I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 18

Chapter 9.2

The ‘errand’ meant he had to drink it. Hyle shut his eyes tightly as if bitter medicine was in front of him. The disgusting smell of blood caused a sense of repulsion, but he couldn’t rebel against the Duke.

“Yes. What should I do?”

“Go and…” Dimitri thought about it for a while before he spoke again as if he had just come up with a good idea.

“His wrist. Break it.”

“Whose wrist are you talking about?”

“My father-in-law’s.”

He recalled Rowaine’s swollen cheeks. How dare he touch someone who belonged to him.

“If possible, it would be better if he stays in that condition for quite a while.”< That way, for a while, he wouldn’t be able to work with the Emperor while scheming to get Rowaine back. Humans were predisposed to focus on recovering their health, leaving everything behind when they were sick.

“Send over a doctor from our side to make his rate of recovery slower.”

It would be disrespectful for the Emperor to urge for his daughter when the father was on a sickbed.

If they dragged out the time, wouldn’t the old man who constantly chased young women eventually give up and turn his gaze away to find a new woman?

As Hyle let the blood trickle down his throat, Shedim, the demon who took the form of a serpent, squirmed out from Dimitri’s shadow and slithered into Hyle’s.

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As soon as I arrived at Blois, I immediately reunited Renée and Nigel. It was nice to meet them together again, and I gave them the gold pieces of Rowaine that I treasured very much.

It was the last consideration I could give to Renée, who was my accomplice.

“Run away, Renée. Don’t let Father catch you.”

“If it weren’t for you… This would really be something I could never have imagined. Thank you, Rowaine.”

Renée hesitated a little before getting into the carriage that the butler had called, and then she grasped my hand tightly.

“I must have misunderstood you all this time. It would have been nice if we had talked more before. I won’t forget you. If there’s anything I can help you with in the future, contact me. I’ll write to you.”

I had no idea how she had viewed Rowaine, but it probably wasn’t a misunderstanding. Because the real Rowaine treated Renée as an invisible person. I just smiled awkwardly and sent off Renée, hoping she wouldn’t be fooled and continue to be naive as she would meet more people in her life in the future.

‘Looks like everything’s settled now.’

Even though the urgent fires had been put out, I was relieved, yet uneasy. Until now, I was busy adjusting to the situation, making plans and moving to further those plans. There had been no time for me to think about my new life.

As the Duke of Blois didn’t say much, I went back to the room at the detached building to which I had been assigned before, mulling over my thoughts.

‘New life… What should I do now?’

Strangely, I didn’t know why, but while I kept thinking about my future life, I also thought about my past life. Memories of my life came to mind one by one—the painful memories, the dreams I wanted to reach, the things I wanted to have, the things I liked but couldn’t do anymore. I then suddenly realized that I had very little regrets from my previous life.

‘I can’t eat tteokbokki anymore.’

After my mother passed away, and after the cats that were my only attachments to that life disappeared from my reach as well, there wasn’t much left in my life as Seo Eun-soo.

I wasn’t hungry, but feeling strangely empty.

Because of this, I didn’t head straight to my room and just wandered around the rear garden under the moonlight for now. If I stayed in the room now, I would feel stuffy. As I walked under the moonlit garden, the anxiety of this new, unfamiliar world subsided. I crossed my arms and hugged myself, rubbing my shoulders with both hands and patting myself like a butterfly flapping its wings.

‘You worked hard to survive throughout your last life. It wasn’t a very happy life, but I’m proud that you didn’t give up.’

I was encouraging the me of the past.

‘You woke up in this new world where everything was scary and unfamiliar, though you behaved really well. You could have sat down and did nothing to change your fate in the novel, but you acted wisely and calmly. There may have been a better method to go about it, but you did your best, and I’m happy with the outcome. Well done, me.’

And complimenting the me of today.

‘I’m not sure how you’ll continue living here in the future, but I’m sure you’ll be able to handle it. Let’s not worry too far. I’m looking forward to a few months from today, or even a few days from now. Let’s go step by step and try to live normally. It’s the same everywhere people live. There’s no need to be afraid.’

Cheering on my future self.

After comforting myself like that, I felt much better. My heart was moved, and it also gave me some courage. There was nothing to fear under any circumstances because I’ll always support myself.

I let out a light sigh and looked back at the path I had come to get to this place.

At that moment, something rustling could be heard from somewhere.

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