I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 27

Chapter 14.1

“I’m glad to know that you are ashamed. I’ll give you some new clothes, so you better get changed.”

“Thanks for your concern, Madam.”

It felt like I had to spend too much time here if I had to change my clothes like she offered. Thinking that, I opened my mouth again.

“I just came to meet you today and say hello. I came here to politely convey that I will not be attending the luncheon, so please understand.”

At that, Madam Elbas’s elegant expression was cracked.

When you declined an invitation, it was a very polite expression to go and say no. So now, even if it were Madam Elbas, she would not be able to be stubborn. But then, the maid, who was carrying a tray full of cups of drinks, crashed into me as she was passing behind.

“Ah!”

Splash!

As the tray rolled on the floor, shards of broken glass were scattered everywhere.

…And, brightly colored drinks dripped down my shirt.

“What should I do!”

“….”

The maid frowned, looking at my shirt and the shards of glass lying on the floor. Meanwhile, Madam Elbas grinned as if the maid had done well.

“Now that it’s like this, it seems that Miss Rowaine has no choice but to do so as I offered.”

She then called her maid chief and ordered.

“Give Miss Rowaine a dress to wear.”

“Yes, Madam.”

She turned her back faster than me, who was about to say it was okay to go back to the duke like this. Because of that, I had no choice but to follow the maid chief since Madam Elbas started having a serious conversation with the chef.

“If you wait here, I’ll have another maid attend with the clothes.”

She escorted me to her guest room and then left. After waiting for a while, another maid came in with a pair of clothes.

“There are only suitable clothes like this. Is this all right, Miss Rowaine?”

I accepted the clothes she presented as I wondered if something major might be happening or if Madam Elbas had planned something.

“I’m fine with anything.”

It was a simple, plain dark blue dress. It even looked like a maid’s clothes at first glance.

‘Well, better than flashy. Right now, I’m not in a position to hide anything.’

Did Madam Elbas intentionally send a cheap dress up in the hopes that I wouldn’t wear it and cause trouble?

I was suspicious that something was up, though I meekly changed my clothes. People here may be ashamed to wear cheap clothes, but I’ve never lived in such an environment.

Just putting on a modest dress is not an insult to me.

The maid stared at me as if surprised by my obedient attitude, although she soon helped me change my clothes. After I got dressed and went downstairs, the luncheon had already started, so I was taken to the luncheon venue at the maid’s request instead of leaving.

The guests were sitting around the table.

“Finally, my daughter-in-law is here.”

When Madam Elbas looked at me and pretended to know me, everyone turned towards me in unison. However, their reaction was unusual.

“Oh, my.”

“The clothes…”

They glanced at me and someone alternately.

As I followed their gazes, I saw a line of maids serving food at the luncheon. They were dressed a little differently than the other maids in the mansion—they were wearing the exact same dress I was wearing.

Madam Elbas was laughing at me.

‘…This was the purpose from the beginning.’

With this level of preparation, the maid must have spilled drinks on my clothes earlier on purpose. Madam Elbas spoke to me calmly as if she knew nothing.

“Why are you standing like that, Miss Rowaine? Come on, sit down.”

There were no empty seats at the table.

The ladies soon giggled as they glanced at me. Obviously, everyone here was on her side.

“Oh, look at my mind. There’s no place for Miss Rowaine to sit.”

She uttered that as though she realized it too late. Madam Elbas pretended to think for a moment before pointing her hand somewhere.

“Well, why don’t you sit over there?”

A chair was placed in the place where the maids lined up. And, on the chair was an apron, as if it were a napkin. The ladies who saw the apron shook their shoulders like it was hard to hold back their laughter.

I bit my lip. It was because I was reminded of something similar that happened to me in the past.

“Let’s eat.”

Disgusting food, my father’s horrible words, and the apron that was thrown right in front of me.

When I went out to the kitchen to calm my boiling heart, my dad and brother were sitting at the table waiting for me.

“When it’s time, food is supposed to be set up. What have you been doing?”

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