The Villain Changed the Ending

071 I’m finally going to see you

***[Catherine, Duchess]***

“We’re leaving.”

“Ma’am, I hope you have a good time.”

The two wives gracefully lower their bodies.

One was looking at Katrin without bowing.

Katrin stood upright, lowering her head slightly.

Angles matter, angles.

Not to look down on the other person, show that you treat them politely, but show your dignity so that you can’t touch them, and at the same time, be beautiful, feminine, and elegant, and above all, show the greatness of a duchess!

“…”

What the hell is that?

I don’t know

I have no idea.

But anyway, that’s what the former duchess’ three wives teach.

No, of course, I also study other things.

The three wives tell the duke’s history as if it were an interesting story, and of course it’s not that funny, but you have to laugh like it’s funny.

that’s study

Something that looks like fun even when it’s not funny.

To that end, the three wives deliberately made the story uninteresting and boring, gave advice to put up with Katrin’s yawning, and taught her how to yawn secretly.

When women have a conversation, they teach how to avoid the cunning fox’s words and how to get information from the other person’s words.

how to say

To be honest, I don’t know.

My mother always used to say that you are dark in the other person’s heart, but it may be true.

Beyond that, they teach a lot.

From just eating, walking, talking, laughing, and breathing, everything is taught while watching from the sidelines.

“…”

I’m dying. Really, really, suffocate here before becoming a Duchess.

no, has it already happened?

Anyway, I think I will die before meeting Oscar.

‘I miss you.’

So I’m working hard, when will I see you?

As she hardened her teary-looking face again and raised her head just a little bit, the wife who had been watching Katrin calmed down a little and bowed for the last time.

“Excellent, ma’am.”

done. finished. Today’s study is over.

The three wives bowed politely and left the room.

But just before leaving, one of them spoke to Anne.

“Your back is a bit bent. Try straightening it out.”

“Yes! I’m sorry.”

“The Duchess’s maid is supposed to be elegant. It’s difficult to talk like that.”

“yes!”

“Please lower your voice a little more.”

Catherine is not the only one being scolded and studied by the three.

Anne was the same.

Anne was the first to be decided as the maid to follow Catherine, so she was studying the same way.

At first, Anne was happy, saying that becoming a maid of the duchy would help her fiancé, but what about now?

‘I must be regretting it.’

Catherine also thinks every day that it would be nice if Oscar-sama wasn’t a duke.

It would have been nice if Oscar was a count or, at least, a marquis.

Catherine, as the daughter of a marquis and the fiancé of a duke, has studied considerably, but it seems that she has a lot more to learn to become a duchess.

Etiquette and how to talk with women are also breathtaking, but they say that there are many things to learn in the future, really, haa, die.

‘I haven’t even started on the duke’s family style or the vassal family yet.’

I heard that the former duchess taught it herself.

According to the three wives, Oscar’s mother is the textbook for all women.

‘It must be like a person hardened with beeswax.’

There are also several faces to smile, so I think I’ll probably take it out and smile as if I’m wearing it in every situation.

‘no. I don’t think I can do well.’

Oscar, give me strength!

Recalling the face of her beloved Oscar, Catherine shed tears in her heart.

*

It seems that a few seconds have passed since the three wives left.

Katrin, who had been standing still, did not move, moving only her hand and swishing.

“Anne! Check! Check!”

Anne quickly ran and pushed the door a little.

The door swung wide open.

There is an attendant outside the door who opens and closes the door, but the quick-witted attendant does not open the door wide at this time.

It’s because I know that Anne checks slightly if the wives are distant.

Perhaps the guards opened it, seeing as it was opened wider than usual.

‘De, I’m a little afraid of being caught.’

My heart thumped.

What would they do if the three wives returned, mistaking that something was calling them?

Outside this room, there is an escort given by Oscar-sama.

I heard an explanation later, but it is said that there is an escort only for the duke couple and the heir in the duchy.

The people here are especially the guards who can handle magic arrows.

It was specially prepared for her by Oscar-sama.

especially.

As a wife, especially.

Whoop whoop whoop.

Laughter leaks out.

I suppressed it for a moment, but when my heart overflowed with joy, I couldn’t hide it any longer.

