I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 9

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Episode 9

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“Little Master has arrived. She has requested to have lunch together.”

“I’m already eating, so send her away.”

“Yes, understood.”

After Head Maid Mary left the room with a satisfied expression.

The Dining Room with only Chloe became quiet again.

She rested her chin on her hand while cutting the completely cold Steak.

The Steak was definitely half-spoiled.

Though she had lost her sense of taste and smell as a side effect of Ability Rampage, she could still notice that much.

If it had been a year ago, she would have called the Maids to deal with it.

Those vermin would quickly tuck their tails and comply if she got angry.

But it was not long after Coco’s death anniversary.

‘Everything feels powerless and tedious.’

She put down the Knife she had been using to cut the Steak.

She was just thinking of going to her Bedroom to sleep some more.

But then, she saw a white Mouse gnawing at the Wall of the Dining Room.

‘Coco used to love playing with mice using her paws.’

She would press down on mice with her tiny paws.

‘Nothing was cuter than that.’

She found herself quietly watching the Mouse without realizing it.

But then…

The Mouse that had been clinging to the Wall was digging something earnestly.

Soon a hole appeared in the Wall.

‘It must have deteriorated since we haven’t done maintenance.’

Just as she was having that thought.

Soon after, with a rolling sound, a small Ball came out of the hole.

A Crimson Ball about the size of a palm.

At first glance it looked like a common Ball, but Chloe held her breath.

It was Coco’s Beloved Ball that she used to play with.

As proof, there was writing on the label that read ‘Coco’s’ which she had written herself.

Coco was greedy and always hid her Toys.

Most of them had been lost.

“Why is this Ball here…”

Looking at the Ball, she recalled the past.

Coco used to love playing with a Hard Ball that made a squeaking sound when pressed with her front paws.

Peculiarly, the surface of the ball was slightly cracked. When snacks were placed in those gaps, Coco would get excited and sniff around happily.

Lost in memories, Chloe bent down and picked up the ball.

Meanwhile, the mouse hid its body in the gap of the mouse hole.

“It seems to smell like Coco.”

Holding the small ball in her hand, she became curious if there might be other things.

Come to think of it, there had been quite a few toys that Coco had lost.

“I thought they were buried in the ground, but the mouse had them.”

This was the mansion she had designed in her childhood.

Back then, she had included several maze-like passages in the design.

Passages whose existence she had forgotten as she grew up.

Only Coco, who used to play walking games inside the mansion, would probably remember them all.

‘Unless I search thoroughly like hunting lice, I won’t be able to find the other toys.’

Still, finding the hard ball was something at least.

Just as she was carefully putting it in her arms.

Head Maid Mary knocked on the door. When she answered to come in, Mary entered with a troubled expression and said.

“Lady Chloe.”

“What’s the matter.”

“Little Master won’t leave and is being stubborn. She says she absolutely must tell you something…”

Behind her, Coco peeked her head out slightly.

The Head Maid spoke with an irritated expression.

“Little Master! I told you it’s troublesome if you come inside!”

“…Huff, huk! I have something to say!”

Watching Coco bow her head, Chloe let out a sigh.

She no longer had the energy to get angry.

“You, why did you come again.”

“I did say not to come every day… But I saw something amazing…”

Her voice was getting a bit smaller.

Looking at the top of her bowed head, Chloe felt strange.

“I, I saw a mouse carrying something amazing, so I came to tell you…”

“…Mouse?”

“Yes! It’s really amazing. Something soft and squishy like jelly…”

Hearing those words, something clicked.

“…Bone-shaped?”

“Yes! Do you know it?”

At that moment, hope stirred in one corner of her heart.

Coco, the little puppy who knew the mansion’s structure better than even herself who designed it.

So Coco might have hidden toys somewhere that even Chloe didn’t know about.

‘There are still traces of Coco that I didn’t know about…’

Chloe dismissed all the maids, then looked at the child again.

“Tell me. The mouse, what?”

“You know what! A mouse was carrying around a soft bone-shaped toy, and then it hid somewhere weird! It was so strange and amazing that I came to tell you!”

“…Where is it now.”

“Um, it hid in a really strange place! You see, mice usually only come out at night when there are no people around!”

“So.”

The more the child rambled on, the stiffer Chloe’s expression became.

“Actually, I’m really good at catching mice!”

“What are you trying to say.”

“But I can only catch them at night! Um, can I sleep here for just one night?”

She stared intently at the chubby-cheeked child.

Flushed cheeks as if starting some kind of undercover investigation.

An expression that looked excited.

Even the sudden proposal – everything felt too out of the blue.

But…

“You’re saying if I let you sleep here tonight, you can find the toy?”

“Yes!”

“…Then, you. Go catch that mouse.”

“Yes! Please watch me! Miss Chloe, you can’t go to sleep first! That’s the only way I can find the bone-shaped toy!”

“Just tonight. I don’t want to do this again.”

“Yes! Wow! This is so great!”

Even though she clearly said just tonight, as soon as Chloe gave permission, Coco began bustling around the dining room like it was her own home without showing any disappointment.

She even sighed deeply, muttering ‘There’s no sunlight, and the steak smells spoiled…’

She also suddenly pointed accusingly, saying ‘These bad guys!’

A suspicious little kid who suddenly appeared and was bustling around her mansion.

But she had no choice but to accept the child’s proposal.

Because she wanted to see even that toy that Coco had only played with a few times.

She missed that warmth so desperately.

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That night, at Chloe Ardos’s Chrysanthemum Mansion.

I hid myself in the darkness and crept down underground.

Pretending to follow a mouse, pretending to crawl, I headed toward the path I knew.

After secretly winding through the passage like that!

The dark door leading to the basement opened.

‘I finally got in!’

I could see tons of dusty chests piled up.

I rolled my eyes around as I surveyed the surroundings.

I could hear maids chattering quietly in another room.

But I focused only on what I needed to ‘find’ in this room.

Back when I was a puppy. I played hide-and-seek enthusiastically with Sister in this mansion.

So I knew everything about this mansion.

Though it was a place filled with darkness, I could see.

‘I need to find the Apple-marked Ledger.’

An old ledger stuffed with worn parchment and stained with fingerprints.

If I could just find that, I could drive out the maids.

I began sniffing for suspicious scents, boasting my puppy’s specialty of Excellent Sense of Smell.

And finally, I discovered a clue.

‘That’s it!’

I could see that the far end of the wall filled with chests was slightly empty.

I barely managed to move the large chest with my small hands.

I could see a small gap beneath the chest and a book wedged in between.

“Huff, huff.”

It was incredibly difficult, but…!

I was able to grasp the very Small Book stuck in the gap between the floorboards.

‘Mission accomplished! I found it!’

I quickly hid the thin book inside my dress pocket.

‘Now I just need to get out!’

I lifted my heels again and began tiptoeing, when just at that moment.

Crack!

With a bursting sound like a latch breaking, the door opened with a thud.

Maids with familiar faces that I had seen at Sister’s mansion revealed themselves.

“There was a sound coming from inside this room.”

“Looks like some little rat has snuck in.”

I barely managed to hide my body behind a box while buried in darkness, holding my breath with a gasp.

Thump, thump.

Before I knew it, the sound of footsteps was gradually getting closer.

But I had no time to hide my tension.

Just when I thought I had barely managed to hide behind the box.

Crash!

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