The Villain Changed the Ending

054 Another version of lookalike

****[Mrs. Petri] ****

News came that my sister had arrived at the capital.

It was the time when the palace banquet was just around the corner.

‘It can’t go on like this.’

Marquis Petrie bit her lip.

At an unexpected time, Catherine became a duchess.

Although he is still staying in the family of a marquis, the time to go to the family of a duke could be quicker depending on the will of the godfather.

It was probably the godfather who would estimate the time when he would completely move into the ducal family while watching the progress of his studies.

If the High Lady decides that Catherine is good enough as a Duchess, or that a little throne will be all right, the Duke will take Catherine away even before she is eighteen.

In the next four years or so, or less, the youngest daughter will be out of her hands.

Then there was a chance that Catherine would be closer to Natalie than to the marquis.

You may be influenced by your older sister more than before.

Because my sister is really good at digging into people’s hearts.

‘If Catherine gets closer after becoming the Duchess…’

It’s terrible.

Marquis Petrie let out a long sigh.

‘I can’t leave it like this.’

Something must be done.

“…”

She gets into trouble, but she is a cute daughter.

Really troublesome though.

The Marquis Petrie hesitated and hesitated several times before finally sending a letter to her sister.

A reply to the request for a visit arrived that afternoon.

It is recommended to visit the next day.

That night I couldn’t sleep until late at night.

After barely falling asleep, I had a dream that my sister pushed me and fell down the cliff-like stairs.

When she woke up, the Marquise’s body was soaked in sweat, as if she had been in and out of water.

I couldn’t sleep after that.

*

When the appointment time came the next day, Marquis Petrie headed straight to Count Becker’s house.

While riding in the wagon, my stomach started to hurt little by little.

It’s because you’re overly tense.

While waiting in the reception room after arriving at the county’s house, her stomach ached more and more, and her shoulders felt stiff from the strain on her body.

I want to go back.

What suppressed that feeling was the face of the daughter who was lying on the ground pretending to faint.

At the time, he said he’d seen Katrin practice, but it wasn’t the case.

The Marquis had seen her sister pass out a few times, just as her daughter did.

The movement when falling was the same.

even after falling.

From the position of the fingers and face to the expression that looks pretty even when fainting, it’s the same.

Ha ha, I was out of breath on my own.

You can’t let your daughter, who gradually imitates her older sister’s behavior, go on like this.

I don’t know if it’s to the extent of fainting, but if it becomes more than that.

‘I have to negotiate with my sister.’

My stomach hurt more.

After waiting for a while, the door to the reception room opened and my sister came in.

“Thank you for visiting, Marquis Petrie. Long time no see.”

My sister doesn’t seem to have changed much.

Would it be a little different that the day by day added more bewitching and elegance?

It became more beautiful.

Marquis Petrie tightened her waist.

“Sister Natalie.”

“Huh, stomach ache again? Your face is drawn.”

Sister smiles brightly.

The Marquisess lowered her gaze.

You shouldn’t be dragged around like your sister says.

The Marquis didn’t answer her sister’s words, but glanced at the attendant in the corner.

“Sister, I want to talk alone.”

“…”

The older sister sighed slightly and let the attendant leave.

“Let’s sit down first, right? He’s looking like he’s about to collapse.”

“…”

“I’ll listen properly. Sit down, Marquis.”

Sister’s voice is warm.

He didn’t seem angry at all.

But don’t be discouraged.

She is a person who is good at hiding her mind.

The Marquis sat down, held her breath, and tightened her stomach.

After making a firm determination, open your mouth.

“Sister, please don’t teach Catherine anything strange.”

“…”

My sister had a pretty smile.

“If it’s strange, what are you talking about?”

His expression and voice were soft, but for some reason he felt chilly.

Unknowingly, the Marquis looked around to see if there were stairs.

This is the reception room.

There was no way there were stairs, but my eyes found them on their own.

The Marquis swallowed her saliva and looked at her sister’s chest.

I can’t look into my sister’s eyes because I’m scared.

“Something like fainting… like stepping on another girl’s skirt and knocking it over…”

“…”

The voice gradually creeped in.

