I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 111

Chapter 56.1

I answered, preventing Dimitri from sitting crookedly and uttering any sharp venomous words at any moment.

“We’ve been hiring sincere people again and managing them well from the beginning, so there won’t be any problems in the future.”

“No matter how good the people you recruited are, it’s difficult to find good employees. I’ve brought in a few good people, so I’ll leave them in Blois and make sure they can do well.”

It seems that those people who came in earlier and were standing in the hallway weren’t Madam Elbas’ personal maids, but her limbs to be replanted in Blois.

I was taken aback.

How many of her people did I take out and leave only the good ones? Holding back my anger a little, I declined with a smile.

“It’s okay. The new employees have already stabilized and are working without problems.”

Grandma Rosanne cut off my words.

“It’s not that I reject human kindness like that. Madam Elbas is experienced and has good eyes, so give it a try with the people she brings. And…”

She spoke quickly so that we couldn’t intercept nor have any objections.

“Why aren’t you having a wedding?”

“Oh, that…”

“While we’re here, start preparing for the wedding. I don’t know if you’re being lazy or need some help. Anyway, Madam Elbas is here so she’ll teach you a lot in many ways. That’s why she came here.”

It was already known that Dimitri and I hadn’t married for love and that there was likely some underlying story between us. Ours wasn’t a marriage built on love, and according to Dimitri, many aristocratic couples in arranged marriages often skipped the wedding ceremony and handled things privately.

Of course, I wasn’t in an arranged marriage, though I understood that a formal wedding wasn’t necessary in my case either.

“Still, everyone knows about our marriage, and no one seems unhappy with it, so why—”

Grandmother Rosanne interrupted me.

“I’ve heard rumors that Rowaine has stayed in the annex for a long time, even after taking her wedding vows. Why is that? Shouldn’t you be doing things properly so that people don’t gossip about your relationship unnecessarily? You need to prepare a proper ceremony and show a happy face in front of people to silence the rumors. By the way, you’re sleeping together now, aren’t you?”

If things continued like this, I wouldn’t be able to say anything, as everything seemed to be going exactly as Grandmother Rosanne and Madame Elbas wished.

‘…I can’t be swayed.’

That thought struck me strongly.

The two were testing us. No, it would be me whom they were testing. They must have already figured out Dimitri.

‘…Are they trying to find out what a docile daughter-in-law I am?’

I was somehow familiar with this atmosphere since I had often seen similar situations in the morning dramas my maternal grandmother enjoyed. Over the past ten years, I’d watched countless morning and evening dramas with her, witnessing many conflicts between father and mother.

‘The kind and gentle first daughter-in-law sheds tears of blood… while the cold, capable second daughter-in-law is treated with care.’

Even if it weren’t always the typical first and second daughter-in-law dynamic, the mother-in-law would often struggle with the spoiled lover in a grandmother-in-law vs. lover scenario.

I made up my mind.

‘I don’t want to bring back Madame Elbas’s limbs, which I’ve worked so hard to get rid of until. I don’t want to be forced into a wedding with no friends to celebrate, and I definitely don’t want to hear endless nagging about the state of my marriage.’

There’s one thing I always keep in my mind. That was the saying, ‘Let’s just go all out with these kinds of people.’ There was no need to be careful with humans who aren’t even cats.

“Don’t you hear grandmother asking? Did you sleep together already?”

At Madame Elbas’ urging, I smiled. Then, in front of anyone, especially Dimitri, I spat out words that I wouldn’t have said even if I had died.

“Of course. I’m already pregnant.”

For a moment, silence fell in the drawing room as the eyes of the three people were focused on me. Among them, Dimitri’s eyes grew especially large.

Madam Elbas asked suspiciously.

“How long have you been married?”

I replied with a calm face.

“I know. It’s fast.”

“….!”

“Same room…”

“….!”

“One shot, one kill.”

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I’m an introverted and timid person. I’m also very shy… I mean, that was usually the case. However, in a tense situation like now, the words that came out of my mouth were different.

“How skillful Dimitri is and how well he uses his strength. There was no time for us to enjoy the newlyweds, but a child had already stumbled in. How much every night…”

As I praised Dimitri till my mouth became dry for the night I had never had with him, Madam Elbas coughed and stopped me.

“Stop. You’re not even embarrassed but also talkative.”

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