The Villain Changed the Ending

090 Ominous Report

***[Catherine, Duchess]***

“Ma’am, it’s fine. It’s not dangerous. The duke keeps it.”

“Quaaa!”

I was surprised by the eyes in the darkness, but again, a woman’s voice came from behind.

If so, wouldn’t it be surprising?

die of surprise

I could hear the woman’s words, but they just went away, I could hardly understand.

Katrin was so surprised that she hugged Rose’s neck tightly.

He buried his face in the pony’s neck, which was thick compared to his body.

I could feel the movement under Rose’s thick skin.

The motion of swallowing saliva and the faint flow of blood were transmitted to the arm.

That’s probably because he hugged her tightly, but he couldn’t loosen his arms.

I feel like my body doesn’t belong to me.

I’m sorry, Rose. would it hurt?

Rose would be very strangled, but she just stood still.

For some reason, it feels like Rose sighed.

Only then did I calm down a little.

It’s okay, Rose sighs every day, and yes, it’s normal.

It felt like that.

In the dark, a strange animal sounded boo-boo-boo-boo, and the woman spoke again.

“Ma’am, I’m sorry if I surprised you.”

“…”

It’s okay, it’s okay, I was a person

not a ghost

Ghosts don’t talk like that.

With a pale appearance, he only opened his mouth.

I didn’t meet the ghost, but my aunt did.

Ghosts are like that.

“…”

When I thought so, I calmed down a bit.

Take a deep breath.

The smell of Rose’s horse entered her nostrils and spread throughout her body.

His pulse, which had been running fast, slowed down little by little.

It’s okay, Rose is smart and quick to spot anything dangerous.

It’s okay if Rose stays still.

It’s not a monster in the dark, and of course I don’t know what it is yet, but it’s not dangerous anyway.

And now I remember, I had heard a woman’s voice before.

‘It was an escort.’

yes, escort

said hello a few days ago.

It is said that Catherine’s escort was formally created.

I was told that there would always be a female escort near Katrin.

There is no escort in the building, but a female escort would appear out of nowhere if Katrin came out of the building, entered an unfamiliar hallway, or wandered.

Maybe it was the female escort who brought a blanket and covered her every time she slept with Rose.

‘uh.’

what to do

Right now, Katrin doesn’t look like anyone else can see her.

She wears a gown-style dress worn over a dress, but does not wear a corset underneath.

Of course, even if I was wearing a corset, I couldn’t appear in front of other people in this outfit, but anyway, it was really difficult, and my hair was hanging down long untidy.

When someone sees this, the Duchess really loses her face.

It is difficult.

Katrin was so embarrassed that she couldn’t even raise her face, and lay on her face on top of Rose.

It’s embarrassing, should I pass out?

I thought so, but I felt the escort approaching me.

“There are other escorts, but they are far away, and by the time your wife leaves the room, all the attendants and servants have left. The only ones close are me and a few women, so don’t worry.”

“… Sorry.”

Catherine didn’t know it at all, but it seemed that people were moving in various ways behind her.

Realizing the fact that he was causing trouble, his body shrank on its own.

“I hear strange noises every night.”

“I knew you cared, but it was a little difficult for us to talk first. I’m sorry.”

that would have been

How am I supposed to tell the Duchess that I know you’re scared?

It would have been nice if Catherine had asked first, but she too was too shy to say anything.

If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn’t have cared about face.

It was the moment I thought so.

Something popped up in the dark.

“ugh!”

I thought I’d make a noise, so I quickly shut my mouth and bit my lip.

“It’s a magic beast, ma’am. During the day, it usually hangs out in the northern garden, but sometimes at night it wanders around like this.”

The northern garden is a wide area like a forest.

It can be seen as almost a forest, and it is said that it has been cared for by the Duke’s family since ancient times.

Naturally, old trees stretch into the sky, and flowering trees form zones by type, so different flowers bloom in each season.

There was a time when Oscar-nim was not around, he took me there once.

A witch lives in that forest?

I heard witch beasts are bad, so why are you in the duke’s house?

“…”

Oh, come to think of it, I think I heard that the duke raised it earlier.

Is it Oscar’s magic trick?

When Katrin raised her head, her large eyes flickered in the dark.

The female escort spoke in a soft voice.

“The duke brought it a while ago. It is said that it is a pup that lost its mother and became alone. It is gentle. It is not dangerous.”

“Oscar.”

While saying that, I gazed at the Witchbeast, and for some reason, the Witchbeast began to smell her.

Sniff, sniff, the large face touched Katrin’s face, neck, arms and legs.

