I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 136

Chapter 68.2

“Besides, if Coco or Sasha make a pact with the devil, they might be able to protect Rowaine.”

“My cats don’t need to protect me, they just need to be cute! And they’ve fulfilled their calling by being cute!”

All of a sudden, Sasha stopped me with a face like the world was about to collapse.

“No! Sasha isn’t satisfied with being cute, I want to be a strong cat!”

“Sasha, let’s talk about it again when you’re a little older.”

Dimitri protested as if he couldn’t understand.

“I also made a pact with the devil when I was that age. Sasha has qualities…”

I leaned my face close to his ear and whispered softly.

“Don’t encourage the child. If something goes wrong, I’m not going to let you get away with it.”

“….”

I wasn’t going to let the demons play with my cat’s life.

‘…This is ridiculous.’

At my adamant objections, Sasha let out an annoyed scream before turning around and running off. Nonetheless, I turned away from Sasha and narrowed my eyes to Dimitri with the thought, ‘What can’t be done, can’t be done.’ It was an expression of strong disapproval.

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While Sasha got angry and ran away, Coco disappeared quietly at some point.

Since I was bothered by Coco’s reaction earlier, I decided to search for him. Though contrary to what I expected for him to be running around indiscriminately somewhere, Coco was sitting on the wall in a human form.

“Coco, I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

Coco, who had been staring blankly into space and lost in thought, glanced at me and asked slowly.

“Why?”

Even though his face was calm, the tension was definitely off.

“Are you mad at me for not letting you make a deal with the demons?”

“It’s Sasha who’s upset.”

“Are you okay?”

“Rowaine is worried about us. I’m grateful.”

It was definitely weird. Coco was so polite and mature, which wasn’t his usual behavior. Thinking that, I asked again.

“I appreciate your understanding of my feelings, but what about yours?”

Coco paused.

Although I tried to approach him with kind words, his response was caught again so I decided to repeat my question again.

“Are you okay?”

“I…”

After hesitating for a while, Coco smiled awkwardly.

“I can’t do that anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

“You can’t do it anyway?”

He let out a deep sigh. A look of disappointment came out as if he couldn’t smile any longer.

“Because my heart won’t be able to stand it.”

Wasn’t that something you wouldn’t know unless you tried it?

I climbed the wall and sat down next to him, looking at his side. His curly wheat-colored hair fluttered in the wind, and his clear sky-blue eyes, half-hidden by long lashes, stared helplessly at the floor. Coco, who had a short mouth and was a picky eater, was very skinny though today he felt smaller.

The boy’s profile looked unusually lonely.

After choosing his words for a long time, Coco confessed.

“When I was a slave trader, my brothers were with me. There were four of them, including me.”

“Where are they?”

“They all died before I was ten years old. I’m the only one who survived.”

I berated myself for my carelessness and wondered what comforting words I could offer to Coco. However, he smiled bitterly as if he understood and continued the story.

“The young cats and dogs there die easily… that’s to be expected because there are not many children who were born normally.”

“….!”

“I know. I was born there, too, and my siblings died of a genetic disease that caused their hearts to grow abnormally large. It was a very common disease there.”

Coco dropped his head.

“I found out later that it was due to reckless inbreeding.”

The boy chewed his lip as his shoulders slumped.

“I knew because the shapeshifters caught outside told me about it. I couldn’t make a contract with a demon. Even if I survived this long, my heart would never be strong enough to contain a demon.”

“Coco.”

When I reached out my hand to him, Coco, who usually enjoyed my touch, pushed my hand ferociously for the first time.

“I’m ashamed… I’m so ashamed of myself. I’m disgusted that I was born that way.”

It was only then that I realized why Coco had asked me to keep what was happening at the slave trader a secret. Inbreeding frequently occurred at the slave trader he was born and raised in, so he probably didn’t want to reveal that he was born that way, too.

There was a big difference between what others assumed and what turned out to be true.

Many thoughts floated through my head. I wondered what I should say to Coco, but what could I say that would comfort him?

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