I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 75

Chapter 38.1

Count Larscel smiled broadly when he saw his wife, who had come out friendly with Rowaine. He then sneakily called his wife apart and asked.

“Did you talk well?”

“Oh, look at my mind.”

The Countess, preoccupied with the shawl Rowaine had given her, was startled. Seeing this, Count Larscel exclaimed as if frustrated.

“What did you do after going in to persuade her?”

“I tried talking to her, but… everything has gone by so quickly—”

“Did you also say that His Majesty is eagerly waiting for her?”

“Yes, honey. Though I had no idea what she was thinking.”

“Oh, I don’t know why she was suddenly so upset with her parents. I was so happy that His Majesty is so good to her…!”

Saying so, the Count sighed and rolled his feet.

“How did you become so foolish? Even if she’s nice to you and gave you something, it’s not enough.”

Count Larscel made a threat to the Countess for nothing.

“Anyway, I can’t stand it any longer today. Don’t forget to say that the Emperor was not able to come for some reason, so it would be best for her to go to the Imperial Palace and see him in person.”

“What if she doesn’t want to go?”

“If she doesn’t want to go on her own feet, then I’ve no choice but to drag her. It’s easier that the Duke didn’t come with her.”

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While Count Larscel took the Countess and had a conversation, I pretended to be drinking tea in the drawing room, observing the inside and outside of the mansion.

‘She told me that no one from the Imperial Palace came yet.’

Even though the Countess said so, I did not believe her at all.

‘I already came quite late, though she was now saying that they were also later than me…?’

Thinking that, I narrowed my eyes and glanced out the window.

‘Is it not because they are not coming in the first place?’

I stared out the window at the people walking in pairs. On one occasion, people in uniforms worn by the servants of the mansion passed by, and on another occasion, people with loads of luggage, like merchants, regularly stopped by the mansion.

As I quietly observed them, I beckoned to the vice-captain, the highest rank among the five knights I had brought.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hey, do you see those servants?”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t it strange? I’ve never seen employees hang around the front door of this mansion. Usually, they all went through the back door or side door.”

The vice-captain also nodded at once at my words, apparently feeling that something was unnatural.

“I thought that Count Larscel might train his servants like soldiers, but it wasn’t the case.”

Having never been trained like that, I did not notice it. However, to him, it seemed that the servants’ movements seemed too restrained and rigid.

I let out a sigh.

“It looks like the Emperor has released his hound to kidnap me.”

“You mean… a hound?”

The vice-captain frowned and made a face in disbelief. Needless to say, the hounds were a powerful elite unit under the direct control of the Emperor. It would not make sense to him that such a troupe would move around privately just to kidnap me.

‘I know how much the Emperor hangs onto Rowaine, so I expected this situation from the beginning. Still, it is normal for others to not understand since the Emperor acted out of common sense like this.’

Even so, the vice-captain, who had good eyes, saw the appearance of the people I pointed out and quickly realized that what I was saying was true.

The hounds were either wearing hats or raised shirt collars to cover their appearance as much as possible. However, if you looked closely, you could see that they were shapeshifters. All of them had dark skin, dappled black and brown hair, and remarkably pointed ears, even though they were in human form—large, long nose and a physique that was much larger than normal people.

I asked the vice-captain, just in case.

“If we fight them, what’re our chances of winning without harm to our side?”

The vice-captain opened his eyes wide, counted how many suspicious people he saw, and shook his head, “To be honest, the chances of the five of us winning against the hounds are slim.”

At that, he answered meekly and immediately pointed out that my question was too far ahead.

“But, would the Emperor do such a reckless thing like fighting against the Madam… It’s like declaring war with the Blois? Even if it’s the Emperor, the nobles wouldn’t stay still…”

“I think that’s the idea you have because you don’t know much about me.”

I interrupted him in a confident tone.

As he said, unless the Emperor was crazy, he could not attack without any justifiable reason to publicize a member of the Duke family, a great aristocrat. However, what if Rowaine was a member of that Duke’s family?

‘…Then, things will be a little different.’

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