I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

134. The meeting of the century (8)

1.

It’s the opposite.

Change your perspective.

‘I raised my daughter with all my heart… … No, to be honest, I wasn’t really that doted on. I was the youngest, so I wasn’t particularly favored, and I was just a child who did everything on my own. Anyway, if I raised her like that, then five dark men would come and marry all of them… … .’

Ludrick, who was momentarily thinking from Count Weiss’s perspective, nodded.

The expected reaction was a shocked speechless response, and then a resolute opposition of “I can’t do this until dirt gets in my eyes!”, but the reaction of fainting from shock was something I hadn’t expected.

However, if you think about it from a different perspective, Count Vice’s reaction is completely understandable.

In fact, even if Ludrick had married a widow or a divorced woman, it wouldn’t have been this shocking. You could criticize him for marrying someone like that after having risen to the position of a court magician, but it’s within a range that can be tolerated.

To give a really extreme example, even if Ludrick had tried to enter the concubine’s chambers, she would not have reacted so faintly as this, let alone tried to stop him.

This time, I went beyond such extreme examples and brought up something truly absurd and outrageous, which is why I got this reaction.

Anyway, Count Weiss fainted momentarily, so I ended up alone with Count Weiss lying in bed.

Count Weiss muttered, lying on his bed with his eyes half-open, a wet towel on his forehead.

“A nightmare… a nightmare, Ludrick is getting married….”

“Mom, that’s not a nightmare.”

“…….”

Ludrick’s first words to Count Weiss, who has regained consciousness.

Count Weiss turned his head with difficulty to look at Ludrick and laughed in vain.

“……It wasn’t a dream.”

“I’m really sorry to say this as a child, but what happened earlier wasn’t a dream.”

“I see. Then that’s fine.”

“…….”

The atmosphere was tense.

Ludrick also knew that Count Weiss’s words, “You just need to know,” were not really words he had said because he was okay with it. Unless he was incredibly clueless, he would never think that way.

As Ludrick scratched his head in embarrassment, Count Weiss opened his mouth.

“What happened?”

Count Weiss’s question cuts off both the front and back.

“…So how did that happen?”

And then Ludrick began to explain in detail what had happened so far.

Of course, he didn’t reveal the fact that five people had regressed or his past life. Even if he had told them, it wouldn’t have been easy to believe, and it would have been too much of an explanation, so he intentionally omitted that part. Instead, he gave a rough explanation of the process he went through to get to where he is now.

Despite feeling burdened at first, as we spent time together for several months, almost a year, Ludrick began to open his heart little by little.

At first, I felt burdened by the attention directed at Ludrick, but we had already spent a considerable amount of time together. As the series of events went on, I remembered Ludrick jokingly mocking himself, saying that if he were to act like this, it would be no different from the heroine being attacked.

Even though it may have started with the self before the regression that Ludrick had never even mentioned, it was nonsense to say that he would continue to receive one-sided favors and then build an iron wall until the end.

Because it could be said that it was a planned procedure from the very beginning, leaving no room for error.

After listening to Ludrick’s explanation for a long time, Count Weiss touched his throbbing forehead and spoke.

“Is that all?”

“For now.”

“ha…….”

Count Weiss sighed deeply.

She had a vague idea, but it was on a much larger scale than she had imagined.

If what Ludrick said were true, then right now in the reception room of her mansion, there were dragons and ancestral spirits that looked like they came straight out of a mythical tale waiting for her. The scale was too large for Count Weiss, who was naturally a petty bourgeois, to handle.

And it’s even more shocking to hear that such a mythical being is so infatuated with my son.

Unless it was a harem of the most handsome men selected by the emperor of the far east, it was unusual for the genders to be reversed. Even if he had four concubines in addition to his wife, it would be excessive, but my son went even further and said he would take five wives.

Count Weiss asked, pressing his forehead, which had been throbbing for some time.

“Even if this mother absolutely said no, weren’t you planning on getting married anyway? No, I’m not sure if it would have been acceptable even if I said no in the first place.”

“……It just so happened that things turned out this way. It wasn’t really my intention.”

“Tsk, you can’t even speak.”

Count Weiss, who had grasped the situation, just kept sighing.

She intuitively realized something. This matter, even though it was her son’s wedding, was already out of her hands. It was no longer at a level where she could intervene and resolve it.

It’s a strange thing.

It is nonsense to say that parents cannot interfere with their children’s marriages, especially their sons’ marriages. But now, that nonsense is happening in reality.

