Resetting Lady - Chapter 170

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“It’s not for me—I’m planning to give it as a gift.”

A familiar voice. A familiar scent. But it was a meeting in an unfamiliar place. It was somewhat surprising and welcome. Karen lifted her head to look at the man’s face.

The golden knight, her male protagonist.

“It hasn’t been that long, has it?”

“Yes. But saying it’s been a long time would probably make me happier.”

It was an unannounced meeting, but not an unexpected one. So joy and happiness came before surprise. When their eyes met, one of Raymond’s eyes curved gently.

“It’s been a while, Lord Raymond.”

“It’s been a while, Karen.”

Raymond’s hand caressed Karen’s face.

And he embraced Karen from behind.

It was a meeting starting anew in a new place.

The fragrance of flowers seemed to vibrate in the air.

“…But, Lord Raymond.”

After a brief embrace, Karen saw Nancy and the jewelry shop owner staring with wide eyes, so she pulled away from Raymond. Then she got angry at Raymond. She had no choice but to be angry.

“What on earth is this? Why are your eyes like that?”

The initial meeting was so welcome that nothing needed to be said, but what came next was Raymond’s face. One of Raymond’s eyes was covered by an eyepatch.

“I made a mistake.”

Raymond said while avoiding Karen’s gaze. The black eyepatch covered Raymond’s right eye. And where the eyepatch couldn’t fully cover, a long scar could be seen extending. Karen looked at Raymond’s appearance and quickly whispered.

“Should we commit suicide and start over?”

“It’s not that uncomfortable.”

“If it’s permanent, it would be too inconvenient.”

It would be better for her to die quickly and restart rather than Raymond starting with an injury. And since they met early in the story now, it would be easy to arrange their next meeting. But Raymond didn’t fall for Karen’s suggestion.

“We need to observe the progress a bit more. And Karen, as I said last time, my efforts are for you… so you should try a bit too.”

If you keep saying you’ll commit suicide like that, wouldn’t I lose strength too? Raymond said while scratching beside his eyepatch. That sight made her sigh involuntarily. He tells her to try not to die, yet here he is, injured in the eye of all places so early on.

“At your age, getting hurt like that…! Where on earth do you leave your mind when you go around?”

When Karen’s voice grew loud with anger, Raymond also became conscious of their surroundings and whispered quietly.

“Let’s go out and talk first. It wouldn’t be good to talk too long in the shop.”

“…Alright. I’ll look at the items again later.”

Karen and Raymond put down the necklace and pushed through the door. The jewelry shop owner’s gaze was piercing. Karen said to Nancy who was following from behind.

“I have something to discuss with Raymond, so Nancy, I’ll see you at the inn later. I’ll return before nightfall.”

“Ah, that person next to you is…?”

“It’s been a while.”

“Raymond, it’s useless. Nancy can’t remember.”

“Ah, I see. Please take care of me from now on.”

Raymond tried to act familiar while looking at Nancy, then awkwardly turned away. Raymond definitely seemed to have a screw loose since his memories returned all at once. Karen quickly whispered to Nancy as she headed toward the door.

“He’s the man I told you about before.”

“Good heavens… no way…”

She really won’t believe it till the end. Karen shook her head once and placed her hand on Raymond’s arm. Then they stepped onto the midday street.

Perhaps because they had only stayed at the manor last time, Karen found walking the midday streets with Raymond quite refreshing. And above all, the injured Raymond was incredibly refreshing too. Raymond’s beauty couldn’t be hidden by a single eyepatch.

But if that wasn’t decoration but a real injury, it would be a big problem. Karen kept looking up at Raymond with a displeased expression. After getting quite far from the jewelry shop, they slipped into a deserted alley. After confirming no one was around, Raymond stopped walking.

“I got hurt trying to get out quickly. They say there’s no need for extraction, but they’re not sure how much my vision will recover.”

“Making mistakes at your age that you didn’t even make when you were young…”

“I’m still young now.”

“That’s not the problem right now… Oh, really.”

Karen was upset and kept stamping the ground. She didn’t want to scold Raymond more, but her emotions were intense and flowed into action. After stamping the ground with her new shoe heels for a while, Raymond bowed his head and said.

