I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

Chapter 22

22 – Eight Buddhas (2)

The night after returning from a picnic.

I took out the green book I hadn’t looked at in a while from the drawer.

In that book, after breaking off the marriage with Elena, before entering the academy, it was written how to act and plans for the future, but since I was still engaged to Elena, naturally, all of the plans written here also became nonexistent. .

“No, is this a good thing…”

The schedule written here was like a well-organized vacation timetable I made as a child, if I had to compare it. A child’s freedom is a timetable that is really thoroughly created according to the parents’ wishes, not including a single day. If things go according to plan, it is a timetable that seems like you will definitely get into a prestigious university.

In fact, I had been living under such a timetable until I met Elena. No one ordered me to do this, but I told myself to prepare for the future and pushed myself into the wheel that never ends no matter how much I run.

The result of such diligent implementation of the plan. I became a suitable person as the heir to the Count Krause family, which I had initially set as my target.

However, as the incident with Alphonse showed, doing so did not bring me the happiness I wanted.

The reason I made up my mind to become a person worthy of this family and not to be ruined like Damian in the original story was to enjoy a happy life with my family.

However, the effort to do so has rather neglected the relationship with the family, so even if it makes the human being ‘me’ better, it is no longer necessary.

“Come to think of it, it seems I haven’t taken this guy out since I met Elena.”

What was written in the book was not simply my time schedule. What happened in the novel, what will happen in the future, and what happened in the past are written.

Count Krause is not an ordinary count family. It is the only elder family of the empire on this continent, and it is a prestigious family that has reigned as the ruler of the south since before the empire was founded. Although the title is only count, he has refused to be crowned from generation to generation, and should not be identified with other counts.

As the heir to such a prestigious family, I was able to easily obtain information about events happening all over the continent from a young age. And such information gives me confidence in the information I got through the book.

There is a causal relationship in everything.

‘What happens in a few chapters in the novel becomes like this because of what happened here now’, I know the future that follows from it, so the information I heard became a reason to be sure of the future I knew.

That’s why I was able to get a sense of security in the fact that I know the future while watching this book.

But that also ended with continuing the engagement with Elena.

The story of Damien Krauss leading up to Elena Edelweiss was a story that could not be found in a novel, and it was a future I did not know, so I could no longer be relieved by the contents written in this book.

After flipping through the book, I returned it to its original drawer.

Even so, the engagement to Elena did not completely rid me of any lingering attachments to the future I knew. The weight given by the word ‘future’ is heavy. Even if it was uncertain, it might be useful someday, so I shouldn’t be quick to judge.

I couldn’t throw away my lingering attachment to books, so I had no choice but to put them back in the drawer without being able to tear them or burn them.

Let’s stop thinking about this for now.

Haven’t you come to realize how foolish it is to be entangled in an uncertain future over the past few days?

The same goes for his relationship with Elena.

The distance has become too close to think that it is simply a relationship that will break up. At first, it seemed like I could easily let her go, but now that I’ve only been with her for a few days, I don’t want to let her go. Moreover, even though I knew the future I would go through by her side.

In the end, in order to keep her by my side even a little bit, I even told my father to hand over the Isilia Crown.

Even though I knew that my action was equivalent to walking into hell on my own to be by her side, strangely, my heart felt refreshed as if cider had been poured into it. Sensing the gap between reason and emotion, I tapped my head and shook my head.

“Where did my hair really change strangely?”

I’m not a heroine trying to keep my position as a royal family, and I don’t know what I’m doing right now.

In order to clear my complicated mind, I laid down on the bed and recalled the events of the day once again to recall happy memories.

When I think of Alphonse and his father laughing, my head seems to clear up a bit.

It was the first time that this kind of atmosphere had come out in my family since my mother passed away. If I had truly wished for my family’s happiness, I should have paid more attention to this aspect, but now that I have regained my appearance, I am saddened, but happy to see it again.

That’s how the film of my memory turned around and reflected Elena sitting in the flower garden.

Sitting side by side with my family, she was smiling, but for some reason, a small disappointment was also reflected on her face. It didn’t take long to realize why. I immediately opened my eyes and got up from my seat.

“What have I done?”

Come to think of it, the promise I made with Elena back then was more like a date. However, it was my fault to include my family in such a promise, no matter how much I was focused on improving family relations.

Elena smiled and followed because she was kind, but who would like to see other people on a date? It doesn’t look like anything, but it’s clear that he was disappointed deep down inside.

Come to think of it, on the way back home today, he seemed a bit weak, maybe that was because of this.

Thinking about it makes me feel like an arrow is stuck in my chest.

“Apologies right now…”

It was too late to do that. Even if she came to my room last time as an exception, now it wouldn’t be strange even if everyone was asleep, but visiting her room at such a late hour crossed the line, even if it was my fiancé.

And it is doubtful whether she will forgive her simply with an apology. No, if it was Elena or her, that might be the case. But I don’t think my heart will be comfortable. Wouldn’t it be best to at least fulfill what was promised then?

