I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

143. Wedding of the Century (8)

1.

In conclusion, Ludrick’s answer to Arwen’s question of how many children she should have was no.

In fact, it was a natural process. The first child hasn’t been born yet, and even if I give in a hundred times, we haven’t even had a wedding yet, so how could we be planning how many children we’re going to have? Of course, Elena had told us that she would have four children, but it was still premature.

And if it had simply ended with a companionship, it would have been fortunate, but Arwen had to listen to Ludrick’s nagging.

Having a child with Arwen meant that a half-vampire would be born. Since Arwen was the true ancestor who had overcome the sun, there would be no misfortunes such as the child growing up without proper sunlight, but it was bound to be problematic in many ways.

“If you simply give blood to create a clan, it doesn’t really matter if the number of vampires increases like that. But you’re the true ancestor. You’re not a low-level vampire who gave blood to someone, you’re born with half of the true blood? Even dragons are gradually drying up, and you’re saying that the number of transcendent species is suddenly increasing?”

“……That’s true. But still, the more children you have, the better, right? After all, you’re just raising children.”

Arwen responded in a loud voice to Ludrick’s nagging that poured out like a machine gun.

Since they were both well-versed in magical knowledge, they understood what it meant. That was the meaning of having a child with half of Arwen’s true blood, the blood of Arwen, the progenitor of all vampires. In the same context, the child he would have with Sylphia would be similar.

For example, if the two of them were so close that they had eleven children, enough to form a soccer team, that meant that eleven unprecedentedly powerful transcendent species with half of Arwen’s true blood were born.

In a similar vein, even though he and Sylphia had a sweet marriage and had eleven children, eleven of them ended up being half-dragons.

At first, the dragons were busy laughing at Sylphia for her unique tastes, but then they realized that something was wrong and came looking for her with their heavy butts.

‘I’m not saying that I’m going to threaten you to not have any more children, but… … Well, I don’t think you’ll think of it as something to be concerned about.’

Ludrick shook his head as he thought to himself. Just a little while ago, I had been a little daunted by the thought of having twenty children, but no matter how much I thought about it, twenty was a bit too much.

No, at least we shouldn’t go beyond the four-person framework that Elena suggested.

And Ludrick dares to predict the future.

“It’s a matter of survival.”

“What did you say?”

“Huh? It’s nothing, just let it flow.”

Just the number twenty alone made my head spin. At that number, naming them all would be a lot of work, and I wondered if I could handle that number. In my previous life, there were quite a few male-oriented works that ended with a harem ending.

There is even a saying that a hero is a womanizer and has three wives and four concubines. However, having experienced the situation himself, Ludrick was able to say with certainty.

That’s just writing down my hopes and expectations based on optimistic expectations and a kind of fantasy, since I have no experience of it myself.

Ludrick, who had five wives instead of three, had to seriously worry about his survival. And he had a reason. Until Ludrick found a cure, he had to have s*x periodically as a stopgap measure to prevent his fundamental constitution from getting worse. With such a terrible reason, there was nothing he could do.

Ludrick shook his head as if he was sick of just thinking about it, and warned Arwen as if she had almost forgotten.

“Anyway, we’ll think about that later when we get married, so don’t think about useless things right now!”

“…….”

Arwen smacked her lips in regret.

2.

At about the same time, a new conspiracy was brewing in the palace.

There was nothing new. Since ancient times, the imperial palace was not only a place where guns and swords were used, but it was also a place that was no different from a battlefield, and even the most intense battlefield. For those who used their cunning tongues instead of their sharp blades as weapons to plot division and scheme, entering the palace was no different from a warrior heading to the battlefield.

“……I don’t like it.”

The corners of Eileen’s mouth twitched.

The cold expression she always showed. There was no change in her expression because she was not in front of Ludrick, but others could easily guess Eileen’s anger from the twisted corners of her lips and the sparkle in her eyes.

