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

According to Violet, the midterm exam incident was a very important incident.

First, the awakening of the female protagonist of the romance novel.
The scene where she becomes a saint and fully shows her abilities as a female protagonist.
In the part of the academy filled with flower fields, it was a turning point that gave off a dark feeling, just like the title suggests.
Even the male protagonists of the romance novel with overwhelming talent were easily incapacitated, and the villain Silence appeared, who would continue to create crises in the future.
Violet said.
It was an important incident to the point that she emphasized, "I didn't mean to get a hole in my stomach for nothing!"
So, she could be generous about the fact that the empire's security was breached.

The academy was also attacked for the first time.
They say they were hit by a surprise attack, but didn't the previous magic tower fall?
I heard later that there was an absurd story that those who fell were untouchable, so if they had just passed out, they would have passed safely. Anyway, the midterm exam episode was also a case where Ae-ryun was also bullied.
But.
"This is also broken?"

The Bing-ui-ja Pi-cheol, this time the black magicians are literally passing episodes.
Roughly speaking, it's a 2-episode episode.
It wasn't even for some strategic reason, it was just a case where the dungeon they went to for field training happened to be the black magicians' secret laboratory.
That's why I believed it.
There wasn't even a villain outside of the standard called Silence.
It wasn't full of bullies because it was related to the main story.
It's an episode that's okay if it's there. It's okay if it's not there.
That's why I told you in advance to practice and gain some achievements.
You can't even stop this.
Damn the Empire.
You're so bad at your job!

"That doesn't seem right?"
He's cursing the Empire. Violet is still not used to the Empire, so she puts up a shield.
Was her annual salary a little low? Our Boradori keeps coming back to Violet.
“Why?”

But a great senior should listen to what his juniors say.
And if they are talking nonsense, he should scold them, and if they are reasonable opinions, he should report them to his superiors as if they were his own.
That’s why I asked why.
“There is no trace of the warlock.”

He said it was because there was no trace of the warlock.
Well, that’s true.
Since entering the dungeon, there were no traces of the warlock.
So the Empire is finally working. That’s what I thought.
“Then what is that?”
I saw the sword master swinging his sword wildly at Prince Ellen with red eyes.
Anyone could tell that he was under mind control.

“That’s just how it is.”
“Did the kid have anger management issues?”
Even the Military Manpower Administration, which would take him in even if he was mentally ill, would say, “Wow, this is a bit…” and give him a grade 4.
A candidate for the male lead in a romance novel is mentally ill?

“…Huh?”
Is that so?
Judging by the mentality of the kids, it wouldn’t be strange if they had one or two mental illnesses.
“That’s not it. The black magicians here are the ones who researched the magic sword.”

“Is the sword that Sogeomje is holding a magic sword?”
“It is?”
I was momentarily dumbfounded by the short answer.
“…I didn’t say anything like that, Boradol-ssi.”
“…It was originally just going to be overlooked, so it didn’t matter. Senior.”

I clearly told you to tell me everything, but there was information I didn’t know.
When I glared at him with narrowed eyes, Boradol avoided eye contact and answered.
“Explanation.” “Originally, after the battle with the black magician, Asran gets his hands on the magic sword. There, the commonly-used ‘Do you want power!’ is cast, but in the end, he overcomes it.”
“But?”
“The kid’s eyes are spinning?”

Why is that?
Boradol, who was thinking for a moment, cast the blame on others.
“You’re the culprit!”
And that to his senior, who is as good as the sky.

“Are you short-spoken?”
“B-B-the culprit is you, senior!”
That seems to be the case, but I decided to let it go for now.
“What. Why.”
“Originally, Asran only lost to Ellen. In order to overcome that, he was supposed to grow with Daisy!”
“He lost to me and couldn’t grow with Daisy?”
“It’s not that he was bad, but unlike the original, because Prince Ellen started running from the beginning, Daisy’s number of events has definitely decreased.”

Originally, it was an event that showed the growth of the small sword master through the easy victory. Her self-esteem was lower than in the original, and the number of events with the female protagonist of the novel had decreased, so her growth seemed to have slowed down.
“Last time, you said that her growth itself was similar to the original.”
“In terms of ability, it seems that she has grown more thanks to Prince Ellen and her seniors who are more active than in the original. But mentally, it seems that she has fallen even further?”
“……Do I have to cover her mentally as well?”
“If we leave it alone, Daisy will probably take care of it. Daisy is busy these days…”

It seems that several events have been taking place since the awakening of the saintess.
She said that people from the religious order were dispatched, so she often misses club activities and even classes.
“Was the religious order-related event you mentioned last time during summer vacation?”

During summer vacation, as is typical of a fantasy world, friction between the rotten religious order’s priests and the romantic protagonists was planned.
The normalization of the religious order was, of course, the female protagonist of the novel.
Of course, until then, Daisy and her group were going to be involved in an incident related to the religious order of light.
“If seniors participate, it will end quickly.”
“No way.”

Staying at the academy during vacation is common sense in academy stories, but reality is different.
If it’s vacation, you should go home.
It’s horror for other countries to see royals staying in other countries during vacation.
“At least leave Prince Ellen behind.”

“They said he wasn’t there to begin with.”
I was planning on taking him even if he was, but he wasn’t there to begin with.
As expected, the academy part is the best, Prince Ellen.
“The original must be protected at some point.”

