The Villain Changed the Ending

048 Suddenly everything became quiet

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

All of a sudden, the place became quiet.

Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi I can no longer hear the flapping of wings that I didn’t want to hear.

The sun in the high sky was tilted slightly.

How many hours have passed?

I don’t know, but it seems like it’s been quite a while.

I lowered my bow and looked around.

The open ground was full of locust carcasses.

Between the carcasses of locusts scattered on the floor, I occasionally saw a guy with his legs shaking.

Soldiers walk around with their swords drawn.

Checking them one by one, the soldiers thrust their knives into them.

“Is it over now?”

As I muttered, the captain of the escort right next to me smiled.

“It was excellent workmanship, Duke.”

The face and body of the escort captain are mangled with locust bodily fluids.

Over time, the insect’s bodily fluids dried up and looked like melted plastic.

Every time I moved, my skin creaked and creaked as if skin were sticking to it.

I don’t know, but the body fluids of grasshoppers would make my skin tight and painful.

The smell is also disgusting.

fishy and disgusting

Is the escort captain okay?

Don’t you feel like throwing up?

I think I’ll vomit it all up now.

“…”

This must be entirely my fault.

I am so sorry.

I felt even more apologetic because the escort captain didn’t show any displeasure or difficulty at all.

It seems that the task of killing the soldiers is almost over.

“Done!”

“This side is over too!”

The voices of the soldiers walking around the area were heard here and there.

If this was a duchy or a hunt we led, the soldiers would have to dispose of the corpse.

However, this is the royal capital, and originally, it was the job of the royal capital guards and troops to fight these guys.

We did it instead, so they will of course take care of the cleanup.

I slowly rode my horse through the ranks, checking to see if anyone was hurt.

“Good work. Are there any injuries?”

“Yes! It’s fine!”

Every time I passed, the soldiers laughed.

The faces that are still young are bright.

There are some older soldiers, but many of the magicians are people who came to this unit when they were young.

As a result, even adults in this world are mostly young, or rather young.

A lot of them were in their teens, and they were in their early twenties.

This is because they did not recruit existing wizards, but instead found and brought in young children as much as possible.

Public notices were posted throughout the dukedom, and they searched not only small towns but also slums to find people with magical powers.

Some were brought from slums, and some were found while feeding goats.

‘At first, it looked like a nursery school for a battlefield.’

Some children cried and ran away at night, as if they thought they were being caught and eaten by nobles.

When I think about it now, it’s funny, it’s sad, and it makes my heart flutter.

‘There were a lot of kids who had runny noses, and a lot of guys who peed at night.’

Spotting one of them right in front of my eyes, I smiled lightly.

It has grown well so far.

It’s kind of embarrassing.

I went around the soldiers to check the condition of each one, but no one was dead.

However, a few people were injured to the extent that their skin was severely torn.

In a battle of this scale, there were only three or four wounded, so the loss of soldiers was almost non-existent.

It was a complete victory.

The wounded soldier was hurriedly tearing off his clothes and tying them up, but the cloth was soaked with blood.

Bo looks like I’m sick, but the wounded soldier remains here with an agitated face for some reason.

Even, I’m working on checking if the locust demon is dead.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and treat it.”

“It’s okay! It only hurts a little bit. It’s like an insect bite.”

Saying that, I stopped the wounded soldier whose eyes were shining, and I hurried to the temple and ordered him to be treated.

Right now, I’m so excited that I don’t even know I’m sick, but after a while, I’m literally sick to death.

The wounded soldier muttered, “It’s all right,” and other soldiers dragged him toward the gate.

I go around among the remaining soldiers and say good work.

No more injured soldiers were seen.

thank god.

“Good job everyone. Leave the rest to the guards and let’s go back.”

As soon as my words came to an end, it seemed that at last the realization came that we had won and that we had protected the royal road.

Whoaaa, the cheers went up.

‘Slow, these guys.’

I smiled and rode my horse towards the wall.

