There Are Too Many Second Male Leads!

Treasure hunt (6)

Aster walked holding to his title as a majestic heir to the throne to where his aide was. As his steps got closer, the aide who was standing in front of me threatening still now, took a step back.

“I heard that Princess  Clemend had the stolen royal memorabilia robe so I was inquiring about its authenticity.”

“Inquiries about authenticity? Really? Hmm, who made such a ridiculous statement in the first place? me?”

The aide was quite taken aback by Aster’s words, ‘a nonsensical expression with anger.’ He looked at Dorothy who was a step away, and told the truth.

“Well, this is reported by Princess Vallière.”

“Did I say it was stolen?”

Aster’s sharp eyes turned to Dorothy. As a crown prince Aster had always treated the nobles with respect, but now his tone was more harsh, Dorothy lowered her head so that only the top of her head was visible.

“Well, you were looking around the whole time you were in the banquet hall, and Lady Clement happened to be holding a royal memento in her hand…”

“So now? Are you saying that just because I looked around? You framed Princess  Clemend for stealing?”

“Oh, no! It’s not what I meant! That’s not it! I just want to help the Crown Prince…!”

“You did something useless.”

Aster’s behavior of completely ignoring Dorothy and her pride made the surroundings become extremely quiet.

Although he maintained a respectful tone as if he was honoring Lady Vallière, his every word was reprimanding Dorothy’s behavior.

‘Even if you wanted to make a good impression, it seems he only knows how to get angry now…”

I felt a strange sense of imbalance and inequity. His soft features earlier had hardened, and when he, who seemed to only speak out kind words spat out sharp words, I felt that it didn’t really suit him.

“Are you okay?”

He suddenly shifted his gaze from Dorothy to me and asked.

‘Okay! ‘This suits you!’

Unlike when he was dealing with Dorothy, his voice towards me was filled with warm concern. He was only kind to me, and he was the one who went out of his character to save me from a difficult situation.

‘Is it the crown prince the real male lead at this level?’

Thanks to Aster’s appearance, the ladies’ whispering stopped. I’m glad the misunderstanding was resolved, but I felt a chill on the back of my head. The gazes of the ladies who were watching Aster’s every move had turned to me; their gazes were so intense that the backs of my head seemed to bore into me.

He seems like a strong candidate for the male lead… Do you also have a lot of rivals? haha.

“I’m sorry for making you uncomfortable by misunderstandings like this.”

The sweet apology brought sighs from all over. Some of the ladies seemed to be confused by the prince’s gentle attitude, while others seemed to disapprove of the prince’s unusually generous attitude towards me. At that time, the aide who was watching from behind asked.

“Then why is this royal memento in the hands of Princess Clement…”

” …”

When the aide raised a question as if he was still suspicious, Aster let out a small sigh and turned towards the aide.

“I give this to the princess…”

“I picked up the fallen robe!”

I hit the answer first before Aster could say that he had given me a royal memento. Aster made a puzzled face as if asking why she would lie like that but I gave him a strong look and told him to pretend not to know. To tell the truth, it was because I judged that it would not be good for Aster.

“I picked up the fallen robe and realized that it was a valuable item belonging to His Majesty the Crown Prince, so I was waiting to return it.”

At my explanation, the aide again looked at Aster as if confirming the fact.

“…There were a lot of people in the banquet hall, so I just tried to receive it in a quiet place.”

When Aster agreed with my opinion, I smiled brightly.

“yes! That’s it!”

Phew. Her hard work was worth it. I was just about to say goodbye to go back to the banquet hall, satisfied with my excuse that no one got hurt.

“Didn’t Princess Clement say that she lost her memory?”

“yes?”

When the aide raised another question, I stiffened and looked at him.

“How did you know that this was a keepsake of the royal family?”

I wanted to say that I learned about it through my classes with Isabella,but I couldn’t let everyone here know that I had classes with her now, so I had lied about the time of my awakening. I was speechless as I remembered Chase’s warning to be very careful not to let word leak out to the temple after Archbishop Berger’s visit.

Should I say I picked it up while passing by? Or should I just say I had a feeling? no. There’s no way that strict-looking aide would overlook something like that. I was nervous and felt that if I hesitated any longer Aster would come forward and reveal the truth again.

What do we do? oh my god! What’s best?

It was a time when my head was overloaded with various worries.

“I told her.”

A low voice came from a place where there was no sign of human presence. The person leaning against the tree with his arms crossed was none other than Enoch.

‘ah. System Didn’t you say that the restraint is effective for a short period of time after it is activated?

Enoch, who was already released from custody, walked towards aide by his own free will.

“I had nothing to talk about and was bored, so we chatted for a while. Is there a problem?”

