The Villain Changed the Ending

005 Magic Researcher Sven

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

I looked up at my mother.

“Mother, are you okay?”

Mother softened her hardened face a little.

“Yes, Oscar. It’s okay.”

My mother messed up my hair lightly.

“Thank you for your help. My cute knight.”

Mother laughs a little.

Then I turned my head and spoke to the butler.

“Thank you, Benno. Thanks to you, I’m alive.”

“Nothing, ma’am.”

The butler bowed slightly to the mother and looked at me.

“It was wonderful, young master.”

“…”

Not really a 5-year-old.

For an adult who is 30 plus 5 years old, this is a matter of course.

However, seeing the two of them making such admiring faces made me feel very embarrassed.

I covered my mouth with my small hand. I coughed a little and asked my mother.

“By the way, Mother, what kind of place is the Rose Pavilion? Mother seemed relieved.”

“that….”

Mother looked at the butler as if in trouble.

“Ma’am, may I explain to you?”

“…”

Mother hesitated a little, but nodded. let out a small sigh

“You’d better let Oscar know the truth sooner or later. You’ll be seeing her from now on. Besides, you seem to already know who she is.”

With my mother’s consent, Benno, the butler, knelt down in front of me.

After making eye contact, open your mouth.

“You used the word lover when talking to your father earlier. Do you know what a noble’s lover is?”

“Yeah, I mean a woman other than your wife. I know.”

“Yes. You are well aware. First, let me explain what a noble’s wife is like. A noble’s wife has many rights in her position, but also many duties.”

“…”

“It is the butler’s job to actually manage and manage the housekeeping, and the lord and his aides are responsible for managing the estate. Did you know that?”

“huh.”

“Yes. Great.”

It’s really embarrassing to keep saying that I’m great.

I looked at the head butler with a slightly reddened face.

“I’m managing everything in this house, but in reality I’m under my mother’s instructions. How to maintain the atmosphere and interior of the mansion, how to treat and how many servants to treat, and how to treat guests when they come. , Those things are all according to the taste or thoughts of the hostess.”

“…”

“In addition, sometimes there are cases where the head of the head or the deputy head of the head is not in the castle. For example, due to a sudden war or an accident. In such cases, the noble’s wife takes the place. I have to make a decision.”

The head of the butler cut off his words for a bit, made sure I was listening, and then opened his mouth again.

“Generally, the landlord is in charge of the estate, and the hostess is in charge of the mansion. But even when it comes to housework, the wife doesn’t do everything as she pleases. A wife who marries from another family first learns the family customs of the family, many customs, and servants in that house. You learn how to treat them over a long period of time. If you don’t do it right, the face of the head of the family will be damaged, and you will be looked down upon by the vassal family. That’s why being the wife of the head of the family is very difficult.”

“Then can’t your father get involved in the housework? Can’t you forbid what your mother is doing?”

When I asked, the butler shook his head.

“It’s not like that, young master. Even the wife of the head of the family cannot object to her husband. The head of a family has all the authority.”

“…”

“But for aristocratic men, wives are essential. Men run the surface world, but it is the wives who support them behind the scenes. It is also the role of wives to go out into social circles to gather information and strengthen connections with wives. That is why aristocratic men consider it very important to marry a good woman, and in order to maintain an amicable relationship, they acknowledge the wife’s authority and do not interfere with it.”

The butler looked at me quietly.

It seems that he is waiting for me to understand his words.

“But a lover is different from a wife. They have no obligations. They don’t have to learn anything the hard way, and it doesn’t matter if their family line doesn’t match their rank. All they need is to soften a man’s heart. They have no obligations, just sweet rights. “

It’s not like that.

There is no place in this world where you can suck only sweet honey.

The world makes sense that if you gain one, you lose one.

No matter how common the existence of a lover is in this world, it is definitely a position to be pointed at.

‘Oh, I see.’

I looked up at my mother.

My mother, who looked a lot like me, had a beautiful and lovely appearance.

When they are next to each other, it seems to me that an angel is holding an angel.

Unlike his father’s lover, Bianca, there seemed to be no such thing as a dirty mind.

‘But I wonder if he hated her.’

Maybe my mother loved my father when she first got married.

At least they would have tried to be a good couple.

But Dennis, the bastard, is older than me.

Before my mother got married, my father had already made a lover and had children.

Maybe the mother was hurt, jealous, and despaired of such a father.

You might have thought he was a dirty man.

So, by the time I remembered the past, there was a possibility that love had already cooled down and become callous.

It’s not that I hated it from the beginning, I loved it, but it hurt me.

“You said earlier that Mother seemed relieved? Do you know why?”

“If Bianca stays in this mansion, her mother will have the stigma of being a bad wife, but it doesn’t hurt her that she lives in the Rose House.”

“Yes, you know.”

“Have you ever had a lover who lived in the rose garden before?”

At my words, the butler smiled bitterly.

“That’s right. The Rose House is one of the villas where the lover of the head of the family lives.”

It was like that too.

