I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 4

Chapter 2.2

‘Is it a magical incense that has a seductive effect? I’ve never heard of anything so powerful.’

Dimitri’s eyes narrowed. He licked his dry lips as if to taste it again.

But instead, he winced at the coming headache.

“Are you not feeling well?”

The blue-haired assistant, Hyle, worriedly asked as he saw Dmitri pressing his fingers into his forehead with great force.

“It must have gotten worse.”

“But it’s not time yet, is it?”

Hyle’s eyes tensed up. He hurriedly approached the Duke and placed a hand on his forehead. He was burning up.

“I shall take you to your bedroom.”

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I left the room quietly.

To return to the main building, I had to traverse the wide back garden. On the way, I met two guards and one servant, but they all passed me without any doubt as I pretended to be walking slowly as if I was taking a stroll.

When I reached the main building, I took off a glove and threw it away somewhere in the grass before entering through the back door.

The butler, who was about to go up the stairs with a towel on a tray, found me there and descended the steps.

“Is something the matter?”

“Ah, I must have left my glove in the Duke’s office a while ago.”

The butler glanced at the towel with a slightly impatient expression and said, “Instead of coming all the way here, a maid could have fetched it for you.”

“I wanted to go on a stroll anyway because the garden I passed by earlier was so beautiful. I might be kicked out tomorrow, so I wanted to see it since I had the chance.”

As expected, the butler did not deny that I could be kicked out tomorrow.

“I shall have a maid take your glove to the annex.”

“But it’s something I cherish, so I don’t want to let anyone else touch it.”

The butler frowned, clearly miffed. However, like any skilled employee, he changed his expression in an instant.

“Please follow me. No one can enter the office without the Duke’s permission, so if you wait at the door, I will find it for you.”

“All right.”

I followed the butler up the stairs. The Duke’s office was on the third floor, and his bedroom was on the fourth floor.

‘It seems like the Duke had already moved to his bedroom, seeing that the butler was about to bring that towel upstairs.’

Following the butler silently until the third floor, the moment he entered the office, I quickly ran up the stairs.

‘Where is it?’

I was walking along the hallway when I saw a blue-haired man coming out of a room with a gloomy expression.

By the color of his hair, I realized at once that he was the Viscount Hyle Bilph, the Duke’s aide.

“Why is it taking so long to get just one towel?” he grunted as he went to the stairs. I swiftly hid behind a statue by the steps and held my breath, waiting for him to pass.

After the Viscount went down the stairs in search of the butler, I went to the door that he came out from.

Feeling a little nervous, I placed my hand on the doorknob and carefully turned it. The door swung open.

The air in the room was cool because all the windows were open.

As soon as I opened the door, I passed the tables and sofas and went deeper into the room.

There, the Duke could be seen lying on a large bed.

In the novel, Renée saw the Duke being transported by Viscount Bilph, after which the Duke threatened her to forget what she saw and say nothing about it to anyone, all without explaining what had just happened. The Duke’s disease was actually a magical curse with symptoms of poisoning. It was a curse that would not take his life, but it made him live with terrible pain for the rest of his life.

The reason I dared to sneak into the duke’s room was because the fact that the Duke was under a curse was top secret. No one would have allowed me to meet the Duke in his present condition. Still, I had to meet him now.

As I cautiously approached him as he lay on the bed, the sleeping Duke opened his eyes and murmured briefly, perhaps feeling my presence.

“Shedim.”

At that moment, a black, meandering mist came out from under his feet and wrapped around me. Looking as if it were a boa constrictor as large as a house that immobilized its prey, the black mist coiled around me with great force.

“Urk.”

The Duke sat up on the bed, frowning. His emerald eyes glared at me sharply.

“Do I even have to ask why you snuck into my room like a rat?”

Perhaps because of the pain, his eyes were full of anger. Fearing that he would kill me because he thought I was troublesome, I hurriedly spoke.

“Please take me as your bride.”

“Ha. You came here just for that?”

Though he laughed at the ridiculous statement, cold sweat formed on his forehead.

Calmly, even though I felt pain as the black mist tightened around me, I continued.

“That pain. I’ll get rid of it for you.”

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