I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

130. The meeting of the century (4)

1.

From now on, it was just a matter of time.

Although forgiveness is easier than permission, I overlooked the media called newspapers. In fact, in the Middle Ages, the only way to spread news was to use the carrier pigeon that was spread by Islam, or to move around and spread the news, so the news itself was late.

However, although the science and technology itself was similar to that of the medieval era in the previous life, it was difficult to make a direct comparison because of the existence of advanced civilization such as magic.

Well, that’s not the important thing, it’s the newspaper.

In this day and age, the newspaper media is the only medium that can keep up with the speed needed to deliver specific news to an unspecified number of people, let alone to A who needs to deliver the news to B in a hurry.

It was my mistake to overlook that.

“Fuck. How did things end up like this?”

A swear word that comes out almost instinctively.

I want to use polite and polite language too. I want to, but what can I do when swear words automatically come to my mouth?

If you’re Korean and can go a day without saying shit, shit, but? I’m going to go crazy.

In any case, by the standards of the time, it was essential for the mother to avoid learning about the marriage news of her son, who had been loafing around at home until he was of age, and who was planning to marry not one, but five people, through the newspaper.

Of course, I did say things like, “I’ll throw dirt in your eyes even if your mom objects, as a joke, but I’ll throw dirt in your eyes,” but that’s a separate thing.

“Let’s see, who’s left then…”

The only people who haven’t brought up the subject of meeting the parents yet are Sylphia, Eileen, and Elena.

Elena, who has been rumored to have been staying out of the house for the past few days, is the last one. Since Eileen is in the north, you have to either go see her or call her, so if you put that off for a moment, the only one left by elimination is Sylphia.

The steps I had taken as soon as I met the reporter from the Imperial Newspaper stopped only in front of the research lab in the villa.

bang!

As soon as the roughly pushed open door opened, Sylphia, who had been leisurely flipping through the pages of her magic book, opened her eyes like a surprised rabbit and asked.

“What a surprise, Ludrick. What brings you here in such a hurry?”

“Sylphia, that’s not important right now.”

“Huh? This isn’t important right now, what is that…?”

“We’re going to set a date for the meeting. So, I know that.”

“Huh? A meeting?”

Sylphia asked back hurriedly.

I understand. It’s normal to be flustered when someone suddenly barges in and unilaterally announces that they’re going to set a date for the meeting. If I had a little more time, I would have explained it kindly and given them the time to explain the details of the incident…

Things went wrong because Rasil suddenly kissed me in front of so many eyes.

It’s a bit odd to say that it went wrong since I wasn’t preparing anything, but the most accurate way to say it is that I no longer have as much freedom as I thought.

“You know Elena is preparing for the wedding, right? She’s been locked in her room for days now, not coming out, and she’s been so busy, making plans all by herself.”

“I know, I know. But what does that have to do with this… Ah.”

Sylphia muttered with a face that said she realized it too late.

Strictly speaking, the expression “meeting” is not correct, but even if it is a marriage of convenience between families, it is normal to at least see each other’s faces beforehand. It is simply absurd to find out for the first time at a wedding who will be your son-in-law or who will be your daughter-in-law.

“……That’s true. If I think about it, I haven’t even met my mother-in-law and father-in-law yet. It doesn’t make sense to start with the wedding.”

“I understand, so it’s okay. And now there’s a little problem.”

“What’s the problem?”

“I went to see Rasil yesterday to bring up the subject of the meeting.”

“But?”

Sylphia tilted her head and asked again.

“But Rasil kissed a lot of people.”

“…….”

And then she immediately shut her mouth. Silphia’s expression, which had been distorted as if she was thinking about something in her head, soon opened her mouth again in a harder voice than before.

“There must have been a lot of eyes watching. Was Admiral Repert on official duty? I guess you can’t call lying around and watching training work.”

“So I think it’ll be in the newspaper.”

“ha…….”

Sylphia sighed, as if she understood the gist of it.

Actually, I didn’t commit any crime and there’s no reason to hide it. Anyway, since I’m getting married soon, everyone will naturally find out even if I want to hide it, so why bother?

Now, the only minor, slightly annoying problem is that the news gets out to a third party, the newspaper, before I can tell my mother.

“If it’s going to be in the newspaper, it’s not something you can do just to keep your mouth shut. Especially since there are so many eyes watching.”

“That’s why I came here to talk to Sylphia so urgently.”

“I understand what’s going on. Is there anyone else you haven’t told yet?”

