I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 26

Chapter 13.2

‘In many ways, it’s tragically good.’

I walked out of the room, listening to her pleading with Agwen.

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‘I think my fighting skills are improving. I’m on my own, after all.’

I shook my head with a crude smile.

At the age of twenty-nine, I’ve been fighting for my whole life. For that reason, there was not much love for humanity left in my heart.

During those days, I faced my brother who beat me up, and my father, who regarded me as a slave. Even with Kim Deok-soo, who killed all of my cats, I fought to death every time I ran into him.

‘Compared to those monstrous people, the maid was actually quite cute.’

If I had to choose my life motto, I would say, ‘Let’s just live as humans.’

I’m fed up with people who try to press me down.

‘What about Madam Elbas?’

It was said that the Elbas territory was quite close to Blois. The carriage didn’t run for long and came to a stop shortly after.

As I slowly got out of the carriage, no one came to meet me at the front door of the mansion.

“Anyone here?”

Still, I knocked on the big front door a couple of times, but no one came out.

I could feel the maids giggling and watching from the windows at the far end of the second and third floors.

‘Aha, how long is she going to make me wait?’

In the end, I shrugged lightly as I picked up a branch from the garden and wrote in large letters in the yard.

Fortunately, the characters and the language in this world were included with Rowaine’s memories, so I was able to handle it as freely as if it was my native language.

「 Rowaine came and left. 」

Leaving the branch on the grass, I jumped into the carriage.

“Let’s go.”

The horseman was bewildered when I banged on the carriage wall as a sign of departure. The request to return as soon as we arrived seemed to embarrass him.

“Pardon? However…”

“No one is coming out to greet me, so I can’t go in without the owner’s permission, right?”

“Yes, but…”

As if it would be better to wait a little longer, the horseman hesitated, stammering his words. Nonetheless, that must have been what Madam Elbas wanted. I didn’t want to be like a horse that moved the way someone wanted.

Even before I could see her face, this attitude of trying to rile me up stimulated my emotions.

I knocked on the carriage’s wall and shouted in a gentle but firm voice.

“Depart!”

In the end, just as the horseman was about to leave, the head maid of the Elbas mansion hurriedly jumped out and caught the carriage.

“You’re here, Miss Rowaine. I was late in greeting you because I was busy preparing for the luncheon.”

She wore an awkward expression because she didn’t think I was going to leave like this.

‘I wish I had left sooner…’

I was already mentally exhausted from going through just this test that Madam Elbas had set up at the entrance.

When I got out of the carriage and went inside, I could see that there were more tests waiting for me.

I sighed and got off the carriage.

“Where is Madam Elbas?”

“The Madam is decorating the table in the backyard. Let’s go.”

Even though she was looking at me up and down, dissatisfied, she guided me without a word. There, Madam Elbas was standing in front of a round table, working on the flower arrangement.

“Miss Rowaine has arrived, Madam.”

At that, Madam Elbas stared at me, raising her sharp-looking eyes. She had a somewhat strict impression. Her white hair was tied neatly like a flight attendant, creating volume in her thick hair.

Although her stature was small, her posture was upright and her presence was so great that she felt bigger than she really was.

Since their blood was not mixed, of course, there was not the slightest bit of resemblance to Dimitri.

“Welcome, Miss Rowaine.”

Her gaze looked up and down at me as if displeased.

“Nice to meet you, Madam Elbas.”

“It’s not the first time. You may not remember, Miss Rowaine, but I have seen Miss Rowaine’s face a few times at the Imperial party.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. By the way…”

Looking at my attire, she burst into laughter as if she was astonished.

“I invited you quite hastily, but I didn’t know you would come like this. Didn’t I write in the invitation that the luncheon is to be formal?”

I replied with a smile.

“I did read your invitation, but you see, I was invited here before I had even unpacked my luggage at Blois. I wish I had time to get a dress tailored for this occasion, so I’m really flustered because I was summoned all of a sudden. I didn’t expect to see you in such a hurry like this.”

It was only yesterday that I came back to Blois, but calling me out so suddenly like this was a clearly euphemistic expression of a lack of consideration.

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