Resetting Lady - Chapter 126

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02. The lady & The gentleman

Raymond poured out countless emotions that couldn’t be put into words. He cried as if time had stopped, and only when he was exhausted to the point where he could barely stand did Raymond look at Karen’s face. But he was still holding her with one arm. He touched Karen’s face with one hand and spoke in a completely hoarse voice.

“…Karen, we should move first. We can’t stay here any longer.”

“Yes, I understand.”

When Karen nodded, Raymond lifted her into his arms. Raymond glanced out the window and then headed toward the stairs.

“It would be better to go down slowly.”

“…You’re stating the obvious.”

Karen thought about the result of going down too quickly last time. It had hurt tremendously. It wasn’t even instant death. Though she did die soon after. Karen trembled all over as she remembered the sensation of her entire body being shattered. Even for her, who was familiar with death, pain was not something she was used to.

“Karen, Karen?”

“Yes.”

“Are you alright?”

But now Raymond was holding her. Karen blinked. It’s okay. Now even if she dies, there’s someone who will remember her. Karen looked at the face of the man holding her as she was embraced in his arms. The person who knows her. The person who loves her, understands her. The only person in this world.

“Lord Raymond, there’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while.”

“Do anything you want.”

“Can I pinch you every time you make an unfunny joke?”

“…Were my jokes that unfunny?”

His voice sounded slightly shocked. Karen answered firmly.

“Yes.”

“…I’ll try harder.”

“Try a lot harder.”

Karen laughed. But soon she was breathless. Raymond had lifted Karen up, but he had lifted her too forcefully.

“I’ll just walk.”

“Can’t I just carry you down?”

“There’s nothing wrong with it, but…”

It would probably be more comfortable to just walk. Since Raymond was walking down the stairs while carrying Karen, the vibrations were transmitted directly to her. But Karen didn’t say anything more.

Raymond was smiling, but his eyes were swollen and looked strange. Karen decided to just let him carry her. He looked like he really wanted to do so.

“I’ve always wanted to do this.”

Raymond said this while holding Karen close.

“With you alive.”

Only the sound of footsteps could be heard. But it wasn’t long. While going up might take time, going down together was surprisingly short. The stairs were dark and somewhat dizzying, but none of that mattered anymore. Near the end of the stairs, Raymond spoke again. His tone was somewhat hesitant.

“Karen.”

“Yes.”

“It would be better to close your eyes.”

“Why?”

Karen turned her head. A fishy smell hit her. Karen saw the blood stains thickly smeared on the wall and understood why he had said that.

“…”

Raymond couldn’t have come up here through peaceful negotiations in the first place. The smell of blood was overwhelming. Raymond pulled Karen’s head to his chest.

“I’m sorry.”

But that apology wasn’t for the dead people, it was an apology to Karen. Sorry that the smell bothers you. That was all.

“…”

The smell of blood was overwhelming. Everyone was dead. There must have been that duke and children too. Should she say, “How could you kill children?” Should she say that?

No.

Karen burrowed back toward Raymond as she answered.

“It’s okay.”

Raymond is always on her side. And Karen is the same. Now Karen no longer has to worry about what kind of behavior would seem appropriate to Raymond. Whatever she does, he will understand her, and she will understand him.

In fact, Karen is much more vicious than Raymond. She’s someone who kills because she wants to kill. Raymond probably knows that too. But he apologized to Karen for the smell of killing people, for making her feel sick.

There’s one thing Karen needs to do now. She closed her eyes. That was her courtesy to him.

Karen passed through the pile of corpses while being held in Raymond’s arms.

The sound of blood squelching under Raymond’s shoes could be heard.

“I’m fine.”

Her knight would not be the same as before. Something must have changed greatly because of her. The Raymond she had seen who couldn’t remember and the current Raymond couldn’t be the same.

But whoever he was, Karen couldn’t help but love Raymond as he is now. The more he gave up something for her, the more she would love him.

Raymond put Karen down in front of a horse. Karen was concerned about what she had seen from the stairs.

“Here. Your cheek.”

“Thank you.”

Raymond roughly wiped his face with Karen’s handkerchief. Karen was concerned about the slightly smeared part.

“Wait a moment.”

Karen wiped Raymond’s face again with her finger. Raymond closed his eyes and accepted Karen’s touch. Even though it was nothing special, it felt strangely sensual, so Karen quickly straightened up. Now even just looking at his face made her feel strange.

“Did I get any on me?”

“No, you don’t have any on you. We need to travel on horseback, not by carriage. Is your body alright?”

Karen looked around at her ankles and waist. There was no particular problem.

