chapter 1
1. Prologue
1.
Reincarnated.
And I ate well and lived well for nearly 20 years without any problems.
Actually, he deserves it. My reincarnated full name is Ludrick Weiss. In this so-called medieval fantasy era, commoners were often referred to as Charles of the lower town and Bill the hunter. By the way, I had the surname Weiss and was usually called Master Ludrick.
If I came this far, wouldn’t the answer come out?
The eldest son of the count family of Weiss, Ludrick Weiss.
That was my reincarnated identity.
But if someone asked me if I would say “Geumjeokyeop”, Isn’t that word usually used for my daughter, I could confidently answer.
“Why, why, because the world is strange here. What’s wrong?”
Men do strenuous work. Men are physically stronger than women, and there is always a s*xual role for men that society demands. It’s a role that has been passed on since the primitive man a long time ago. Men hunt and women gather fruit instead of hunting, things like that.
The principle that one learns naturally from birth, without anyone telling it, has been reversed in this world.
It was common for men to do housework in this world where the Middle Ages, modern times, Renaissance, Rococo, and other eras seem to be jumbled together. A world where women are stronger than men, and it is not unusual for her wife to use domestic violence against her husband when he is drinking.
If anyone ever created this world, is it a feminist? A world in which gender roles are completely reversed to the extent that there is nothing to say even if you ask.
Yes.
Gender reversed world.
The world I was reincarnated into was a world that was somehow twisted like that.
“The weather is fine again today. It’s pointless.”
I jumped out of bed, drew back the curtains, opened the window, and the sunlight came in.
My daily routine, which turned 20 this year, was normal. A life like a lazy person who practices magic he learned while reading magic books alone, and does not work like a son of an aristocrat.
It wasn’t easy to live a life without a computer, TV, or smartphone, but now I’ve adapted to it and I’m slowly getting used to it. It’s because this reincarnated life has become so long that I forget what kind of touch it feels when I hold my phone in my hand.
Of course, the process was accompanied by the nagging of my father in this life.
“Rudrick, are you awake?”
“Good night, father.”
“I don’t know how to dress properly… So where are you going to get married? So you haven’t even been engaged yet until you’re that age.”
It was difficult to adapt to seeing a middle-aged man nagging at me, but what can I do about being a father? Even though the actions I do are the same as my mother’s in my memories of my previous life.
It’s been a long time since I’ve adapted to this life enough to overcome such a trivial sense of distance.
I let my father’s nagging go in one ear, and I roughly tied the laces of my baggy trousers and dragged my indoor slippers down to the first floor of the mansion.
For me, who was given the title of a reserve sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army in my previous life, or even a brave man, walking while dragging my slippers is a basic skill. I yawned and went down to the dining room on the first floor, where the family cooks and attendants were already busy serving dishes.
“Well, are you awake. Rudrick.”
At the head of the table, a well-rounded middle-aged woman greeted me while holding a newspaper that was delivered daily to Jeonseo-gu.
Count Arlene Weiss.
My mother and the head of the county of Weiss.
I bowed my head to her mother who was reading the newspaper as she adjusted her glasses, and I sat down at her table.
People often imagine a stiff and heavy atmosphere when they think of aristocrats, but at least our family didn’t have that. My mother wasn’t that strict, and my father was close to the model of a wise mother called in this world.
The territory is embedded in the western corner of the empire, and it is a corner where rumors about a noble’s mistress and stories about an illegitimate child, which are often consumed as gossip by commoners, cannot come out.
He is a nobleman with an independent territory who is good at talking and is a high-ranking noble of the count class because he is good at talking, but in reality he is inferior to a powerful baron who entered politics from the central capital.
In other words, an aristocrat who can live a life of abundance, but cannot enjoy wealth and glory.
That was exactly the current address of Count Weiss.
“Look at this, Rudrick.”
“Yes?”
“Your older sister was featured in the newspaper here. I heard that she was second in overall at the academy this time. Heh heh. Whom does she look like so she’s so clever.”
“Are you the older sister or the younger sister?”
“Your older sister.”
My mother, who was reading the newspaper, smiled and handed it to me. When she received it, it contained a small message in the corner of the newspaper that my eldest sister had won the second place in the academy.
Considering her status as the eldest daughter of an insignificant country count, this is nothing short of a pleasure for the entire county of Weiss.
Her mother, with her satisfied smile, opened her mouth.
