The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

5 – Why is he here

The Wentos territory, ruled by the Wentos family, is located on the outskirts of the kingdom like the Eldwin kingdom, but its location is completely different.

In the barren land of the north, the climate is too harsh for farming.

And even the ferocious monsters adapted to the harsh climate, it was literally a land unsuitable for human habitation.

Even so, the Wentos family ruled the land by defeating ferocious monsters and enduring the harsh climate.

And at the same time amassing a considerable fortune.

It is thanks to the abundant underground resources that the Wentos Territory has.

From various metals used for armaments to precious metals and expensive mana stones used to make magic tools.

In the judgment of the investigators, there were still a few decades’ worth of sheep still buried.

It wasn’t just underground resources.

The soldiers trained in battles with monsters in the north also became stronger, and monster materials obtained from hunting monsters could also be priced high.

The Wentos family succeeded in gaining wealth and military power while pioneering the northern lands.

Starting with the title of baron, which was limited to one generation, he succeeded in rising to the position of hereditary count in the era of the previous head of state, to the point that some people were saying that he would one day pass the position of duke.

And then Liliana Edwin arrived in the county of Wentos.

Reaching Countess Wentos, Liliana requested a visit with her Countess, but the Countess was away.

The one who greeted Liliana instead of the Count was a woman with silver hair tinged with green.

The woman, who appeared to be in her early to mid-thirties, was sitting across from Liliana, looking at her.

“It’s been a while, Liliana.”

“Oh…Nice to see you, Miss Sylvia.”

Countess Sylvia Wentos. She

She was the wife of Killian Wentos, the current Earl of Wentos, and the mother of Kyou Wentos.

“How are you doing these days?”

“Yes…Yes, thanks to you, I’m doing well!”

“Is that so? Thanks to you, I’m not doing well.”

At Mrs. Sylvia’s bony words, Liliana’s heart sank.

“Sorry…Sorry.”

“What do you have to be sorry about? Isn’t there something that can’t be helped with the human mind?”

She was Mrs. Sylvia who said that, but her eyes were cold as she looked at Liliana.

She had no longer Mrs. Sylvia, who always taught her Liliana and treated her kindly.

“However, couldn’t you have consulted with Kyou or me first?”

“……”

“Were my son and I so unreliable?”

“No! It’s absolutely not!!”

Liliana shook her head in desperate denial.

It felt like every word Mrs. Sylvia said was stuck in her heart.

“Well, it’s too late to tell you now.”

“……”

“Now that the greetings are over, tell me what’s going on. That you’ve come this far must have a reason, right?”

“Yes…”

In her awkward mood, Liliana explained her business to her self.

She wants to continue attending the academy, but she has come to apologize beforehand.

Except, of course, that the reason she wants to keep attending the academy is because she wants to be with Alan.

Even Liliana wasn’t blind enough to say that.

Countess Silvia, who had been listening quietly, opened her mouth.

“As a count, she doesn’t matter. She’s already paid for her tuition.”

“……”

“Seeing that he did not ask for a refund of tuition, he must be of the same mind. But”

Said Mrs Sylvia, looking straight at her Liliana.

“Isn’t it Kyou who should apologize?”

“…Yes.”

“As long as you keep going to the academy, it’s only natural that you run into that child.”

The situation of sitting next to each other in the present progressive tense, without having to face each other and sleep.

There was an awkward air between Liliana and Kyou.

Sylvia said firmly.

“If that kid accepts your apology, he won’t care as a count. Let him apologize properly to that kid.”

There are several secret spaces in Gransen Academy.

Even in the original work, Alan and his friends found a secret space and used it as a place for their training, or used it as a hiding place during a conflict within the academy.

I remember that the writer mentioned the setting that there is a hidden secret space in addition to the secret space mentioned in the original work.

Well, in the end, it didn’t come out until the original work was completed, so it ended up as a MacGuffin.

I was sitting in a secret space that didn’t appear in the original story.

With Riel Ignis, the red-haired girl in front of you.

“Awesome! A place like this exists!”

Riel looked around her room with her curious eyes.

Even though it looks quite old, the first thing that catches my eye is a very neat desk and chair set.

Perhaps it has anti-corrosion magic.

There is even a shelf and a simple tea set on one wall.

I checked the inside of the shelf, but it was empty. It was probably a place where tea leaves were kept.

And one wall is a bookshelf full of books.

No matter which book you take out, almost all of them are rare books that are hard to find.

There was nothing strange about the existence of a wall made of bookshelves.

That’s right, because this secret room was inside the Great Library.

“Isn’t it the study room where someone used to study during the exam period?”

“Whoops, to find a place like this. I feel lucky today!”