“I’m fine. But where are we going?”

“To my house.”

“Wow.”

Raymond’s house wasn’t perfect, but it was quite nice.

It was fitting for a house of a historic baron’s family.

While not as grand as the royal palace, it was certainly more splendid than the guest house the Countess had provided, and most importantly, Raymond placed no restrictions on the money Karen spent, which was the most perfect thing.

Peaceful days. Until now, that period had been too short, but this time she would enjoy it from spring.

Going to his house at this time. Karen was amazed at how much was changing. Of course, since a miracle had occurred, nothing would be strange no matter what happened.

“Karen, get on first.”

Raymond lifted Karen onto the saddle. When Karen pulled herself forward, Raymond mounted behind her. Karen asked him behind her back.

“I wanted to travel. Can’t we go traveling first?”

Karen was slightly disappointed that the schedule she had imagined was completely ruined. She had planned to go on a trip she had never experienced before.

“Ah… I’m sorry. Karen, I think I need to ask for your understanding first.”

“Understanding about what?”

“Let’s postpone the trip for a year.”

“What’s the point of postponing in such a short life?”

Her life really is short.

“I want to go to the sea in summer. Can’t we?”

She was surprised that a somewhat whining voice came out. Wow, I really sound like a child. Karen felt slightly embarrassed when she realized this from his soothing voice.

“Karen.”

Raymond spoke affectionately while making the horse move.

“I’d like you to stay inside the house for about a year. I know it’s something I should ask your understanding for, but even if you say you don’t like it, I won’t listen. And… contacting your house is something we need to think about.”

“Father will be worried.”

“I’m scared that you might go back and die somewhere out of my sight.”

“I die even when you can see… ah, don’t cry.”

Karen, who had carelessly turned around, stopped speaking when she saw that Raymond looked like he was about to cry again. They say women’s tears are weapons, but men’s tears are weapons too.

“Anyway, I’ll prepare everything for one year. Just bear with me for one year. After that, let’s go anywhere. The sea, mountains, foreign countries. Anywhere you want. But not before then.”

“Oh my, Lord Raymond. Obsessive men aren’t popular. Are you going to confine me to a room?”

Raymond’s body stiffened. After a moment, he spoke with tremendous stammering.

“That’s, um… no… first, let me confirm that you won’t die after a year…”

“I’m joking. Don’t take it so seriously. I guessed the reason as soon as I heard it.”

“Yes…”

Karen pinched the back of Raymond’s hand. Raymond swayed on the horse and then straightened his posture.

“Lord Raymond must be getting old. As you age, you were already unfunny, but now you’re even more unfunny.”

“…Karen, that’s a joke, right?”

“I’m serious.”

“…”

“I’ll count it as a joke. Anyway, I’ll tolerate Lord Raymond’s obsessiveness. Because you’re handsome.”

His obsessiveness is different from Prince Guiz’s. It’s not a dark basement but a huge greenhouse. It’s not to monopolize but to protect. Karen knows his abundant love. Of course, appearance is important too.

“It’s an honor.”

“But when you get old, there’s no mercy.”

“It’s fine. I’m handsome even when I’m old.”

Raymond answered confidently. It was a shameless level of certainty.

“Wow… such confidence…”

“It’s true.”

Raymond laughed. Karen could feel the sound of his laughter behind her back. Raymond laughed for a while before speaking.

“And please don’t commit suicide ever again. My lifespan is so much longer than yours that it’s hard for me to endure beyond that. This time too, if I had been late, I think living would have felt bothersome.”

“What?”

“Promises exist to be kept. Just because you borrowed someone else’s hands doesn’t mean it’s not suicide.”

Karen thought for a moment and then understood what he was saying.

After dying from falling off the tower, she had committed suicide by Nancy’s hand and died several times at Bowen’s hands. Raymond was talking about that. Karen had deliberately tried not to think about him since coming back to life. But if she hadn’t acted so hastily then, would she have met him sooner?

“Ah, that… dying about five times… I didn’t know Lord Raymond knew about it…”

Karen stopped speaking.

She had vaguely thought this was the Raymond she met when he was 117 years old. But what he was saying now was.

“…Lord Raymond, how much do you remember?”

Karen raised her head up. Raymond’s face came into view. His face was beautiful as always, and not a single trace of time could be found on his skin.

But the moment Karen saw him, she could recognize that time had passed for him.

This wasn’t the man who had lived only one life that she met when he was 117. Raymond wasn’t remembering just one lifetime. The current him even spoke of his appearance after aging.

Just how old is this man now?

Raymond pulled Karen’s body toward him.

“Everything.”

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