Resetting Lady - Chapter 103

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“Who’s there!”

 

“I’ll handle this. Go ahead first. You all follow Lord Raymond.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Raymond walked down the corridor with the guards.

 

“…In the corridor… this is.”

 

“Don’t pay attention and just follow behind me.”

 

There was leather on the walls. Raymond recognized what kind of leather it was at a glance, but he didn’t say it out loud.

 

‘I should have acted faster.’

 

Raymond remembered when he was drafted for the dangerous mission of being a sniper in the war.

 

“Why are you taking the prisoners?”

 

“That’s not something you need to worry about.”

 

“Those prisoners are waiting for exchange negotiations.”

 

“What’s your rank?”

 

Raymond knew that the prisoners were dragged to Prince Guiz’s bedroom and never came out again.

 

“Where are the prisoners?”

 

“They were moved to another base for negotiations.”

 

Some asked Raymond to shoot them in the head. Mostly women. A few survived until the end. And Raymond was called both a gentleman of the battlefield and a devil at the same time.

 

The person who used prisoners as toys didn’t stop that game even after returning to his own country.

 

Raymond opened the door.

 

Sometimes… something worse than the worst happens.

 

The walls of the room were filled with corpses, and there were several bodies on the floor as well.

 

“…”

 

It was Donna. Raymond saw the face of a maid he knew. She was a maid who had lived with Karen at the Hyer Estate. If she had ended up like this…

 

“Your Highness!”

 

A guard shouted and ran out, then stopped again.

 

“He’s dead.”

 

Raymond felt despair as he looked at Karen, who was smiling somewhat awkwardly in the sea of blood. He should have felt relief that she was alive, he definitely should have, but he couldn’t feel any relief at all. Karen put down the sword she was holding, raised both her arms, and said.

 

“I killed them all. Please arrest me.”

 

“Wh-what is this.”

 

Karen calmly raised both her hands and approached the guard. The guard stepped back. Another guard behind him was vomiting. Corpses, corpses, corpses.

 

“…”

 

Raymond looked at Karen. The two made eye contact, but neither had anything to say to each other. They didn’t know what to say in this situation. So Raymond did what he had to do.

 

“Prince Guiz has died.”

 

“Ugh, urgh.”

 

Raymond looked at Prince Guiz. Then he took out his notebook and recorded the situation. He saw the string around Prince Guiz’s neck and the scattered pearls on the floor. That necklace belonged to Karen. And the person who strangled his neck was… Raymond squeezed his eyes shut.

 

Then Raymond asked Karen.

 

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

 

“I’m not.”

 

He should have said it was fortunate, but his mouth wouldn’t open. Raymond stood up without looking at Karen.

 

Raymond then went to Prince Louis. Prince Louis had his eyes closed. He put his hand to his neck. It was still warm. But he couldn’t feel a pulse. Raymond saw the blood pooled around Prince Louis’s legs. After stabbing the thigh, it was twisted to cut all the major blood vessels.

 

“…”

 

It was a method that could kill a person with little force. And what stabbed those legs was a sword, and even that sword was in Karen’s hands. Let’s admit it. He had no choice but to admit it. But still, he had to say it.

 

“Arrest Karen Hyer. She is a prime suspect.”

 

Karen approached the guard who was trying to change his pale face to a menacing one and glanced up at Raymond.

 

“Lord Raymond, you’re too late.”

 

It was a petulant, surprisingly light voice.

 

* * *

 

Like any country, there were various dangers, but the current King Yus II lived long and solidified his position by generously absorbing many subordinates of Grand Duke Tulas. He was a king who, even if cursed while alive, wouldn’t hear such infamy after hundreds of years passed.

 

Until today.

 

“…They’re dead…”

 

Yus II heard the shocking news from his bed. The royal physician tremblingly handed him medicine. But he extended his hand, demanding to be helped up.

 

“My sons…”

 

* * *

 

Count Fankair took off his hat and rubbed his head. He too was initially shocked, unable to say anything for several hours. Raymond thought about going outside, but he didn’t allow it. After remaining silent in his room for a long time, Count Fankair told Raymond.

 

“At least it’s fortunate that they’re not married yet.”

 

From the first words, Raymond knew he was going to distance himself from Karen.

 

“A fiancé has no major legal responsibility. There will be gossip for a while, but… I don’t think I can give you that parliamentary seat this time.”

 

“That doesn’t matter, Count.”

 

“Don’t act strong, go down to your hometown and rest for a while. I’ll call you back when things settle down. The incident is too big right now, I don’t know what will happen either.”

