chapter 5
5 – The protagonist of a reverse harem (1)
Let’s go down to the restaurant on the first floor,
The chefs were busy moving.
After helping them set the food, Catherine, who was ready to go out, came down to the restaurant at just the right time.
Contrasting with the short white cape draped over the shoulders,
A black skirt that goes down to the knees.
I got a strange feeling from her wearing a medieval-style uniform.
‘Is that an academy uniform?’
I still can’t get used to that look.
Unlike modern Korea, where students wear school uniforms from elementary school to high school and then become adults and become free to dress, in this world, people wear uniforms of the same school uniform style as adults.
The standard for adults is 20 years old, the same as in Korea,
The nobles here consider it dangerous for their minor children to engage in outside activities.
Seriously, is there a clause in the imperial nobility law that says that you are educated within your family until you are 20 years old?
It’s a culture from another world, so we should respect it, but it’s true that we don’t understand it.
Even after living here for ten years, there are still many things I haven’t accepted.
‘That’s because the years I’ve lived as Korean Baek-Ho Yang are many times more than the years I’ve lived as Leon, a member of the Rothenburg Empire.’
I seated Catherine at the table of honor and put a little food on her plate that she might like.
A piping hot omelet topped with fresh lettuce and halved cherry tomatoes as garnish.
On top of that, put thinly sliced pastrami made from the brisket of black beef that received the highest grade on another plate,
The area around it was decorated with the eggs of a red shark that only inhabits the deep seas of the southern part of the empire.
I won’t even send a message between them, but since she’s the type to tell the truth, I’ll just leave it if I tried to include more.
After setting the plate nicely in front of Catherine,
She poured black tea brewed with her favorite tea leaves from Kyoguk into a teacup.
“thanks.”
“It was nothing.”
She has a soft expression as usual.
As expected, it seems that the complaint I made earlier was a trap.
“Leon, aren’t you eating today?”
Katherine asks me as soon as we are a few steps away so as not to interrupt our meal.
I nod lightly and she briefly puts down the fork and knife.
“Couldn’t it be… did you solve your morning with that strange and tasteless drink again?”
“What kind of harsh words to say that protein drinks look weird. Well… it’s true that they don’t taste good.”
Surprisingly, there was something similar to a protein drink in this world.
You don’t know how surprised I was when I saw protein powders distributed in stores.
Is it because it’s a world where knights risk their lives for their muscles just like me?
“……Sometimes.”
“Well?”
“Sometimes, I want to have breakfast with Leon.”
“…We always have dinner together anyway.”
“It’s different from that, Leon. Really…”
“Isn’t it necessary to eat three meals a day together?”
An answer that I can’t even feel as much as my fingernails.
“A fool who doesn’t even know a woman’s heart.”
With a pouting face, she picked up the tableware again and finished her meal.
You complain a lot today.
‘ah. Is it because of that?’
Because of the pressure of entering the academy and making new friends?
‘That’s right… … .’
there is no way
Even if she looks like that, isn’t she an insider thanks to her noble background and amazing looks?
If she went to various social gatherings that only noble ladies could attend, everyone around her would only look at her.
I’m not the type to talk too much.
Seeing the flood of requests for conversation, it’s something you don’t know even if you know it.
Besides, what about that talent?
Among all the wizards in the empire, he is a 7th class archmage and is one of the most powerful.
The talent for magic he received from his father, Duke Julius, is truly innate.
A measure of the strength of wizards divided into ten classes.
Because she had already become a 4th class mage at such a young age.
Considering that it is usually difficult to achieve the 2nd class at that age, it is a really great achievement.
Even the wizards who divided the might of the Empire cared for her,
He wouldn’t complain like that just because of the thrill of entering the academy.
‘As expected, am I the culprit?’
“Miss Catherine.”
“I told you to call me by name when we’re alone.”
“miss.”
“huh.”
“Make a lot of good friends at the academy.”
“…?”
“Sometimes it’s nice to bring it home. I’ll treat you well.”
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden, Leon?”
“Since I’ve only lived in the duke’s family, I’m asking you to enjoy life at this point.”
“…something like an uncle.”
Catherine narrows her eyes and looks at me as if examining me.
I shrugged my shoulders at her muttering, “Is it because of the strange drink you had earlier?”
Then, the princess of the duke looked up at me and opened her mouth.
“Yangchi, can you help me?”
“You’re not a child. You can do it alone.”
“He helped me in the past.”
“Because you were young then.”
“Also, being treated as a child… Leon was also young back then.”
“In the first place, I can’t help because there’s not much time left. I have to leave in thirty minutes at the latest, but before that, I have to check the wagon and luggage one last time. I can’t be late from the first day of school.”
“I don’t care.”
If that happens, the lady will be in trouble,
When I added the word, she replied with a serious face.
“If Leon stays with me all day, I don’t mind going to the entrance ceremony.”
“Anyway, that’s not the case… Then, if life in the academy gets messed up, it’s all my fault.”
