I Became the Second-in-Command in a Romance Fantasy Novel

Of course, the medieval fantasy world is basically a class society.
Well, if you look closely, the previous life was similar to a class society, except there was no title.
Officially, it wasn't a class society, and although it was difficult, it was possible to obtain that unofficial status depending on one's ability.
Of course, it's not that you can't overcome the wall of status here either.
It's just harder than the previous life, but if you break everything with your skills like the Sword Master, the status will come to you on its own.
The Sword Master even refused that status that others couldn't obtain because they didn't have it, but most commoners didn't miss that opportunity.
Even among the Sword Master's children, the eldest son who reached Sword Master received the title of Count from the Empire.
Conversely, the title that could be obtained at once was the maximum.
Even the title of Count wasn't given for free.

You had to achieve the minimum requirement of Sword Master or Magic Tower Master, which is a 7-star magician.
That only applied to the person concerned, and from the next generation onwards, it was downgraded to the title of Viscount.
Of course, if the next generation becomes a sword master or a 7-star magician, or maintains the corresponding achievements, they may be able to maintain the title of count.
Only one out of ten families maintains the title of count.
Most families are unable to maintain what one genius has accomplished, and they usually gradually decline.
That’s how tough the aristocratic society is.
It was a caste society where status was determined from birth.
In such a world, royalty itself had tremendous significance.
Those who could become kings who ruled a country.

The Leon Kingdom had already established its succession structure, and Prince Ellen, the 5th prince who was far from the throne, was still far away.
But the probability of him becoming king was not 0%, and no one knows what happens in the world.
Even if you just look at history, there were often cases where the royal family died due to war, and the throne was inherited by a noble family that was far from the throne.
And even if we don’t consider the worst case scenario, royal romances are not ordinary.
Even if they claim to have pure, selfless romances, the royal family has no choice but to investigate the other person’s birth and present.

However, unfortunately, this was not the Kingdom of Leon.
So, as an educational officer affiliated with the royal family, I had to do the basic investigation.
“Tell me everything, from the first time we met.”
“The first time I met her was when I got lost in the academy grounds a little while ago.”

They say that geniuses are all screwed up, and in that sense, Prince Ellen was a genius.
A natural born idiot.
No matter how large the castle of the Kingdom of Leon is, it’s still his home.
And Prince Ellen was the one who often got lost there.
I returned first to talk to the captain, but it seemed like I got lost again in that short amount of time.
“I was standing alone, lost, and everyone pretended not to know.”
I understood. It hadn’t even been a day yet, but rumors about Prince Ellen had probably spread throughout the academy.
Even I, who had come out to eat, could hear the commotion around me.

An unknown swordsman from the Kingdom of Leon had been performing a swordsmanship ritual.
That alone was surprising, but someone had come out to lightly punish that swordsman?
That was the prince of the Kingdom of Leon?
Even if I had been an ordinary student at the Imperial Academy, I wouldn’t have talked to a foreign prince who was just sitting there blankly.
Even if that prince had been Prince Ellen, who had been the first emperor of swordsmanship and reigned over the class since the first day, I would have run away right away.
That’s why I couldn’t curse those students.
Instead, I wanted to praise them for not running away.
“She approached me like that.”
That’s why I was sure.
That was really suspicious.
I was sure that she had either a flower garden or a flower snake.

“Her °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° name was Daisy.”
Fuck, her name is also a flower.
“What about your family?”
“I, I don’t know that yet.”
It’s frustrating.
No, Daisy isn’t that special of a name.
If you just look up the names of the first-years, there are probably about a dozen names!

“I should know your last name, too.”
“B-Because I’m embarrassed.”
Well, that’s because he looks like a king with a sword.
He was usually timid and didn’t talk to anyone he was close to.

“Please continue the story.”
“That’s right.”
That timid person, with his eyes shining unusually, started talking about how he met his destined girlfriend.
Prince Ellen was very beautiful, and he talked as if it was a fateful meeting.

“Nothing much?”
The prince made all sorts of excuses, but if I were to summarize it in one sentence, Gilil was just kindly guiding Prince Ellen.
“T-That’s right.”

“And if we look at it objectively, isn’t that advertising club activities?”
He didn’t even hide his selfishness.
It wasn’t like he was flirting with a prince of a country.
It wasn’t like he was trying to make a good impression on the stormy core of the swordsmanship.
It was just ridiculous that the flower arrangement club was being promoted right before the abolition.
Well, since he was that kind of person, he could have naturally talked to a prince of another country. And to a student who might be the most famous in the academy today.
There was a high probability that he didn’t even know who Prince Ellen was.
He probably just saw him as a reserve member 1.
“That, that’s why!”

Prince Ellen said, swallowing dry saliva.
“I’m not going.”
Since he had a rough idea, he immediately cut him off.

“Oh, I haven’t said anything yet.”
“We’re talking about going to the flower arrangement club together.”
Now that I think about it, even club activities are flowers.

They were perfect friends in one concept.
“That’s true, but…”
He looked at me with bright eyes as if to ask if I really wouldn’t go, but I really wouldn’t.

“I won’t do extracurricular activities.”
No, to be exact, I can’t.
Extracurricular activities.
It could be called the flower of academy activities, a meeting place where students of all social standings and academic backgrounds could interact.
Each student could join up to three extracurricular activities, and most students either devoted themselves to one or filled all three.
The former were those who were truly engrossed in their interests, while the latter were those who only wanted to expand their network or participate in various events.

