I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 107

Chapter 54.1

Did he do this because he wanted to know what I would do?

If he was not testing me, why did he do this?

Even though it was complicated in my head, I decided to bring Cadis, who was bleeding, into the mansion first. This was what Herman wanted, and I could not help but feel that I was playing right into the palm of his hand.

‘There is a life bleeding right before my eyes like this. I can’t just let it go.’

I could not be that cold, and I did not have the temper to be calm at the sight of blood.

“Derek, bring me some medicine and bandages.”

The butler, who came running late, promptly brought me a treatment tool at my order before I closed the drawing room door. I pretended to treat him with medicine while I was secretly using my healing powers. I was planning to treat Cadis only a little bit so that no one would suspect it.

‘They’d think I used good medicine.’

I hoped that they would think so.

However, when I used my powers, Cadis suddenly shuddered and glanced at me.

“Just now… It felt uncomfortable, Eunsoo.”

“…Huh?”

“Are you using black magic?”

I didn’t know if what I possessed was black magic. Still, I was trying to do something like he said regardless, so I couldn’t answer him, flustered.

“Uh…”

Did my power not work against Cadis?

‘I’ve only used it on humans and cat shapeshifters.’

When I couldn’t say anything, Cadis uttered with kind eyes.

“I’ll hold it in no matter what Eunsoo does. So, do whatever you please.”

It felt as if I had been hit in the back of the head by those words.

“You said it was uncomfortable, but you’re going to hold on without knowing what I’m doing?”

“Because Eunsoo is a good person.”

Somehow, I could not help but feel strange at the blind trust. Were dog shapeshifters like this in the first place…?

“Did you hold back those thoughts when they threw stones at you earlier?”

“That’s not true. We’re trained to persevere in any situation unless we’re ordered to attack someone.”

It meant that no matter what they did to him, he would just have to endure it.

I know that the Emperor’s hounds were engraved with a curse that would lead to death if they did not obey their master’s orders because the main plot of the novel was that the original female protagonist got rid of it and saved Cadiz.

Nonetheless… I was still upset even though I knew it.

“There’s no such stupid training. If someone harasses you, you have to resist.”

“We’re strong.”

“Huh?”

“Humans are weak. If we resist and attack, they could be hurt or killed.”

“Then, what if you get hurt.”

“I can stand it. In order to live in harmony with the master in the human world, we have to endure the things we hate.”

‘…Oh, I’m going to die of anger.’

Why is he so inflexible? It was difficult to understand when I saw the dog shapeshifter, who was so inflexible and blindly loyal, after only seeing the unruly cat shapeshifters.

‘Dogs and cats are so different.’

Again, feeling the difference, I asked him.

“If your owner makes you suffer and hurt, why do you have to live together?”

Cadis could not answer. At first, it seemed as though he did not have any concept of living without the existence of a ‘master’ in his head.

I asked once again.

“Even if you could choose freedom, would you go back to His Majesty?”

“….”

Cadis silently gazed into my eyes. I thought I understood the meaning of that silence.

I once saw a broadcast about a dog left alone in a country house whose guardian had passed away. The dog, not understanding why the guardian suddenly disappeared, waited for them in the same place for years and years without following anyone.

The veterinarian who analyzed the dog’s behavior said, “For dogs, the owner is the world and everything. I think dogs are happy when they are with their owners in any adverse conditions.”

As the contents of the broadcast crossed my mind, I was very sad and furious.

The Emperor did not trust the dog shapeshifters, so he put a curse on their hearts. However, were the dog shapeshifters not blindly loyal to their owners as they were their owners…?

‘Later, the heroine will change Cadis’ mind and become his new owner and lover.’

I do not know how much it comforts me at this moment that I know the future. How frustrating and heartbreaking it would have been if I did not know Cadis’ future.

‘If I do anything more here, it’s simply nosy… I can’t save Cadis.’

In the end, I sighed briefly and opened my mouth again.

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