“There are two of them, Eileen and Elena.”

“all right.”

Sylphia nodded as if she understood fully.

“Then I will also prepare, so Ludrick, tell the other two.”

“yes.”

I liked it because he was definitely smart and understood things quickly.

As if he understood the general situation from the brief conversation, he left behind Sylphia, who nodded. He quickly returned to his room and took out the artifact he had received from Eileen.

The communication magic engraved with magical power worked, and after a brief magical warm-up, communication was immediately established.

– Is that you? What are you doing all of a sudden at this hour?

“Eileen. Are you very busy right now?”

– No, I’m not that busy. And if it’s your work, you should make time for it.

“That’s a good thing. Then, could you come to the capital right now? I don’t mind if we talk over the phone, but I think we need to talk in person first.”

– … … Go straight there.

It was only a short while before Eileen arrived in the capital, having immediately replied that she understood without saying a word, even though she was supposed to ask what was going on.

It seemed as if Eileen had really come running as soon as she received my call, and she beamed as soon as she saw me as she hurriedly passed through the palace hallway.

“I thought it was in the room, but it was here.”

“Come to think of it, I didn’t tell Eileen where to meet.”

“It didn’t really matter. It wasn’t that hard to find someone who was determined to expand their horizons.”

I proudly revealed that I had a special ability for stalking, but I decided to put that aside for now. That wasn’t what was important at the moment.

Let’s end the conversation before the main topic here. When I made a serious expression, Eileen also made a very serious expression and asked.

“So what happened? If it was just something serious, you wouldn’t have come looking for me like this.”

“Because of the meeting.”

“Hmm…….”

As soon as she finished speaking, Eileen’s expression changed.

Everyone’s reactions were similar. Do they really think that our territory is the Demon King’s Castle and that our mother is now the Demon King who is lurking at the top of that Castle?

As soon as the word ‘meeting’ came into her mouth, Eileen muttered, her voice heavy.

“… Certainly, it is against etiquette and even the situation to hold a wedding without meeting your mother-in-law.”

“That’s not the problem.”

“What does that mean? I heard that Elena is currently locked in her room, not eating or drinking, because of that.”

“This will be in the newspaper.”

There was a brief silence as soon as I finished answering. Eileen, who was momentarily dumbfounded and unable to understand the meaning, asked back.

“newspaper?”

“To be exact, it’s in the newspapers that Rasil and I are dating.”

“…….”

Wow, that expression is scary.

Eileen’s expression crumpled to the point where that thought occurred to her naturally. Come to think of it, Eileen didn’t really like Racil.

Of course, they couldn’t be on good terms since they were rivals who fought over the same man, but there is such a thing as compatibility between humans. In that sense, Rasil, who looked rough and punk-like on the outside, and Eileen, who looked strict and dignified at first glance, were polar opposites.

That’s just the image I had when I first saw it.

Just like Rasil has a surprisingly deep side, and Eileen has a cute side where she gets startled and reacts cutely even when touched lightly.

“Why Admiral Repert?”

But our Eileen didn’t seem to like that at all. Judging from the way she questioned him like this.

“I had already gone to see Rasil because of the meeting talk.”

“I went to look for it?”

“There were quite a few eyes watching, and I ended up kissing her openly there……”

Suddenly.

As soon as I finished answering, Eileen clenched her teeth.

A sinister voice leaked out from between the teeth, so loud that the sound of gnashing teeth could be heard from here.

“……It seems there were too many eyes watching. If it had been anything like that, you would have tried to cover your mouth.”

“I wonder if it’s really necessary to silence someone who hasn’t done anything wrong… Anyway, a newspaper reporter came and asked me a question earlier.”

“Are you talking about dating?”

“yes.”

“That’s stupid.”

Just looking at his face, it wouldn’t be strange to add a few curse words to it, but he seems to be as restrained as possible because he’s in front of me.

Eileen, who had barely finished badmouthing Rasil with a single word of criticism for being stupid, quickly figured out what was going on and asked.

“So you’re in a hurry? Ludrick, I can’t let your mother find out about this through the newspapers.”

“That’s what it is.”

“I’ll come see you tomorrow. Normally, I would have prepared myself a little more… But I didn’t know that this would be the first time I’d meet my mother-in-law… “

There was a hint of tension in Ilin’s muttering expression.

No, is my mom really some kind of demon queen?

Why are you making such a useless resolution as if you were a hero going off to catch some demon lord?