I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 254

Chapter 127.2

As I stretched lazily, I belatedly remembered that I had slept with Dimitri and checked the bed beside me.

‘He’s not here?’

The space next to me was empty.

Agwen, who realized I was looking for Dimitri, opened her mouth again.

“The master has been wandering around the mansion since early in the morning.”

“I see.”

“I’ve prepared water for washing up in the bathroom.”

“Thank you.”

I relaxed and stretched once more and then stumbled out of bed.

‘It seems like he’s checking the areas we’ve kept clear all this time?’

The daily routine of a cat leader typically begins with patrolling its territory.

‘It wasn’t as awkward as I thought it would be.’

As my mind became clearer, memories of what happened before falling asleep naturally surfaced. I joked around with Dimitri, hit him a few times, and we talked about our daily lives. Contrary to my concerns, there wasn’t any awkward or strange atmosphere. It was a rather simple night.

‘It’s… not bad.’

With that thought in mind, I looked into the mirror in the bathroom and was surprised.

‘What… Why am I smiling?’

I realized I was smiling far too brightly.

After struggling to compose my expression, I splashed water on my face more roughly than usual. When I lifted my head, Agwen handed me a towel and tilted her head, noticing my serious face as I tried to hold back my smile.

“Your complexion doesn’t look great. Did you have an uncomfortable night?”

“Ah, yes. I slept uncomfortably all night.”

I blurted out an excuse without much thought, but then I realized it was indeed uncomfortable all night, sending shivers down my spine.

“That’s right, I felt like I couldn’t breathe the whole time I was asleep. I thought it was a dream, but now I think it was real. Hiik.”

“Why, why are you so startled?”

“I must have had sleep paralysis!”

The ghost story Dimitri told me flashed through my mind.

“It must be a ghost! A ghost must have come…! He said ghosts don’t hurt people!”

I shivered, thinking that there was no way a ghost powerful enough to destroy a bed couldn’t harm a person.

“We need to do an exorcism… we need to…”

I came out of the bathroom, thinking I should tell Dimitri.

While ghosts were ghosts, there were urgent matters at hand. I needed to visit the salon to get formal clothes during my stay in the capital.

‘I only have casual clothes with me…’

It seemed unlikely that I could even enter the palace with the clothes I currently have, let alone meet with Renée.

‘I’ll probably get turned away at the entrance.’

Like the phrase, ‘When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do.’ Even though I could do as I pleased as the Duchess in Blois, I couldn’t do so here.

“Agwen, could you tell the butler to prepare the carriage?”

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With the help of Agaliaept, I recalled the name of the dress salon that Rowaine often visited in the novel and headed straight for the shopping street.

As I entered the shopping street, the dazzlingly decorated storefronts excited me.

‘It was a little bothersome at first, but now that I’m here, it’s quite exciting.’

Instead of heading straight to my destination, I walked around a bit with Agwen, taking in the sights, starting from the beginning of the shopping street.

“Madam, there are exquisite items everywhere!”

Agwen looked excited as it was her first time visiting the capital. She tried her best not to look around too eagerly, perhaps out of consideration for my dignity, but it seemed like she was having a hard time.

“Let’s take our time and walk around, Agwen. It’s been a while for me, too, so I’m in a good mood.”

In truth, it was amazing because this was also my first time. So, we wandered around, visiting various shops and purchasing a few useless but beautiful things.

And then, amidst our wanderings…

“Oh…!”

Just as I walked down the street, a woman passing by stopped in her tracks upon seeing my face.

‘Is this someone who knows Rowaine…?’

I looked at her, thinking that she might come up and say hello if she knew me, but suddenly, her face turned pale as if she had seen a ghost, and she quickly turned away to go somewhere else.

‘…What was that about?’

I turned around in confusion and watched her quickly disappear with hurried steps before I kept walking. Until that moment, I hadn’t realized that I had completely forgotten one very important fact.

I only became aware of it when something happened at the dress salon I had just arrived at.