I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 22

Chapter 11.2

It was a world where everyone despised and looked down on shapeshifters.

Thanks to his pedigree and abilities, he became a Duke even as a shapeshifter, but people ridiculed him behind his back.

So, he was ashamed of revealing his anthropomorphic figure.

Well regardless, sleeping together was not going to happen at all. It was just some empty words. It felt good to be around her.

‘…Should I visit her as a cat?’

She couldn’t recognize him, anyway.

If she couldn’t recognize that he was the grey cat, then there’s nothing stopping him.

As he imagined getting closer to her, he licked his lips from the thirst. Eventually, Dimitri decided to take on an adventure he would not normally do, and stood up.

“Where are you going, Your Grace?”

“To get some sun.”

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Dimitri hid himself in the shadows of the wall and slid down without making a sound. His gray fur was useful, as it sometimes absorbed and reflected light. As such, when he walked by the shadows, most of the human eyes couldn’t find him…

“You’re here again!”

…No way.

‘How is this woman so good at finding me?’

Dimitri hurriedly leaped onto the wall beyond Rowaine’s reach, but the eyes gazing up at him were wet with tears.

‘Why do you keep crying?’

It seemed like she was crying alone again, like yesterday.

‘You were so bold before.’

Did she get sick or something?

‘No. Then, she would have healed herself with her own abilities.’

While he was puzzled, Rowaine muttered with a sad smile.

“Every time I think of my cats, you appear like magic… How strange.”

Last time, she came out alone like this and cried about some cats, and it was the story of the cat again this time as well.

‘You said the cats are dead? Are you still so sad because of them?’

He didn’t know if she was talking about a shapeshifter cat or a normal cat, though it was strange that a cruel person who abused shapeshifters cried every night because of them. At this point, he wondered if all those rumors saying she was the demon were all a ruse.

In any case, Dimitri looked around him, thinking he should hide from Rowaine for now.

But then, her exclamation was heard.

“Wow, you look more handsome in the daytime. Kitty, pretty kitty, what’s in your mouth? And you’re biting it so well~ Who’s a good kitty?”

Dimitri opened his mouth wide, startled by what she had just said.

‘How can she talk like that…’

As he opened his mouth, something he was biting fell and rolled down the wall.

“What is this? Cherry tomatoes?”

Rowaine widened her eyes and picked up the cherry tomatoes that had fallen.

He had brought it to compare because her eyes are the color of cherry tomatoes. Even if he couldn’t distinguish the red colors, he could still see the light and shade. However, he didn’t expect to be caught by her…

Dimitri became somewhat embarrassed and pretended not to hear her, then ran without looking back and hid himself in the grass.

“I’m going to take this!”

Rowaine picked up a twig and pushed the cherry tomatoes towards the grass where he hid. Even though the blades of the grass touched her face, she was so diligent that he couldn’t help but laugh.

‘It’s okay, so don’t get hung up on that.’

He thought the cherry tomato bothered her, but Rowaine crooned sweetly.

“Tomato prevents cat obesity and is good for anti-aging, but too much of it gives you an upset stomach.”

‘…Obesity? Anti-aging? Is she saying that I look old and fat now…?’

It was insulting. Dimitri unknowingly tapped his lower belly with the soft sole of his foot.

A man with a sagging belly is terrible.

Nonetheless, even though cats were naturally born with a tendency to gain belly fat, he was always vigilant and particularly well taken care of.

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Hyle saw Dimitri, who had gone out for a walk, suddenly return with a look of displeasure and went to the training grounds with a sword. No matter how upset he looked, Hyle couldn’t let him go out again because of a pile of paperwork he had to deal with. However, no matter how long he waited, Dimitri did not return, and in the end, he had no choice but to go to the training grounds to find him.

There, he found his master beating up the knights with sheer force.

As if possessed by something, he occasionally glanced at himself in the mirror on the other side of the smokestack and then returned to grab the sword again.

‘I don’t know what it is, but something very serious must have happened.’

Did the knights do something wrong? If so, they must have made a huge mistake. If it wasn’t for that, there was no way Dimitri would have come forward and beaten up the knights like that…

The knights with a lot of discipline gazed at Hyle as if they were begging for their lives, but even so, it was impossible to stop the angry Dimitri.

‘I’m scared, too.’

The sun would rise again tomorrow.

And so, Hyle decided to postpone the unfinished until then and ran away from the training grounds without looking back.

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