Resetting Lady - Chapter 129

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Love, lust, sympathy, camaraderie, emotions resembling friendship to boiling affection. All those countless emotions swirled together.

Those countless emotions pressed down on Raymond, carrying the weight of 100 years.

“….”

Raymond had to suffer from nosebleeds that wouldn’t stop every morning, and insomnia that plagued him every night.

“Karen.”

And the owner of all those emotions was no longer in this world.

She was already dead.

Could I die this time?

Raymond pressed his gun to his temple. The cold touch and heavy weight gave him a sense of stability.

“….”

Would death bring him peace? Would he be able to remember next time? The memories that came to Raymond were only about Karen. Not about future lives. Because of the uncertainty, he couldn’t waste the opportunity he had now.

Not now.

Just because 100 years of time was painful didn’t mean he could die right now. Raymond had too many things to do. He had to live and find more of anything. It was both tragedy and comedy. Raymond had to live. Raymond wanted to die because of Karen, but he had to live because of Karen.

“Lord Raymond?”

“Yes.”

“You were spacing out, so I called you.”

“I’m sorry.”

Raymond apologized. Karen thought she understood why Raymond spaced out like that. She sometimes did the same. The rushing memories would flood a person’s mind like a bursting dam if they let their guard down even a little.

Raymond said he had lived longer than her. He probably had more diverse choices and experiences in life, both positionally and temporally, than she did. But he had lived that much longer. There was only one way to deal with times like that.

Focus on the present moment and do your best.

Karen placed her hand on Raymond’s hand that held the reins.

“Just don’t think about it.”

“Yes.”

The hand was warm and felt real.

“This area looks nice even in spring.”

“It’ll get even better soon when the flowers start blooming.”

Karen looked at the stream, then raised her head to see the manor covered in green grass on the meadow. She could hear the sound of water flowing under the arched bridge.

“We’re almost there now.”

Tess Manor could be seen in the distance. Karen liked that manor. Tess Manor, situated on a slight slope, was a building with deep history and was elegant.

“I’ve always come in fall or winter, so I’m looking forward to summer. It’s okay to go out to the garden, right?”

Since she had never died in the garden. It would be too difficult if they told her not to go even there.

“Yes. But when ‘that day’ approaches, you must stay only in your room.”

Karen nodded at Raymond’s words and asked.

“I know. What about the rose garden? I heard the landscaping is quite nice, but whenever I came, the roses had always withered, so I wanted to see them directly once.”

“It’s said to be quite nice.”

Even though it was his own house, it was a rather half-hearted and uncertain answer. Karen tilted her head and asked.

“You don’t know well?”

“Except when I was young, I haven’t had much interest in the rose garden.”

“You don’t like flowers much?”

“I don’t dislike them, but I’m usually at the capital or workplace rather than home. And I mainly buy flowers from children who sell them rather than caring about flowers inside the house.”

“The ones grown directly in the garden would be better than what children sell.”

“It’s just for helping the poor. I like to practice hypocrisy.”

“Don’t put yourself down. Direct charity is also a great comfort to them… Oh, we’ve said this several times, haven’t we?”

Raymond laughed.

“Yes, it’s a conversation we’ve had several times.”

They had the conversation as if planned due to the repetition of similar talks. It was ridiculous once they realized it. Raymond laughed and asked Karen.

“But was that rose garden so famous?”

Karen hesitated for a moment before answering.

“Isella bragged about it a lot.”

Raymond also answered after a brief silence.

“I see.”

The unmatched conversation ended somewhat awkwardly. Karen glanced at Raymond. Raymond was concentrating on handling the horse. The horse’s pace quickened slightly.

What happened to Isella?

Karen waited for Raymond to say something, but he didn’t say anything more.

So Karen was curious but didn’t ask him more. Isella was an important person in Karen’s life.

In Raymond’s life too. She was always by their side, along with Verdick. They were the people who tied their beginnings together. Even when she married another man instead of Raymond, the fact that Isella would come remained unchanged.

But this time she didn’t come. She disappeared. Even Verdick, her father, didn’t know where his daughter was.

“….”

What did Raymond do to Isella?

