Resetting Lady - Chapter 172

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Perhaps this might be okay too.

Even if it’s endless eternal life, if it’s not alone but together, a few hundred years would pass by quickly. Even with other people around, only Raymond understands Karen, so Karen will stay by his side forever.

“…Ah.”

Raymond realized again why he had been afraid to embrace Karen in his past life. He had secretly thought that it might be okay for Karen to live forever. Karen keeps dying but eventually comes back to life.

Unlike the hundreds of years when Raymond didn’t properly know about Karen, now she wouldn’t engage in suicidal acts herself, and they would continue to meet again like this.

“Right now it’s too… in broad daylight.”

Karen blushed but didn’t stop Raymond from pressing closer. They were still like newlyweds. It wasn’t only Raymond whose body was heated. Raymond embraced Karen. Since Karen grimaced in pain, he didn’t move any further.

“Draw the curtains.”

“There’s no building adjacent to this one, so there’s no one to see.”

“Oh, please.”

Karen grabbed the back of Raymond’s head. And their tongues intertwined. Their clothes were hastily removed.

Raymond stopped thinking. The mind is ruled by the body.

After quite some time had passed, Karen lay beside Raymond and looked up at him.

“This doesn’t seem like a very good method.”

“Am I inadequate?”

“No, when we interrupt our conversation and do this… the truly important discussion gets glossed over. Could you please not try to solve things with your body?”

“…Yes. I was wrong.”

Raymond’s face seemed to flush slightly. Karen poked at Raymond’s chest and continued speaking.

“There’s no way I could dislike you. Over something so trivial.”

But wasn’t that because there was no one else besides Raymond she could love? There are no other people in Karen’s world. It’s just the two of them.

“Certainly Lord Raymond, you’re showing your age.”

“Yes, yes?”

“They say people become cunning when they get older. Speak properly. Why are you so anxious? Why do you dislike it so much that I said I want to become friends with Miss Isella? Your attitude is too excessive.”

“Because I laid hands on Miss Isella last time… aren’t you disappointed in me? Your wanting to protect Miss Isella feels that way to me.”

Raymond found this somewhat unfair.

He had never caused problems with Isella based on his personal feelings. Because she was in too good a position for him to take out his hatred for Verdick on her, he had actually tried to restrain himself. But for Karen’s sake, things like his morals or beliefs had no value whatsoever.

But what if Karen was disappointed in his actions and came to dislike him?

Raymond avoided Karen’s eyes. He felt somewhat depressed. Karen shouldn’t treat him that way. The Karen from last time hadn’t shown such signs.

But human emotions weren’t created by courtesy or duty. Just as he had felt an unavoidable revulsion despite trying to be courteous to Isella, if Karen felt revulsion toward his cruel self. If she couldn’t help it herself.

“I’ve killed some people too, you know? Why are you digging into the ground like that?”

“It’s not a matter of logic or reason.”

“Lord Raymond.”

Karen climbed on top of Raymond. Raymond made a slight groaning sound, but it wasn’t a weight he couldn’t bear. Karen’s eyes sparkled in the afternoon sunlight. Karen looked down at Raymond from above and said.

“Think carefully. Would I really be doing this because I like Isella more than you? Could there be anyone more important in this world than Lord Raymond?”

“Don’t you have no choice? I know that friends are as necessary as lovers. There are people for whom friends are more important. Your wanting to become friends with Isella feels to me like… you’re rejecting our past life.”

“…You’re not just a lover, you’re my companion. That’s why I’m doing this.”

Karen continued speaking while looking down at Raymond from above.

“I’m doing this because I hate seeing you forced to do things you don’t want to do. Because Lord Raymond doesn’t want to kill Miss Isella. Because you don’t like killing people.”

Karen’s hand caressed Raymond. Tender emotion was evident in her voice. And she lowered her head. The cascading red hair wrapped around Raymond like sunlight. Red lips touched and parted.

Warm affection fell from the gaze looking down at Raymond.

“I’m doing this because I want to let you do what you want to do.”

Because I love you.

Raymond had to admit that his love was still immature compared to Karen’s.

“I’m glad you understand.”

“I’m sorry.”

