I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

132. The meeting of the century (6)

1.

After finally delivering the news to Elena, things went smoothly from there.

Each of us had completed our own preparations, including our own mental preparations, and there were a total of six people gathered, including me.

If the country had not been the center, we would not have gathered in one place like this. It was a little dizzying to see the various aspects that do not mix like oil and water, but anyway.

“……Everyone came out looking completely made up.”

“…….”

Elena, who had the least amount of time to prepare, asked for just a moment, but instead of looking exhausted from planning the wedding, she awkwardly fiddled with her hair, looking almost like she had been completely turned off by the weather.

I don’t know what else you’re embarrassed about in the middle of all this, but time is running out and I can’t go into detail about it here.

“Is everyone mentally prepared?”

“Phew…….”

Arwen, who had taken the seat next to me, let out a small gasp. When I glanced at her face, I could clearly see her nervous expression. She seemed extremely nervous, as if she had no time to hide her expression.

So I still don’t really understand why my mom is treated like the Demon King who lurks at the top of the Demon King’s Castle.

There’s no one as timid as my mom. Whenever my dad says something, he gets really nervous and clings to his life, so why are you so worried?

For a moment, scenes from a ridiculous morning drama in my past life overlapped.

When I say I’m going to marry all five of them, he spits out orange juice like water. Or he slaps me with the steak he was eating, saying that he can’t get married no matter what.

… … Well, I don’t think that’ll really happen.

“Are you that nervous?”

“Then, of course, you wouldn’t be nervous?”

A question asked before activating the teleportation spell. Arwen immediately responded in an effort to sound indifferent.

The end of my voice is trembling.

Not only Arwen, but when I looked around, the rest of the people also had nervous expressions.

I thought to myself, “Is this something to be so nervous about?”

Let’s use my past life as an example. My values ​​were focused on my past life where I had lived for a longer period of time, rather than on adapting to this world that I have not yet been able to return to.

First of all, there are five men and one woman.

‘… … Even in a reverse harem, the woman won’t end up marrying five men.’

If you think about it in terms of the previous life, five men were bickering over one woman, and when they couldn’t come to a conclusion, they accepted the woman’s proposal and got married to five of them. It should be called polyandry, not polygamy, but it felt strange from the start.

However, since I didn’t stick to the English alphabet as much as I would have in the opposite case, I could guess how strange I must have seemed to other people.

Anyway, in that situation, the only thing left to do is to get married and go greet the girl’s parents.

“ah.”

I realized.

This is a situation where even the most stubborn person with a thick face like an iron plate has no choice but to be cautious. When I think about it from the other person’s perspective, I immediately understand.

Regardless of whether I think so or not, there are five brides-to-be who are going to take away someone else’s precious son.

Um… … Even if I were the best in the world, I would be nervous. If I were in that situation, I would probably be in a very awkward position.

I nodded and quickly understood.

“Arwen.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“But wouldn’t five be better than two? In the first place, it would be best if one person went, but if there are five people, the five of them can split it up.”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

I tried to say some comforting words, but all I got in return was a cold response.

Isn’t this it?

I grabbed Arwen’s hand, wondering if this was it. As soon as I grabbed her hand, which was already sweaty and nervous, Arwen spoke in shock.

“Hey, why are you suddenly like that?”

“No, I thought it would be better if we held hands since you seemed nervous. You don’t have to be so serious.”

“I’m not being serious, this is…”

Arwen added softly, her face flushed and her voice trailing off.

“Hey, aren’t your hands sweating?”

“It doesn’t really matter, but…….”

“Even if you don’t care, I do. Above all, look at the people next to you.”

“aha.”

While Arwen and I were suddenly filming a youth melodrama, the four people who were left out felt the sting of the eyes.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have stood by Ludrick’s side.”

Eileen’s words, as she glared at Arwen, were sharp.

Even though he was going to find his mother as shamelessly as possible, it seemed a bit burdensome to receive the attention of the other four people at the same time.

Arwen let go of the hand she was holding, letting out a small sigh of relief.

Well, I’m sure I was short-sighted. Why, even in Islam, if you have multiple wives, it’s written in the Quran that you have to treat them fairly. If it’s just the two of you, you might not notice, but when there are so many eyes on you, you have to be careful.

