The Villain Changed the Ending

036 The art of seduction

****[Catherine, fiancee]****

Even if time passes, Rose is forever cute.

My favorite rose, given as a present by Oscar, whom I love very much.

Catherine hugged the snow-white pony by the neck.

Rose is a pony.

Its legs are shorter and thicker than those of a normal horse, as is its neck.

Is that why? It looks ugly to some people.

Some even laughed at her pony because her face looked big compared to her body.

Of course I was secretly laughing, but Katrin was watching.

When I was younger, I would resent it so much that I would rant at Rose that you should be angry too.

She’s so pretty, but is it a big deal to have a big head and short legs?

But Rose always calmly waits for her excitement to subside, doesn’t get angry, and sees things with clear eyes.

It’s the same thing Oscar told me when Katrin was young.

[I want Katrin to grow up as a pony-pure girl who doesn’t hate the world and doesn’t hurt anyone.]

Oscar-sama said that with a small smile.

The Oscar-sama’s pony that my father gave me was probably of that nature.

Oscar liked the pony so much that he gave Katrin an equally beautiful and kind Rose.

Be like that pony.

From that day on, Katrin’s goal was to become like Rose for a while.

Of course, now is different from when I was young, and I have many other goals.

First of all, your chest should grow.

I want a chest that’s big, round, and has a cleavage even if it’s not padded!

If you look at your mother and aunt, there’s a good chance, but if you think about your father…

“Haa, Rose. Your father’s side is desperate.”

My father’s flat chest, my aunt’s and grandmother’s breasts, that’s it.

“…”

Anyway, now it’s Oscar-sama more than breasts.

Katrin tightened her arms around Rose.

“Okay! I got courage.”

I know that it is very rude to go to the duke’s house alone without contact, and even as a woman.

My father speaks as if Katrin is ignoring all the laws of the world and running, but in her own way she is observing her surroundings.

Well, I really didn’t know anything when I was young, but since I’ve grown older, I’ve been following the line so that Oscar doesn’t hate me.

I remembered all the hairstyles, facial expressions, and actions that Oscar complimented, the things he laughed at even a little bit, and the things he didn’t like.

I did my best without hesitation to cut my bones so that I could pass other women and enter Oscar-sama’s eyes.

Today’s behavior is also rude, but if it’s Oscar-sama, I can’t help but smile, and if I come, I can’t help it. At least he’s angry and doesn’t hate Catherine.

And my aunt’s teachings.

“Women have guts!”

Katrin said briskly and then let go of her arms around the pony’s neck.

Happiness does not come to a woman who just waits for fruit to fall.

When the opportunity comes, you must take a step forward with courage and grab hold of love.

Because in this world, a wolf wearing a rabbit’s mask takes the form of a woman.

“…”

Rose looks at her with tender eyes.

The transparent eyes seemed to say, ‘It’s okay, you can be Oscar’s partner this year’.

“Okay! Rose, let’s go.”

Catherine jumped onto Rose’s back.

It is a lady’s way of riding by sitting with her legs together on one side.

There were two stubby posts attached to the saddle, on which the legs were hung.

With this saddle, even women can run fast.

And Catherine runs faster than any woman with Rose.

Rose, gifted by Oscar-sama, is faster than any other pony, and Catherine is also more skilled at horseback riding than any other woman.

Katrin lowered herself a little, and Rose, without even shaking the reins, sensed her will and slowly began to run.

It took quite a while to get to the entrance of the mansion.

By the time the entrance was visible, I could see the escorts running hurriedly after hearing the order from my mother or father.

It still looks as small as a snot, but it should be fine at this distance.

Katrin lowered herself even tighter.

“Run, Rose!”

I tucked my coat hat in so that I couldn’t see his face, and spoke briefly, and Rose’s feet sped up.

Today is the time to show women’s skills that they have honed over the years.

Cry, peek and drop!

My aunt’s teaching that men in this world can conquer everything with just one thing, I’m putting into practice today.

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

While I was working, the butler came in.

He had a face that didn’t know if it was serious or embarrassing.

“what’s the matter?”

When I asked, the butler handed me the letter he was holding on a silver tray.

“The person who brought the letter said that the lady of the Marquis of Petrie is going to visit here.”

The envelope is stamped with the seal of her fiancée, the Marquis Petrie.

In the notice of visit, the person who brought the letter often tells the contents directly.

It looks like that this time too.

Anyway, when I opened it, it said that I wanted to visit today.

“A visit? Today?”

