I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

40. Alcohol is a problem

1.

After that, a common and normal dating course followed.

Compared to Rudrick’s previous life, it was natural that there were not enough things to see or enjoy compared to the more developed modern world, but even so, the places where people live are usually similar.

Even more so if it was the capital with the largest population in the empire and the most economically and culturally developed.

The two were already far from ordinary lives, but the course of the date was no different from that of ordinary noble children.

A normal date course where you can watch a performance by a famous band in a fancy theater, walk around the city and look at people and shops.

And it was getting dark now, so I was about to enter a nearby cafe.

It’s been more than four or five hours since the two started dating, not dating.

“Still, I can say that I had a good day today.”

“Yes, but it’s interesting.”

“What do you mean?”

Eileen asked, holding a cup of coffee with a calm expression as usual.

Time is medicine, and thanks to that, the beating of Rudrick’s face or even being aware of the fact that they were on a date had calmed down to some extent.

“Because if you go around with Eileen, she’ll be seen and recognized. But you’re a Norse duke.”

“What else am I saying?”

Eileen sighed.

“It may sound a little strange when I say this, but there are more people who don’t know my face than people who know me.”

“Why? But he’s a grand duke.”

“Because there’s no way a high-ranking noble who knows my face would walk around a place like this leisurely like we do.”

“Oh.”

Rudrick nodded his head in agreement.

Even though she was the one with whom she was able to talk comfortably, Eileen was clearly the legitimate ruler of the Principality of Nord and the Archduke of the Ezekiel Land Empire.

Originally, Rudrick wasn’t able to have a comfortable conversation, and he was about to realize that even seeing his face was difficult.

Eileen said, putting down the half-left coffee cup.

“Should I wake up now?”

“Do you want to have dinner?”

“Yes.”

It was dusk outside.

It wasn’t strange that the sun was going down, since they had left the imperial palace since lunchtime and wandered around for a long time, but it also meant that the time was quickly approaching for this happy date to come to an end.

Eileen’s mission to escort Rudrick and leave a pleasant memory for him by sending him back with dinner was also successfully completed.

“Is there anything you’d like to eat for dinner? It’s been a while since I’ve been to the capital. I know of a few nice restaurants, though.”

“……Uh, well, can’t we just go somewhere?”

Perhaps he was at a loss for words at the sudden question, Rudrick thought for a moment before asking cautiously.

Of course, it wasn’t the meaning of ‘anything’ that women commonly did in Rudrick’s previous life, it meant to literally eat anything.

There’s no restaurant in the capital that I know of, and I don’t know of any variety of food either. If you had to say the meals you ate in the Earl of Weiss or the meals you ate in the lab, that was the menu.

“…….”

However, Eileen stood tall and motionless, like a broken machine.

It would have been enough to interpret Rudrick’s words as they are, but he couldn’t understand the author’s intention and was speechless.

Anything.

It was the most difficult requirement in the world. It is like a kind of subjective question in which you have to figure out the other person’s hidden taste or intention and give the right answer.

Even if Rudrick didn’t say it with that intention, it was enough to overload Eileen’s head.

Eileen, who had been struggling for a long time, carefully brought her words out.

“She’s… There’s a place where she was often stopped by when she was a student at the academy.”

“Then we can go there. It’s a restaurant, right?”

“The food is delicious, but…”

Eileen hesitated.

This is because it was not a fancy restaurant that she would go to on a date course with her lover. A place frequented by adventurers who mainly work near the capital, where the food is plentiful and delicious. Rather, it was a place that operated both an inn and a restaurant, which was hard to find in the capital city.

It’s been several years since she graduated from the academy, but the food is probably still as good as it is. If the food wasn’t delicious in the first place, she wouldn’t have visited that place often when Eileen was attending her academy.

However, there was no point in taking Rudrick with him.

“…If you go, you might be disappointed.”

“Why? The taste is different every time?”

“No, it’s not like that. Just…”

Eileen, who had a very unwilling expression on her face, stood up as if she couldn’t help it.

The die has been cast by the time she has already brought up her story.

All I can do now is ask heaven to please Rudrick.

The place I left the cafe and headed was not the colorful streets of the capital, but a small, shabby inn in a back alley.

If it wasn’t for the signboard, it’s so secluded that you wouldn’t even know it’s running a restaurant.

