It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 186

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

Episode 186

“Hey, Kal? Your expression looks kind of scary? Hm?”

“Then push me away. If you say you don’t want this, I won’t do anything.”

As Kalior’s face slowly tilted down and Elenora finally squeezed her eyes shut at that moment.

“What a pathetic display you’re putting on.”

Along with a cold voice, an eerie chill reminiscent of the heart of the Gardbale Mountains swept through the corridor.

It wasn’t simply a matter of mood. Cold air settled heavily in the indoor area that had been warm like spring, and thick frost began forming on the previously transparent windows.

Crrrack.

And as if to put a period on this absurd situation, an icicle as massive as a building pillar hung down from the ceiling.

“If you don’t separate right now, what’s above your heads is going to fall.”

Before Termion had even finished speaking, Kalior whipped around and stood properly with his hands clasped behind his back.

Elenora also stepped awkwardly to the side with a stiffly frozen face, rolling her eyes around.

Termion’s aura presence was far too murderous for them to dare open their mouths.

“Elly.”

“Y-yes?”

“Explain what you were just doing, logically and systematically based on the five W’s and one H.”

“W-well, you see…”

Elenora slyly turned her head and made eye contact with Kalior.

Kalior showed a faint smile as if to say it was okay, but seeing that expression, a growling sound flowed from Termion’s mouth.

“Turn your head away and look down.”

“…Yes.”

“I, I will!”

Elenora reflexively shouted, but the moment she made eye contact with Termion, her body flinched and trembled.

Still, she didn’t avoid his gaze and continued speaking.

“I received a message from Teacher telling me to come to the break room so Kalior and I were hurrying over when I suddenly almost fell and got pushed against the wall so Kalior caught me and that’s how that situation happened but I don’t know what Uncle was thinking but it’s all a misunderstanding!”

“…”

“I-it’s really true…”

Though she had explained so boldly, receiving Termion’s fierce glare made her head naturally shrink back.

Termion looked at his niece with disdain and curled his finger.

“Such a little thing already acting so frivolously.”

Flick!

“Oww!”

“So then, Kalior. Your one and only friend is being so desperate like this, so what do you have to say?”

“…Should I bang my head on the ground?”

A cheap question completely unsuitable for his status as an imperial prince popped out. Then Elenora covered her stinging forehead with her palm and shouted.

“How much do you usually terrorize the kid, Uncle!”

“What did you do right to be talking so big?”

“He’s trembling like a puppy soaked in rain! Don’t you feel sorry for him?”

“Of all the analogies you could make…”

As Kalior, who had suddenly become a puppy, muttered as if dumbfounded, both uncle and niece’s heads whipped around simultaneously.

“Is that what’s important right now?!”

“Where do you get off talking back? Stand up straight.”

…The future of the Retis family house, was this really okay? Was it acceptable for uncle and niece to be this similar?

Kalior was genuinely swept up in deep doubt.

“Teacher! Waaah!”

When Elenora entered the break room and immediately threw herself into her arms, Ailesia, who had been half-lying on the sofa, couldn’t hide her uncomfortable expression.

“Why don’t you put some saliva in your eyes or something?”

“Does it show?”

“Completely.”

Ailesia’s complexion was much better than before. Elenora, who was clinging tightly to her side, grumbled with a deliberately sulky voice.

“Do you know how shocked I was when you called me with that dying voice? You were even lying down.”

“I was a bit flustered too.”

“You’ve almost never been like this. The Imperial Palace definitely has bad energy.”

The playfulness completely disappeared from Elenora’s face. She looked at various parts of Ailesia’s body with a pitying expression.

Watching this, Termion let out a hollow laugh as if astounded.

“Someone who says she was shocked was distracted on the way here?”

“That was an accident! How many times do I have to tell you Uncle misunderstood!”

“An accident? What’s this about a misunderstanding?”

Uncle and niece, who had started glaring at each other again, seemed to have no leisure to answer her question.

Naturally turning her head the other way, Kalior was rambling about something else with his face slightly flushed.

“…How are you feeling physically?”

“Much better. Well enough to dance at the banquet hall.”

“You can’t!”

“You cannot.”

As if they hadn’t just been glaring at each other, identical answers popped out of Termion and Elenora’s mouths.

Ailesia slightly frowned and this time asked the other side.