Even now, when I see the hyenas, who were eagerly waiting for an opportunity to eat, licking their lips with regret as soon as I let go of their hands, I feel even more certain.

Anyway, I don’t think anything will change even if I drag it out any longer.

“So, shall we start now?”

I looked around and asked one last time to confirm.

Without the assistance of the magic circle, it would take about a dozen or so ordinary magicians to be able to activate it, but I am still the court magician and archmage of the Esgelant Empire.

When I asked while recalling the coordinates of the territory in my head, everyone nodded.

As I activated the teleportation magic according to the coordinates I remembered, my vision became terrifyingly floating.

The clock flashed with a feeling that I could never get used to, like the feeling of my body being lifted off when an airplane takes off. The bright light filled my field of vision and when it disappeared again, I saw the familiar pastoral scenery of the Weiss County, where I had lived for twenty years.

“This is……”

“Is this the second time?”

The teleportation magic was successfully activated, and everyone expressed their feelings about setting foot on the Vice County territory for the first time.

This was the second time that Elena came to pick me up under the pretext of inspecting the place as soon as she returned, but it seemed like this was the first time for all the others.

“No one came to our territory before the return?”

“There wasn’t anything special going on, was there?”

Sylphia tilted her head and replied.

Well, this time, it was an exceptional case where I came to ask for permission to get married. Otherwise, there would be no reason to come all the way to the Vice County in this remote village.

As I was nodding my head in agreement, I saw someone running out of breath from the direction of the mansion in the distance.

Even for those who can’t sense magic, it’s normal to come to check if there’s a sudden flash of light or if they feel something ominous, but one of the maids who happened to be running towards me had a familiar face to me.

“I’m here!”

“Lu, Prince Ludrick?!”

When I waved my hand in greeting, the maid came running in a hurry and looked at me with wide eyes.

“What brings you here all of a sudden?”

“Catch your breath. I’m going to pass out. I came here because I have something to tell your parents. Are you both inside?”

“Yes, yes, they are both inside… but what about these people?”

“Okay then.”

As long as my parents were inside, I was fine. I leisurely passed the maid and headed towards the mansion.

I glanced around and looked again. The air around me had become heavier than before. No one showed it, but as they got closer to the mansion, their faces became tense.

And since I thought from the other person’s perspective and fully understood what these five people were going through, I just quietly walked forward without saying anything.

As we approached the entrance of the modest and cozy two-story mansion, a suffocating silence and a heavy atmosphere, like cattle being led to the slaughterhouse, hung over the room.

Likewise me too.

I was wondering what to tell my mom. It was just a little less burdensome, but I had come to announce this ridiculous wedding of the century anyway.

I roughly drew a picture in my head of what the scenario might be.

Surely your mother wouldn’t openly tell you to your face that you can’t do it. If you bring it up, she’d probably ask you in amazement what you mean, and then shut up after hearing the details.

Since it was an act that went against common sense, I could guess what kind of reaction there would be.

And since I can see that the five of them are going to be mumbling and not being able to speak properly, it’s probably going to be my job to explain it logically.

“Phew…….”

Someone let out a short sigh.

Finally arrived in front of the Weiss family’s mansion.

Mom and Dad, who had received the warning in advance, were standing in front of the front door, their eyes wide open, looking this way.

“Lu, Ludrick? What happened that you suddenly came without any contact? And Her Highness the Princess…?”

The mother, unable to hide her bewildered expression, asked with a bewildered face.

I can understand why she would react that way, since she wasn’t even notified in advance, and Elena, the princess of a country, came here without any proper attendants or knights.

“Mother, there is that…….”

When I actually tried to start talking, I was speechless and didn’t know where to start. My lips were glued together like glue and wouldn’t come off easily.

What should I say?

I can’t just say out loud, “I’ll get married!”

I rolled the words on my tongue, because I needed some confidence to say them out loud.

My mother tilted her head in confusion as she spoke.

“What is this all of a sudden… No, we can’t just leave Her Highness the Princess here. First, come in. Her Highness the Princess may be shabby, but please come in.”

“There’s no need for that.”

But Elena shook her head.

Then he looked at me, then at his mother, and then he clenched his fists as if he had made up his mind.

dump.

And then he knelt down right there.

“Mother, please give me your son. I will make him happy and never let him get wet in his hands for the rest of his life.”

With a bombshell statement that no one expected.