I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 67

Chapter 34.1

‘Hmm…?’

The movement was so careful that my mind floated somewhere between dream and reality, and I could not wake up.

A warm, soft sensation touched his back.

‘Feels good… It is warm.’

Nevertheless, the careful movement did not stop. Someone’s warm body temperature, which gently penetrated into the duvet, went down further and further.

‘….!’

The moment something touched the back of my thigh, between my legs lying on my side, I woke up in shock.

‘…What?’

I lifted the quilt in a hurry—

“Huh…?”

At that moment, two blue lights flashed and stared at me.

“Sasha?”

“….”

Sasha, who was in kitten form with a black face and cream body, frowned before poking her head out.

“Why are you here? Was the bed uncomfortable? Did you have a scary dream?”

“Oh, I don’t know.”

Murmuring bluntly, Sasha then dug back into the blanket. She rolled herself round under my legs and closed her eyes.

“You can’t sleep here…”

At that moment, I remembered Dimitri drawing alone on the ground.

“Don’t you want to sleep alone?”

“….”

Sasha looked at me without a word at my question. Although she did not answer, her eyes looked like she wanted something.

“I don’t like sleeping alone.”

Was it because she was still a baby? I gently hugged her. Despite her harsh tone, Sasha obediently dug into my arms and touched my neck with her adorable paws.

‘She is a child who is used to being hugged.’

Someone must have hugged and cared for this child so much.

Still, why did they change their mind for a moment and throw her out on the street? Why did this person take a young kitten out in this scary world?

“Were you lonely, Sasha? I’ll stay with you.”

Instead of answering me, she gently buried her face in my neck. A small, warm, round forehead was felt under my chin.

People often say that cats aren’t lonely animals. After all, they were cold and they didn’t know how to recognize their guardian. However, contrary to what is known, cats have a clear sense of companionship. When a companion suddenly disappears, they would feel lonely and stressed to the point that they stop eating and drinking.

Because of their habit of hunting prey smaller than their body size, cats were so social that they didn’t hunt together in groups and even yield to their companions’ prey without taking them away. They simply didn’t show their emotions, such as loneliness, longing, and worry. Instead, they kept it to themselves quietly. For this reason, cats were also called animals that were subjected to ‘quiet abuse’ without even their owners noticing them.

As I gently hugged Sasha, she made a pleasant sound and rubbed her face against my neck. Holding her, I went back to the annex through the backyard where the morning dew had fallen. I then laid Sasha down on her bed with myself, and I patted her on the back. Soon, she fell asleep.

The sleeping Sasha talked a lot in her sleep. She trembled and was afraid while crying out for someone.

“I miss you… Don’t go. I’m scared…”

Listening to her sleep-talking, I cried with her.

‘…I would rather she hate them and be angry.’

Why did she miss the person who abandoned her so much? That person must have already forgotten about her. Nonetheless, Sasha’s sleep talk was so pure and honest that it brought tears to my eyes.

“I’ll be with you. I won’t leave you.”

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Dimitri stood with his arms crossed in front of Sasha’s door, licking his lips.

Contrary to Rowaine’s wishes, this wonderful mansion was vulnerable to partial sound insulation as the doors and windows were plainly wooden.

…In particular, his room was adjacent to her room.

It seemed she hadn’t found it yet, but between the two rooms, there was a secret little door for easy access. Since it was on the side of the bed, the sound from there was shared even more easily. As a result, Dimitri, who heard Sasha sneaking into her room and lying in bed, was soon drawn to Rowaine’s sweet voice as she took the kitten all the way to the annex.

“I’ll be with you. I won’t leave you.”

Dimitri pursed his lips once more at the sound of her quiet voice coming through the crack in the door.

‘That senseless woman… No adaptability.’

He told her not to bring Coco and Sasha to the main building, so was that why she brought the child to the annex this morning? It seemed that the traces of the lines he drew with his feet earlier had already become insignificant.

‘I know better than anyone that cats are selfish.’

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