I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

129. The meeting of the century (3)

1.

“Meeting the parents… meeting the parents was nice.”

“Is this a good thing?”

“I’d like to answer “maybe…”, but honestly, I’m not sure because I’m not sure.”

Rasil, who had regained his usual composure, shrugged his shoulders in an annoying way. He looked so annoying that I wanted to punch him in the face, but I thought it was better than being scared when I told him to go see my mom.

“Let’s put ourselves in their shoes, Ludrick. Do you think you wouldn’t be nervous about going to see our mother?”

“You’re going to be nervous, of course. It’s a meeting between the parents, so how could you not be nervous?”

“Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. It’s natural. But it’s natural to be nervous when you’re meeting your mother-in-law.”

“Is that so…?”

Even after hearing Rasil’s words, I still felt a little uneasy.

No, of course it’s okay to be nervous as a human being.

Apart from that, are they at least aware of the fact that they have committed a sin? When I told them to go see my mother, they were scared right away. It was like a child who was caught playing a bad prank by an adult.

“I know I’m nervous… but I think I’ll be nervous when I go see Racil’s mother, but I won’t be scared.”

“huh?”

“I didn’t commit a sin, so there’s no reason to be afraid. If I had committed a sin, it would have been Rasil.”

Up until now, I’ve almost intentionally tried to exclude the common sense of this life, but to be honest, that’s true.

age?

I’m younger than Rasil. And it’s not just one or two years, it’s almost five years. Did I do something wrong?

Even if it was just the two of them marrying Rasil, the public would have thought of Rasil as a thief… no, since this world is different, they would have thought of her as a thief.

This wasn’t shameless, but a way of thinking based on logic. It’s not that my way of thinking is different from others, like the meme where the black guy appears somewhere, but rather, what I’m thinking is closer to what most people think, and is actually closer to a normal reaction.

“Hmm…….”

After a series of well-reasoned explanations expressing such opinions, Rasil let out a small sigh.

Then he looked at me with a subtle expression, then quickly stuck out his tongue and said.

“It’s so blatant and shameless that I want to say something in rebuttal, but it’s so true that I have nothing to refute.”

“Doesn’t that make sense, Rasil?”

“What should I say… I don’t think this is the case either, so I don’t really have anything to say.”

Rasil shrugged.

It seems that Rasil thought it was stranger that his prospective daughter-in-law would marry her son than that her son would marry five women.

Well, I’m not guilty after all.

No, it’s a bit much to say that he has no sin at all… … I guess it would be right to just consider him to be relatively better than the other five.

“I seduced five women without realizing it, but it’s hard to call that a crime, so let’s put that on hold for now. There’s nothing worth holding onto.”

“……I don’t even remember what it was like before the regression?”

“What can I do? Everyone must have had something on their eyes.”

Rasil, who had been slurping his drink through a straw just a moment ago, raised his head with a grin.

Rasil has also changed quite a bit over the past few months. It seems like only yesterday that she would flinch like Eileen just by holding my hand. Now, I guess everyone is starting to become more tolerant.

And when I suddenly came to my senses, all eyes around me were on me and Rasil.

Just a moment ago, the instructors were busy yelling and educating the fresh-faced new recruits, and the new recruits were rolling around on the dirt floor while listening to the instructors’ orders.

Rasil said with the corners of his lips raised, as if he was not the only one who realized that everyone’s attention was focused on him.

“Everyone is watching, what are you going to do?”

“…What should I do? How should I do it?”

“I want to do it like this?”

At the same time, Rasil’s face came closer. Without being able to push away or do anything, our faces got closer in an instant and the moment our lips met, my heart started pounding.

The drink I was drinking was lemon-flavored, and I could taste the sour taste of lemon on my lips.

Rasil’s face, which had been close to my nose just a moment ago, grew distant, and amidst the silence, Rasil wiped his lips with his finger and spoke.

“How was it? Was it a bit exciting just now?”

“…….”

I didn’t answer.

2.

If I skip the process and just talk about the result, it was a huge explosion.

In such a situation where so many people are watching, Rasil openly kissed her on the lips and she hopes that rumors won’t spread? That’s such an unconscionable act.

