I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 71

Chapter 36.1

I reached out and waved Dimitri’s signature on the ring finger of my left hand.

“I have this, so what are they going to do to me? Even though they’re going to bother me terribly, if they don’t want to go to war with Blois, they’re just going to act within our expectations.”

“I’ll clean up quickly and follow you, Rowaine.”

“Before that, I’ll come back first. I’m going to come back soon since I don’t plan to stay long.”

In the end, Dimitri, who thought that I might be captured by Count Larscel, left me with five elite knights. I was very grateful. Still, although I saw him off with a smile, my heart was heavy as if it had been carrying a large burden.

‘It is not that I do not believe in Dimitri’s knights…’

It could not be helped that it wasn’t pleasant to deal with the Counts of Larscel and his wife alone. The couple played as villains throughout the novel. How smart and quick-witted when it comes to bad things… Their desires were simple and intense.

…To gain power and wealth and to stand above people’s heads.

Now, the Count couple could not understand why their daughter, who had the same determination as them, suddenly did something incomprehensible and worried them.

‘They have no intention of understanding it, anyway. They are just frantic about not being able to dedicate their daughter to the Emperor…’

Since they had such clear and simple desires, it was obvious how they would turn out.

‘Somehow, they are going to use an excuse and try to drag me to the Emperor.’

In fact, even if that were the case, the Emperor could not unilaterally take me as I am the Duchess of Blois. Even the Emperor was not an absolute power, so he could not ignore the attention of great nobles like Dimitri. It meant that he could not do anything that would turn the nobles’ backs on him.

‘It is just going to annoy me immensely.’

…Imagine your ex-boyfriend calling you out persistently. Would you not like to avoid the situation where the two of you were just facing each other somehow?

That was just how it felt…

‘I wanted to make it simple, but now that this has happened, I have to solve the problems myself.’

I have no choice but to come up with ‘Plan B.’

‘I told them that I was going with Dimitri, so they must have been well prepared.’

To stand against a cat that wields a demon, they need something comparable.

‘If that was the case, would it be a hunting dog?’

The last time I met Herman, I remembered the dog shapeshifters I had seen briefly. When I recall that time, my legs still tremble.

…The pride of the Emperor and the foundation of his power.

Hounds are the name of the Emperor’s ‘hunting dogs,’ although they are practically well-trained elite soldiers.

I have heard somewhere that the ability of one military dog is equivalent to the combat power of one company. If so, what was the fighting power of dog shapeshifters who have received military training while possessing both the level of human thinking and the fighting ability of dogs?

‘Perhaps the Emperor sent hounds to meet Rowaine somehow.’

…Then, no matter how many knights I took, I would have still been a very easy prey.

While trying to figure out how to get out of the hands of Count Larscel safely, I eventually came up with a great idea.

‘I have no choice but to use that method…’

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Getting into the carriage, I promised Coco and Sasha that I would be back in the evening.

“Wouldn’t it be better if I go with you and be your companion?”

Agwen stomped her foot as if she felt sorry for me because I was leaving alone without being able to go with Dimitri.

“It’s okay, Agwen. If you use the moving magic circle, it will be quick.”

It was already an enormous burden on my own, so I could not bring Agwen with me.

“Please, take care of the children, especially Sasha. She’ll be very anxious.”

For several days, I didn’t leave Sasha’s side as I tried to soothe her fear that she might be abandoned again. Even though she might feel that way again when I was gone, it was impossible to take her in a situation where I did not know what would happen. So, I was so sorry that I inevitably had to leave her.

“Play with her while I’m away so that she doesn’t have time to think about it. I’ll be back soon.”

Soon, the carriage departed.

I spoke to the coachman just before the carriage left the main gate, “There’s a stop I’d like to go to along the way, so please go to the place I’m talking about.”

“Yes, Madam.”

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The place where the carriage stopped was a rural village that arrived after teleporting through the magic circle four times. Even though it was a rural area, it was close to the capital, so the retail district was quite developed even though the city was not significant due to the large floating population.

I walked around the street in the carriage before circling the same road several times and getting off in front of a shop.

‘Is it here…?’

The place I found was a supply store.

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