I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

31. Catastrophe

1.

To be honest, even when Rudric grumbled that there were a lot of people because it was a festival at first, he was worried, but it didn’t take long for Sylphia to realize that her worries were unfounded.

Every time I glanced at the side, Rudrick did just what he said and had an excited expression on his face.

‘If you think about it, it was originally like this in the past. That’s always.’

Sylpia was lost in her thoughts.

A tea party or tea time. When I tried to take Rudrick with me because there was a simple social gathering, I remembered how he always made excuses and pulled out of his feet.

If you forcefully take them out, their mouths will stick out and show that they don’t like it, but when the atmosphere is moderately ripe, the people who don’t like it will remember where they are enjoying themselves and inadvertently.

“Whoops.”

“……?”

At the sound of low laughter, Rudrick, who was munching cotton candy next to him, gave a puzzled look.

It wasn’t too bad to spend time quietly sitting on a bench like this.

No, it wasn’t too bad, it was very good. Anyway, this act of enjoying a festival alone can’t be defined by any other word other than the word date.

Besides, this seat is not someone else’s, but it’s not the plate that Princess Elena, who can be said to be her rival and rival, prepared it herself, although it may not have been her intention.

It’s like a competitor set the table with their own hands. It wouldn’t be polite if I didn’t make the most of this opportunity.

“Rudrick, where do you want to go now? Something you want to see.”

“Hmm… I don’t know.”

“Ahem, then I can’t help it.”

Silpia, who said it cheerfully, shrugged her head as if it couldn’t be helped.

At this time, the calculation was quickly drawn that you should naturally appeal to your charms with a skillful lead.

Basically, there is a perception that species are inferior creatures, so even if you have never had true friendship, it is unlikely that you have wasted hundreds of years living among humans.

It was an intentional action based on such calculations.

As soon as the atmosphere began to move again, the mature and skillful figure that was intended for Rudrick holding hands naturally was immediately broken.

“……Ah.”

“Then shall we go over there?”

In an instant, her cheeks turned red again.

Sylphia could only nod her head at Rudrick, who stretched out his hand and pointed to the place where the people were gathered.

2.

Today was a very satisfying day.

To be honest, there were more people than I thought, and it was uncomfortable for a while. The years I spent in the Earl of Weiss were twenty years.

Sometimes, when you recall the memories of your previous life, how much time has passed? There are times when I am surprised, but the fact that in essence it was a long time ago does not change.

In other words, it meant that it had been almost twenty years since I had been to such a crowded place.

‘It’s a festival, so there are a lot of people.’

On the way back after seeing everything, including the fireworks, the highlight of the festival.

The streets, which were almost as crowded as they were reminiscent of the downtown streets of the previous life, were noticeably quieter as the crowds gradually receded when the festival was over and it was late at night.

For some reason, Sylphia’s talkativeness, which was talkative at first, has noticeably decreased, like a reduced crowd.

I was walking along the promenade that I had passed the first time, but Sylphia, who had been hesitant for a long time next to me, opened her mouth to see if she had something to say.

“Hey, Rudrick…”

“Yes?”

“That… Since the number of people has decreased a lot, you can let go of your hands now…”

“Oh.”

The hand I was holding on to in case I lost it if there were so many people.

I had no idea. If you get lost here and lose your way, that’s a problem on its own. I can’t say ‘I’m looking for Sylphia~ Ludrick, who has lost his way, is desperately looking for me~’, like a broadcast to find lost children with amplification magic.

Coming to think of it, they kept holding hands and walking as if they were on a date.

Write it.

If you keep holding hands like this, it’s going to feel burdensome.

Assuming it was my mistake, I let go of her hand, and Sylphia let out a sigh. I don’t know if it means relief or what it means.

“Sylphia.”

“Yes?”

“Thanks to you, today was fun.”

Still, you must have suffered all day just because you took me around without knowing anything, so I should just say thank you. If not, is that a beast or a person?

Since the world is also like this, the masculinity inside me still couldn’t tolerate it to ask for “Do it” Proudly.

“…….”

However, the dragon wearing a human mask in front of me did not understand the culture of the country of the Orient, where if a person said thank you, you are welcome. .

If I come out like that, what am I to say thank you? I’m embarrassed.

While I was grumbling inside, Sylphia finally responded in a voice the size of a mosquito.

“……No, because I liked it too.”

“You liked it?”

“That! That! It doesn’t mean anything strange! It’s just that it was nice to see the outside for the first time in a while!”

I didn’t mean to ask in that way.

I just nodded my head when I saw him suddenly making a fuss by himself.

“……Anyway! That’s why today was fun for me too!”

“I also enjoyed it. Even though it was a festival, I didn’t expect much, but I didn’t expect there to be fireworks.”

It’s definitely medieval, but I didn’t expect there to be fireworks. In theory, it could be done similarly if you roughly remove it with magic.

