The Villain Changed the Ending

061 I’m in love with you

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

The warehouse was more broken than before.

The entrance was to be stepped on by rhinos in a collapsed state, making it easier to enter.

There’s not much that gets stuck on the floor.

When I stood in front of the warehouse, the captain of the escort went in first to check inside, even though he knew there was nothing inside.

“…”

I took a small breath.

If you leave the corpse as it is, someone will try to use it.

It may not mean anything to the person who is already dead.

No, it is.

No matter how his body is used after death, the person concerned will never know.

Myself, I have no idea what has become of my body since I died on Earth, and I have no relationship.

It’s the same.

‘still.’

My heart is not like that.

A mother who watched as her baby was hacked to pieces by humans, and a baby who kept crying and waiting for her to wake up while watching her die.

My heart tells me not to leave it alone.

The captain of the escort came out of the warehouse. It’s safe and you can go in.

I walked into the warehouse.

This is not for dead mothers and babies.

It is to comfort my heart completely.

Human, my hypocrisy.

“…”

The mother and baby were still lying there, but in slightly different positions than when I saw them earlier.

Maybe the rhinos were trying to stand up.

Do animals not understand what death is?

Maybe it’s just that he thinks he can’t move.

Taking another small sigh, I bent down.

The cub had just died, so it lay quietly as if it were sleeping.

It seems that my magical powers did not help.

Feeling pity, I put my hand on my head, and my body felt warm.

Oh, thinking, I touched my hand again.

definitely warm

I put my hand on my neck, but I couldn’t feel a pulse because of the thick skin.

I put my finger to my nose just in case.

But I’m not sure if I’m breathing.

The captain of the escort saw what I was doing and knelt down.

“I’ll check, Duke.”

After saying that, the escort captain put his finger close to the baby’s nose and waited for a while.

“It’s alive. It’s very weak, but it’s breathing.”

Could my magical powers have helped this child?

When I was at daycare in my previous life, I couldn’t save a screaming dog from being beaten.

A month, two months after that, I had no choice but to endure the screams that tormented my ears until the dog died.

And when a new dog arrives, the same thing happens again.

I couldn’t save it then, but it’s not the same situation, but this time.

After injecting a little more mana into it, I held the baby.

“I will take this child.”

Perhaps because it is a baby, its body covered in thick skin is round.

It fit snugly into the bosom.

“Duke, I will do it.”

The escort captain tried to accept it, but I shook my head.

“But there is blood.”

“It’s okay. This child is taken in a carriage.”

There are only two wagons in this procession.

When I was young, the number of wagons was slightly larger because I packed everything I needed to eat and bedding while traveling.

But now I am also homeless when training with soldiers or hunting.

Most of the things I needed as a child were missing.

For that reason, in the procession between the capital and the duchy, there were only two wagons, a large wagon with a bed, and a wagon used for carrying my belongings.

Baby rhinos cannot be transported in the wagon seats, as they are full of valuables such as clothing, jewelry, and hat boxes that must not be wrinkled.

All that was empty was the high-end wagon for long trips that I used.

Wagons for nobles are originally very expensive, but my wagon is among the most expensive.

The price of the wagon itself, and even the pieces of fabric in it, were enormous.

Of course, even a small scratch can cost a lot of money to repair.

The captain of the escort put on a troubled expression, but as if he couldn’t help it, he shouted to the waiting soldier.

“Bring the wagon!”

When the carriage near the inn arrived, the civil servant who learned the situation asked to wait for a while.

The civil servant ordered the coachman to unload some items from the roof of the wagon.

Because the luggage is tied up as tightly as possible, the volume is smaller than the original.

When I unpacked the innermost bag, a thick blanket came out.

I don’t know when I took care of that.

The civil servant frantically hurriedly placed it on the sofa in the carriage and secured it so that it would not move.

After a while, the blanket was perfectly suited to the carriage, as if it had originally been part of the carriage.

Originally, it was a completely separate and separate object, but it doesn’t seem like that.

His chief aides boasted that he was a versatile talent, and it certainly seems that way. It seems like a craftsman who has been decorating the interior of the wagon for decades.

The civil servant put several layers of cloth on the sofa again and withdrew from the carriage.

“It’s done, Duke.”

“You’ve done a good job.”

At my words, the civil servant smirked.

“It’s my job to assist the duke so that he can act as he pleases without any inconvenience. Don’t worry about it.”

I smiled and climbed into the carriage.

Because of these people of the Duchy, I am always free.

I can’t tell you about the steppe tribe invasion.

You can’t tell them why you’re doing this, why you care, why you’re doing something completely unrelated to the duchy.

Because of that, I do a lot of strange things to the people of the dukedom, but rather than questioning them, they only look at my will and act for me.

I was not very blessed in my previous life, but in this world I am living a truly blessed life.

I put the baby on the sofa seat made by the civil servant.

Try powering it up again.

Little by little, so that this little one is not surprised.

The wagon started moving slowly.

Herbal powder was applied to the baby’s body to stop bleeding.

While the sun was up, the calf’s condition did not change much.

I just breathed quietly.

But that evening, when I arrived at the next city, I opened my eyes.

Dark eyes were staring at me.

I knelt down on the wagon floor and looked into the foal’s eyes.

“You’re awake.”

“…”

The cub closed his eyes again, but when he put his hand to his nose, he could see a slight leak.

Until that evening, the cub opened its eyes several times, and occasionally muttered and pretended to make noise.

It seems to be calling the mother.

But no sound comes out.

It didn’t even have that much power.

I soaked a cloth in water boiled with only vegetables and meat without spices and put it in the mouth of the kitten.

Doesn’t suck properly

I stayed at the inn that day, but I came to the wagon about once an hour to check on the foal.

Each time, the captain of the escort accompanied them.

