I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

104. Totally Chaotic Season 2 (4)

1.

Elena’s office.

“Let’s listen to the story first,” Elena said as she sat down.

“Then let me hear your story first, cousin.”

“…….”

In contrast to Elena’s relaxed expression, Eileen maintained a stern expression.

Well, normally, Elena, or Eileen, would have a rotten expression, so it wasn’t something new, but Elena had a feeling that something interesting was going to happen, so she had some expectations. Eileen insisted on talking to her first, so she ended up bringing Eileen with her, but there was definitely something going on that she didn’t know about.

Well, since he came over from the North with Sylphia and Arwen, who hadn’t been seen recently, anyone who wasn’t an idiot could have predicted that something had happened.

Elena is not a prophet, so guessing exactly what it is is a different story.

“Elena.”

“Tell me. Why on earth did you insist on stopping me there? Didn’t it mean that there was something you couldn’t tell me right away?”

“……Use it.”

Before Elena’s patience ran out, Eileen, who had been the first to speak up, clicked her tongue. As always, that damn cousin was uselessly quick-witted and intelligent. To be honest, in terms of ability alone, it was true that Elena was more outstanding than the crown princess, so I had supported Elena in the last civil war, even though I was crying and eating mustard.

However, judging based solely on ability and personal preference are different issues.

‘Let me just quote what Rudrick said here… … .’

Even if I thought about it briefly, it was clear that there would be chaos. Eileen shook her head and opened her mouth to somehow arouse Elena’s interest.

“……The problem beyond the barrier has been completely resolved.”

“It’s completely resolved?”

“okay.”

“That’s hard to believe. Wasn’t it my cousin who said there were more than a few monsters scattered beyond the barrier?”

Elena shrugged her shoulders in response.

In essence, monsters were weeds. Just as weeds grow back even if you pull them out by the roots, so too did monsters. If you let your guard down and think you’ve completely pulled them out, monsters from other places will fill the void. This is especially true in places where humans rarely set foot, like beyond the barrier.

It was only natural that Elena would take Eileen’s words as an exaggeration. If it was easy to resolve the monster riots beyond the Wall, it meant that the Empire could also eliminate the monsters scattered throughout the country.

However, it wasn’t that Eileen was deliberately speaking nicely of Ludrick. Rather, even when Eileen heard the whole story, she was dumbfounded.

“…This incident did not occur naturally.”

“It didn’t happen naturally. So that means there was third party intervention.”

“Yeah. And I found out who that villain is, too.”

“Who is it?”

“Dragon.”

Eileen began to slowly recount the story she had heard from Ludrick.

“A dragon…?”

Elena tilted her head at the unexpected name that suddenly appeared. However, it didn’t take long for her brilliant mind to associate the word dragon with a strong candidate.

“Are you talking about the legendary dragon that lives in the mountains?”

“It’s not a legend. Ludrick went and negotiated it himself.”

“That is certainly an amazing story. I just thought it was a legend passed down in the North. After all, wasn’t that legend a story my cousin told me when I was young?”

“……I also thought it was a legend. This is the first time I found out it actually existed.”

“I see. So, are you saying that the legendary dragon deliberately ordered monsters to attack humans?”

“similar.”

Eileen explained the incident in her usual calm tone.

Starting with the fact that the savage riots at the barrier were all caused by Abel’s actions of deliberately driving the monsters down the mountain, and then the fight between Sylphia and Abel, and then Ludrick showing up at a dangerous moment and settling the situation.

After hearing the whole story so far, Elena looked puzzled.

“…Ludrick’s magic even worked on dragons?”

It was something that was hard to believe with her common sense. Of course, she had guessed that Ludrick’s magical skills had recently improved noticeably and had reached the same level as his master, Lorenzo. If not, Elena would not have made such a bold statement about the ‘verification’ card that the Crown Princess had pushed.

However, it was a different story for a human to have outstanding magical abilities and for that magic to affect dragons and other dragon species.

Dragons use magic that is on a different level from that of ordinary wizards of other races, including humans. They freely use ancient magic, including dragon language, and their own magic resistance is also incomparable. When viewed in light of this extremely obvious common sense, there was something wrong with Eileen’s explanation.

