The Villain Wants to Live Quietly

Chapter 2. Coming of Age Ceremony (3)

The long-awaited coming-of-age ceremony has finally arrived.

I was waiting in a room with my maid Paula in my newly tailored robe.

“I wonder if I don’t have to go out to say hello in advance.”

“Today’s main character is always the boy. You can just relax and wait.”

Even so, it was hard to hide my nervousness.

I didn’t really care about the process of coming-of-age ceremony, but the fact that today was my first time entering the social world was a problem.

Entering the social world from an aristocratic family is not just for the purpose of having a conversation.

The process of imprinting one’s existence on others and, furthermore, building a network in the future. And any mistake I make in the social world later leads to a loss of family honor.

“It is heavy to carry the family name on your back.”

“Just knowing that fact will make the head of the family proud.”

Paula smiles at my words and pours black tea into an empty cup.

It is said that tea leaves have a calming effect… To be honest, I don’t know how effective it is, but when I drank the warm tea, I felt that my shrunken body relaxed a little bit.

“There must be a lot of débutantes.”

Debutant refers to women from aristocratic families who have just entered the social world.

In this worldview, I probably didn’t enter the social world until after the coming-of-age ceremony, so most of the girls my age who will be attending today should be considered debutantes.

“Are you thinking of looking for another fiancé, putting the Bayern family’s daughter aside already?”

“Matilda said the same thing, I don’t know why everyone is so upset that they couldn’t eat me.”

Amman, today is the coming-of-age ceremony, but why is there so much interest in someone else’s marriage? I felt a déjà vu overlapping what Matilda had said two weeks earlier.

At my muttering, Paula excused herself and declined to comment on the matter. Although this is the difference between Matilda and Paula.

“What about father and mother?”

“You will be greeting guests in advance. The master’s act is scheduled to take place in a while.”

Gossara, you’re not wrong.

In particular, among the families attending the coming-of-age ceremony today, there is also the Rahethofen family of Georg, the original villain.

In other words, it could be an opportunity to finally meet Georg, who had undergone a coming-of-age ceremony for the first time.

From my point of view, it belongs to the turning point leading to the dead ending in the future, so it would not be too much to call it a giant.

“Paula, have you ever heard of the Rahethofen family?”

“As for the Rahethofen family… Yes. He must be a count who mainly works in the central area, including the royal palace.”

“What else?”

“I do not know… I haven’t heard anything special, but… … .”

As expected.

Even in the original work, the Rahethofen family was just a county family living well without any problems except for a troll named Georg.

He had two sons, but even in the case of the eldest son, except for the promiscuous relationship, he was quite competent, and the second son, Georg, was the same.

However, the situation changes rapidly when the head of the family, Julich Rahethofen, dies suddenly, and Georg, who was only nineteen at the time, inherits the head of the family at an early age due to a trick.

‘The problem is that even that doesn’t know what will happen. Too many surprises.’

In the original work, Georg meets Ludwig starting today and becomes friends with him, and later, when Georg meets Emilia for the first time, the two of them work together in earnest.

However, according to the original work, the meeting between Georg and Emilia will take place at a slightly later time. Even the meeting between Ludwig and Emilia in the first place would have to be completed after about three years.

In other words, the cause and effect were twisted too complicatedly.

Emilia, who should not have participated in Ludwig’s coming-of-age ceremony, has to attend, and in the process, Georg and Emilia may have an early meeting.

‘I’m crazy. I can’t predict what’s going to happen next… … .’

Since I met Emilia, there are two major plans I have planned.

The first is to deliberately arrange a meeting with Georg, kill him beforehand, or prevent him from touching Emilia.

The second is to avoid meeting Georg at all, and to find a man while continuing to meet Emilia.

He was referring to Christian Wistenbach, who is the male protagonist of the original work and who, if the story goes according to the story, becomes Emilia’s lover.

Even if I couldn’t stop Georg, he would have the power to lead the story while protecting Emilia. Above all, she is a character that should naturally be connected to Emilia.

“It’s complicated.”

“Please don’t get too excited. young master.”

“No, it’s not because of the coming-of-age ceremony. A little more… … .”

That’s a later story. He swallowed what he was about to say and shook his head.

Yeah, there’s no need to fret just yet. I won’t be able to predict all of those countless variables just because I roll my lacking head right now.

Rather, in this case, it would be right to calm down and deal with it according to the procedure.

– smart.

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Just as I was about to lift the cup again to cool off my pounding head, someone knocked on the door of my room.

I nodded and invited Paula to come in instead, and a man appeared with a squealing sound. It was Hans, the butler.

“Excuse me, young master. The preparations for the ceremony are over, so let me help you enter.”

Are you finally going

With Paula’s help, I got up and walked. The dressing of the formal dress seemed a bit sloppy, but that could be trimmed before arriving in the hall.

let’s go. It would be best to bump into them first.

* * * * * * *

His coming-of-age ceremony, which he finally attends. The hall was already crowded with people, and the air was quite noisy as family members from each family chatted with their acquaintances.

