The Villain Changed the Ending

064 father escapes

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

Startled by the tremendous explosion, the horse backs away.

The procession quickly became chaotic.

“Duke!”

The captain of the escort shouted and immediately grabbed the reins and moved to my side.

A puzzled expression is evident.

“are you okay.”

I held up one hand to the captain of the escort and pulled the reins with the other.

I mean clever guy.

When I, the owner, wasn’t surprised, I quickly regained my composure.

“oh my god.”

“Wow, what is that!”

A murmur spread among the soldiers.

My gaze also followed the soldiers to the sky over the distant wall.

In the distant sky, white clouds that started from the ground rise up in a lump.

A group of large white mushrooms appeared to multiply high up in the sky.

“I’d better avoid it.”

“Surround yourself around the Duke! You never know what might appear!”

The captain of the escort and the captain of magic shouted almost simultaneously, and I was immediately surrounded by soldiers.

Layer by layer, a human wall is created.

“It’s okay. No surprises.”

I looked at the mushroom cloud with a hard face.

Any man who has lived on the modern Earth knows what that is.

An explosion cloud that appears when a large bomb explodes.

There is no chin to be in this world.

“That’s probably what Sven-sensei did.”

I said it as if nothing happened on the outside, but my heart became more nervous than ever before.

‘Is Sven all right?’

It looks like it’s far from the city from the direction, and it’s probably not an accidental explosion during research.

I thought it might have been an explosion experiment.

But if you haven’t sheltered in enough distance.

“First, we have to find out what’s going on. I’ll have to go over there.”

I started running towards the epicenter of the explosion.

“Duke!”

The captain of the escort panicked and called me to chase after me.

I know I have to wait for him.

It would be standard for another soldier to check first and then move on.

But my heart was in too much of a hurry.

Sven died in an explosion while researching in the novel.

For that reason, not only Sven, but also Benno and the others were told to be careful several times, but this time the explosion range may have been wider than they expected.

“That’s an experiment. It won’t explode again, so it’s okay to approach it now.”

After I shouted that, I urged myself to speak even more.

Seeing that they didn’t explode in quick succession, there must have been no other explosives nearby.

The explosion stopped once and I thought the situation was over.

‘please….’

I ran quickly.

As we headed towards the epicenter of the blast, away from the walls, we saw a group of people gathered.

Some are sitting there, some are standing.

There were also places where several people were sitting huddled together.

Dust sat white on people’s heads from the explosion.

A few had scratches on their bodies as if they had been hit by flying stones.

And in the distance, beyond the people, I could see an empty plain hollowed out by the explosion.

A radius of about 500 meters was completely empty.

oh my god.

The captain of the escort standing next to him murmured.

Some of the people gathered there seemed to hear the sound of horses hooves.

A few people turned around.

No, I guess I couldn’t hear it because my ears were deaf.

People’s blank faces were startled when they saw me.

Among them was Benno.

Benno, always clean and well-dressed, was covered in white dust and looked ugly.

“master!”

Benno came forward as if embarrassed.

I looked around, but I couldn’t see Mr. Sven among the people.

“Benno! What about Sven? Is Sven-sensei all right?”

I shouted and jumped off the horse, and a person jumped up behind them where they were standing.

“I do!”

Covered in dust, from his head to his face, his arms and legs, Sven jumped toward me waving his arms wildly.

“Oscar! Duke! My God! Did you see it now? Did you see it? I did it! I made something great! Now we’re going to be famous! My God! I’m going to be famous! I’m going to be famous! We have a lot of power to conquer the world!” We have! Everyone will look up to us! I am! I am Sven!”

“…”

thank god.

Not hurt.

Didn’t die.

A healthy Sven is here.

All limbs and head are all intact.

The moment I was relieved, my legs trembled.

As I took a deep breath and stood there, the captain of the escort quickly supported me.

“ha.”

Really, it took ten years.

Maybe it actually shortened the lifespan a bit.

But Sven is, after all, Sven, so he didn’t seem to notice my expression at all.

Sven whirled around me like he was dancing.

“It worked, Duke. Sven did it. Ha ha ha ha.”

“Mr. Sven.”

Seeing Sven happy like a child, I felt a little pathetic and laughed a little.

Benno came closer and bowed his head.

“Are you home, master? I’m sorry. I couldn’t even pick you up.”

“No, I think I know roughly what’s going on.”

When I looked at the site of the explosion, Benno opened his mouth with a pale face.

“As you may have guessed, when I received the call that my master had come nearby, he suddenly went wild this morning saying he had to do an experiment. Sven-sensei seemed to want to show off his cool side to his master.”

Benno must have been concerned about safety.

Maybe it was Benno who experimented this far away, and maybe it was Benno who stopped trying to run towards it after the explosion.

As old Ben, who understands how important Sven is to our family right now, he must have stood right next to him and cared for everything from start to finish.

I think I know without looking.

yes, it’s normal

“Good work, Benno.”

“It’s something I have to do, of course.”

Benno politely bowed his head.

Beside him, Sven continued to chatter and rejoice.

Truly, he is a person who does not change even after a year or ten years.

Respectful in a way.

“Has anything happened in the meantime?”

“No big deal, but Bernt-sama is sending me letters every day. In the past, it was addressed to the master, but now I’m sending it to the godfather.”

“Father….”

Another sigh comes out.

What did the father want to say to the mother now that he had come?

Benno’s face was very cold.

“How is your mother?”

“It’s okay. You’ve been paying attention while the master is away, but the master is here, and now it’s a lot of familiarity.”

A soft smile appeared on Benno’s face, probably because he remembered his mother.

‘As expected, Benno likes his mother.’

