I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 55

Chapter 28.1

Eventually, we arrived at the market, where many rat Shapeshifters were said to be infested.

“Rat Shapeshifters run away as soon as they notice signs of movement, so please keep a little distance and follow us from far away.”

“Yes, I understand.”

I asked the personal escort driver in advance. He was the knight Dimitri had attached to take with me whenever I went out. And so, I followed Coco, who was full of curiosity and confidently took the lead.

‘What would a rat shapeshifter actually look like?’

I have heard that, unlike other shapeshifters, even if they were in a human form, they were very small. They have a small figure that only reached my knees. Moreover, it was mentioned that they did not use human language but developed their own language instead.

‘As long as you do not fall asleep, you will be fine, as it is stated that dream demons only harm people who sleep.’

I was blown away by the thought that Coco would find a bunch of rat shapeshifters tonight and would get lots of demon hearts.

“Trust me, angel.”

Because Coco looked so confident.

…However, it did not take me long to find out that it was a bluff.

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‘What the hell are they doing?’

Dimitri was going crazy with frustration.

‘Are they going to hunt with that kind of thing?’

Coco’s actions were so pathetic.

‘He was practically announcing for all the rats in this area to run away. How can he make that sound when he is catching them…?’

Thinking that, he tightened the straps of the flowing bag strap, then sneakily followed Rowaine and Coco.

‘This is so upsetting. I cannot watch this anymore.’

Unbearable, he secretly caught a rat that ran away after seeing Coco.

“Squeakk!”

The rat shapeshifter, who had turned into a rat and fled, let out a short scream and fell over. The next moment, it quickly turned into a human.

It would have been calculated that Dimitri would not be able to attack anymore if he was a normal cat since turning into a human would make him a little taller. Even if Dimitri was a Shapeshifter, the rat shapeshifter might have thought that it would be better to quickly reveal that he was a shapeshifter, as shapeshifters do not eat each other.

“Squeak, squeaak!”

The male rat shapeshifter was terrified and took a desperate pleading posture.

The next moment, he brought out a bat-like dream demon hiding in his shadow and offered it to him. Nonetheless, Dimitri didn’t take the demon. He just silently struck the rat shapeshifter with his front paw and knocked it down before turning it around like a spinning top.

“Uwaaa…! Nyaaaa—!”

The rat Shapeshifter shook and let out a strange scream. After being distracted for a while, Dimitri dragged the rat shapeshifter and tossed it near where Coco was wandering.

“You rascal!”

Coco, who had turned into a cat and focused on the search, found a staggering rat shapeshifter and shook his butt violently.

Wiggle, wiggle.

It was an action to gain momentum—wriggle, wriggle.

Dimitri rubbed his forehead.

‘How long will he wriggle!’

While Coco shook his butt, the rat shapeshifter came to his senses and ran away. Seeing that, Dimitri clenched his fists with his round paws and slammed the wall. The front paws covered in soft fur absorbed the sound, so Coco did not notice.

However, at that moment, something suspicious caught Dimitri’s eyes.

A quick shadow.

It paused for a moment as Rowaine raised her head and glanced around her, hiding its body in the corner of the building. Then, she crept back towards her and turned back to Coco.

Noticing that, his pupils, who found an object to be wary of, opened wide.

“….”

He quietly put his front paw on the strap of his bag. If something suspicious happened, he intended to turn into a human and run towards them with his clothes on.

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I cheered inside as I watched Coco, who repeatedly failed to hunt over and over again. Then, the opportunity finally came. As if it had stumbled while running away, a rat Shapeshifter fell from the sky.

‘That is a rat shapeshifter!’

Although it was the first time I had seen the rat shapeshifter, I could recognize it at once. A fairy-like small body, wrinkled gray skin, and black eyes like peas…

Coco, hiding behind an obstacle, stuck out his head while his ears folded low. As he was shaking his hips as far as possible to avoid being caught by the rat shapeshifter, his bountiful tail swayed in the sky.

I was mesmerized by the wriggling little butt.

‘So cute…’

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