“What, what, it’s itchy.”

Katrin twists and sniffs more insistently.

From the chest to the belly, it felt like an investigation.

“It tickles. It tickles. Stop it.”

As the Witchbeast touches the body here and there, warm breath covers the body.

The female escort tilted her head as if it were strange.

“It’s strange. He’s very gentle and friendly with people, but I’ve never seen him act like this.”

A female escort intervened and tried to stop the witchcraft, but to no avail.

Even if the female escort pulls or pushes, she doesn’t budge.

It’s called a baby, but it’s very powerful.

Katrin had no choice but to be pushed back and forth by the Witchbeast while holding Rose by the neck.

Maybe I was holding my neck too tight.

Rose suddenly turned her head and glared at the Witchbeast.

“Hi-eeing!”

Rose cried in an angry voice.

Yes, this is an angry voice.

Catherine also knows because she hears it sometimes.

When she cries with a voice like this, even the kind Rose is very scary.

I’m just staring at you

“…Puu?”

I think the kid knew too.

When the escort stopped it, the Witchbeast, which hadn’t even listened to it with the bridge of its nose, stopped moving.

A moment passed as the two looked into each other’s eyes.

In the end, it was the Witchbeast who backed away as their gaze diverged.

The Witchbeast lowered his head as if he had lost his temper, took a step back and wept pitifully.

‘Uh… somehow it seems like we did something bad.’

Rose to be exact.

Speaking of being Oscar-sama’s magic beast, well, should we get along?

Thinking so, she stretched out her hand, Rose sighed, and the Witch Beast quickly came closer and licked Katrin’s hand.

But it doesn’t end with licking.

At first, he licked it sticky, but eventually his hand went into the beast’s mouth.

Mumbling, the big tongue rubbed at my hand and made me feel bad.

But for some reason, the cub’s behavior resembles that of Katrin as a child.

It seemed like she was sleeping with Rose in her arms in the middle of the night, clinging to her and clinging to her sticky self.

The Witchbeast probably took that as permission, and started sniffing again to smell Catherine.

‘ah!’

Katrin only then came up with a possibility.

‘Maybe… is this kid smelling Oscar-sama in me?’

It smells like it’s looking for something so persistently that it somehow makes me feel that way.

“…”

A baby beast raised by Oscar-sama.

‘Something like this.’

Aren’t you like a baby?

For some reason, my heart is pounding.

‘Oscar and my baby.’

Thinking so, I looked at the baby demon beast again, and it seems very cute.

Perhaps because her eyes were accustomed to the darkness, she could see the cub’s face a little better even under dim light.

The monster’s eyes are rather large compared to humans, but they are quite small compared to their size, and the disproportion between them is somehow endearing.

The tip of the cub’s nose, for some reason, was slightly pointed and looked like a small horn.

Putting everything together, like those horns, the face is very interesting.

I like it.

“Does this demon have a name?”

“I know it doesn’t have a name yet. But we all call it a rhino calf. The Duke calls this kind of beast that way. A rhinoceros.”

“okay.”

Rhinoceros?

It’s a strange name.

‘I should give it a pretty name.’

It’s been a long time since Oscar-sama raised it, but it’s pitiful to be called a rhinoceros.

Let’s think of a name before Oscar comes.

With a nice name that goes very well with Rose.

“Ma’am, you must catch a cold. You’d better go inside the mansion now.”

“…”

Oh, yes.

I shouldn’t be in front of people like this, but I forgot about it because of the rhinoceros.

Katrin straightened up and looked at the escort.

“I’m sorry I moved on my own. I’ve caused trouble.”

An escort is someone who is always by Katrin’s side no matter what.

He knew that the escort would be in trouble if he moved without telling them.

However, I never thought that they would continue to protect themselves even on a night like this.

Since the Marquis family did not have an escort like this, they thought that their protection of Catherine was limited to daytime.

The guard smiled softly and lowered his head slightly.

“It’s okay, ma’am. The duke has ordered to escort your wife as far as possible without restricting her actions. You can move as you please as long as it’s not anywhere else, but within the duke’s premises.”

The escort threw the shawl that was hanging from her arm over Katrin’s shoulder.

Come to think of it, it’s a bit cold.

Katrin sneezed lightly and suddenly saw a rhino calf.

“Can this child also enter the mansion?”

“Yes. Anywhere Rose can go is fine.”

The escort replied with a small smile.

It is said that this bastard has already entered the mansion with Oscar-sama several times.

