I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 91
Translator: Nabi
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Chapter 91
In a surprise, I turned around to see Cadis approaching me silently, his eyes wide open as he stared at me, but he quickly hid the hand that had protected my forehead behind his back.
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. I got carried away and didn’t think it through. I apologize.”
“It’s alright, Cadis. Thank you.”
A hint of color returned to his stiffened face.
“What were you doing?”
“I was taking a walk. Her Highness the Princess gave me permission.”
Saying so, he subtly showed me the magic shackles on his ankle and wrist as if to reassure me that he had safety measures in place, ensuring that I wouldn’t harm anyone.
“It won’t stay long, and the knights are watching over there…”
Seemingly thinking that if I knew he had been wandering alone, I would scold him, so Cadis defensively gestured towards the second-floor window of the east wing. It was the location of the guest rooms for the hired servants that Elaine had brought with her.
Curiously, when I followed his pointing finger, I only saw an open window with no one in sight. However, my attention was drawn to a silver flask placed on the windowsill, and that led me to make a guess.
‘…The knights must be enjoying the day drinking.’
Meanwhile, puzzled that the knights were nowhere to be seen, Cadis looked at me, not knowing what to do.
I patted him on the shoulder.
“As long as you don’t cause any trouble, I don’t intend to question you for going for a walk.”
“….!”
As my hand made contact with his shoulder, he flinched and stiffened as though responding instinctively to a perceived threat.
It was at that moment that I belatedly realized, with a sense of regret, the terrible things that ‘Rowaine’ had done to him. Despite exchanging names and growing somewhat more comfortable with each other, I should have been more cautious with my touch.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I… I was thoughtless.”
“No, you’re not!”
My eyes widened in surprise as I froze in place when Cadis suddenly slapped his own cheek.
“I’m pathetic! Eunsoo is such a kind person, and I unknowingly…”
When he attempted to slap his own cheek again, I swiftly reached out and grabbed his arm. Regardless of the significant difference in size, with his muscular arms dwarfing mine, my intervention seemed to have an effect.
“Stop, please. You didn’t do it on purpose, and it’s natural to get startled. Why are you so insistent on punishing yourself?”
“Yes?”
His gaze wavered, and he seemed confused.
“I made a mistake… and surely you must be upset, so I deserve to be punished.”
“It’s not really a mistake, and I’m not upset. Even if I was…”
My voice trailed off, and I couldn’t finish my sentence. Given the harsh environment he endured as a slave and a fighting machine, along with the rigorous training he received, it was only natural that he reacted this way.
Gazing into his innocent and transparent eyes, a heavy sigh escaped me as my heart weighed down with mixed emotions.
‘Elaine will rescue him. She’s trying her best to obtain his possession as a gift from the Emperor.’
Receiving Elaine’s affection, Cadis would gradually grow into a wonderful male protagonist.
Unable to bear the sight of his obedient and sorrowful eyes, I lowered my head. It was regrettable. If he had been provided with proper education and lived in a nurturing environment, he wouldn’t have been treated as a slave, deprived of the dignity any ordinary person deserved.
“Miss Eunsoo.”
However, Cadis carefully lifted my chin and made me look at him.
“Please don’t turn away from me.”
“….?”
“You’ve looked at me that way from the beginning. With sadness and pity… like you’re burdened.”
“That’s…”
Unintentionally, my expression must have revealed sympathy, despite not intending to show any.
Feeling embarrassed, I pressed my lips together, attempting to conjure up an excuse though I found myself at a loss for words and fell into silence instead.
“You have no idea how happy I was that someone asked me my name. I’ve wanted to express my gratitude all along.”
He smiled warmly and extended his wrist to me as if making a resolution before closing his eyes firmly.
“Of course, I’m willing to accept any punishment for my actions. Even if you were to cut off my hand, I would never hold any resentment.”
Frightened by his audacious statement, I instinctively jumped back and pushed his hand away. Just as I was about to retort, making it clear that I had no intention of punishing him and to tell him to retract such dreadful thoughts altogether—
“Even if I were to cut off your arm, you’d still have to bow down and ask for mercy, arrogant b*stard. I’ll cut your filthy hand right now.”
—The familiar, smooth and low voice resounded as someone seized Cadis by the collar. Dimitri, who always boasted a perfect appearance, appeared in a loose shirt with even the buttons undone as he tightened his grip on Cadis’s neck.
“Dimitri!”
Thinking that something like this had happened before, I clung to Dimitri’s arm.
…This was already the second time I played the pitiful role, like a floating straw.
A little while ago.
