I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

6. Let’s cross the stone bridge by knocking on it

1.

Everyone was waiting for Rudrick’s answer.

That’s why the words spoken by Princess Elena and the court wizard at this place had a great impact. It was a matter that the court mage of the empire, not anyone else, had directly guaranteed.

I’ve already reached the point where I’ve already lost my level as a mage just by studying on my own, so if I meet a teacher who can guide me, I’m sure I’ll become a great mage in the future.

Since the court mage herself was an outstanding mage and had excellent skills to the point of being ranked first in the empire, it was almost safe to say that it was a prophecy at that point.

‘…… My son?’

As evidence of that, Count Weiss had his eyes wide open like lamplight beyond his glasses.

Today was a day to learn a lot of new things. I thought Serilla Weiss, the eldest daughter, was simply getting good grades at the academy, but it was the first time that she belonged to the 2nd princess faction, and she knew how to use magic.

It was an attractive offer that would be hard to refuse if you think about it calmly.

That’s why Count Weiss and the court mage who was in charge later had no doubts that Ludrick would accept this offer.

“I’m sorry, but I’ve already decided to go to the Magic Tower and study.”

“It’s a magic tower… Did you have any intention of studying?”

The princess twitched her eyebrows at Rudrick’s answer, which broke everyone’s expectations, but other than that, she didn’t show much reaction. I just asked in a slightly surprised voice.

“Can I be honest with you?”

“Honesty is one of the virtues a human being can have. I won’t rebuke rudeness, so let’s talk without fault.”

“I don’t want to get involved.”

Everyone’s mouths gaped open at Rudrick’s sullen reply. Except for two parties.

“My, my negligence! Your Highness! My son will be thoroughly educated by me…”

“Earl Weiss. I have already said that I will not rebuke you for insolence. Are you asking me to say two things with one mouth?”

“It’s not like that…”

“The owner of this mansion is a sir, but I am not a sir, but I am talking with a sir’s son. Keep this in mind.”

The princess, who made Count Weiss shut up in embarrassment and tried to deal with it somehow, now had a smile on her lips. She rested her chin on her chin and nodded her head as if to ask her to say something once more, and the escort knight, Sicherin, who was standing behind her, closed her eyes tightly.

No matter how hard it is to guess what thoughts her master harbors, it is because she knows how cruel she can be to her opponents, regardless of how competent she is.

“Does it make sense that you don’t want to help me get involved in the war?”

“……Well, I wonder if it’s roughly similar. And doesn’t Her Highness know where to go to learn magic professionally?”

“Nine out of ten, they’ll say it’s the magic tower. But I’m not saying this because I’m under my command, and the court mage’s skills are pretty good. It’s not enough for a young and promising mage to serve as a teacher.”

“I don’t doubt the court mage’s skills either, I just wanted to go to the Mage Tower from the beginning.”

“That’s interesting.”

The corner of the princess’s mouth drew an arc.

It was a scene in which a count’s son would have said what kind of rudeness to a country’s princess if someone unfamiliar had seen it. In fact, everyone in this place, except for Princess Elena and Rudric, thought that way.

Earl Weiss’ eyes were now quivering with uneasiness.

But the princess, Elena, wasn’t offended at all.

Rather, this bold figure was the figure of Rudrick that remained in her memory before she returned.

‘So, killing her sister and her own mother is what a bastard, her brother would say? She was totally crazy about this!’

‘The rotten part is cut out before it rots elsewhere. Think of it as a simple operation. What’s wrong with that?’

‘Of course it’s a problem! I won’t ask for much else, so think of yourself as a normal, normal person and do some thinking. Don’t adjust the world to your standards!’

‘That’s a difficult request. To put it a little more concretely, what you said is no different than asking me to prove why the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.’

‘Eh, if a civil war breaks out then you really know that we’re just strangers. Whether she becomes the princess or the emperor is none of my business, and I just won’t care.’

‘It’s not like we’re related yet…… Well, that could be a bit sad anyway.’

Suddenly, memories of the past passed by. Even at the moment when Elena was the second princess of the empire, or even at the moment when she really shook off Rudrick’s disapproval and ascended to the throne stained with her blood.

Rudrick’s attitude towards her was the same. Occasionally, I found it disgusting to see him treating the emperor without fault as if he knew the emperor, but that didn’t mean that he was offended.

Unlike a normal man, Rudrick’s temperament was rather feminine.

His appearance of not bending his assertion in front of his status or power and confidently saying his own words was not enough to call him a male boss.

On the contrary, wasn’t it because of her appearance that even she, who was not very interested in men, was attracted to her?

“……Anyway, since I’m going to the Mage Tower, I’m grateful for the suggestion, but I’ll decline.”