A few commoners who were running away from the locust beast lay face down on the ground.

It’s not like he’s dead, it’s like he’s passed out.

One of them crawled, came to the corner of the road I was passing, and lay down.

“Thank you! Thank you, nobleman! My daughter is getting married this year, and thanks to you, I think we’ll see her giving birth to a grandson. Thank you very much, nobleman!”

Seeing the commoners bowing gently made my heart happy for some reason.

The fact that I, too, protected the people of the king, seems to be sinking into my heart now.

As I passed by, the commoner hurriedly stood up and ran, stepping on the locust carcass.

Not on the wall, but in the opposite direction.

Looking back, the commoner was running toward the Maine goat in a cart.

Fortunately, the goat did not die.

The commoner cried and shouted at the goat.

“You bastard, you’re alive! Great job, great job! Well done! Thanks to you, I can provide my daughter’s dowry.”

“…”

You are a man of courage.

I turned my head to the escort captain.

“Do you have any silver coins?”

The escort captain smiled and shook his head.

“I’ll hand you some.”

“thank you.”

The escort captain drives the horse to the commoner.

“This is what the duke gives you.”

I gave some silver coins to the man and said, and the commoner looked at me in surprise.

“It’s a congratulatory money. I hope my daughter will be happy in the future.”

At my words, the man prostrated himself on the floor where the pieces of grasshopper carcasses were strewn about.

“Thank you! Thank you! Nobleman! God bless you! Thank you!”

Originally, it seems that he has a brash personality.

I smiled and turned my head.

The commoner continued to say thank you and prayed for God’s blessing even though I was far away.

I saw the gates open in the distance.

Along with the soldiers, a man came out.

He is a man in his early twenties.

‘Prince Emil.’

2 He was the son of the queen and the first son of the king.

The reason why Queen 1 continues to check Queen 2 is because Prince Emile was born before Robert.

1If the queen had had another son, it might have been a little different, but she had only one princess besides Robert.

Rumor has it that the king hates the appearance of the first queen, and after giving birth to two children, he no longer visits her bedchamber.

With no hope of giving birth to a son anymore, the first queen hated Emil and the second queen even more, kept them in check, and at the same time trained her son Robert.

‘It’s unfortunate.’

1 The appearance of the queen cannot be said to be good.

But she was a bright, pleasant woman to talk to.

Such a person goes crazy with jealousy and a sense of crisis and becomes a fool.

How sad.

Suddenly, Katrin’s face came into my mind.

Catherine would also become such a woman according to the novel.

That cute kid gets ugly.

‘It should never be made like that.’

I muttered to myself as I moved my gaze behind Prince Emile.

Standing behind Prince Emile was his maternal grandfather, the Marquis of Hoven.

‘thank god. You’re safe.’

I was a little worried, but I don’t think I was harmed by the grasshopper’s spell.

There appeared to be no injuries anywhere.

Rather, her face shines as if she has rejuvenated.

His shoulders were also shaking, maybe it was because he was excited about seeing the magic bomb.

‘I really think that would be the case with my grandfather.’

I approached the prince and jumped off the horse.

After getting closer and lowering his head a little, the prince opened his mouth with a stiff face.

“Duke Weiss, thanks to you, the royal capital was safe. Your Majesty will congratulate you again later, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today’s dance will be remembered for a long time to come.”

“I don’t know what to do with Her Highness Emil’s words.”

Prince Emil’s gaze turned to the quiver fixed on the back of the saddle.

“I heard from the Marquis Hoven that it was a magic bomb, is that true?”

The Marquis Hoven’s eyes flashed.

It’s not a metaphor, it really shines.

It’s the first time I’ve seen people’s eyes sparkle like that.

“Yes. It uses magic to cause an explosion.”

“How did you make that…”

Prince Emile kept his mouth shut.

The magic bomb arrow is a new weapon and secret unique to the Duke of Weiss.

Regardless of whether they were royalty or high-ranking nobles, it was polite not to mention the secrets of the clan or the secrets of the new weapon.

