I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 275

Chapter 138.1

Dimitri watched the back of Rowaine as she ran away. Although it was definitely the same situation as in the morning, it felt completely different. Back then, it was bitter and heartbreaking, though now he couldn’t stop smiling.

“It wasn’t because of my cat appearance but because of my nudity.”

At first, he chuckled quietly, but soon, he couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing loudly.

Hahaha!

“She was embarrassed because she saw my naked body!”

He triumphantly shouted into the air.

If anyone saw him, they would have thought he was crazy, but Dimitri didn’t care what anyone thought of him right now.

“It was because I was naked! Because I was naked!”

With his hands on his hips and his chest puffed out, he laughed heartily. Meanwhile, Hyle, who had belatedly followed Dimitri and Rowaine, discovered the scene.

“Oh, my God.”

He widened his eyes and covered his mouth with his hand.

‘He’s lost his mind…!’

He quickly looked around and saw that no one was passing by. It was fortunate. He almost had to create an innocent victim to hide the fact that his master had lost his mind.

Dimitri, who had already heard his footsteps and knew he had arrived, hopped over and grabbed his shoulder.

“Hyle!”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

“Rowaine was startled because she saw my naked body! It was my nudity that was the problem!”

Hyle’s hands trembled.

“T-that’s…”

Even though he didn’t know what was going on, he thought that there was a big problem with Dimitri’s body and that Rowaine had discovered it. Therefore, if his master had lost his mind to this extent, it must be…

‘There?’

Hyle’s gaze became sympathetic.

On the other hand, Dimitri, who was unaware of what his subordinate was imagining, kept jumping up and down with excitement.

‘I knew it! If it were Rowaine, I knew it would be like this! I knew she wouldn’t hate me even if I transformed into a shapeshifter! Rowaine likes cat shapeshifters!’

The inferiority complex he had.

He revealed his cat form, which he found terrible, to someone he loved. He showed the weakness he was most ashamed of and reluctant to expose to the person he feared losing the most. After revealing that form, he worried that Rowaine might hate him.

He feared he might lose her.

But in reality, Rowaine had no issue with his cat appearance at all.

Why did this make him so happy and grateful?

Dimitri’s heart swelled with emotion. He now felt invincible, as if nothing could stand in his way.

“Haha! Hahaha…!”

Dimitri, who had been laughing brightly, put his hand on his chest and savored the subsiding anxiety and the newfound sense of ease. As he relaxed, little things he had momentarily forgotten came to mind.

His laughter gradually faded.

‘…Rowaine knows that I’m Blue.’

Countless foolish actions he had done in his cat form flashed through his mind. Whether it was acting childish and spoiled in front of Rowaine, being cute, and so on…

“Ugh…”

He groaned and clutched his head.

On the other hand, Hyle, who was watching Dimitri’s rapidly changing expressions, grew increasingly concerned.

‘What kind of huge problem could there be?’

At the same time, worries about the heir to the Duchy of Blois flooded his mind.

‘Should I quickly search among the Duke’s relatives to find a successor who will become the next duke?’

He watched Dimitri laugh like a madman, grab his head in frustration, laugh again as if he didn’t care, and then grab his head once more. He felt troubled at the sight, as though he had discovered his boss’s secret weakness.

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I wandered through the deserted corridor and took a moment to collect myself.

‘Calm down, Rowaine.’

I needed to go to Dimitri and clear up the misunderstanding. I never disliked Dimitri’s appearance as a cat at all. I had to explain that I was embarrassed by all the inappropriate things Blue did without realizing it was him and that I was embarrassed to see him naked out of nowhere.

‘Dimitri hates his shapeshifter form, so I need to explain properly.’

I knew what he had been through, what trauma he had. It was entirely predictable what kind of misunderstanding he might have had due to what happened in the morning, though it was my oversight that led to this misunderstanding.

‘Let’s go back.’

After settling my mind, I started walking back to where Dimitri was. However, I saw someone standing in the shadows behind a pillar in the corridor.

“….?”

A figure seemed to be waiting for me. As I stopped abruptly, on guard, the figure slowly emerged from the shadows as the moonlight illuminated his face.

Recognizing him, my eyes widened.

“Oh? It’s you…”

This was someone I never dreamed I would meet here.

Cadis smiled brightly at me.

“Eunsoo!”