I held my mother’s hand.

If Bianca ends up living in the rose garden, in everyone’s eyes she’s just a lover, a mistress.

It doesn’t matter if Bianca gave birth to a son or how long he’s dominated his father’s heart.

People only find out that Bianca is just a lover.

She is seen as a lowly woman who will be abandoned if she gets tired of being loved.

Maybe this is my mother’s little revenge. For a rivalry with the man I once loved.

My mother put some strength in my hand and smiled like the spring sun.

“Oscar, I’ve been through something unpleasant. But keep her things in mind, but don’t remember them. Your brain will rot.”

“…yes, mother.”

Was the story in the novel that he died of heartache because of jealousy true?

Unlike her angelic appearance, my mother’s heart may be secretly poisonous.

*

After my grandfather passed away, my studies resumed after a short break.

When my grandfather found out that I was smarter than my age and had a knack for magic, he immediately assigned me a tutor.

That was when I was three years old.

From then until now, I have been learning various kinds of foreign languages, life customs, and etiquette of each country from the gray-haired grandfather teacher.

But what takes up the most time is the theory of magic.

It’s quite authentic, and if you think about it now, it goes beyond the level of a picture book or story to show to a child.

Before, I had swallowed the contents unconditionally and memorized them in their entirety without understanding them properly.

“…”

If I were to teach a child, wouldn’t it be language and arithmetic first?

I don’t know foreign languages or customs, but I don’t think a child would need magic theories yet, but I don’t know what my late grandfather was thinking.

Well, it doesn’t matter to me now.

I sat quietly in my room and waited, then got up when the door opened.

“Hello, Mr. Sven.”

“Oscar, long time no see.”

Teacher Sven is a person with white hair, beard and eyebrows.

‘Looking at it now, he looks like Santa.’

Teacher Sven came closer and hugged me.

But Sven, who is fat, has a very protruding stomach and is far from his face and arms.

The face and stomach are round.

If you only wear red clothes, wouldn’t it be a perfect Santa?

I stood still as the teacher did, thinking a little rudely.

Sven put my face on my belly and rubbed it round and round and lamented.

“I heard that something unfortunate happened. The Duke loved Oscar very much. He supported my research for a long time. What is lost is the loss of this world.”

“…”

it’s tough.

Sven had my face pressed against his belly.

His nose was buried in the bobbing belly.

If I continue like this, I will suffocate to death before I even meet the main character.

However, by order of my deceased grandfather, it was only Sven and I in this room.

No one comes inside during class.

There was no one to help even when I was out of breath.

Taking care not to be rude, I forced my face away.

Pressed down by the soft belly fat, my slender neck bent strangely.

This time I think I will break my neck.

It’s really hard.

“…thank you, sir.”

As I gasped, he seemed to have finally noticed the situation.

Sven hurriedly let me go.

“Gee, Oscar. Are you okay! Breathe! Breathe!”

Shake my body this time.

The small body of a five-year-old swayed like a boat in a storm.

I don’t think this old man really intends to kill me.

“…sir, it’s okay now.”

As I swayed, Sven patted my head with a slightly downcast expression.

“I’m so sorry, Oscar. I couldn’t see you very well.”

“Sir, it’s really fine.”

“Oscar is a good boy.”

Sven smiled and looked down at me.

“Then shall we begin class now?”

“yes.”

“Last time, we talked about the question of what magic really is. Today, let’s look at how to use that magic.”

Sven sat down in a chair and took my hand.

“Now, tell me what you feel from now on.”

I spread my small hand on top of Sven’s hand.

After waiting for a while, my palms warmed up.

It’s not Sven’s, my hands are getting hot.

“…Sir, my hands are getting warm.”

When I tilted my head, Teacher Sven smiled happily.

“Are you surprised, Oscar? That’s my magic power. I passed magic power to Oscar. We are now standing in a historical scene. This is the first time in the world that people have succeeded in transferring magic power from person to person.”

“…”

“People don’t care what magic is or why it happens in their bodies. They just think it’s a simple talent, like someone who is good at jumping high or someone who is particularly good at using a sword. But think about it. Fire is essential for trees to grow taller. A flag needs wind to flutter. Then wouldn’t it be natural for it to have the power to create magic? That’s what I mean by magic.”

There is magic in this world, but it’s not as great as it seems in cartoons and movies.

Most of it was at the level of life magic, and it was only about making a small fire or drinking water.

There are people who rarely use soil magic, but they are mainly mobilized for digging or mixing soil.

People who use wind magic are said to be often seen at places like festivals.

I heard that they are mainly hired to blow flower petals or to create a splendid production.

In a word, magic is of no great use.

However, because the number of people who could use magic was very small, sorcerers were often hired by nobles as rare accessories.

It is a bluff to show others.

Sven is also initially hired by some nobles for his unusual research, but his theories are dull and cryptic.

Just what magic is, what is the source of its power, and things like that.

In the end, it is said that he was turned away because it was not something to show to others.

I looked at my warmed hands.

‘I can use this.’