I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 57

Chapter 29.1

I gently hid Coco behind my back before lowering my posture to match the child’s eye level.

“Do you have any guardians?”

“I’m strong, so I there’s nothing like that, tsk”

With an accent at the end of the sentence, when they spoke, the word ‘not!’ sounded like ‘nwot!’

She was a young girl with a rough yet pretentious way of speaking. Of course, I do not know if I was the only one who felt that way because I like cats.

I glanced at the child’s physical condition.

The child’s cheeks and the back of her nose were covered with scars. Judging from the long and thin shape, it seemed to have been from fights with other cats. The skin that was exposed between the clothes, which was more like a piece of rag, was also covered with sinful scars.

I asked anxiously.

“Do you live here alone?”

Then, the child mumbled in a slightly smaller voice.

“Oh, there was originally a servant I was taking care of. But that servant was stupid and lost me. Tssk, I was told to wait for them here. Oh, they were annoying.”

I tried to interpret the child’s words from a cat’s point of view.

‘She had been abandoned…’

The appearance of approaching strangers bravely, or trying to ask someone to be with her by telling them to be a ‘servant’ proudly, and considering the fact that the servant who was taking care of her had ‘lost’ her… It was clear that the child was abandoned.

“Do you know where your home is?”

“I don’t know, tssk. It’s far away. Tsk, are you going to be my servant or not?”

The child held the devil’s heart closer to me.

“Ah, I’ll take good care of you.”

‘This is difficult, I am in trouble…’

I glanced at Coco, who was staring at the child.

‘The child does not like Coco either, and I am sure they would not like Dimitri, too.’

I was barely allowed to take Coco, but Dimitri might kick me out if I brought in another cat. Nonetheless, I could not just ignore the child.

‘I feel so sorry, the child is so young…’

Fortunately, the child was smart and brave. It did not look like she had been starving because her hunting skills were excellent.

‘Still, she is still thin, and there are many wounds.’

Even if I could not take her home, I thought it would be better to feed the child a little bit first because that is what I can do right now.

“Would you like to go eat something delicious with me?”

“What?”

The child responded. At the same time, Coco clung to my leg and yelled.

“I hate the child, angel!”

“I’m sorry, Coco, but I’ll buy you something delicious for Coco instead. Yes?”

The child, who glanced at the two of us, eventually held out the devil’s heart to Coco and opened her mouth, “Hey, eat this.”

“I won’t eat what you give me.”

“Oh, eat it! Eat it, tsk!”

The child grabbed his back with great agility and began to shove the devil’s heart into Coco’s mouth.

“Ahh! No! Eup—! Waakk!”

“Eat this and hand over your servant, tssk.”

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At that time, Dimitri, who had been watching the situation with the intention of jumping out and rescuing Rowaine, burst out laughing.

‘I kind of like this?’

What approached Rowaine was a kitten that had not grown up enough.

He liked the idea of getting Coco stuck under the kitten. If another cat approached Rowaine, he meant to chase them away, but Dimitri changed his mind.

‘It is a baby, so I will let them go.’

Due to the habit of cats that naturally raise kittens together, an adult cat was more generous to a kitten.

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I decided to go to the restaurant with the child.

‘I am not sure if any places are open now.’

If not, it would not be a bad idea to get some snacks, even at a tavern.

Thinking that, I took Coco, who had fallen asleep, in my arms and walked ahead. Every time I turned around to see if the child was following me, she was gazing at me the same distance away. When I walked, there was a clicking noise, and when I stopped, the child stood a little farther away with their head tilted.

‘She looks so pretty, but her rough personality is kind of attractive, too.’

What should I do after filling our stomachs?

‘This situation is so depressing.’

My mood darkened a little.

If I had my own home, I would have been able to give a room to a cat that had nowhere to go. It was a thought I often had when I was living with my grandmother. My maternal grandmother hated me bringing cats into her house, so I spent more time outside with the cats than I did at home.

‘…The situation is similar then and now.’

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