I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

55. No, the Era Hasn’t Changed!

As the saying goes, “In one’s heart, there’s a beauty as fair as jade, in one’s heart, there’s a house of gold.”

No man could resist the embrace of Nieru, filled with “power.” If I were some kind of overpowered protagonist, by now, I would have already maxed out Miss Nieru’s favorability and could look forward to some mischief on a dark and windy night.

Alas, I am not.

And just as I felt Nieru’s trembling body clinging to me, pondering whether to “take her back,” she feigned calmness and detached herself from me.

Still unsettled and far from calm, she gasped for air. Turning her head and seeing Liyi Twenty-Three, who was clearly injured by her own stone, she immediately edged closer to me, as if afraid Liyi Twenty-Three would suddenly awaken.

In our silent state, we gradually regained our senses, and finally, with a sobbing tone, she bowed deeply to me.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Ojiride… Even though I stayed at the camp, I still threw a tantrum and ran into danger, almost causing you harm…”

If my life weren’t so large, and had I failed to read the script just now, it wouldn’t be injury I’d be facing, but death itself.

Seeing Nieru’s stained clothes and disheveled braid, clearly harmed by Liyi Twenty-Three, I couldn’t possibly utter any words of blame. After all, I bore responsibility for such an incident.

“It is I who should apologize. I was inconsiderate, not anticipating that Liyi Twenty-Three would seek revenge all the way here.”

Then, the combination of Liyi Twenty-Three’s villainous revenge script and Nieru’s “protagonist script” would have naturally led to “Nieru in danger, unleashing hidden powers” had I not intervened.

Watching Nieru occasionally let out a sob, clearly unaccepting and looking pitiful, I added another line.

“Cough cough, don’t be too nervous. I’m not bothered by it, and it’s not just Kefiel. I’ll also ‘foresee’ and be aware of what happens to you in time. So, don’t feel like you’re ‘unlucky’ to have caused me trouble. Aren’t I jumping around alive and well?”

Although I was truly frightened just now, I had already sensed Liyi Twenty-Three’s revenge on the road through the script. But the fact that her tool of revenge was a “firearm” genuinely startled me.

“But, wouldn’t it be better for you to be with the young miss…”

“What are you thinking? How could anything happen between Kefiel and me in such a wilderness? And do you think Kefiel is that kind of person?”

More importantly, even if I had the guts, I wouldn’t dare lay a hand on the protagonist, nor would I have the life to do so.

Nieru fell silent, muttering something to herself, but it seemed she was finally recovering. There wasn’t much change in her at the moment, nor did she immediately unleash any earth-shattering magic in front of me. It seems this time, I stopped Nieru’s outburst just in the nick of time.

Breathing a sigh of relief, I also crouched down and took the firearm from Liyi Twenty-Three’s hand, which, due to a burst barrel, was now unrecognizable. The lingering smell of gunpowder smoke, along with the script’s description, undoubtedly proved its “identity.”

“Lord Ojiride, what she was holding… was it a weapon?”

“Yes, and a very dangerous one at that.”

Having been a major villain on the run before, I was no stranger to such things. However, for someone like Nieru, who grew up in the Great Ying Empire, a place that revered magical power and spells, firearms were unfamiliar.

To high-ranking big shots, a gun is nothing more than a faster projectile weapon. But for those of lower rank, it’s a lethal weapon that can ignore so-called magical barriers and deliver a fatal shot to the head.

Such a firearm, if I remember correctly, was seen in the cold climate, magic-monotonous, and martial Rosiya Empire! Not all Russians have an affinity for water or ice magic, so those folks have come up with all sorts of odd contraptions! Where exactly did Liyi Twenty-Three get this thing from?

A surge of alertness made me immediately check the script, and in the moment I understood, I clenched my fist!

【Liyi Twenty-Three got the firearm from Rasputin.】

It was those three Russians who did it! With the reminder of Louise’s twenty-third revenge script, I won’t be careless with any villain’s script from now on! And those three Russians, led by Rasputin, had already been marked as villains by me! Although they seem to have been behaving recently, this doesn’t mean they don’t have a nasty script up their sleeves!

What is Rasputin doing!?

[Rasputin decides to attack Kefir!]

Tsk!

Kefir!

[Kefir gets injured but manages to counter-kill at the last moment, obtaining the treasure and achieving a breakthrough!]

The protagonist getting injured and counter-killing, the villain dying due to their verbose and greedy nature—it’s a cliché I’m all too familiar with.

But…

I’ve been clinging to their coattails, pounding my chest, guaranteeing my ‘prophecy,’ how can I continue to rub faces with Neru’s Nako, smilingly, knowing Kefir’s upcoming script, just because Kefir is the “protagonist” and won’t be in danger?

“Mr. Ogelid, should we…?”

“Neru.”

I shouldn’t have looked panicked, but Neru jumped, surprised, looking at me as if she didn’t recognize someone.

“Kefir might be in danger, but this time I really can’t look after you. Go back to the camp immediately, don’t run around this time, and don’t say anything, can you do that?”

Neru’s voice trembled.

“And what about you?”

Hmph—when playing the big villain going white, one must have some professional integrity. Besides, how could I let Kefir, the boss, get hurt?