Riel looks excited.

For Riel, who is sensitive to her gaze from others, this secret place might be rare.

It was by accident that I found this secret room.

While Riel hurriedly moved to hide from Alan, who had come to the library, she bumped into a bookcase, which was the entrance to a secret room.

Thanks to that, Riel was able to hide from Alan, and she found a secret room she liked, killing two birds with one stone.

“He won’t find it here either!”

Riel smiled happily.

In her honest opinion, if she’s the guy Alan who’s been looking for Riel so badly, she’ll find it someday.

However, she is not so ignorant as to put a candle on her mood by saying that to Riel, who is so happy.

“I heard that there are many hidden rooms like this in Gransen Academy”

“Really?”

Riel immediately shows interest in her and asks her questions.

As a person who has read her original work, a new side of her that was not originally seen is revealed every time.

It was very fun and happy.

… Enough to erase the pain of being abandoned by Liliana.

At the entrance of the secret room, confirming that Alan was not inside the Great Library, she and Riel exited the secret room.

She asked her librarian just in case, and she said that she would find Riel.

What is the main character doing?

“I wish I could find another new secret room!”

After hearing her story about the academy’s secret room, Riel showed great interest.

Actually, the secret room serves as a hideout, but there are cases where there are useful artifacts or weapons.

The armament that Alan mainly uses in the original work was also found in a secret room, and so are the magic books in the secret room of the Great Library.

“Yes, I hope I can find it again”

Time when the sun starts to set.

I thought that Alan, who had been kicked out of the library by this time, would have returned to his dormitory, and he and Riel walked toward the Aurum Hall.

The Great Library and Aurum Hall were both within the academy grounds, so the street itself was not too far.

“Kyou”

“Huh?”

“Thank you”

Surprised to suddenly receive her thanks to Riel, I stared blankly at her.

“Since I became friends with you, I really enjoy every day.”

Riel looked at me with a bashful smile.

Her smile was really dazzling.

“No, I’m rather grateful”

“Huh?”

Yes, I am rather grateful.

I think I’ve said it before, but ever since I came to this world, I’ve lived my life looking at only Liliana.

She likes her and her initial villain, I have a different happy ending from the original.

I ran after one target, but Liliana left me.

Then she lost everything and gave up everything.

I wanted to leave everything behind and disappear somewhere.

It was none other than the girl in front of me who held me back.

“Riel, you saved me”

“Huh?”

“Ahahahaha… Just know that, I appreciate you so much”

Riel gave a look of misunderstanding, but when I laughed, she smiled as well.

I lost everything and was saved by Riel, and Riel told her a little about her situation.

Then what I can do is to protect Riel with all my might from the main character Riel hates.

…For now, that’s enough.

It was the time when the coffin of Aurum was visible.

“Kyou!!”

Someone called me.

No, there was nothing to be called someone. It’s been with her for over ten years, and she’s heard her voice.

The girl who abandoned me and went to the main character’s side, Liliana Edwin, was waiting in front of her dormitory.

I almost accidentally said her name, but she managed to force it into her throat.

“You’re back at the academy, Lady Edwin”

“……”

“You came all the way to this distant dormitory, what are you doing?”

She is no longer my fiancé.

The relationship between families also developed between the one who received compensation and the one who compensated.

I wanted to avoid having friendly conversations with her more than necessary.

No, to be honest, I wanted to avoid having a friendly conversation with her.

If I don’t get rid of her quickly, it seems like it won’t work.

Hearing something fall, she brushed her thoughts out of her head and looked at them.

Liliana was there on her knees.

“…Sorry.”

A word of apology on my knees.

“I know I don’t deserve to say these things because I hurt you.”

Tears formed in Liliana’s eyes.

She even banged her head on her ground.

“But will you please have mercy and accept my apology…?”

I knew she would apologize to me.

In the morning, when Phyllis brought a letter from her mother, it was all written in her mother’s letter.

It was also written that Liliana would apologize to me, and that the purpose was to continue attending the academy.

Honestly, it didn’t matter. She was still rough and it was painful to see her, but she was slowly overcoming that as she stayed with Riel recently.

So if she wanted to continue attending her academy, I was going to forgive and let her go.

So, I couldn’t say anything when I saw her making her apologies until I hit her head on her knees like this.

Riel next to me also looked blank as if he didn’t understand the situation.

Because she couldn’t leave her like this, it was the moment she was trying to get her up.

“What the hell is this?”

I heard a man’s voice very excited.

“Kyou Wentos, what have you done to Lily?!”

Alan Ludwig was walking towards this place with an angry expression on his face.

Why is this bastard coming out of here all of a sudden?