I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

9. Life in the imperial palace begins

1.

It is not for nothing that there was an old saying that if a child is born, send it to Seoul unconditionally.

Twenty years after the mysterious experience of reincarnation.

I finally arrived at the capital of the Esgeland Empire, which was all in the narrow county of Weiss. As soon as you leave the moving magic circle, all you see is another world.

There are no insignificant roads, so it was roughly paved with stones, but it was a sight difficult for me to adapt to, having seen for 20 years only the scenery of small houses huddled around the road, and forests and wheat fields all over the manor.

“……Wow.”

To be honest, I was a little surprised. To the point where an inadvertently small exclamation burst out.

This world I encountered was all about the Earl of Weiss, a thriving village that would hardly be called a countryside. But when I came to the capital myself, I realized that most of my basic knowledge about this world was wrong.

At most, I thought of medieval European landscapes encountered in the media, but in some ways, there were parts that were developed to the point of being reminiscent of modern times.

From the flower garden in the imperial palace where flowers are in full bloom in the greenhouse, to the magic stone lampposts embedded in the trails everywhere.

“It’s still too early to be surprised.”

Princess Elena, who was standing with her arms crossed at my appearance, picked it up and burst into a small laugh.

And I had to go through a series of processes in which common sense, which I had taken for granted in my head, was broken and major errors were corrected.

Aha! It’s not that the level of technology in this world is outdated, it’s that Countries of Weiss are so rural that they can’t even enjoy such advanced civilization! Called.

Well, the correction of the error is perfect.

As I was shaking my head, the court mage, or so, my master, Mage Lorenzo, cleared his throat.

“Is Her Highness returning to the palace right away?”

“As long as nothing else happens. Sir, are you going to go straight to the lab?”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s because I had a lot of things to do while I was away.”

“I was wasting your valuable time. I’m sorry.”

“You are welcome.”

Magician Lorenzo lowered his head…… Oh, it’s strange to call it that. I should just say Master.

Anyway, when Master suggested going to the laboratory, Princess Elena nodded her head. And then his eyes turned to me.

“Then let’s decide to solve Count Weiss’ Youngsik as well. Won’t we become Sir’s apprentice anyway?”

“Should I worry Her Highness over such a trivial matter? Of course I will take care of it.”

Listening like this makes me feel like I’ve taken on some kind of troublesome burden.

Is it because my shy expression was exposed?

“You put a person in front of you and said it as if you were talking about a pile of baggage. I apologize if I offended you.”

“……No, not to the extent of saying I was particularly offended.”

“I don’t know anything else, but I guarantee this one thing.”

Is it because Princess Elena in front of her is going to apologize in this way, or is it because the way she speaks a little softly is reflected in a totally unexpected way to others around her.

Even the teacher had a somewhat puzzled expression on her face, but Princess Elena didn’t mind and said with a soft smile.

“You’ve been rotting your talents all this time. But this is different. It’s a stage where you can show off your talents to the fullest. At least it’ll be a better choice than staying in the Earl of Weiss.”

“…….”

“Lord Tonaly is one of the best wizards in the Empire. I guarantee you. You will surely learn a lot from Lord Tonaly. If you work hard, Sir Tonaly will surely become a future archmage.”

Princess Elena, who left behind her good words, said, “Let’s go back,” And dragged her knights away.

It was a sweet approach.

If I were an ordinary man in this world, I might have fallen for Princess Elena’s face because she was so pretty. It’s me, though, because I keep the memories of his previous life intact.

And there was one more important thing.

‘There is still one regressor…….’

I haven’t even seen the other four yet. It wasn’t the concept of arranging five people in line and choosing one, just like at a fair, and it was just because I didn’t know anything yet.

If there is something going on, all five of them are going back and forth, and I have no idea what happened.

I don’t even know what happened yet, so I don’t have to risk it, right?

I don’t have anything to say if I say that I’m too careful, but it’s not for nothing that people say to cross a stone bridge after knocking on it.

“……Then let’s set off soon, Rudrick-kun.”

“Oh, yes.”

I was lost in my thoughts, but when I heard Master’s voice calling me, I came to my senses and moved on.

“Then are you going to the court mage’s laboratory?”

“It would be annoying if I called him that every time. This old man would be more than happy to call me Master.”

“Then, master, would you lower your words too? Still, I’m a disciple, so it’s a little bit strange to continue to treat you with respect…”

“Heh heh, is it uncomfortable?”

“Maybe it’s a little like that, isn’t it?”

At my bold answer, Master said hee hee and smiled warmly.

“Then let’s do it together, Rudrick-kun.”

“That’s more comfortable for me.”

“If I’m going to answer the question earlier, it’s right to go to the lab. Let’s go and talk slowly first. Also, I think we should think about Ludrick-kun’s place.”

