I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

43. After Sober

1.

I woke up from alcohol, and at the same time, at some point, I woke up from my sleep and opened my eyes.

The first thing I felt was a strange feeling.

What is it, why am I here?

In this way.

“…….”

When I lifted the blanket and looked under it, it was not pajamas but street clothes. It was uncomfortable to toss and turn while sleeping. It’s not to the point of being tight, let’s just say it feels like sleeping in jeans.

I began to slowly reflect on what had happened yesterday, wondering why I fell asleep in my street clothes.

Obviously I went out alone with Eileen, and I went on a date of some sort.

It was just an ordinary day. There wasn’t anything special about it, except that the place where we would go on a date, which would have been common in our previous life, has strangely changed into a medieval fantasy.

And for dinner at the end, we went to the restaurant Eileen used to go to when she was at her academy, and she ate dinner while drinking the drinks that were served.

While drinking…….

“……f*ck?”

I didn’t mean it, but inadvertently, a curse word came out of my mouth.

No, you mean I, who was fine even after rolling a bottle of wheat, got drunk and cut the film after only drinking a few glasses of wine?

That’s ridiculous.

I’m past the age to be proud of the fact that I drink too much, but should I say it’s embarrassing to wake up after the film cuts just because I drank a few glasses of wine?

…… It is not true that alcohol consumption cannot be overcome with grit, but it is not unknown that the innate constitution plays a big role.

It would be easy to understand if I just said that my body in this life was weak to alcohol, but I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

No matter how much alcohol you drink after a long time, it must be because of a hangover that your head has been pounding strangely since before.

“……Oh, that’s absurd.”

You’ve grown weak, Ludrick Weiss.

You should have noticed from the moment the wine felt bitter rather than sweet, but no matter how strong the wine was, the film stopped just because it was served as an accompaniment for a few drinks.

I shook my head when I remembered the memories of my previous life that I had never taken out of a drink.

As I was sighing alone, shaking my head and talking to myself, I could feel the eyes staring at me.

“……Are you awake? I’m not sure what you were thinking, but it’s noisy for talking to yourself.”

A pair of purple eyes stared at me.

A cat curled up at the foot of the bed was looking at me with curious eyes.

“Good morning, Arwen.”

“……Not particularly good.”

I tried to calm her down by saying hello as much as possible, but Arwen let out a sigh.

Don’t keep sighing like a cat. You can’t adapt

“Why is that bad?”

“……Rudrick, do you remember what happened yesterday?”

“……No.”

The attitude naturally became polite.

I’ve never been drunk in my previous life, and I’ve hardly been drunk until the film cuts, so I have no idea what I’ve done. It really wasn’t predictable at all.

When I get drunk, even if someone tries to give me a ride or a taxi, I insist on walking on my feet, and I have a drinking habit of returning home on my own…… Hopefully it will be like that this time too.

“Yes, I’d rather not remember.”

“……What the hell did I do when I was drunk?”

“I was a little sweaty at first, but it was okay considering it’s a side I don’t normally see.”

“So what happened?”

Seeing that Arwen said that much, it was clear that something had happened, but since I couldn’t remember what it was, this side was going crazy.

After that, Arwen didn’t answer and walked out the door with his gun, just like a cat.

…… Go tell me what the hell I did.

First of all, since I’m not human, I wash my face, wash my hair, and change clothes. It’s time to go to the lab.

Then I ran into Master right in front of the lab door.

“Good morning, Mr. Rudrick.”

“Yes, master, did you sleep well?”

“I stayed up all night last night and in the morning I was in poor physical condition. This is why I can’t eat anything for my age. Take good care of Ludrick-kun too.”

Master stuck out his tongue and, as usual, patted me on the shoulder and said as he passed by.

“Oh, the Archduke is supposed to be inside.”

“……Is Eileen still there?”

“I haven’t had an audience with Your Majesty yet, so it looks like you’ll be staying in the capital for a few more days. Also, I heard that Rudrick-kun got drunk yesterday was amazing. hahahaha.”

The teacher who left those words went away.

Again?

At this point, she started to feel afraid. What the hell was I doing when I was drunk, everyone kept quiet and everyone who saw me brought up that story?

After preparing my mind, I opened the door to the lab and saw two people sitting in a chair.

Sylphia and Eileen.

“……Good morning?”

“…….”

“…….”