I was a little sorry, but when I told him that I couldn’t sleep because I was concerned about the baby’s condition, he smiled and replied that he was too.

He doesn’t sleep at night because of my escort, and he has no reason to care about his pups.

He must have just said that out of concern for me.

From around dawn, the baby’s sucking power has increased a little.

Chop chop chop chop, sucking on the cloth like sucking, the baby looked at me with black eyes each time.

“It looks like you bought it now.”

When I gently stroked the unscarred area with my finger, the pup blinked a few times and then let out a low, low-pitched cry.

Pooh… Pooh…

It’s very small, but the sound comes out.

I really think I’ll be fine now.

The dog’s scream echoed in my head, overlapping with the little cry of the pup.

It would have been nice if I could have made it stop even then.

I put a piece of cloth soaked in meat broth in the kid’s mouth again.

Chop chop chop chop, the kid was sucking on the cloth and his tongue touched my finger.

In an instant, the baby’s tongue stretched out and wrapped around my fingers.

A finger was trapped inside the curled tongue, and the tongue moved freely.

It seems to be sucked into a soft cave.

The cub began sucking his finger with great force.

I can’t even move properly, so I don’t know where that power comes from.

I’ve seen somewhere that a newborn baby sucks on its mother’s milk, but it seems to be true.

He sucked my finger for quite some time.

don’t let go

“No matter how much you suck, nothing will come out, you bastard.”

I said small and laughed.

By the time the sun rose high in the sky the next day, the baby’s cries came out properly.

Maybe it’s because he’s a witch, or because rhinos are stronger than the others, he recovers quickly.

Whoops… whoops…

However, the echo sounded a little different from yesterday.

Previously, it was a voice seeking the mother, but now it feels like a childish thing to me.

No matter how you hear it, it sounds like you are begging for milk.

The escort captain, civil servants, and soldiers heard the sound and tilted their heads.

“Maybe they think of the duke as their mother?”

When the young magician blurts out, other people say it seems like that too.

“You’ve been chosen.”

“That guy is quite smart.”

It cried as if the baby was fussing again.

Hmm, that’s troublesome. I’m not getting any milk

*

Our next destination was a town belonging to the Barony.

Although the city is larger than where the rhinos appeared, it does not run luxurious lodgings and is on the poor side.

And, like any small town, it was close to the forest.

No, it would be more accurate to say that there is a city among the forests.

Most cities in this country are like that.

In search of fertile land and water, people built cities in the forest to live.

In any case, this city is on a road not taken when going from the dukedom to the royal capital.

Originally, it is said that a demonic beast appeared near the city we passed through on our way to the capital.

So, there was a call from Benno that it would be better to choose a different path.

It was about a month after I arrived at the capital.

So I changed the route, but this one is also a bit strange.

Originally, the edge of the road, where about two wagons could pass, was covered with weeds and narrowed.

Unlike modern Earth, this world is mostly forests or wastelands unless inhabited.

Even the roads that people often traveled on were damaged to the extent that they could not be used if there was a little bit of rain, and when people stopped walking, the surroundings became tangled with weeds and the roads easily disappeared.

How fast weeds grow, even if left alone for a month, the road is covered with grass.

It was the same in the vicinity of the city where people live.

The fact that this road is covered with grass means that there have been few people around here for at least a month or two.

It was strange.

The escort soldiers were vigilant and solidified their surroundings even thicker.

At the direction of the Magic Captain, the skirmishers took the lead, and the speed of the procession slowed down.

“Be vigilant!”

The magic captain’s voice spread through the procession.

I also got out of the carriage and got on the horse.

Birds chirping occasionally, and leaves rustling in the wind.

My ears have become sensitive.

I don’t know what it is, but tension runs down my spine.

As I held my bow properly and held an arrow in my other hand, something popped out of the bushes.

‘A horned rabbit?’

It was a rabbit with brown fur and long horns.

It’s about the size of a normal rabbit, and it’s not that strong for a monster.

Of course, even normal-sized rabbits are not like the rabbits you can buy in pet stores on Earth.

It’s much bigger than that.

Its appearance was not round and cute, but rather elongated and ferocious.

When I first saw it, I didn’t think it was a rabbit.

It was only later that I realized that the rabbits in this world looked the same.

The only difference is whether they have horns or not.

Normally, they’re so weak that I don’t even have to deal with them.

But the next moment, dozens of horned rabbits jumped out of the grass.

Squeak… squeak… The moment the rat-like cries of a rabbit echoed in the air, arrows came out of the soldiers’ bows.

The number of horned rabbits, which had been dozens, quickly increased to about 200.

Shish, shush, shook.

Even after hitting the horned rabbit, the wind-loaded magic arrows do not stop and pierce the ground.

It looked like a horned rabbit stuffed into the ground.

Two leaped into the air and flew towards me.

Before my arrow could fly, the guard’s sword cut through the air first.

The horned rabbit’s body fell to the floor with a clap and the sound of bones being cut.

Soldiers are silent.

Arrows flew silently without a word, and the air was filled with the sound of squeaks and short screams as they died.

I remembered what the magic captain said during the last rhinoceros incident.

[We interrogated several people to find out the circumstances. It is said that while the mother was giving birth, she caught another one nearby. But it’s a strange thing. Not all beasts are like that, but those big beasts only give birth to one calf at a time. That’s why the monster’s ecosystem is maintained. If you look at that calf, it looks like it was just born. If so, it means that the mother gave birth to two babies in a row. That bothers me a bit.]

Looking at that fact alone, there’s nothing too strange about it.

how could it possibly be

However, looking at the locust monster attack and the current situation, it bothers me.

Something strange seems to be going on.

And it seems that all the soldiers here feel the same way.

No one said anything about the always noisy magic bottles.