The Villain Changed the Ending

037 Know your enemy and you won’t lose

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

Most noble carriages have the family crest engraved on the side or front and back of the carriage.

The duke’s carriage I was riding was the same.

‘That sentence was clearly…’

I remembered the sentence of the carriage I had just passed by and held my breath.

It clearly belonged to the female protagonist’s family, the Baron Meyer family.

Family crests are so complex and similar that even nobles cannot remember them all.

There are so many sentences in this world that there is a job that only studies sentences separately.

However, I kept checking the heroine’s family name, and the sentence was firmly embedded in my head.

‘It’s not wrong.’

That’s definitely a heroin family.

Knowing that, I thought that the face and hair color of the woman I was looking around was somehow familiar.

‘perhaps.’

I wonder if the heroine is the vagabond child I saw when I first came up to the capital.

Because the child’s gaze caught my heart, I also remember the face to some extent.

The young child’s face and the woman’s face a moment ago had some similarities.

It’s just a feeling that came to mind when I thought that they were all heroines.

‘Maybe what happened then was also the force of the novel.’

If so, how many coincidences are coincidences.

If my procession hadn’t passed there then, the heroine might not have been hurt.

Or it could have been injured in a different place around the same time and died in a place I don’t know.

If the owner of the procession had been a noble other than me, the child would have been beaten to death without being treated.

So, the world of the novel may have made me meet the heroine at that time.

Because the heroine can’t die.

Thinking so, I calmed down a bit.

‘Even if it changes in a trivial place, is it still the same as the big picture?’

Over the years, I have tried in many ways to stop the Steppe invasion, but it seems to be impossible.

Rather, I was convinced that they would definitely invade this country.

Things are going that way.

Steppe tribes are not one or two, but many tribes scattered over a wide area.

Because they are complicatedly intertwined with blood ties, interests, and grudges, the Red Hawk tribe alone had no way to deal with their situation and behavior.

That doesn’t mean that the nobility and royalty of this country, who despise them, will not listen to my advice, so in the end, all I could do was to the extent that I could do it alone.

“…”

I let out a small sigh.

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‘I guess I have no choice but to do what I can do right now.’

I straightened up and looked at Catherine.

I don’t know why, but he was just staring at me.

Wouldn’t it make a hole in your face if you looked at it like that?

Katrin’s expression, which was so serious, made me laugh for some reason.

Still, I’m glad this kid is growing up well.

Even the later writers treat her as a nuisance, but she seems to be just like a tomboy, and she doesn’t seem to hit a maid or act viciously to anyone like in the novel.

‘Yes, really.’

It’s my greatest masterpiece in this world.

Catherine grew up to be an affectionate child who cherished the horse as a friend while sleeping in the stable.

There is no sign that she will become like Countess Bathory, synonymous with evil women.

If she continues to grow like this, she will be able to live a gentle life.

For some reason, I felt like stroking her hair, so I kissed the back of Catherine’s hand lightly instead.

Even though he was young, he couldn’t stroke a noble lady’s head.

Catherine’s face turned red.

It turns red enough to think it might explode.

It’s cute too.

I smiled at Katrin, recovering from my slightly depressed heart.

When a light topic was brought up, Catherine was immediately drawn to the story, but her blushing face did not return to normal until she reached the marquis.

*

When I said I wanted to take Catherine to the banquet, Marquis Petrie was taken aback.

It’s a stupid face that makes you wonder if the soul has run away.

It was the first time I had seen a noble head of state make such a face.

And in response to the question that followed, I laughed involuntarily.

“Then… are you breaking off the engagement, Duke?”

Why is it such a story?

I just said I’d like to go to the banquet with you.

“I’m not breaking off the engagement, Marquis Petrie.”

After saying that, Marquis Petrie thanked her as if she were about to bow.

On the other hand, Catherine next to me seems elated.

I don’t know why, but I was wearing a loose shawl and my chest was sticking out.

