150 I love you no matter who you are
***[Heroine Oscar]***
Encounters with nobles are tricky and tiring in trifles.
Even though this is a high-ranking family, the etiquette of nobles is applied in common regardless of rank.
It’s not that you can act comfortably at will, but rather, because you’re a high-ranking family, there are things you have to be careful about in trivial places.
Even if you give a positive answer to the trap that the other person secretly set, it will be difficult.
You gave a positive word about such-and-such in the past, remember?
There were times when it became a thing.
Such traps are rarely set against high-ranking nobles, but in fact, Prince Robert was caught in a trap and took Baron Heath’s daughter as his concubine.
The world’s affairs are not simply established by the relationship of power, and if you are unlucky, you can get hit.
‘Well, the case of Baron Heath is a bit extreme.’
Now that she has eyes for others and has understood her position as the Crown Prince’s concubine, she has passed safely, but if Robert slips on the spot, Baron Heath won’t do well either.
‘It’s all self-employed.’
Later investigations indicate that Baron Hiss was a devoted follower of Igor.
As soon as it was concluded that he would change his support for the crown prince, an investigation into Robert’s surroundings began.
I just received my first report.
As it turns out, Baron Hiss must have been tricking something rather than simply believing in Igor’s ability.
After Igor’s death, he seems to have regained his sanity little by little.
It seems that he is appealing to some close people, saying that he is not sure why he acted like that.
I don’t think he was originally the type to do something so daring.
I heard that you are in a very frightened state.
I sat down on the wagon and stared blankly at the ceiling.
As I investigated Crown Prince Robert’s whereabouts, bad things popped up one by one, like peeling an onion.
It’s mainly a woman’s problem.
It seems that if he liked it, he seduced married women regardless.
I guessed, but the number of cases far exceeded expectations.
It’s okay if it’s a form of seduction and the other person responds, but there have been times when I’ve been forcibly pulled in, and I’ve managed to cover it well so that rumors don’t spread.
‘Perhaps it’s because of the outstanding ability of the chief chamberlain.’
According to a note accompanying the report, many of the women had blonde hair.
It could be that he simply likes women like that, but well, he probably doesn’t.
He must have felt that way because he resembled Catherine.
Oscar had done this several times in his life.
He was following Oscar’s previous life exactly.
It was like seeing through Robert’s body what Oscar was doing.
I took a small breath and closed my eyes.
Would it have been better to change the prince he supported right away?
Had it been so, there might not have been so many victims.
If I had acted a little earlier, maybe not so many people would have been unhappy.
It wasn’t my fault, but I guessed that he was repeating Oscar’s behavior, if no one else knew.
Even before the goddess showed it to me, I was slightly aware of his behavior.
Because Oscar in the novel was similar.
I knew how many women were in pain and what the future holds.
So maybe I should have acted the moment I knew that.
‘Even thinking about it now, it can’t be helped.’
The women’s cries and suffering from their misfortune overlap with what they saw in their previous lives.
The eyes of the women seemed to resent me.
I’m tired.
The fatigue accumulated from meeting the aristocrat weighed on me along with Prince Robert’s work, and I felt myself sinking into the carriage seat.
Maybe that’s how he fell asleep.
When I suddenly came to my senses, it was after the hot summer sun had subsided to some extent.
The butler must have touched the clothes to make her comfortable, and the scarf and outerwear that were wrapped around her neck had come off.
The butler, who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the carriage, came closer and knelt.
The butler opened his mouth as he lightly styled his hair and put it back and put on his clothes.
“In a little while, we will enter the dukedom.”
“Ah, have you already arrived?”
“Yes, we will arrive at the estate where Bernt-nim is staying tomorrow evening.”
“… okay.”
My heart sank even more.
Letters from my father have been coming in lately.
After Bianca’s infidelity was revealed, there was no contact for a while, but recently she sends a letter.
It wasn’t about asking for money or anything like it used to be.
It was a letter asking if things were going well, how she was doing, if her mother was okay, if she was doing well after hearing that Catherine had come to the duchy.
In the letter, there was a hint that his father had lost a lot of energy.
And I had a feeling that maybe he wanted to see me.
If you get angry or ask for money, it’s easier to respond.
But if you can’t put it into words and feel a hint of wanting to see him, it really becomes difficult to deal with.
I had heard from the lord there that my father had become very emaciated these days, and on the way back home anyway, I could stop by if I slightly modified the route, so let’s go.
But when I heard that I was near, I felt depressed.
It’s the feeling of a young Oscar stomping in anger that still has a little bit of it in me.
The child who wanted to be loved by his father, but at the same time still angry about what happened in his childhood, was still alive in my heart.
‘It won’t disappear forever.’
That too would be myself.
When I think about it like that, I feel pathetic and depressed after all, and hahahaha, my mood goes down to the bottom.
It’s my own business, but human beings are such a nuisance.
Pooh, noticing that I was depressed, or maybe he was just bored, poked his big face through the window.
“Poo!”
With a short cry, a large face fills the entire window.
It seems that he wants to come inside.
“Puuu, you can’t come in. It’s too heavy and big.”
“Puuu?”
The window frame creaked as Pooh tilted his head.
Several blue veins sprouted on the butler’s forehead.
“hahahaha.”
As I smiled unconsciously, the butler’s expression relaxed so easily that it was absurd, and he was smiling.
Thanks to Pooh’s innocent face, my heart became a little lighter.