But I don’t know what my mother is like.

He seems to have a good relationship with Benno and trust him, but he doesn’t seem to see him as a man.

I think it’s about the same position as the older brother I depend on because of the age gap.

It’s because he doesn’t think about the possibility that Benno will like him.

‘That’s probably because Benno doesn’t approach him as a man at all.’

Even if you show that you are a man even a little bit, something will change, but you only encounter it with the attitude of a butler.

‘I’m going to die of frustration.’

What would you do if your father asked you to get back together with your mother?

It seems that her mother has already left her father, but she still doesn’t know.

Since we’re a couple, let’s just put up with it, or we can reminisce about love from a long time ago.

But I just can’t see it like that.

Whether it was because the last thing he saw in his previous life was his wife’s affair, or because he had seen his mother’s sorrow from an early age, or because of Oscar’s feelings before he remembered his previous life, his father’s behavior was absolutely unacceptable.

‘When I was young and happy, I pretended that Bianca was the love of my life…’

Looking at his father’s letter, he did not do that simply because he felt sorry for the Duke position.

It seems that he hates Bianca now.

I don’t know why I’m doing that now because I’m sending them to live happily ever after.

‘I don’t want to see my mother forgive my father. Even though it’s a mother’s life to the end.’

I let out a small sigh and saw Sven dancing around, still shouting something.

It seems that Sven’s excitement from the explosion hasn’t gone away yet.

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Judging by the chatter, it seems that the explosion was much stronger than he expected.

Even after some time has passed, his overflowing joy still shows no signs of stopping.

Benno narrowed his eyes as he looked at Sven.

“That person really doesn’t change. If I made a mistake, he and we would all turn to dust and disappear, but I don’t care at all. Maybe even if he dies and becomes a spirit, he’ll dance with excitement. He said he created such a strong explosion.”

Sven is currently one of the most important people in our ducal family.

I’m not just talking about magic bombs.

There were several kinds of magic tools that were accidentally created while development failed.

Some types will be sold through merchants in the near future.

Benno’s eyes narrowed even more.

“It seems my lifespan is being shortened to keep him alive.”

hahahaha. That’s right.

That seems like an appropriate expression.

Because my lifespan seems to be shortening sometimes.

We looked at each other’s faces and said we couldn’t help but smile.

“Mr. Sven.”

When I called, Sven approached me strangely, waving his arms and body.

I don’t know about it in official settings, but I still call him teacher in private.

Sven said it was awkward to be called that by the duke, but he could see his delight whenever I called him teacher.

He dreams of world domination, and is sometimes a bit strange, but he is a pure person.

‘I get into trouble, but I really can’t hate you.’

Of course, it’s only me and the dukes who think that way, and if I go out to society, I’ll be ashamed.

Sven is a person who should not be put in the aristocratic society.

never.

For Sven himself or for the Duke’s sake.

“Tell me about your achievements so far. I’m also curious about what happened to this explosion.”

“Oh! Of course that’s right. Of course I was going to report it. This is a processed bone from those pirates…”

Sven started talking right away, his eyes twinkling.

I didn’t care that this was outside, or that I had just arrived at the duke’s house after a long trip.

“Sven, please talk to me from the carriage.”

“Of course! It would be better to talk about research inside than in a place like this. It’s noisy and there are people here. I thought of it when I said it was inside. I came up with a way to make the inside of the magic tool a little more stable. How? If you’re going to do it…”

Sven was excited, and when he saw the baby rhinoceros lying on the carriage, he shouted strangely.

“It’s a living monster bone!”

“…”

No no, I don’t call a living animal a skull bone.

I calmed down the excited Sven and opened my mouth.

“Sir, this child is not an experimental instrument.”

Sven seems a bit disappointed.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been interested in rhinoceros bones for a long time.

For the time being, I’ll have to tell Benno to keep Sven away from the cub.

Perhaps feeling something, the baby threatened Sven while crying.

*

When I arrived at the mansion, all the servants came out in front of the building and stood side by side to greet me.

Mother is standing at the very front.

Every time I come here from the royal capital, I get this kind of welcome every time.

At first, it felt a bit cumbersome, but at some point, this welcoming ceremony turned into a sense of relief that I had returned home.

“Oscar!”

Mother took a step forward and spread her arms.

As I approached, my mother, whom I had to look up at before, was standing far below.

Even though I am as big as I am, somehow my mother felt small.

but still beautiful

Now only 37 years old.

She was still at an age where flowers should be in full bloom, but her clothes and facial expression had become like an old lady before she knew it.

My father, who made my mother like this, could never forgive me again.

The facial expression hardens on its own.

I pushed my hatred to one side and smiled softly.

“I’m back, Mother.”

“Good work, Oscar.”

My mother looked at Benno standing behind and widened her eyes.

He seems surprised by Benno’s dusty appearance.

“Oh my God, what happened?”

“If we talk about it, it’ll be a little long, ma’am. Since it’s a bit pathetic, we’ll have to make something cool to cover it up.”

Mother laughs at Benno’s words.

“Listen to me later, butler.”

Watching the exchange between the two, I smiled inwardly.

Again, let’s exclude the father from the mother’s life.

I don’t want to see my mother, who smiles happily after a long time, shed tears because of my father.

‘If there is someone to shed tears for, it must be my father.’

The next evening, an urgent report came from the head of the estate where my father was staying.

It is said that his father escaped the territory alone.

He secretly ran out of the mansion in the middle of the night.

I sent an escort to follow the trail, so it was written not to worry too much.

According to Daegwan’s words, the father’s destination seems to be here.

‘What on earth does that father want to do?’

My head ached throbbingly.