Really, I warned you that you caught a cold.

‘Well, since it’s indoors, let’s move on.’

It’s inside the marquis’s mansion, so even if it’s cold, you won’t catch a cold, you’ll be fine.

Moreover, the Marquis was staring at Catherine’s dress with a face that looked like she was about to faint.

If I go, I think I will be very scolded.

‘Ah, maybe she misunderstood that this bare dress made her treat herself as an adult.’

Unlike the Marquis Territory, this is a royal road with many eyes on others.

She treated Catherine as an adult woman out of respect for her face and honor, but she might have misunderstood that it was because of her dress or seduction.

Besides, if you attend banquets, you need to get used to this kind of hospitality.

Hiding my desire to press down on the raised nose, I left the Marquis of Petri.

If you attend a banquet, you have a lot to do.

Even though the banquet at the palace is imminent, there is still time, so I have to hurry up and match Catherine and my clothes and accessories within it.

‘I can replace the dress with the one I was going to give as a gift, and I think it’s better to look at the jewelry again.’

This is the first time I have met Catherine in the royal capital.

To celebrate, I ordered several dresses.

Since he was a seamstress in the dukedom who had previously made Catherine’s dress, I heard that it is almost complete, requiring only fitting a few times.

But it’s the debut of a fiancée.

It makes no sense to present only a dress.

At least the necklace and ring should match.

‘I must be busy.’

Of course, it’s not me who actually moves, but the head butler and seamstress in the mansion.

I knocked on the small window between the inside of the carriage and the driver’s seat.

Immediately the window opened and the servant’s figure was seen.

“Go straight to the training ground.”

“I understand, Duke.”

The carriage entered the grand gates of the duke’s house and drove down a garden path lined with stone statues.

In addition to the main building, the duchy has several mansions.

The carriage passed buildings and ponds along a winding path.

Continue heading backwards.

After driving for a while, we arrived at an internal training ground that was out of reach of outsiders.

Outside the wagon stand, an attendant opened the door.

When I went outside, the soldiers were in the middle of training.

The unit commander sees me and tries to stop the soldiers.

After blocking it with a gesture, I looked at the soldiers in silence.

About 50 soldiers are shooting arrows nonstop.

The target is so far away that you can’t even see it well, but the arrows fired by the soldiers are all deeply embedded in the target.

It is several times the distance that an ordinary archer can shoot a bow.

The destructive power is so great that it cannot be compared to that of ordinary archers.

It was something that the soldiers of this country could not do.

The only ones who could do this were the warriors of the steppes and the magic bottles that had been cultivated over ten years in the dukedom.

The unit commander came closer and bowed.

“Are you here?”

“Is the training going well?”

“Yes, Duke. Everyone is eager.”

“Okay? Shall I join the training today too?”

“hahahaha. Everyone will be excited if the Duke says he’s with us.”

When I take off my outer garment, the attendant receives it.

I went out to the place where the soldiers were shooting arrows and took the bow the commander gave me.

After learning that the steppes use magic to shoot arrows, I first made a magic bag.

I only brought archers here, but there are other soldiers in the dukedom.

Not everyone can use magic, but the magic unit was in charge of using items related to magic.

There aren’t many magic soldiers, but having them will make dealing with steppes a little easier.

‘The best thing is that the grassland tribes don’t invade.’

After sending magic power through my arms and fingertips, I shot an arrow at the target.

Knock! An arrow hit the target with a roar.

A soldier standing near the target waved his flag after confirming that he was running.

“It’s a hit.”

The lieutenant general says and laughs.

“There are guys who have applied to compete when the Duke comes.”

“Okay, call me.”

When I nodded, the unit commander raised one hand and shook it.

“The Duke’s permission has been dropped! Applicants come this way!”

Dozens of soldiers came running.

Only the ones I saw before came back.

“Are there any new challengers?”

When I asked, the unit commander grinned.

