I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 159

Chapter 80.1

When Cayetana was the Duchess, she and the previous Duke ruled as the masters of Blois. While Rosanne understood her jealousy toward the mistress, she had turned a blind eye to her misdeeds as long as they didn’t harm Blois.

But now, the master of Blois was Dimitri.

Because of that, Rosanne had no intention of allowing Cayetana to harm Dimitri any further. To Rosanne, Blois was her entire world, and her top priority was to protect it. Blois wasn’t just a family; it encompassed the people who made up that family, including the fiefdom and its vassals.

‘Cayetana, I’ll protect you as long as Blois’s name is attached to you… but the same applies to Dimitri and Rowaine.’

Rosanne’s judgments were always based on what was best for Blois. In that sense, she was the fairest—yet, by other standards, she could also be seen as the most unfair.”

So, in a way, winning her over was very simple.

All you had to do was work for Blois.

However, for Rosanne, who seemed to have given up all her power, the powerful people in Blois—even Dimitri—didn’t place much value on her.

To those powerful people in Blois, who had never tried to understand her standards of behavior, she was just a clueless old woman, someone they could see through but didn’t want to bother with. But recently, someone who poured pure sincerity into her without being calculated, appeared.

“Grandmother!”

Rosanne smiled wryly.

“Rowaine, how can you maintain your dignity, running like a foal like this?”

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A little while ago.

Having quickly completed my duties as Duchess for the morning, I rose from my seat in a hurry, eager to head to the annex as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Dimitri grumbled, noticing how frequently I had been running in and out of the annex ever since the kittens arrived.

“If anyone saw this, they’d think you’ve hidden a lover in the annex.”

“A lover? Please, there are only kittens there, ones who are a hundred times cuter and more lovable than any lover.”

“Ha.”

With a look that was equal parts displeased and relieved, Dimitri shook his head and adjusted his clothes out of habit.

I left him with a cheerful, ‘I’ll be back!’ and gracefully descended the stairs after saying goodbye. While the main building often had visitors, recently there had been even more, making it necessary to be mindful. Sometimes, I’d unexpectedly run into guests… like now.

“You’re back again, Count Charlerois.”

“Ah, the Duchess! You’re still beautiful today…”

“Thank you! The Count looks great as well!”

After a quick exchange of pleasantries with Count Charlerois, who had been visiting Blois daily since the emergency meeting of the elders, I made my way down the stairs as courteously as possible. However, once I was out the back door, I sprinted down the aisle without a second glance.

‘Cat—!’

My heart raced with excitement at the thought of burying my face in the kittens’ fluffy fur and round bellies, and blowing air on them to make a farting sound—Puuu, puuu.

As I was running, I could see grandmother Rosanne taking a walk on one side of the back garden.

“Grandmother!”

“Rowaine, how could you maintain your dignity, running like a foal like this?”

I waved my arms exaggeratedly back and forth.

“I-it’s an exercise! In order to fulfill my responsibilities, it’d be helpful to do physical training every now and then.”

“Anyway, enough talk. Have you visited Madam Elbas? It seems that she’s finally woken up and came to her full senses this morning.”

It was something I already knew from Agwen.

‘I’m not sure I want to visit Madam Elbas.’

However, seeing grandmother’s eyes, I felt like I should say hello at least once.

“I heard she was out, so I thought I’d visit her later.”

“Okay, go, and confess and apologize for the lies you’ve told in the past.”

She was talking about the time I lied about being pregnant because I didn’t want to hear the nagging. When I let out a small sigh, unable to hide my displeasure, grandmother Rosanne chuckled.

There was a hint of mischievous feeling in her smile.

“If you don’t want to listen to the nagging, why are you lying? This foal-like child.”

When I just laughed along with the bashfulness, grandmother patted me on the shoulder.

“You’re going to be a good leader for Blois.”

I was about to ask, “Me?” with a hint of suspicion, but then realized that would sound irresponsible to grandmother Rosanne, who didn’t know my divorce plans, so I rephrased the question.

“Do you really think so?”

“Sure. I was a foal like you.”

“Grandmother…?”

“Yes.”

At that moment, I remembered grandmother’s story of how she got sick from chewing poisonous plants while playing in the field.

“Somehow, I can imagine it.”

Then, as if she had been waiting for me to say, ‘I can’t imagine it’ Instead, she gazed at me with a slightly dazed expression before she cleared her voice and spoke with a stern look.

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