Resetting Lady - Chapter 173

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“Does Lord Raymond find promises amusing?”

“She is someone I truly love. I stake my life on it.”

“I have no intention of letting you go even if I die, so think carefully.”

That time was the worst.

When Raymond failed to persuade Isella and secretly arrived at the Hyer Estate, Karen had already committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. She had never succeeded in suicide before.

Raymond stood blankly at Karen’s grave, only repeating her name over and over.

He had run his entire life to reach Karen, but she had already crossed over to her next life.

“You are mine.”

Isella would not let Raymond go.

It always took a long time and was difficult to part, and after Karen’s death, even greater retaliation struck Raymond.

A plague spread through the Sayertes Estate again, and Verdick used every means to cut off Raymond’s political influence. Raymond eventually succeeded in his revenge, but without Karen by his side, there was no sense of triumph.

He only thought about dying soon so he could meet Karen.

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Saying he had someone he loved and asking to be released was rather like setting fire to Isella. So the second Raymond chose a different approach.

When that Raymond opened his eyes, his heart was more anxious. Karen might commit suicide again. If the previous Karen had committed suicide with a pistol as soon as she opened her eyes, she might try several more times to confirm her death. He had to go quickly.

Raymond moved immediately.

And a roar shook the ground. Boom! An ear-splitting sound followed. His ears rang. But an even more excruciating pain came to Raymond.

“Ugh… uugh… Aaaaah!”

He had stepped on a landmine. One ankle was blown off. Raymond widened his eyes and gritted his teeth. Tears and blood fell from his eyes. Due to the severe injury, Raymond had to retire quickly.

A soldier had lost one foot. No one could say it was okay, even as empty words. He would have to live with a prosthetic leg for the rest of his life. Countless lost opportunities, endless pain, and extreme suffering overwhelmed him.

What barely kept him going was Karen. Because Karen sat beside him, even as a phantom, Raymond could focus on Karen rather than his missing foot.

“I die and come back to life many times.”

“You too.”

Would Karen be disappointed when she saw him? Would she turn her head away seeing him so lacking and unable to help her? First, he had to meet her. The woman who filled his mind more than shame or pain, he had to confirm her.

Then the injury could help with early retirement. That was at least some consolation. And Isella before his eyes was an obstacle. Raymond glared at the woman who had dragged Karen to the gallows with false testimony in his previous life.

“L-Lord Raymond.”

“…Miss Isella Evans, this is a war zone. Please return. I will soon return to my hometown. Why did you come here? For a woman like you to be here causes great damage… ugh…”

Raymond gritted his teeth. The pain surged again. No matter how much medicine he took, it was useless. Isella covered her mouth while looking at Raymond’s missing foot. She also covered her nose as if the smell of blood was nauseating, then removed her hand to breathe and asked.

“Are you alright?”

“…It’s difficult.”

Raymond answered as if spitting out the words.

“I saw Karen Hyer kill someone.”

Because of those words, Karen had died.

Raymond looked at Isella’s slender neck, thinking about how good a position he was in to take revenge right now. But asking her about that now wasn’t right. Raymond gritted his teeth. Isella flinched in surprise.

“Do you… dislike that I came?”

“Please return, Isella Evans. I finished talking with Mr. Verdick Evans about canceling the engagement.”

Verdick didn’t want the crippled Raymond.

So he didn’t even come in person, ending it with a short telegram. But this was fine. Isella seemed not to have confirmed how badly he was injured yet, but she wouldn’t want this defective product with one foot blown off either. But Isella shook her head vigorously.

“…I don’t want to!”

“Please return.”

“I-I won’t part from Lord Raymond over something like that!”

“You will be able to meet a better man.”

More than anything, Raymond didn’t want it. So that his anger, his desire for revenge wouldn’t spread to you, Isella. Raymond intended to kill Verdick. What would be the point of keeping his daughter by his side?

Moreover, it wasn’t that he had no desire for revenge against her. Raymond couldn’t be confident he could suppress himself from becoming increasingly fierce when he looked at Isella. But Isella shook her head repeatedly. And tears formed in her eyes.

