The Villainous Family Loves Me Too Much!

In a way, it was a blessing in disguise.

It may have brought me closer to the truth than the diary, which was my original objective.

‘By becoming Beatrice’s closest confidante, I can deeply involve myself in her actions.’

For that, I needed to devise a definite plan.

‘I have half a year left.’

I needed to thoroughly review everything I had witnessed and heard up until now.

The people entangled in this current situation are…

First, the original protagonists Beatrice and Gabriel, and the sub-male lead Liam. Then there’s me, Karena, who was a supporting character, and Lucian, the villain.

These five held significant roles in the original work to varying degrees.

Looking at the characters newly involved or who have undergone major changes…

There’s Gebino, Colin, and Priscilla.

Gebino Augusto, the imperial knight who had a one-sided love for Beatrice in the original, gained divine power and became the priest upon my reincarnation. And…

-The one who possesses a piece of God’s power is me.

The ‘piece of God’s power’ specified in the prophecy book.

While I don’t know what it is, it must be related to my reincarnation and Gebino’s divine powers.

And one more person.

Perhaps my friend, Colin Piaget, may have become the greatest villain in this novel.

Just before escaping Lucian’s ‘gap in space-time’, I saw her in that forest.

Her hiding behind the bushes, witnessing the entire tragedy of the Felosite father and son.

Perhaps that day, Colin chose the path of villainy.

Fearing I might miss anything, I quickly jotted all this down on parchment.

“Oh my, Sister! Come look at this!”

It was Sylonne who interrupted my thoughts.

“What is it, Sylonne?”

Sylonne barged into my room in a flustered hurry.

Her sweat-drenched casual attire suggested she had come straight from training.

“Just look at what this Jonathan has done!”

“Sheesh, what calamity did he cause this time?”

Wondering what mischief my young cousin had wrought, I rushed after her to the knights’ training grounds.

‘I swear, this brat…’

Last time, he got into a fight with five knight trainees over three heads taller than himself.

Jonathan had broken all their legs, then re-mended them before we arrived, putting on an innocent face as if nothing had happened.

‘Thanks to that, he even received disciplinary action from Lucian. So why is he doing this again?’

This shameless brat had even insisted on staying at the Felosite palace instead of returning to the county.

-I’m going to become both a great knight and priest like Master!

No matter how much I explained that Gebino had special circumstances for doing both secretly, Jonathan refused to listen.

-Well, what can you expect? Young lord is still just a child.

Whether Gebino, Lucian or Sylonne, they all responded the same – laughing it off as childish antics.

‘I had forgotten this was a family of villains. Me too… Hahaha.’

Lucian and Grandfather were rather proud, saying it showed he had potential.

“So, Sylonne, what is it? What happened…?”

In the center of the training grounds, Jonathan was sparring with Gebino, sword in hand.

The knights and trainees surrounded them, cheering raucously.

“Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!”

I couldn’t close my gaping mouth at the astonishing sight.

The mere nine-year-old Jonathan was fighting on equal footing against the full-fledged knight Gebino.

“I knew he had talent, but not to this extent.”

“Well, Sir, uhm, Conrad must be going easy on him.”

I could scarcely believe what I was seeing.

‘I knew that child was born as the continent’s greatest combat healer, but did our family really possess such martial prowess…?’

No, the Kenoch lineage excels in divine power, not martial arts.

Then a thought flashed through my mind.

‘The talent for swordsmanship originally belonged to Gebino, and the powerful divine power to Jonathan.’

For whatever reason, Jonathan remains an immensely powerful healer. But unlike the original, he has clearly lost something.

Clang!

Their duel ended in Jonathan’s victory.

The raucous training grounds fell eerily silent save for the cheers of the men.

“Sister! I won! Yay!”

Only Jonathan, oblivious to his transgression, jumped about gleefully.

“Recruit the young lord into the knight order, Captain.”

Panting, Gebino’s first words to Sylonne were to draft Jonathan as a knight.

Having made some wager, Jonathan instantly vanished, saying he had to tell Larry.

“Losing to a child, is that something you should be saying?”

“His level was far beyond a child’s. No, with just a bit of training, he would easily surpass not just me, but even the Captain.”

Unusually serious, Sylonne glanced at me self-consciously.

“…What do you think, Sister?”

But I couldn’t immediately answer that question.

I was unsure what Jonathan should do to reach this novel’s happy ending.

“I don’t know yet. It’s all too sudden…”

“I will respect your opinion, Sister. You were the one who first recognized Jonathan’s talent, and you’re family.”

With matters to attend to in the order, Sylonne then took her leave.

“I’m deeply ashamed.”

The exhausted Gebino lay on a bench, covering his face with both hands.

“After pledging to guard Her Highness the Princess…”

Gebino’s words sounded so childishly endearing that I couldn’t help but giggle.

Embarrassed by my laughter, Gebino hunched over, unable to lift his head for a while.

“Today, I need the help of priest Gebino, not Sir Conrad.”

Seemingly surprised by my words, Gebino looked up abruptly.

“Help, you say…”

“About the ‘piece of the God’ you mentioned before. Could you tell me what that is?”

* * *

-In truth, the name sounds grand, but it’s nothing special.

-Nothing special, you say?

-Quite literally, it’s a fragment of the divine that governs this world, which has fallen into this realm. I was fortunate enough to encounter that fragment.

-You encountered it…?

-Yes, it initially took a human form and spoke human words. Until it was absorbed into me, that is.

-You’re saying you absorbed the piece of god?

-That’s how I conditionally gained divine power. Though at the time, I merely thought it a dream.

-Conditionally, you say…

-I had to exchange something I possessed. It mentioned settings or some such, but I had no idea what it meant.

Gebino had exchanged his character’s setting values for divine power.

But how that ended up transferring to Jonathan remained unknown for now.

Could the ‘piece of God’ be the author of this work? Just what is its true nature…?

If such a thing happened to Gebino and Jonathan… perhaps something similar occurred to Colin and Beatrice as well.

For my future plans, I would need to account for such variables.

“We have arrived, Lord Roati.”

Escorted by my aide, I disembarked from the carriage.

Before a towering building decorated with gold and glass stood the name ‘Roati Company’ in large lettering.

This was Roati, the largest commercial association I currently oversee in Felosite.

‘In six months, I will become the Empire’s most renowned wedding planner. Beatrice won’t be able to proceed without me.’

‘Roati’ was the name of the wedding planning company I had represented in my previous life.

A high-society wannabe wedding company that received requests from Korea’s biggest celebrities.

In this world, Roati was set to become synonymous with the dream weddings of noble ladies.

“Lord Roati, will you be directly handling all the incoming wedding requests? There are quite a number.”

“I must do it personally. To create the finest weddings for the nobility. Then which household is the first client?”

“The Baron Fenris family. In the far northern outskirts of Felosite.”

“I should visit in person. Schedule it, please.”

At that time, I was completely oblivious. Simply eager to rapidly expand ‘Roati’ into the Empire.

I had no idea what I would witness upon arriving at the Baron Fenris’s Estate, or the situation I would find myself in.