The Villain Changed the Ending

025 Dealing with children is a bit difficult

*****[Oscar, the main character]*****

A child before reaching adulthood does not appear in official settings.

Since I was formally duke, I was allowed to be young even if I was young.

It was the same for the royal family, so the meeting with Prince Robert took place at the queen’s palace.

Even though I’m a prince, if you look at the status of Robert and I, as a duke, I’m at the top.

It didn’t make sense for the prince to call me, the superior, to his palace, so the queen invited me.

I followed the attendant down the long hallway.

I thought it was a different building from the main palace where the reception room was because it was called the Queen’s Palace, but in reality it was not separated but attached.

However, in order to differentiate it from the main palace, the Queen’s Palace had to walk for a long time through a long aisle.

The atmosphere of the palace is also different.

The main palace had a splendid and majestic feel, but the Queen’s Palace had a slightly brighter and more elegant atmosphere.

I think it might be the image of a spring breeze.

‘hmm.’

A few years since I was reincarnated in this world, it seems that I have acquired a subtle aesthetic sense of this place before I knew it.

I regained my existence when I was five years old, but the memories of that time remain intact anyway.

“…”

For some reason, I became unnecessarily emotional.

In my previous life, I had no time to develop my artistic senses.

Everyone is like that, but those from orphanages have to work even harder 24/7.

There was no time to pay attention to art or the movement of detailed emotions.

I was desperate to draw a small circle and put something precious in it.

His father was his wife, but…

ha.

Let’s stop thinking about useless things and turn our heads to what’s right in front of us.

I recalled the information I had heard from Benno.

‘1Didn’t I say that the queen was a princess from another country?’

The king of this country can have several queens.

The current king has two queens, the first being a foreign princess and the second coming from a domestic aristocratic family.

The 2nd queen married first, but the 1st queen, who was from a foreign princess, has a higher rank.

For that reason, even if there was an older prince, Prince Robert was first in the line of succession to the throne.

Robert’s review is not bad.

1 I heard that the queen is quite self-righteous, but the prince is tolerant of subordinates and smart for his age.

‘I’ll find out now if that’s really the case.’

Robert is the one who drives Oscar to execution in the novel.

In some stories, the fact of conspiracy with barbarians is revealed, and in other endings, other evil deeds are found out.

Even in the IF story in which the heroine is connected to another character, the role that drives Oscar to death is all the prince.

‘So I think he’s probably my enemy even in this world.’

I don’t know what will happen when I don’t commit evil.

Then, will the bad relationship with the prince disappear, or will it become hostile in another form?

If I was a decent prince, if I was a hero like that in the novel, what would I do?

Will you still be hostile or not?

“…”

If I cooperate with Prince Robert and defeat the barbarians, will I be able to live a full life without ending my life on the execution table?

‘Whoa.’

After taking a small breath, I took a step towards the splendid space.

*

“Huh, welcome, Duke Weiss.”

In a splendid room, the first queen stood wearing a dress ten times wider than her body.

beautiful. skirt.

The glossy azure fabric would cost a lot more than Bianca’s dress I saw at the duke’s house.

The dress looks beautiful even to my eyes, which are just expensive fabrics, so it might be classified as a work of art.

However, the appearance of the first queen was never beautiful.

The face is square and wide, the nose is low and the mouth is thick.

Between the slightly parted lips, a buck tooth could be seen.

Mouth doesn’t seem to close tightly.

how to say

It is ambiguous to praise the appearance.

He had a face that would be accepted as sarcasm rather than praise.

Is the hair a wig?

The eyebrows and hair color are completely different, and they are too thick.

The head was inflated to about twice the size of the face.

The only thing commendable, but this one is not.

If you do it wrong, you will be praising the wig.

However, praising the dress is like declaring that the face is not very good.

‘What should I do?’

Feeling the gaze of Benno standing half a step behind me, I desperately shook my head.

In this world, compliments to women are very important.

It should be said that it is a must-have etiquette for noble men.

A man who can’t even say a compliment properly seems to be classified as an ignoramus among women, no matter how high he is.

For that reason, it is said that it is fashionable among men to bring a collection of compliments to women.

It seems to be an essential culture book.

I also read the praise book my grandfather used.

However, all the phrases there did not fit the first queen.

Because it’s a very subtle face.

I confirmed that the green was mixed in the first queen’s eyes, and I bent down a little.

After a formal greeting by name, I raised my head a little and looked into the queen’s eyes.

Complimenting the color of her eyes, I added that she felt like she had met the goddess of the meadow in the country’s mythology.

“I’m ashamed at the queen’s gaze, my little heart won’t stop beating.”

Did I like it?

1 The queen let out a loud laugh.

“You’re doing well, Duke. All the men I meet struggle with compliments. Knowing that, I always puff my brain out to make room for compliments, and your words really made my heart happy.”

Oh, did you deliberately make it stand out so that you can praise your hair?

I was just thinking about it.

1 The queen held out her hand.

When he approached the gun and held his hand lightly and put it on his lips, the first queen smiled slightly.

“I’m sorry to say this, Duke, but you are really cute. How about taking our princess?”

Is it a sudden confusion?

“Thank you for your words, but I already have a fiancée…”

“Fufu, yes. I know. But how about it? I’m not sorry to say thank you to your fiancée’s family and introduce you to a good marriage story. Since you’re still young, your heart probably won’t touch it, wouldn’t it be nice?”

Apparently, this queen is looking at me easily.

I guess I thought that since I was young, it would be easy to get over it if I suddenly brought up marriage talks.

