I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

135. The meeting of the century (9)

1.

It was a kind of agape love.

Although it does not mean the unconditional and holy love that God sends to humans in its original meaning, it is the same in that it does not hold any conditions, even though it is love between a man and a woman.

After hearing Elena’s answer, Count Weiss felt no need to continue the conversation.

“ha…….”

Even though I knew in my head that sighing deeply in front of the princess was an irreverent act, I couldn’t help but sigh.

There was no need to ask Elena anything anymore, nor did there need to be an answer to her question.

Although he was not in a high position or anything, Count Weiss was proud of his ability to judge people. He was able to figure out whether Elena was lying to avoid the current situation or whether she was telling the truth.

What Elena just said was her raw, honest words, without any calculation.

“……I don’t think I need to hear anything more from Her Highness the Princess.”

“Is that what you were thinking too? I guess we got along. I didn’t think I needed to explain anything more in detail here.”

“I understand Your Majesty’s words. Now, I would like to talk to another, another daughter-in-law… Is that alright?”

“Let’s do that.”

Elena nodded.

It was strange that he was talking about another daughter-in-law when he had only one son and his prospective daughter-in-law was right in front of him, but that strangeness aside, it did not change the situation that Count Weiss was in right now.

‘Not even a candidate for daughter-in-law, but five daughters-in-law… … .’

Countess Weiss closed her eyes tightly to this absurd situation, but contrary to her expectations, the answers of the other prospective daughters-in-law were not much different.

Of course, there were differences between each.

Arwen, who is neither a man nor a woman, is overly absorbed in the romance novels that are found on the streets, so her pronunciation is slurred due to her nervousness, or Rashid gets points deducted from his attitude score because of his characteristically rough attitude.

Even though there were such trivial episodes, the answer was the same.

“Do you really need a reason?”

After all the in-depth personal interviews, everyone gave the same answer, to the point where even Count Weiss muttered the same thing.

This does not mean that the answers given were exactly the same, but that the context was the same.

And that wasn’t something that Count Weiss was particularly pleased with.

“…….”

Count Weiss shut his mouth. He was staring at the distant mountains with clear eyes. He could guess where things had gotten so complicated. Seeing that not one but everyone gave the same answer, it seemed like this was a flow that led to one conclusion.

“It’s not for nothing that the old saying goes that if you’re bewitched by a fox, there’s no answer.”

Count Weiss muttered softly and shook his head.

I had no idea why things had turned out this way, but all the circumstances pointed to my son, Ludrick. I don’t know how he did it, but Ludrick had completely captured those five into his love.

If it was great, it was a great achievement.

Even Count Weiss had no idea that his son would have such a talent for captivating women, let alone the fact that his prospective daughters-in-law were all so extravagant.

So, I understood in my head that it was a more difficult situation, but that made me feel a little more disappointed.

“No matter how hard I try to separate them, I can’t… If there had been only one, I would have welcomed them with open arms…”

It was a heartfelt lament.

Symbol tax.

It was a situation where I was riding on a tiger’s back, so what would it mean if Count Weiss opposed it? I felt that way even more, especially since Count Weiss knew my son very well.

It was a story that Ludrick had already brought up as a joke, but even if Count Weiss had said that he shouldn’t do it until dirt got into his eyes, Ludrick was really lucky that he didn’t throw dirt in his eyes. It didn’t mean that he was an unfilial son, and the son he had watched so far had a tendency to never yield once he got hooked on something strange.

So lastly.

“…Call Ludrick.”

Count Weiss called out to Ludrick in a weak voice, wanting to speak to him again.

2.

After each turn, I sat down to have a one-on-one conversation with my mother.

This time again, it was mom who spoke first.

“We talked about it once in a while.”

“yes.”

“After hearing my story, I don’t think I’ll change my mind. What kind of talent did my son have that I don’t know about, that he managed to keep his mind so tightly shut?”

“haha…….”

