I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

124. Preparing for the wedding of the century (1)

1.

“…….”

The Crown Princess remained silent, unable to find the words to respond.

No, to be more precise, it wasn’t that I couldn’t find the words to respond, but that I still hadn’t understood Elena’s words. I had clearly heard it with my ears and understood it with my head, but the meaning was so shocking that I felt a sense of dissonance in the process of recognizing and accepting it.

The Crown Princess hesitated for a while, not understanding Elena’s answer, and then asked cautiously.

“There are five brides…?”

“Literally.”

Elena answered shortly with an annoyed expression.

Even though he keeps making this expression, if he sees Ludrick, his face will light up at the thought of going over and grabbing him right away. But anyway, who would be a good person if he suddenly had four other wives besides himself?

It was a natural reaction, but the Crown Princess thought deeply with a slightly serious expression after hearing Elena’s short response.

There are literally five brides. And one of them is Elena. The groom is Ludrick.

It wasn’t like he was talking about some kind of magic formula that ordinary people couldn’t understand even if they heard it, but when I first heard it, it was so nonsensical that I had a hard time understanding it. Not only for the Crown Princess or Elena, but also because it was a story that made absolutely no sense when viewed in light of the common sense of this world.

The expression on the Crown Princess’s face, who had been thinking quietly, slowly began to change into one of shock, and soon, in embarrassment, she covered her wide-open mouth with her palm and asked.

“……Really?”

“Then is it real or fake? I’m not idle enough to make a joke about something like that. I still have a lot of plans left to make.”

“This, this, this…….”

The Crown Princess, as if she had lost her voice, made strange noises, and then struck Elena on the back with a shocked expression on her face.

slap!

“You crazy b*tch! Are you really crazy? No, how could that even make sense?”

“I’m sorry, but I wish you’d tell me. At this age, I don’t want to get hit by my older sister.”

“Do I have to talk right now? Huh? Come on, you’re royalty! And what are you talking about right now, it’s so absurd that I can’t even speak…”

The crown princess screamed loudly, but was unable to finish her words and trailed off.

If it were the opposite, there would be a lot of talk, but there would be room for consideration. Even if Elena were to get married and take four more concubines, there would be a few negative comments among the nobles, but it wouldn’t be a big problem.

But this wasn’t the case.

One man and five women. Even in the romance novels that are popular among noble families these days, it was clear that there would be no story of a protagonist marrying five noble ladies at the same time.

“…Elena, do you really think that makes sense? Have you thought about how people would view that marriage?”

The real princess asked in a slightly subdued voice.

I don’t know how my younger sister became so obsessed with a man that she got to this point, but there is a socially acceptable ‘line’. It’s natural to be criticized if you cross that line, and it’s not just anyone, but a member of the royal family, and the second princess of the empire at that, who is completely obsessed with a man and is stepping forward to marry him in such an absurd way.

Naturally, the Crown Princess’s mind became complicated. She couldn’t even guess how excitedly the nobles would try to use this as an excuse to weaken the imperial authority and take care of their own interests.

“There’s nothing that doesn’t make sense.”

“what……?”

The moment the Crown Princess frowned again at her younger brother’s absurd answer and was about to open her mouth.

Elena responded calmly, with an expression on her face that said she really didn’t like it but that there was nothing she could do about it.

“If you think about it carefully, isn’t this a problem that can be easily understood?”

As if the Crown Princess had no idea what the problem was.

If you can talk nonsense that makes no sense to anyone, then what on earth do you believe in that you are so shameless? I want to hear your story. When the astonished crown princess nodded as if to tell her to talk, Elena began to explain in a low voice like a teacher teaching a student.

“What’s the point of me insisting that I won’t do it when four people have already agreed?”

“…It’s meaningless?”

“Yes. There’s no need to worry about it. It’s a simple problem. Even if I’m the only one who resists and says I don’t like it, the structure is such that I’m the only one who suffers. Even if you feel a little bad, if you just accept it and say it’s okay, at least you won’t suffer any losses. If you’re going for the practical, this is actually wiser. Practicality over justification. If you learned the art of kingship, isn’t this what they teach you?”

“ha…….”

The Crown Princess touched her forehead.

That is, since she was young, Elena was sensitive to profit and loss. Being sensitive to profit and loss does not mean that she is good at trading, but Elena absolutely hated situations where she was unilaterally at a loss. The idea that if there is something coming, there must be something going is something that Elena had been preaching to the crown princess since she was young.

Even though that aspect was diluted to the point where she could endure a one-sided loss in front of Ludrick, Elena was no different now than when she was young in this matter.

“…So, even if you resisted with pride and said no, you would only end up suffering a loss, so I chose to feel a little bad but gain something even a little bit.”

