I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

25. Maybe pets aren’t so bad…… ?

1.

Taktak.

What was so dissatisfying was that Arwen tapped her floor with her tail.

Lorenzo, who gave me a quick glance, spoke kindly.

“The cat is definitely a monster. It’s a prickly personality. It’ll be troublesome in many ways until it gets on your hands.”

“You were very gentle as a cat before.”

“Well, I don’t know if this old man is covering his face by interfering without notice.”

The story that Lorenzo brought out like a joke penetrated the core.

Rudrick and Arwen flinched almost at the same time, and soon after Rudrick held out his hand, the hesitant Arwen cried a little meow and then approached with a haughty gait.

She said it was a mimic to arouse Lorenzo’s suspicions, but she couldn’t bear to rub her head against Rudrick’s leg like a real cat.

As the ancestor of all vampires, the king of vampires, he couldn’t throw away his last pride and cross the front line.

Lorenzo, who was intrigued by Arwen, who had transformed into a cat again, said with an expression as if she had decided on something.

“Ludrick-kun, you may still find it difficult to understand. It’s just that magicians are this kind of people. I’m not denigrating that you’ve just been lucky and got a great talent, so don’t misunderstand.”

“Yes.”

“To put it in the extreme, sorcerers are mad b*tches. The only difference is that what they desperately desire is knowledge, unlike simple madmen.”

“And that knowledge… It sounds like the unfinished magic that Master just unleashed.”

“That’s right. A passage through which one can peek into the world beyond the source and explore the truth. To be honest, being able to complete this much with my humble talent is close to a miracle. However, I will never give up until the end of my life.” “

Lorenzo’s eyes turned glazed over.

Ironically, Lorenzo himself was the best match for Lorenzo’s meaning of ‘crazy bastard’. The feeling of peeking beyond the abyss that ordinary people cannot understand and do not need to know.

As Ludrick hesitantly stepped back at the expression that showed even the madness, Lorenzo grabbed Rudrick’s hand and said with a snap.

“However, to judge calmly, the probability of reaching the source before I die converges infinitely to 0. That’s why this old man accepted Ludrick-kun and Miss Sylphia as his disciples.”

Taktak.

Arwen, yawning or pacing around Rudrick and pretending not to be interested, tapped her bottom with her tail again.

Lorenzo, unconcerned, added quietly.

“If this old man fails, you and Miss Silfia will complete it.”

“……I know that is the ultimate goal of all mages. But——”

“I know. You have such a magical talent, but you are far from the thoughts and attitude of a mage. But, who knows what lies beyond the source? How was this world created? Why are the basic elements that make up the world fundamental?”

At the rate of questions pouring in like a rapid-fire cannon, Rudrick put on a puzzled expression.

But it didn’t make sense if I recalled the memories of my previous life. In the basic academic field, research was sluggish, and the performance compared to the investment of funds and manpower was extremely low. However, as a result of continuous research, new discoveries have enriched people’s lives.

Thinking that it was roughly the same reason, Rudrick opened his mouth slowly.

“Okay. Let’s do some research.”

“If this old man’s line is impossible, then he’ll just have to carry on. Then one day the day will come when he will be able to come up with answers to all those questions.”

Lorenzo smiled as he let go of Rudric’s hand.

Lorenzo, who tapped him on the shoulder for encouragement, added as he turned and headed down the aisle.

“Then, do as you please today. Use more magic here to get a feel for it, or come out and choose a topic you want to do and research it. Since Her Highness’s Highness has ordered it, I’m thinking of giving you the right to make your own decisions first. “

By the time Lorenzo’s figure had completely disappeared into the passageway full of darkness, and his voice had been drowned out.

Returning back to her original form, Arwen stared at the passage with sharp eyes and shuddered.

“That old man…”

“Huh? Did the two of you fight in the past?”

Rudrick tilted his head at the gaze that was hard to say was pretty even with empty words.

“……It’s not really like that. It just reminded me of bad memories.”

“What if it’s a bad memory?”

“It’s not the time yet, so don’t hold back. Just…”

Arwen, who had been staring at the back of Lorenzo, who had completely disappeared beyond the darkness and could not be seen, for a long time, calmly blinked.

“Those who peep into the abyss are bound to be stained by the abyss someday.”

“……What, that. He said he returned. When you say that, it sounds scary for no reason.”

“The future is a series of uncertainties. No one knows what kind of repercussions a single word I uttered without thinking will bring. So, let’s go back now.”