And at my awkward greeting, the two of them secretly avoided my gaze as if they had promised.

No matter how much I just said, it’s a reaction that can’t help but be hurt structurally.

An awkward silence lingered. It was becoming an atmosphere I really hated. It’s like a self-introduction session at the beginning of the semester where everyone is in an awkward situation.

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Just like when someone tries to say something first, all the eyes of the rest of the group are focused on it and it becomes burdensome, and it naturally creates a suffocating atmosphere as they only look at each other.

Similarly, I couldn’t stand the sight of the two people looking at me without saying a word.

What kind of magic do you study in this atmosphere?

“Eileen and Sylphia.”

They both looked at me. Success in attracting attention first.

“Tell me quickly what the hell happened yesterday.”

“……That’s it.”

Sylpia blurted out her words.

I can’t believe I’m drunk and I’m just cute. Like a novel, bang on the wall! And hey, do it yourself- If it weren’t for the same limbs saying lines that shriveled up, it wouldn’t have stuck together just because it was good.

If that’s true, that’s not the feeling of kicking the covers, but the feeling of suicide by hanging yourself.

I waited anxiously for the next words to come out of Sylpia’s mouth, but Sylpia muttered with her face blushing.

“It was nice because that aspect was new. It was difficult to imagine that you were the usual Ludrick-kun…”

“Thanks to that, I’ve misunderstood you for nothing, but… I guess you need to keep your distance from alcohol, Ludrick.”

After helping Eileen from the side, I lost all strength in my body.

I don’t know what he was talking about, but he seemed to know very well that moving on to the next life is fast.

Yeah, should I just die?

2.

“That’s right.”

Holding the report, Elena muttered, stroking her chin.

Elena Esgeland.

Her supreme position as the second princess of the empire was, of course, a position that allowed her to hold most of her powers in her hands. If you want to, you can read all the top secret information prepared by the counterintelligence team.

The position of the second princess, who could ascend to the throne in case of emergency, had such a meaning.

That’s why.

Elena was lost in her thoughts as she read the written report delivered by the counterintelligence unit.

A visit to the capital of the Archduke of Nord is, of course, inevitably done in the form of using a teleportation magic circle, and due to the characteristics of a high-ranking aristocrat far from the central political world of the empire, his every move is naturally the subject of attention by the imperial counterintelligence force. .

As long as the opponent is the opponent, it is impossible to openly monitor it, but it is an issue that has no choice but to figure out the movement line in advance.

Perhaps as much as Aileen had reached that level, she must have sensed the counterintelligence’s movements implicitly.

Thanks to that, Eileen’s activities yesterday were well organized in the report.

But there was one big problem with that report.

“……I don’t like this.”

Elena clicked her tongue.

At the end of the report, a vassal was attached, and the name of Ludrick Weiss was being discussed for the still vacant seat of the hostess of the Grand Duke of Norse.

To define this report simply and clearly, it would be safe to say that it was a summary of Eileen and Rudrick’s dating history.

Even though she was in the middle of her marriage, Aileen, who lived a life away from men, enjoyed activities that could only be seen as dating with a certain man all day long.

Of course, from the point of view of the Counterintelligence Corps, whose job it is to collect, process, and organize information, Eileen, who hadn’t even had a fiancé so far, has finally thought about getting married.

Her head understood, but Elena’s eyebrows furrowed.

“I should have been there.”

Tsk.

Again Elena clicked her tongue. She didn’t like it really.

Someone was mentally impatient and was rejected face to face after making a irrational decision, leaving her tender heart scarred, while her cousin was enjoying a date under the guise of going out leisurely hahahahahoho.

It was about a billion light years away from the tyrant’s sensibilities.

Who is she?

Elena Esgeland.

Isn’t he the bloodless and tearless emperor who killed even blood relatives of the same blood without hesitation and usurped the throne, and even now, after returning, is making plans step by step and aiming for the throne again?

To borrow the expression before the return, as an emperor wearing a crown that washed away blood with blood, if you liked something and wanted it, you had to get it somehow.

“……I can’t go on like this.”

Muttered, Elena began to ponder.

Failure is the mirror of success, failure is the mother of success.

There is no law that says you should give up just because you’ve been hit once.

Even more so, if it was a plot, it was one of her organs, so it was time to look for a way again without giving up.

At least, Elena’s tenacity wasn’t light enough to break even this much.