I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 313

Chapter 157.1

It was at that moment that I tightly shut my eyes.

“Rowaine!”

Along with the sound of my name being called, the roar of flames erupted in front of me. It felt like some kind of barrier had appeared, blocking the flames that were about to engulf me. As the intense heat was blocked, the air, now cooled, felt refreshing.

I straightened my cowering body and cautiously opened my eyes. Samael had spread his enormous black wings, shielding me.

Soon after, Dimitri appeared.

“Are you okay?”

“Dimitri!”

At Dimitri’s appearance, Herman clicked his tongue in annoyance.

“Looks like the annoying cat showed up.”

Dimitri, confirming that I was unharmed except for the slightly singed ends of my hair, glared at Herman.

“How dare you.”

Despite standing behind him, the murderous intent radiating from Dimitri was enough to send a chill down my spine. Samael, sensing Dimitri’s murderous intent, flashed a grin, showing his sharp teeth, before drawing the two swords crossed on his back.

“Kill him and bring me his heart, Samael.”

He gave the order coldly.

In an instant, Samael lunged at Herman.

“Filthy demon.”

Herman teleported away using magic and cast a spell at Samael. Meanwhile, I turned away from the fight between Dimitri and Herman, moved to Elaine, who was still on the ground, and helped her to her feet.

“Let’s move back, Elaine.”

Without any combat abilities, it was better for us to hide so we wouldn’t get in the way of the fight. As I pulled Elaine with me, I glanced back at Dimitri with worry.

I saw him lifting the sword Samael had given him.

“We can’t call… someone for help, right?”

I asked, even though I already knew the answer. I just wanted to call the police to break up the fight and have Herman arrested. I was so worried that Dimitri might get hurt. However, in this country, the only person with the authority to stop them, someone who could act as both the police and the judge, was the Emperor.

Elaine shook her head.

“If my father finds out they’re fighting, he’ll side with Count Heres. Duke Blois would end up on trial for suddenly attacking and assaulting him.”

I looked at Dimitri, my worry deepening.

Dimitri, who specialized in close-range physical attacks, was working with Samael to push Herman to one side, trying to close the distance between them. Meanwhile, Herman, who specialized in long-range magic, was keeping his distance from him while casting spells.

Dimitri kept up his quick attacks, not allowing Herman any opportunity to use teleportation magic.

“Ah…!”

I flinched as Herman’s fire arrow barely missed below Dimitri’s ear.

‘Dimitri…’

Perhaps he thought he was at a disadvantage.

Herman, narrowly avoiding Dimitri’s attack aimed at his neck as he closed in, glanced toward the tree where we were hiding. Then, pretending to cast a spell at Dimitri, he fired a fire arrow in our direction.

“….!”

As the fire arrow flew toward us, I crouched down, pulling Elaine close to shield her.

“Shedim!”

At Dimitri’s call, a giant serpent slithered out of his shadow and leaped toward us, springing forward like a coiled spring.

“Ugh…!”

Which would reach us first… the snake or the fire arrow? I tightened my grip on Elaine and squeezed my eyes shut.

Booom!

A loud explosion rang out in front of us, and a rush of intense heat swept over us. The fire arrow pierced Shedim’s gleaming, steel-like scales and exploded. In an instant, his form dissolved into black mist and scattered, and where the demon had stood, a red demon’s heart fell with a soft thud.

“Oh my God.”

Shedim’s body was destroyed by Herman’s magic. With no energy left to materialize, he vanished into another dimension.

It would take Dimitri days, or even weeks, to summon him again.

While Dimitri was distracted by us, Herman, having put some distance between them, appeared at the far end of the clearing and sneered.

“Such a noble knight, Duke. Protecting the lady even now. Have you truly fallen in love with her? How foolish.”

Dimitri repositioned himself, cracking his neck by tilting it from side to side.

“How long are you going to keep running, Count Heres?”

“Shall I tell you something interesting?”

As the two stood facing each other, exchanging words, Herman sneered at me as he glanced in my direction.

“Did Rowaine tell you what our relationship is?”

“It seems you have time for nonsense, huh?”

“It was always convenient to have a woman who would run to warm my bed whenever I called. But now that you’re taking her, it’s such a disappointment.”

Herman chuckled.

I was appalled by how he tried to mess with Dimitri’s mind with such cheap taunts, attempting to sow discord between us in this situation.