However, this child usually stays in the eastern garden, and when Oscar-sama is staying in the duchy, he often goes there to meet him, so he rarely comes here.

“This time, the duke hasn’t been to the eastern garden for several days, so it seems he’s here to look for him.”

Does this child miss Oscar-sama too?

poor.

Katrin reached out and lightly stroked the face of the young witch.

I wanted to stroke her hair, but my face was so long that I couldn’t reach her head.

“Okay, let’s sleep together starting today. When I’m lonely, I’ll be fine if I’m with you.”

When I said it in a low voice, the baby rhinoceros began to walk while crying, as if he understood.

Walking waddling is somehow dangerous.

I was nervous because my face was so big that I thought it would collapse in the future.

‘Is this my mother’s heart?’

An unknown emotion slowly spreads in my heart.

Suddenly, the rhino calf looked towards the distant sky.

Did I hear something?

Or smell?

I do not know.

The rhino calf stared into the pitch black darkness for a moment, then turned and cuddled close to Katrin.

I heard the grotesque sound of shaking the ground again, but I was no longer afraid of that sound.

Maybe it’s because I’m three.

If there are only two of them, they are somehow a minority and feel weak, but when the number is three, they become a small group.

It’s just that one has increased, but somehow it’s getting stronger.

‘Now I can sleep well at night.’

Catherine took a long breath.

thank god.

***[Heroine Oscar]***

Back at the Duchy, a rhinoceros baby was among the people who greeted me.

It is also very proudly in the front row.

To be precise, right next to Catherine.

‘How did that happen?’

The rhino witch’s cub was going to be returned to nature someday.

I knew that giving magical powers was good for rhinos, so I went to see them often, but I deliberately kept them in the eastern garden so that they wouldn’t attach to people’s smells or attachments.

The rhinoceros also doesn’t come out well, probably liking the eastern garden because it looks like a forest.

If I didn’t go to see him, he would rarely follow the smell to the mansion, but when he saw me, he would quickly go back.

But why are you standing with people right in front of the mansion?

Moreover, it is not a form that has been there for a day or two.

It seemed quite familiar.

And when I went into the mansion, they followed me as if it were natural.

When I glanced at Benno slightly, I smiled softly and looked at Katrin.

‘Is it because of Catherine?’

I don’t know what it is, but Katrin seems to have become friendly with the rhinoceros.

I thought that women would hate witches, but is Katrin different?

I took a small breath.

‘It must be my fault for not clearly stating that I intend to send the baby back.’

Can not help it.

It seems like it would be difficult to drop it now, and I have no choice but to keep it.

‘Well, rhinos seem to be on the side of taking good care of them when they are inside the family circle, so it should be fine.’

In addition, the rhino witch’s sense of smell and hearing are very good.

It’s as good as a tolerable hunting dog, and it seems like it has a pretty strong desire to protect its family, so you can think of it as having another escort that doesn’t speak the language.

Suddenly thinking of the dead rhinoceros mother, I tapped the cub on the nape of the neck and laughed.

Seeing my appearance, for some reason, Katrin also pats the youngster’s neck.

And he smiled with a very happy face.

‘I think he’s thinking about something else.’

also still a child

The displeasure I had felt because of Crown Prince Robert came back to me, and I inadvertently patted Catherine’s head.

Katrin’s mouth popped out and muttered softly.

“Um… Oscar, I don’t like this anymore. We have a position… and we have a kid…”

Your face suddenly turns red.

It was my mistake to stroke my hair in front of people.

It’s like I was treated like a child without realizing it.

Even though the others are already out of sight, and there are only Benno and a few maids around, doing wrong is wrong even in front of them.

But what does a rhinoceros have to do with it?

Thinking it was strange inside, I held Catherine’s hand and bowed my head.

Lightly kiss the back of your hand.

“I’m sorry, Katrin. It’s been a while since I saw you. It’s so cute.”

“Ears… cute…”

Katrin muttered with a face that didn’t know if she was happy or dissatisfied, and her face grew even more red.

If you add a little more, steam will come out of your face.

Are you ashamed of your husband, sleeping in the same bed as if you were attacking him?

Catherine’s shame is incomprehensible.

*

That evening, the first report of Gleuk, who had become an escort from a slave soldier, came up.

It contained an image of him and a word that the fall of the country might have been precipitated by the rapid increase in rats and vermin.

Gleuk’s homeland was destroyed several decades ago.

‘Couldn’t it… Didn’t the goddess’ wrath begin now?’

Has something similar already happened much earlier than now?

For some reason, the ominous imagination made my heart go cold.