I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 195

Chapter 98.1

The sky, which had been stained black, was gradually becoming brighter.

While waiting for the day to fully break, Dimitri and I leaned against each other’s backs for a while. Physically and mentally exhausted, just as I had anticipated, I ended up falling asleep with my head against his shoulder.

When I opened my eyes, I was lying in my bedroom as if everything from the previous night had all been a dream. I gazed up at the ceiling decor in a daze for a moment, trying to understand the situation before jumping to my feet.

“Sasha!”

Just before getting out of bed, I noticed her sleeping beside me.

“Oh, Sasha… you haven’t woken up yet.”

I watched her chest rise and fall and put my finger in front of her nose, feeling a little relieved.

‘When did we come back?’

It seemed that Dimitri had picked me up and carried me.

As I thought that, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t woken up until we descended from the mountains and returned to the mansion in the carriage. It was truly embarrassing.

Quickly combing my disheveled hair with my hand, I headed straight to his bedroom next door.

“Dimitri, it’s me.”

When I knocked, Dimitri, who seemed to have just showered, opened the door, looking freshly washed and damp. In a shirt with unbuttoned buttons and a loosely draped tie over his shoulder, he seemed taken aback by my sudden visit.

“Are you awake, Rowaine?”

“I’m sorry for falling asleep like that, and for coming here so early.”

Dimitri glanced briefly out the window.

“I don’t think it’s that early, but well, please come in.”

As I glanced around, I realized that the sun was setting since the sky was slightly darker than the midday sky.

‘…I must have slept really well.’

Still, I hadn’t just come in to apologize for falling asleep. I asked Dimitri impatiently, sitting on the sofa outside the bedroom.

“What happened to the demon that appeared to me yesterday?”

“It seems like, as he described it, he’d made some deals with other cats about Rowaine. Could it be that the cats I used to keep were actually shapeshifters?”

That was impossible.

‘There are no shapeshifters on Earth, Dimitri.’

While I thought to myself and shook my head, Dimitri also kept tilting his head as if it was his first time seeing something like this.

“There was divine intervention… four cats… Oh, come to think of it.”

As he muttered to himself, he gazed at me as if he remembered something.

“I’ve seen those cats before.”

“…Yes?”

“In a dream, obviously.”

“What are you saying? Please tell me in detail. Are you sure they were the same cats Agaliaept showed us?”

“The first day he was here, he had a dream where he saw a dark-haired woman he’d never seen before and four cats, and now that I think about it, I think those cats seem to be the same ones the demon showed us.”

I felt uneasy at the mention of the black-haired woman.

‘…No way.’

Why would the cats appear in his dream? Could it just be a mistaken resemblance to cats with similar fur colors?

However, Dimitri’s following words were unusual.

“The cats kept nibbling on a leaf that had a very pleasant scent on the woman’s lap.”

“Leaves?”

“The leaves fragrance coming from Rowaine’s body right now. Then, they spoke to me.”

“What…?”

“I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, as it was just a dream, so I can’t remember it precisely. But they said something about granting the woman’s wish. Now that I think about it, it seems like she was Rowaine.”

I asked, pretending not to hear his muttering, “But why did you have black hair?”

“A wish? Didn’t Agaliaept also mention something like that yesterday?”

Could it be that the appearance of myself in the previous life and the cats I used to care for in a past life appeared in his dream? Then, why did it specifically appear in his dream?

I was very perplexed.

“Divine intervention… What could Rowiane’s wish be that even the gods would intervene? World peace? Enforcing justice? Or perhaps, do you want to become a hero?”

Dimitri, with a very intrigued expression, muttered to himself for a moment and then asked me.

I shook my head.

“I don’t know either. I just… I only wish for the cats I care for not to be in pain and to live happily with them for a long time. I don’t really have any wishes…”

As I uttered those words, I suddenly remembered the healing ability I had. It wasn’t in the original Rowaine, but it was a power that I gained when I possessed her.

This ability was undoubtedly mine.

‘I used to think about how great it would be if I had healing powers when cats were sick. Were they really… were those cats really repaying me back?”

Seeing my absent expression, he nodded as if he could guess my thoughts.

“That’s it.”

Then, he chuckled as though he couldn’t believe it.

“To think you could move a god with such a wish. Who are you, really… Rowaine, are you crying?”

“Oh, no!”

I hastily wiped away the tears that had welled up in my eyes as I answered.

“Just… for some reason, I feel overwhelmed and grateful.”

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