I don’t know if he even matched the story with the king in advance.

He wouldn’t have brought up the princess’ marriage story at will.

I smiled as I felt Benno, who was standing behind me, take a step forward.

“That’s… I met my fiancée on the way to the palace, but she was a very cute person… I fell in love at first sight and swore a future.”

When I spoke shyly and hesitantly, the first queen widened her eyes and smiled.

“Well, was there such a cute love? From what I’ve heard, the young lady of Marquis Petri must have been three years old. Hohoho. Five and three years old… It’s a pity, but it can’t be helped.”

I didn’t lie.

It’s just that it’s not me who has a crush on me, it’s just a three-year-old.

1The queen readily turned the conversation around and looked at Prince Robert next to her.

“This is my son Robert. He’s two years older than the duke, so I hope we can get along with him in the future. Originally, you were going to come up to the capital in a few years and stay with us. Fufu, now that your status is higher, you really don’t know what’s going to happen next. ok.”

First time I’ve heard that story.

It must be a system that makes the prince familiar from a young age as a play partner and later makes him an aide.

Maybe Oscar was jealous of the prince in the novel because they almost grew up together.

If the heroine had fallen in love with a man she didn’t know at all, the outcome might have been different.

Well, if that happened, the novel itself wouldn’t have been established.

I approached Prince Robert.

Prince Robert seems to be taller than his age.

He is two heads taller than me.

“Your Highness, it is an honor to meet you.”

weird.

Obviously, today was their first meeting, but for some reason, Robert’s eyes showed a little hostility.

“Robert.”

1 Hearing the queen’s stern voice, the prince slightly lowered his eyes.

But it still seems rebellious.

The prince opened his mouth with a slightly spiteful look on his face.

“It’s Robert.”

hmm? Where has the polite and clever prince gone?

No matter how much I am a prince, my current status is higher.

It should be at least as polite as mine.

The prince’s attitude now was too rude.

I can take it into account because I’m young, but if you think about it that way, my age is younger.

The prince’s rudeness was a bit embarrassing even to say that he was young.

Embarrassed, the queen intervened.

“Let’s not stay here, let’s take a seat. The prince has selected food for the duke.”

“Thank you. I was just about to keep going that way because of the fragrant smell.”

“Whoops, the duke really doesn’t look like his age. He’s good at talking.”

1As I was heading to the table with the queen, I heard the prince muttering.

“Sheesh, that’s what I’m doing… I’m also courtly manners.”

“…”

After meeting with the king, I was talking to another nobleman for a while.

In the meantime, the queen may have been receiving reports about me from her subordinates.

And I don’t know if he told the prince how great a child younger than you is.

Perhaps the queen wanted to incite a sense of competition to encourage her to work harder.

But that’s what children are.

Rather than thinking, “Okay, let’s do our best,” the first thing that comes to mind is, “Damn it, damn it.”

‘Because this child is only seven years old.’

Since he’s a prince, he must be studying hard under pressure.

I can fully understand.

‘You’re still young, but you’re having a hard time.’

Still, as a prince, I’d better change that attitude.

While I thought so, I began to eat while chatting a little with the queen.

1 The queen was a person who knew quite a lot.

Besides, for some reason, the conversation with me was easy, so the meal was quite enjoyable.

I tried to include the prince in the middle of the conversation, but the prince doesn’t follow very easily.

Besides, I, who was also in my thirties, had a better conversation with the queen.

Because of this, the prince was embarrassed by the conversation he did not know well and became more brusque.

As the queen pays more attention to me and talks to me to cover it up, the prince is alienated again.

By the time dinner was over and it was time to part, the prince glared at me without even trying to hide his hostility.

‘It’s difficult.’

If it were just me and the prince, this situation wouldn’t have happened.

It’s because I have to match the prince.

However, things got messed up because the queen was in the middle.

Being two years younger may also have had an impact.

At least if I had been the same age as the prince, Robert’s anger might have been a little less.

But seeing me, who is younger than herself, talking about things she doesn’t know, like her mother, well, I think I was a bit jealous.

After saying goodbye to the queen and the prince and stepping back, I looked back a little, and it seemed that Robert was going to be scolded by his mother today.

When I left the queen’s palace with the guidance of the attendant, the duke’s carriage was waiting in a different location than when I first entered.

When I got into the carriage, Benno, who had been faithfully serving as an attendant all day, took off my shoes.

“Thank you for your hard work, Master.”

Benno knelt down on the carriage floor and began to massage my feet.

Pointed-toe shoes are of high quality and designed to be comfortable, but they still hurt your feet compared to modern shoes.

When Benno skillfully pressed the soles of his feet, a moan escaped spontaneously from his mouth.

It hurts, but I feel tired.

Cool.

“Thank you, Benno.”

“Nothing to say. Today was great. You did so well that I want to show it to my grandfather.”

“… But the last one is a failure.”

“Are you talking about meeting the prince?”

“huh.”

I let out a small sigh.

“Benno, can you prepare something the prince will like?”

“All right.”

No matter what you present to the prince, you won’t get a big response.

If you want anything, you can have it as much as you want, so there is no way you will be very happy if you give something.

‘Still, it’s better than not doing it.’

I let out a small sigh.

Tomorrow, the palace banquet will be held.

I was supposed to attend too.

‘If I knew this, the prince would hate me again.’

If I can’t go but I go, hmm, I’d be jealous too.

On top of that, if the queen kept mentioning me, it would have an even more adverse effect.

“It’s a little difficult dealing with children.”

When I muttered inadvertently, Benno laughed strangely.