 

But Raymond sat in his chair and didn’t move.

 

If he left this position, the result was obvious.

 

“Karen didn’t kill them.”

 

“She confessed.”

 

“It must be a lie. At least, not all of it.”

 

Raymond didn’t budge from his chair. He didn’t know why she said that. But just because she said it didn’t change the facts.

 

“Count, look at that room. That room was Prince Guiz’s basement. How could Karen have killed all those countless corpses in the room? Karen hasn’t been in the capital for that long either. But those corpses were all finished with preservation treatment.”

 

“Of course Prince Guiz must have done that.”

 

The Count answered calmly.

 

“…Did you know?”

 

“Yes. That’s why His Majesty worked to ensure the throne would go to Prince Louis. Didn’t he barely cling to life until that age to prevent the throne from passing to Guiz? The old man, if he had died earlier, he wouldn’t have seen such a sight.”

 

“If you knew, why didn’t anyone stop him?”

 

Count Fankair said with a slight frown.

 

“It’s easy for you to criticize. Calling it a rotten royal family. But what could we do? He was the only heir to the throne. He was His Majesty’s only known child.”

 

“You should have revealed that fact in front of many people and made him step down from that position quickly.”

 

“The Crown Prince? You need to make sense when you speak.”

 

“I can’t understand covering up his actions continuously instead of stopping a serial killer.”

 

Count Fankair crumpled the report in front of him.

 

“No, no. We weren’t simply defending Prince Guiz. We also needed another method. That’s why the royal family created Prince Louis, no, Crown Prince Louis. Our new king. Morally flawless, young, healthy, and suitable king. That was almost elder abuse… But your fiancée ruined that.”

 

Crown Prince Louis? Raymond sensed a strange flow. Crown Prince Louis was a suitable king? The eldest son was Prince Guiz, and the current king couldn’t arbitrarily designate Prince Louis as the next king either. Raymond was confused.

 

But that wasn’t what was important right now.

 

“Karen didn’t do such things.”

 

“Go back to your hometown. I have no intention of holding you responsible too.”

 

“I won’t go back. I swore to stay by her side.”

 

“I gave you an order.”

 

The Count spoke again. But Raymond had no intention of complying.

 

“Count, I’m not blindly trying to protect her because I’m blinded by love.”

 

“That’s how it looks. Since she confessed, there’s nothing more to discuss. We’ll execute her immediately after the trial.”

 

“Count, you’re arresting the wrong person.”

 

“The only person who survived there was your fiancée! There’s no one to prove otherwise! Guiz, Louis, and even her maid are all dead! She was even holding the sword when the door was opened! Still don’t understand? If you saw it yourself, just admit it.”

 

Raymond spoke again to the Count who was trying not to look at him.

 

“…Even if Karen killed them, Prince Guiz was the real culprit of the serial murder case. Also, the messenger said that Karen and Prince Louis disappeared at the same time. Both were kidnapped by Prince Guiz simultaneously, and they died during the struggle there.”

 

“Yes, and in the end Karen Evans killed both Guiz and Louis.”

 

“Please listen seriously.”

 

“Karen Evans confessed. That she killed them all.”

 

“It’s a lie.”

 

“Why would she lie?”

 

Because she wants to die.

 

“…She has a mental illness.”

 

Raymond reluctantly answered.

 

“…Ha!”

 

The Duke sneered.

 

“Right, mental illness? That thing those nobles always pull out?”

 

“Please don’t mock me, Duke. She truly has an illness. I’ve already obtained a certificate from the priest.”

 

“Lord Raymond, you know too little of the world. There have been only a few cases of reduced sentences for mental illness. Most of those were just for assault. What Karen Evans killed were royalty.”

 

“How could Karen have killed all those countless corpses hanging in Prince Guiz’s room? In the royal palace?”

 

“Most of what His Highness killed were prostitutes. Don’t focus on those women’s deaths, Raymond. Now those women, yes, there were men too. The royal family will keep silent about those unidentified corpses. Why? Because there’s a bigger problem – Prince Guiz and Prince Louis are dead. And the murderer has confessed. Don’t dishonor the dead any further, and don’t torment our living king.”

 

Raymond gritted his teeth.

 

“Prince Guiz was.”

 

“Raymond, think carefully. Everyone’s dead except one. She’s the culprit. She confessed too. And those other corpses won’t even be mentioned in this trial. Because that’s not what’s important.”

 

That’s not what’s important, that’s not what’s important either. What’s important is.

 

Raymond knows why Count Fankair keeps trying to minimize the case.

 

They both know. They just won’t say it out loud.

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