The Villain Changed the Ending

053 Catherine’s Despair

****[Catherine]****

It’s like stepping on a fluffy cloud.

Oscar, no, after my husband passed away after dinner, I couldn’t sleep for two days.

I’m so excited I can’t sleep.

And finally, my father called.

‘at las!’

It’s probably that the schedule has been set for when he will go to the duke’s house.

For the past few days, my mother has been calling and meeting people from all kinds of merchants throughout the day without taking a break.

Now, isn’t there a rough plan for when the object will be completed?

‘My father said it would be a few months, but I wish I could go at least the body first.’

Catherine went to her father’s private room with a swollen heart.

“Father, did you call?”

Katrin bowed gracefully and looked up.

The father’s body, with his back to the window, seems a little stiff.

No, that’s what my father’s expression looks like.

My father was looking at her with deep wrinkles on his forehead.

A little behind my father was my mother.

Come to think of it, my mother’s face wasn’t very good either.

What’s going on?

For some reason, Katrin’s face hardened a little, feeling ominous.

“Father, mother, what’s going on?”

My father sighed heavily and opened his mouth.

“First of all, let me tell you one thing. You must never break it.”

“…”

“You must not invade the duke’s house alone, visit the duke out of the blue, try to spy on the duke, or visit the duke of Weiss on your own.

“…”

“Catherine!”

“…”

Katrin delayed answering and quickly studied the faces of her father and mother.

Something is strange.

Seeing as he said this intentionally, the schedule might have been a little longer.

But if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be okay to go at least once in the middle?

won’t you let me go?

A number of thoughts were running back and forth in my head.

Father let out a heavy sigh again.

“If you ever try that, I’ll keep you incarcerated this time.”

“What?”

I am too surprised to react.

Katrin opened her eyes wide and looked at her father.

Her father never said he would imprison her.

No matter how troubled he was, no matter how stubborn he was, he never made that attempt.

Now that I think about it, it seems that she was really loved by her father.

But why all of a sudden?

I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything, but my father opened his mouth again.

“Now you are not the daughter of a marquess family. You are the only hostess of a duchy in this country. One of your trivial actions can become a scandal and harass the Duke of Weiss. no choice but.”

“…”

“Do you want Duke Weiss to suffer for your actions?”

“no!”

Katrin shook her head violently.

I hate that.

“Then promise me you won’t visit the duke’s family recklessly. If you act like that, the duke will be criticized as a man who can’t take care of even one wife properly.”

“…yes, father.”

“You promise?”

“Yes, I won’t do anything to trouble Oscar-sama. Never.”

Really.

I don’t want to hurt you because I like you.

I want to make you always smile without getting hurt even to the tip of a hair.

I want to protect you.

I want to see that person happy.

As I thought so, it felt like something fell into my heart with a pop.

Pong, pong, pong… Something kept dripping from my chest, filling it up little by little.

It’s a little happy, a little sad, and it’s a strange feeling that I feel like I’m restless.

‘ah….’

Suddenly, it seems that he knows what is accumulating in his heart.

My aunt once told me

Even evil people, ugly people, and cold people, if you love, soft things are born.

He said that a small, warm fire would arise in his heart, and he would change himself, who was most precious to him, and instead, the other person would become the most precious.

Catherine blinked.

‘love.’

continued to like

Even now, I liked it and liked it, so I just liked it.

‘I thought that was love.’

But now I know.

What he was doing up until now was not love.

I liked her more than anything in the world, but her feelings for Rose, a pony, were directed toward Oscar-sama much more.

I just bumped into much, much more of the same feelings of liking Anne and Rose.

But finally, love blossomed in her heart.

Maybe that’s what happens when you become an adult.

‘But it’s late!’

I liked you all the way from the age of 3 to 14, but now that you finally become love, it’s too late.

‘It seems like I’ve lost somehow.’

I feel weird.

The feeling that I was about to cry rose up and my hair became fluffy.

I want to see Oscar right now.

“… I decided to do it. Catherine, did you hear?”

Catherine suddenly came to her senses.

I didn’t hear what my father said.

“I’m sorry, father. I didn’t hear you.”

