Resetting Lady - Chapter 140

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Karen guided Verdick to the manor while dripping water. As the water began to dry, her body grew cold. She needed to hurry inside, hand Verdick over to Raymond, and change her clothes first.

“…Is he really there?”

“Yes.”

Verdick hurriedly followed behind Karen. He muttered as he observed the poorly maintained garden and the stone stairs overgrown with weeds.

“…There don’t seem to be many people around.”

Verdick spoke from behind Karen.

“Yes… Mr. Raymond is very busy. He’s reduced the number of servants as much as possible.”

“How many are there now?”

“Just me alone.”

“…Strange.”

“Since there aren’t many people around, it’s not really a big problem.”

“…Ha.”

Verdick seemed to harbor deeper suspicions. Well, even she could see it wasn’t normal. Karen was grateful that she was at least wearing a maid’s uniform. If she had been wearing an elegant dress instead of a maid’s outfit, the situation would have become even more complicated.

“So Lord Raymond formally employed you, miss?”

“…I’m… not sure.”

“Don’t you think it’s strange that you don’t know about something concerning yourself?”

“I don’t remember signing any papers.”

“Then you can’t even be called a maid. You’re just a slave.”

Karen hadn’t been employed in the first place anyway. Karen tried her best to appear simple-minded. She needed to deflect as much attention from herself as possible. To avoid Verdick’s increasingly persistent questioning, this was her only option.

“Do you think it makes sense for an adult man and woman to live together in this mansion?”

Exactly. Karen agreed as she walked. But their situation was special.

“An adult man and woman, in a place like this without even a contract? That’s… insane.”

Raymond is a bit like that. Karen was about to agree but then straightened up and objected.

“Mr. Raymond is my benefactor. Please don’t speak ill of him.”

“A person in their right mind wouldn’t handle things this way. If you’re going to show kindness, do it properly – find their home and take them there. Just keeping someone at your house…”

Verdick criticizing Raymond? And on moral grounds, no less. Karen was so incredulous she almost laughed. Now that Isella was gone, he seemed to want to interfere with everything.

“How long have you known Lord Raymond? Has there been anything strange… or other women?”

“…I don’t know anything.”

But Karen knew Verdick. She also knew the feel of the axe he wielded.

‘Should I kill him?’

Karen thought about the trap at the entrance. Raymond had installed many traps in the manor. Verdick and Karen had never been anything but enemies. Now that they’d met, removing him from the story might be a good option. She needed to kill Verdick before he could kill her.

She could do it.

She just hadn’t done it out of fear. She just hadn’t had the opportunity. Karen looked around. Verdick was following behind her. He was a well-built middle-aged man, but if she used traps instead of hand-to-hand combat, even someone relatively weak like herself might succeed. This time, she might succeed in her revenge.

Karen looked at the main gate before her. She took a slight breath. Let’s try it.

“…The gate won’t open properly. Could you help me?”

Karen turned around and asked Verdick.

There was a trap installed on the gate. It opened by pulling the door handle that a lion was biting, but if you pulled it open without untying the knot inside the handle, a rope would snatch up the visitor’s body. If she was lucky, she might be able to hang Verdick’s neck in one go.

“You just need to pull this door.”

“…Good grief.”

Verdick frowned. It wasn’t his job to do this. Karen cheered internally as she watched Verdick approach the door. Though she was a bit nervous, if she killed him cleanly from the start, both she and Raymond would be safe.

Thump.

Verdick came to the door. He adjusted the scarf around his neck. Karen imagined strangling his neck just like that. She could do it. Let’s deal with Verdick and tear up his corpse. She’d have to clean up thoroughly.

She couldn’t do it in her past life. This was something she absolutely had to do to survive. But Verdick didn’t touch the door handle. Karen waited and then spoke up impatiently. Why was he just standing there? Had he noticed something? That couldn’t be possible.

“Just pull this…”

“Linde! Come here and open the door!”

Verdick turned around and shouted. What? Karen panicked and turned her head in the direction Verdick was shouting. Damn, Karen cursed. In the distance, Verdick’s secretary Linde was coming.

“Mr. Verdick! I thought we were going slowly together… huff, together.”

“You’re too slow!”

Verdick shouted and gestured to his secretary. There were more people. And it wasn’t just one more. Karen had been so nervous that she hadn’t noticed other people approaching from a distance besides Verdick. Damn. Karen said through gritted teeth.