However, others were laughing as they faced the wrath of the Norse Grand Duke, who made even the mountains and rivers tremble.

“Huh huh……”

Only her mouth was smiling, but her eyes were not smiling at all. Even Elena, who was now laughing softly, had an expression that made it difficult to say that she was smiling, even in vain.

And even Rasil and Sylphia.

The remaining four gathered together, excluding Arwen, who was arguing with Ludrick.

To plot a conspiracy.

“I don’t like it. Actually, I wonder why I’m saying such things. I think everyone else here probably thinks the same way as I do.”

As soon as Sylphia spoke, Rashid immediately took her words.

“Of course, of course. In reality, where would you find someone you like? If it were up to you, you’d probably just want to go find them and turn everything upside down.”

Elena’s private office.

In front of the four people sitting around a table, there were several copies of the problematic newspapers from each media outlet.

Of course, there are sensational headlines. And all the arrows of criticism are aimed at Ludrick. Just as Ludrick had intended, and just as they had long ago noticed Ludrick’s cheap trick.

Sylphia realized anew that human malice is so clear and blatant, but it can be even more disgusting than shady undercover operations.

“……Is this because Ludrick is easy?”

Elena muttered, tapping her fingers on the table.

It was obvious. The reason the media was biting Ludrick like this was obvious. Ludrick was the one who had the least backlash and was the easiest to touch. Silphia and Arwen, about whom almost no information was known, were not affected by the so-called ‘weaklings’, and the rest were untouchable because of their status.

To the public eye, it would seem that Ludrick, who just suddenly rose to fame, was the easiest to see.

Although this was also happening according to Ludrick’s intentions, the four people gathered here shared one thought.

You have to give it a hand in some way, or you have to shut its mouth.

“Then, since we’re all gathered here, let’s freely share our opinions. What do you think?”

“I guess I should take care of your hands. I don’t know if it’s the most elegant way, but wouldn’t that be the most satisfying?”

“Put that on hold. Let’s put it on hold until the very end. We’ll use it only when there’s no other way. It might feel good, but it’s a hassle to deal with the aftermath.”

Elena shook her head at the opinion Rasil brought up.

The use of force is the most certain and satisfying solution, but even though Elena is the princess of a country, she is not an emperor who wields absolute power, so she cannot do everything as she wishes.

Well, now that the Emperor is practically in a vegetative state, it might be possible to negotiate with her older sister, the Crown Princess, but it’s also a hassle to deal with the aftermath.

After that, various opinions poured in.

Using their enormous capital power, they can either force another media outlet into a complete ruin through a capital offensive, or they can just use the power they have to impose regulations that give them a “plausible reason” and make them submit on their own.

It was a planned procedure. If these four people were determined to retaliate, they would not be able to avoid it even if they were one of the most noble people in the empire, not a mere media outlet but a spy.

However, no matter what method is used, it is not as satisfying as directly exercising power by arresting the reporter who wrote the article and hanging them upside down and torturing them.

A stalemate that has arrived without any concrete conclusions being reached, with only a bunch of different methods being listed.

After suggesting that they should beat him up with money using the vast amount of gold that was overflowing in Rare, Silphia, who had been silent for a while, opened her eyes and lit up.

“……Should I just appear as the actual body on the wedding day?”

The conclusion that Sylphia reached, spoken in a gloomy voice.

The effect was amazing.

When three pairs of eyes suddenly turned to her, Sylphia continued speaking calmly without showing any sign of intimidation.

“And if I finish it alone, it might not be effective enough. I’ll also change into the main body together with the bat woman, by beating up that ridiculous polymorph.”

“……Are you serious?”

“Yes, of course I’m serious.”

The voice was eerie and the eyes were sharp.

Suddenly.

Silphia added, her teeth chattering momentarily.

“We need to let those idiots who don’t even know the topic figure out who they are messing with.”

Although the two letters ‘preliminary’ should be added in front, the wife’s anger at her husband being provoked was so great that it was difficult to measure.