Resetting Lady - Chapter 149

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A strange emotion arose. Usually, he would pass away after suffering from business failures, but this time he died because I had disappeared. He was someone who would die because of me too. He was someone who couldn’t even commit suicide, but when his child went missing, he succeeded in taking his own life. Just… that’s how it was. That was the end. The end.

Did Mother just marry Father because she got pregnant? Or did she choose him because she liked something about him? But whatever it was, it probably didn’t matter much.

Karen repeatedly denied it.

“I don’t know who that person is. I’m not his daughter.”

Karen answered calmly without trembling.

“…How ridiculous.”

“Mr. Evans, you’re mistaken right now.”

But no matter how calmly Karen answered, she could tell by looking at Verdick’s face. He didn’t believe Karen’s words. He was certain that Karen was Karen.

“…You’re completely infatuated with that man.”

“Please refrain from making rude remarks.”

Verdick became angry at Karen.

“Why are you lying? Your father is dead. Don’t you understand this?”

“…”

“Miss, please look at this.”

Linde held out a rolled-up picture to Karen. Karen took it. It was a portrait of Karen. Of course, it looked exactly like her own face. It was a flyer looking for her.

“It resembles me. But I’m not this person.”

“It’s troublesome if you continue like this. We could bring more people who know you.”

“No matter who you bring, my answer will be the same. Because I’m not the person called Karen.”

Karen answered with an expressionless face. Verdick lost his reason at her continued denials. Verdick grabbed Karen’s shoulders forcefully.

“…Gentleman, that hurts.”

He was already far from being a gentleman anyway.

Verdick breathed roughly while gripping Karen tightly.

“Your father, because you disappeared! While you were here, enchanted by that flashy Raymond! He worried every single day and only shed tears until he finally hanged himself! But how… how could…”

Karen was dumbfounded. And it was even absurd. Who was lecturing whom about what? What was Verdick saying to Karen right now?

“Don’t you even feel sorry for your own father? How could you, you bitch…”

“Mr. Verdick!”

If they had been alone, Verdick would have beaten Karen. But somehow all the servants, and other groups of people who weren’t Verdick’s servants, had all come down and were watching them.

“How could a child…”

How could a child do that to their parent? Was he in a position to lecture her right now?

Who was lecturing whom right now.

Karen knew Verdick. She knew Verdick’s evil temperament. He had struck Karen’s neck several times so far. That wasn’t all. He was inherently selfish and only looked out for his own wealth.

So far, Lord Hyer had hanged himself dozens of times because of Verdick, and countless others had died because of that man. Verdick made money through military supply brokerage, and she also knew that he was deliberately inciting conflicts here and there.

One of the reasons the war beyond the White Mountains didn’t end was because there were more than a few nobles he was funding, and the reason the Seyertes Baron family fell to him was because he sold diseased seeds.

The people who died because of Verdick could indirectly number in the hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Yet this man was now angry at her, asking how she could act like that as a child. Why wasn’t she concerned about her father’s death?

“Speak… Karen Hyer.”

“I’m not Karen.”

Karen decided to continue pushing the narrative that she was Cally. Whether he believed it or not didn’t matter. Verdick wouldn’t get any more answers from her.

Karen silently stared into space.

And this was Karen’s best course of action.

* * *

“She doesn’t seem like she’ll open her mouth at all.”

Linde came out of the room where Karen was and shook his head. Verdick had to walk around the hall more than five times to calm his anger. Getting information about Isella from Karen seemed hopeless. She wouldn’t even admit that she was Karen, and she only kept saying good things about Raymond.

“Make her admit it somehow.”

“What that means is…”

Linde lowered his voice. Compared to Verdick, he was someone who tried to handle things more smoothly, but that was only relatively speaking. Linde was also somewhat fed up with Karen’s silent responses. Linde made a throat-slitting gesture. But Verdick immediately denied it.

“No, no.”

Verdick retracted his words. Given his temperament, he wanted to use violence against the woman who claimed she wasn’t Karen to hear anything at all. But that woman was definitely Karen, and if he made a mistake now, Raymond might return and use this as an excuse to pursue the matter relentlessly.

‘I just want to kill her.’

But there were too many people. Silencing his own subordinates was one problem, but borrowing people to make things go more smoothly was the issue.

