I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 84

Chapter 42.2

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The road back to Blois was smooth. After borrowing a carriage in the middle and getting changed, I dozed off. I only woke up when the carriage was already at the Duke’s residence.

“I’m sorry. I fell asleep.”

“I didn’t wake you up because you looked tired.”

Getting out of the carriage, Dimitri reached out to me. When I took his hand as my feet reached the ground, the employees who were lined up bowed their heads at us all at once.

‘…What is it?’

However, the atmosphere was somehow strange. It seemed that there was a subtle tension between the employees.

“Did anything happen while we were away?”

When asked, the newly assigned maid, Lucy, opened her mouth in embarrassment.

“Madam, that’s…”

But, before she could explain anything to me, a shriek of a tearful cat from inside the open front door made my heart sink.

I hurriedly ran towards the source of the scream. It was on the fourth floor of the main building, the side where my room was. In the corner of the hallway, Sasha in cat form and my new maid, Liddell, were facing each other.

“Mrrrrrrrrrr…”

Sasha growled at Liddell, making a noise like a running motorcycle engine. When I gazed into her eyes, she had completely lost her sanity.

‘I do not know what is going on, but it looks like there are no serious injuries at least.’

I calmed my startled heart and beckoned those who followed me to hide in the dark.

‘If you rush in front of an excited cat, it will only increase the aggression.’

Crying for a long time and making a loud noise like that meant that she was scared. Frightened cats would lose their sanity to defend themselves and exhibit ‘defensive aggression,’ and it would be counterproductive for several people to hover around in front of them.

Liddell, not realizing that I was there, begged Sasha.

“I’m in big trouble if the Master sees me doing this here! Let’s go back to the annex. Yeah?”

The next moment, she reached out to Sasha as if soothing a puppy and clicking her tongue.

“Come on. Come here now.”

‘She should not do that.’

If you approach a cat with defensive aggression while casting a shadow like that in front of you, you are likely to be attacked.

I quickly called for Liddell in a small, low voice.

“Liddell, put your hands down and slowly step back.”

“Oh, Madam!”

Hearing my voice, she jerked around before raising her lowered body hurriedly.

‘You cannot move like that.’

When there was a gap, Sasha took it swiftly as she ran towards Liddell’s ankle.

“Ouch! Ah—Ouch!”

Liddell screamed and ran to and fro to run away from her. Nevertheless, her loud body movements and screams only stimulated Sasha even more.

‘Standing still and giving something away is going to hurt less…’

However, from the perspective of being attacked, how easy could that really be? It was something that came with years of experience and practice, and in the beginning, my reaction wasn’t much different from Liddell’s. The sound of a cat growling and threatening was quite intimidating and unsettling. Additionally, humans tend to struggle instinctively when attacked by animals. Of course, to me, Sasha, who was a kitten, attempted to be threatening but only looked cute.

Still, I just kept my mouth shut and waited for one of them to wear out.

‘She’s lucky since Sasha is only a kitten.’

Cats inherently lacked endurance and couldn’t sustain a fight for long. In addition, their jaw strength was weak, and their small teeth made it difficult for them to inflict fatal wounds on humans—especially if they were kittens.

‘Of course, getting scratched wouldn’t be pleasant, but…’

While their teeth were small, that didn’t mean they weren’t sharp. It was manageable since they couldn’t kill you. But still, what could I do? I didn’t have the magical ability to put a fierce cat to sleep. After Sasha rushed up and bit Liddell’s ankle, she sprinted like the wind to the other side of the hallway.

Surprised, Liddell cried and sat down before glancing up at me.

“Madam… I’m so sorry! I… Hnng—I was just trying to brush her teeth, but she stared at me while I was brushing them…! Suddenly, she ran away to the Madam’s room and… Heunng…”

I had a rough idea of what was going on after hearing her explanation. Liddell, who did not show a sign to Sasha, seemed to scare her because she did not know how to handle a cat.

Then, Lucy yelled at the crying Liddell.

“Can’t you get up first? What a fuss in front of the Madam.”

“It’s okay, Lucy. Take Liddell and treat her.”

“Are you going to pick up Sasha? Order a servant instead, Madam. You just saw it. It’s too dangerous.”

Worried, Lucy tried to stop me.

Nonetheless, I told her it was going to be okay, and then I crept over to find Sasha, who hid her body in the darkness of the hallway.

Soon, I found two blue lights flashing in the dark.

“Mrrrrrrrrrr…”

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