When I stopped by not too long ago, except for the owner of the small household, there were only servants, so the impression the mansion gave off was different from that time.

“Sogaju doesn’t seem to have come out yet.”

“It seems so, Master.”

Grita, the only servant accompanying her, nodded at her mother’s words, who looked around and noticed that Ludwig hadn’t come out yet.

“I heard that he is a man with an unusual hair color… Is that right? Emilia.”

“Yes, Father. To put it bluntly, he is a man with wild hair.”

“It’s wild… Hmm.”

Ludwig said self-torturingly that the color was neither black nor blue, but in my eyes, the hair was beautiful enough.

I had no doubt that if the two of them saw him in person, they would surely burst into admiration for that hair that looked like it was modeled after the night sky.

While I was soothing my mouth with the prepared dinner, several lights that illuminated the hall suddenly turned off and darkness came.

“Looks like the main character has arrived.”

“Eating is pretty quick, honey.”

He hadn’t even talked to the members of the Ipretz family yet, but the coming-of-age ceremony seemed to be progressing quickly.

Soon, a light was turned on, and a man appeared from under it. Wearing a long waistcoat over a tailcoat, his overall outfit was uniform in dark colors.

‘Ludwig… … .’

Nonetheless, he was shining. Like the moon on the day you called my name for the first time, softly but clearly.

The head of the Ipretz family continued to introduce him.

All the nobles in attendance applauded as one and congratulated him on the agreement.

I was also part of that crowd. Although I wasn’t very impressed on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, I wanted to congratulate him on his special day.

“You are congratulating me quite warmly.”

“Yes? Ah, this, this… … .”

Did you hear my applause? My mother looked at me with a half-turned head and said with a hearty smile.

You couldn’t hide it again. Strangely, I seem to be an idiot when it comes to things related to him, who prided himself on hiding his emotions so well.

Ludwig, this is all because of you. Even though I can’t blame it, my mouth is just talking, but I want to ask this responsibility someday. in whatever sense it is.

“The minor head of the Ipretz family… You’re a guy like Sannim.”

“What can I do if the family head is like that? My son has to be like that too.”

While I was continuing my conversation with my mother, I heard a noise from a group next to me.

When I turned my head to the source of the voice, three men gathered together and let out a sneer.

Like stupid guys. You should know that you are a different being from those of you who only judge by appearances.

No, maybe it’s because you guys are at that level that you just don’t recognize his value.

Foolishness is not a sin. At least I thought so. However, those who attack without knowing that they are dreaming should be punished.

Perhaps if their voices had reached Ludwig’s ears, I would have blamed them without hesitation.

But today is a place to congratulate him for becoming a contract. I decided to keep quiet, knowing that making a fuss was not what he wanted.

“Let’s go and say hello. It looks like the head of the household is right next to you.”

“Yes, Emilia. Isn’t this the moment you’ve been looking forward to?”

“That, something like that… … .”

My father led me and my mother by the hand and approached Ludwig. Beside him, Sir Carl, the head of the Ipretz family, stood up and listened to the congratulatory speeches of the people around him.

“Well? Oh, aren’t you Sir Stefan? It took a lot of hard work to come this far.”

“It’s been a while, Sir Carol. This is the first time since we met in one place three years ago.”

Apparently, the two of them had met before. However, it seemed that the memory was hazy, as if it was just a passing kite rather than an officially created spot.

Mrs. Ipretz had been away for a while, so Sir Carol thanked the whole family on behalf of the family.

Of course, even in the midst of that, my gaze was fixed on one place.

“It is an honor to meet you, Sir Bayemurn. My name is Ludwig Ipretz, who is in charge of the Ipretz family’s small family.”

Ludwig respectfully greets his father, who stood in front of us on behalf of us.

It’s a feeling I’ve felt before, but despite the politeness of his greeting, I somehow felt a sense of comfort.

Excessive etiquette can easily be perceived as excessive ceremonies, but he had a strange magic power to reassure the other person.

“Oh, it’s you. I heard a lot of stories from my daughter. Even though I visited the mansion blindly not long ago, you treated me well, didn’t you?”

“I just did what I had to do.”

“He’s usually a calm kid, but sometimes he tends to act recklessly, so I hope you take care of him.”

Ludwig calmly nodded at his father’s words.

On the other hand, unlike his calm appearance, my heart was not at all dizzy.

Do you wish me well? Even though it wasn’t the words my father handed me with such a meaning, I couldn’t stop my face from heating up.

“It’s been a while, Emilia. I don’t know if you’ve been okay.”

“Ah, that, that’s right. It’s been a while, Ludwig. Congratulations on becoming an adult.”

“Thank you.”

The moment I met his mouth that drew a faint arc, I felt the left side of my heart beat even more violently.

It’s hard too. Somehow, while maintaining composure, I tried to enjoy the joy of reuniting with you, but the muscles on my face loosened and the corners of my mouth naturally go up.

As we smiled at each other, my father gazed at us quietly as if examining something. with the corners of the mouth slightly raised.