“It’s a disappointing story for me. Yes… No, it’s strange that the picture keeps calling you you. Sir, your determination won’t waver, right?”

“Perhaps.”

“The magic tower took away valuable talent.”

The princess shrugged her shoulders and turned her head toward Count Weiss with her face neatly given up without any regrets.

“Then now I have something to ask you sir.”

“……It is my negligence in educating my children, Your Highness. I will gladly accept any punishment.”

“Oops.”

The princess shook her head as if she couldn’t stop it.

“I’m sure I said I wouldn’t accuse you of rudeness. This is the third time. It’s a pity that you were born into a clumsy position. Isn’t that right, Cheryl?”

“…Her Highness the Princess, this is an official position.”

“I can’t really say anything. You’re like a person who’s stuck.”

The princess grumbled and asked while drinking her cooled tea.

“So when will the meal be ready?”

2.

I managed to pass it safely. Something is bothering me. After roughly eating a meal that didn’t taste like chewing sand, I returned to my room and lay down on the bed.

If my father had seen it, he would have nagged me about being an aristocrat and having no hair, but at least today the princess has arrived, so that won’t happen.

As a result, the phone call was a blessing.

Thanks to the princess who took me and raised me as her mage and tried to use her, she unintentionally got her notarized by the court mage.

No matter how strict the distinction between men and women is in a pre-modern social status system where men and women are reversed, the court wizard personally affirmed that this friend has the qualities of a great wizard as a court wizard.

If it’s a royal magician, it’s already a great nukalhyup.

Who threatened you with a knife to turn your son into a wizard? If you do, the court wizard threatens you with a staff instead of a sword? A perfect counter punch that can be countered with.

“But didn’t you give up too easily?”

While lying on the bed and rolling around, the thoughts I had inadvertently stored in my mind came out of my mouth.

As soon as she realized that she had returned, she is a princess with the speed of action and momentum to the extent that she came straight to our estate to inspect, but I’m going to take the mage tower! Giving up immediately after refusing is something strange in the picture.

She’s really, whether it’s because she’s greedy for her talent, or because she has a crush on me, she’s trying to win as a heroine in this world of gender reversal.

Deliberately going all the way to such a country estate, giving up so easily?

Isn’t that a bit confusing with words?

My uneasy feeling was entirely attributable to the princess’ neat and quick abandonment. Thanks to you, what kind of intention do you have?

The moment when I, who had been rolling around on the bed, finally got up because I didn’t know.

Smart.

I heard a knock on my door.

“Bocchan, a guest has arrived…”

“A guest has arrived?”

It was a familiar voice. Hearing the voice of the attendant in the mansion, he opened the door and poked his head out to see an old woman dressed in a magician’s robe.

The court wizard.

“I know it’s rude to visit an old man’s room recklessly, but it can’t be helped because it’s the order of Her Highness the Princess.”

“……Ah, yes.”

The first emotion I had was doubt.

In a world where the distinction between men and women is strict enough to slap several Confucian Taliban who say that men and women are equal to seven years old, it was extremely rude for an extramarital woman to visit the nobleman Yeongsik’s room recklessly, as the court wizard said. It might be an accurate expression to say taboo before rudeness.

I said I didn’t care because my way of thinking was a little different from that of this world, but for now, I couldn’t leave the guests who were ordered by the princess to stand outside, so I brought them into the room.

“Heh heh, there was no way for Her Highness to ask for an answer from Ludrick-kun. First of all, I apologize repeatedly for the rudeness.”

“……No, that’s really good. If you’re certain, what kind of answer do you mean?”

“Even if he didn’t follow him to the imperial palace, he asked if he was sure about going to the capital to become a disciple of the Mage Tower.”

“Huh?”

This was an unexpected question. It’s just an excuse I picked up because I didn’t want to go to the imperial palace and get involved in political fights and strife.

Now that it’s like this, I’m really going to go to the Magic Tower, so it’s not exactly wrong.

“…That’s right. I’m guessing that as soon as His Highness leaves, I’ll probably prepare and go to the capital right away.”

“I see. Then, this is not the name of Her Highness, but this old man’s personal question…”

“Yes.”

“This old man lives a life contrary to the mage’s motto. Wizards are originally seekers of the truth. However, it has already been decades since he left the mage’s tower because he hates the old-fashioned mage’s tower that is bound only by tradition.”

The court wizard chose his words slowly, with a face contemplating something.

Then he made a determined expression, and then quietly opened his mouth.

“If Rudrick-kun sincerely wants to search for the truth, why don’t you come to the imperial palace instead of the Mage Tower? It’s fine even if it’s not from Her Highness’s faction.”