It seems that the date was written incorrectly.

When I looked at the head butler, he lowered his head slightly with a puzzled face.

“The person with this letter and the Marquis Petrie arrived at about the same time.”

“…”

what else is that

The visit notice and the person to visit come together.

“Lady Catherine was standing right behind the person who said she was going to visit. Riding a pony.”

I guess I heard it wrong now.

That Catherine was riding a pony, with a visiting letter?

The butler, who noticed my thoughts, said, perhaps telepathically.

“You didn’t hear me wrong, my lord. There was no carriage. He rode on a cute white pony.”

“…”

“The person who brought the visitation letter must have been in too much of a hurry, and even though he came on horseback, he couldn’t breathe properly.”

“…”

“It seems that Lady Catherine came running with a visit letter after she left.”

“…”

In the sense of modern Earth, Katrin is not a very strange character.

He is rather stubborn, and he only wants very intensely to have what he wants or likes.

However, in this world, both male and female aristocrats and commoners are bound by status, family, and customs, so Catherine, who is honest with herself, stands out.

I think so.

But what about ponies?

You said you rode it and showed your face to the people on the street?

“ha.”

I let out a small sigh.

Right now, this evening, it will become a joke at the fast-talking family dinner.

Thinking so, I sighed again.

The butler opened his mouth with a calm face.

“You don’t have to worry too much. The lady’s face isn’t known because she hasn’t debuted yet, and she’s wearing an overcoat that doesn’t show the family crest. Because the overcoat’s hat was pulled down too deep, her face wouldn’t have been seen either.”

“You seem to have thought about that much. Have you become a bit of an adult?”

When I said it as if I was relieved, the butler smiled.

“I’ve seen many nobles for a long time, but women mature faster than men. Lady Catherine is more mature than she looks, my lord.”

“The butler seems to be on Miss Catherine’s side.”

“Whoops. Wouldn’t everyone in the world want to be the ally of the lady he loves?”

After saying that, the butler bowed down a bit.

“Marquis Petrie is waiting for you in the little drawing room. Let me guide you.”

“okay.”

The purpose of Catherine’s visit is, of course, to be a partner for this banquet.

I moved on, thinking about what to do.

No, I thought I was still too young, but this year, a female protagonist appears in the aristocratic society.

The first appearance of the heroine is at a palace banquet.

There you will meet the prince.

The moment the prince saw the heroine for the first time, he was taken aback for some reason, and so were the other sons of nobles.

Among them, Oscar falls in love with the heroine at first sight, and literally loses sight of his surroundings.

‘Though I don’t think I can ever fall for her.’

But what if the novel had the compulsion?

There may be something about the heroine of the novel that I don’t know about.

In novels, the story used to continue out of nowhere, but who knows if there is a separate reason why the characters are attracted to the heroine, just as there were reasons of their own when you come to this world.

‘If you think so, taking Catherine would be one way.’

If it was Catherine, would it be something reassuring?

I have a feeling that if I turn my eyes to another woman even slightly, she’ll hit her on the head with a hammer to dry it off.

It would be a little difficult if you really came running with a hammer.

Suddenly imagining that, I smiled a little.

However, my relaxed mind instantly shrank the moment I saw Catherine in the drawing room.

I was surprised.

It wouldn’t have been outwardly visible.

Because while rolling in aristocratic society, I practiced wearing enough masks to not show emotion in my expression.

“Miss Catherine, that outfit.”

It is a violation of manners to speak of the attire of an aristocratic antelope.

But I couldn’t help but say it.

Catherine was wearing a dress that showed off her shoulders, and was wearing only one necklace around her slender neck.

The dress was cut deep to the chest.

When I glanced at the butler, he took a lady’s shawl from the young butler next to him and handed it to me.

Presumably, as soon as Catherine arrived, she brought the shawl she had left in the mansion as a guest and reserve.

I hurried over to Catherine and threw the shawl over her shoulders.

“In this cold winter, if you expose your skin like that, you’ll catch a cold. My God, I’ll wear clothes like this and walk the streets… and then some people will die.”

“…”

Catherine’s face turned red.

I feel kind of angry.

No, no, do you think I should be angry this time?

It’s a world where even a cold can die.

What if I do something wrong and it spreads to pneumonia?

In a slightly angry state, I pulled the shawl over my neck.

At first, she seemed angry, but after taking a quick look at my expression, Catherine put on the shawl as I did without saying anything.

The butler held out a jeweled brooch.

