The Villain Changed the Ending

063 An explosion sounded.

****[Catherine, Duchess]****

Duchy soldiers were following around the wagon.

It is a bodyguard provided by Oscar-sama.

Since she became the duchess, she said that she couldn’t just entrust the escort to the marquis family.

In Oscar-sama’s letter, it was written that he believed in the soldiers of the Marquis family, but was still worried about Catherine.

It’s Oscar’s heart.

‘Whoop whoop whoop. Oscar’s heart.’

happy.

My father said Oscar was worried about thieves.

It’s on the stable side now, but it is said that even before Catherine was born, there were constant quarrels between the territories in this country.

A small war broke out every day, and countless soldiers lost their lives.

Resentment creates tragedy again.

Even on the road they met by chance, a life-and-death duel began, which again became a war between families.

The war led to the suffering of the people, and as a result, many bandits appeared in the country.

If Young-min, who has become difficult to live on, runs away, it is because the thief is the last way to fall.

Mother sighed, saying, “My father’s beard is now standing in such a cool way, but when the fight was in full swing, it was so full of beard that I couldn’t even tell whether he was an aristocrat or a bandit.”

Fighting between small families is also a problem, but fighting between factions and large nobles leading vassal families leads to greater misfortune.

I heard that when the aristocratic Marquis of Hoven and the royalist Duke of Weiss quarreled, the families under their influence also joined in, literally dividing the country into two.

The reason the fight finally calmed down was that the Duke of Weiss and the Marquis of Hoven had married.

And with Oscar-sama’s birth, peace finally settled.

Being born itself is like a blessing from God to this country.

Existence itself shines brightly.

I was born under a shining star.

Now that he has become her husband, he looks more like a shining existence in Katrin’s eyes.

Anyway, it is said that most of the large thieves in this country were created during the war between the territories, and now they have grown so large that they cannot be easily subjugated.

I don’t have much fear of meeting them if I go along the known road, but I can’t completely put my mind at ease.

Suddenly, I met eyes with the duke’s soldier who was following me outside the carriage.

The older soldier smiled and bowed his head.

He is the oldest among the soldiers who came as an escort.

I heard that this duke is the captain of the escort.

‘Whoa whoop whoop.’

Catherine covered her mouth and gave a small laugh.

The duke’s soldiers call Catherine ‘Madame’.

‘Madam… hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu.’

Wife is a word that refers to the wife of their master.

They call her master’s wife, wife, hostess, that’s what they call her.

‘Whoop whoop.’

Every time I’m called that, I feel happy again several times a day.

The word wife seemed to tell her that she was tied to Oscar.

‘Whoa whoop whoop whoop. ma’am.’

Even though we can’t be together, I feel so happy whenever I am called by that word.

My father and mother just called her Catherine when they were alone with their family, but they always called her the Duchess when they were with other people and treated her that way.

Originally, even when family members are together, she should be treated as a duchess, but I heard that Oscar-sama had permission for that part.

I feel pity when I am still young and my parents treat me so awkwardly from an early age.

‘Whoop whoop.’

I’m not sorry at all

The titles my parents call me. How about Catherine or the Duchess?

There is no change in the parents’ mind.

However, to think that he cares about even the smallest things that you don’t have to think about, he is a kind person.

Originally, it was an arranged marriage, but I didn’t feel that way at all from Oscar’s behavior.

‘Of course, it’s not an arranged marriage at all for me.’

It is the victory of love achieved through love at first sight.

However, to Oscar-sama, it was just a family union, but he is a good person after all.

It’s like a wild feeling.

Perhaps he recognized it at first sight.

His young intuition had discovered that this was the man he had to sacrifice his soul and life for.

Well done, my hunch.

me when i was young

great!

“Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!”

A high-pitched laugh came out involuntarily.

“Catherine.”

The mother, who was sitting across from her, sighed, telling her to protect the Duchess’ body.

“I’m sorry, mother.”

Katrin apologized honestly and bowed her head a little.

I always refrain from laughing in front of my mother, but I can’t help it when my mood gets high.

it just flows

But now you have to be really careful. Because she is the duchess.

You shouldn’t be someone to Oscar.

Because she is the duchess.

Catherine is no longer a marquis, but now Oscar’s wife.

Because she’s a real duchess.

“Oh-ho-ho-ho!”

“Catherine…”

“I’m sorry, mother.”

not even weird

Why can’t I fix this laugh?

No matter how hard I try, it doesn’t work.

*

The journey went smoothly.