“…I successfully used binding magic to break through the magic resistance of the dragon that had materialized as my main body. I’m not very good at magic, so I’m not sure if that’s possible.”

Knock knock.

Elena muttered, tapping her desk in her office.

If Lorenzo were alive, he would have sought advice, but unfortunately, Lorenzo died in an unexpected accident. He regretted it later, thinking that he should have taken care of it if he had known it would happen, but as the Emperor’s illness worsened recently, he felt regretful that he had not taken care of it.

In the first place, it was almost unprecedented in the past hundreds of years for a dragon to reveal its true form to a human, and if it weren’t for her experience before the return, Elena would have considered it a fictional being that she would never encounter in her life.

But Elena, who was struggling with a story that was completely different from the ‘orthodox theory’ that everyone took for granted, asked back.

“If everything my cousin said was true… then there was no need to go through the verification process in the first place?”

“hmm?”

“There is a wizard who can successfully cast magic against a dragon that has manifested as a real body, so if we do not appoint that wizard as the court wizard, what other candidates are there?”

Elena’s face was quite serious as she asked that question.

Eileen didn’t know the full story because she hadn’t seen it herself and had only relayed what she had heard from Sylphia and Ludrick, but she nodded, saying that it seemed like a good idea for now.

Anyway, the original goal of diverting Elena’s attention was successful.

Elena thinks that just like when she was young, if she’s obsessed with something, she’s still so focused on it that she doesn’t notice anything else.

2.

After all, home was the best place for people. Of course, the bed in the lounge of the Grand Duke’s residence was soft and fluffy, but it was nothing compared to the psychological stability that home gave.

Arwen clicked her tongue in cat form as I threw myself onto the bed I had been missing for several days.

“But before you go to bed, wash first.”

“Yeah, it doesn’t matter since I washed up before coming. I didn’t travel long distances and came all at once using the magic circle, so what does it matter?”

Yeah, I can’t hear you. Ebeb.

The tongue-clicking sound got a little louder, but that’s none of my business.

“Still, be prepared.”

“What preparations?”

“It seems that cold-blooded man is buying time for the princess, but in any case, aren’t you the one in charge of this matter?”

“however?”

“I was just buying time. Later on, you will have to explain this to not only the princess but also the crown princess. Do you plan to go there and tell them exactly what happened?”

After listening to Arwen, it made sense, so I got up again.

In fact, if you say, “The dragon did it!”, most of the cases would be resolved clearly. If you look at history books, it seems that there were many cases of dragons intervening and causing accidents hundreds of years ago, although such cases have not occurred recently.

Just as when you pick the root of all evil in world history, it’s usually the British Empire, in the history of this world, when you pick something that happened in ancient times, it usually matches the dragon.

But even if you think about it a little, you can see that if you relay this incident as it is, there will be problems, separate from the dragon that was in that mountain range and the accident that Abel had.

When I looked at Arwen with a new look, Arwen, who was grooming herself, responded.

“Why are you doing that?”

“No, I thought this might be what experience was all about. I hadn’t thought about it that far.”

“What’s the big deal?”

In any case, Arwen was right. In fact, even if a human were a great wizard at the level of a great wizard, using magic against a dragon was a different matter, according to the common sense of this world.

It’s like, you know, writing and speaking a foreign language much better than a native speaker?

In fact, at that time, the economy was so volatile that I didn’t even realize that I had succeeded. I didn’t know that it was such a great feat that I could go to Matapju and tell him to give up his seat and get lost.

It just works if you do it.

“Hmm…….”

So, that means that from now on, we have to get along and come up with some plausible excuse. I have to think about what to say first.

After much deliberation.

Arwen blurted out a word.

“What are you worrying about so much? If there is no other way, why don’t you step forward?”

“I?”

“I guess I can just reveal it. What’s so great of a secret?”

Flick.

Arwen jumped onto the bed and looked at me intently as she added.

“If I reveal it, it won’t do you any harm, except that it will be a bit of a bother. Rather, it will bring you wealth and fame. If there’s no other way, then I guess I can just admit that I did it.”

Oh, I see.