“I said it’s already ruined…”
“Work hard. If anything happens, report it right away.”
Unlike me and Prince Ellen, Violet, who was confirmed to be forced to participate in all incidents as the heroine’s childhood friend, let out a deep sigh.
“I chose the wrong job…”

Even if I regret it, it’s already too late.
Since I received the advance payment, I’d be a traitor even if I returned to the empire.
“It’s over.”
While watching from behind, Prince Ellen, who had been pondering for a long time, subdued the sword master.

“You say it’s a magic sword, but why is it so weak?”
“If you look at it by grade, it’s roughly a high-grade magic sword, so it can only raise its level by one level.”
Raising its level by one level.

In short, it meant that it was a fraudulent item.
“How big is the difference?”
I could only sigh at the sight of Prince Ellen lightly striking it.

* * *
Inside the secret research lab of the black magician.
“Hey, you really have to look. The investigation hasn’t been properly completed yet.”

At Uncle Ae-bun’s words that repeated the same thing, I narrowed my eyes and glared at Uncle Ae-bun.
“I don’t want to do this either. You have to do your job properly.”
The old man also felt a little guilty, and he just avoided my gaze with a bashful expression.
Well, I don’t want to do this to an adult who is ten years older than me.
The empire has already lost too much of my trust.

“Anyway, the empire is really scary. There’s a warlock living in the dungeon behind the capital.”
“Ahem.”
That’s why the empire became the main stage for romance novels.

“Let’s manage it well.”
I said this while handing over the old man the former magic sword that had been purified and turned into an ordinary sword.
Of course, it was just for show.
The one possessed by the magic sword was Sogeomje.
The one who caught it was Prince Ellen, and the one who purified the magic sword was Daisy.
I just watched from the back and took the sword back and handed it over to the person in charge.

“Thank you.”
Anyway, I also told him that there was a warlock here. The one who solved it was also our royal family, so it was normal for the empire to just hit their heads.
“I heard they were the ones who were researching this magic sword.”

At my words, Uncle Alun’s expression hardened for a moment.
It was a very fleeting moment, but even the trained agents seemed flustered.
“… According to the experts’ rough confirmation, it seems they were the ones who were trying to make the Ego Sword.”

“What are they going to do with it?”
“They were going to make a mass-produced magic ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) sword and sell it to the academy students.”
That was a bit scary.
Even dogs and cows fell for the sword that said, ‘Do you want power?’ and ran wild like crazy.
Even the mass-produced sword, which lacks mental growth, is a replica of the magic sword that fell into the mind of the devil.
The mass-produced ones will be enough to control the idiots.

“I guess they failed.”
If that was the case, it would have been normal for it to have been a main episode, not a passing event. So it was natural that it failed because of the incompetent abilities of the black magicians here.
It was a natural thing.

“…It succeeded, huh?”
The old man’s expression seemed to have relaxed a little.
My expectations were wrong, so he looked quite happy.

“…Is that so?”
I understood.
The Empire had been losing to the Kingdom in the information war so far.
And it was an incident that happened in the middle of the Empire.
Of course, the source of that information was the Bing-ui-ja informant who knew the future of the world.

Since he didn’t know that, Ae-byeon must have been a little upset.
“They were more capable than I thought.”
The black magicians here weren’t incompetent black magicians, but rather capable but unlucky black magicians.
It seemed like it was just an episode where they got beaten up by the unlucky Ro-pan group who came to practice.
If the practice had been invalidated by the academy terror, it wouldn’t have been strange if they had become the main characters in the next part.

“This is mass-produced.” “Can I hold it?”
“If you’re skilled enough.”
How highly does this old man rate me?

… I helped hold the short sword and silence.
The more I think about it, the more I wonder what kind of a bastard our prince is.
“Hmm.”

I drew my sword with considerable confidence.
Then I heard someone’s voice in my head.
- Do you want power?
“Oh.”

- I can draw out all your power.
He looked quite dignified, yet confident.
“What does he say?”
“It’s said to draw out power. I think it seems to maximize the user’s potential through mental control.”

I don’t know the original, but I can roughly understand the mass-produced version’s ability.
As people often say, people can’t use all their abilities, but it was a form of mental control that drew out that ability.
For example, eliminating emotions like fear and implementing optimal movements. It releases the physical limits, and even if the body is damaged, it draws out the maximum power the user can produce.
In a way, it feels similar to the doping potion I took when fighting Silence?

- It's not a lie. Imagine what you want.
It feels more like an AI from a previous life than an Ego Sword.
It feels like it's somehow linked with me and trying to draw out my desires.
"Hmm, then."

In order to properly evaluate its use, I tried my best to subject it to the mind control without losing my mind.
If it works properly, it could be used in a good way.
-…

I thought about my role and conveyed what I wanted to the mass-produced magic sword as best as I could.
-… …
But maybe it's because it's mass-produced.

It seems to be working, but it's responding slowly like a laggy computer.
-… … … The equipment stops due to overload.
"What is it?"

Suddenly, like a computer whose system had shut down, the magic flowing through the sword was cut off.
“What on earth did you ask?”
“I asked you to tell me how to beat our prince?”
“…Can’t you beat him too?”
“Because he’s a piece of shit.”
“I’m jealous of the bright future of the kingdom…”
It was a voice that was truly envious, but I wasn’t worried.
Your prince will soon be active as a romance novel male lead.
Of course… You’ll probably be scared during that process, too.

“By the way, when is your birthday?”
“Suddenly?”
I should buy you some wrinkle-prevention cream as a birthday present this year.