I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

26. The princess wants to be confessed

1.

It is still early in the morning.

Her position as the second princess, far from real power, wasn’t a position where she was so overworked that she couldn’t even get enough sleep, but Elena’s closed eyes slid open.

Clearly visible red eyes and clear focus even in the dark.

Elena, who forcibly closed her eyes at the sight of her complete loss of sleep, touched her forehead and muttered.

“Another bad dream…”

There was still complete darkness beyond the window, which I checked with a sidelong glance.

A dream that has been repeated dozens of times since that day.

Still today, Elena couldn’t shake it off completely.

As she stood up, the blankets flowed down. Elena, in a light negligee she wore as her nightgown, gulped down her water. But even her cool water could not completely quench her burning thirst.

“……Rudrick.”

A suppressed voice escaped from between dry, chapped lips during the night.

It was a bad dream.

To dismiss it as a mere nightmare, the dream was so vivid. That’s because it was just confirming what she actually went through, like an old, old film repeating the same scene over and over again.

If I stretch out my hand, I feel like I can reach it, but I can’t. In the end, the subtle gap she couldn’t narrow was driving her crazy.

“It’s funny how it’s like this even after returning to the past.”

Elena let out a laugh as she brushed her golden hair that obscured her view.

Regression.

A miracle that cannot be explained by any theory or phenomenon so far. Even though she was a party to her miracle, her eerie nightmares still haunted her nightly.

I didn’t express it, but she was very disappointed. It’s so indescribable how.

The fact that there were four more people besides her who were involved in the miracle.

“…Still, there was one thing that was different from the dream.”

Elena, who had drunk her cold water over and over again as her insides burned, stole her mouth and shook her brain.

In her dream, she couldn’t reach it no matter how much she stretched out her hand. But now she could reach her hand whenever she wanted. This was the most decisive yet huge difference from the dream.

Of course, apart from that, I couldn’t help but feel sick to my stomach.

“Who would have thought that if I had prepared a dinner for myself to eat at most, a lizard would act like a beggar without shame.”

A grumble that spat out as she ruffled her hair.

It wasn’t that I couldn’t face the reality. Just because she grumbled like this, she hid her true identity and possessed the qualities of an outstanding mage, brazenly infiltrating Lorenzo Tonali’s apprentice and naturally melting into the imperial palace.

However, if you don’t spit out gossip like that, you’ll get annoyed.

If being happy and having fun just being together is love, then Elena was definitely in love with Rudric.

She is, however, unable to act as she pleases considering the gaze of others. She uses the excuse of studying under the same teacher as her, and when she thinks of Sylphia, who will stick with her all day, her stomach twists. .

“……No.”

Make sure to read from noble mtl dot com

Just thinking about it like this, Elena’s intelligent and clear brain judged that it was an unusually dangerous situation.

Wasn’t it a situation in which she provided absurdly favorable conditions for her competitor, not by anyone else, but by herself?

Elena frowned and made up her mind.

She had to roll the dice.

Her most daring decision before her return came back to her as a sweet reward of her throne.

Before she was her mother who gave birth to her, she killed an emperor who was ineligible to be the emperor of her country, and also won a civil war with her sister, who was ahead of her in the line of succession. And he also defeated all the numerous political opponents who were aiming for her throne that had been occupied by her usurpation.

The situation now, when all five of them have returned, is like this.

I’ve already tried it, but is it difficult to do it twice?

“The most threatening thing right now is… That damn lizard.”

Elena coldly snapped her brains.

However, the fact that she is still staying in Rudrick’s room with Arwen taking the form of her cat.

She

She couldn’t tell that she was living together, to put it simply.

2.

It is an ambiguous morning to call it morning.

Thanks to the introduction of the autonomous research system, I was able to get a good night’s sleep until 9:00 a.M. And start the day in a good mood.

It’s good that Master has a student who will follow in his footsteps and continue his research, and I’m happy that I don’t have to live with that murderous graduate student schedule.

Isn’t this the completion of a world where no one is hurt by a good sister or brother-in-law?

To be honest, the self-research system is a grand name, but it’s just that I go to my master and ask my master if I’m stuck or ambiguous while learning the magic I want to learn, so nothing has changed from before.

Still, it makes sense that I can make my own decisions.

Cancer, no way.

The moment I was about to open the lab door and enter the lab in such a good mood and start my day with a new mind and energy.

“Oh, Mr. Rudrick. Come back. I was waiting and thinking about sending someone.”

“……Didn’t something happen overnight that I don’t know about?”

As soon as I opened the door to the lab, I ran into Master, who was walking around the entrance.

A feeling of uneasiness began to creep up at the sight of him talking as if he was waiting for me. I don’t feel good, but this.

“Something happened. Her Highness, the princess, called Rudric-kun.”

“Eh.”

In my mind, Princess Elena’s face was drawn for a moment.

It’s like the first thing anyone would think of when talking about the imperial family. It was natural since this world is a fantasy world, but her face was a typical western beauty with blonde hair and red eyes.

