I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

Side story 3. Operation to fix your constitution (1)

1.

“I messed up again.”

Sylphia clicked her tongue slightly.

Now, she adjusted her glasses through her long hair that reached down to her waist, and without any hesitation, she threw the vial she was holding in her hand. Before the thrown vial reached the floor, it was sucked away somewhere and disappeared, and Sylphia, holding her chin, muttered.

“What’s the problem?”

There was absolutely no progress in sight.

As soon as I realized that Ludrick liked long hair, I started growing it out. It was a long process, from the time it reached my shoulder blades to the time it grew to my waist. However, despite investing all that time, I was still at a standstill, not seeing any results.

It was a blow to my pride.

The dragon known as the Magical Control. Of course, it was a very short time, comparable to a moment in her long dragon life. However, the pride of the Red Dragon Clan did not allow her to focus so much without any proper results.

“……How can I fix that constitution?”

Silphia, who was chewing her lips, looked at the notebook with all sorts of formulas scattered around and frowned.

First of all, Ludrick’s constitution was arbitrarily named ‘Magic Oversaturation’ by Sylphia. Unlike his previous life, Ludrick showed no signs of living a limited life in this life. That was understandable, because right after Eileen became pregnant for the first time, everyone started competing as if they were competing against each other, so there was no room for Ludrick’s body to become saturated with magic.

Thanks to that, Sylphia is now three months pregnant. Isn’t her belly starting to look a little fuller now?

Of course, apart from that, it was a problem that had to be fixed at some point. This kind of magic drain was nothing more than a stopgap measure, a stopgap measure. As long as the constitution itself was not fundamentally improved, the detonator of a time bomb would remain.

Sylphia’s gaze, which had been mumbling, stared straight at the note.

‘… The fundamental problem is that the body itself absorbs excessive amounts of magical power in its natural state. Because it continuously absorbs magical power without stopping, the body’s magical power circuit collapses when it exceeds the critical point, completely destroying the body’s balance. If you know the principle, you should be able to find a solution, but it’s normal.’

Silphia, who had been thinking to herself, touched her throbbing forehead.

If you know the principle of the problem, you should be able to come up with a solution. However, Ludrick’s magical power oversaturation constitution seemed to mock such obvious logic, rendering all the methods Sylphia had tried so far useless. The expression “all medicines are useless” was really fitting.

If the body itself has a special constitution that constantly absorbs magic power, then it would be an easy solution if the act of absorbing magic power itself could be blocked.

Unfortunately, this was the first time he had seen this type of constitution, and even with the dragon’s vast knowledge, he had not yet been able to resolve it.

dripping.

“……Come in.”

“honey……?’

While he was pondering, a knock was heard at the door. When Sylphia looked up from her notebook and spoke, Ludrick peeked his head out.

“What are you doing?”

“I was looking for a way to fix your constitution. As usual.”

“At this point, I’m starting to think it might be better to just give up… But it’s not like it’s going to affect my life.”

“No. My pride won’t allow that.”

Sylphia shook her head.

It was important to fix my husband, who had a dangerous constitution where his magic circuits could collapse at any moment, but now it was really a matter of pride. It was like, “No one else but Dragon invested years of time and still, there’s no clue?”

“Even if it’s not about pride, my husband is a time bomb that could explode at any moment, so if I can fix it, I should fix it.”

“Can you please stop treating people like explosives?”

“I’m sorry you felt that way. But I thought you liked intelligent women. You even wore glasses, which didn’t suit you.”

Sylphia winked, pushing up her silver-rimmed glasses.

Her polymorphic appearance gave her a more lively and outgoing image, due to her characteristic red hair, rather than that of a magician. Now, she was wearing glasses, and her impression was slightly rounder, as she remembered what Ludrick had once said in passing.

“Can I be honest with you?”

“no.”

Silphia immediately shook her head in response to what Ludrick had said.

“If you tell me my glasses don’t suit me, I’ll get mad.”

“…What on earth does an intellectual image have to do with glasses?”

“It does matter. Just wearing glasses makes you look like an intelligent person.”

“This is why fucking is not working.”

Tsk tsk, Ludrick clicked his tongue slightly and reached out to take off the glasses Sylphia was wearing. Of course, it’s not like a polymorphic body would have poor eyesight or anything like that. Ludrick took off the glasses that had no frame and nodded as he spoke.

“This is much better.”

“…Is this really better? You said that an intellectual image is good.”

“Isn’t there a difference between having an intellectual image and wearing glasses?”

“Is that so…?”

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Sylphia, who was convinced, tilted her head, then smiled bashfully and kissed him on the cheek.

“If you say this is better, then I won’t use it anymore. If my cute husband likes this better, then so be it, right?”