After pulling the shawl up to my chin, carefully covering my skin, and securing it with a brooch, I reached out my hand and seated Catherine in a chair.

“Miss Catherine, you didn’t get permission from your parents to come to my mansion today, did you?”

“…yes.”

“This shouldn’t happen again next time. Please contact me properly before coming.”

“but.”

“Miss Catherine.”

“Yes, Mr. Oscar.”

Katrin lowered her head and quietly looked at her fingertips.

“I’m not blaming Lady Catherine for her rudeness. Even though we’re engaged, we’re still unmarried. Rumors will hurt your reputation. From now on, please ride a carriage properly and accompany the lady-in-waiting.”

“… Yes, I know, Mr. Oscar.”

“And, please avoid wearing clothes like this in the middle of winter from now on. I’m worried about riding in a carriage, but I can’t dress like that while riding a horse. If Miss Catherine gets even the slightest bit sick, I’ll be sad.”

“… yes.”

After Katrin said that, she slightly looked up at me.

Instead of raising the whole face, just slightly raise the eyes.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

But she quickly lowered her head.

And after a while, I look up again slightly.

huh?

oh, this?

‘no way.’

As an unmarried and young duke, I am often seduced by women.

Sometimes women’s seduction is very cunning, some women use aphrodisiacs, and in some cases they deliberately entrap them in a way that makes them appear in front of others.

For that reason, Benno hired a high-ranking sorceress for a while to teach me what seductions women often use and how to deal with them in certain situations.

But what Katrin is doing now is exactly what the woman taught her.

The girls call this the ‘cry and peek-and-drop’ technique.

She said the technique is simple but surprisingly effective, and indeed, it certainly is.

cute.

‘Ah… Then, was this bare dress trying to seduce you in its own way?’

In my eyes, it only looked like an elementary school student stealing mom’s clothes.

‘That’s why you got mad when I said I had a cold.’

I tried to seduce her, but I wanted to show her that I was a grown woman, but I was treated like a child.

It is difficult.

‘I can’t get angry when I see this.’

I smiled inwardly as I kept raising my eyes and lowering them again.

It might be gross if it was a real 20-year-old woman, but since it’s a 14-year-old doing it, it’s just cute.

Well, it’s not that I don’t understand the heart of a child who wants to grow into an adult.

‘I have no choice but to take him to the party this year.’

If you tell me to wait a year in this state, I will definitely buy it.

But you still have to nail it.

“Miss Catherine. Today’s behavior, I’m a little disappointed.”

“Yes.”

Katrin flinched and slightly raised her gaze to mine.

It’s not like I did it on purpose, it’s a look of genuine fear.

I look up slightly and when our eyes meet, I quickly get down.

‘Really… this is cute.’

If a skilled woman does it, it seems that some men will fall into that trap knowingly.

I made a stern expression, putting up with the feeling that my facial muscles would loosen up.

****[Catherine, fiancee]****

Oh… oh oh oh…

Katrin dreamily listened to Oscar’s story.

There were some sermons and stern remarks, but if what she was hearing was real, wouldn’t it be that she would be taken as a partner to this year’s banquet?

Even the words and actions she had been preparing for had yet to be said.

I only used one technique.

‘Auntie! It worked!’

It was as my aunt said.

Crying and peeping and dropping.

The effect really kills.

After that it was like a dream.

After receiving warm tea and refreshments and chatting for a while, Oscar-sama took us directly to the marquess house in the duke’s wagon.

The windows were left open while riding in the carriage.

He said that it is against manners for an unmarried man and woman to be alone in an enclosed space.

Conversation in the carriage had also changed to being more polite and addressing adult women than at other times.

It’s different from when we met in the Marquis’ Territory.

She was politely escorted like an adult woman.

‘It worked.’

This must have been because of the dress that was obviously full of exposure.

My heart was pounding so fast that I couldn’t remember a single thing we had just said.

But it was when the carriage crossed with a carriage.

Oscar’s face suddenly hardened.

“?”

When I followed Oscar’s gaze with a strange thought, I saw a woman’s face through the window of a passing carriage.

It was a woman with light brown hair that looked like blonde in some ways.

How many years older than Catherine?

I look around and look out of the wagon.

It was obviously a nobleman’s carriage, but the woman’s behavior was very crude.

like a commoner.

And for a moment, Oscar stared at the woman as if he was surprised.

For a moment, as soon as Catherine noticed it, she looked away as if it were nothing, but Oscar-sama was clearly…

“…”

Catherine glared at the carriage that had already passed.