Resetting Lady - Chapter 137

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It was an unexpected question. Karen was slightly flustered by the sudden question but answered.

“Just… I know enough to load bullets into a pistol and chamber them.”

“I’ll give you a rifle. Can you snipe a person’s head from the third floor of the manor to the garden?”

“…Would that be possible?”

Karen looked at Raymond with bewildered eyes, but he remained serious. Raymond touched his chin and asked again.

“Then there’s an axe.”

“There isn’t one.”

But Raymond continued speaking while drawing a long axe in the air with his hands.

“Assuming there’s an axe, well, even if not that much, if someone like Xenon… an ordinary adult man charges at you, could you strike his neck with the axe?”

“If someone tied that man up or he was too drunk to control his body properly, then it would be possible.”

“…How did you kill Prince Guize?”

Karen was exasperated with Raymond’s ‘You can do it!’ expression and poked his chest with her finger. To make him come to his senses.

“Donna helped me. And striking someone from behind while they’re doing something else is completely different from subduing someone charging at me. Why are you acting like this? You know better.”

Raymond pressed his forehead.

He realized he had been spouting foolish things one after another.

“Throwing a grenade is easy.”

“…”

He still hadn’t properly realized it.

Karen was too tired to say more and stared at Raymond. When silence continued, Raymond finally clasped his hands and bowed his waist. His expression was dark.

“…I must be getting old and losing my mind.”

“No, that’s a relief. Lord Raymond, why are you acting like this?”

“…It seems Karen, you’ll have to be alone.”

The time had come. Karen realized why Raymond was so restless. Karen had to stay at this manor without Raymond. That time had come. Three months had passed.

It was the day Raymond had to leave to do his work.

Raymond held a grenade in his hand and explained enthusiastically. To summarize, you just had to pull the pin and throw it. Then he placed a decorative object of similar weight in her hands.

“Let’s first try throwing this. It’s dangerous inside the house.”

Karen looked down at it quietly and said.

“If I throw a grenade later and cause a forest fire, who’s going to put it out?”

“I’ll…”

Raymond soon realized that was impossible and closed his mouth.

In the end, the only useful thing for Karen was a pistol similar to the one he used. Raymond gave Karen the pistol while speaking with a very displeased expression.

“I’m still quite uneasy. If bandits or beasts attack, there won’t be much you can do.”

“That’s why I said it’s not good to have no servants.”

“…How can we trust servants either.”

There are things in life that cannot be avoided no matter how hard you try. That’s the same even for Raymond. The causes from before repetition accumulate to create current events.

Even if Raymond retires, previously promised work or future matters will force current work upon him. Raymond has no choice but to leave Karen at this moment. Just like when he had to go out for work when Prince Guiz approached Karen.

After listening for a long time about how to effectively swing a hand axe, and how to load a rifle and how to crawl forward, Karen thought it was rather unreasonable.

“If you’re leaving in just a few days, how effective could this be? Why didn’t you say anything until now?”

“I thought I could return in a day.”

“But did the schedule change?”

“Yes, the target was in a different place than where it was before.”

“I see.”

Raymond and Karen wrestled in the garden and hall for a long time before finally getting tired and deciding to have a cup of tea in the drawing room.

“I thought about just taking you with me, but that would seem more dangerous.”

“Me?”

Raymond shrugged once and spoke lightly, saying it was just a hypothetical. Karen thought about what to retort to Raymond’s nonsense, but the tea was hot so she just drank it quietly. She was tired and couldn’t even smell the tea’s fragrance well.

“If you at least had Xenon’s stamina and build, I would take you with me.”

“…Lord Raymond, Xenon has a good build even among men, you know?”

“I know it’s a meaningless hypothetical. Moreover, no matter how much weight you gain, you don’t get that big.”

Raymond said with a sigh, looking like he wished that were the case.

“Ah… you… remembered that too…”

Just forget it.

Karen blushed thinking of when she had plumped up. She had tried hard to gain weight, but it wasn’t a very pleasing appearance.

“Come to think of it, why didn’t you try building muscle? Wouldn’t it be better to have a thicker body line than being weak? Well, it would be difficult with only a year, but how about seriously training your body later? I’ll help you.”

At Raymond’s words, Karen imagined her arms being as thick as her current waist.

“I don’t want to.”

Karen answered firmly.

