Resetting Lady - Chapter 110

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“Tell me. What woman stole him away? As Mother said… who… is she my sister?”

Isella asked stubbornly. Isella’s eyes were filled with resentment. Verdick understood his daughter. While she slept, the man had become engaged to another woman, and that woman had tried to steal her place – how infuriating that must be. He should give his daughter a chance for revenge too.

Verdick answered.

“Karen.”

Isella looked up at Verdick with a strange expression. Verdick remembered that Isella had struggled with feelings of inferiority due to Karen’s beauty even in that brief time. How difficult it must be. Having her man stolen and her fortune depleted.

“I’m sorry.”

I misjudged. I should have thought of my daughter first, not business. If I promised to give her a gift, I should have seen it through to the end somehow.

“Karen… Hyer…”

Verdick’s heart ached seeing Isella’s expression contort. It was the moment he approached his daughter who looked ready to cry, intending to comfort her.

Isella opened her mouth and screamed.

“Ah, ahhhhh! Father! Father! It’s that bitch! That bitch! Father.”

Isella cried out in anguish.

“Karen Hyer! That woman tried to kill me!”

Verdick slowly prepared to be angry. Verdick does not forgive. Verdick does not tolerate.

Karen had committed a sin against him.

That red-haired wench had tried to kill Isella Evans and take her place. And she had even stolen Raymond Seyertes, who was Isella Evans’ man.

From the moment Karen left the Evans family with Raymond, Verdick had been continuously tormented by some discomfort. Despite Dulan prescribing medicine for him every night, that discomfort did not disappear.

“Isella, for now just think about your health.”

Three days would be enough time for Verdick to prepare.

Verdick was lending money to various nobles. Among them were even royalty. Prince Guiz was dissolute and often spent more than the dignity maintenance allowance allocated to him. Of course, Verdick had lent him money, but the possibility of getting that money back was infinitely low.

“They say Prince Guiz has considerable interest in Miss Karen.”

The fact that Prince Guiz, who had intruded on the gathering hosted by his son, had great interest in Raymond’s fiancée was big news. People love such stories. The fact that Prince Guiz was sexually targeting Karen spread quickly. Of course, to Verdick’s ears as well.

“I am Karen’s legal father.”

If you desire her, I will give her to you.

Of course, Prince Guiz promised numerous rights. Verdick rejoiced. The fact that Prince Guiz was a libertine was well known. If he handed over Karen, he would gain both revenge and profit simultaneously.

Verdick fell into contemplation about how to hand over Karen Hyer. Since she was staying at the Countess’s manor, it wouldn’t be easy for him either. But that was easily resolved.

Because Karen Hyer came to Isella Evans’ room.

Verdick Evans made his decision. The place where Karen was discovered was Isella Evans’ room, his daughter’s room. Since Isella had been afraid to sleep alone after waking up, she was sleeping together in her mother’s room. Isella was utterly shocked to learn that Karen had been found in her room.

“She came to my room?”

“Yes.”

“That, that woman was trying to kill me, kill me again…”

Verdick thought it was somewhat strange. If Karen had tried to kill Isella, she would have had plenty of opportunities. Her actions lacked consistency. Why on earth was she here? But Dulan helped the contemplating Verdick.

“Weren’t, weren’t you thinking of handing her over to Prince Guiz?”

Verdick nodded.

“Of course, that’s right.”

“But, but, but… wouldn’t it be better to think about it a bit more?”

“Are you saying not to hand her over?”

Verdick frowned at Dulan who was saying strange things. Come to think of it, now that Isella had awakened, Dulan was no longer needed. He often received sleeping pills or sedatives from Dulan, but sometimes Dulan gave excessive advice like this.

“No, no. But… Lord Raymond… came to see me.”

What is this about now. When Verdick grimaced, Dulan continued his story. It was about how Raymond had confided his worries about Karen to him.

“Why would he come to see you?”

“…Because he believes that I… still… love Karen.”

“Ha, haha.”

So this is the result.

And Dulan continued his story. They needed to think in various directions for revenge.

“It might… fail.”

Since Raymond was connected to Prince Louis, there was a high possibility he would take her away from Prince Guiz. For more certain revenge, they needed more preparation. Guiz was impressed by Dulan, who showed even more obsession with revenge against Karen than himself.

“…”

Verdick handed Karen over to Prince Guiz, but he was a businessman. Diversified investment is the core of business. Verdick contemplated ways to pressure Raymond while simultaneously handing Karen over to Prince Guiz. Dulan helped with that.

* * *

“Your Honor, please look at this evidence.”

The prosecutor took out documents. Verdick smiled. Giving Isella a chance to speak about Karen was merely giving his daughter an opportunity to vent her anger. Verdick hadn’t recruited just one or two people.