Anyway, the moment I reached the front of the imperial palace, thinking that today was a good day.

Meow.

I heard a small cat cry.

When I turned my head at the sudden sound, I saw a familiar looking cat staring at me and Sylphia.

Silver fur and purple eyes.

As far as I know, there is definitely only one cat with that unusual combination.

Actually, it’s just wearing a cat mask like a dragon wearing a human mask next to me, so it’s ambiguous to call it one.

The cat, no Arwen, came up to me with a purring gait and lifted her paws.

“……A hand?”

Meow.

A low-pitched cry as if it wasn’t like that. In the midst of the confusion, unable to guess what the intention was, Arwen bared her teeth at her Sylpia.

hahahaha!

“……Aha, I wanted to see it at least once, but I didn’t expect to see it like this.”

It’s not the look he had just a moment ago, but the cold expression he’s never seen before. Sylphia, coldly brainwashed, added.

“Rudrick, go in first. It looks like this cat has business with me. I’ll play with it and send it off.”

“……Uh, so that cat.”

“Okay?”

“……Yes.”

Actually, when you’re a dragon, you probably already know that it’s not a real cat, it’s Arwen.

…… I thought about it, but I’m not sure.

Looking at Sylfia’s resolute appearance, I wondered if this was right, but I took a step forward.

The two of you will come to an amicable agreement on your own, well.

3.

The patronage of the dark and deserted Imperial Palace.

There is a resident gardener who takes care of it only during the day, but at night like this, it was often used as a place for trysts.

And after coming to a place where there were no people around her, Arwen returned to her original form and opened her mouth while tidying up her clothes.

“Did you like it?”

“If you ask me if I liked it right out of the box, what should I say?”

“I asked if you’d be happy if you were hiding your identity and fooling Rudric like that… But you don’t seem to understand it properly.”

“Ha.”

Sylpia snorted at Arwen’s criticism.

“I don’t think that’s what you’re talking about. Where did you throw away your pride as a true ancestor? You’re sticking around while pretending to be a cat.”

“Whoa…”

“Other bat b*tches must be saddened when they see it. Oh, that’s our ancestor. We became vampires because of that ancestor. You know there’s nothing to say after hearing this, right?”

“I’m sorry, but Rudrick already knows who I am.”

“That’s right. It’s time to feed the cat. Every time I leave, I smell blood. I don’t know?”

“And the fact that I have returned… Rudrick already knows.”

“……What?”

At Arwen’s sudden declaration of a bomb, Sylphea’s eyes widened like a lantern.

As he stared calmly at the expression stained with bewilderment, Arwen quietly added.

“I haven’t talked about the others except myself…But Rudrick probably already guessed, right?”

“…….”

“Rudrick is different from other human aristocrats. He thinks differently, and his thinking is different from that of criminals. You already know how clever he is, since you’ve already been through it.”

“……If you said that, you must have guessed. Even if you don’t know exactly.”

Sylphia muttered something close to complaining.

Arwen nodded her head.

In reality, there were five people who couldn’t even dream that Rudrick knew all the facts, but it was like that when they reasoned only with the given information.

It wasn’t difficult to infer that there were more regressors besides Arwen, and it wasn’t difficult to guess who the rest of the regressors were.

Sylphea, who was biting her lips nervously, returned the arrow to Arwen again.

“……What on earth were you thinking when you said all that? If your mind was straight, you wouldn’t have done that.”

“There’s something wrong with words.”

“Why do other people suffer because of your irresponsible behavior…”

“Wouldn’t that be better than hiding everything like you at least?”

Sylphia was speechless.

I knew about it, but I tried to ignore it. And the guilt of deceiving Rudrick, which continued to subtly settle in a corner of my heart.

She had no reason to tell Rudrick that she had returned, but in other words, she had no reason to hide it.

Hiding the fact did not mean that Rudrick suffered any damage. Rather, it would be more reasonable to say that if Sylphia had returned to Ludrick, he had done it favorably.

She just didn’t have the courage to tell the truth.

“A dragon becomes a disciple of a human mage… That’s not a funny story. Rather, if you had a reputation as a mage, you would have lost it. I don’t have.”

“…….”

“Isn’t it you dragons who have that much pride in their own race? How much more, who is throwing away that pride and clinging to it, who is saying such a thing?”

In contrast to the quiet tone, the sharp criticism became an awl and seemed to pierce the heart.

Every single one of them was just a theory, so there was nothing to refute. Because at least I wasn’t demeaning her by making up the fact that she didn’t have Arwen.

Contempt lingered in his purple eyes as he watched the speechless Silfia.

“To a subject I don’t even have the courage to face.”

“……Don’t say it carelessly. You don’t know anything.”

Kidduk.

Sylphia gritted her teeth.