Sister doesn’t say anything.

There was silence for a while.

‘Mo, I can’t stand it.’

I am so nervous that my heart is about to jump out of my mouth.

When I was about to say something because I couldn’t do it, my sister opened her mouth.

“You’ve always been afraid of me. If you still come and say this, I think you have good reason.”

My sister paused for a moment.

I stare at the face of the Marquis.

Her gaze poured into the marquise’s face as if it were about to be pierced.

“But I don’t mean to embarrass her. Catherine is your daughter, but I consider myself mine too.”

“… I know, sister.”

My sister only has a son.

She once gave birth to a daughter, but twice died very young.

That’s why I especially love Catherine.

She knew that her older sister loved the child who resembled her a lot, like a daughter.

That’s why, despite being reluctant to her sister, she asked for Catherine’s education and let them meet.

If I had judged that my sister had an intention to abuse Catherine, I would have prevented the meeting somehow.

And I would never have thought to come here to ask.

The Marquis held her hands tightly on her lap.

“I don’t think that everything you teach me is unnecessary. I know there are a lot of skills you need to get through in the social world. But Sister, Katrin, even though she looks a lot like her, she’s not her.”

“…”

Catherine and her sister are different.

My older sister is smart and good at dealing with people, but Katrin is not.

Outwardly, she pretends to be like her older sister, but that child is dark to the signs of others and is the type to show her heart outside.

No matter how well her sister taught her, Catherine couldn’t do it well.

A sister can be good at hiding her actions, but if Catherine does like her sister, she will be stepped on her tail someday.

After saying that, the Marquis looked at her sister’s face in fear.

“I don’t think a kid who can’t even cheat on me can do like a big sister in the social world.”

“…”

My sister made a smile like a porcelain without saying anything and looked at her.

‘scared.’

My sister gets very angry when someone tries to take her away from the object she likes.

You are too obsessed with the one thing you like.

It’s like Catherine.

They really look alike.

The Marquis parted her parched lips.

“Sister, please take good care of Katrin from now on. I hope that… she will watch over you from time to time so that she does not get into trouble in the social world.”

When I emphasized that I wasn’t trying to tear her away, a soft smile barely appeared on her sister’s face.

“Of course. He’s my cute nephew.”

Perhaps because she remembered Catherine, her sister’s expression softened a little.

“Certainly… he’s innocent. A lot of times his heart is exposed. I’m teaching him in the hopes that he’ll get through on his own, but maybe he’s going in the wrong direction.”

Saying that, my sister smiled prettily.

I’ve seen her for a long time, so I know whether she’s genuinely laughing or not.

The smile now is sincere.

It wasn’t a made up laugh.

Oh, that’s it. It worked.

The Marquis thought so and relaxed.

“thanks sister.”

At the words of the Marquis, the older sister laughed softly.

“It’s for cute Catherine. I don’t need to say that.”

My sister narrowed her eyes and looked at the marquise.

“What kind of person is Duke Weiss?”

“He is.”

A smile appeared on the Marquis’s face.

“Be nice to Catherine. There’s probably no one who can make her happier than she is. Strong and kind… and she deserves it.”

“okay.”

Sister smiles softly.

I had never seen such a warm face before.

After that, after a little small talk, the Marquis bade goodbye.

When I said hello and turned around, I heard my sister muttering.

“You’ve grown up too. You only trembled next to me… for the sake of your daughter…”

At the end of the sentence, the older sister laughs.

I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.

The Marquis pretended not to hear and moved on.

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

The steppe tribes are noisy.

In the reports that came regularly, there were always disturbing words written on them.

This report contained more worrying words.

It is said that starving tribes are increasingly plundering other tribes.

Previously, only rumors flowed in from the north, but now there are reports of a nearby tribe being attacked, and it was written that every day was a series of tensions.

I sighed heavily as I read through the report.

‘It’s a little different from the novel, so it would be nice if the invasion of the grassland tribes deviated from the original.’

What will happen?

Every steppe tribe is like a small independent country.

They set up large territories and moved along the grass to feed their livestock within them.

For this reason, news between tribes tends to spread quite slowly.