“You have… many guests.”

Verdick looked at his watch and answered with a grimace.

“I couldn’t come all this way alone, could I? Water got into my watch, damn it. How much did this cost… Linde, open the door. It really seems like Tess Manor has almost no servants.”

“Who is this young lady?”

The fat secretary who arrived late looked at Karen.

“She had fallen into the water, so I rescued her. She says she’s Raymond’s maid.”

“Please open the door.”

Karen interrupted Verdick’s words. Verdick pointed at the door with his chin. As expected, he didn’t even want to go through the trouble of opening the door himself. Karen counted the people behind Linde. There weren’t just two. One, two, three… roughly six of them. Indeed, someone of his status wouldn’t travel alone. Karen hurriedly spoke to the secretary who was reaching for the door handle.

“You need to untie the knot inside the door handle before opening it.”

“…That’s quite an unusual method.”

“Indeed. Very… different from before. We didn’t used to do this.”

“It’s because there are fewer people staying here.”

Karen answered Verdick’s comment, hoping it wouldn’t sound like an excuse.

Karen felt her palms getting slightly sweaty.

The door opened with a creaking sound. Verdick looked inside from behind and spoke slowly.

“The inside of the house seems quite different from before too.”

Killing Verdick in one go was a failure. To think she had hoped he would come alone. She must have been anxious too. Wasn’t there some way? Karen spoke to Verdick with as calm a face as possible.

“Sir.”

“Verdick Evans. I don’t know how long you’ll keep pretending not to know, miss.”

“Ah… Yes… Mr. Verdick. If you wait here, I’ll inform Lord Raymond.”

“Good. I’ll wait.”

Verdick stood in the hall and answered. There wasn’t just one trap. And if there were many people, there were ways to deal with many people. Karen clasped her hands together and asked, as if she were truly a maid.

“Shall I bring you some tea?”

“Please do.”

The secretary answered readily. He looked directly at Karen’s face and smiled brightly. Karen also smiled back at him and turned her head to Verdick as well. But Verdick didn’t smile. He shook his head with an unpleasant expression.

“No, that’s fine.”

“Mr. Verdick.”

“Linde, you stay quiet. Miss, hurry up and inform Lord Raymond first.”

“Yes… I understand.”

“Mr. Verdick, it’s not good to be so harsh. You came to see Lord Raymond Seyertes without even giving notice…”

“Linde.”

The secretary closed his mouth. Karen turned her steps. She needed to consult with Raymond quickly. She needed to think about what to do. Raymond could probably kill three or four people without much difficulty. They had to be killed. She couldn’t understand why Raymond hadn’t dealt with Verdick first. She should be angry with him.

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Strange.

Verdick glared at the red-haired woman.

Just the two of them in a baron’s manor? Did that even make sense? She was definitely hiding something. Verdick Evans clenched his fist. Suspicion was slowly rising within him.

His daughter had disappeared. Without a trace.

Raymond Seyertes had been attending an academic conference hosted by Countess Solia at that time. Let’s not think strange thoughts. Let’s not. It was still unknown.

“Isn’t that Mr. Verdick Evans? It’s been a long time.”

Raymond Seyertes was looking down at him from the top of the stairs with a faint smile.

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Knock knock.

It was when Karen, soaking wet, had left Verdick standing in the hall and knocked on Raymond’s door. Karen’s head was about to burst thinking about Verdick waiting downstairs.

Knock.

“Yes.”

When Karen opened the door, she could see Raymond tending to his bag and gun. In two days, Raymond would have to leave the house for work. No matter how many times she lived again, his work was always like that. Raymond saw Karen and put down what he was holding. Then his complexion changed. Her entire body was soaked with water.

“Karen, why are you wet.”

Karen cut off Raymond’s words. That wasn’t what was important. Karen didn’t want the conversation to go in the wrong direction. Verdick was right downstairs. There was no time.

“Lord Raymond, we have a guest.”

“Who is it?”

“Mr. Verdick Evans has come. He hasn’t said why yet, but I think he’s here to see you.”

Raymond’s eyes immediately became calm. Worrying about her being wet with water could come later. Raymond looked down at the bag and luggage he had been carrying, then asked Karen again.

“I see. I’ll go out and take a look. Karen, you should change your clothes.”

Raymond didn’t seem greatly flustered. Karen couldn’t tell whether this was fortunate or not.

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