I Had a Friendly Tea Time With an Attractive Butler...

I Had a Friendly Tea Time With an Attractive Butler... (色っぽい執事と仲良くお茶をしてしまった…, Iroppoi Shitsuji to Nakayoku Ocha o Shite Shimatta...) is the sixteenth episode of the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! anime.

Synopsis
The Council of Katarinas process the sudden appearance of Rufus making Katarina unable to sleep. The following day, Rufus wakes Katarina up from bed at around noon. Wasting no time, Katarina asks Rufus about Selena's well-being and he reassures her that she's fine. She then asks if he knows and practices Dark Magic, to which, he confirms he knows and practices under the orders of his master. As to why, it was simply to fulfill his master's desire to remove Prince Ian and Selena from the race to the throne, along with Katarina and Gerald. This is all a plan to have Prince Geoffrey take the throne. With that all explained, breakfast is served and Katarina enjoys it all, which surprises Rufus and he sequentially drops his formal way of speaking. Rufus then details his backstory of being born in the slums of a different country and how he was sold as a slave to his current master. He confesses that he doesn't resent his life, but considers himself fortunate compared to how it could have been. Katarina then claims she admires Rufus' optimistic mindset, which shocks and amuses him. They then continue talking throughout the day and stop when Rufus details how he learned Dark Magic.

Afterward, Rufus reflects on his past where he met a foreigner that took care of him by teaching him not only to read and write, but gave him a name as well. Eventually, however, the foreigner came down with an illness that took his life, and even though, Rufus tried to save him by stealing medicine from a nobleman, he was caught and sold to slavers. Later at the dinner table, Katarina and Rufus have a wonderful chat with each other and after Katarina tries to give Rufus the brooch she got at the school festival. This is stopped short when Rufus takes her back to her bedroom and declares his affection for her. At that moment, Lana interrupts their moment together and informs Rufus of an urgent matter that needs his attention. In his room, Rufus receives a letter that stated the investigation has spread to the Mason Manor. That night, Rufus awakens her from her sleep and reveals that his master's plot is foiled and just then her friends enter the room. Also her maid Lana reveals herself to really be Lana Smith the Director of the Magic Tool Laboratory in the Magic Ministry and Rufus is thereby arrested. By morning, Ian reunites with Selena and the two have a bonding moment with each other. Back in Katarina's room, when Gerald learns of how Katarina got a bug bite on her neck and how Rufus put on the bed, he kisses her, much to everyone's shock.

Characters

 * Katarina Claes
 * Gerald Stuart
 * Sora Smiths
 * Selena Berg
 * Council of Katarinas
 * Keith Claes
 * Geoffrey Stuart
 * Suzanna Randall
 * Alan Stuart
 * Mary Hunt
 * Ian Stuart
 * Nicole Ascart
 * Sophia Ascart
 * Maria Campbell