Both Martin and the people of the Red Hawk Tribe are trying to get the right news.

It would be nice if I could help, but the duke’s power in the meadow doesn’t help at all.

I had no choice but to leave it to them.

It’s just mind-boggling.

I moved my gaze to the next sentence.

It is said that the Red Hawk Tribe moved their territory a bit to avoid confusion.

And as things got worse and worse, the head of the Red Hawk Tribe decided to hand over the position to his son.

It was written that he thought of the confusion he would have if he died.

Also, when a battle broke out, he risked his life to fight, and it seems to be to evacuate his son and tribe to another place.

It is said that the position to take over the position of chieftain was simple, but very solemn and pious.

Martin looks quite moved by the scene.

Those feelings came out in the writing.

‘Is Goruka the chief?’

In the novel, the chieftain who cooperated with the kingdom and fought through the royal capital.

He finally appeared in reality.

That too, a little ahead of schedule.

My heart felt heavier as it seemed to be approaching the tragedy of the novel little by little.

As I moved my hand, there was a busy movement nearby.

The young butler quickly picked up a new piece of paper and placed it on the desk.

She is a child who has been doing chores in the office for a while, such as picking up a pen or paper.

He is said to be in his late teens now.

It is said that he came to stand next to me after working in other fields of the mansion, but he is quick-witted.

If I wanted to do something, he took it one step ahead.

‘Even though it seems like I get scolded by the butler every day.’

I smiled a little.

Almost all of the butlers in the duke’s family were Viscount Krueger, headed by Benno.

The same was true of the king, the butler, and this young butler.

Maybe that’s why, for some reason, it feels a little bit similar.

I was about to write a letter, but my hand stopped.

“…”

The young butler was looking at me tensely.

Even when the butler is by his side, he is like air, sometimes to the point of forgetting that he is nearby, but the young butler has a great presence.

I felt like I was being watched because I was watching so closely.

The butler is always paying attention to this, but it doesn’t seem to be fixed.

Feeling the stinging gaze on my skin, I started moving the pen.

The fact that magic arrows, which were difficult to obtain, could be sent more smoothly in the future, the supply of food and other supplies, and congratulatory words for the inauguration of Goruka’s chief.

As I was jotting down, I suddenly stopped the pen and smiled.

And I wrote the fact that I had officially married my wife.

Goruka has always said that a man without a wife is still a child, and now he won’t say that anymore.

After entrusting the letter to the attendant, I immediately started preparing to go to the palace.

Today is finally the day of the palace banquet.

It was a hot day, and it was a little annoying, but Catherine was still looking forward to this day.

I don’t know if I’m looking forward to going out as a duchess or if I’m looking forward to our marriage being announced in the palace.

*

When I put on all my clothes and went to the Marquis of Petri, Katrin was waiting for me with a lovely appearance like the Princess of the Moon.

From her face to her whole body, it seems to shine brightly.

He said in a letter that he would die every day, but there is no such atmosphere anywhere.

“Husband.”

Katherine smiled broadly, her eyes shining brightly.

The joy of meeting me radiated from his entire body.

If you say with your whole body that you like me like this, I get a little embarrassed too.

And, cute as it is, that’s wrong, Catherine.

It’s embarrassing to call me that at a palace banquet.

I put my face close to her ear and whispered so no one else could hear.

“That title is only used when there are two of you.”

Katrin’s face turned red instantly and she nodded several times.

I couldn’t pay attention in front of others, so I said it in my ear, but for some reason, the reaction was a little different from what I expected.

Looking up at me with sparkling eyes, Catherine lightly covered her mouth with her hand.

From the face to the neck to the hands, everything is red.

It looks like a fairy made of red apple peel.

“…”

cute.

But it’s not like you don’t know that you’ve been secretly scolded.

I thought about giving him one more attention, but he was so cute and he was smiling embarrassingly, so I couldn’t speak.

Maybe this is the heart of a grandfather who loves his grandson and granddaughter.

I had a sudden thought.

I’m not that old yet.

Even with all the ages in his previous life, he wasn’t old enough to become a grandfather.

“…”

For some reason, just a little bit, a little bit… My mood dropped about half a step.