I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 121

Chapter 61.1

I collapsed in my seat. If I didn’t take a deep breath, I felt like I was going to cry at any moment.

The images of the children I couldn’t save passed through my mind one by one.

The warmth of Sasha’s soft paws not only felt like a relief to me but also seemed to ease the bitterness in my heart. At the same time, a complex sense of sadness overtook me about how great it would have been if I had been able to use this ability before.

“Rowaine…?”

Sasha’s thin voice was mixed with worry.

Her soft fur touched my cheek as I closed my eyes tightly. I bit her lip and suppressed the sobs. After taking a deep breath twice, I opened my eyes with a smile.

“Sasha, does it hurt anymore…”

My voice cracked. Sasha was looking up at me with her blue eyes and mouth wide open.

“I’m fine. Is Rowaine okay?”

“If you’re fine, I’m fine too.”

I wasn’t sure how Dimitri was looking at me because, by the time I glanced back at him, he had already turned his gaze away. It wasn’t until I finished treating Sasha that the doctor knocked on the drawing room door.

Dimitri stood up and whispered to me before opening the door.

“It’s better to let Madam Elbas believe the doctor treated Sasha. You have to keep your most valuable cards hidden. I’ll handle things for now.”

He then told the doctor that Sasha had been brought in quickly and asked him to prescribe some medication. Once the doctor left, I gently placed my hand on top of Dimitri’s as he sat on the couch.

“….?”

Dimitri instinctively pulled his hand back, only to place it on top of mine. Cats wouldn’t normally offer the back of their hand to others. I couldn’t help but laugh at his behavior, which revealed his feline habits, even in such small gestures.

I uttered, putting my hand on his shoulder.

“I’ll treat Dimitri as well, just in case.”

“Me? I’m still feeling fine because Rowaine already treated me last night.”

“You passed through a hall where lilies were piled up like mountains. Lilies are poisonous to cats.”

At my words, Dimitri made a surprised face as if he had no idea.

‘This world has no development in veterinary medicine, so it’s understandable that he wouldn’t know.’

As I silently grabbed Dimitri’s shoulders and gave him my energy, just like I did with Sasha, he quietly leaned over to me and asked.

“Are you saying that Sasha is like that because of the lilies?”

“Yes. So I definitely asked not to let any flowers, including lilies, be brought into the mansion, but this happened.”

Dimitri suddenly grabbed my hand tightly. His warm, calloused hand felt a bit hot to me, perhaps because his body temperature was higher than a human’s. He held my hand as if it were a lifeline, then asked me a question.

He seemed so shocked by what I had said that he didn’t even realize he was holding onto me as he kept asking what was going on.

“Are you saying lilies are lethal? To the cat shapeshifters?”

“To be precise, I knew that it was bad for cats, though I didn’t know how much it would affect shapeshifters. However, looking at it today, it seems to be quite lethal even for a shapeshifter.”

Perhaps it might have been more dangerous to Sasha because she was still young.

As Dimitri’s eyes sank deeply, an unexpected story suddenly came out of his mouth.

“Madam Elbas loves lilies.”

It seemed that it was her servants who were moving the lilies. In the meanwhile, Dimitri repeatedly murmured with a slightly absent-minded look.

“…Madam Elbas has always loved lilies.”

His hands seemed to tremble a little. Since his grip was too strong and he was clasping my hand, I had no choice but to remove it.

“It hurts, Dimitri.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Dimitri let go of his hand, startled, before he put my hand on top of his head with a bitter smile.

“Then, please do it again. Because Rowaine’s energy makes me feel good.”

‘I can’t do it with his hands, so his head is fine.’

To an ordinary person, the feeling of being held by their head would be more unfamiliar than their hand, but he was a cat.

That was what they said about cats.

I did as I was told and focused, placing my hand on top of Dimitri’s head. Fortunately, he was fine with no signs of poisoning.

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Coming out of the drawing room, I immediately ordered the servants to burn all the lilies. Had it not been for my healing powers, Sasha would have been on her way to death by now. That fact made me very angry.

‘How dare she bring something poisonous to my children?’

No matter how much I thought about it, I was filled with anger.

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