“…I’ll be more careful from now on.”

“Have you been injured before?”

“Yes, when my memories first returned, I stepped on a landmine and got quite seriously injured. So this much is nothing.”

Raymond intended to say that this level wasn’t such a serious injury, but Karen’s face grew darker and darker. Before her eyes could turn to distrust, Raymond grabbed Karen and spoke again.

“Really, injuring one eye is nothing.”

“Nothing my foot. I’ve died from tetanus that spread from a thorn in my eye.”

“Ah… that, that did happen.”

“Before dying, my vision narrowed and I got hurt a lot from small things too.”

“…It must have been painful.”

“How agonizing it was to die from tetanus.”

“…”

But Raymond felt somewhat wronged too. Such accidents were unavoidable. Last time he escaped from the war zone intact, but this time he failed. It was because his body was eager to get out quickly as soon as he returned from finishing his previous life.

Perhaps the thought that the reason their plan failed last time might have been because he was a bit late made him more hasty. Raymond hurried, and unexpected variables put him in danger. Though he injured his eye, it was minor compared to the injury he received from shock after his memories first returned.

Karen, who didn’t know this, must have been shocked that Raymond was injured, but Raymond was more shocked by Karen saying she’d die over this level of injury. Karen kept staring at Raymond’s eye and reluctantly gave up.

“Please be careful.”

“I understand.”

“And go see other doctors in the capital too.”

“Yes.”

Eventually Karen said a few more words before getting tired and stopping. Then Karen looked at Raymond with displeasure, sighed, and changed the subject.

“How did you know I was here?”

“…Actually, I came to buy a necklace for Miss Isela Evans.”

“I see.”

It wasn’t strange for Raymond to be here at this time. Though there were mistakes from hurrying a bit, he would usually be here around this time anyway. What was strange was Karen being here now when she should be at Hyer Estate.

“But why are you here at this time?”

“Because I want to become friends with Miss Isella.”

“…”

Karen had to reconsider whether she had made some mistake at Raymond’s silence. Raymond’s face was frozen stiff beyond measure.

“What are you saying now…”

“Friends. With Isela Evans. You’re so surprised. It’s not like I said something I couldn’t do.”

“Karen, you often told me my jokes were terrible, but your jokes are just as bad.”

Raymond spoke as if groaning and grinding his teeth.

“What I said wasn’t a joke though?”

Raymond couldn’t continue speaking.

Karen thought she was seeing all of Raymond’s various expressions and waited for Raymond to come to his senses. Raymond’s face turned toward the ground, then toward the sky, looked at the wall, then turned back to Karen.

“Friends.”

“Yes.”

Raymond asked Karen with a face that truly couldn’t understand.

“Why do you need friends now?”

Karen glared at Raymond with the expression of someone who had put something tasteless in their mouth. What was he talking about?

“Are you telling me to live looking only at you now?”

“Karen, I don’t look at anyone but you. I don’t think you need anyone else besides me either. Am I not enough?”

Raymond’s face was indescribable. It was somewhat different from jealousy or possessiveness. Karen couldn’t understand why he was making such a face. Why was Raymond making that expression?

“You’re being selfish. You’ve enjoyed everything you wanted to enjoy.”

Raymond and Karen had different positions. Karen had to meet only the same people she met while repeating just one year of life, but Raymond had experiences spanning a lifetime. When Karen stared at Raymond intently, Raymond frowned.

“…That’s not it.”

“Last time I stayed holed up in the manor till the end as you said, Lord Raymond. But we still failed. Is it so strange to want to try living in a different direction this time?”

“Last time wasn’t perfect either! Maybe this time we could be more perfectly alone together in the manor.”

“Lower your voice, Lord Raymond. This is a residential area. Is my wanting to become friends with Isella such an infuriating thing?”

“Karen!”

“Shh.”

Karen raised one finger. Raymond breathed roughly. But he seemed surprised that his voice had been too loud as well. Raymond repeatedly stroked his lips and sighed.

Karen pulled Raymond to her. A somewhat rough kiss followed. Both Raymond and Karen’s emotions had become rough. Karen looked at Raymond’s eyepatch and thought.

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