I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 100

Chapter 50.2

“Haha. I’m surprised to think you’re picking apart His Majesty. The Duke gets what Count Larscel painstakingly tried to seize for free. Are you resourceful? Oh, was it Rowaine’s intelligence?”

Dimitri smiled with a sharp look in his eyes. He spoke slowly.

“It certainly wouldn’t be free. That would be the price of finding and returning lost dogs.”

“Didn’t you kidnap the dogs on their walk?”

“I guess you call it a walk when dogs without leashes were threatening an innocent person?”

Herman shrugged his shoulders.

“I came on an errand for His Majesty, but I have no intention of fighting the Duke. I have no intention of bargaining with someone else’s love affairs.”

As he leaned back on the sofa with a languid face as if nothing was bothering him, he continued, “It may mean that His Majesty did not expect any achievements or expectations from sending me.”

His mischievous gaze was then directed at me.

“After reaching the right assortment, I’ll take the hounds and leave. So, what about a glass of wine with friends?”

Then, he smiled beautifully.

Having read the relationship between Rowaine and Herman in the novel before, I felt like he knew very well that with his attitude, she would never reject him. Certainly, Rowaine, who loved him, would not have rejected him.

‘Even though Rowaine is a villain, seeing Herman’s behavior like that makes me feel sorry for her.’

It was clear from his attitude that he would have always played with her in such a playful and light manner while he knew her heart, though he had no intention of accepting it.

I smiled softly at him but spoke firmly.

“I wonder what kind of relationship I, who abandoned the past and started a new life, have to share with the people of the past, Count Heres? Since we didn’t get together for fun, it’s better to go back to achieving the purpose of coming back.”

His purple eyes twinkled with interest as he smiled and stared at me as though he had heard a funny joke. Though soon, after he could not find any sign of a joke on my face, he seemed a little embarrassed.

“What’s wrong with you, Rowaine?”

His voice flattered as he asked, but I shrugged my shoulders and answered calmly.

“Tell His Majesty this… With a very happy marriage, the past is fading day by day and the memories are overwritten with precious memories. Therefore, Your Majesty, please stop and forget about the past and be happy.”

“….”

“And Count Heres, please be courteous to me from now on. Now, I’m no longer a girl from Count Larscel but rather the Duchess of Blois.”

Only then did Herman seem to believe that I was really determined to settle for life here, not to put on a show. Number of questions appeared in his eyes. However, since Dimitri was here, he bit his mouth as if he could not ask.

The next moment, Dimitri called the butler.

“Bring the hounds and prepare to see Count Heres off.”

Herman, who had maintained a playful attitude while fluttering through the papers on the transfer of ownership of the diamond mine, handed me the letter with a slightly serious attitude.

“I meant to give it to you when we were alone. It’s a letter from His Majesty the Emperor. Please read it, Duchess.”

Seeing that Dimitri and I leaned our heads closer to each other and were about to open the envelope, Herman stopped us.

“Still, it’s a letter from an ex-lover. Reading it together is a bit… the Duchess should take a look first.”

After a quick glance through the letter, I quickly understood why he had separated Dimitri.

‘…Oh, my God.’

The letter began with an outpouring of love and longing, gradually building into anger, then turning cold before sealing with fury and ending once again with longing. In summary: ‘‘I don’t understand why you’re avoiding me when I’ve been trying so hard to find you. I’ll give you this diamond mine. When you return to me, I’ll offer you even greater things.’

It was a letter that felt more like obsession and madness rather than love.

‘He must think he’s showing his love this way.’

For some reason, it was strange that he sent the useless Herman without sending an aide or others with him. Nonetheless, when I read the letter, I seemed to understand why.

‘…He wasn’t trying to negotiate or anything like Dimitri’s guess. He was trying to take an emotional approach.’

Still, as I hit the wall without falling for his friendly attitude, Herman had no choice but to do so. With that thought, I snorted and folded the letter finely before handing it back to Herman.

“I’ll pretend I haven’t seen this, Count Heres.”

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