The Villain Changed the Ending

009 I shut my lips tightly

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

Because of the butler who was concerned about my physical condition, I was unable to attend classes for several days.

The mother takes a tougher stance.

It seemed that he was reluctant to contact Sven, saying, “Is it really necessary to have a class with that person?”

If it wasn’t for the teacher that my grandfather had personally called in, I would have told him to quit right away.

It seems that the butler managed to convince him that such a thing would not happen in the future.

But I was ordered to lie still in bed until dinner.

The supervisor is a nanny, who has always been by my side until now, but now she is literally by my side, saving even time to go to the bathroom.

But if you don’t excrete urine on time, you get sick.

‘Even so, women in this world wear tight corsets, which is bad for health.’

I’m worried about my nanny.

I thought it was about an hour or two.

It hurt to lie still.

‘My mental health is more at risk than my nanny.’

It is said that being confined to solitary confinement in prison is the greatest punishment for a human being, and I think I can understand why.

Even if I couldn’t get out of the room, I got up to find something to do, and when I got up, the nanny, who was a short distance away, hurriedly approached me.

“No, Bocchan. This is your mother’s order. You must not get out of bed until this evening.”

“But I’m fine now.”

“No! The carriage accident, this time too… Do you know how much my mother’s and I’s lifespan decreases each time? If you’re not careful, you’ll be in trouble.”

The nanny’s face became severe.

In aristocratic families, nannies have the privilege of looking after the children and correcting them by scolding them for misbehavior.

Of course, scolding doesn’t mean treating them carelessly, just politely saying no.

However, it is rare for a servant to restrict the behavior of a child of the owner’s family.

The power of a nanny who has that right is unexpectedly strong, and I, who had been raised in her arms ever since I was born, found it difficult to oppose.

She is another mother to me.

Besides, this is also my real mother’s name.

I gave up getting up and let out a small breath.

When I refused to lie down, the nanny put several cushions on my back to make it comfortable for me to sit on.

‘Ha, what should I do?’

Nothing to do.

I would like to read a book, but in this world, books are very precious.

There is a huge library in the duke’s house, but there are many books in there, such as the diaries of successive family heads or valuables collected from various places, so taking them out is prohibited.

It should be read in the library.

It doesn’t matter if it’s the head’s son or grandson.

I pondered for a moment, then looked at the nanny.

“Nanny, would you mind going to the room over there then?”

When I pointed my finger at the space across the street, the nanny put on a puzzled expression.

This room has several spaces in all directions centered on a large room with a bed.

A room for clothes and accessories, a room for the nanny, an extra room and a study, and a place that looks like a toilet and uses it as a toilet.

Some have doors, others just open.

The place I pointed to was a space with only a temporary wall pierced in the form of an arch.

There is a distance, but if you are there, you can see the bed in a straight line.

“I won’t get out of bed. Nanny will just have to watch over there.”

“It’s a promise, young master.”

“huh.”

I’ve been a decent kid since I was little, and now I’m more out of touch.

The nanny took my promise and headed to the other side of the room.

After making sure that the nanny was at a safe distance, I began to concentrate.

Gradually raise the mana in the body.

The nanny is a sensitive person to the point of fainting because of my magical power even outside the thick door.

It wouldn’t be possible to endure it with spirit like the butler, so it was the best way to use it as a measure while leaking mana to the outside.

‘I’m a little nervous.’

Today, I plan to do it in a different way than usual.

It was a thought that came to my mind after experiencing a mana runaway yesterday, but what if it moves along the bloodstream?

In this world, the circulation of blood has not been revealed yet, or perhaps it is simply because I did not know much about it, and in class with Sven, magic has always been generated from my hands.

However, looking back on yesterday’s events, it was immediately after passing through the heart that mana increased rapidly.

Perhaps the heart has the ability to amplify mana.

Moreover, starting from the heart along the bloodstream, mana would spread throughout the body in an instant.

At least it will be much faster than starting with your hands and gradually moving to your whole body, and it’s a great help in situations where you’re competing for one second.

‘It’s fortunate that nothing happened yesterday, but if I did something wrong, I might have died of a heart attack…’

If you think about it, yesterday may have been a bit dangerous.

A cold sweat broke out belatedly.

To prevent that from happening this time, I raised my mana as little as possible.

One side of the chest slowly starts to have heat.