“Mr. Verdick.”

Gail, Prince Guiz’s subordinate, called Verdick. Verdick was a little surprised, not knowing when he had arrived. Gail spoke to him with a frowning face.

“Mr. Verdick, it seems like it will take a bit more time.”

“…To investigate the manor? Even with all these people, do you think it makes sense for it to take that long?”

To Verdick’s reproach, Gail nodded once and answered.

“I’m sorry. But the owner of this house has set up little tricks in each room. Nothing too deadly has appeared so far, but if Lord Raymond is as suspicious as you think, Mr. Verdick… we need to investigate even more carefully.”

“Don’t you think we should investigate as much as possible before he returns?”

The man looked down at Verdick as he spoke.

“Should we take that level of risk based on suspicion alone? We weren’t told it would be work to that extent.”

Verdick felt his anger rising, but he couldn’t get angrier than this.

Those men weren’t his subordinates. They were people borrowed from Prince Guiz. Prince Guiz had lent him people, but if they died or got hurt, he would owe Prince Guiz a debt. He had borrowed them based on suspicion without evidence, and Raymond wasn’t a child he could manipulate at will.

‘…Damn.’

It was difficult to move. Verdick stroked his beard. People were looking at him. He had to make a decision. Verdick decided.

“Then we’ll stay here until Baron Raymond Seyertes returns.”

“…Are you insane?”

Karen opened her mouth in disbelief. But Verdick spoke to the men without even looking at Karen.

“It’s a noble’s duty to entertain guests. We happened to return and are forced to stay. When he returns, he should actually be grateful. We just need to take good care of his house in the meantime.”

“That’s a fine idea.”

“Isn’t it?”

“You’re insane.”

How could he say such shameless things? Karen looked up at Verdick with that expression, but his subordinates, who were used to Verdick, nodded.

“Understood. Then what should we do? The original deadline was one week.”

“I’d like you to ask him to extend it a bit more.”

The men nodded.

And Karen felt an ominous feeling.

There had rarely been times when she wasn’t in Verdick’s hands at this point. And soon the time would come when Verdick would threaten Karen. Could she survive him this time?

Really, could she avoid that day?

* * *

Verdick made his choice.

And after choosing, he acted without hesitation. Verdick shamelessly really intended to live in Raymond’s manor. Until Raymond returned, he planned to continue ransacking his estate.

Karen was dumbfounded, but there wasn’t anything she could do about it. Verdick called people and was searching the manor extensively. Even if Raymond returned, he had brought documents stamped with the royal seal to make it difficult for Raymond to say anything to him.

“With this, there’s no problem with me being in this manor.”

“Don’t you think it’s more a matter of courtesy than law?”

“It’s a matter that can be resolved by cleaning up afterward. If the suspicion is cleared, it would be good for Baron Raymond too. And for you as well.”

Verdick dismissed it.

Karen was incredulous, but she couldn’t rebel against Verdick either. And after hearing the conversation between Verdick and the other men, Karen thought it was better to comply rather than resist fiercely any longer.

“Just so you know, you mustn’t lay a hand on that young lady.”

“…I’d appreciate it if you’d stop your unpleasant imaginings.”

When Verdick retorted, the man laughed.

“That’s not what I mean. There must be no marks of any kind.”

And the man glanced at Karen as he spoke.

“His Highness has a deep interest in Catherine’s daughter, you see.”

Karen sighed.

What Mother had used was somewhat useful. If Prince Guiz had taken interest in her earlier in her past life, wouldn’t she have suffered less from Verdick? The current Verdick had eyes that wanted to whip Karen several times, but he couldn’t because he was conscious of Prince Guiz.

It was hard to judge right now whether gaining Prince Guiz’s favor was good or bad. But Karen could tell that she was precariously on the good side for now.

Verdick couldn’t touch Karen right now. Because Karen might know clues about Isella, and because Prince Guiz was concerned about Karen.

Prince Guiz also couldn’t touch Karen. Because Verdick was frantically searching for Isella like a madman, and he considered Karen one of the important clues. Even if he wanted to summon her, Verdick was also an important source of funding for him.

As a result, Karen found herself slightly out of alignment in various people’s interests, able to spend her days quietly within the manor.

Even though she was under the same roof as her enemy like in her previous life, peace had come.

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