Nothing has changed from a few minutes ago, but a person’s heart rises from the swamp with a simple smile.
It’s a strange thing.
*
The mansion where his father Bernd lives is a villa owned by the duke.
I’ve never been there myself, but I’ve heard about it through reports.
It’s not as big as the original house, but it has a small pond and the building is said to be beautiful.
It was a suitable place for Dangju’s father to live in seclusion.
I saw the butler from time to time as I rode through the duchy in the carriage.
For some reason, the butler’s face brightened.
When I entered the dukedom, I received a call from my family.
I received news about the operation of the dukedom, but the butler was contacted with a different message from me.
It was from then that the butler’s expression was exceptionally bright.
Occasionally, he laughed silently.
“Is something wrong?”
When I asked, the butler smiled.
“When I came to the Duchy, there was a call from my family. I smile when I think about it.”
“…”
However, he didn’t need to tell me or what the incident was, and quietly passed on.
‘It’s strange.’
I felt like I was hiding something, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing if the butler was smiling.
Maybe Catherine was up to something else.
Thinking of her brought a smile to my face.
When I left, Katrin’s mouth was pouting until the end.
She seemed to be hiding it, but it was clear to anyone that she was angry.
The reason why she didn’t insist on going with her was probably because she realized that she was the duchess in her own way.
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Judging by her usual behavior, she must have been writing several letters as soon as I left, but I couldn’t receive her letters while I was moving from one family to another.
Because the schedule was so tight, it was difficult to measure the timing properly and the liaison officer to come and go.
So, the contact was almost only about instructions from this side to the dukedom, and the only thing that rarely reached me was an urgent report.
“…”
If you don’t have it, you’ll feel sad for some reason.
I missed her letter, which was filled with words of love, little by little, every break during the trip.
‘Well, of course it’s a girl I like.’
Although still young.
Thinking that way made me feel ashamed, so I quietly looked out the window.
“Master, your face is a little red. Are you hot?”
I couldn’t say anything at the voice of the butler who seemed to be asking with obvious knowledge.
‘She will be very happy when she sees me.’
It seems like I can see Catherine’s shining face right in front of me.
I smiled a little while watching the scenery passing by.
I wanted to quickly finish meeting my father and hurry back home.
*
When I arrived at my father’s estate, it was just about evening, when the sky had turned purple, just as the butler had said.
Today I will stay at my father’s mansion.
Dinner will probably be ready at this time.
‘But what the hell am I supposed to say to my father?’
I don’t know how Bianca is, but she’s probably not trying to get into a fight.
I really don’t know what to say to pass the time during the whole dinner if neither of them are willing to fight, even though parent-child relationships have never been good.
It will definitely be an awkward atmosphere.
Thinking about that made me even more depressed.
‘Did I just go home wrong?’
That was when I thought about it.
Someone’s voice came from far away.
“Oscar!”
“…”
It’s strange.
It sounds like Catherine’s voice.
But she can’t be here.
There’s no way she, the Duchess, would be in a place like this.
I thought it was strange and looked out the window.
“…”
A stocky pony that I knew, if my eyes were not wrong, was running.
It seems that it is Catherine who can be seen over the thick pony’s neck.
“Oscar!”
Catherine looks at me and smiles broadly.
“Catherine?”
It wouldn’t be my fault that the end of the story went up on its own.
“Your wife seems to have been very depressed while the duke was gone. She said that the great lady recommended that we come here.”
The butler spoke in a voice full of laughter.
As soon as the carriage stopped and I went out, Katrin ran and stood as if approaching.
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“My God! What if I get hurt?”
I was a little taken aback, but it’s a short pony anyway.
It wasn’t so high that even a woman as small as Katrin could get hurt.
Even so, women in this world are a bit dangerous because they have corsets, rich dresses, and various accessories.
Normally, you don’t jump off a horse like this.
Although, of course, there are few, no, no women riding ponies.
Katrin ran over and jumped into my arms, ignoring my concerns.
“I missed you! It’s Oscar. It’s the real Oscar! I missed you so much. Even in my dreams every day, I missed you again, Oscar!”
Seeing Katrin holding me tight until my back breaks, I know how much I missed her.
If you don’t know the joy of her expressing how glad you are with your whole body, that would be someone who has completely lost their eyes and ears.
A little further away, butler Benno and Anne turned their heads slightly.
It seemed that she was trying to ignore her behavior unbecoming a duchess.
I tried to nag a little bit, but I kept my mouth shut, wondering how depressed I was that my mother would have sent me to see me.
Instead, he hugged her tiny body and kissed the top of her head.
“I’m back, Catherine.”
“…”
There was no answer, so I removed her body and looked at her face, and she was crying with an expression so ugly that I couldn’t possibly show her as a duchess.
A runny nose comes out little by little.
“… oops… don’t look… don’t… my face… awful…”
I try to hang my head while crying.
Even so, it was Katrina who didn’t loosen the arms that were wrapped around my body.
If it was a woman she didn’t know, she would not have thought that her crying face was so pretty.
But you are crying because of me.
I’m so glad
We were only apart for about a month and a half, but we cry so sadly that the period was too long.
lovely and cute
I lightly put my lips on the bridge of her nose.
“You can’t be terrible. Catherine, you are always lovely.”
At that, Catherine began to cry even louder.
Anne and Benno, who were far away, looked at me strangely.
Hmmm, that’s a bit tricky.
I took a handkerchief from the butler’s hand and wiped Catherine’s face with a smile.