To be honest, my father took a small breath with a gloomy face.

“It will be a few years before you go to the ducal family. When you turn 18, you will definitely decide by then.”

“…”

“Catherine, did you hear?”

“… I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear you, Father. My ears are a bit strange.”

Katrin tilted her head.

I guess my ears are weird.

I think I heard that it’s a certainty that you won’t be able to become a duke until you’re 18. I mean I’m married

Father let out another long sigh.

“What you heard is correct. When you turn 18, then we will discuss the schedule of moving to the duchy again.”

“…”

Oh my, my ears seem strange. It’s probably broken.

Katrin thought so, and put her finger in her ear to scrape what was inside.

Nothing comes out, but I’ll try anyway.

After doing the same with the other ear, Katrin tilted her head.

“father.”

“It’s not like yesterday or today that you’re strange.”

The father sighed in exhaustion and opened his mouth.

“I’ll say it again. Until you’re eighteen…”

don’t want to hear

For some reason, I felt like my heart was falling off a cliff.

To stop her father from continuing, Katrin relaxed her eyes.

My aunt’s death.

When embarrassing, black out.

After learning from my aunt, I practiced with Anne dozens and hundreds of times.

Katrin relaxed from her waist and collapsed on the spot.

The body sinks into the wide spread skirt.

Originally, I really should have passed out, but I haven’t reached that level because my skills are still lacking.

I collapsed once, but my mind was still clear.

As expected… It’s not going well, this.

I didn’t know what to do, so I was lying still as if I was dead, but the sound of footsteps came closer.

“Catherine, wake up.”

it’s my mother’s voice

Why is the end of the horse ‘Seo’?

A little different from usual.

Maybe it was because Catherine had become a duchess.

“Madam, to call the maid.”

I heard my father’s voice sounding anxious.

“Honey, it’s okay. This kid is just pretending to pass out.”

Mother let out a small sigh.

‘How did know? It’ll look like he’s passed out completely.’

As I stood still in a panic, I heard my mother’s voice again.

“Catherine, wake up. I’ve seen you practicing, so it’s no use trying to fake it.”

“…”

“There is a letter from the duke’s godfather. The Duke of Weiss’s mother sent a letter about you.”

Catherine got up quickly.

As she brushed off her clothes and straightened her clothes, her father looked at her in amazement.

“Catherine, you really are.”

“…”

The mother sighed and opened her mouth.

“The dame will send someone for you. They say she’s someone who will teach you the basics you need to learn as a duchess. She’s not coming this way, she’s coming to the Marquess.”

“…”

weird.

I became a duchess, but why can’t I be with Oscar-sama and have to study with the marquis?

Wouldn’t this be the same as when you weren’t married?

Rather, it seems that the situation has only gotten worse.

“Strange.”

When I said that abruptly, my mother looked at her with a stern face unlike usual.

“You didn’t think you’d be able to play and eat until you went to the duke’s family, right? Even if you put off learning the duke’s family customs, it’s only natural that you’re still 14 years old, and your studies are in full swing.”

Mother continued with a hard face.

“It’s not like family, Katrin. Whatever you do to me and my father is beyond your control, but those people are strangers. They may laugh in front of you, but they may laugh behind your back, and above all, your conduct will be passed on to the godfather through them. going to be.”

“…”

“Be careful what you do, study hard, Catherine.”

It wasn’t like this.

I thought I would live happily hahahaha hoho with Oscar, but why, how did it happen!

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

At the end of spring, right before summer begins, unlike other times, the palace banquet was held once more.

At the banquet, the king mentions my marriage and plans to celebrate.

It is rare for a king to congratulate a wedding in a banquet hall, with everyone watching.

In terms of the modern world, it can be said that the president of a chaebol congratulates the marriage of a low-level employee at the New Year’s kick-off ceremony.

Nobility’s honor is unexpectedly affected by small things, so even if it seems like a useless thing, it seems that it is unexpectedly wow.

Because they know that well, the royal family is stingy with official compliments.

It’s because you have to put a high price on your word.

‘Well, if I could produce the effect of one manor with just one word, I’d use it sparingly.’

