I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 226 — Part 1 Complete
Chapter 113.2 — Part 1 Complete
I was helplessly swept away by ecstasy.
It was a sweet kiss.
I was excited by his firm body covering mine, and the warm skin under my fingertips felt good.
It was the first kiss of my entire life.
My mind went blank. Was this what a kiss was supposed to be like? What was this strange sensation?
In that moment, it felt like he and I were the only ones in the world. Everything else was erased and disappeared. Until he pulled away and broke the kiss, I couldn’t do anything. I stared at Dimitri blankly, not even realizing that my breath had quickened.
He gently brushed my cheek.
“I never thought I could love someone. I thought no one would love me, and I couldn’t love someone who approached me with false smiles either.”
“….”
“Though it seemed different to you. You treated Coco and Sasha with such sincerity, so how could I not have expectations?”
As I gradually came to my senses, I belatedly averted my gaze, overwhelmed by a sudden wave of embarrassment.
‘Kissing. I kissed Dimitri…’
My mind was in a daze. I wasn’t sure if what had just happened actually happened.
He gently lifted my face and made me look at him.
“I love you.”
“….!”
“Tell me you love me, Rowaine.”
His beautiful emerald eyes were filled with satisfaction and conviction. I could feel his emotions towards me overflowing just by looking into his eyes. It was a breathtakingly ecstatic gaze, filled with a desire so intense it made my heart waver as if he wanted to grasp and possess all to himself.
In the midst of slight confusion, swirling emotions, and my heart pounding like crazy, I exhaled a breathless sigh, my lips trembling as if entranced.
“Dimitri, I…”
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“Your Highness, a letter has arrived from Blois.”
Elaine smiled sweetly as she accepted the letter handed to her by a maid.
“Yes, thank you!”
However, as she turned around, the innocent and naive expression from a moment ago completely disappeared from her face, replaced by a languid and indifferent demeanor. Still, it was nice to receive a letter from Rowaine, so she stretched one corner of her mouth into a smile.
‘This is the only joy in this boring daily life.’
She hummed softly as she lay down on the bed and opened the letter. At first, his eyes quickly scanned the paper from top to bottom, but after a while, it returned to the beginning.
“Hmm?”
As if sensing something odd, she tilted her head and brought the letter a little closer to her face.
‘Is there something going on with Rowaine?’
Having exchanged a couple of letters with Rowaine already, she had grasped his handwriting and the way she conveyed her stories. However, today’s letter seemed as if it were sent by someone else. The contents were in disarray as if written by someone completely distracted by something.
‘I thought there would be interesting stories because there was a rebellion…’
Of course, the letter did contain discussions about what to do with the sinners. It was written that the main culprit, Count Schdental, had been hanged, and all the assets of his family had been confiscated by Blois. And Madam Elbas seemed to have imposed lenient confinement on Count Schdental’s scarecrow, driven by her delirium.
While Rowaine expressed his anger at such leniency, Elaine was a bit suspicious of his generosity. It was because the Dimitri she had seen wasn’t someone who treated sinners with such leniency.
‘It seemed like he was putting on an act in front of Rowaine. Well, to put it another way, confinement is a punishment that, in essence, allows them to live while being free to do anything.’
Whether torturing them daily, depriving them of life-sustaining food, or letting them starve, it was all a form of punishment. In any case, the story of several Northern families perishing and who received the punishment has already been reported to the Emperor.
Elaine wanted a secret story that would strengthen her bond with Rowaine a little more.
‘At least some gossip about her husband!’
Nevertheless, Rowaine’s letter didn’t contain any content that would pique her interest. The only noticeable change was that the mention of the Duke of Blois had significantly decreased compared to previous letters. She made an effort to deduce Rowaine’s inner thoughts between the lines, trying to pierce through the letter.
‘Did they have a fight…?’
However, despite occasional stories about the Duke of Blois, there still seemed to be lingering affection in Rowaine’s words.
In the parts where she wrote about the Duke, her handwriting was notably jagged, sometimes becoming blurry, and occasionally, there were traces of interrupted lines. It seemed like she had carefully considered the short content for a very long time before writing it.
She could sense Rowaine’s fluctuating emotional state through the writing.
‘It seems like she can’t control her joy… and it also feels distraught…’
Elaine narrowed his eyes and read the letter again before she got up and looked for paper and pen. In conclusion, the letter didn’t contain any interesting secret stories, but she did have a secret story that could stimulate Rowaine’s interest.
She put the fountain pen cap in her mouth and quickly wrote a letter.
「 Rowaine, I have surprising news that might astonish you. It seems like Count Larscel and my father have been inseparable lately. Do you know who they might have brought in as the new mistress? 」
Having written that much in one breath, Elaine took a breath, started on another line and continued to fill the page again.
「 It’s someone Rowaine also knows well. Your older sister, Renée Larscel, has become His Majesty’s new mistress. 」
Elaine wrinkled her nose as she checked what she had written.
“To take the older sister on behalf of the younger sister… Even though he’s my father, it’s really disgusting.”
She added a warning statement.
「 If you come to the capital during this social season, take care of yourself. Everyone’s attention will be focused on you and your sister. 」
〈 I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? 〉 — Part 1 End.
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