Still, there was a humble wish that rumors would spread as little as possible, but a wish is just a wish.

“This is Karl from the Imperial Newspaper! Is it true that the rumors about the Court Wizard having an affair with Admiral Repert are true?”

“…….”

The meeting plans were put on hold for the time being, but I had to finish the research I was doing anyway, so this happened as soon as I left the palace to buy the necessary reagents and magical materials.

As soon as I passed the promenade leading to the main gate of the palace, a reporter came running up to me with a notebook and asked me a question.

Even though it is not a hereditary title, he is still treated as a marquis. Judging from the way he ran to me and blatantly thrust his notebook at me as soon as he saw me, it seemed like the job of a journalist in this world was not much different.

“……I won’t comment.”

“Oh, I understand!”

However, unlike modern times, in a society based on class, it seems like you can’t just go out and do whatever you want to because you’ll be criticized. When I kept my mouth shut, he immediately backed off, saying, “Okay.”

I could sense it at the same time.

Isn’t this chaos?

It would be natural, if it were natural, to detonate a bomb in a situation where the public’s attention was already so concentrated that it was burdensome.

There, Rasil’s actions were like pouring oil on a burning house.

I don’t mean to blame Rasil for that, but if the marriage announcement had been made when no one knew about it, wouldn’t the entire empire have been in flames like a wildfire?

In that sense, I could see why Rasil was so openly teasing others.

The wedding was a done deal and would happen sooner or later. It was like a preventive injection before that. Of course, this was a conclusion that could be drawn when trying to find as much legitimacy as possible in Rasil’s actions.

‘Basically, since it was a situation where I didn’t have to do anything anyway, I just did it because I felt like it and didn’t have to deal with the consequences.’

That was the essence.

We’re going to announce our wedding in a big way soon, but do you think it’s a big deal if we kiss in front of other people?

‘It’s not a big deal.’

It was easier to think that I was just pushed from behind. If I was going to get married and do everything anyway, it was easier to think that Rasil was just being cute and throwing a tantrum to tell me to hurry up and do it.

Now it was time to start talking to Eileen about the meeting, and I had to talk to Sylphia, and I had to go and talk to Elena, who was still stuck and making plans.

I think it would be a good idea to start making plans soon.

Thinking that way, the reporter glanced at the spot where he had stepped back and was about to walk away again.

Suddenly, I remembered what the reporter who identified himself as Karl had said.

‘This is Karl from the Imperial Newspaper! Is it true that the rumors about the Court Wizard having an affair with Admiral Repert are true?’

Since they kissed so openly in front of so many people, it was obvious that they were dating and it would be reported in the newspaper. It was a number that could not be stopped even if you tried to keep your mouth shut, so it was an obvious fact. I think the reporter didn’t come to me to hear an answer, but just came to see if he could find something to eat.

Aside from that, I felt a strange sense of discomfort.

“The Imperial Newspaper…?”

Imperial newspaper.

In fact, newspapers were not like in my past life, where there were so many media outlets, and everyone was running around with a business card from a media outlet. Since newspapers were delivered to the entire country, subscription fees were also quite expensive.

If I remember correctly, there were only three or four press agencies in the empire.

About three or four… … .

“No, Mom reads the newspaper too.”

I could tell the identity of the discomfort I had been feeling, along with the words I was mumbling as if possessed.

In an instant, a cold sweat ran down my back.

If I remember correctly, the Imperial Newspaper was the largest newspaper in terms of scale compared to other media outlets, or in modern terms, the one with the highest market share. And on the day I first became aware of it, the newspaper that my mother was happy to see in the morning when she saw a small article about my older sister in the newspaper was also the Imperial Newspaper.

That is to say.

“……Wait a minute. Then if the newspaper publishes an article saying that Rasil and I are dating, my mom will see it?”

This means that there is a very high chance that my mother will learn about this through the newspaper rather than through my mouth.

As soon as I realized that fact, I turned around.

Things like reagents and materials weren’t important right now, so I had to hurry up and talk about the meeting first, then drag everyone out to see my mom.

You hear in the newspaper that your child is getting married?

“……I’m screwed.”

Even though my mother has a good personality, I don’t know for sure, but the aftereffects won’t be simple.

From now on, it was a race against time.