I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 85

Chapter 43.1

Sasha, who saw my shadow, was surprised and flew backwards as if she had been hit by a long gush of wind and landed. It seemed that she did not recognize me right away because of the stimulation.

I blinked my eyes slowly to Sasha to say hello.

‘I won’t approach you now. I’m not going to attack you. I’ll just stand here.’

“It’s all right, Sasha.”

As I spoke in a low, soft voice, Sasha’s growling sound suddenly stopped.

“Come here, Sasha.”

I waited patiently for her. But once frightened, Sasha seldom came out of the shadows. Reluctantly, I hid myself in the corner of the hallway and only peeked out one eye.

‘No kitten can refuse to play hide and seek.’

While I thought that, I could see Sasha turning her head 45 degrees as if saying, ‘I can see all of you. Is that hiding now, fool?’ as she stared at me.

Then, I hid completely behind the wall and counted two seconds before popping my head out again. Sasha had already taken three steps forward in the same pose as if I had copied-pasted her. After repeating this three times, before I knew it, Sasha was already standing in front of me.

Groaning, she rubbed her head against my leg, making a pleasing sound inside her neck.

“I could see everything, Rowaine!”

I squatted down and stroked Sasha’s head.

“Do you want a hug, Sasha?”

As if she had never been so angry, she snuggled in my arms and purred.

Everyone’s eyes widened when they saw me coming with Sasha. Especially Agwen, who, like Liddell, struggled to appease Sasha and wanted to send her to the separated annex, had the face that thought I had done some magic.

“How did you do that?”

Even the maid Lucy responded that she could not believe it.

“Even if I mobilized all the employees, I couldn’t catch her…! The Madam doesn’t know how many bites and scratches everyone has.”

“You’re so amazing, Madam.”

“How do you deal with her so well?”

‘It’s not even something that interesting.’

I thought I had to teach my employees how to handle cats.

Embarrassed, I smiled a little. To be honest, it was awkward to receive such recognition for handling cats well. In my previous life, I would’ve been treated as a useless waste of time by my grandmother and villagers.

‘…I’m happy.’

Being recognized for the experience and knowledge I had accumulated because it was something I liked, I was more proud of this than being recognized for anything else. Because of that, I let the employees continue to say something nice, even though their reactions started to take a strange turn.

“The Master must be very happy.”

“Is this why the Master married the Madam?”

“Oh, my.”

The eyes of the employees were full of anticipation. It was an atmosphere where I thought, ‘I’m sure that was why the Master has a crush on his wife.’

“It-it’s nothing like that so stop it, everyone.”

When I covered my mouth in embarrassment, the employees grinned and continued.

“It’s nice to see you two get along well.”

Even some employees, who had been wary of me even now because of the notoriety of being a ‘shapeshifter abuser,’ were nodding their heads with a face expressing, “The Madam could not have done that when she is so good at handling the shapeshifters!”

In the end, I had no choice but to escape from where I was and take refuge in my room instead. What would Dimitri think if he found this sight…?

“Everyone, please go and work!”

Although I tried to pretend to be casual, without realizing it, honorifics came out. At that, the employees, who noticed my distress, smiled mischievously and dispersed.

‘The superior should protect their dignity.’

As I went into my room with a sneaky look on my face, Sasha was already dozing off in my arms before I knew it. Although I wanted her to sleep, Sasha had something she had to do.

“Sasha, wake up.”

“I’m going to sleep.”

“Not now. Get up and get dressed first.”

I dressed Sasha in a human form and headed to Liddell. She was receiving light treatment from the other maid.

“Sasha, apologize for hurting her.”

This was caused by the lack of communication between Liddell and Sasha, so no one was at fault. Still, I wanted to let Sasha learn the principles of human society. Regardless, she has to live with humans in the future.

Sasha gazed up at me, wrinkling her face with resentment and pride.

I put on a stern look.

“Come on.”

Sasha wiggled and pouted her lips before murmuring reluctantly.

“Hey, I’m doing this because she told me to apologize, okay? Be careful from now on, tssk.”

“….”

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