“I think it would be good if we could stop using the adjective ‘cute’ when talking to people.”

“No, no.”

Sylphia changed the subject, pushing aside the notebook with the formulas written on it.

“You know what? I’ve been away from home for the past few days, Ludrick.”

“That’s what it was.”

“I came back after a big fight.”

“yes?”

Ludrick asked back in a puzzled manner. What kind of fight is it when you’re not alone? Ludrick looked at Sylphia with a strange look in his eyes as he instantly recalled what had happened with the blue dragon Abel across the mountain range. Sylphia quickly waved her hand.

“No, I don’t mean we fought back and forth. Something just came up. More specifically, I was going to ask the other dragons for advice on how to fix your constitution, Ludrick.”

“Does that mean you had an argument?”

“Yes, that’s right. Everyone’s reaction was the same. When I told them I was marrying a human, they all thought I was joking and laughed at first, but then they were shocked or serious. It was so disgusting to see them.”

“……hmm.”

Ludrick fell asleep.

Dragons are higher life forms than humans. If we use the frequently used reverse substitution method, it would not be strange to think of humans as lower life forms that dragons can only communicate with.

The gap between the species of humans and dragons was too great to be considered that way. Dragons were born with powerful magic and the ability to use dragon language, which was incomparable to that of human archmages.

It wouldn’t be strange to watch whatever a human does with the mindset of watching a show of talent. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it’s no different from a pet dog understanding what you say and reaching out or sitting down.

Ludrick made a subtle expression as he easily came to a conclusion about how Sylphia would appear to other dragons if he substituted it in that way.

“I said I liked humans and wanted to marry a human, but everyone treated me like I was some kind of crazy woman. Do you know what our clan’s Lord said? He said that no matter how crazy you are with men, you can’t be crazy about humans, right? He didn’t say it directly, but rather indirectly.”

Regardless, Sylphia, who had been speaking passionately, made an indignant expression.

“It’s because I have a baby that I’m really angry. Otherwise, I would’ve just started by setting fire to the lair.”

As they talked, his emotions surged, and Ludrick let out a small sigh at the sight of Sylphia grumbling. It was obvious that being angry too much would not be good for the fetus, and more than anything, it was something that Ludrick had been used to for the past year and a little while.

‘Am I getting married or raising a child?’

Just looking at Sylphia, who was snorting in front of her, you can see that. The lifespan of a dragon is close to eternal, so it cannot be directly applied to a human lifespan, but the actions of a dragon that has lived hundreds of times longer than Ludrick were no different from those of a young child.

It’s a bit hard to single out Sylphia and say that she’s not worth her age, since all five of them sometimes show signs of being out of their minds.

Ludrick sighed and comforted Sylphia in a familiar manner.

“If you ever meet a Lord or something, tell me. I’ll go with you and give you a lesson.”

“……Still, it was worth going and hearing unpleasant things. I was planning to try the method Lord had told me. Everything else had failed. Just now too.”

“How?”

As soon as Ludrick asked, Sylphia answered with a half-doubtful expression.

“Yes. The method seems a bit crude… but that doesn’t mean it’s completely nonsensical.”

“What method is this…?”

The trust level drops rapidly as soon as you hear the modifier ‘ignorant’.

When Ludrick asked cautiously, Sylphia asked a question in return.

“Ludrick, think about it the other way around.”

“……?”

“Which is easier: eliminating what exists, or creating what doesn’t exist?”

“Of course, it would be easier to get rid of what is there, right?”

Turning something into nothing. That’s what Ludrick is doing now to fix his oversaturated magical constitution. It would obviously be easier, but every method he’s tried so far has ended up in vain.

But this is what the Lord of the Red Clan had told Sylphia.

“Then let’s think about it in a different way. In other words, in a way that doesn’t affect the body, so that only magical power can’t be used. First, he said to destroy the circuit that sucks up all the magical power as if it were broken, and then rebuild it.”

The principle of the method proposed by Sylphia was as follows.

Ludrick’s magical circuitry continuously absorbs a vast amount of magical power naturally distributed throughout nature, even when he is not conscious of it. Just as anything in excess is not good, there is a threshold, and once that threshold is exceeded, magical power is endlessly absorbed.

However, if you destroy the magical circuits forcibly and ignorantly, it will inevitably have a negative effect on the body, so you destroy the magical circuits delicately, as if you were performing a surgical operation. It will not affect the body, but only to the extent that it cannot receive or use magical power.

The gist of the method is to destroy Ludrick’s unique magical circuit and regenerate it anew.

After hearing the detailed explanation up to this point, Ludrick answered.

“I’ll just live like this.”