I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

125. Preparing for the wedding of the century (2)

1.

“Fuck…….”

It was not a curse word that the crown princess of a country, and one who would soon ascend to the throne, would utter. Even if it was a private occasion rather than a public one, there were ears listening in the palace day and night.

But the Crown Princess didn’t have the luxury of worrying about that right now. Her brain capacity was already at its limit just from understanding the shocking truth she had just heard from her younger brother.

The curses he spat out were the kind that came out reflexively and feebly, like someone sighing as if the ground was collapsing.

“Oh, really.”

The muttering princess ran her hand through her hair and washed her face dry. I still don’t know where things started.

Clearly, he thought that his younger brother was preparing a net to pull him down so that he would not be able to sit on the throne that was right before his eyes. Even though they were outwardly fighting over the throne, they were blood relatives, so they lived in a state of secrecy with a knife hidden in their stomachs.

What is this?

What his brother was preparing was not a net to catch and drag him down, but a plan to prepare for his own wedding.

If that were really all there was to it, it would have been acceptable, even if it was a bit disappointing. Elena’s age was not even close to marriageable age, and in fact, based on the times, she was on the late side, not to mention the full age of marriage.

but.

“When getting married, one man and five women…?”

I couldn’t believe it even after saying it out loud. The knowledge that is taken for granted in the world and that we should know is called common sense.

But this wedding was an act that completely went against common sense.

If you package it really nicely, it was an act of just going your own way without being bound by the gaze of others, but if you look at it as it is, without such grand packaging, it was crazy.

“……Is the world going to end?”

The crown princess, who had been trying to understand for a moment, soon shook her head.

Would it make any difference if I tried to understand?

It is an area that cannot be understood and should not be understood.

2.

When the Crown Princess gave up on understanding and struck him down.

“hmm.”

Ludrick, who had been sleeping soundly, was pondering a piece of paper he had placed on the desk.

The world of magic is so profound that even though Ludrick’s talents were outstanding, it was not an area where he had fully understood everything. Naturally, Ludrick could not immediately understand the excellent magical formulas that only the masters who had devoted their lives to the field could study.

But what was more difficult than figuring out the magic formula that couldn’t be solved was figuring out what to write in the letter.

Of course, there is communication magic and communication artifacts, so it would be much faster to contact them directly through a crystal ball or something rather than sending a letter, but I didn’t have the confidence to speak to them face to face.

“……It’s difficult. This is really difficult.”

Ludrick muttered, biting the end of his poor quill.

The recipient of the letter is his mother, Countess Aline Weiss.

Even if it is a wedding in a strange land where there is only one groom and five brides, it is the natural duty of a child to be the first to tell the other person about the fact.

Since he couldn’t go against the laws of nature, he had to deliver the news at least once, but even if he was the greatest Ludrick in the world, it was difficult to tell his parents in his right mind that he had five future brides.

Even though I’ve already done it, it’s actually quite difficult to clean up the mess.

You can’t pick up spilled water, and it’s not that I wasn’t prepared for this situation.

Phew.

The moment Ludrick, who had calmed his mind with a short deep breath, slowly began to move his quill.

A pair of eyes appeared from somewhere and stared intently at the letter.

“It seems like it’s become a familiar thing now,” said Ludrick, not even turning his head to the owner of his eyes.

“It’s a bad habit to steal other people’s letters like that.”

“But if you think about it, isn’t it not like it has nothing to do with me at all?”

“That’s true, but why are you curious about the contents of the letters I write to my mother?”

“If you look at it one way……”

“How do you see it?”

Ludrick paused from writing and turned his head towards Arwen, whose voice was trailing off.

Arwen still had her eyes fixed on the letter, her expression subtle as if she was imagining something, then she quickly blushed and answered.

“Isn’t this a letter to your mother-in-law? I haven’t even seen her face yet, but I think it’s time to say hello.”

“…….”

Ludrick made a complicated expression at Arwen, who was blushing, saying that she was more interested in the food than the sacrifice.

And then I asked again to confirm.

“I’m asking just in case, but have you met your mom yet?”

“Are you talking about before the regression?”

“huh.”

“……Come to think of it, there hasn’t been one yet. It’s strange to think that we’ve never met, but I feel like things just happened that way.”