“So think carefully about how to become friends with Isella.”

But that didn’t mean there was an immediate answer to the problem.

Raymond also found it difficult to imagine how Isella and Karen could become friends.

“The necklace didn’t work, it seems. Would it be better to give a different gift?”

“It seems difficult to win her heart with gifts.”

“Why does Isella like Lord Raymond?”

“Because I’m handsome.”

“…Wow. Yes. But I’m pretty too. Why doesn’t she like me much?”

Karen looked at Raymond with a sour expression. Certainly, men as handsome as Raymond were rare. Moreover, men who were as handsome as Raymond and also noble, wealthy, and not womanizers were even rarer.

“Because Miss Isella likes men and doesn’t care much for women.”

“Ah, I know. That was just something that came out momentarily.”

Karen hung her head after hearing the obvious reason.

Isella saw Karen as a competitor. And not only Karen, but Isella also had no friends.

“If you dislike it, you can abandon that goal anytime. Honestly, I’d prefer if you gave up.”

“Once I’ve made a promise, I have to keep it.”

“…Did you make such a promise with Miss Evans?”

“I made the proposal once when I was trying to kill her.”

Karen recalled what she had said while chasing Isella who was running away in the dark corridor.

“What did she say?”

“She asked if I was crazy. While she has no friends herself. Really.”

“…I see. I don’t know well either, but Miss Evans doesn’t seem like someone who particularly needs friends.”

“I know.”

While Isella’s father being Verdick was the biggest reason, from what Karen had observed, that wasn’t all. Isella didn’t need friends. She always walked around with her nose in the air even in front of noble young ladies and had no qualms about talking about money. What Isella needed was a maid to worship her.

“But while I might become a friend, I don’t want to become a maid.”

“Of course.”

“Friends… Oh right, Lord Raymond. You still haven’t met with Miss Isella, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“First, break up with her clearly and thoroughly.”

“Right now?”

“Yes.”

Karen urged Raymond. First, Raymond couldn’t be between Isella and Karen. If it turned into a love affair, it would get messy. She could clearly picture Isella’s eyes rolling back in jealousy when she saw Karen with Raymond. To become friends, the man problem had to be clearly resolved.

“Couldn’t I catch Isella when she’s heartbroken from being dumped by Raymond and become friends with her?”

“…That doesn’t seem like a good method.”

Raymond shook his head.

“Or how about Lord Raymond bullying Isella and me saving her? You were most attractive when you saved me, Lord Raymond.”

“Even you must think that’s a bit much, Karen.”

“That’s why it could be even more attractive!”

“Please stop.”

Raymond sighed.

But Karen was right. If he wasn’t going to kill or kidnap Isella, and if Karen wanted to become friends with Isella, he first had to break up well with Isella.

“…Hah.”

But that didn’t seem possible.

Raymond got a headache thinking about how to break up with Isella.

Because Isella had never once let Raymond go.

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As soon as his memories returned, Raymond knew that when a new life began, he had to go to Karen first. Initially, he hadn’t planned to lay hands on Isella either. She was Verdick’s daughter, but that was all she was in the end. Until then, Raymond had been clear about the object and target of his anger.

‘Karen.’

After quickly breaking up with Isella, he had to join Karen before she did. Raymond bought the necklace he had bought before again. But this time, it was a farewell gift. Isella was delighted to receive the necklace as before, but her face hardened at Raymond’s words.

“Wh-what do you mean by that?”

“I have a woman I love. So Isella, I cannot marry you.”

Raymond spoke earnestly.

After going through long years, dying of old age, and gaining this opportunity again. He had to hurry and find Karen. Isella Evans looked completely naive to him. The Raymond of that time hoped Isella would find a different life. Though Verdick had to be killed.

“…Who is that woman?”

“I cannot tell you.”

“If you don’t tell me who she is, I cannot break up with you either.”

“Isella!”

He couldn’t bring himself to say Karen’s name.

He remembered how Karen had been killed by Verdick dozens of times until now. If he spoke up, Karen would be in danger. Raymond grabbed Isella, but she roughly pulled her hand away. Fire blazed in her eyes as she glared at Raymond.

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