For me, Oscar, if you think so, Katrin’s joy is easily blown away.

“Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!”

Catherine laughed loudly, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.

While she laughed, Anne looked outside and returned to Catherine’s side.

“It’s okay, ladies, they’re gone. They won’t come back like last time. They’re so far away that they look as small as a snot. But you might hear that laugh…”

“Anne, don’t say something scary.”

Catherine glared slightly at Anne and relaxed.

hahahaha, it’s hard

The lower back automatically goes down.

When I sat down on the floor, Anne sat down next to me and sighed.

“it’s hard.”

“me too.”

“Lady, no, since you’re a duchess, it’s natural, but what’s wrong with me?”

“Anne also benefited a lot from this incident. I heard that her fiance was so happy that she even kissed her. That’s deep.”

“…”

Anne deliberately, really deliberately sighed with her face reddened.

“Well, that’s right.”

It looks like he’s happy, but he pretends not to.

But I had no intention of arguing there.

I’m just envious.

I’m so envious.

“I want to too.”

“…”

Anne looked at her with a slightly smug look on her face.

“Huh. No way… Miss… No, you still kiss your lover… huhu hu hu hu hu… haven’t you?”

“Knowingly!”

It’s nasty.

He’s always been by my side since I was little, knowing everything about Catherine, and yet saying such things.

‘The most grown-up kiss I’ve ever had… ha…’

A sigh came out spontaneously.

On the day of my socialite debut, the kiss I received on the back of my hand was the only thing my lips touched.

‘I’m already a married woman.’

Isn’t it necessary to know everything you know or don’t know?

Still, kissing the back of the hand is the most adult thing!

Can you do this!

As I was banging my hand on the floor, I suddenly heard a voice.

“I’m sorry, Duchess.”

was the butler.

It seems that an attendant announced the visit, but I didn’t hear it.

Anne’s bragging, Catherine’s too stagnant.

The butler lowered his head slightly.

“Sorry for the late hour, but Marquis Petrie has requested to meet you now.”

The butler has been in this state ever since Katrin arrived at her home.

I didn’t call her a lady like before.

There is also no expression of sadness, which Katrin has occasionally shown since she was a child.

As if putting on a mask, he became an expressionless person.

The head of the house, the head of the maid, and the older maids were people I had seen since birth, but their attitudes had completely changed.

Catherine’s residence had already been turned into a VIP room upon arrival here.

Nothing has changed for Catherine, but everyone is different.

It felt a bit sad for some reason.

‘I didn’t think I would feel that way at all.’

Even though the people in this family also think Catherine is jingle, they will feel a bit sad if they say they can’t see her anymore.

With that thought in mind, Katrin pulled her hips back and slowly moved her legs inside her wide skirt.

My back and legs hurt a lot from standing upright.

It took time and strength to get back up.

“I’ll help you.”

Anne also stood up awkwardly and stretched out her hand to Catherine.

Is this the power of a lover’s kiss?

It was equally difficult, but Anne’s resurrection was faster.

While holding Anne’s hand, Catherine suddenly looked at the butler.

It’s strange that my father doesn’t call me at such a late hour.

“What’s going on? Do you know why you’re calling me?”

The butler lowered his head slightly and replied.

“News has come from the duchy.”

“What!”

A letter from Oscar may have arrived.

No, he would definitely come.

Even when sending official letters, Oscar always sends her a personal letter.

Unknowingly, a strain went into my back.

When she jumped up, Anne murmured softly.

“The power of love indeed!”

*

When I went to the drawing room where my father was waiting, my mother was there too.

I seem to see more of my mother and father together than before.

But the two of them didn’t look good for some reason.

Well, maybe that hasn’t changed much since I was a kid.

Looking back on the past, I think I only have memories of the two standing together and scolding each other.

But this time it seems different.

It was a more serious face.

It reminded me of the time before, when I was told that even though I became a duchess, you couldn’t go to the duchy.

Hopefully, something similar won’t happen this time.

I felt a bit uneasy.

“father.”

Katrin looked back and forth between her father’s and mother’s faces, and her father opened his mouth, pale.

“In this year’s hunting season, Katrin Neh will be participating.”

