I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 37
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Episode 37
‘Perfect timing!’
Inside the video recording sphere, Caligo’s small body was visible.
His hands were covered with scratches, and his shoulders were stained with bright red blood.
Then, the scene changed.
“Lady Theresia, the Grand Duke’s son is bleeding a lot. Will he be alright?”
“Why do wounds keep appearing? How unsettling. I made excuses about it being a healing crisis, so don’t say unnecessary things. Anyway, prepare so we can pin it on Chloe if things go wrong.”
‘Emperor of Mice secretly filmed this!’
He worked hard to secretly take ten chunks of cheese from the kitchen.
Theresia’s expression instantly contorted.
Now everyone would clearly know. That Theresia not only framed me but had been hurting and neglecting the Grand Duke’s son under the pretense of treatment.
Moreover, she was even thinking of framing Sister if things went wrong.
‘How does it feel to be caught by the same recording device you used to torment me?’
Actually, the nanny was just bait.
Everything was to completely bring down Theresia Ardos in this place.
She tormented my sister so much.
Just being sent to the annex seemed too peaceful!
I showed my tiny front teeth and let out a small growl.
Everything was revealed.
Both Theresia and the nanny.
It was all over.
Duke Ardos whispered quietly.
“Cancel Theresia’s house arrest. Evidence has been found of her abusing and neglecting the Grand Duke’s son, so after confirming the situation, send her to the Sealed Convent. I’ll have to tell them to revoke her Saint Candidate qualification as well.”
Hearing Duke Ardos’s voice, I felt my head becoming soft and fluffy.
‘Oh no, I’m becoming a puppy head again!’
It seemed to be because the matter related to Sister was finished.
‘Then, I should leave now!’
I firmly grasped Caligo’s hand and ran outside.
Black Tiger followed behind me and Caligo.
Bright sunlight shone down on the three of us.
* * *
Coco said that Black Tiger and Caligo needed time to have a conversation.
‘It would be necessary time.’
Right after imprinting with the tiger, Caligo did feel empathy.
‘But he was too overwhelmed…’
I was busy organizing what had happened to me and deciding to deal with the nanny.
So this was the first time I had directly faced the tiger alone.
The jet-black tiger who had silently endured everything to meet me.
Unlike in the dramatic situation in the subspace, Caligo fidgeted a little like a boy who was awkward about meeting a stranger.
The tiger was also far from being affectionate.
Perhaps that was why.
A long silence fell over their private meeting for a while.
“So… then I.”
“…”
“With you… since we did the imprinting.”
Caligo stared intently into the tiger’s eyes.
It was still very awkward.
Caligo mustered up courage and reached out his hand.
It was a difficult gesture, but there was a reason he could be brave.
Just before opening the door to talk with the tiger alone, Coco had quietly whispered something in his ear.
“You know, originally animals and people, well, they might be awkward at first meetings, right?”
“…”
Actually, he had been worried it would be awkward when he faced the tiger after completing the imprinting.
Besides, precious things to Caligo always disappeared quickly.
Like his beloved mother and father. He was afraid the tiger might suddenly disappear too…
He was quite scared, so he had deliberately avoided being alone together.
Looking at him, Coco said cheerfully.
“Just because you did the imprinting doesn’t mean you suddenly fall in love or anything!”
“…Really?”
“But it’s okay. The tiger has been waiting for you all along, and you’ve been waiting for a good friend too.”
“…”
“You can become friends little by little. You two will definitely be able to become good friends! Just like I did with my sister back then…”
Caligo pressed firmly against his chest.
‘Somehow. That kid seems really smart too.’
Because Coco’s eyes held a subtle longing.
He became a little curious about what that emotion was.
Imprinting partner. Or perhaps, friend.
And…
Caligo quietly looked at the tiger.
“Back then in the subspace, I said I’d give you a cool name. Do you remember?”
[I remember]
After escaping from the subspace, Coco told Black Tiger everything that Caligo had said.
Caligo quietly gazed at Black Tiger.
And he decided to give the tiger the name of what he had wanted all along.
“Amicus.”
[A mi cus…]
“Yes, it means ‘friend’ in ancient language.”
The tiger who had no name from birth until now came to have the name Amicus.
Black Tiger, Amicus, placed his large paw over Caligo’s hand and pressed down firmly.
