I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 37

Chapter 19.1

In an instant, silence fell in the room.

Frozen with shame, Rowaine carefully asked him again.

“Really… Are you okay?”

Dimitri, whose face was heated in anger, clenched his teeth and repeated the same answer.

“I don’t hate cats that much.”

At those words, Rowaine stared at him with her eyes wide open. Meanwhile, he repeated the same words quickly, emphasizing them.

“I don’t hate cats.”

“Really…?”

“I don’t hate it. I don’t hate it…”

Then, nervously, Dimitri ran out of her room after finishing those words.

‘What’s wrong with me?’

Thinking so, he ruffled his hair in shame.

‘Still, she won’t cry alone again since I allowed the cat to stay.’

Disgusted, he went back to his room, changed his clothes, and burned the clothes that had water droplets from the ugly cat in the fireplace.

‘Don’t cry again.’

That cat will have to be useful.

‘If it’s useless, then I’ll have to kill it secretly.’

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After facing Dimitri, I decided to send Agwen to rest first since she must have been tired.

“Are you really all right by yourself, Madam?”

“He’s such a gentle cat. Besides, all I have to do is wash and dry it so I can do it alone.”

Eventually, I sent her out after learning how to use a magic stone that produced a warm wind.

“Then, shall we finish?”

Saying so, I rolled up my sleeves and started washing Coco again. It seemed that there was a lot of tangled hair because of the scab.

“This must be troublesome for you. Hold on a little, okay?”

No matter how kind it was, the cat was still a cat. So, as I washed up Coco, he was making noises because he didn’t like water. Then, belatedly, I found something wrapped around Coco’s neck.

“What is this…?”

Peeking through Coco’s fur, it was a necklace made of black metal.

“It must be frustrating like this.”

The necklace was tightly wrapped around Coco’s neck without any gaps. Seeing that, I tried to find a seam and untie the necklace, though there was no seam.

“It’s iron, so I can’t even cut it off with my bare hands…”

‘…Guess I’ll have to ask Azen tomorrow if there are any tools to cut this off.’

So the first thing I did was wash Coco completely and dry all of the furs with a magic stone, which provided a warm wind.

After that, Coco was incredibly pretty.

“After all, cats become so pretty when they are being loved.”

Feeling proud, I kissed Coco on the forehead and laid it on the floor. Coco, too, seemed to be happy that he had become soft and rubbed its body here and there around the cushion of the sofa.

I gazed at Coco and took a seat in front of the table.

It was rather chaotic during the daytime, but it was time to think a little more about the employee changeover.

“…How do I differentiate between those who are on my side and those who are not?”

It was too burdensome for me to fire everyone and hire new people.

“If I could, I want to get rid of only Mrs. Elbas’s people…”

Even though Agwen agreed to help her with all her heart, she still wouldn’t know all the maids’ hearts. The Duchy of Blois is so big, and there are a lot of people working there. It seemed to me that I had to select people around me as safe people one by one first.

As I was pondering in deep thought, Coco was sitting and staring at me beautifully.

That expression of staring at me as though to understand what I was saying was so cute that I trembled and approached Coco as if possessed.

“How can you be so pretty!”

Blue was an elegant and cool cat, while Coco was a charming and pretty cat. Surprisingly, each cat has a different personality.

Carefully stroking it, Coco growled pleasantly before crawling onto my lap.

“Oh, you’re here!”

Normally, cats don’t like being cuddled or getting on people’s laps. Furthermore, I usually take care of stray cats who are very alert, and this was the first time that I had taken care of a cat that voluntarily climbed onto a person’s lap like Coco.

It was clear that Coco knew it was pretty, as it sat on my lap with that pretty face and looked at me cutely.

“My heart…!”

I grabbed my heart and trembled with joy.

That day, I fell asleep stroking Coco while it curled up not far from me and fell asleep. Until then, I thought Coco was just a really cute, ordinary cat…

“Open your eyes, angel.”

Early in the morning, someone shook me from my sleep and woke me up.

“Hmm…”

I woke up, rubbing my eyes.

Coco was already staring at me.

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“Angel!”

Coco spoke… It did.

‘This is a dream.’

With that thought, I lay back on my bed and fell asleep again. At that, Coco crouched down in front of me, tapped my nose with its soft paws, and chuckled.

“You really are a sleepy angel.”

Wait, this doesn’t seem like a dream…?

Immediately, I jumped up and opened my eyes wide before staring at the cat in front of me.

“Oh, you’re up!”

Coco rolled over on the bed as if pleased.

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