“I will do personal training.”
He was sincere.
It’s not that there aren’t clubs related to swordsmanship, and many say that interacting with seniors there helps their skills.
Today’s duel with Sogeomje allowed me to realize this.
The Prince Ellen before my eyes was something beyond a monster.
In the world of swordsmanship, he could almost be called a cosmic horror.
To be honest, wouldn’t Prince Ellen be able to gain enlightenment while arranging flowers? I thought it was a joke, but when I actually thought about it, it felt like it would really happen, so much so that my spine tingled.
I had to deal with such a monster, so I couldn’t just leisurely arrange flowers.
Unlike Prince Ellen, I wasn’t someone who could gain enlightenment through flower arrangement.
“Flower arrangement… is fun.”
“You haven’t tried it, right?”

It would be fun.
If I looked at Prince Ellen now, I would say that just looking at that woman’s face, Daisy, would make anything fun.
“Is it that good?”
“…Yeah.”
My head was spinning at the shy answer.
No, at this point, I was curious.
How pretty must your face be to fall in love with such a simple meeting?

“T-then. I’m going to apply for extracurricular activities tomorrow.”
Since I couldn’t find the dorm or the graduation ceremony, I guess I was worried about finding the club room.
“I’ll just take you to the real club room.”

He nodded with an expression of helplessness as he spoke, glancing at her every now and then.
“When, when are you coming back?”
“Come back on your own.”
Or ask that kind Daisy to come with you.
When I said that, I took the prince who was startled and embarrassed and ate at the restaurant.
I returned to the dormitory and dropped a nuclear bomb on the headmaster who I was supposed to see him for a week.
It was yesterday that I heard that the royal family was on emergency alert and that they were investigating Daisy.

After that, I slept.
I woke up at dawn and did morning training.
I listened to two lectures that weren’t very important.
As soon as the lecture was over, I opened the door to the flower arrangement club’s room in the corner of the old school building with Prince Ellen, who was shining brightly.
Shit.

“……”
With superhuman patience, I was able to hold back the words that were about to come out of my mouth.
“Uh.”

To be honest, I wanted to see him once.
What kind of face was it, that Prince Ellen, whose face and swordsmanship were unparalleled on the continent, was immediately attracted to it?
However, the face I encountered when the door opened was a very familiar one.
It had only been a day since I had met him, but he was someone who had given me a great shock.
“Small Sword Master.”
“……Call me Asran.”
Unlike yesterday, the guy who answered curtly was bothering me.
The faces beyond that were also very familiar, so Asran couldn’t just focus on Seok.

“……”
What the hell, damn it.
I stepped back for a moment and looked up to check the classroom nameplate.
- Flower Arrangement Club

The flowers I had in mind were roses or chrysanthemums.
It seemed like they were collecting flowers that grew in the Ino-Ma-Gyeong.
Of course, the reason I went to the Imperial Academy was entirely for Prince Ellen.
If I were to add a little selfishness, it was also for the improvement of my personal skills.
On top of that, this wasn’t the Leon Kingdom where I grew up, but the Eleras Empire.
I didn’t know many people in the Leon Kingdom, so I couldn’t know people in the Empire.
That’s why I couldn’t have all these familiar faces gathered in one place.
To be exact, even if they were gathered, they should have gathered at important events at the Academy, not in the small room of the Flower Arrangement Club.

The faces I knew were the people the Royal Intelligence Agency had investigated who could have a big impact on the situation on the continent.
“……”
First of all, the kid who stares at me intently, Sogeomje too.

“An applicant for admission.”
The prince of the Magical Girl Country who applied just a little while ago and is not even a regular member, but is worried about whether he should accept this as if he is a senior.
“……”

The bastard of the Magi and the Border Count who is in charge of the Imperial Border, who is leaning against the wall with his eyes closed as if he doesn’t care, is also like that.
“There are a lot of applications for membership, so she must be happy.”
I don’t know why the imperial prince bastard who entered the club a day early and is the only regular member here is here.
Damn, no. I think I know.
This is a fucking romance novel introduction.
Miss Daisy, did you give me a romance novel?

Suddenly, dozens of reasons why I should join the flower arrangement club came to mind.
At the same time, dozens of reasons why I shouldn’t join the flower arrangement club came to mind. The former was because of his sense of responsibility as the kingdom’s education officer, who had to check and report everything that happened in the flower arrangement club.
The latter was because he remembered the fantasy and romance novels he had read in his previous life.
What the heck, should I join this? Should I run away?
It was around the time he was worrying about that.
“Huh?”

Maybe because of the old door, two women and one man appeared with a creaking sound.
I guess they’re the female protagonist’s friend and another male protagonist candidate.
With that in mind, I checked the man first, and sure enough, he had a familiar face.
The successor to one of the three major merchants on the continent.
I thought that kind of guy would do business, why did he enter the academy?
So he was trying to join the male protagonist in romance novels.
“……”

Then he turned his gaze and saw two women.
One of them had blonde hair and a bright expression similar to a romance novel female protagonist. The other one had long purple hair and looked like the heroine's friend.
Shit, I'm screwed.
No matter what I did, I kept thinking of it as a romance novel.

"Are you a new member?"
At that moment, a woman who was presumed to be the romance novel heroine.
No, presumed to be Daisy spoke.
"Ahem, that's right."

"A little while ago..."
"We met yesterday..."
At the same time, the small sword, magic shield, and Prince Ellen answered.
The voice in my heart was screaming.

"Ah, it's not me."
Run away.
I quickly left the clubroom with the answer that came from deep within my heart.