I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

118. With great power comes great responsibility (5)

1.

“Okay, I’m lending you this just this once because I feel better.”

Silphia handed over a bundle of books and papers with a lot of scribbled words on them. When Ludrick glanced over them, he saw that they were full of complicated formulas. Most of the books were ones Silphia used as reference materials, and they were valuable books that even the palace library did not have.

Most of them are ancient books that are now impossible to obtain even if you wanted to, so it seems that she brought them by instantly connecting her rare and space.

Ludrick accepted them with a trembling expression.

“It’s so complicated. I’m a liberal arts major.”

“Can’t you understand when you see it?”

“Just the formula.”

Ludrick grumbled.

The only thing I could figure out from the materials Sylphia gave me was formulas. I could read formulas similar to mathematical formulas, which were basic knowledge that any wizard should know, but the rest were all written in ancient language, so I couldn’t read them.

To use Ludrick’s previous life as an example, it was like asking for historical materials and suddenly a bunch of primary source materials in Latin popped out.

Ludrick shrugged as he picked up a book written in an ancient language, holding it carefully so that the old paper wouldn’t crumble.

“I can’t read ancient languages.”

“Aha, so that’s the problem.”

Silphia shrugged as if it was nothing, and reached out. She searched through the space connected to Rare and took out a pair of glasses.

“…Why are you wearing glasses?”

“It’s an artifact. An artifact for deciphering languages. It doesn’t work for everything, but only for certain types.”

Sylphia, with a smile on her face, came over quickly and put the glasses she was holding on Ludrick. Then she clapped her hands.

“Oh my, it suits you well.”

Even though it was an artifact, it was just a pair of simple glasses on the outside. Since glasses were not something that required a great deal of skill, they were definitely something that existed in this world, and because of that, when Ludrick wore them, they looked like a simple fashion item.

“Your image has changed to something more intellectual. It’s a bit sharp and edgy. It’s different from your usual image.”

“Not really?”

“No, it’s not that it’s anything special… It’s just that my image has changed? Normally, my face is so innocent and I feel like a baby.”

Sylphia, who was examining Ludrick’s facial features one by one, muttered in admiration.

“Wow, my image changed so much just by wearing a pair of glasses. I’ll wear them often from now on.”

“……no, I do not want.”

“It’s good, but it’s also annoying.”

Sylphia, giggling, stroked Ludrick’s hair, but Ludrick roughly slapped her hand away.

While the two were bickering like that, purple eyes slowly twinkled and disappeared through the slightly open lab door.

It happened so quickly that neither Sylphia nor Ludrick noticed.

2.

“……Wedding, wedding.”

Norse Duchy, Archduke’s Residence.

Anyway, there was a magic circle installed in the capital, so it took less than an hour to get there. Thanks to that, Eileen, who practically lived in the capital today, was muttering while loitering near the window.

wedding ceremony.

It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. Since a wedding is an event that only happens once in a lifetime, even though Elena was in charge of the preparations, Eileen couldn’t help but be anxious.

I was worried that if I meddled and interfered, it would obviously upset her cousin, so I didn’t want to cause trouble, so I was just worried.

“……I have no choice but to trust Elena’s aesthetic sense.”

Although she muttered in resignation, Eileen’s expression soon turned sharp.

Looking back, there were more than one or two strange things.

Why? Do I really have to worry about Elena’s feelings? Even though it’s Elena’s wedding, it’s also my wedding.

“……No, is there any reason for me to worry about Elena?”

Eileen chewed slowly.

It was also Eileen’s own wedding. It was a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, and it was also a wedding to her groom, Ludrick, who would soon become her husband. Does it make sense that she couldn’t express her opinion just to be considerate of Elena?

At the end of the poem, Eileen shook her head.

“No. That can’t be.”

Eventually, her conclusion became clear.

It was going to be an unprecedented wedding with five brides and one groom, but in other words, this meant that Eileen also had a 20% stake in the wedding. So it was only right that she exercised her rights to Elena in proportion to her stake.

