I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 79

Chapter 40.1

Beyond that, I had promised to join the knights of Blois, who had ousted the hounds.

With that thought, I clenched my teeth and gave strength to my trembling legs. It would be a big deal if I lost my strength and fell off a horse. If that happens, I would surely be going to face the king of heaven instead of the Emperor…

I was out of breath.

Entering the crossroads, I was riding my horse to the left side of the road and shouted at the vice-captain during a sharp curve.

“To the forest!”

We veered off the road and went into the woods.

On the paved road, the vice-captain was far behind me. Nonetheless, he was more skillful on the path and soon caught up with me on the forest path. The unpaved forest road had too many obstacles for horses to run, although that meant that there were quite a few places to hide as well.

‘…I am at my limit.’

It felt like my legs were going to lose strength at any moment, and I would fall off a horse. In addition, my thigh muscles were severely cramped.

The next moment, I sat right in the saddle and sprayed Avila’s perfume all around me—it was to get rid of our smell—before I sent a signal to the vice-captain to get off the horse and slap the horse’s back for them to keep running.

We quickly hid ourselves in the grass. As the hound, who entered the curved road, ran past us, it created a cool breeze.

‘Phew…’

I waited for a moment, resting my trembling legs. After the sound of the horse hooves faded away, I crept into the forest and headed the other way.

‘I, I think I am going to die.’

My thighs felt heavy and sluggish. Eventually, I collapsed on a leaf and had no choice but to be carried on the vice-captain’s back.

‘I’m completely at my limit.’

The hunting dogs passing by us may find something suspicious and turn around. Still, although I knew that I could move faster by getting up and walking with my own strength, there was no strength in my body.

‘If I had known it would be this hard, I would have just gone to see the Emperor.’

Feeling the throbbing pain in my whole body as if I had been beaten up, I wept a little inside. I was not sure if I could not use my healing ability since my energy was depleted or perhaps because I could not concentrate as I was being chased.

It was then.

Clop! Clop!

The sound of horse hooves was heard.

‘Did they notice already…?’

I immediately froze and looked in the direction of the sound. The next moment, I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

“…Dimitri?”

“Rowaine.”

In disbelief, I rubbed my eyes and stared at him again.

It was really Dimitri.

As he was approaching me, there seemed to be a glow behind his head. Seeing him like this, I almost jumped on the vice-captain’s back with joy. It felt like I ran into unexpected reinforcements while running away from a tiger’s den.

Now that he came, it felt reassuring even if the hounds found us.

It was just amazing that a day like this would happen in my life… a day that I would smile in relief when I saw him.

“What about the elders meeting…?”

Dimitri replied with a calm face and rolled his eyes.

“After the meeting, I rode the horse around the main road until I reached here.”

It was not yet the time that he would already finish the meeting, needless to even come here. In addition, it was not the distance to just go for a walk or anything like that. In a word, it was nonsense. There was an embarrassed expression painted on his face.

“Your Grace.”

The vice-captain put me down and politely bowed down to him. At the same time, it seemed that something from his shadow was flying towards Dimitri. However, both of them didn’t say anything, so I thought I had seen it wrong and asked Dimitri who had gotten off his horse.

“How did you find me?”

I must have run away from Count Larscel for a long time, but how did we just meet here…?

“I’ve been watching you ever since you stole a horse and ran away.”

He suddenly smirked, looking a little excited.

“You are very good at riding horses. I was even having trouble following you. I’ve never seen anyone riding that fast outside the racetrack.”

It seemed very surprising that I could ride a horse so well. I shrugged and replied.

“Someone I knew was a rider. I learned from her.”

An hour’s drive from the rural village where my grandmother’s house was located, there was a riding training ground. There, I was able to meet my mother’s hometown friend, Aunt Eun-hee, a famous professional jockey who once competed in horse races.

Please consider sending some love either through the translator’s Ko-fi or by leaving a rating/review for this series on novel updates~!

For update pings, novel discussions and/or to send mistake reports, join our discord server~