I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 42
Chapter 21.2
“Could the wife take over the matter?”
“I think I can try.”
Since there was already a list that Coco wrote for me, I thought I could start by organizing it little by little.
As I was quite enthusiastic about this, the Duke stared at me, a little puzzled.
“I thought that you would be indifferent to this kind of thing because he said you’d stay quiet, but it is surprising.”
“It’s good to have privacy, isn’t it?”
Only then would I be able to comfortably prepare for my independence and our divorce. Besides, in a contract marriage contemplating divorce, fighting with the mother-in-law is rather unnecessary and cumbersome.
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Having been fully entrusted with the personnel rights of the employees from the Duke of Blois, I set out with Agwen.
First of all, the priority was to check whether the list Coco gave was correct. So, I spent the day carefully observing the maids who could be on my side from Coco’s list.
“Coco is right.”
It seemed that with that small body, he was running here and there, picking up people’s stories. I was glad that Coco’s research was pretty reliable.
“It would be a good idea to sort out a few people who will be on my side to make it look natural first, and then set a date before Mrs. Elbas notices and gets things done at once.”
Holding up my pen until late at night, I grunted to myself as I tried to devise a plan. However, suddenly, in the quiet room, there was a sound of something scratching.
“What?”
The sound was coming from outside the window.
I approached the window where the sound was coming from, put my hand on the window, and glanced out. Although it was quite dark outside and bright inside, I couldn’t see out the window very well.
While looking for the source of the sound of doubling over with my forehead on the window, I found something and opened the window in amazement.
“Coco…?”
Apparently, Coco, who had said goodbye like a storm during the day and disappeared, was there.
Also…
“Are you hurt?”
Like the first time I saw him, he was severely injured.
It was a wound reminiscent of a déjà vu. As soon as I opened the window, Coco stumbled into the room and fell down in front of me.
“Angel, help me…”
Coco’s tiny body was completely in disarray.
“Coco! Wake up, Coco! What’s going on?”
I hurriedly grabbed Coco and laid him on the bed, readying my powers. As my power seeped into Coco’s wounds, his fainting face gradually relaxed.
At that moment.
“Ah—”
I hurriedly set my gaze elsewhere, pulled out the blanket and wrapped it around Coco’s body. It was because Coco abruptly turned into a human.
“Uunng…”
Coco growled a little as he slept, making me wonder if the soft duvet felt good.
“…Where did you get hurt like this?”
My heart was heavy with worry.
“Are you being chased by someone?”
Thinking I should ask when he woke up, I stroked Coco’s wavy, wheat-colored hair.
If I hadn’t known that Coco was a cat, I would have never done this. No matter how young he looks, sixteen years old is quite an old age already. Because of my disgusting father and older brother, I originally hated any man—despite how young a boy is.
Nevertheless, Coco was just a cute cat, even though he looked like a boy this way.
‘Is the Duke feeling comfortable because of his cat-like behavior?’
I had never seen the Duke of Blois as a cat, though I always felt like he was a great cat because he was good at whatever he did, even in human form. Well, he was the man I talked to the most in my life. I had more conversations with the Duke of Blois than my father and brother, who lived together until school.
Thinking about it up to that point, I felt strange.
‘What happened with him raging about the smell and acting annoyed? Somehow, did he lose his vigilance all of a sudden?’
It was such a strange thing.
I peered carefully at Coco’s small, smooth face and pondered.
‘Anyway, I should tell him, right?’
When he found out that Coco, who had decided to leave, had returned, he might be displeased, but…
‘If I say he came back injured, he won’t be kicked out right away.’
Last time, he was the one who came to my room after smelling Coco, so he would find out anyway. It would be better than keeping it a secret and getting caught later.
I was going to ask Agwen to tell the Duke of Blois the truth, although I decided to go directly to him instead.
‘If he gets angry, Agwen won’t last.’
I left the room and headed to the main building.
However, as I entered the spacious hall on the first floor of the main building, I could hear a commotion from the front door.
‘What’s going on…?’
Hearing the sound, I sifted through the servants and soon saw the knights lined up, the Duke of Blois, and some unfamiliar men.
“Please release the Shapeshifter slave who is hiding in the mansion!”
At that moment, I was startled by the shouts of one of the unfamiliar men.
‘If it’s a Shapeshifter slave… Coco?’
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