Arwen, who had changed into a silver-haired cat again to avoid being noticed by others, tapped her on the ground again with her tail.

“Seeing that one of the lizards has already taken action, it seems that she was not in a position to be optimistic.”

2.

It seems like a lot of things happened, but in any case, today, which was a lot of talk and a lot of trouble, ended safely.

Seeing how Arwen reacted harshly as soon as she heard Sylpia’s name, she was worried about what would happen to her when she met her in person, but Sylpia was away from her lab, so her worries didn’t happen. Did not

If Jinjo and the dragon fight and fight, that’s already half the imperial palace.

Aside from that, of course…….

“……Ugh.”

Every time I saw her, she turned into a cat, and I was amazed at how she could talk to people, but Arwen had been in that state the moment he entered her room.

A moan leaked from under the bed.

The moment she entered the room, she stiffened up, then shot herself under the bed and made a grunting sound.

She cuts off her front and back and eats, so I don’t know why.

‘Lack of blood?’

As soon as she sat down on the bed she heard a sound that got louder, a hypothesis came to mind. No matter how true it is, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to drink blood at all.

Isn’t it possible enough?

A lot of time has passed since other people became aware of the regression. It’s already been over a week, but Arwen finally showed up.

So you’re saying it took a week to get to the imperial capital in a straight line, but that could mean you haven’t drunk blood in over a week.

In her head, the skeleton grew flesh and became more and more plausible.

Well, if you look at something like an anime, at this point, you’ll slowly pretend like you know everything and hold out your arms. What is that

I went straight into action.

She was sitting on the bed, and when she lowered her head and looked down at her, her eyes met with purple eyes that were shining even under the dark bed.

“Arwen.”

“Why, why, why are you calling me?”

“I shouldn’t have told you.”

“I don’t know what that means all of a sudden. I shouldn’t have said it…”

“Do you want to see me for a second?”

“……?”

As soon as our eyes met, Arwen flinched and then cautiously walked out from under the bed. Her silver hair, which still shimmered in the light, was dust-free.

This is also interesting. Is it magic

When I lifted Arwen, who walked out with a vague idea, she resisted and fluttered like a freshly caught fish, but immediately calmed down when I sat on her lap.

In fact, from the outside, it was hard to believe that the substance was not just a vampire, but a true ancestor. It wasn’t anything like it, it was just a cat.

Now, there is no sense of incongruity even if it is a cat in a video that I used to watch in YouTube videos in my previous life, or who gave vicarious satisfaction while watching other people raise it.

I asked while stroking Arwen’s fur, who had become so calm that it wouldn’t be strange if someone thought it was a stuffed cat.

“Arwen, can you vampirize even in cat form?”

“……Are you saying that all of a sudden?”

“If it’s not enough blood, I’ll tell you. I thought you were sick because you were moaning under the bed for no reason.”

“It’s not like that…”

“It doesn’t matter because I know how to use recovery magic.”

It is polite and a virtue to decline the first time or two even if the other person recommends something, and it is the same in this world. Especially if it’s an upper class like the nobility.

Actually, it’s like asking for blood openly from the point of view of living on top of it, and since it’s name is the Imperial Palace, you won’t be able to suck blood by attacking passers-by.

Well, what can I do? I must understand with a broad mind.

I concentrated mana on the tip of my index finger, and instead of discharging it, I locked it in my finger and let it explode.

With a stinging feeling as if pricked by a needle, drops of blood welled up from the tips of my fingers.

As soon as he smelled her blood, Arwen flinched again.

According to what I read in the book, it was stated that vampires’ vampirism is similar to a basic human need. It is similar to eating on time and sleeping on time.

Perhaps even true ancestors cannot be free from their instincts, Arwen’s gaze was pierced and fixed on my fingers.

“Come on.”

“……I won’t hold back.”

As soon as she held out her finger, Arwen licked her fingertips, still in their transformed state.

Because of this, it seems that the atmosphere has become strict for no reason. For a long time, she silently gave up blood at the tickling feeling she felt from her fingertips.

After a while, Arwen muttered quietly.

“At first, I thought it was nonsense for you to transform into a pet, a cat.”

“Huh?”

“… But now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem that bad.”

In any case, more than I thought.

Arwen shook her head.

Thanks to that, I was able to witness the rare scene of a cat shaking its head like a human.

…… So I don’t know if that means I like it or if it means I don’t like it.