I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 8

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Episode 8

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…Trudging along, on the way back to the annex where I lived with the maid sister.

I recalled my conversation with Sister.

“Then, I have a condition.”

“Huh, what kind of condition…?”

“Don’t call me Sister. I don’t care whether you get adopted into our family or not.”

“…”

“You’re not my little sister. There’s only one person I acknowledge as my family.”

“…”

“So even if you come to my annex, absolutely don’t bother me. Even if you come, read the room and disappear quickly.”

The maid sister greeted me with an expression that said she expected this, and until I took off my shoes, climbed onto the bed, and lay down quietly.

I kept mulling over my encounter with Sister.

‘Sister really doesn’t recognize me.’

But that’s okay.

I thought she naturally wouldn’t recognize me.

‘I’m just most worried that our sister is lonely.’

Today’s Sister had a deep scent of loneliness about her.

I lay down cheerfully while harboring tender feelings.

But sleep wouldn’t come at all.

“This is all because this bed is too hard!”

I used to sleep on a fluffy bed, lying next to Sister’s spot, snoring away.

I turned my head to look at the empty space beside me.

‘No fluffy bed, no soft Sister, nothing at all…’

Only then did that fact really hit me.

Somehow my body started trembling and felt cold.

I hugged the blanket tightly while my chattering teeth knocked against each other.

“But, I’m okay.”

When I was a stray dog, I often slept alone on cold ground.

Sometimes people would spit at me too.

There were times when wild beasts tried to devour me in one bite.

So you know what.

The reason I’m shivering right now.

It’s just because a little cold wind is seeping into my heart.

I buried my face deep into the pillowcase.

There was a salty smell around my eyes, but I tried hard to hold it back.

Because I have to go see Sister again tomorrow.

I tried hard to think of the good points.

‘I wasn’t banned from entering Sister’s house, so I can keep meeting her from now on.’

I brought Sister flowers and let her meet the warm sunlight too.

‘I really need to cheer up.’

So I must become close with Sister again, and make only happy smiles bloom all over Sister’s face.

I closed my eyes tightly again.

And so a whole night was passing by like that.

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The next morning.

It was when I had finished preparing to go play at Sister’s Chrysanthemum Mansion.

I was attacked by countless mice.

“Huh! Wh-what are these mice?”

Among them, a mouse with particularly pure white fur all over its body rushed toward me.

“I saw you at the Chrysanthemum Mansion yesterday! Amazing human! How on earth did you do it! You did something incredibly amazing!”

The mouse’s tail tapped on top of my pajamas.

“Huh? What’s amazing?”

“That gloomy house owner let you into the mansion!”

“Yeah, she did…”

“How did you sweet-talk that terrifying and frightening owner who handles darkness!”

“Sweet-talk? You bad mouse! Is my Sister a sweet potato?”

“That’s not what I meant… How did you become friends with her!”

I fed the mouse some cheese from my breakfast while muttering gloomily.

“No. We’re not friends yet at all. Sister told me not to stand out. Not to call her Sister, and not to bother her…”

“What are you talking about? Anyway, she allowed you to come, didn’t she? You’re probably the only child who’s ever entered that gloomy mansion until now.”

“…Huh?”

“Our mouse colony is also suspecting that you might bring trouble to the mansion!”

At those words, the corners of my mouth went up.

‘Hehe, as expected, I’m the best for my Sister!’

As I shook my head as if wagging a tail, the mouse muttered.

“But you know, that owner doesn’t seem to have any intention of meeting you today. She locked the door from this morning.”

“Tsk…”

“But you should understand. That owner is quite pitiful too.”

“…Why?”

“Those servant girls isolate the owner and stuff all the money into their own pockets. But your Sister doesn’t really care about such things, so.”

I fell deep into thought.

Come to think of it, Sister’s dress that I glimpsed yesterday was worn out.

Her skirt hem was also stained with grass.

Sister didn’t seem to care about such things.

