I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 39

Chapter 20.1

“Yeah, the devil! Yesterday, I saw the devil hiding in Brother’s shadow. A strong cat can wield a demon!”

Come to think of it, I remembered that the Duke of Blois had summoned a demon during a fierce battle with the male protagonist in the novel. Cat shapeshifters were known to have nine lives and were said to use one of them as collateral to make a contract with a demon.

Nevertheless, I was still worried.

“But, how will he react if he finds out that you are a Shapeshifter…”

I think he allowed me to keep it because he thought it was a regular cat. If it was revealed that Coco was a cat shapeshifter, I wondered if the Duke would hate Coco even more than when he thought it was a normal cat…

However, Coco spoke confidently.

“The brother, he knows that I am a Shapeshifter.”

“He knows…?”

“We all recognize each other, angel.”

“Although you didn’t tell me anything, though?”

What a shady cat!

What would I have done if I had changed clothes in front of him without knowing that Coco was a Shapeshifter?

‘Didn’t you say this so that I would know?’

As I pushed my lips out and made a dissatisfied look on my face, Coco swung the pen on the table with its foot and spoke indifferently.

“Originally, it’s supposed to be a secret angel. When turned into a human, the characteristics of the shapeshifters were so prominent that we couldn’t hide our identity. However, when we are in the form of a cat, humans cannot recognize us unless we directly reveal it.”

The pen Coco was playing with tumbled down the table.

With its round head bowed and looking down, Coco, satisfied with the pen falling down, raised his head with its eyes twinkling.

“Keeping each other’s identities a secret. This was our unwritten rule, angel. So, don’t be angry.”

“All right. If that’s the case, I’ll try to talk to him. Though you need me, too.”

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Dimitri turned into a cat and sat on the wall of the annex. It was because he was curious about what Rowaine was doing with Coco.

‘I heard that damn bastard has been spraying a lot of pheromones in my mansion since morning.’

Although he was staying still as Coco was with Rowaine, he couldn’t deny that it was pricking his nerves.

‘If I see it again, I’ll have to scold it.’

While he was poking around, he could see Rowaine coming out of her room with Coco. It seemed that the two were heading straight for the main building.

Dimitri followed the two in hiding.

As she met the butler on her way, Rowaine asked.

“Where is the Duke?”

‘She’s finding me…?’

It was then that he realized that she was coming to see him and ran back to the office.

As soon as he quickly turned back into human form, Dimitri adjusted his clothes and gathered his breath. Adjusting his appearance, the butler, who had brought Rowaine at just the right time, knocked on the door.

“The Madam is here.”

“Tell her to come in.”

Rowaine appeared, carrying Coco.

Dimitri lost his temper at the sudden smell of Coco and ran, growling, before grabbing Coco’s back.

Everything happened in an instant.

“Nhgaa—!”

When Coco screamed, Rowaine scrambled to snatch Coco from Dimitri’s hand and hug it.

“Calm down, Duke!”

“He’s been stinking my mansion so much with his smell, Madam.”

Unlike when he ran to Coco, Dimitri spoke as he got up in slow motion and gracefully brushed his hand.

“That’s… I’m sorry. I think Coco wanted to help me.”

Coco let out a whine and dug into her arms.

“Brother hit me, Angel!”

‘That wicked cat has revealed its identity. He doesn’t even have a gut.’

Seeing that, he caught Coco’s back again and lifted him up into the air with a ghastly glow in his eyes.

“Who do you dare put the smelly pheromone on, kid?”

Everything in this mansion, whether it be a person or an animal, was the concept of ‘territory’ to Dimitri. Therefore, Rowaine was also his property. Needless to say, he didn’t like Coco, who smeared pheromones in his domain.

‘Should I just kill him?’

While he was contemplating, Coco struggled pathetically and swung his front paw towards Rowaine.

“Angel! I’m scared, Angel!”

It was a scene where Shapeshifter and Shapeshifter were fighting, although in Rowaine’s eyes, she could only see an adult man tormenting a small cat.

“Let it go, Duke! It’s a small, weak cat!”

Dimitri, who saw her staring at him as if he was unscrupulous, scoffed.

‘As expected, killing—’

However, contrary to his thoughts, his body was quietly laying Coco on the floor. It was because Rowaine’s face, which was tearing up as she recalled her dead cats, overlapped with her anxious expression as she was worried about Coco.

‘D*mn it.’

Coco quickly hid its body behind Rowaine’s legs.

He grunted and opened his mouth.

“What do you mean, a small and weak cat? He’s just a weak kid. An incompetent cat that cannot even break its shackles.”

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