I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 65

Chapter 33.1

Dimitri, who left Rowaine behind and ran up the stairs quickly, let out a small sigh.

‘…Things related to Blue should be avoided.’

Despite her being rather ignorant, it wasn’t good to keep talking to her about Blue.

‘I will be in trouble if I get caught.’

The things he had done in front of Rowaine in the form of a cat so far flashed through his mind like a lantern.

‘It’s clear that she must have misunderstood my actions.’

No matter how hard Dimitri tried to let her know that he wasn’t friends with her, it was to no avail. It was because whatever he did in the form of a cat, Rowaine just liked it, not knowing his feelings and saying that he was cute.

‘What does she mean, cuteness?’

If he touched Rowaine’s hand, telling her not to pet him, she would be happy that he gave her his front paws. Or if he yelled at her not to call him by the name Blue, she would respond well, saying that he liked it… She was truly a woman who lived in a great delusion.

‘If she knew that I was Blue, she would definitely have a weird misunderstanding again…’

He would be in trouble if she ever mistakenly thought that he liked her.

As he imagined Rowaine asking, ‘Dimitri, do you really like me?’ Dimitri, who was fanning himself with his hands, suddenly smiled to himself.

‘Well, that would not happen.’

When she saw him turn into a shapeshifter, he wondered if Rowaine would treat her the way she was now.

‘She is going to despise me. She may be disappointed and upset…’

Rowaine was friendly to Coco and Sasha.

However, he was different from them. While Coco and Sasha were merely objects of affection for her, externally, he was a husband and a companion for the time being. Humans were bound to be swayed by what they saw, and even though she knew that he was a cat shapeshifter, she hadn’t seen him transform into a cat, so she must be thinking that he was like a normal human.

It was like him, so he was more friendly and less uncomfortable than other races. Nonetheless, when she saw him turn into a cat, it was clear that she would have a wall in her heart. It was the instinctive sense of distance from the awareness that they were of different races.

Moreover, humans tend to view other races as inferior. Rowaine, a human, was no exception.

‘If she realizes that her husband and colleague are half-shapeshifters… I do not know how she will change.’

He does not know how the friendly relationship they have now would change.

Dimitri’s eyes darkened as trauma from the past was replaying in his head.

“Oh, that’s a real cat.”

“Even though I knew it, it’s disgusting to see him actually change…”

The memory of one day, clearly engraved in his mind, unwittingly occupied his mind.

That day, the tutor who was in charge of his half-brothers taught him a lesson that he should always show selflessness to others. The half-brothers, who had their doubts, rushed to Cayetana, the Duchess of Blois at the time, and asked, “Should I be kind to Dimitri, too?”

Then, what did Cayetana do…?

She took Dimitri, locked him in a cage, and forced him to turn into a cat.

…She made Dimitri turn into a spectacle and ridiculed him.

“Now, you know. That kid is different from you. There is no need to be pitiful, no reason to be kind. It means that Mrs. Lorca’s teachings have nothing to do with him.”

That day, he saw the sudden change in the eyes of his half-brothers, who had taken pity on him at least a little in his youthful heart. As they looked at him, there was no longer any resemblance to someone like us, a child the same age.

On that day, he came to realize clearly that the awareness that ‘we are different’ could make someone ‘wrong.’

From that day on, bullying him became a fun game for the half-brothers. There was no need to feel any guilt… because he was ‘wrong.’

Dimitri, who escaped from a painful memory with a sigh, firmly grasped his heart.

‘There is no need to reveal that I am different.’

It was a bitter reminder of past experiences.

Still, nevertheless…

‘…This was coveted enough to take the risk.’

Dimitri glanced at the cushion with a proud expression on his face as if he had acquired a satisfying game. He entered the bedroom and instantly turned into a cat. As his body grew smaller, the clothes he was wearing fell to the floor like skin.

With the cushion in his mouth, he jumped out of the pile of clothes and jumped onto the bed.

In the middle of a bed large enough for three adult men to lie down, a small paper box containing soft pillows was neatly placed. Dimitri went inside the box and rolled his body on a pillow the size of the box. It felt very good to roll around, hugging the small cushion that Rowaine had given him.

The cushion smelled like grass from Rowaine. It was a really amazing smell.

‘This is heaven.’

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