“This, I’m going to gather the people of the territory and hold a festival at least once. It’s a celebration, a celebration has come.”
“You know that kind of bothers me, mother?”
“Write.”
At the word festival, my mother frowned when I reflexively tried to withdraw.
…… To be honest, even if it’s my older sister or younger sister, it’s already been about 10 years since I haven’t seen her face, and since I moved to the capital at a young age and entered the academy, I can’t remember anything other than my face when I was young.
I’d rather be a mother or father who sees their faces every day, but the awareness that the two of them are a family is gradually fading.
I shook my head and made a gesture of surrender, and when the dishes were all served, I started eating breakfast.
Even if you say that you are a member of Count Weiss’s family in a small and cozy mansion, your two older sisters have moved to Seoul, so your mother, father, and me are all.
As the hostess of the Weiss family, my father, who had looked around the second floor, started nagging as soon as he grabbed the fork and knife.
“So, when are you planning to get engaged? I also want to see grandchildren soon.”
“……Wouldn’t we do it someday? If there is a good person.”
“All of the children are not getting married until they reach that age…”
My father clicked his tongue at my awkward answer. Although she doesn’t show it, her mother seems to agree with her father’s words.
In fact, in this world where early marriage is rampant, the age of 20 is already full. My younger sister, who is two years older than me, and my older sister, who is three years older than me, are still in their early twenties, but considering that they belong to the ranks of old virgins who have missed marriage in this world, it seems that this world is definitely strange.
But I don’t intend to get married soon. What can I do?
What if you get married in a world where men and women are polar opposites? Then I will follow the same life tech tree as my father. Engaging and marrying a suitable noble lady from a nearby family, living as the hostess of the family when the wife inherits the family.
‘Just imagining it is terrifying, but…….’
For me, who have not yet abandoned the thinking of modern people in the 21st century, I don’t want to think about such a life.
Rather, I’d rather go into the Mage’s Tower and deepen the magic I’m learning, or I’d rather live freely as an adventurer.
I don’t know if I have a talent for magic, but I’ve learned it well by self-study without being blocked until now, but it would be more helpful if I systematically learned magic at the Mage Tower.
“Honey, let’s stop there. Rudrick must have thoughts too.”
“But Rudrick is already 20 years old. Do you want to see a boy who has a son missed his marriage date and can’t even marry properly?”
“……Keuheum. I will find a good place for my marriage.”
Her mother, trying to stop her nagging that followed like a storm, immediately raised the white flag without even thinking about holding on to her father’s sharp reply.
…… Living in captivity is the same in this life as in the previous life.
Of course, before I had time to leave such an impression, my father’s nagging again targeted me and flew in.
Anyway, I managed to finish my breakfast and return to my room.
“……The nagging gets worse as time goes by.”
I returned to my room and closed the door, sighing and shaking my head.
Starting with whether or not you intend to get married, to what kind of behavior is that of the noble Young-sik so that he is not modest, and how he dresses like that. It was a car that had been getting worse lately, covering all kinds of nagging.
But I don’t really want to get married……. In this situation, if I ask for the Magic Tower to be sent, then I think I could really be kicked out of the house…….
Whew. What can i do It’s all because the world’s concept of s*x is strangely reversed, so it can’t be helped.
If the nagging gets a little worse at this rate, I think I should seriously consider the option of running away at night to go to the capital’s magic tower.
If you really force yourself to get engaged, that might be the answer.
It was the moment when I reached out to the bookshelf to find the magic book I was reading yesterday while worrying about the future.
Diring!
Something strange sounded in my ears.
“…… Huh?”
Somewhere, something I miss but haven’t heard of for a long time. And it was a sound I remembered a little familiar with.
The moment I heard a sound like a game sound effect.
– System synchronization is complete. From now on, the main heroine will return.
– Grand Duke Eileen returns. She is confused when she realizes that Eileen has regressed.
– Admiral Racille returns. Realizing that Rasil has returned, the rudder of the fleet that just sailed is turned back to its home port.
– Princess Elena returns. She prepares for an inspection by Countess Weiss, as Elena chews on her past before returning.
– Silfia is returning. Aware of her return, Sylpia quits the hibernation she was preparing for and starts a new game right away.
– Arwen returns. Arwen, tearful as she recalls her pre-regression past, spurns her coffin and raises her body.
“……What the f*ck.”
What is this, I’m scared.