The fact that Raymond remained silent about Isella conversely made her guess that he had done something. But Karen didn’t ask more. If there was a need to talk, Raymond would do so when the time came. For now, it would be polite not to ask more.

“Is Emily at the manor now?”

Karen changed the subject. Emily was Raymond’s old housekeeper. Raymond asked in a puzzled voice.

“No, she’s not. Why are you curious?”

“I was learning about her hometown’s embroidery method last time but didn’t finish. I was wondering if I could learn it this time.”

Karen thought about what she would do going forward. Karen recalled embroidering in some of her previous lives. She had embroidered while pricking her fingers many times, but kept making mistakes. This time it would be nice to complete it perfectly.

“I’m sorry. I dismissed everyone to avoid having you meet other people as much as possible.”

“…I see.”

“I’ll prepare it if you want.”

Raymond suggested in response to Karen’s slightly dejected answer.

“Emily?”

“I’ll learn embroidery for you.”

At Raymond’s serious answer, Karen lowered her head.

“That was a bit funny just now.”

“I wasn’t trying to be funny…”

Raymond answered with a dejected face, but Karen couldn’t help laughing when she imagined him embroidering with a stern and serious expression.

“Anyway, I should think about what to do. What would be good to do and play with at the manor.”

Karen liked that mansion.

In terms of scale, it was comparable to castles used as vacation homes by royalty, and above all, the scenery was beautiful. Behind the building were mountains that made the manor shine even more, and in front of the brown manor was a shallow stream perfect for playing in the water. Karen especially liked dozing in the sunlight on the wide meadow that spread out in front of the manor.

In the garden were beautiful trees of all kinds made by gardeners, and many nobles would visit in summer. Peacocks and swans roamed around the garden, and the rose garden was Karen’s favorite part.

“It’s been a really long time since I came here.”

Surely one of the reasons Verdick Evans coveted the Sayertes family was the majesty of that Tess Manor.

Verdick Evans also owned several mansions, but owning such a mansion was a different matter. A manor on land that nobles had managed and occupied for decades or hundreds of years wasn’t just one building. It included everything from gardens to old-style buildings, hunting grounds, and old decorations inside.

The buildings Verdick owned were sophisticated and splendid, but that alone wouldn’t have been satisfying. As most wealthy people are.

“Karen, hold my hand and come down.”

Karen held Raymond’s arm and got off the horse. Her back hurt. Karen moved her body this way and that. Then she looked up at the mansion. Under the bright midday sunlight, the manor revealed its majesty.

Karen walked slowly beside Raymond. Though she had come here many times, the impression felt new.

“Come to think of it, the rose garden seems a bit dangerous.”

“…Why?”

“What if your hand gets pricked by rose thorns and you get tetanus?”

“…Lord Raymond, please stop it.”

Karen playfully pinched Raymond. But Raymond’s face was serious.

“I’m always serious.”

“…Anyway, I’ll stay inside the manor for now. The flowers haven’t bloomed yet anyway.”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

“You don’t need to be since I know the reason.”

If the manor had been small, she might have complained. Karen thought of the manor at Hyer Estate. That was certainly a large manor compared to the lords’ manors, but just staying inside it was sufficiently stifling.

But if it was Raymond’s house, she could happily hole up for about a year. The four-story manor alone had over 170 rooms. Moreover, each space was spacious enough that it was hard to feel cramped.

Karen walked up to the main gate and entered.

But even when she grabbed the door knocker that the lion sculpture was holding and made knocking sounds several times, the door didn’t open. Raymond approached from behind Karen and took out a large key.

“There are no servants now, so I have to open it myself.”

Raymond opened the door. The main gate creaked open slowly. They really did reduce the staff by a lot. Karen nodded and entered the manor.

“Phew.”

It has been a long time since I came here. Karen looked up at the chandelier in the hall, feeling nostalgic. Was it all made of crystal?

“Huh….”

Something’s strange.

There were no candles placed on the chandelier. Did they remove them because it’s hard to manage with fewer people? But without those, it would be quite dark at night.

“Lord Raymond, over there.”

When she turned her head, it was even more of a sight.

Karen saw the broken glass window at the main entrance.

What is that? The window above the main entrance is broken, so why is it left like that?

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