When I woke up, it was already a quite familiar bedroom in the Kitten Duchy.

‘Have I survived safely…’

The clock hands were already pointing to noon. It was too late for morning. Nevertheless, there was no one who woke me up, and a morning meal with a clover-shaped cover was prepared on the trolley next to the bed.

Opening the cover revealed bacon and sausages, half-cooked omelets, a salad with shrimp, and crispy-baked white bread, all steaming hot.

‘Is this Lena’s doing?’

Even in my dazed state of mind, I pondered, then chewed and swallowed the hearty breakfast. The carefully prepared breakfast tasted good, and the somewhat cloudy mind that felt like a foggy town gradually cleared.

After drinking the orange juice in the glass, I touched my forehead.

“Oh… It’s perfectly fine.”

I expected my forehead to swell up like a wasp sting, but it was perfectly fine.

“Is this Michael’s skill?”

Even if his major wasn’t healing, he had such skill. There must have been quite a few people within the Holy See who envied him.

Grateful for the healing skill of my party member, I changed into my casual clothes to go out for work when Lena knocked on the door energetically.

“Dukee!”

With a sobbing voice.

“What’s, what’s wrong? Come in first.”

As soon as I gave permission, Lena rushed in and complained to me tearfully.

“Why are you asking why! Do you know how worried I and the people in the Duchy were about you? Even if it’s like that, is there anyone in the world who would slam their head against a thick iron gate!”

“Ugh.”

“If you had a beautiful face injured, no, if you were seriously hurt and had something wrong with your head, what would we have done… Even though 2nd Prince announced that you are a saint, the people in the mansion still believe and rely more on you. Sniff.”

“That’s… true?”

“Yes! That’s right! Sob, sob.”

Having finished her words, Lena grabbed the hem of my pajamas and burst into tears. I could feel the bottom getting damp from the tears that flowed like chicken droppings.

“…Stop crying.”

“No, I don’t want to.”

“Even if it’s the owner’s command, you won’t get up?”

“…I’m sorry. I’ll get up.”

In just a few minutes, with swollen eyes, Lena looked like a freshly caught trout.

Laughing to hold back my laughter, I calmly explained.

“I’m sorry for worrying you. But I had no choice. If I hadn’t blown my body away, I might have become a meal for the zombies by now.”

“How could you say such dreadful things!”

“Because it’s the truth. Well… thanks to Michael’s treatment, there are no aftereffects at all, so I should be grateful. Everything has been resolved well.”
The place connected to the special gate that no one could touch, created by the gods, is currently only the Kitten Duchy, but this gate was a hidden card that could spread infinitely to other places.

‘Being able to interact with the outside world again is a tremendous benefit.’

“So, it was worth trying…”

“But there are people who worry about you. Duke of Kitten.”

“…Seri, Jacqueline.”

Two elegant women were frowning outside the open door.

It was Sheri and Jacqueline.

Now, wherever they went, they insisted on wearing glasses and comfortable indoor clothes, making them look more like scholars than noble ladies.

The sound of low-heeled shoes approaching me stopped.

“I’m afraid you’re moving without thinking about your body, and suddenly disappearing like Siena someday scares me.”

“Seri.”

“Siena has come back, but… It feels different from before. Somehow, the real Siena I know seems to have disappeared somewhere far away… I hope the Duke doesn’t suddenly disappear either. Now… We are not only collaborators but also friends.”

‘Friends…’

Hearing that word brought up unfamiliar emotions.

Before the possession, even in my real life, I hated humans who rushed at me just by looking at my background. It was revealed that they were just like cats trying to get the crumbs from the wealth I had whenever I showed them a moment of kindness.

If that was revealed, I immediately dismissed them. I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice.

I didn’t want to be stabbed in the back like the relative I treated well, who was considered a bundle to bring in a huge fortune.

I thought it was a pain I had to endure while being lonely.

‘In a place where the zombie apocalypse situation occurred, I meet people who claim to be friends.’

It felt very strange to receive friend requests from girls who were like passionate fans of the original female lead, Siena.

Although this world became very cruel because of an individual, ironically, because of such a situation, ‘Elizabeth Kitten’ had a chance to be reevaluated.

Perhaps because of that.

“…Did you worry a lot about me?”

A useless question slipped out of my mouth.

Did you really worry about me? Did you cherish me that much?

In the question mixed with fear and earnestness, Jessica laughed brightly and intervened.

“Huh? Of course! Sherry unni and Jackie unni raised their body temperatures worrying about the Duke even without sleeping at night.”

“Huh?”