I let out a small sigh.

The reward for the locust attack was permission to marry, but it is said that the reward is too light for just that much.

It is said more among the commoners than among the nobles.

Unlike nobles who understand the value of what is invisible, it seems that I have received nothing in the eyes of commoners.

He saved us, the entire king too, but the king doesn’t do anything. isn’t it too much

Rumors are said to be circulating.

It would have been difficult for the royal family to leave it alone.

It’s annoying to understand.

The banquet will be very colorful and beautifully decorated.

Looking at the atmosphere, it seems that it will be bigger than a New Year’s banquet.

It’s a very funny story, but the Duke of Weiss decided to lend it to the royal family.

It wasn’t like he didn’t have enough money to hold a banquet, so he gave a loan to the royal family.

It is true that a banquet costs a lot of money, but even the royal family can afford it, and they are not brazen enough to ask for money in that way.

I don’t know what’s inside, but at least outwardly.

Since I became a duke, I have lent money to the royal family twice, but the timing just came around.

So, the royal family is going to hold this banquet more splendidly, looking at me, and in the end, the king is holding a celebratory banquet for me, and I end up paying for it.

It’s a strange thing.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter since I’m sure I’m getting the reward instead.’

Even if you don’t take things like land as collateral, you don’t lend only with good faith or trust.

Every time he borrows, he collects the right to benefit the ducal family and also receives interest.

“…”

While vassal to the king, creditor and debtor at the same time, on the same side, they check each other, and sometimes cooperate.

The various families of royalty and nobility in this country are so intricately intertwined that if you remove one, the others will follow like a sweet potato stalk.

It is so complex that it is often difficult to determine whether it is an enemy or an ally.

Anyway, since the royal family banquet will be held once more, it seems that those who were planning to leave the royal capital early are putting off their schedule.

The same was true of the Marquis of Petrie.

I heard that my mother had sent someone to assist Catherine to the Marquis’s Territory, so I guess that’s why I was thinking of leaving a little early.

However, he stopped doing that and urged Katrin, who is making her debut as a duchess, to study.

Catherine complains in letters almost every day.

I think I’m going to die hard

If you smile every time you read the letter, she gets angry.

I was thinking about taking a break for a while when the butler entered the room.

“I heard that the lady of Baron Mayer, whom you have been watching with interest, is getting engaged.”

“…”

I think I know myself that my face is hardened.

You’re not going to be betrothed to Prince Robert.

But if so what the hell.

“with whom?”

When I asked, the butler looked at me with a strange face.

“The butler not only obeys the master’s orders, but also has the role of being alert and careful in case of danger or scandal.”

“…”

The butler lowered his head slightly.

“Forgive me for being presumptuous, master. It’s okay to have a lover, but I think you’d better stop with that woman. Her fiancée is the one who bought the title with money. After that, she’s doing a bad job. To my master. It will do you harm.”

“That must be wrong.”

I smiled bitterly and shook my head.

After I kept paying attention to Renee and asked her to investigate, she seemed to think she was interested.

But from my point of view, I don’t like being misunderstood.

The reason why the royal family is holding a banquet this time is the same, but people’s misunderstandings and gazes sometimes become a driving force that drives the situation to a strange place.

‘That’s absolutely not a specification.’

It is best not to associate with the heroine with anything, intangible or tangible.

The butler looked at me with a strange expression, but he seemed to understand that I didn’t investigate Renee with that intention.

“I’m sorry, master. I made a presumptuous statement.”

“It’s okay. But who is that fiancé, so he’s so wary?”

“He’s trafficking people behind the scenes. He hides it well.”

I looked at him casually.

“Really?”

“Yes. That’s solid information.”

“… What the hell is Baron Meyer thinking? To marry such a man and his daughter.”

I have no intention of contacting Renee or doing anything for her.

Moreover, it is entirely up to the father how to treat his daughter. There is no room for others to intervene.

But when I hear these things, even such a country feels a little sorry for Renée.

‘Besides… why is the heroine engaged to someone who doesn’t even appear in the novel? I thought he would be connected to the characters in the IF story, even if he wasn’t a prince.’

Something is really strange about this world.