However, it was time to leave the Marquisate for a few days and pass through the plains.

A small dot appeared in the far sky between the sparsely standing short trees.

It was a locust witch.

It’s not as many as when they appeared in the royal capital.

Are there dozens of them?

Maybe a hundred or so.

Rather than being frightening, the first thought came to my mind that it was disgusting.

I’ve heard that it can’t fly, but since it rarely lands on the ground, it looks like it’s flying.

Voices of warning spread among the soldiers.

After staying in the carriage for a while, the father immediately grabbed a knife and ran out.

The duke’s escorts stand in a circle around the carriage.

Everyone is surprised and in a hurry, so the movements are noisy, but only the duke’s escort is silent.

as usual.

When the head of the duke’s escort opened and closed his fingers, the other magic soldiers sent a signal in a similar motion.

As the soldiers of the Marquis prepare to fight with bows and swords, the duke’s escorts aim their arrows at the locusts.

The escort captain’s arrow shot first.

“Stupid! It’s still too far! We’ve learned the bow from the steppes too, but it’s still too far! It’s just a waste of arrows!”

One of the marquis soldiers shouted.

But the next moment, the locust demons that flew in from far away began to drip.

I still can’t even see the exact shape of the grasshopper demon, but I don’t know how I got it right.

“oh my god.”

Someone muttered, and the mother who was closing the carriage window came over and looked at the distant sky.

Toduk toduk toduk.

No sound.

But it seems that you can see it with your eyes.

The locust demons that had been flying rapidly from the distant sky fell and shrank in an instant.

The locust master was still far away, but the arrows of the ducal guards shot them down again.

And in an instant, the sky cleared.

Nothing floated.

As if the fact that there were locusts in the sky was a lie, only white clouds remained in the sky.

The duke’s escorts, who had formed a circle around the carriage, moved to the sides as usual, and put the remaining arrows into the quiver fixed on the saddle.

I heard the head of the duke’s escort approaching one of them and speaking in a low voice.

“Looks like you didn’t get hit a few times in the middle.”

“sorry.”

“Do you know why?”

“The control of the amount of mana was a little bad.”

“Yeah, that’s all you need to know. But practice a little more. We’re not just soldiers. Don’t forget we have an important mission.”

“yes.”

Katrin wasn’t the only one who heard it nearby.

My father, mother, and a few marquis soldiers were also listening.

Consternation shone on people’s faces.

He seemed surprised to hear that he didn’t get hit by a few shots.

Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop.

How is it, did you see it? Did you see the skills of our duke’s soldiers!

This is the Duke of Weiss!

These are Oscar’s soldiers!

“Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!”

A smile came out involuntarily.

Oh dear. Another laugh like this

Mother suddenly looked at her, but this time she said nothing.

Perhaps the duke’s soldiers were mesmerized by their skills.

‘Whoa whoop whoop.’

Katrin covered her mouth with her hand to keep from laughing.

How is Oscar’s soldier? cool isn’t it

My chest was full.

Satisfied, proud, and somehow full of joy.

After entering the wagon, her father sat down on a chair and stared at the ceiling.

“Catherine, it’s really a request, so don’t make trouble when you go to the duke’s house.”

“…”

Isn’t the father trusting his daughter too much?

Besides, she was the number one flower in the social world this time.

Catherine had never looked at another man, but she knew that other people’s eyes were fixed on her.

Of course, there must have been a position on Oscar-sama’s beauty or his wife.

But he knows how popular his aunt was when he was young, and he is definitely popular because he looks just like her.

You are such a beautiful self

‘Of course, Oscar-sama is more beautiful.’

ha.

anyway.

Once Oscar-sama finds out about Catherine’s charms, he’s sure to fall in love with her.

Catherine, the woman who does it.

I learned everything about winning a man’s heart from my aunt!

Dad has nothing to worry about.

Even if trouble arises, I will overcome it with the charm of a woman that comes from deep within.

“…”

Suddenly looking down at her poor chest, Katrin let out a small sigh.

It would be better to ask your aunt about the secret to growing breasts.

Until now, I firmly believed that it would be okay when I grew up because I was the blood of my mother and aunt, but it might be time to find a secret.

Katrin looked at the distant sky through the window.

Where the hell do breasts come from?

‘ha.’

A sigh came out spontaneously.

If her breasts continue to look like this, it must be because of her father.

“…”

i hate my father

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

The journey after meeting the horned rabbit went smoothly.

The soldiers’ vigilance was at its highest, but nothing special happened.