Apart from that, once you have a conversation, it’s hard to guess what you’re thinking inside.

Recently, due to several incidents, mainly the incident in which Grand Duke Eileen, who received my SOS signal, broke into her office, her dignity and face as the princess were severely damaged…….

Still, it was still a bit burdensome to have a one-on-one conversation.

Personally, I don’t really like it because I feel like I’ve committed a sin when I’m called and interviewed one-on-one like this.

“I don’t know why. It’s just that Her Highness called Rudrick-kun from early in the morning.”

“……Then shouldn’t someone come to wake me up a long time ago?”

“I told him that he was sleeping, so he told me to leave him alone until he woke up. Rudrick-kun said he’s the type who doesn’t have energy in the morning.”

“…….”

As expected, a regressor.

It’s a formidable enemy that even understands my life patterns.

Apart from his bitter taste, he couldn’t hide his shy expression.

“Why did Her Highness call me?”

“Do you understand, Nand? But if it was really urgent, he would have already woken up Rudrick and ordered him to go. It won’t be a big deal, so don’t be afraid and come back.”

“……Write it.”

Once I get it.

After that, he opened the door vigorously, closed it again, and turned around.

The office of the 2nd princess is the same villa.

To be honest, if I think about it a little calmly, the office of the princess of a country is not a place I can visit and knock on whenever I am bored.

It’s because of the uniqueness of the relationship between me and Princess Elena. Even if you think about it instead of this world, if you think about it, it’s like a young lady from the countryside knocking on the door and entering the prince’s office.

It doesn’t make sense when you think about it this way…….

As I wandered aimlessly through the corridors while thinking about this and that, I was in front of Princess Elena’s office before I knew it.

Compared to the main palace, the detached palace is unnecessarily small.

Standing in front of the door, take a deep breath. Then, trying to keep his composure as much as possible, he knocked on the door.

Smart.

Light knock.

“It’s open. Come in.”

I opened the door and entered the office hesitantly at the permission I heard from beyond the closed door.

And there was one more person who looked at me as soon as he saw me.

“Kyung tends to sleep a lot in the morning. Still, I thought it was time to come, but sure enough.”

“……Where else did you hear that I sleep a lot?”

“Ah… Of course I heard from Sir’s sister. Sir Serilla told me so.”

“It’s already been six years since her older sister entered the academy…”

“Hmmm.”

Princess Elena cleared her throat.

As if a simple stab would not do much damage, the stereotypical excuses immediately returned.

Whew. We all know each other anyway, so what are they hiding?

I’d rather go back cool like Arwen, I came back to the past, so you know that.

Are you hiding it again that it’s a great fact?

He sighed and pretended to be deceived.

It is a strange situation where there are cheaters but no cheaters, but Princess Elena, who drew attention by clearing her throat, raised her body and asked

“Let’s have a cup of tea. What kind of tea do you like? We have all kinds of tea leaves.”

“… Uh, he might sound very strange when he says this.”

“Don’t worry, I pride myself on being very open minded.”

“That… I’m a noble, but I don’t drink much tea, so I don’t really know what kind it is.”

“I also have something like that.”

This is another hit, it was not for nothing that the tea culture developed in England, a country of gentlemen. In a country where not a single tea leaf grows.

Even in this era, tea and coffee were not luxury items, but they were still a favorite food. It was said that it was not the commoners who were important to live on right now, but the aristocrats who had no problems with their lives and no worries.

And I am from the proud county of Weiss.

I just drank black tea and thought it was coffee, but like the nobles of the central government, how do I know what kind of tea it is, what tea leaves are used for, and how to steep it.

Aristocrats think of such things as culture, but I, a nobleman, don’t know, and I don’t know why it’s embarrassing not to know that, but it has become a shame.

Fortunately, instead of teasing her that she doesn’t know the type of tea, Her Highness, instead of teasing her, put water in her teapot and warmed it up with fossil fuel.

“I don’t know, but there’s no hindrance to living. Then that’s it.”

“…….”

Apart from the fact that this situation was slightly unfair, there was an awareness that it was a shame in this world.

Still, I can’t help but feel unfair.

Anyway, after accepting the teacup that the 2nd princess had personally made, not from anyone else, Princess Elena put a smile on her lips as she bowed her head in gratitude.

“Now then, let’s get to the point.”

“……The main point?”

“Because I’m busy with construction, I wouldn’t have called you early in the morning to enjoy tea time with you alone.”

Princess Elena’s gaze turned to me with her hands clasped. Red eyes stared at me.

…… Did i do something wrong?

It wasn’t that I didn’t care, so I sat still and averted my eyes, like a guilty criminal. Face to face is a bit embarrassing.

It was a short silence, but it felt like tens of minutes passed by.

“I ask straight forward.”

“……Yes.”

“You’ve probably heard of arranged marriages.”

“A marriage of convenience…? I’ve heard of it before…”

“That’s fine if you know.”

Princess Elena nodded her head, and then added her explosive remark.

“What do you plan on doing?”