But somehow, I felt upset.

‘Our Sister is the most sparkling person in the world.’

She’s not someone who should be treated like that.

I clenched my fists tightly.

“Those maids, I’m going to teach them a lesson!”

Just then, the mouse who glanced at me with my fists clenched said,

“How are you going to teach them a lesson?”

“Well…”

The reality is that I’m a foolish child on the verge of being kicked out.

Plus, is it because Sister rejected me?

Or is it because I suddenly became depressed?

Yesterday I was a brilliant puppy who could spout wise sayings, but today I could only think about sweet potatoes.

Just then, the mouse solemnly tapped its tail on the floor.

“I knew this would happen, so I came to help you.”

“Huh? You?”

“Actually, this mouse received a mission from Dog God to find you.”

“Gasp, Dog God! Why didn’t he come directly and sent a mouse instead…?”

“Well, it’s because I’m an amazing mouse. Anyway, now close your eyes. The time has come for Dog God to show you the future!”

That’s right!

Come to think of it, Dog God had said that!

“You who will become human will need good abilities. …Second, Future Sight to see the future.”

“Wow! Dog God is the best! Showing me the future!”

Even though he made me Sister’s younger sibling and then put me in danger of being disowned!

‘Dog God really is the best!’

I raised my front paws, no, my hands into the air and said,

“I’m ready!”

Before I knew it, pure white light was swirling before my eyes.

Thousands and tens of thousands of letters flowed into my mind.

The future was flowing into my mind in the form of a book.

After several dozen minutes passed.

I was able to see the entire future.

And tears began to well up in my eyes.

The mouse tapped its tail anxiously and asked,

“Why, why are you crying? Like a newborn puppy!”

“I am a puppy though…”

“…Well, well, anyway. How was it? The future.”

“Very, very very bad.”

Sister gets mistreated by her stepmother, Duchess Lucretia, and her stepsister, Theresia.

Then she gets falsely accused of causing Grand Duke Rivera’s sick youngest sibling, who came to Duke Ardos Estate for recovery, to go into Rampage, and gets kicked out of the family.

But Sister never defended herself at all.

I try to protect Sister, but it always ends in vain.

I get adopted into the family after going through all sorts of hardships to protect Sister.

But I couldn’t save Sister who had fallen into despair.

Because Sister chose death by just a hair’s breadth.

In countless futures, all I saw was nothing but despair.

But when I saw the last future.

The voices of my puppy friends flashed through my mind.

“Coco, you can change the future! That’s what we brave puppies are all about!”

“Our Cherry, Cookie, Barbie, Lucky, Happy, Leo puppies will cheer you on!”

“Live happily with Sister and come back to us!”

Yes, that’s right.

I shouted bravely.

“The future can be changed! I just set a goal!”

In the future I saw, Sister became unhappy because the first button was fastened wrong, but this time will be different.

I’ll definitely become close with Sister. I’ll protect her so she can live happily.

‘At this point, the ones tormenting Sister the most are her stepmother, Duchess Lucretia, and her stepsister Theresia.’

I couldn’t do anything about those people right away.

But I could get rid of the wicked ones who were dampening Sister’s will to live.

‘The bad ones who make our Sister wear old clothes and spread strange rumors about her.’

I’m talking about the Head Maid and Maids that Duchess Lucretia sent.

“You, after seeing the future, your eyes suddenly became incredibly sharp…”

Of course, because I decided not to give up!

“I’m going to get rid of those rotten Sweet Potato-like humans!”

Me, scheming puppy Coco.

Whether as a puppy or as a human.

When it comes to Sister’s matters, I become very very smart.

‘Those guys definitely have weaknesses too.’

And that is…

I clenched my fist tightly.

“Mouse.”

“Yeah?”

“You know, how about I give you two chunks of Cheese?”

The mouse flicked his tail and spoke solemnly.

“Hehehe, do you need the power of this great ‘Emperor of Mice’?”

What is that….

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