I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 40
Chapter 20.2
Dimitri clicked his tongue as he looked at him disapprovingly. At the same time, Coco, who had been whining with an angelic face, suddenly put on a cheeky face and stuck out its tongue to Dimitri.
‘Pff—!’
He stretched out his hand at the sight.
In the meanwhile, Coco hurriedly clung to Rowaine’s leg before he could even reach it, screaming in a deadly tone.
“Ahh! Argh! Angel! Little and weak Coco is dying!”
It was a very, very treacherous cat.
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It took me a while to calm the Duke of Blois before we all eventually sat down on the couch.
“Do you want me to untie the shackles, Madam?”
“If it’s not difficult.”
The Duke leaned back leisurely on the backrest and glanced at Coco.
“It’s not difficult.”
“Really?”
Seeing me reply excitedly, he smiled mischievously and asked another question.
“What if I don’t want to?”
“That… would be difficult.”
I dropped my shoulder and glanced at Coco.
Coco, who was not able to overcome Duke Blois’s annoyance and sat on the other side of the diagonal far away from him, stared at me pitifully and sighed.
Duke Blois’s eyes narrowed.
He tapped his finger on the armrest of the sofa he was sitting on as if telling me to look at him.
“Look at me. This greedy scoundrel keeps bewitching the wife.”
“I don’t think he’s enthralling me…”
As my gaze began to return to Coco again, the Duke noticed it quickly and tapped the armrest again.
“Look at me, Madam.”
I didn’t know why the Duke kept talking about Coco like that.
‘I’m not beguiled. It’s just objectively cute.’
Coco, with the cotton candy-like fluffy wheat-colored fur, was such a cute cat.
“The shackles, can’t you even look at that?”
“I don’t want to look at that rascal.”
A pun.
[ T/N: It’s a play on word in Korean with the word 봐서라도 and 봐버려서, though it doesn’t really translate. ]
“Narrow-minded.”
“I heard you.”
“I-I said the sun is shining today. The weather is especially nice today, right?”
I hurriedly made something up, though the Duke just looked at me with a distrustful look.
At that moment, Coco, who was crouching down on the big sofa, shivering sadly, raised its front feet and said.
“If you don’t like me, just take off the shackles and I’ll leave here. What do you think, brother?”
“Who is your brother? This had been bothering me since earlier.”
“Hnng…”
Coco gazed at me with tearful eyes.
“Do you have a place to go?”
“Where there’s freedom! I want to go out into the vast world!”
“I see… as expected.”
If it were a cat that had nowhere to go and lacked the ability to live on the street, I would have taken it with me, but Coco was a free-willed shapeshifter. If he wanted to leave me, it was right for me to let it go.
I gently calmed the Duke, who was scoffing.
“If you don’t release the shackles, Coco will continue to be with me. So, wouldn’t it be better to free the shackles and let it go?”
Hearing my words, he put his chin on the armrest of the sofa with a languid look on his face.
“Tell it to stay with you in shackles, be incompetent and cute—like a clown. That’s what I decided for him.”
I could sense the dark energy of the villain who said those words.
“If I refute some of those words, wouldn’t the Duke’s heart be more reluctant?”
Then, he responded jokingly, “Have courage, Madam. I’m not going to do it anyway, but wouldn’t it be good for the wife to try to be honest with me?”
“That’s true, too.”
I accepted it and confessed openly, thanks to his support.
“Were you originally such a mean person? You’re so mean.”
“Are you really that honest?”
“I’m just telling you how I wanted it. It would be a waste if I miss the chance.”
“I don’t know how you would have endured it if I hadn’t given you a chance?”
“It must have been difficult to endure, although I was lucky that you gave me permission.”
The speechless Duke of Blois touched his forehead as if he had lost. Eventually, a smirk leaked from under his hand that covered his face.
“At this point, it seems that I’ll keep hearing your honest criticism until I release the shackles… All right, fine.”
Was that permission?
Excited, my eyes glistened as I put my hands together and flattered him.
“As expected, as handsome as you are, you also have an open mind.”
Perhaps it was plain flattery. The Duke twisted his arm, which was holding his chin, and staggered.
“…What the wife said is correct.”
Although he had a bewildered expression, he didn’t seem to hate it because he was turning red.
‘He likes compliments.’
He crossed his arms and stared at Coco.
“If I release the shackles, will it leave without making a fuss?”
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