As for me, I had no answer to offer other than an awkward laugh.

But that’s true. How could I possibly know what I did before I returned to be so possessed that I became so strongly possessed?

All I know is fragments of information I’ve heard firsthand.

“Didn’t you know everything from the beginning? That’s why raising children is useless.”

“You said you knew everything. What do you mean?”

“You didn’t know that I was the only one who was going to be considered a weirdo if I opposed you here? I’m your mother, but did you think I wouldn’t know how clever my only son is?”

My mother was originally a very educated and noble person who rarely spoke in vain, but as I grew older, I heard her say things like that.

It also meant that the current situation was too serious to be brushed aside like that.

Mom gave me a kind look.

Anyway, if I were to put it in the most sanitized way possible, that’s what it is, and to put it bluntly, the current situation is no different from a group of people coming together and protesting to get married in this ridiculous way.

Even though I know that I can’t tell the difference between heaven and earth because there are only people around me who are always telling me to come and go, I know that much.

“He’s my son, but he grew up as the youngest and I raised him with so much care…”

“Oh, Mother. Actually, isn’t it a bit awkward to put it that way? If you’re the one who was nagging me a few months ago, asking why I wasn’t getting married when I was of age, then…”

“Your father did that, didn’t I?”

“Even if my father said the slightest thing, he would get startled and do that. How could someone who is completely trapped…?”

“Adventure!”

A cough cut me off.

I kind of understood it. There are truths in this world that don’t need to be brought up. No matter how much my mom says she’s a co-wife, it can be embarrassing to have that pointed out to her.

Let’s skip this kind of lame joke because it’s not important.

“I won’t object.”

“Really?”

“What’s real, you little punk? You’ve created a situation where I can’t even object. Did I raise you like that?”

what…….

It’s no different from threatening, except that you don’t have a knife. Since it’s important to think from the other person’s perspective, if you think about it the other way around, how could you possibly object when the princess of a country suddenly comes and kneels down like this?

If she had calculated this in advance and done this, Elena is really smart.

“I didn’t actually want this to happen, did I?”

“Can I believe it?”

“What kind of son of a b*tch in the world, without a knife, comes to my parents like a robber and threatens them to marry me?”

My mother asked me with a suspicious look, and I let out a heated protest.

I fully understand that point, but honestly, I feel a little wronged by being treated like this.

It’s not that I have a hard time choosing, and I couldn’t choose just one person, and I made this decision indecisively. It’s just that I tried to do my best with a generous attitude of embracing everyone, and that’s how things turned out.

Well, it’s not like I can go find my pre-regression self, grab him by the collar, and yell at him to stop wandering around.

Since things have come to this, it’s best to just accept the situation I’m in. At least that’s what I thought.

“Let me ask you just one thing.”

“yes.”

And unlike the playful, bickering atmosphere just a moment ago, my mother’s expression suddenly became serious.

My mother, who had been looking at me silently for a while, soon asked cautiously.

“I said I wouldn’t object, so why don’t you get married now? You’re suddenly my only son, but I have five daughters-in-law.”

“Of course. Elena has been busy planning the wedding for about a week already, so she’s been busy planning everything.”

“But if you get married like that, will you be truly happy?”

“happiness……?”

It was a question that suddenly struck me with a heavy weight.

Will this marriage make me happy?

As soon as I heard that, I felt like I had been hit in the head with a hammer. I guess I realized belatedly that I had been missing something so obvious.

marriage.

It was a word that had a weight that was not easy to take lightly. Most marriages among the nobles of this era were political marriages based on the union of families, but that was the most important thing to the parties involved, including my previous life.

I wonder if I can be happy if I spend the rest of my life with this person.

It wasn’t something that could be trivially treated or consumed, so it was not something that could be done lightly, just like following a trend that everyone else was doing.

Maybe it was my mother pointing out something that I might have missed because I was so immersed in the ideology of this world.

A time of reflection that came suddenly.

“If you get married… If you get married… “