I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

44. The Big Picture

1.

Hiding behind the scenes and scheming was good enough to be considered as Elena’s specialty.

Of course, that didn’t mean that Elena was a tremendous genius who was different from other normal people and would come up with tricks others didn’t think of.

But the reason it was Elena’s specialty and talent was simple.

Elena was able to use the given situation better than anyone else, and her ability to grasp the situation was superior to that of others.

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Just like now.

“……That’s right.”

Elena licked her lips as she reviewed the mountain of paperwork piled up in front of her eyes.

In fact, there are not so many fields where she can get involved in her state affairs. After all, Elena was the second princess, treated as an accessory in preparation for her older sister, the crown princess, in case of emergency.

Even though he has many swanky titles, such as a duke, a marquess, or a count, proof of that is that he has little territory or real power.

But now was the right time.

“What a wonderful opportunity.”

Elena was stunned as she picked out only the necessary items from among the paperwork piled up on her desk.

Her mother, the Emperor of the Empire, has recently been bedridden.

And the crown princess has been away from the capital for weeks to deal with the commotion near the border. Naturally, certain parts of state affairs that should have been dealt with by the emperor or the princess fell into Elena’s hands.

That didn’t mean that she had the right to decide on sensitive issues in terms of military or diplomatic aspects, but this level of decision-making power was enough for Elena to make a solid plan.

Elena’s gaze shifted to the paperwork in front of her eyes.

It was a plan by practitioners on how to hold a festival and ball to commemorate the impending birthday of the emperor.

‘Originally, since the emperor fell ill, I would have tried to simply pay the bill and finish it……. I can’t do that if things turn out like this.’

Since she is a place where the most noble members of the empire gather together to promote her friendship and solidarity, Elena thought that she could not avoid taking it at all and leaned toward making it as simple as possible.

However, her extraordinary judgment began to run wild in the direction of Ammon.

The right to decide how to hold the festival celebrating the birthday of the emperor and the accompanying ball is entirely in Elena’s hands.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the biggest event of the year in the Empire, so if you make good use of this situation, achieving Elena’s lofty aspirations and ambitions won’t be a problem.

Each.

A picture was instantly drawn in her mind, and the corners of Elena’s mouth naturally went up. How should she resolve this situation so that she can turn it to her best advantage?

Thanks to the quick calculation.

Elena, who had chosen a plan to hold the event as splendidly as usual and stamped her approval, called her staff.

“Did you call, Her Highness the Princess?”

“I heard that she was proud of drafting plan number 3, is that true?”

“Yes, it is.”

The staff member who ran straight to Elena’s call lowered her head, and the corner of Elena’s mouth went up a notch and drew a strange arc.

Elena added leisurely, handing over the plan with the stamp on it, just as the corners of her mouth raised.

“I’ve decided to adopt your plan. It’s the most organized.”

“Thank you, Your Highness. I am at a loss as you appreciate my poor plan.”

“But there is a part to be improved…”

“I will listen.”

Helena had the smile of a winner. Elena whispered in a coy voice like an irresistible devil’s temptation with that smile that seemed evil at first glance.

“I want to widen the game as much as possible than the original draft. Do you understand what I mean?”

“Yes.”

“I believe that if it is your ability, it will be possible.”

Everything went according to plan.

2.

If there is one good thing about coming to the capital, first of all, the infrastructure itself is solid, so there are many things to do.

In other words, there was no time to feel bored.

Wizards are busy just learning magic, so where’s the time to play? I have nothing to say, but there is a saying that geniuses can’t beat people who work hard, and people who work hard can’t beat people who enjoy it.

Then I’m a genius, so wouldn’t it be okay to become a genius who enjoys it even if it’s not hard work?

Thoughts that someone would think would be pitiful if they heard it ran wildly in my head without restraint.

That’s also true, nothing special happened for a few days after the drunkenness incident, and I was spending my schedule going through all the magic books called magic books at random.

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Just go and ask Master whenever you have a problem, or ask Sylphia if Master is busy.

In fact, in terms of her abilities as a mage, no matter how much Master is a great mage, Sylphea is a dragon, so how can they be compared? Crowd, crowd.