“At the banquet hall this time too?”

“I deliberately avoided it at that time, since it was the place I was at. Those with sharp intuition might notice me even if I hide in the shadows.”

“This was unexpected,” Ludrick muttered.

“Then you haven’t even met the parents yet…?”

“Have you seen the other guys?”

“huh?”

“That’s what my mother-in-law said.”

“Um… I don’t think anyone else has seen her yet besides Elena. I don’t know what it was like before the regression, but this time, at least, Elena isn’t here. I’m sure of it. Elena came to our territory to inspect as soon as she returned, so she couldn’t help but see her.”

“……Tsk.”

Arwen frowned slightly, as if she didn’t like that, but then said as if a good idea had come to her.

“Then so be it.”

“huh?”

“Then let’s have a meeting.”

“…Are you serious?”

“Shouldn’t you have met your mother-in-law and father-in-law at least once? And there was something you always said. Weren’t you the one who said that it’s better to get beaten first?”

Arwen’s counteroffer.

Ludrick, who had been thinking quietly, soon opened his eyes wide.

“That sounds plausible?”

In terms of etiquette and procedure, it would have been more natural to visit the person in person and greet them face to face first, rather than conveying the news in writing.

In fact, it was not much different from a normal wedding, except that there were five brides. The only differences were that the groom and bride were so extravagant, and that they were ‘bride’s’ instead of brides.

And Ludrick also felt a bit uneasy about delivering the news in writing like this.

Although he lacked the courage to speak to her face in person, if he went to see her with Arwen, the firepower would not be directed solely at Ludrick, but mostly at Arwen.

“I’m going to do the math in my head,” said Ludrick.

“Then shall we go tomorrow?”

“Is that what you meant?”

“I just told you. It’s better to get hit first. Elena is probably excited by now and is planning the wedding. Once she’s done, she’ll come and ask when the wedding date is set.”

“And then you’ll whine about getting it up as fast as possible.”

“Right. So I think it would be right to just go and tell your parents.”

Now that I hear it, it makes a lot of sense.

Arwen immediately agreed that it was not a wrong statement, but then asked again as if something had just occurred to her.

“What about the other guys?”

“Hmm… Well. If I just take you, there are probably one or two people who’ll get upset and say, “Are you giving me special treatment already when we haven’t even had our wedding yet?”

Ludrick muttered as he thought about the faces of the other four.

As expected of a dragon who is greedy for shiny treasures that are useless, Silphia was surprisingly narrow-minded in this regard and was likely to get upset. Rasil was so easygoing that she didn’t seem to care much whether she was taken or not, and Elena was sure to get upset no matter what.

Since Eileen is the type to not show it even if she is upset, the odds are 50/50.

Ludrick, with a troubled expression on his face, once again came up with a solution.

“I have to ask them all one by one.”

“……That seems to be the best option.”

“I’m going to visit each and every one of them and have a wedding, but I still have to say hello to their parents. If I ask, “Arwen is going, so do you want to go?”, no one will say no. No, maybe there will. There might be some who don’t have the courage yet.”

“But that doesn’t mean I can avoid it. We’ll have to meet someday eventually.”

“Well, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

Ludrick waved his hand as if it was no big deal.

“Mom would slap you in the face, saying, ‘Are you the b*tch who seduced our innocent and precious son?'”

“…….”

“Well, you might be shocked at first, but you’ll probably just accept it. But you have to accept that much.”

Oh, is this a bit of a filial piety remark?

Ludrick, who had added belatedly, shook his head, and Arwen shut her mouth.

Arwen, who was imagining the contents of the popular romance novels, asked cautiously with a face that had completely lost its color from its already pale skin.

“Ludrick, I’m just asking just in case… “

“huh?”

“If my mother-in-law says she can’t accept this kind of marriage and that it can’t be done until dirt gets in her eyes…”

Even though he was not a human but a true ancestor, he had at least a minimum of common sense while living in human society.

It is common sense that this marriage is absurd and that it is not at all strange that Count Weiss is against it to the end.

It was Arwen’s question, imagining the worst of all possibilities.

“Then I’ll throw dirt in my mother’s eyes.”

Ludrick responded calmly.