Every time I stopped by the city, I checked out rumors about the Witchbeast.

There were few people who saw the monsters that should have been in the forest come out to a shallow place, but that was all.

There was no place where the number increased rapidly or was in a difficult situation because of the Demon Beast.

‘Maybe it was just a coincidence.’

Sometimes reality is more bizarre than fiction.

The living witness is right here.

no dead witness

To die and fall into the world of a novel, on the day he found out that his wife was having an affair, to die while head-butting an extramarital man, to fall into his wife’s novel.

If someone had written something like this as a novel, they would have been scolded for not being probable.

Maybe only the city where the horned rabbit appeared was a little strange.

Somehow the growing environment was good, the lord of the city neglected hunting and he was cheating on it, or maybe the number of monsters that ate horned rabbits temporarily decreased.

‘I really hope it’s just a coincidence.’

But it also bothers me.

I let out a small sigh.

*

Upon entering the border of the dukedom, I felt a distinctly different atmosphere from other territories.

A city cleaner and more lively than anywhere else, and a slightly better look and dress.

The people who spotted our procession smiled brightly and bowed deeply.

“Lord!”

“It’s the duke.”

The voices of children and adults harmonized, and some in the distance waved their arms loudly.

Children run in a procession.

The baby rhinoceros, still in the wagon, cried as if it felt something.

Even though it was a duchy, it wasn’t that people didn’t starve to death in the winter.

There were also people who sold their children when there was nothing to eat due to starvation.

The poor, the slaves, the crimes, the parents beating their children, the runaways, the bad lords.

there is no

No matter how hard I try my whole life, it won’t go away completely.

It’s been over ten years since I became a lord.

Not much has changed during that time.

There are very few places my eyes can reach.

However, the number of happy people increased compared to other cities.

I see it in the faces of the people.

It is my pride that I was born and raised in this world and can speak with my chest open.

Seeing the smiles on Youngmin’s faces, I waved my hand with a proud heart.

As if in response, the children waved their arms wildly, and people burst into laughter.

The escort captain muttered abruptly.

“Seeing you like this reminds me that the Duke is still only 16 years old.”

“That much… can you see how happy I am?”

The escort captain laughed lightly.

“Because you’re usually too mature. The Duke usually looks like someone well over 40.”

For that matter, the escort captain and other people treated me too much like a child and overprotected me.

I thought so and looked at the young people.

“…”

A smile came to his lips.

When I hear children’s laughter, I think it’s okay.

I think the laughter tells me that I’m doing well, that I’m on the right track.

Embarrassed by the escort captain’s gaze, I turned my head.

*

A duchy is as big as a small country.

It took several days to go from the border with other territories to the central city.

In the evening, I stopped in the city to spend the night and left again.

Youngmin, who heard that I was passing by sometimes, came running holding a newborn baby.

“Bless you! Please bless me, lord.”

Sometimes at the request of the couple, sometimes the father, sometimes the mother, I kissed the child on the forehead and said a blessing.

I once asked Benno once.

Why do the villagers ask me, not the priest, to bless me?

What Benno said then made me very happy.

[Since the master became the lord, the number of children has increased. Commoners easily believe in superstitions. In their eyes, it looks like there is something special light dwelling in the body of the young lord.]

What I did is simple.

Boil water to eat, wash your hands after going to the bathroom, clean up animal excrement, don’t throw filth near the well, don’t let it get mixed up.

Most of them were not followed.

Firewood is too precious to boil water, and washing hands frequently is inconvenient for commoners, and they have no idea why they should do it.

There is so much animal poop all over the place. It takes time to clean it up, but commoners have too much to do. There is no time to throw it away where it is not needed. I don’t even know why Everyone would have thought so.

The only thing that is kept is not to throw filth into the drinking water.

In the past, it seems that it was common to wash the urine and feces near the well.

But even that didn’t have much effect.

If I don’t finish work near the well, I have to carry water to the house and do it every time, but there’s nothing more troublesome than that. It’s much easier to finish in a place where there is water.

Seriously, no matter how much I spoke, few people defended me.

Even the lords who hear me most directly, there were people who couldn’t understand why it was necessary.

Nonetheless, rarely did anyone keep more than one of my words.

If the number of children has increased a little, it is probably thanks to that.

And maybe it’s just that the harsh life has become a little richer and more food goes into your mouth.

While giving blessings to children and babies in each city, I arrived at Eldoni, the central city of the duchy.

It was when the castle walls were visible in the distance.

Suddenly, the ground shook and there was a huge explosion.