I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 271

Chapter 136.1

“Alcohol.”

Emperor William commanded sharply to his attendant. The attendant had already poured several glasses of strong wine into his cup.

Herman stood beside William with a stern expression.

“You’ve had too much, Your Majesty.”

Herman, who saw that the back of William’s neck was red from drunkenness, gently stopped him.

When he heard that Rowaine would attend the party, William distinctly remembered his promise to Herman not to pay any attention to Rowaine at the party.

‘I managed quite well at first.’

As the alcohol flowed, his gaze increasingly turned towards Rowaine.

Herman rolled his eyes and sighed deeply.

‘Pathetic.’

Honestly, it was too pathetic.

For several months now, William had been calling him over under false pretenses for relationship advice. It was almost like venting and lamenting during their consultations.

“I know that Rowaine liked you! You unlucky b*stard. Huhuu.”

“Still, she loved what I had more than you. In the end, she loved me, the Emperor, more!”

“But why did she go to that shapeshifter, why…”

“I believed that we would spend the rest of our lives together, relying on each other… Hoohoo! She even promised that once I stepped down from the throne, we would leave the capital and live together in Birkenheim Palace.”

At that point, Herman laughed at William, saying he didn’t think Rowaine ever intended to keep that promise.

“That vile woman. I gave her power, but she just used it as she pleased and ran off to meet someone else? B*tch.”

“Did she sleep with him? She must have slept with that shapeshifter! Disgusting! She doesn’t care whether it’s a beast or whatever as long as she can roll around with them!”

When his lamentations intensified, he cursed Rowaine as if he were cursing his greatest enemy. Although it always ended with him sobbing uncontrollably, calling out her name in drunken sorrow.

“Rowaine…! Herman, say something. How can I win back her heart? Tell me!”

“I even gave her a diamond mine, yet she still hasn’t come back! I can give her even more!”

“Hoohoo, Rowaine. I miss you so much. What are you doing…”

Herman, who didn’t stop the woman who was leaving and didn’t stop the woman who was coming, didn’t really understand William.

It was somewhat intriguing.

‘To think he’s having such a passionate romance even in his fifties…’

Anyway, Herman was tired of listening to his complaints.

So he whispered to William.

“Your Majesty, there’s one way to bring Rowaine to the capital.”

To be frank, finding Renée and making her his mistress was experimental. When Herman went to Blois, he felt that Rowaine was completely different from the old Rowaine.

He wanted to test that.

So that was why he whispered to William to use Renée.

‘If Rowaine can’t bear jealousy, she’ll come running immediately upon hearing that news.’

He wanted to know whether Rowaine was pretending to change for some reason or if she had truly turned over a new leaf.

When he heard that Rowaine had come to the capital shortly after hearing about Renée, he thought, ‘Well, I suppose so.’ Even if she lost interest in William, Rowaine had a temperament that couldn’t let go of what was her. So, he advised William to completely ignore Rowaine if he wanted to win her back, saying that she would eventually be unable to bear it and would seek him herself. However, the woman he saw at the party behaved differently than Herman had expected.

Contrary to his expectation that she would try to get the Emperor’s attention, Rowaine seemed completely uninterested in William.

“Showing affection to the Duke of Blueah only fueled the Emperor’s jealousy.”

Even now, William’s gaze wouldn’t stray away from Rowaine. Since Dimitri’s arrival, he had been continuously drinking and persistently urged Herman while doing so.

“How long do you expect me to sit idly by? How much longer?!”

Herman glared at the back of William’s head with cold eyes.

‘If this continues, who knows what will happen.’

If he just let Rowaine go, who knew how much more William would torment him. Herman, who was pondering what to do, came up with a clever idea. For the first time today, a smile appeared on his lips.

‘There’s something I wanted to confirm anyway, so this works out.’

He spoke to William.

“Your Majesty, if you really wish, I have a great idea that I think could bridge the gap between the Duke of Blois and Rowaine. Would you like to hear it?”

William’s eyes widened.

“What is it?”

“Let’s try like this.”

Herman lowered his voice a little more and whispered in William’s ear. Upon hearing this, the Emperor immediately summoned the attendant and instructed him to fetch someone.

A satisfied smile crept onto Herman’s lips as he watched the scene unfold.

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Cadis was strolling in the parade ground in front of the hunting hound barracks.

It was a brief period of freedom that let the hounds loose in the cramped, prison-like space for about thirty minutes. Although the time was short and the location limited, it was a precious moment to relax and chat with comrades.

“Number 136! You’re late today, huh?”

Number 136 referred to Cadis since hounds that didn’t have names called each other by numbers.

Originally, hunting hounds didn’t have names.

Cadis, too, originally had no name. He got his name after meeting Elaine. When they first met, she asked him for his name and upon learning he didn’t have one, she gave him the name Cadis.