“Think about it carefully, Karen. If your body is strong, you won’t be looked down upon anywhere. It’s definitely convenient.”

“That’s because you’re a man. What would I use strength for? And I can’t grow as tall or muscular as you at this point.”

“Wouldn’t it reduce your chances of dying?”

“Lord Raymond, stop with the unfunny jokes.”

“I’m always serious.”

“Stop it.”

When Karen pinched Raymond’s side hard, Raymond made an “ugh” sound and stopped. Then, knowing it was unreasonable himself, he laughed emptily once and sighed.

“I’m definitely anxious. You’ve never once been safe from danger during this period.”

“Even so, most of it just ended with doing some work. Back then… I moved quite aggressively, so I think of it as the backlash from that.”

Karen died after a year, but she didn’t die before that. Even when she was in mortal danger, she didn’t die. After year 117, some law was broken so she could die earlier too, but still, if Karen didn’t overdo it, she seemed like she would survive until a year before, just like before.

“Nothing will happen.”

Actually, even if she died and started over again, it wasn’t that scary anymore. Because Raymond remembers. Even if she started over, there was someone who remembered her, so there was no need to fear starting from the beginning again.

“Well, even if I die, I’ll start over anyway.”

“Don’t talk like that.”

“Still. I mean don’t be too scared. It’s not just this time, we can start over, so why are you so anxious? Even if I die, I’ll live again.”

Raymond and Karen had many opportunities. Just as Raymond remembered everything even if Karen died several times.

“Come to think of it, Lord Raymond, you’re probably not very scared of dying anymore either.”

“Pardon?”

“You used to be scared before.”

“…Did I?”

“Yes.”

Raymond looked somewhat puzzled. Karen smiled weakly.

“I remember you sometimes jumping up while sleeping and being scared, you know?”

“…I see.”

Raymond slightly frowned around his eyes as if really searching through the past.

The conversation broke off again and silence settled. Karen slightly regretted bringing up death too lightly in conversation. The recent series of short deaths were comedies that were even amusing to herself who had died, but for him, each death would have been repeating decades of life.

To avoid seeing that dark face, she should try not to die this time either. It seemed Raymond feared Karen’s death more than Karen did. The person watching death suffers more than the person who will die.

Raymond was the first to start the conversation again.

“First, I’ll install all the traps in the forest and at the entrance.”

“That’s fine. But won’t I be able to go out during that time?”

“I’ll teach you everything properly, so remember it well.”

“…Alright.”

When Karen sighed, Raymond stood up and pulled the back of Karen’s neck. Raymond’s lips touched and left as if gently soothing.

“Finish your tea first.”

“Wait a moment.”

Raymond’s breathing became slightly rough. His lips tasted of tea. But it seemed to taste a bit sweeter than the tea in the teacup. It was definitely the same tea though. Karen pulled Raymond closer. Tongues mixed, breaths mixed.

Physical intimacy was now so natural. It would be really boring while he’s away. Karen thought this while looking up at Raymond. His eyes curved. She liked his sparkling deep green pupils. It was an expression she used to see only occasionally at the very end.

Raymond pulled his face back a little and said.

“I’ll stop by the capital and bring back clothes tailored for you. How about it?”

“They’re just ready-made clothes anyway.”

She wasn’t very excited about clothes that were all the same. At Karen’s grumbling, Raymond soothingly stroked her hair and said.

“I’m quite old, you know.”

“Yes.”

“I’ll make sure to bring you the latest fashions that will be popular decades from now.”

That sounded quite interesting. Karen wrapped her arms around Raymond’s neck.

In two days, she would have to spend time alone without Raymond. Karen soaked her feet by the riverbank while pondering what to do.

Should she search through the manor and investigate what Raymond had been up to? Or should she indulge in the primal laziness she couldn’t enjoy when Raymond was around? Piling up snacks and lying in bed without taking a single step outside. That seemed quite appealing too.

No matter how long they had been together, Karen still had to maintain a daily routine of washing, grooming, and staying active. Perhaps when Raymond was away, it wouldn’t be bad to be extremely lazy for once. Since she would truly be alone.

“…Ah, that won’t work.”

At the very least, she had to feed the livestock. Even if she didn’t clean, there were still things that needed to be done. Maybe it would have been better to risk everything and keep servants after all. Karen sighed.

And then a strong wind blew.

“…Oh dear.”

Karen sighed as she watched the hat she had been wearing fall onto the water.

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