“If the duke loses even once, you won’t know. He might get motivated. But he won’t lose. No matter how tall a person is, no one hates losing to someone much younger than himself.”

“…”

“Even more so when you know you’re going to lose.”

Is that why only those who challenge every time challenge?

I fired an arrow again and aimed at the target.

The soldiers who challenged me also drew their bows in unison.

After wrapping the arrow with the magic flowing from my hand, I quietly let go of the arrow.

Almost simultaneously, arrows flew out of the hands of other soldiers.

Pak!

The sound of an arrow hitting a target can also be heard here.

When the arrow stopped, the soldier checking the target quickly ran around and waved the flag.

I hit, two soldiers hit too, one missed slightly.

The rest hit the target but failed to center.

“Give a reward to the soldiers who hit.”

When I said that, before the unit commander could answer, two soldiers shouted loudly.

After about thirty more shots, I left the training ground.

It seems that the frustration I felt when I met the heroine of the novel has gone away a little.

****[Catherine, fiancee]****

Katrin listened to her mother and father for a long time after Oscar passed away.

And a restraining order was issued not to come out of the room for two days.

‘It’s better.’

The mansion in the Marquis’ Territory has a large library with many books, but the one in the mansion in the royal capital is not that large.

However, naturally, there was an aristocratic almanac in the library of the mansion, as well as books containing only sentences.

However, the number of people who can access the library is very limited.

It is always locked with a key so that no one can come in and out, and of course Catherine cannot enter.

Even if it was her older brother, who was the successor of her father and already acting as the lord of the Marquess, Catherine, a woman, was not allowed to enter the study.

No, not because she was a woman, but because Catherine herself.

Maybe it’s because my mother sometimes goes into the study to check something.

I have only one daughter, Catherine, so I don’t know exactly what it is.

Catherine dressed up like a maid so as not to be seen, and undone her hair, which was always in a bun, and tied it back together.

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Anne let out a long sigh.

Anne was dressed in Catherine’s clothes and had a wig pulled over her head.

“My lady, do we have to do this? Can’t we just ask the butler?”

“No. Then won’t you ask me why you’re interested in that sentence? Even if I answer honestly, the butler will definitely be suspicious and report it to my mother and father, and then again, my mother and father will ask me what I’m trying to do. .”

“…”

“Even if I answer honestly, they don’t believe me and ask again, ask again, get angry…”

“It’s all because the young lady is not behaving normally.”

“…”

At Anne’s words, this time Catherine had nothing to say.

“But lady, do you really think the Duke fell in love with her?”

“okay.”

“But isn’t something a little strange?”

“what?”

“From what I’ve heard, the duke is an impregnable man. Tears, crying faces, smiling faces, breasts, hips, all of them are said to have been defeated.”

Catherine heard it too.

It is said that the Duke of Weiss defeated pretty women, women with large and small breasts, from charming women to women full of eroticism with a cold smile.

did not pass

Catherine clenched her fists.

“That’s why you should have a more sense of crisis. That kind of impregnable Oscar-nim couldn’t take his eyes off her the moment he saw her.”

“Oh, is that so?”

Anne nodded.

“Come to think of it.”

“yes.”

Catherine jumped to her feet.

“While I infiltrate the study and examine the text, Anne plays my role well.”

“Okay, but you have to come quickly.”

Katrin saw Anne go and sit down in the corner, and quietly went out into the hallway.

The study is only briefly open during cleaning time.

You can’t get in through the door because there’s a lot of people watching, but there’s no one in the window that opens into the study.

Katrin hurried on so as not to be late for cleaning.

‘That sentence! I’m sure I remembered it.’

Catherine also remembered several coats of arms from high-ranking noble families, but had never seen them before.

Probably a lower aristocrat.

If you know your enemy, you will not be defeated!

That’s what my aunt always says.

‘If you try to take away Oscar! Alright, this Catherine will smash it!’

Catherine clenched her fists.