“I don’t think this situation will be resolved just because I’m against it… but I guess we should talk about it at least once.”

“……The kids are good. They listen well.”

“Are you talking to your prospective daughter-in-law like a pet? Haven’t I told you time and time again to be careful with your words and actions? Especially when Her Highness the Princess is present, you are being disrespectful.”

Ludrick, who had been scolded for bringing up the subject for no reason, sat up with a sullen face.

And as he headed toward the door, he turned his head and asked.

“Should I have them come in one by one?”

“Okay then.”

Ludrick nodded as Count Weiss gave his permission.

And there was a sense of relief on Ludrick’s face as he closed the door and left. In fact, he had expected things to turn out like this. He had expected that he would have to reluctantly give permission, but the biggest problem was bringing up the subject itself.

You can’t help but feel relieved, as you’ve overcome the biggest hurdle.

“……I should tell my mom to speak properly.”

Ludrick muttered.

2.

“That’s why they say raising children is useless.”

Count Weiss grumbled quietly.

It’s already a decided trend anyway.

Of course, as a parent, it would be normal to try to dissuade my son, who I raised with great effort, from marrying off five children at the same time, even packing his lunch and going around with him. However, my son’s decision was already firm, and after seeing the faces of his prospective daughters-in-law, I intuitively realized that there was no room for me to intervene.

But that doesn’t mean I can just sit back and do nothing.

After all, it was my son’s wedding. Even if it was already a done deal, they were my prospective daughters-in-law, so I couldn’t just accept it without even having a proper conversation.

“…….”

“…….”

The result was now.

Count Weiss and Elena were having a private meeting alone. Normally, it would have been impossible for Count Weiss, who was not a real power in central politics, to have a private meeting with the princess. However, this was an exception among exceptions. Moreover, Elena was the one who was struggling.

“This is true.”

The heavy silence was broken by Count Weiss’s hearty laughter.

The more I thought about it, the more regrettable it became. If he had just picked the one person he was most attracted to and told me he was going to marry me, I would have welcomed it with open arms, but I still couldn’t understand why things turned out this way.

Is it normal for a person to think that they would marry all five of them because they all like them?

“I knew it was something out of the ordinary since I was little, but I never thought it would turn out like this….”

“yes?”

“I was just talking to myself, so Your Highness doesn’t need to worry. And please keep your mouth shut. After all, Your Highness is the princess of this empire.”

“……If that’s the case.”

“Since it has come to this, I will ask you directly. Why does Your Majesty love my son, who is so lacking? And why would you even risk such an absurd marriage?”

“hmm…….”

A question that gets straight to the point without beating around the bush.

Elena hesitated to answer for a moment, then tilted her head and asked again.

“A man and a woman like each other, but do you think Kyung needs a reason?”

“……That’s a silly question. I understand. When you’re young, sometimes just meeting eyes can spark a passion like flames.”

“And it’s not like it’s some kind of foolish thing that happens when you’re young and ignorant like Kyung-i thinks.”

Count Weiss was silent at Elena’s answer, which was more natural for a lower class than for a higher class.

Elena’s attitude was confident. As if it was absolutely not a momentary change. From the perspective of Count Weiss, who did not know the inside story, such an attitude could be questioned, but if you include the time before the return, it was already a one-sided love that had lasted for nearly ten years.

And now, even though it is in this form, that unrequited love is about to bear fruit.

Because I had never once felt doubtful or felt my heart grow cold over an unrequited love. That was why Elena looked at me with sincere eyes.

“……I think it would be incomprehensible to Kyung-yi.”

“…….”

Count Weiss confirmed the opinion with silence.

In fact, Count Weiss still couldn’t understand. No matter how much he was bent over because he was his son, he didn’t think Ludrick was worth enduring such an absurd marriage. If he thought about it calmly, that was true.

And Elena knew that too.

But as Elena just said.

“…But, there are things in the world that cannot be judged by reason alone.”

You don’t need a reason to like or love someone.

It was absurd that Elena, who had lived a life that was most condemned by everyone before her regression, would have such thoughts. Even Elena herself thought that it was something that others would laugh at if they heard it.

“That I love someone enough to be willing to put up with all that. Don’t you think that’s reason enough?”

Elena muttered softly.

The voice sounded somewhat self-mocking, and at times resigned.

And Count Weiss was able to realize.

One thing was certain, in Count Weiss’s eyes, Elena was suffering from an incurable disease from which she would never recover.

Whether it’s love fever or whatever.