“I’m sorry… I don’t like it, Father.”

“What?”

Father’s eyes widened.

But maybe it’s natural.

I’m already having a hard time because of the wives from the duke’s family, but if you say you’re going to a place like that, you’ll have to practice harder.

I don’t have to show my face to the party until I show off as a duchess anyway, so I want to lengthen the comfort even a little bit more.

“I think it’s still too early to go out there and meet socialite ladies. I’m a duchess, so I think the first lady to be introduced to society as a wife should be a duchess, not a marquis.”

Katrin said with a calm face, and her father gave an audible gasp.

“I didn’t mention that it’s a duke’s hunting season party. You should go to the duke’s house, not the marquess’ house.”

“…”

This time Catherine’s eyes widened.

oh my god.

“I’m… going to the duke’s party? Is it the duke, not here? The duke’s house where Oscar is? Are Oscar and I going out as a married couple?”

“okay.”

Father and mother sighed almost simultaneously.

“It was written that the wives from the duke’s family recommended that to the godfather. You are doing so well.”

“Eek!”

lie.

Those wives who seem frantic to find even the slightest blemish?

Those wives who give little compliments, like flattering lies?

Those wives who inevitably praise me at least once every time I get scolded a hundred times?

Mother took a step forward.

“Catherine, it is said that the Duke’s family will take care of things like clothes and escorts, but we also have a lot to prepare. It’s you. Are you confident?”

Mother’s face is pale.

“During the hunting season, most of the duchy’s vassals will gather. It will be even more so if you participate. How you evaluate it on the spot will determine the rest of your life. Can you do it?”

Mother held Katrin’s hand gently.

“The duke’s family is a family with a long history. I heard that the loyalty of the vassal family is higher than that of other places. Since it is presented to such people, the burden on the hostess is much greater than that of other in-laws. If you don’t think you are ready yet.”

The mother stopped talking and looked at Catherine anxiously.

Katrin stiffly raised her head.

“Don’t worry, mother and father. I’m ready.”

If you’re not ready, do it with evil or even with evil.

go even if you die

After smiling brightly, telling her to be relieved at her parents’ uneasy appearance, Katrin suddenly opened her mouth.

“Oh, Father. I want to take Rose with me when I go this time.”

“Speaking of Rose… you mean the pony the Duke gave you?”

“yes.”

Hunting season is a time to show off your fine horses.

It is said that everyone brings their best horse to show off and show off.

‘If it’s a place like that, I’ll definitely take our Rose with me.’

Father let out a small sigh.

“After the wives came from the duke’s family, I thought I became like a different person… You really don’t change.”

“…”

The father thought for a moment and nodded.

“The pony was a gift from the Duke, so it’s fine. Showing how much you value the Duke’s gift will make other people a little more generous.”

I’m not trying to show you.

Of course, showing off is important, but Rose is a great horse to brag about.

But I won’t let my father take Rose without that reason.

Katrin quietly bowed her head and kept her mouth shut.

Father looked at her blankly.

“Catherine, as you go through life, difficult and sad things will happen. Since you became a member of the duke’s family, there isn’t much that me or your mother can do for you.”

“…”

“But if something happens that you can’t stand, contact me. Even if you can’t come out, at least I can make you a place to hide.”

“…”

It’s not that I don’t have a grateful heart.

Considering my position as the head of the family, I probably shouldn’t have said that.

Even so, I know that it is the affection of a father who does it because he is a child.

I know.

but.

‘Why is it that the premise is that I completely fail?’

For some reason, I don’t feel like I’ve ever heard words of gratitude.

*

That night I couldn’t sleep.

I can finally meet you

you can see the face

While looking at each letter written by Oscar and longing for it, there is no need to recall his face with the letter.

‘Oscar, I worked hard. I worked really hard to death.’

I just wanted to see it, so I tried with that mind alone.

And you are finally rewarded.

I’m just going to meet you

‘Okay, if we go this time, let’s sit down at the duke’s house anyway.’

I think I can have a good dream today.

Katrin clenched her fists to keep happiness from slipping into her grasp, and fell asleep just before dawn.

never come back will sit there

I was thinking about that even as I fell asleep.