It was a clear conclusion, even to her.

Even though Elena is preparing, only 20% of what Elena can decide is up to her discretion. No matter how the wedding is conducted, it wouldn’t be a problem if Eileen were to do as she pleased with 20% of the entire wedding.

Eileen, whose thoughts had been going crazy, fiddled with the communication artifact.

An artifact that connects directly to Ludrick at any time by simply infusing it with magic power.

“If we split it 20% each, Ludrick….”

Eileen paused.

If the wedding share is divided 20% each among Elena, Eileen, Rashid, Sylphia, and Arwen, it will be exactly 100%. However, to Ludrick, discussing the share was meaningless. Something more than 100%.

“If Ludrick wants to do it, then maybe……”

Eileen, who had been thinking, shook her head and added.

“That’s what will happen.”

There’s no point in discussing Ludrick’s share in this wedding. If he wants to do it, he’ll do it. So if you ask Ludrick for his opinion in advance, if you can somehow coax him in the direction you want, you might be able to keep Elena’s mouth shut even if she starts to get annoyed.

Eileen, who had been thinking this far, smiled brightly and breathed magic into the artifact.

It didn’t take long for the communication to be established.

“Ludrick.”

– Oh, Eileen. What brings you here at this hour?

“It’s nothing else than….”

As soon as the connection was established, Eileen’s voice brightened, and after a moment of hesitation, she opened her mouth.

“Are you still in the lab?”

– Well, that’s true. I was thinking about going into my room.

“Next to you?”

– I was chatting with Sylphia and then she went to sleep.

“……That means there’s no one there.”

– Right… … ?

At that moment, there was no one next to Ludrick. If other rivals later on were to spread strange rumors and slander about Eileen working behind his back, that would be a headache in its own right. In that sense, it was fortunate that they started talking now.

Of course, this was only to hear the parties’ opinions, Eileen rationalized, lowering her voice as she asked.

“…Then, Ludrick, about the wedding.”

-Why a wedding?

“I wanted to ask you if you have any thoughts on what you would like to do.”

– Didn’t Elena say she would do it herself?

“Of course that’s true.”

Eileen paused for a moment, then carefully put out what she had been thinking.

“But your thoughts may be different. Elena would probably change her plans in that direction if you wanted.”

– Uh… I was just thinking of doing whatever you told me to do.

“……I see.”

– Or what, Eileen, is there anything you want to do separately?

Eileen was momentarily speechless at the sound of Ludrick’s voice asking from beyond the artifact.

Although Ludrick seemed blind at first glance, he was quick-witted. Even now, Eileen was trying to beat around the bush as best she could, but Eileen was naturally at a loss for words when he quickly grasped the context and asked a question that hit the nail on the head.

“……Well, then.”

– If there’s something Eileen wants to do, think about it.

“huh?”

– I’ll go over there now, so we can talk face to face.

“Ah, no. Wait! Ludrick! What do you mean, let’s say that right now…!”

Eileen’s voice rose in a moment of panic, but the communication magic that had been cast on the artifact had already been cut off.

Eileen muttered after staring at the artifact in a daze for a while.

“……You’re coming here?”

Eileen paused for a moment, feeling her vision go dark, then quickly started running to the bathroom.

Eileen hadn’t showered yet because she was thinking of finishing this and going to bed. She didn’t have the confidence to face Ludrick in that state, drenched in fatigue from the day’s work, and she kept mumbling as she ran.

“I haven’t even washed yet……!”

Coming all the way to her place this late at night means you’re going to stay out all night.

In other words, it was enough to make Eileen, who was a novice and had never properly held a man’s hand except for Rudrick, make many mistakes.

Eileen ran wildly through the uselessly wide hallways of the Grand Duke’s residence, her face showing her bewilderment and her brain squealing.

“Oh, you should prepare your underwear separately… The bed, isn’t the bed narrow? No, but first of all, you should wash up…”

The illusion was free.

If Ludrick, the person involved, saw this, he would be dumbfounded and wonder what kind of situation this is.