“You understand quickly.”

The Crown Princess let out a sigh as if the ground was sinking at the sight of him nodding his head. Now, she didn’t even have the energy to preach.

Before coming here, he had been competing for the throne, and he had come to find himself worried that his blood-related brother might be plotting something to bring him down, which made him feel ashamed.

When I actually got there, I found out that she was having a headache because of a completely different problem, but the biggest problem was that there was no way to force a control over it.

“…Then maybe Elena.”

“hmm?”

The Crown Princess cautiously opened her mouth to Elena, who was once again looking at the plan that wasn’t even funny.

“I’m asking just in case, but if you tell me not to, I’m willing to listen to you……”

“does not exist.”

The answer came back before the Crown Princess could finish speaking.

The princess shut her mouth as if she had expected this.

If I had forced her to stop, this brainless younger brother would have been more than willing to resort to the drastic option of starting a civil war. The Crown Princess, who had been looking at Elena with a complicated gaze for a long time, asked, not wanting to turn her guess into a confirmed fact by asking her.

“Well, just in case, who are the other four?”

“It might be a bit shocking to hear.”

“……It’s already a big shock, so will adding a little more to it make a difference?”

“Is that so?”

Elena nodded at the reasonable answer and slowly counted her fingers one by one. In this situation, consideration would be meaningless, but she decided the order in her own way, considering the shock the crown princess would receive.

“First of all, Arwen Nosferatu.”

“Who is that?”

The Crown Princess frowned at the name she had never heard of before and asked again. At least, it was not a name she remembered. If it was a noble or commoner from another country, she would not know it.

“It’s true.”

“Yes, one of them is Jinjo… No, Jinjo?”

“Elder Vampire, as you say. That’s what you think, Sister.”

“…….”

If the Crown Princess knew that not only the princess of a country, but also the Grand Duke and the Admiral of the Navy were included in the bride list, she might really grab the back of her neck, so she deliberately moved Eileen and Rasil to the back of the order. Thanks to that, Arwen’s order was moved to the first, but the Crown Princess already felt like grabbing the back of her neck.

The Crown Princess, who had been silent at the grand title that was far beyond her expectations, asked back for confirmation.

“Elder Vampire, if you say Jinjo, then you are the Jinjo I am thinking of, right? The king of all vampire species. The progenitor vampire.”

“You know very well.”

The Crown Princess closed her mouth again at Elena’s calm nodding.

There is an idiomatic expression that says, “Your eyes are darkened.” It was a kind of idiomatic expression that compared it to a situation where there was no answer, but the Crown Princess really felt as if her vision had completely darkened and she could not see anything.

“This crazy b*tch is really…….”

Elena counted on her fingers again as the Crown Princess, unable to bear it any longer, let out another foul swear word that only a commoner would use.

“Sylphia Andress.”

“…….”

This time, it was a name that the Crown Princess also knew. Like Ludrick, he was the new disciple that the former court magician Lorenzo Tonali had recently taken on.

Just when I thought that it was better than that, Elena added an explanation.

“Oh, and by the way, Andres is a dragon. He’s now out of the game, so he’s polymorphed into a human. It’s not as easy as you think.”

“Dragon?”

“Yes, Dragon. There are only two people here, so don’t worry.”

From the beginning, I felt like shouting at her, “How can you say that you can rest assured when you have Jinjo and the dragon in your mouth?” Elena continued her explanation as the Crown Princess, who had barely swallowed the curses rising to her throat, nodded her head and made gestures.

“And the third is Admiral Repert.”

“……Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Navy?”

“Yes, three including Admiral Repert.”

“This is driving me crazy.”

The Crown Princess let out a hollow laugh. As time went on, she became more and more angry, and at this rate, she even felt like getting angry.

And Elena, who was carefully observing the Crown Princess’s expression, added.

“And finally, my cousin.”

“……A cousin?”

“Eileen.”

“The Archduke of Norse?”

“okay.”

The Crown Princess finally came to her senses at the mention of Eileen’s name. Then, she slowly began to organize the list of brides that Elena had recited, counting them on her fingers.

First, there’s Elena, the second princess, Jinjo, a dragon at play, a naval admiral, and lastly, the Northern Grand Duke.

If you look at them all in a row, they were spectacular. The only problem was that all of these people were crazy about one man and didn’t care if he had five wives, so they came forward to get married.

The princess, who had been standing there speechless for a long time, let out a curse that contained a lot of meaning.

“This is fucking sick, really.”

Right now, more than anything else, what annoyed me the most was Elena, who was calmly scribbling down that ridiculous wedding plan as if nothing had happened.

The princess lowered her head, barely suppressing the urge to grab him and strangle him.