I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 106

Chapter 53.2

He was so mortified he wanted to disappear. Though his actions deflected her suspicions, he still felt a deep sense of shame, questioning whether it was really necessary to go to such lengths.

As he wrestled with his emotions, the sound of Rowaine’s peaceful breathing reached him. Dimitri lifted his head slightly and gazed at her sleeping form. He couldn’t tear his eyes away. As if possessed, he turned his body and sat down beside her.

A serene face.

…Why? Why does his chest feel so tight?

‘Is it because of the good scent?’

With a small sigh, he rolled up next to Rowaine and lay down. As he watched her, his mind calmed and he felt warm.

‘As long as I didn’t get caught…’

Yes. That was all.

Rowaine’s bed was very comfortable and pleasant as if floating on the clouds.

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I took a small breath as I watched Blue’s stomach go up and down before falling asleep.

‘Blue.’

From some point on, I have been hugging Blue without even realizing it.

“Nyaa!”

Blue gently held me in my arms as it made a grumbling sound. It was so cute and adorable that I grabbed its little head and gave a kiss on its nose so that I could hear it make the sound again from its small mouth. However, when I opened my eyes again—

“Dimitri…?”

—I was suddenly in Dimitri’s wide arms instead.

“Rowaine.”

Calling me in a low, heart-rending voice, he gazed at me mellowly.

Even though I tried to get out of his arms, it was so warm and cozy. In addition, before I could even try to escape, he grabbed my waist before pulling me closer and closer to him, as if our bodies were attached to a magnet.

“You smell good, Rowaine.”

As he moved his nose to my neck, the tip of his nose and lips brushed lightly against my skin.

“You smell like something I want to devour… What kind of scent is this?”

An alluring voice.

I swallowed my saliva in a hot breath.

And…

“Yelp, anng!”

“Huuk!”

Somewhere, I woke up to a scream. It was dawn before I knew it.

‘…It was a dream.’

It was a really strange dream.

When I glanced around, I could see Blue sitting by the window.

“Blue? Why are you there?”

Then, the scream I thought I had heard in my dream erupted again.

“Aenngg!”

“What’s that sound?”

As I approached where Blue was sitting, I opened the curtains and looked outside, and my eyes widened in shock. The Emperor’s hounds were tied to a tree in the garden, and the servants Herman had brought were aiming slingshots at them.

Each time they struck the hounds from a distance, they giggled and wrote numbers in the dirt as if keeping score based on where they hit.

“Such craziness…!”

Astonished, I threw on my shawl and ran outside as quickly as I could. The sight that greeted me was beyond belief. My body moved before my mind could even process the scene, instinctively reacting to stop them immediately.

“Quit right now.”

As I sprinted out the front door and shouted, the servants of Herman who heard my voice glanced at me.

“What are you doing?”

“Ah, Duchess.”

“We were just having fun. We apologize if it was too loud.”

Despite their words, there wasn’t a trace of guilt on their faces as they scratched their heads and apologized nonchalantly. I was speechless when I saw the countless stones scattered around the hounds.

‘…Having fun? These aren’t just animals that can’t speak… no, they’re shapeshifters who can.’

It was already horrible enough to torment animals, but I was astonished by how casually they abused beings with comparable intelligence. Isn’t it instinctively more difficult to bully those who speak the same language and think on a similar level?

“Release them now.”

At my command, the servants widened their eyes.

“That would be dangerous.”

“Trust me, and let them go. I will take them with me.”

“Still, we have to leave soon…”

“Is departing now the problem? They’re bleeding! We need to treat them!”

I lost my temper and shouted.

Then, the servants glanced behind me.

I followed their gaze and turned around.

Herman was looking at this from the third-floor window. Only then did I realize… if these servants were not crazy, they would not have been making a fuss in the garden since the early morning when even the servants of this mansion had not yet woken up.

I stood by the window and stared at Herman, who was glancing at me with interest.

‘He tested me…?’

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