“Lord Raymond! You don’t need to force yourself to say such things for my sake…!”

“I really don’t want to marry you.”

“I understand everything. I will stay by your side and help you.”

“…”

They couldn’t communicate.

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“Safe breakup…”

“What are you saying?”

“It’s nothing. Where is Mr. Verdick Evans?”

“He says to meet after spending time with Miss Isella.”

“Good.”

Unlike with Karen, Raymond was able to meet Isella immediately as soon as a servant delivered word of his arrival.

“Lord Raymond! Are you injured?”

“It’s nothing serious. It’s a light wound, so please don’t worry.”

“My goodness…! It’s been so long. I didn’t expect you to come straight home, please come in.”

Isella hurriedly ran toward Raymond, clutching her skirt. For her, she hadn’t seen Raymond for over a year. Raymond bowed to Isella.

“…How do you do, Isella Evans.”

How could he break up safely?

Raymond broke out in cold sweat.

It was useless to say he had someone he loved, useless to ask to be abandoned because he was crippled. Isella had much more money, and all he had was bloodline and honor.

That wasn’t something Raymond could give away. Raymond felt like his head would explode from calculating how he could part well with Isella and how Karen and Isella could become friends.

If he asked to borrow money, Isella would give him everything, and if he met another woman, Isella would pour her anger not on Raymond but on that woman. Why did Isella look at him so blindly while not showing even a bit of sympathy to Karen?

Isella guided Raymond to the greenhouse while boasting about the roses in full bloom. Though it was early spring, various flowers were blooming inside the greenhouse. Isella pointed to a double rose and said.

“The gardener created a new variety – isn’t it beautiful?”

“Indeed.”

Raymond looked down at Isella’s head from above, lost in thought. Karen had been very considerate of him, but for Raymond, it would be easier and more convenient to just kill Isella and Verdick.

He couldn’t abandon the kindness his god, his wife, showed for his sake, but he had already become someone for whom murder was easier.

Murder is difficult the first time. Evil deeds are heavy to begin. Once you start using any means necessary, everything after flows smoothly. But this time Karen had pushed his back to walk the bright path again. If she wished it, Raymond would have to walk a different path again.

“Miss Isella Evans.”

Isella turned toward Raymond. Isella’s eyes sparkled with expectation. Raymond thought of another girl who had such eyes. Eyes full of expectation. But Raymond couldn’t fulfill Isella’s expectations.

“I will not marry you.”

Still, he had to say it.

Raymond silently stared at Isella.

“…What’s the reason?”

Isella’s voice turned coldly flat. Raymond recalled all the various things he had said before. Other women, wealth, his injury – none of it had helped with breaking up.

“After I was injured this time, I thought about many things.”

“Lord Raymond’s injury isn’t even a serious wound. How very considerate of you to worry about such things.”

But I’ll never let you go. Isella’s eyes were saying that.

“No. I didn’t say that out of consideration for you. I’ve decided I can’t waste my short life on you every day.”

“…Right now, I don’t quite understand what you’re…”

“Miss Isella Evans, I dislike you.”

Raymond said calmly.

Other excuses didn’t work. And whatever he said, Isella interpreted it in her favor. Why did Isella like him? Raymond thought it was his appearance. And he thought it was his bloodline. These weren’t things Raymond could do anything about.

But he could trample on honor and courtesy.

Raymond cleared his voice.

“I dislike Verdick Evans. Your father is the worst kind of person. He ruined my family.”

“Don’t speak carelessly about my father! Don’t you know gratitude?”

“Why should I repay gratitude to Verdick? From the beginning, the plague that struck the Sayertes Estate was caused by the Evans Family’s land development.”

“Don’t say things without evidence!”

But it wasn’t without evidence. The aspects of Verdick’s activities that Viscount Fancaire had suspected about Verdick Evans became more revealed as time passed. Verdick’s biggest business was weapons sales, but he had his hands in various areas. He didn’t hesitate to conduct experiments related to the human body.

Even if Verdick had moved to save Karen in his previous life, his true nature was evil. He did anything for accumulating wealth.

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