.
Even such strong men, once they had the title of king, were escorted by a weaker royal guard whenever they moved.
So.
“This is an attack!”

With that shout, he grabbed Prince Ellen’s wrist as he tried to run away.
A prince like that should think about being protected if it’s an attack.
Look at him running away right away.
“This is an attack.”
His eyes were burning brightly.
He looked like he was going to run to Daisy right away.

“I heard that too.”
“I have to go.”
“If you go, things will only get worse. Good students should listen to the professors and stay still.”
“Daisy could be in danger.”
“It’s a magic test. There are many high-level magicians, including the former Baektapju. Even if you’re an assistant professor, you’ll be treated as a mid-level one.”
At that level, their power is stronger than that of the Leon Royal Magician Corps.
Even though the Leon Kingdom is said to be a pure magic nation, the Royal Magician Corps was not a group of idiots.

“Is that so?”
“Yes. If we disperse and become hostages to the enemy, it will be a disaster.”
If it were Prince Ellen, I would rather take terrorists as hostages.
It would be bad to give useless information to persuade.
But just in case, I should brace myself and prepare to endure.
Name it Man-geun-chu!
“Asran!”

… I was about to cast it, but one of the male protagonists of the romance novel ran out of class.
“Huh!”
Our prince, the other male protagonist of the romance novel, ran out after seeing that.

“Huh?”
He grabbed my arm and hung on to me.
Did I learn some flying magic? I was so shocked as I flew through the air at a right angle, holding onto Prince Ellen’s arm.

Even in a fantasy world, it was like that.
I was going through a scene that wouldn’t even come out in a comic book.
If I let go of my arm here, I could avoid looking ridiculous.
But I had to keep holding on to it in order to make an excuse.
The magic tool that functions as ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) a black box was turned on a long time ago.
The captain wouldn’t say anything to me if he saw me like this.
I’m doing my best!

… In order to make an excuse, I had to endure this kind of behavior.
After flying around for about 3 minutes like that, I was barely able to touch the ground.
“Ellen.”
“Wow, you don’t call me prince.”

Prince Ellen seemed to notice my cold voice, but
“Since I’m already here, I’ll get in trouble later.”
“I’m going to get in trouble…”

Of course, you punk.
Of course I won’t get in trouble.
I’m going to report directly to the queen.
Even though it’s only in name, the queen was the one directly above the head of the training center.
The head of the training center… I’m going to get scolded for not reporting separately, but for Prince Ellen, this was the right choice.
“It seems like it’s really blown up?”
“Huh?”
The magic and exam hall was already empty.
As expected, the female protagonist of the romance novel?

I wondered how a terrorist attack could happen right before my eyes, but when I thought about it, everyone in the magic department was like that even when an accident happened.
Furthermore, there were more important people, including the prince, in the magic department than in the swordsmanship department.
Well, it wouldn’t be strange if the prince and the son of the Count, who put more emphasis on the swordsmanship department, chose the magic department except for the swordsmanship class, but it must have been because of the female protagonist of the romance novel.
“What happened?”

I frowned and answered the foolish Sogeomje’s question.
“How did they escape?”
There were traces of a battle, but it was one-sided.
Since the direction was outside, not inside the academy, the terrorists who had rushed in with great momentum must have been pushed back.

“Then?”
“They must have evacuated safely.”
The Empire already knew about the terrorism.
The Empire’s agent, Ae-Ryun, was a person who showed perfect skills except for his face, who looked at least in his 30s.
It wasn’t for nothing that he was in charge of the Empire’s prince.
If he said he was fine and the terrorism happened, then it must mean that he was defeated by the god of Roman.
Or we should think of it as a strategy to draw in enemies.
Of course, if you ask if it was necessary to draw in enemies, then no.
It’s not like you have to see it.
There was no need to inform the male protagonists who were caught in the academy.

“Then?”
“Shouldn’t we also evacuate to a safe place?”
He pointed to the inside of the academy where there was a hole.

These guys, I wonder if they’re not the male protagonists of the academy.
Someone attacked them, so they should think about evading. Why do they keep trying to do something themselves?
“Still, the academy was attacked.”
“So, why are the first-years of the academy trying to solve it? How many professors, knights, and security guards are there?”
“Still…”
I had no choice but to tell Sogeomje, who kept trying to do something, the reality, unfortunately.

“You’re weaker than me…”
“……”
He looked very shocked, but there was nothing he could do.
“I…”
“Shut up before you send a request to the royal family to return.”
“……”

After making the two male protagonists shut their mouths, he grabbed each wrist and dragged them away.
“I’m sorry. I don’t want to hold onto men either.”
He had a conscience, and even though he didn’t use force, he was dragged along.

It didn’t last long.
“Isn’t that a magic professor?”
In the middle of the hallway, a person was lying down.

“…He must be suffering from coma.”
He seemed to be dead, but he had no wounds.
When I got closer and checked, he really seemed to be asleep.

“In this situation?”
This time, I couldn’t utter a rebuttal to the expression telling me not to talk nonsense.
“…Let’s go a little further.”

I roughly threw the professor in the hallway into a nearby lecture room.
After walking a little further, I confirmed that one or two people had fallen down.
“That looks like a student.”
“I see an assistant professor over there too?”
“Just clean it up.”

… Mr. Ae-bun. I trusted you!
Even if you were a special agent of the Empire, couldn’t you stop the Romance scenario!
“No, shit.”
After walking like that for a while, I swore without realizing it as I saw the old man lying down as if he was dead.

No matter what Mr. Ae-bun did, he couldn’t have stopped this.
“…Magic Department Head Professor, McGregor?”
The entire Magic Tower is already down, so what can an agent of the Empire do?

“Daisy…?”
“She hasn’t been there until now.”
The two male leads’ eyes rolled back at the fact that the magic and suppressor had exploded.
“Where is she?”

I wanted to ask why he was asking me that, but I had a rough idea.
Where is the female lead?
She must be caught up in the center of the incident.
“The other members of the flower arrangement club weren’t there either?”
I couldn’t bring myself to say that, so I said something vague.

“Ah…!”
“Then!”
I wanted to tell them to stay still, but if they had listened to me, they wouldn’t be here right now. So what we need now is.
“I have a rough idea of ​​where to go.”

“Where!”
“Quickly!”
A white lie.
Just drag her somewhere unrelated to the female protagonist of the romance novel, and cast “This Wasn’t the Place.”

“Who are you?”
“It’s us!”
But, shit. Why are you here…