A conversation with someone you will have to see face to face for a long time to come.

Wouldn’t it be more correct to say that if you roughly substitute the memories of your previous life, you feel like a graduate school advisor?

Wizards are often associated with an eccentric image of confined to a small room and doing research, but it was fortunate that this was not the case.

…… When we talk, it seems like we can communicate well. I started living in the imperial palace, which I didn’t even know about, but if the graduate student experience, which I didn’t even know about, was added, then I should really seriously think about going to the Mage’s Tower.

It wasn’t bad, at least so far. Because things were going well as expected.

At least so far.

2.

The North is a cold and harsh place all year round. Even in summer, the climate is cool and cold, and in winter there is a harsh snowstorm. Because it was such a place, it was a structure that had no choice but to hear that northerners were usually blunt and disinterested.

“Nothing has changed from what I remember.”

The moving magic circle connected to the capitals of the Principality of Norse and the Ezekielland Empire was an extremely convenient magical product.

In the blink of an eye, Eileen Nord, often referred to as the Grand Duke of the North in Imperial politics, arrived at the capital of the Empire. In the process, of course, the vassals suddenly vacated their seats and the grand duke said he would come to the capital himself, so they strongly discouraged them, but he could not break their stubbornness.

Eileen, who looked around with a face full of emotions, walked down the street with an expressionless expression that made it difficult to gauge the emotions unique to northerners.

She has already led the army dozens of times to protect the Great Wall from barbarians and monsters, and since she herself was a swordsman competing for the best in the Principality of Nord, just walking around her can bring people to her surroundings. The chill spread.

Thanks to that, even though she is walking down the street without an escort, no one approaches her.

‘On the contrary, it’s less crowded, so it’s more comfortable this way.’

Eileen’s gaze, thinking that inadvertently, turned to the imperial palace of the Ezekielland Empire.

Perhaps there must have been a rival in the imperial palace by now. At least one, at most two.

The 2nd Princess, who was a tyrant who ascended the throne with her tenacity and was one of her strongest rivals, as well as the dragon who was leisurely enjoying her hobbies in the imperial palace disguised as a human wizard.

Thinking about it like this, both of them were disgustingly hateful opponents, but Eileen’s expression was full of composure as if they were different now.

It is a yard that has already experienced regression. After going through a future that his rivals do not know about, the past he returned to correct the gap. What is there to be afraid of as long as there is a huge advantage of knowing about the future?

“……No.”

Eileen muttered quietly and shook her head. Every time she shook her head lightly, her long black hair, down to her waist, fluttered at her.

What she fears right now is that she can’t change anything.

With such a leisurely gait, she casually passed through her outer castle, and just entered the inner part of the imperial palace to meet her second princess, Elena.

“You returned earlier than expected. Her Highness, the 2nd Princess, said she was going to inspect.”

“Right. I thought it would take about a week. In the first place, high-ranking people’s inspections are not just going sightseeing, right?”

“Normally.”

Among the knights in charge of guarding the outer castle, there were also senior knights who knew Eileen’s face, so they easily passed through the outer castle without saying a word.

But Eileen’s steps stopped for a moment when she heard whispering behind her.

‘2Nd princess inspects…… ?’

Coincidentally, the subject of the chat between her knights while standing guard is the person Eileen is going to meet now.

She didn’t know that Eileen stopped her steps and she was overhearing the conversation, so her knights continued their small talk.

“So, where did Her Highness, the 2nd princess, go this time? I’m not the kind of person who usually goes around saying things like that are annoying.”

“I don’t know. It should have been the name of a territory I’d never heard of before. Countess of Weiss? Were there such nobles in the empire?”

“The only name in a corner of the country is the count.”

“Yeah, that’s true. Anyway, I heard that it was called Weiss or Weid, or something like that.”

Eileen’s body stiffened as she stood still listening to the conversation of the knights standing guard over her.

If she’s not misunderstood, her knights apparently said that her second princess was on an inspection tour of the Earldom of Weiss. Not anywhere else, but in the Earldom of Weiss.

Eileen was not so stupid that she couldn’t even remember the last name of the person she loved.

In an instant, her heart started beating wildly. A crack formed in her expression, which had been completely relaxed until just now, and Eileen’s thoughts, which had stopped for a moment due to her shock, spun quickly.

Eileen Nord has returned.

And Elena Egeland, who was her rival, is on the verge of returning from a visit to the Earl of Weiss, where Ludrick Weiss is located, now that she has just returned.

It was right after experiencing the unbelievable miracle of her return, so I was able to think more flexibly.

Eileen, who drew a conclusion without difficulty, muttered in her small voice.

“Wasn’t I the only one who did the regression…?”