Caligo met Amicus’s bright yellow eyes.
In that moment, they instinctively understood.
The two lonely souls had taken their first step toward becoming friends.
And perhaps, in that moment.
Both of them must have thought of the small girl.
The tiger who had been trapped in a cage, on the verge of death.
The small boy who had been terminally ill and only irritable.
The one who freed them both from the trap of loneliness…
A very tiny and lovely girl.
* * *
‘Huh, why did he call me here again?’
I thought now that the two had become close, it was time for the puppy to step aside?
In Caligo’s room were Caligo and me, and the tiger.
The three of us remained like this.
The tiger was sleeping peacefully at Caligo’s feet.
‘He’s been silent ever since I told him about naming the tiger Amicus!’
Meanwhile, he stared at me intently with an expression showing no interest in the teacup the maid had brought.
“…Why do you keep looking.”
“…”
“…at me?”
I even used polite speech, but he continued to stare at me blankly.
“Why do you help me?”
“Umm.”
Even though I’m a silly puppy right now, I know enough not to speak honestly.
I can’t tell him that I see the future!
“Umm umm, just, you know, it’s good when everyone feels good together.”
“…That’s it?”
I laughed with a “heh” and nodded my head.
“Yes! Young Master, you’re happy now too after meeting Amicus, right?”
“…”
“There’s also Tiger, and now that I’m healthy, I can make lots and lots of friends!”
“Then, what about you?”
“…Huh?”
He spoke with faint confusion in his eyes.
“You, what are you? Amicus is a friend, other people are friends too, so then you are…”
I’m a puppy though!
…But I couldn’t say that, so I was making whining sounds while pondering.
The corners of his eyes drooped downward.
It was a dejected look, unlike his usual prickly cat demeanor.
“Do you want to be friends with me?”
“Rather than particularly wanting that…”
“I want to though, be friends!”
Like with boss dog Choco and Chirpy, I want to be friends with Caligo too!
At that moment, there was a vivid joy in his eyes that I’d never seen before.
“Good, I also wanted to have a friend like you.”
For a moment, his blue eyes wavered.
“Then.”
“Yes?”
“You’re my first friend.”
“Wow! What about Amicus?”
“…Second. What about you? Do you have many friends?”
Looking into his blue eyes, I nodded my head.
“Yes! There’s Choco, and Chirpy too, and Mouse too, um um, and so so many more… Ah! Amicus is also my friend.”
“…”
“…Why?”
Caligo asked with an expression that showed he didn’t like something.
“What do I have to do to become your closest friend?”
“…Just.”
“Just?”
“Play ball together?”
At my words, his hand lightly landed on the back of my hand like a butterfly, then quickly disappeared.
It felt like I’d gotten a little closer to a prickly baby cat.
Like when a cat cautiously looks around then lightly bumps its head against you.
“Then let’s play ball together every day from now on.”
Caligo said this while yawning lazily.
“Got it? You can’t go anywhere.”
Much more stable shadows rippled around him.
Amicus, who had briefly awakened, also yawned drowsily and fell asleep again at his feet.
Though there were some slightly confusing parts, the three of us had become friends.
Friends…
Come to think of it, I’ll disappear in 5 years.
‘Probably, these two will… continue to be happy like this, right?’
So it wouldn’t matter if I died, would it?
‘We still have 5 whole years left together!’
For puppies, 5 years is an incredibly long time!
Even if I disappear after 5 years.
To him, it would just be a childhood friend who was close for a little while disappearing.
‘What big deal could that be?’
* * *
The next morning, I heard incredible news.
Theresia left the Duke’s Mansion and went to a convent.
They said her position as Saint Candidate was also stripped away.
Duke Ardos went to a place so terrible that Nanny said she couldn’t tell children like me and Caligo about it.
According to a story I overheard, she was banished to the coldest place even within the freezing Rivera Grand Territory.
To a desolate and terrible place where no one cared whether she froze to death or starved to death.
‘The evil bunch that bullied our Sister has disappeared a little bit!’
Now our Sister can wear pretty dresses too.
She can eat lots of food too.
She won’t be pointed at by others either.
Everything is going according to brave Coco’s plan!
But…
“Huff, huff. Wh-what is all this?”
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