I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 115

Chapter 58.1

“Oh, nothing.”

“You’re staring at me.”

“I’m sorry. I was just thinking you’re more meticulous than I thought… a lot more.”

Since he’d been brusque with me the whole time, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed when he complimented me.

‘I’ve got to be meticulous. I’m getting tens of millions of won a month in Korean money, so I’m going to waste it.’

I acted calmly on the outside as if it wasn’t a big deal, even though I was delighted on the inside.

“I’ve looked through it all, so you can leave now. Let’s stop here for today.”

Leaning on the backrest, I sent Baron Placen away.

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Seville Placen left the office after saying his greetings to Rowaine, recalling a conversation he had had with Hyle while drinking at a tavern not long ago. It was shortly after Dimitri ordered him to assist Rowaine in the future. At that time, he was utterly discouraged by that order that came like thunder.

To be the closest confidante to her duchess, who only had all kinds of bad rumors about her, and help her…

When Hyle saw Seville sighing heavily, he called and took him to the tavern.

“Do you hate it that much?”

“Tell me honestly, Viscount. Did I make a big mistake to His Excellency? Is that why he demoted me?”

“What do you mean, demotion? His Excellency is well aware of how well the Baron commands the administrators.”

“Then, why…”

As he had been watching Seville silently, who was speechless as if he was dying of frustration, Hyle suddenly brought up a different story.

“Isn’t Blois strangely peaceful these days?”

Seville, sullen at the thought of working with Rowaine, listened and nodded.

“I heard it, and it seems that way.”

“Isn’t Blois always on thin ice? It was suffocating.”

“That’s right. Isn’t it because there’s nothing unusual going on these days?”

“Nothing much happened?”

Hyle jumped up.

“What are you talking about? Think carefully. Recently, the corruption among the mansion’s staff was exposed, leading to a massive change in employees, and His Excellency even added new family members. On top of that, he had to deal with the slave trader. Didn’t he even take the Emperor’s hound hostage? And let’s not forget, Madam Elbas is also at the mansion right now.”

Seville, startled by the heated tone, thought it over and finally agreed.

“Now that you mention it, there’s been a lot of trouble. I don’t know why I thought everything was fine.”

“Isn’t His Excellency unusually quiet?”

Hyle smiled meaningfully and lowered his voice.

“If this were before, there would have been a bloodbath by now. It must have felt like walking on thin ice every day.”

With the tense atmosphere that had surrounded Blois, frozen like the dead of winter year-round, Seville always felt on edge. Hyle’s analogy seemed perfectly fitting. Now that he thought about it, somehow, the atmosphere in Blois wasn’t harsh anymore.

Even from Hyle, he could see that he was more relaxed than before, too.

“It’s spring. Spring… No matter what happens, Blois won’t freeze like before.”

“Yes…?”

“Don’t you know that all of this is thanks to Madam Rowaine?”

Saying so, Hyle patted Seville on the shoulder.

“You will find out soon that you weren’t demoted.”

At that time, Seville thought that Hyle didn’t want to rub salt in his wound, and he gulped down his drink without saying anything. But now, after leaving the office, he glanced back at the door he came out of and thought…

…Perhaps what Hyle said might have been sincere.

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After Baron Placen left, I took a moment to relax by tidying up my desk.

‘Shall we go to Coco and Sasha?’

As I thought so to myself, Madam Elbas suddenly opened the door to the office and appeared.

“Uh… Madam Elbas?”

I was gaping at my mouth for a while with a bewildered face.

‘…To come in without a word or knock like this.’

It was time for Dimitri to go to the training ground. Even though I knew he wasn’t there, I reflexively glanced at his empty seat.

‘My ally…’

I looked at Madam Elbas with a tearful face inside. Wasn’t she really bold? Did she know when Dimitri would come and see me for a moment without him?

“Rowaine, I came to talk to you.”

‘Haa… I’m already tired.’

Contrary to my thoughts, I smiled and moved away from the desk to the sofa.

“Yes, have a seat.”

As I sat on the sofa, I gently covered the scratches on the armrests of the luxurious leather furniture with my hand. Coco and Sasha, unable to stand the boredom the other day, had run around and left claw marks on it. In fact, since I started using this office, all the furniture has acquired minor scratches, thanks to Coco and Sasha following me everywhere.

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