“……Would you like to calculate the formula a little differently for this? There are useless four limbs attached to learning just by looking at the book, and above all, learning the senses is a different matter for each wizard, so there is no help.”

“Is it just a matter of changing the formula and substituting it?”

“First of all, it’s like that, but it’s a problem that Rudrick-kun has to get a feel for by doing it himself. I can’t tell you how to do it because everyone’s method is different.”

“Aha.”

So, even now, I was asking Sylphia what was blocking her. It’s hard to get used to the occasional blushing whenever you see me since the drunken incident, but I still have to ask about things I don’t know.

I tried to change the recovery magic technique I learned before to a wide area magic with a little twist, but it didn’t work out as well as I thought.

Anyway, the world was a network. Seeing that it was resolved immediately after asking Sylphia.

I don’t know what I was doing before returning to get seduced by five women, but thanks to that, I’ve been able to live and receive one-on-one private lessons from dragons.

…… Conversely, he could have died early because he was punished by five women.

Well, I need to be careful in this life.

It’s been awhile since I’ve returned to my seat and thought stupid things. After several trials and errors, I was able to succeed right away by doing as Silfia told me.

Certainly, as I forcibly twisted and transformed the magic formula, a feeling that did not connect smoothly when using magic, as if it was forcibly twisted somewhere, remained on my fingertips. This must have been what Silfia meant.

Anyway, seeing that this can be solved so simply, I am realizing the truth of the world once again that the world is run by school ties, regional ties, and blood ties.

Knocked up.

The door to Master’s laboratory opened, and Master came out with an excited expression and shouted.

“Mr. Rudrick! Good news!”

“Suddenly good news?”

“Ludrick-kun’s practice schedule, which had been requested by Her Highness the Princess, has been set. It was worthwhile for this old man to become the knight commander!”

“Oh.”

I forgot.

Thinking about it, he said that he needed to go through actual combat, so he decided to accompany the Imperial Knights as war mages when they went out to subdue monsters with regular training.

I forgot about it because things weren’t progressing, but there were definitely times when such words were exchanged.

I didn’t mind too much considering it was just training. I haven’t even used magic in real combat yet. It wouldn’t be too bad to just go through a real battle at this point – it was about the same feeling.

Suddenly, Sylpia next to her asked with her eyes twinkling.

“Master, is that including me?”

“Miss Sylfia wanted to experience a real battle, so I asked His Highness to join me…”

Master hesitated, blurring his words, then continued.

“I’ll borrow Your Highness’s expression. He told me not to look for excuses to be by his side when he doesn’t need it. I’m not sure what that means.”

“……Chit.”

Sylpia, whose complexion suddenly darkened, frowned.

Honestly, why do dragons need to go through some kind of real battle, so why don’t they join forces to subdue monsters? As a cause, that makes no sense.

After a brief moment of mourning toward Sylphia, who had been fired right at the entrance, I asked Master.

“So when was it supposed to depart?”

“Tomorrow.”

“……Yes?”

I asked again, doubting my ears, wondering if I had heard it wrong.

“It’s tomorrow. There will be a big festival soon in commemoration of the Emperor’s birthday. At that time, a large number of Imperial Knights will be mobilized to stand guard, so it would be better to get rid of it quickly before then.”

“So suddenly…?”

The military training is not suddenly notified the day before, but there is something strange about this neighborhood.

“Then I don’t have time to be here right now? Wouldn’t it be not enough to pack and prepare right away…”

“hahahaha, you got it right!”

As if waiting for those words, Master pushed me on the back.

The gesture of going up quickly and not preparing.

I was accidentally pushed out of the lab and looked at Master with absurd eyes, but Master smiled warmly and said,

“By the way, it’s not like I forgot to inform Rudrik-kun late. The official letter for cooperation and recruitment regarding this case arrived only this morning, right?”

“……Then you could have told me in the morning.”

“I was concentrating on my research, so I just saw the official notice. I’m sorry.”

And with those words, the door to the lab closed.

“…….”

As I stared at the closed door for a long time, I had to hold back even though there were many things I wanted to say.