“I won’t blame you.”
“no…….”
“Because the time I can spend with Leon is more important to me than the entrance ceremony.”
“Haa. I lost, I lost. I lost, so don’t joke around. Go brush your teeth and come back soon, lady.”
“I’m not kidding.”
Catherine extended her hand to me with a fresh smile.
Holding onto that slender hand, he slowly raised the young lady to her feet.
“I’ll be leaving soon.”
“okay.”
It shouldn’t be like this.
Watching her back as she walked away, I sighed inwardly.
It’s ten years. Not one or two months, not one or two years, but ten years by my side.
She told me stories of wandering around the world,
Listening to it, I was able to understand this world to some extent.
Thanks to her and the duke’s consideration, it was possible to focus on training without worrying about anything.
Thanks to that, he was able to recover only a small part, if not all, of his former power.
‘I knew to some extent before.’
Not a sick bastard,
I don’t know that she wants a relationship with me more than an escort.
And, to others, her cold expression
I am well aware of the fact that I change a lot when I am with you.
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Just like my father, she is sure in everything, and she sheds no blood or tears for criminals.
But she often smiles in front of me and tries to have a lot of conversation.
It would be a lie if Catherine didn’t have a good heart.
However, I may return to the original world someday.
That has nothing to do with my doctor.
Because you don’t know what will happen if the crazy goddess acts on a whim.
‘Therefore, Catherine, I cannot accept your heart.’
It would be nice to have a fiancée or a real lover who would compete with the heroine.
Or maybe it would be okay for you to be the true protagonist of this story.
A woman more beautiful than Catherine is probably hard to find in this empire.
If you are, you can easily seduce the handsome men of this reverse harem world.
So, leave this guy alone for now.
Make a lot of great friends and have a healthy relationship.
Between you and me, master and servant.
Because that’s just the right amount.
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Doo doo doo… … .
Tarantis, the capital of the Rothenberg Empire.
A blue carriage running toward the Prüch Academy, located a short distance from the Imperial Palace.
The image of a blue dragon roaring on top of two staffs crossed with the letter X engraved on the carriage is
It was the symbol of the Duke of Roelheim, one of the three dukes of the empire and a famous magical family.
The inside of a wagon running on a well-paved road befitting the capital of an empire,
The princess of the duke, who was looking at the scenery outside, turned her head and looked across.
A red-haired young man with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.
A man who has always been by her side for ten years.
‘Looking at it this way, Leon also has quite long eyelashes for a man.’
Whenever I see you, you are the most handsome in the world.
I usually asked the maids who were close to me indirectly.
“He’s obviously handsome, but if you look for people who are better than Leon, aren’t you?”
I replied that it could not be so,
Also I’m not wrong
All the men walking around the capital are worse than Leon.
Even his father, a great wizard, and his skilled knights,
And he is a skilled person who even recognized the swordsman who came as a guest.
Where is that?
It’s even cute to see him help others even though he grumbles that it’s annoying.
Of course, beating others recklessly just because they were caught in a trivial quarrel is something that needs to be fixed.
‘Looking at it this way, it really has changed a lot.’
When he first came into the family, he did nothing.
As he declared, he often only practiced all day long.
However, when the muscles were attached and the swordsmanship was on track to some extent, the training time was reduced to half and half.
I asked him once, and he explained at length that overtraining is rather poisonous.
Anyway, for the first few days or so, Leon id around all day.
Then, as if he got tired of playing, he went looking for something to do on his own.
Come to wake up the owner who sleeps a lot in the morning,
Bring her favorite food instead, or
Like playing or doing things together.
So Leon,
I have it in my heart
However, he is a wall window that does not even understand a woman’s heart.
She tried to be charming and boldly tried skinship, but to no avail.
He asked for advice from his mother, the Duchess, who was holding onto his father, but it didn’t work for Leon.
Your own escort today, as usual, treating yourself outside the line.
‘Leon, when will you look at me properly?’
In her eyes looking at herself with many emotions,
The red-haired young man opened his closed eyes and looked out the window.
“Looks like we’re almost there.”
“……Yes.”
In the distance, an ivory-colored tower called the ‘Ivory Tower of Knowledge’ appeared.
A symbolic monument built in the center of the vast academy property owned by the imperial family.
The sound of seeing that tower means that we have almost arrived at our destination.
Imperial Prüch Academy.
Both in name and reality, it was the best educational institution in the empire, and it was a prestigious academy that was within three fingers of the entire continent.
Created by artists, with an aesthetic sense,
Medieval-style marble buildings boasted their majesty as they welcomed us.
The densely built buildings wrapped around the ivory tower in the center show that an unimaginable amount of money was invested here.
The overwhelming sight you see as soon as you get off the carriage that has stopped at the front gate of the academy.
“Yeah.”
As I unknowingly exclaim,
I looked at Catherine standing next to me.
Her eyes, which usually don’t startle, are slightly wide.
Even that great duke wasn’t like this.
How much money did you spend here?