“Do you know why they’re acting like this, Your Highness?”

“I’m curious too…”

“How’s the atmosphere at the banquet hall?”

“Nothing special is happening. All the imperial family members except me should be over there.”

“All of them? Then the First Imperial Consort and Second Imperial Consort, and the other princes too?”

“The Third Prince has been there since earlier. He probably arrived even before I did.”

“Is that so…?”

Just as Ailesia was about to fall into thought, someone’s back of hand touched her forehead.

“Your fever has completely gone down. How do you feel inside?”

“I’m fine now. Probably won’t have any more problems today.”

If problems did arise, that could actually be considered more fortunate.

Her magical power was already in a perfectly stable state. But if it reacted again, that would mean a being related to demonic energy had approached even closer.

The moment she felt something wrong with her body, just confirming who was in the banquet hall would greatly narrow down the suspects.

It would most likely be someone from the First Imperial Consort’s side.

“Still, just in case, please rest a little longer.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’ll go get something to drink.”

“You should wear this.”

Ailesia pointed to the coat that had been covering her body the whole time. However, Termion just stared down at her silently.

“There are blankets and shawls provided here. What if unnecessary rumors start if you walk around dressed like that?”

“…Just who is worrying about whom here, tsk.”

Whatever was so displeasing, Termion clicked his tongue briefly and picked up his coat. Then a blanket from the pile stacked against one wall came flying through midair.

“Huh?”

“What? Did Uncle do that?”

Termion put on his coat without saying anything. He only spoke after covering Ailesia with the blanket so that even her shoulders were completely hidden.

“I’ll be back.”

“Uh…”

Before Ailesia could properly respond, Termion turned around and grabbed Kalior’s neck.

“You’re having an interview with me.”

“You don’t need to go to such lengths to look after me.”

“Make your assertions while considering your opponent.”

In the end, Kalior was dragged out of the break room with an awkward smile.

Thud.

The two priests who had been staring at the break room door that closed with a low sound burst into laughter simultaneously.

“My goodness, the prince can’t even move?”

“It’s a bit unexpected. Kal isn’t exactly mild-mannered either.”

“Really?”

“Do you know how much he turns people inside out while grinning? And he’s so polite while doing it. He never uses a single curse word.”

Was there such a scene in the original work? He did show a somewhat sly side when dealing with Elenora, but I didn’t get the impression he was particularly sharp-tongued.

“That aside, what happened?”

“I should be asking you first? You asked Termion to keep watch nearby, didn’t you?”

“It was almost sunset, so I thought just in case. What would have happened if Uncle wasn’t there?”

“Well, Melbarik would have helped.”

Even if that had been the case, there probably wouldn’t have been any major problems.

Melbarik wasn’t exactly loose-lipped either. He didn’t seem like the type to pry into what was going on in that situation.

“Then in the end, that man found out, didn’t he?”

“We can’t hide it forever anyway. He would have found out eventually.”

“But still…”

Our Little One worries too much. Ailesia patted Elenora’s cheek and smiled brightly.

“It’s okay. Teacher will handle it.”

Since she had already shown that side of herself, there was no way to gloss over it appropriately.

It wasn’t just anyone else, but the Magic Tower Master. How could Melbarik not know what it meant for a mage’s hair color to change?

Not wanting to continue with complicated worries, Ailesia subtly changed the subject.

“How did it feel meeting Kalior again? Didn’t your heart go pitter-patter and tears well up in your eyes?”

“Eheheheh…”

Elenora twisted her body as if she didn’t know what to do and laughed cutely.

“He got so much taller than me, and somehow became more reliable. He feels much more manly?”

“And?”

“He’s handsome.”

“I’ll acknowledge that.”

Kalior was indeed one of the most handsome men in this world. He was always neck and neck with Termion in popularity polls too.

If you ask what kind of plausibility that is, well, that’s just how the setting is.

“But what were you doing on the way here that made Termion drag Kalior out?”

“Ah, th-that is.”

Elenora’s face suddenly turned bright red as she fidgeted with her fingers.

When she reacts like this, it makes me want to tease her.

“What, did he catch you secretly kissing?”

“Ah, ahhh!”

“…Really?”

“We went as far as… right before doing it.”

“My goodness.”

Is there a protagonist buff for romantic progress too? It’s a shame I couldn’t see it directly.

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