I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 11

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Episode 11

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All the bad maids exterminated!

I knew my thinking was right!

“Mouse. I’ll tell you where I hid my toy. When Sister shows up, bring the ball there!”

“Ho, a mouse appearing before human eyes, you say? You’re asking me to do something quite bold…”

“Yeah yeah! Everything’s better when it’s bigger!”

“But will that vicious and scary master of yours really fall for something like a toy?”

“Yes! Absolutely! My sister wants my toys. Even in the past, she always always wanted to take them! Sister must want to play with toys too!”

I’ll tempt Sister by sneakily showing her my toys.

Then while looking for the toy I hid in the annex, I’ll pretend to accidentally find the embezzlement ledger!

After that, when I show her the ledger, Sister will kick out the bad maids!

Then Sister’s clothes will become sparkly clean again too.

I crouched down in the mansion corridor, brought my hand to my lips, and was about to giggle.

But a knight who appeared from somewhere lifted me up.

“You must be Little Master.”

“Gasp, wh-who are you?”

“I’m a knight who guards the outside of Lady Chloe’s mansion. Lady Chloe said it’s late, so you can sleep here tonight.”

Since all the maids disappeared, a knight is coming… wait, that’s not the point!

I tried flailing my tiny legs around.

“That tickles, haha.”

…The muscular knight didn’t budge at all.

As I dangled there walking down the corridor.

I smiled broadly.

Sister’s worn sleeve cuffs and dusty hem will now become sparkly clean, right?

Tonight I should sleep with my round human front paws stretched out completely!

‘Even without sweet potatoes and praise, I defeated all the bad people, so it’s okay.’

I tried to maintain an excited expression.

But for some reason, my face kept trying to cloud over.

I think I knew the reason.

But.

But, just a little…

“Um.”

“Yes?”

“Is Lady Chloe not coming to see me?”

“Ah…”

The knight trailed off.

“…She’s not coming.”

I did well in the ‘Servant Catching Game’, so I should get head pats and sweet potatoes too.

Still, I bravely lifted the corners of my mouth.

‘It’s okay. I can ask the maid sister for sweet potatoes!’

I slept alone bravely yesterday too.

Sleeping alone isn’t so bad either.

But then, the knight pulled out a golden bottle from his pocket.

“Actually, Lady Chloe threw this bottle at me while coming up the corridor earlier…. No wait, she gave it to me.”

“Oh, sweet potato color! It must be really precious!”

“That’s right. It’s a very precious golden potion. But she told me to spray this precious potion on Lord Coco’s back and neck.”

I tilted my head in confusion, then made an “ah” sound.

Come to think of it, the maids had roughly grabbed my body. I was also pushed against the wall.

During all that, small scratches must have formed on my body, which Sister saw.

I obediently closed my eyes tight.

“Please spray it on me now!”

Then the knight carefully sprayed the medicine all over my body.

It stung a little at first, then I felt the wounds healing.

I touched my softened shoulder and laughed with a “hehe.”

‘It’s okay even if Sister doesn’t recognize me yet.’

Our sister is still the same.

She’s a person as warm as sunlight who can’t stand seeing wounds on my body.

Someday, she’ll tell me “Coco, I love you most in the world.”

I thought while still being held loosely in the knight’s arms.

One corner of my heart still aches a little.

But today is better than yesterday.

Tonight seems like it will be a night with less tossing and turning.

Chapter 4. A Day-Old Puppy Doesn’t Know to Fear Tigers

The next morning, Ruth headed toward Coco’s annex.

He was recalling last night’s conversation with the old men of the Council of Elders.

‘They said to abandon Coco immediately when Father returns.’

Most seemed to think the results would be obvious even if they re-examined him.

That guy Coco.

He’s probably already crying his eyes out from what Chloe did to him. If I tell him he’ll be abandoned, won’t he be even more disappointed?

‘Is this an uncle’s heart? Or an older brother’s heart?’

He steeled his resolve and stood tall in front of Coco’s annex.

‘Anyway, since she’s going to be abandoned soon, she’s not my little sister.’

He was just excited about the idea of hiring her as Thunder’s dedicated veterinarian.

‘Though it would be cute to see that round little head wandering around my annex.’

He also thought about calling a tailor.

She wasn’t his youngest sister, but he wanted to try putting her in a dress.

What would it be like to braid that curly silver hair?

She might look quite like a little princess.

‘Anyway, she’s not my little sister.’

It was when he, who had been wavering back and forth, opened the door to the annex where Coco was staying.

“So you’re saying Coco hasn’t come back from Chloe’s mansion until now?”

…It was absurd.

He narrowed his brow as he looked at the dark circles under the maid’s eyes.

‘She wouldn’t have killed her, would she…’

And so Ruth passed by the annex where Coco had been staying and arrived at Chloe’s mansion.

He saw a young child with soot on her face sitting on the stairs in front of the mansion, nodding off drowsily in the doorway.

A familiar face – it was Coco.

“Wow, crazy…”

In front of the door where people would be constantly passing by.

A young child lying on the cold floor.

It was a windy day, but couldn’t she feel the cold? She seemed completely absorbed in nodding off drowsily.

Ruth made an expression of disbelief and bewilderment.

‘Wow. Chloe Ardos, this is unbelievable.’

Sending a child outside in this weather?

“Coco, wake up.”

“Mmm…”

“Why are you so light for a kid, and you sleep so much too.”

He hoisted the child who couldn’t get her bearings onto his shoulder. He could hear the sound of her smacking her lips like a puppy.

She seemed to have accumulated quite a bit of fatigue.

“What’s this, she gets all grimy if I don’t see her for just one day…”

“Mmmmm, mm…”

“I need to say something and take her with me, this won’t do.”

He carried Coco on his shoulder and headed to the dining room.

Chloe usually had her breakfast in the dining room.

He was about to casually give the chef a heads up when he became puzzled.

As if there had been a staff change overnight, the atmosphere in the annex was quite chaotic and disorganized.

“What’s this. Where’s the head maid? Look at this mess.”

It seemed he would have to send some personnel from his own mansion.

He roughly plopped down at the round table in the dining room.

Naturally, he seated Coco in the chair in front of him.

‘Hmm, should I play with Coco until Chloe comes?’

He stared at Coco while resting his chin on his hand.

She was still unable to wake up properly.

The way she kept bumping her head against the dining table with thud, thud sounds was just like….

“Huuuung….”

It looks like a puppy nodding off.

‘How should I wake her up.’

Ruth watched Coco with an amused expression, then tilted his head sideways.

“Coco walk.”

“…Huung.”

Oh, look at that.

He made a playful comment while resting his chin on his hand.

“Coco snacks.”

“Hueot….”

Coco opened her eyes a little more than before.

But she still had a drowsy expression, nodding off constantly.

Eventually, she was banging her head against the dining table with thunk, thunk sounds.

‘Let’s see. What she likes most is….’

…No way.

“Coco, Chloe.”

“Woof!”

As if he had used a cheat code, Coco quickly opened her eyes.

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