His golden eyes glowed as if they were going to burn the aide at any moment. As black smoke gathers behind him like a haze, the noble ladies who belatedly realized Enoch’s identity, hold their breath as if they were nervous.

“No, no problem.”

The aide also seemed to have realized his identity and immediately lowered his head. Enoch, who sensed the people’s fear leisurely, raised the corner of his mouth.

“Princess  Clemend. I have something to tell you. Would you like to come with me?”

Enoch grabbed my wrist as if he didn’t need to hear my answer.

At that moment, I and Enoch disappeared from the garden without a trace.

The strong scent of musk he left behind was in the air, and Aster, who was left behind clenched his empty fist with an emotionless expression on his face.

“How did this happen…”

The aide who remained in the garden asked Aster after confirming that the two people were gone. He asked how he should tell the Emperor of Lumansia.

‘Even in this situation, I can’t believe I’m just looking for something to say to the emperor.’

Aster looked pitifully at his aide and spoke with a stern face.

“I guess I should reprimand you for daring to discredit Princess Clement.”

“yes? Ha, but!”

The aide glanced at Dorothy as if feeling aggrieved.

“Of course, Princess Vallière will not be able to avoid responsibility.”

Dorothy, who had stiffened at Aster’s words, was startled and hurriedly bowed her head in front of Aster.

“S-sorry! If you make this incident never happen…!”

“The main character of the banquet is gone, so let’s go.”

Ignoring Dorothy’s words, Aster walked forward with long strides. As Dorothy was treated as if she was not worth looking at, the voices of the ladies around her grew louder.

“Well, are you ignoring Lady Vallière?”

“How! “You were the most likely candidate for crown princess!”

“Can’t you see? “Who is the most powerful?”

“no way! Lady Clement?”

The noble ladies left the place one by one, leaving Dorothy in misery. Dorothy was left alone in the garden, which was crowded with people.

‘What did I do to them… … !’

The betrayal of the ladies who had flattered me so much was just a moment. Dorothy, who had not had great expectations from a pretentious social circle but had never expected to collapse in an instant like this, trembled in humiliation.

‘Roella Clemend…!’

I’m going to step on it, I’m going to step on it, I’m going to step on it!

Dorothy’s lifeless eyes shone with a cruel look.

* * *

The moment I gave Enoch my hand, the surrounding environment changed dramatically. The ladies wearing colorful dresses disappeared and appeared in a room filled with black. I looked around the solid gray brick surroundings.

Black bed, black mirror, grey floor. There was no color whatsoever. Enoch was transferred to us in a suffocatingly dark place. Only then did I realize that Enoch was still holding my wrist, so I shook off his hand.

“what? Where am I?”

Only then did Enoch look back at me. This place seems to be in darkness, even though there is definitely light. Black hair that goes well with the pitch-black darkness, and Enoch’s golden eyes shining within it.

Actually while asking this question, I felt like I knew where this place was.

“my room.”

“……”

My face turned red as the place wasn’t much different from what I expected. I was embarrassed and shouted out loud.

“Is it okay to just bring me in here like this? If it’s the magic tower owner’s room, shouldn’t that be possible?”

“You probably did the most of  things you shouldn’t do to a magic tower lord, right?”

My mouth fell shut, unable to refute his words. Enoch walked slowly leaving me unable to move. His face, which was above me high suddenly came down towards me. I quickly took a half step back to increase the distance between me and him.

“Shouldn’t you first say thank you before asking what you want to ask?

“Who said that?”

“……”

That’s what I said to him at the mansion. She felt strange receiving back the words he had spoken in anger at Enoch in their entirety.

In order to keep my word, I spoke in a quiet voice.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I escaped safely from the aide.”

“There are so many secrets in you.”

He muttered bluntly and walked away from me. Enoch walked around me at a slow pace with an expression on his face that was pondering something. I was nervous and paid close attention to his every step. Finally, his feet stood tall.

“Okay. I will believe everything you say.”

“uh?”

“It’s true that you lost your memory. I didn’t know before I found out, and I picked up the royal family’s belongings without knowing.”

“Huh?”

Unable to trust Enoch’s obedient reaction, I made a strange noise. It didn’t end there.

“I won’t even ask where the potion came from. I won’t ask you how Princess  Clemend, who can’t even handle mana and just woke up from her sick bed, used telepathic magic on me or how she put a restraining sphere on the lord of the Tower of Magic.”

Why is he like this? Ironically, I became even more nervous at the sight of him easily relenting from the persistence that seemed like he would follow me to the ends of the earth and ask questions.

“Untie it instead.”

“What?”

“The restraints you put on me. I won’t annoy you anymore so let it go.”

omg!

As soon as he finished speaking, I recalled the system message that came to mind when I used the restraint device.

[This applies indefinitely until the ‘restriction is lifted’.]

Lifting the restraints… so it’s not yet lifted😳?