Of course, I have no intention of telling you either.

The light of the sun, which had begun to decline before I knew it, had a cool aura.

Prince Emile congratulated me for my achievements once more and left to lead the soldiers.

He probably led the soldiers to fight the locust demon at first.

But because of my performance, I have nothing to do.

I can’t go back like this.

Above all, the royal family needs to show everyone that they did something to protect the city.

Even if it means cleaning up the demon corpse, the prince has to do something anyway.

Prince Emile went about everywhere shouting orders to his soldiers.

However, he stared at the magic bomb arrow several times, unable to take his eyes off the arrow until the end.

Look and look again and look back again and again.

I don’t know why, but Marquis Hoven was proudly sticking out his chest.

Could he be proud of his grandson?

It got a little funny.

As I walked away from the prince, the Marquis of Hoven hugged me.

“Well done! He is indeed my grandson!”

It’s hard to breathe in a bottle that hugs you tightly.

After defeating all the locusts, I think I will die from my grandfather.

The Marquis Hoven hugged me tightly several times and held me until I was about to die before finally letting go.

“Wouldn’t you like to sell that arrow to our Hoven Marquess?”

Grandpa asks with his eyes shining.

Seeing that he asked to sell it, he was talking as the head of the family, not as a grandfather and grandson.

I was thinking of selling it to the Marquis of Hoven and the Marquis of Petrie.

In order to fight later when the grassland tribes invaded, I had to practice in advance.

I smiled.

“Of course, I plan to sell it to my grandfather. But there aren’t many of them. Production hasn’t really started yet.”

What you have now is weak.

It was made from the bones of monsters in the kingdom, so it was only able to kill a few monsters.

However, if you use the bones of monsters brought from the continent across the sea, you can make much stronger things.

The types of bombs produced, as well as the quantity, will increase significantly.

“hmm.”

The Marquis Hoven glanced at the arrow and looked into my face.

“I don’t know about other places… but they’re probably thinking of selling it to the Marquis family of Petri. It’s only us and that family that brought in and trained steppe warriors.”

It seems that Grandpa’s head is spinning tight.

I smiled and opened my mouth.

“Even if I give you a lot, you won’t need much. Those arrows can’t be used without a wizard. You need magic to use them.”

“Well, I guessed from the name, but I really didn’t know that a wizard I thought was useless would be needed.”

Grandpa murmured in awe.

“If the story about this arrow spreads, the wizard will become rare. I need to hurry up and secure it.”

Grandpa looked at me as if he had realized something.

“Ah! To the steppe warriors…”

Saying so, she shuts her mouth.

And I started to think hard about something.

‘Did you notice something?’

The magic bomb arrow was created from the beginning with the warriors of the Red Hawk tribe in mind.

Only the warriors of the steppe tribes could overwhelm the attackers of the steppe tribes who shot arrows with magic power and hit them.

The magic soldiers of the dukedom are also quite good, but they are inferior to steppe warriors who have been living with horses since they were born and use arrows as if they were breathing.

You need the power of the steppe people to deal with the steppe people who are good at hitting and running.

They should be able to properly use bomb arrows without practice.

‘A steppe warrior who uses magic bombs.’

They are my allies’ secret weapon.

*

As they rode back into the royal capital, they suddenly heard loud shouts.

People were flocking to the road leading from the city gate into the city.

Seeing me and the soldiers of the dukedom, I waved my hand fervently.

“Long live Duke Weiss!”

“Long live the Duke!”

“Thank you thank you!”

“Duke!”

It seems that the story has spread to people all of a sudden.

People’s shouts continued to follow us even after me and the soldiers of the dukedom passed by.

People followed us in long lines.

People cling to people like tongs, forming a long line, and in that state they pass through the streets of the capital.

As time passed, there were more and more people sticking to the back.

I feel like a Pied Piper in Hameln.

Marquis Hoven was laughing as if it was funny.