Dimitri was in an unusually great mood. From the moment he opened his eyes in the morning, he felt refreshed.
He took his time leisurely during the shower, which was quite unusual for him. Normally, the sensation of water on his body was unpleasant, so he hurried through the shower as quickly as possible. However, today was different.
Even the act of showering felt good today.
Moreover, he found himself glancing at his reflection in the mirror repeatedly, examining his own face over and over again.
‘I shouldn’t grow old.’
Since Rowaine said she didn’t like old men.
‘It has to shine brightly.’
She also mentioned that she liked dazzling smiles.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Dimitri curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing his teeth, as he experimented with various smiles.
‘She surely likes attractive people…’
After pondering for a while whether parting his bangs to the left or to the right would look better, he decided to remove the parting altogether and brushed his bangs back before eventually putting them back to how it was originally.
Then, he stared deeply into his own pupils.
As his own pupils gazed back at him, his lips parted seductively.
Dimitri found himself lost in the memory of Rowaine’s lips. At the same time, he could still taste the sweetness still lingered on the tip of his tongue.
…Soft and enchanting.
A faint, trembling breath escaped his lips.
A while later, as he snapped back to his senses and stared at his own face in the mirror, he quickly turned away in disbelief when he saw himself grinning like a fool.
His face felt hot.
Engulfing with embarrassment, he shook his head and hurriedly put on his shirt, feeling like he had wasted too much time fooling around all morning. It was all because Rowaine had breakfast separately. Because of that, he had skipped the meal and spent too much time looking at himself in the mirror.
‘…What am I doing?’
Just when he was buttoning his shirt, Dimitri suddenly heard a deep male voice shouting from outside the window, “No!”
He knew exactly who that voice belonged to.
‘That b*stard is here since morning…’
His bedroom was located at the end of the western corridor, giving him a view of both the courtyard and the garden outside from the outer room. A fierce grimace contorted his expression as he looked down from the bedroom window, displeased.
“How dare he…”
Dimitri threw open the window and jumped straight down.
There, he saw Cadis leaning in close to Rowaine, touching her face.
“Don’t stop me. Isn’t this what he wanted to do anyway? It’s a fair punishment, Rowaine.”
I held Dimitri, who was growling violently and acting as if he would break Cadis’s wrists at any moment into a tight embrace.
“Calm down, Dimitri!”
“It’s dangerous, so please stay back for a moment. It’ll be over soon.”
“Dimitri, wait a minute! No, where did that sword even come from?!”
“It’s nothing, Rowaine. I’m not aiming for your wrist but for that man’s. You don’t have to worry about it.”
“No matter whose wrist it is, it still matters!”
“It can’t be. It doesn’t matter who it belongs to.”
“Dimitri, please, put the sword down! Why are you acting so scary? I’m afraid because it feels like I might get hurt! Just put it down, and let’s talk for now!”
Fortunately, Dimitri lowered his sword and shifted his attention towards me. In the meanwhile, he had bound Cadis with Shedim, his demon. Catching a glimpse of a demon in the form of a serpent, I casually turned my head away before widening my eyes and glanced back at it again.
‘…I’m pretty sure that I could only see it as black mist until now?’
However, an incredibly enormous and thick snake, large enough to swallow an elephant, was clearly visible in front of my eyes. Nonetheless, my surprise didn’t last long because Dimitri was seething with anger, and I had to divert my gaze from the serpent to try and soothe him.
“Dimitri, please listen to me. There’s something I need to talk to you about.”
“It won’t take long. Just take two steps back, close your eyes and take three deep breaths, and it will be over.”
“Dimitri.”
“Please step back.”
“Dimitri! It’s about last night!”
Only then did he calm his frustration and put the sword into the scabbard.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes tightly.
“I want to have a serious conversation with you about what happened last night.”
As I cautiously opened my eyes to observe his expression, to my surprise, Dimitri had a strange look on his face. He cleared his throat a couple of times before finally extending his hand toward me.
“Let’s go, Madam. A quiet place would be better.”
“I agree.”
Taking Dimitri’s hand and standing next to him, I signaled Cadis to run away quickly with my other hand.
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Translator’s Note: Hello, it’s Nabi! I’m the translator of this novel ପ( ๑•ᴗ•๑ )ଓ♡ If you like the novel and would like to support me, please feel free to click the button below to go to my kofi~! Thank you so much for always supporting the novels I work on, even if you don’t buy me a coffee, I really do appreciate it a lot. ❤︎
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When out on walks my cat, too, attempts to take down german shepherds ;_;