I glanced at the nanny, but her appearance hadn’t changed.

‘are you okay. Don’t rush, take it slow…’

My body stiffened a little from the tension.

I put the palm of my hand against my heart and pressed it gently.

If you feel the heat in the palm of your hand, it’s easy to perceive magic power, perhaps because it has a sense of reality.

The lukewarm heat slowly grew under the palms of his hands.

At first, the heat, which was like a seed, gradually grew to the size of a ping-pong ball.

And at some point, I suddenly felt a tingling sensation.

‘ah!’

The mana that had grown little by little in his heart melted into his body.

The moment I thought that, mana spread to my fingertips and toes.

It happened so quickly that I don’t even know when it happened.

‘nurse!’

I quickly raised my gaze, and our nanny’s eyes met.

The nanny smiles as if asking why.

‘thank god.’

Magical power was spread all over the body, but it was a very small amount, and it didn’t seem to go out of the body.

I raised the mana a bit again near the heart.

Maybe it was because he knew this in advance.

He could clearly feel the mana melting into his blood.

The feeling of warm magical energy spread throughout the body again.

It seems that the mana that I feel at my fingertips has gotten a little stronger.

‘Whoa… Whoa…’

I breathed lightly.

I didn’t realize it at first, but it seems that the mana that spread throughout the body goes around the body once again and comes out through the heart every time the heart beats.

It wasn’t that I had generated more mana, but the concentration gradually increased.

But it did not come out of the body.

The nanny’s complexion was still comfortable.

As I continued to watch the nanny, this time I consciously tried to release my mana.

But it doesn’t work out.

The nanny’s complexion hadn’t changed, and I felt as if my mana was blocked by a thin film.

I feel like I can’t just step on one foot right away.

‘Are you reacting to emotions? then.’

I remembered Bianca’s face when we first met.

As I pictured her face glaring at me with her head down, almost at the same time, the nanny put on a puzzled expression.

The nurse put her hand on her chest and touched her forehead again.

I quickly erased Bianca’s face from my mind.

Instead, I think of my mother.

The nanny tilted her head as if responding to it.

“Nanny, what’s wrong?”

The nanny looks at me.

You seem a little surprised.

“No, it’s nothing. It’s just that my heart races and I get chills.”

“it’s fine now?”

“Yes, it’s okay. I’m sorry, Bocchan. Were you surprised?”

“…”

sorry this is

“Bocchan, can we go there now?”

the nanny asks.

When I said yes, the nanny smiled and came closer.

“Bocchan, if you’re bored, can I tell you a story about Shinhwa?”

The nurse pulled the chair in front of me and sat down, narrowing her eyes.

“It reminds me of the old days. When I was younger, the young boy often asked me to talk about God. After the tutor came, he was too busy to talk anymore. I miss that time a bit.”

“I like Nanny’s stories, too.”

After saying that, the nanny immediately started talking about the myth of the creator god of this world.

I listened to the myth I had already heard many times, and on the other hand, I continued to use my magic power.

Little by little you get used to the sensation of magical energy spreading from your heart to your entire body.

So far, I can only express my magic through emotions, but I think I will be able to release it as I wish in the near future.

*

The time that I was stuck in bed without moving passed, and the light outside the window became cool before I knew it.

It’s time to have a meal with my father in a little while.

Thanks to that, my mother seems to be insanely busy.

He said it was because his father suddenly changed his plan to a family dinner.

“Why does that matter? Aren’t we going to eat the same amount of food anyway?”

When I asked that, the butler finally came to check on my attire and explained the situation.

“It’s not like that, young boy. The type of food and the cooking method are different between a meal for two and a dinner for many people. Besides, father and mother have different taste in food, so the chef prepares the food accordingly. “

Unlike Earth, this world eats twice, late in the morning and early in the evening. Nobles have an extra snack break in between.

Among them, the most important was the dinner, which consisted mainly of meat and served a large amount of food.

Even at my mother and my own table, there is enough food for ten people.

That’s why I wondered.

After all, there are many types and amounts of food.

So, if father and mother both have different meals, why not combine them?

But the butler said otherwise.

There are many reasons for the large amount of food served on the table of aristocrats, such as the aristocrat’s dignity or the oven in the kitchen not suitable for cooking small amounts of food. because it eats

On Earth, you might be angry about what you mean by a worker, but in this world, that was the right of upper-class users.