While Count Fankair pressured the jurors, Verdick bought people. No matter how much they were the privileged class, half the people filling this place were House representatives. They couldn’t completely ignore votes and public sentiment.

“Kill the witch!”

“Death penalty! Death penalty! Death penalty!”

“The iron hammer of justice on that bitch!”

People Verdick had bought with money shouted outside. It was a protest indicating there were people who hated Karen Evans. Several jurors murmured with displeased expressions.

“…”

The judge frowned. This trial could not be judged simply by legal principles. Royalty was involved, and nobles’ wealth and dignity were entangled. The old judge was tired from the trial that had continued all day. The tables had turned several times.

And the prosecutor came out with decisive evidence favorable to Verdick.

“The documents submitted to get Karen Evans diagnosed as mentally ill are fabricated.”

“…What is this supposed to mean.”

The judge adjusted his glasses with displeasure.

“The documents submitted by her fiancé Lord Raymond Seyertes were written by her former fiancé Dulan Lloyd.”

Raymond gritted his teeth. The situation was flowing too badly. And Raymond immediately understood the prosecutor’s story.

“Lord Raymond Seyertes handed over ten thousand gold coins to Dulan Lloyd. This is a clear fact discovered in Verdick Evans’ bank records.”

A considerable portion of Raymond’s money ultimately came from Verdick Evans. It wasn’t difficult for Verdick Evans to slightly manipulate his bank records to create the fact that he had withdrawn and handed it over to Dulan.

“Evans Bank, you say.”

The judge adjusts his glasses. Verdick noticed the judge was about to dig deeper. If he started digging deeper, if he started dragging out time to verify the authenticity of the evidence, it would become disadvantageous. Verdick wanted a quick verdict.

So he helped. He was betrayed by Karen and hates her.

“I request Dulan Lloyd as a witness.”

Clunk.

The sound of a chair being dragged.

Raymond grits his teeth. Of course. He probably never even thought of it. Raymond was seriously mistaken about something. Raymond thought he and Dulan were in a cooperative relationship. But Dulan was cooperating with Verdick.

Did Raymond think Dulan loved Karen or something? Verdick clicked his tongue. The naive knight kept judging others based on himself.

Creak.

Dulan entered.

Verdick liked his sinister nature.

He approached the Bible slowly but without stopping. Raymond glared at him as if he would kill him, but that posed no threat. Dulan came out wearing black monk’s robes and even a stole. He forcibly straightened his back strongly. He looked larger than usual. Though he looked gaunt and frail, a young priest who didn’t look like he would lie stood there.

Dulan placed his hand on the Bible and opened his mouth.

“I swear to speak only the truth before God.”

And he testified slowly but surely.

“Raymond Seyertes threatened me to obtain evidence that Karen Evans was mentally ill. I swear in God’s name.”

That was the end.

The gavel struck three times, and Karen Evans was sentenced to death.

* * *

Verdick Evans adjusted his clothes as he left the courtroom. In the place where people had filed out, Dulan was there. He had returned to his usual appearance with a hunched back. That attitude seemed more comfortable for him. Like his blatant lie. Verdick laughed.

“Priest Dulan, thank you for your hard work.”

Verdick extended his hand to Dulan. Dulan took that hand.

“Without your cooperation, it would have been really difficult.”

“It was… nothing.”

Dulan answered. But if he hadn’t cooperated, things wouldn’t have been handled so smoothly. Raymond Seyertes hadn’t given Dulan money. He probably really thought there was something wrong with his fiancée. But does that absolve him of guilt?

Verdick didn’t think so. Karen had committed a sin. That was the sin of causing him losses.

“As promised… please.”

“Yes, I understand. As Priest Dulan said, I will apply for the execution site to be there.”

Verdick grinned wickedly.

“Since I’m legally Karen’s father, I have that much right.”

“…”

It was amusing. He was enjoying having made Karen his adopted daughter for the first time. He had rights. The right to designate the execution site. Verdick very much enjoyed the meal called revenge. Now it was time for him to savor it. And Verdick shared his meal with the priest who was waiting for his words.

“Of course, I’ll designate you for the final confession as well.”

Verdick liked this cunning priest. Verdick neatly pulled on his gloves and returned to his carriage. He had to follow along to watch the show. And Verdick brought along the private soldiers sent by the King.

If Raymond and the Duke wanted Karen to live, then Verdick and the Current King wanted Karen to die. And that tug-of-war had ended in the latter’s victory.

“Hmm, hmm.”

Verdick was pleased.

Before dying, Karen Evans would become Dulan’s plaything and be thoroughly used before meeting her death.

A miserable death befitting Verdick’s enemy.

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