I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 34

Chapter 17.2

I was surprised to see the guy in the corner.

‘It’s serious…!’

His condition was not serious. He was a sick guy with scabs clinging to his hair and a shriveled face.

‘That’s not a wound from a fight between cats.’

Cats usually attack the neck, face, legs, or buttocks. So, it was strange that his body was covered in scabs like that.

‘If they thought they would lose the fight, they’d have run away before it got to this point… Cats don’t chase people who run away from their territory.’

Judging from the intuition of a ten-year-old cat butler like me, the cat driven into that defense was more likely to have been abused by humans. It was as if he was running away from human hands and then accidentally entered another cat’s territory and was chased like that.

“Wait here, Agwen. Don’t make a sound.”

After telling Agwen firmly, I chased away the three cats from a distance. Meanwhile, the guy in the corner limped in the opposite direction to the guys who ran away.

As I blocked the guy’s path with my body, wary, the cat stepped back.

“Shh, it’s okay.”

I lowered my posture in the slowest possible motion and blinked my eyes at him.

“I won’t hurt you.”

He was staring at me with big blue eyes.

“I’m trying to help. I want to help you.”

‘…Is this going to work?’

It was a difficult task for me to reassure a cat whom I had just met. Still, he looked so sick and tired. I knelt on the floor and waited for him, hoping my whole heart would reach the cat in front of me.

Fortunately, he didn’t run away. He seemed too weak to do that.

‘I don’t even have a bag to put a cat in. Can I catch him…?’

It was almost impossible to capture a cat without a cat cage. No matter how gentle a domestic cat is, when they go outside, they become more vigilant and rebellious. However, I couldn’t leave him alone.

Besides, I also have healing powers that I can share as much as I want!

“Can I take a look?”

It would be nice if he could just stay still for a little while.

Carefully, I stretched out my hand slowly so as not to startle him. Upon closer inspection, it was a wheat-colored cat with long hair, though it seemed to be getting darker as time went on, perhaps dirty.

He glanced at me, alternately looking into my eyes and hands, though he didn’t run away while he got my hands close to my nose.

‘I think he’s familiar with human touch.’

Otherwise, the cat would not have allowed a stranger to come close to it in such an injured state.

I swallowed dry saliva and carefully extended my index finger to him so that he could approach me first, sniffing.

‘Please, please.’

Staring at my fingers, the cat poked its moist nose to the tip of my finger.

‘It’s done!’

Singing with delight, I gently tickled his forehead and moved closer.

“Ah, how did you get hurt like this?”

His wounds were more serious than expected. I thought that if I had left him like this, he might have died today.

“Hold on a little bit. I will make you feel better.”

Saying so, I placed my hand near his wound. The cat flinched, though miraculously, he didn’t run away.

“Don’t get sick, don’t get sick, don’t get sick…”

As he concentrated my mind, I could feel a warm aura pulsing from my palm and seeping into the cat’s body.

“That should be enough…”

When I took my hand off, I saw that the terrible wound had healed quite a bit. Even I was amazed.

“It’s really done. Wow.”

I didn’t know such a deep wound would be treated so quickly like this. It felt like I had made a name overnight.

Even the cat stretched out his crouched body, licked the wounded area, and looked back at me as it couldn’t believe that the pain had disappeared so quickly. If I had to guess, he seemed to be in a better mood now.

“Oh, are you okay? Doesn’t it hurt? It’s good? That’s a relief.”

I thought he was going to run away now.

However, unbelievably, he rumbled over to me and rubbed his face in my hands.

“Thank you. Oh, are you thanking me?”

Did the cat know that I treated it? It’s so fascinating, how cute!

I wish I had something for him to eat. If it was closer to the mansion, I wanted to take it and wash its hair, even if it was clogged with scabs.

It’s a pity I couldn’t do it, although my job ended here.

“I don’t know if you have a place to go…”

I struggled to take a step that didn’t fall. At that moment, Agwen, who had been rolling her feet in fear of danger without knowing what I was doing in a distant place, slowly approached me.

I turned around to her.

“It looked like a serious injury, but when I looked closely, it must have been just a small wound.”

“That’s a relief. I feel bad for it.”

She lifted me up and gently brushed the hem of my skirt.

“Madam, he isn’t running away?”

Agwen whispered.

As she said, the cat was still staring at us.

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