The food eaten by the nobility, especially by the duke’s bloodline, uses good ingredients and very expensive spices.

It was a high-end product that was different from what ordinary users ate.

Because of this custom, nobles also eat food served on the table by cutting it with clean knives, and much of the same food remains in the kitchen.

The horse’s leftovers are actually new, untouched food.

Of course, the only people who could handle it were the head butler, a lady-in-waiting from nobles, a nanny, and a maid, and other servants ate food appropriate to their rank.

In addition, since they have to make food for lower-level users, the kitchen decides on the menu several days in advance and purchases it.

Because you have to make a huge amount of food, the kitchen is busy enough to use the stove or handle the ingredients in seconds.

“In light of all these circumstances, the chef thinks a lot in his own way so that the food that goes out to both mother and father can later be tailored to the taste of the employees. What materials and how much to buy is determined in advance.”

As a large amount of ingredients must be purchased and prepared in advance, the menu is decided at least in agreement with the mother and the chef the day before.

Changes like this are rare, and a change like this was an infringement of the chef’s authority.

And it is the hostess of the family who is in charge of feeding the family and guests.

Whatever the reason, if the dinner is not properly prepared, the mother is damaging the face of the father.

As a hostess, it is a disqualification.

Even if it was by the father himself, it was the same.

“So, is Bianca bullying her mother for suddenly asking her to eat together?”

“… That’s right.”

When I put on a worried expression, the butler smiled softly.

“There is no need to worry too much. Turning food that has already been seasoned into a banquet is not impossible with the skill of our chef. When you become a chef at a duchy, you are the best in the industry. This situation is not even an ordeal. .”

The butler’s eyebrows drooped slightly.

“However, a person of that level has a high self-esteem. He is angry that this incident disrespected him. That’s why his mother is busy trying to appease him.”

It’s not something that can be solved with money.

Artisans with high self-respect do not move simply with money.

This was clearly my father’s disrespect.

“I’m sorry to say this, but my father went too far. If this happens again, the chef will leave this place.”

In this world, a first-class chef is said to be one of the ways to show the prestige of a noble.

In order to hire a first-class chef who cannot be moved by money alone, several factors are needed, such as the name of the family, the dignity of the hostess, and a high salary.

However, if the best player in the industry leaves the duchy, it will immediately become a family scandal.

Moreover, although the butler did not express it verbally, his father is a person who falls far short of his grandfather.

It seems that the perception in aristocratic society is also like that.

There would be a big difference between the chef leaving when the grandfather was present and the situation happening when the father was the head of the household.

It was understandable for my mother to be desperate.

“Why doesn’t Dad know about that?”

When I unknowingly asked that question, the butler fell silent for a moment and lowered his head.

And he answered in a low voice.

“The duke’s family is a family where descendants are very precious. My father was the son my grandfather waited for a long time. Moreover, since he was blood and blood in exchange for the life of the old lady…”

Ah, that’s why I didn’t educate myself properly while being cute.

As if he realized my thoughts, the butler’s expression darkened slightly.

My grandfather was a good lord, but he didn’t seem to be a good father.

Maybe that’s why I paid more attention to my education.

Anyway, it’s really hard.

Ten years from now, the barbarians will invade, but is the duke’s family okay as it is?

‘I might have to think differently.’

At first, I was planning to prepare for the invasion of barbarians by purchasing soldiers and weapons with the proceeds from my own territory.

I wondered what would happen if I added my magic power to it.

But I quickly realized that this was impossible.

It takes a lot more money than you think to maintain your troops.

I didn’t even have to do the math.

With the proceeds from the barony, there was not enough money to stick it on anyone’s nose.

‘If my father were a proper head of the family, he wouldn’t have thought of this.’

If my father leads the duchy well, I thought that we should work together to deal with the savages.

In any case, as long as I don’t commit a grievous sin of treason, I have no fear of passing the position of successor to Dennis.

No matter who my father’s love belonged to, I was the only heir.

Even in the novel, even though Oscar committed all kinds of evil, he was not deprived of his position as heir until he rebelled.

‘I thought so.’

In this state, it seems that he will not simply stir up a scandal, but will destroy the duke’s power by doing stupid things over and over again.

‘I can’t leave it like that.’

Ten years sounds like a long time, but it is too short a period to develop strength.

There is no time to waste in vain.

I shut my lips tightly.