As I wandered around the room, lost in my thoughts, a book caught my eye.

“This is it.”

I guess I’ve found a way.

***

The book I found in the room was a map of Sarham’s city plan.

When I found the book, my brain produced an answer in an instant. I opened the plan and started making a route to go with her.

As Sarham is one of the leading cities in the south, it can be said that the street scenery is also beautiful as it is well developed. The information I know about Elena is limited, but I’ve decided where to go based on what might be of interest to her.

And I could see her delight the whole time I walked down the street with me, to the point that I was worth staying up all night.

In this world, science was not developed, but magic was developed, but there were some foods that were familiar to me even though the developed fields were different.

One of them was cotton candy. I bought a cotton candy and handed it to her, and she touched the cotton candy with her hand, tore it off, and put it in her mouth.

The person who sold it said he had never been to a place other than Sarham. Is that because of that? It seems that there was no cotton candy in Merohim yet.

Of course, I didn’t buy my share because I can’t eat sweets. I ate a handful when Elena handed it to me, but I couldn’t bear to frown at the thick sugar taste and had no choice but to put on a complicated, subtle, grotesque expression. She thinks it was fun again.

“Damian. Your face is strange.”

“This is because Elena fed me that…”

“Hmm. Think of it as punishment for what happened yesterday.”

“Wasn’t that the one you unwrapped in the carriage earlier? You pinched my cheek too.”

“Damian did the same to me. Hmmm? Would you like another Damian cotton candy?”

“It’s done.”

Today, unlike usual, the situation has been completely reversed. I had one thing, so I was just being polite, but I couldn’t stand the fact that they fed me cotton candy.

Let’s get paid for it by kneading Elena’s cheeks about ten times on the way home.

So we walked around the streets and finally arrived at the workshop, the highlight of the day. Elena was puzzled by the sudden purchase of furniture, but she seemed to agree when I explained that she couldn’t just use the old items in Isilia Pavilion where she would be staying.

However, there was one fact that both Elena and I had forgotten.

“ah.”

I wondered what happened to Elena, who suddenly stopped walking, and she looked at me and said,

“I didn’t… contact you.”

“Yes?”

“I forgot to contact my father…”

Elena’s words made me feel like I had been hit in the head with a hammer.

There is a description that Elena in the original story lived in Krause Castle before entering the academy, so I took it for granted that Elena stayed here, but I forgot that she needed someone else’s permission to actually do so.

Duke Joachim Edelweiss.

He’s Elena’s father and someone I’ve only met once.

He is currently known as the lord of the Tower of Dawn, one of the seven Magic Towers, and has excellent magic skills, but I know one more fact. The fact that he’s a huge arm.

There was no way that Elena in the original story had forgotten to contact her father. If that were the case, Joachim would have come to this place, saw Damian, and declared a breakup. He probably made contact under Damian’s supervision.

So this is what happened because I was different from the original Demian.

Thinking about it made me feel relieved. Unlike that guy in the original, I had nothing to say.

I asked her

“Does Elena want to stay in Sarham?”

“Yeah? Uh, that, what do you mean by that?”

Elena blushed at my words. Her reaction made my head spin for a moment, then I remembered what I must have meant. Because I was so distracted, the words that I had kept in my mind just came out.

“Oh, no, not this… Wait a minute. I just wanted to ask what you think about staying here until the entrance ceremony to the academy. I guess I forgot to think about it.”

At my words, she stared blankly at me for a moment, then replied with a smile.

“Of course. That’s right, I’m the owner of Isilia Pavilion now. So it’s right to stay in Sarham from now on, right?”

I hurriedly raised my hand to cover the corners of my mouth when she replied that she would be here from now on, even though she seemed to be asking for my consent.

“Then…for now, let’s go back today. Let’s go back and tell the Duke.”

She took my hand and smiled and said yes.

Perhaps even in the original story, Yoheim allowed her to stay in Krause Castle for a year, but if Elena asked for it, he would not refuse. You can contact us often from now on.

Thinking that everything would work out smoothly, we climbed into the wagon and returned to the lord’s castle.

Not even thinking that as soon as he entered the castle, he would meet his father holding a crystal ball.

A face that Elena and I both knew well was reflected in the crystal ball my father was holding.

[Elena. It’s been a while.]

“Ah, father…”

It was the face reflected in the crystal ball, but Joachim’s face showed how much he thought of Elena. However, that warm voice seemed a little angry somewhere.

[Please return to Merohim for now.]

“Yes?”

At Joachim’s sudden words to come back, Elena, I, and even my father, who was holding a crystal ball, were taken aback.

“Hey! What are you talking about…”

[You shut up. Of course, bring the four guys standing there too. What I have to say is that this is the end. If I can’t tell you that we’re leaving within two days, I’ll come over here myself and take you with Elena. more.]

“What? Hey! Hey Yohaim!!… This bastard just said something and hung up?!”