Eileen glanced sideways at Rudrick. She had a nervous look on her face, wondering what to do if she was disappointed.

But Rudrick didn’t look disappointed at all.

‘This is a restaurant recommended by locals.’

Rather, I had more expectations after seeing the location of the restaurant. If it has been in business for several years in a place with poor accessibility, the taste of food is already guaranteed.

Eileen let out a small sigh of relief as she harbored her anticipation with her bright eyes, and as she opened the door to her restaurant and entered, a middle-aged woman carrying her food looked at Eileen and smiled. Did.

“Who is this, isn’t Neely? This is the first time since graduating from the academy. So, how are you?”

“As you can see.”

The owner of the restaurant and Eileen already know each other.

A woman with a big smile patted Eileen on the shoulder and said with her coy eyes.

“Yes, a boyfriend next to you?”

“……Not really like that.”

“What isn’t it? It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but who would have thought you’d bring a boyfriend? That mugwort.”

“……There are too many useless words now and then.”

“hahahaha, it’s nice to see you after a long time. Instead, I’ll give you a lot of service today, so come often. I almost forgot my face.”

The owner, who had only been talking to himself as if pouring out, quickly disappeared into the kitchen, and Rudrick, who sat down, asked with a dumbfounded face.

“Who is Neely?”

“……It’s a pseudonym.”

“From what I’ve heard, they don’t seem to know Eileen’s identity at all.”

Rudrick made a puzzled expression.

In this pre-modern caste system society, it was not a commoner’s words and actions toward a Norse grand duke. No matter how close you are.

But when I thought about it for a bit, I quickly came to terms with it.

At first glance, the owner’s reaction was understandable if Eileen, who seemed to have gone alone, introduced herself as a commoner, and introduced herself by her pseudonym, Neely, not Eileen.

‘Ah, that pseudonym is also an anagram in the first place.’

A pseudonym created by reversing the spelling of Eileen.

Besides, judging by the fact that they disappeared straight into the kitchen without taking food orders, it seems that they used this place often.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, and I still talk a lot. That’s too much.”

“It could be. You don’t seem to have guessed Eileen’s identity. So why did you use a pseudonym in the first place?”

“……Whoops.”

Eileen grumbled and shook her head.

There were no disadvantages except that the owner was very talkative, fussy, and noisy because there were many people using it. In particular, the food is plentiful and delicious.

There is a reason Eileen used it often when she was in the academy.

And it wasn’t long before the food arrived.

“Why is it so hard to see your face? Is the life of an adventurer difficult? Come often and raise some sales.”

“……I’ll try, but I don’t think I remember ordering alcohol.”

“Service.”

Eileen put on a puzzled expression as she left those words and watched her disappear back into the kitchen.

The type of food was average. A table prepared with stew and bread, foods that would be eaten in an ordinary family home, and familiar to Rudrick.

However, there was an extra bottle of wine that was quite strong to accompany it as an accompaniment.

“……I don’t particularly enjoy alcohol.”

“Not to the extent that I like it either.”

Eileen pondered for a moment, then she set the wine bottle aside. She already knew that Rudrick didn’t like to drink.

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Just.

Rudrick brought back the wine Eileen had put aside.

“…… Huh?”

“It was given as a service, but it would be a shame if I didn’t eat it.”

“Well, Rudrick. Whatever is convenient for you.”

Eileen nodded her head.

Then, the two of them had different thoughts.

Eileen’s biggest mistake was not to stop Rudrick from saying that it was too strong to drink, and Rudrick was misunderstanding one part.

I don’t know, because he’s never drunk enough to get drunk.

The fact that injections and alcohol consumption are not affected by ‘memories of past lives’ but by ‘current body’.

It’s not that he doesn’t drink well, and even when he’s drunk, he just falls asleep in a daze, this fact that Rudrick is ‘mistaking’ that it’s his injections.

Perhaps it was the root cause of the tragedy that would result.

Squeeze.

Rudrick poured the wine into a glass before the meal and smelled the aroma. The unique smell of bitter alcohol lay on the base, and the subtle grape scent permeated through it.

Rudrick, who had filled Eileen’s glass, raised his own and said.

“Cheers.”

“……Then, cheers.”

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Jallang.

The glasses collided with a cheerful sound.