Resetting Lady - Chapter 174

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“Duke Routella will be visiting soon. Verdick Evans promised to grant him asylum. But isn’t it ridiculous? The royal family will want to assassinate Duke Routella. They covet the land that Duke Routella possesses. It was your grandfather who started instigating the conflict, and it was your father who seized their land.”

“If you speak carelessly about my father, even if you are Lord Raymond…!”

Please abandon me.

But Isella caught her breath again.

“Get your facts straight. Lord Raymond heard false rumors while meeting other people in high society. How can you say such things when you don’t even know the truth? I never thought Lord Raymond was such a narrow-minded person.”

“Isela Evans.”

“Father is not like that!”

Isella didn’t seem like she would let Raymond go this time either.

“You’ve only been in the military, so you don’t know yet. Once you get married and start your life as a member of parliament, you’ll come to understand the world.”

“I already know enough.”

“You don’t know!”

Isela Evans shouted irritably. Raymond looked down at Isella.

Isella must not be unaware that her father Verdick does all sorts of illegal things. But giving that reason didn’t work on Isella. Because Verdick, the family, was everything Isella could claim as her own.

“What do you know!”

It was hopeless.

But Raymond recalled again that he had neither honor nor morality.

Perhaps.

“I know that I’m handsome.”

“…What?”

“When I look in the mirror, I can’t help but know. There was no man as handsome as me in high society. I can’t help but know since I receive admiration wherever I go.”

Isella opened her eyes wide and listened to Raymond’s self-praise. She seemed unable to grasp the situation. Raymond’s boasting about his beauty continued, making it unclear whether he was joking or serious. And Raymond concluded his words.

“And in high society, countless women follow me around. People far more beautiful than you.”

“…Which women? Lady Cecilia? Or Lady Beatrice?”

“Well.”

Raymond smiled languidly.

“There are too many to remember.”

Isella’s face gradually hardened coldly.

Raymond found that face amusing. He might succeed for the first time. So he added one more line. It was the same thing that had left Karen speechless when she heard it.

“So I cannot be satisfied with your face. I only look at faces, you see.”

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Isella was furiously angry. When he spoke ill of her father, she only blushed, but when he directly criticized her appearance, Isella almost roared with rage.

“What did you just say!”

“Die!”

Raymond rubbed his stinging face with something cold. One of the Evans family servants brought him a cold water pouch. Isella had maliciously aimed for Raymond’s injured eye. The servant had never seen Isella get so angry at Raymond before.

“Why did you say such things?”

“…”

Raymond sighed.

What was this servant’s name again? He couldn’t remember.

“Still, you did well. It was quite refreshing. Miss Isella… to tell the truth, she doesn’t really have such a pretty face. But our master was so indulgent that her attitude became so arrogant it was hard to watch.”

Raymond smiled bitterly.

And he returned the water pouch that was given to him.

“Thank you for this.”

“Don’t mention it. So will you leave without seeing the master?”

“I don’t know what Miss Isella’s opinion will be.”

Raymond stood up.

He wanted to see Karen’s face. Indeed, Karen’s face was still the most to his taste.

“And you should be more careful with your words.”

“…Gasp! Ah, Miss?”

Isela Evans was glaring at Raymond from behind a nearby bush, ready to kill him. Raymond moved his steps, mourning for the servant.

“Farewell, Isela Evans.”

“Go die.”

Isella spat out cursing words.

But those words were like a blessing to Raymond. Raymond moved his steps.

“I’m sorry.”

Raymond apologized to Isella for the first time.

But those words were too quiet for anyone to hear.

He had never once seen Isella as Isella herself. Isella was always a secondary product of Verdick and a means for his revenge. For the first time, Raymond properly saw a selfish girl who was screaming. He didn’t like her. But there was no hatred.

Raymond left the greenhouse.

* * *

“…You said that to Isella?”

“Yes.”

Karen covered her eyes with both hands.

She had told him to break up with her. But she didn’t know he would speak so harshly. What if Isella spreads rumors in high society? But Raymond smiled brightly. It was a light smile of someone who had done his duty.

“Now you might be able to go and comfort Miss Isella.”

“Sigh, I hope so. Wish me luck.”

“Understood. Did you prepare a gift? Are you going to take that necklace to Miss Isela Evans again?”

“…About that.”

Karen couldn’t look at Raymond and closed her mouth. That attitude was strange. Karen opened and closed her mouth, then held her head and made a groaning sound.

“Karen? Are you hurt somewhere?”

“…”

“You don’t have a fever, what’s wrong?”

When Karen continued to keep her mouth shut, Raymond turned his head and called for someone.

“Nancy!”

The maid who stayed with her would know the reason. But the inn was quiet. They had gotten one more room for the maid, but the adjacent room was empty. Strange. There had been plenty of time after Raymond left.

He had definitely told Nancy about the changed inn. And she had left confidently, saying she would get a refund with the necklace. It was already past time for her to return. When Raymond checked the adjacent room and returned, Karen spoke in a small voice.

“…She’s gone.”

“What do you mean?”

“She ran away with the necklace and all the money.”

“…What?”

Nancy had failed to resist temptation once again.

Karen handed Raymond the note that Nancy had left.

To my beloved Miss.

Congratulations on meeting Lord Raymond! But I have to live my own life too, don’t I?

The difference between the money you promised to give me and the necklace’s value was too great, so I had no choice. Be happy and live long!

I’ll use the necklace and money as funds for my new start.

Terris loves me too, so please don’t be too angry and bless our future.

With lots of love, Nancy.

“…Who is Terris?”

“The coachman. The most… reliable man in our house, Nancy had liked him for a while.”

“Hahahaha.”

When Raymond laughed, Karen added a comment.

“By the way, she took all of Lord Raymond’s money too.”

“…This is serious.”

“Yes.”

Forget about gifts, they didn’t even have enough for the inn bill. Both their faces hardened seriously.

‘I entrusted fish to a cat…’

Karen sighed while holding her forehead. Nancy was the type who would even steal ‘Isella’s necklace’. Even knowing she had strong material desires, Karen had tried to trust her once in this life, but to be stabbed in the back so immediately.

“Lord Raymond, how much do you have right now?”

“As you can see.”

Raymond shook his empty pocket. Only dust came out.

“Bringing a new gift for Isella would be too much.”

“Instead of a gift, how about writing a letter filled with sincere feelings?”

“What kind of feelings?”

“Sincere feelings about wanting to become friends…”

She must be joking. Karen shook her head. A letter? Even if she were receiving it herself, she wouldn’t like it.

“Even if a handsome man gave it to her, Isella wouldn’t accept something like that.”

“I suppose not.”

Isella was someone who only accepted luxury items even when they were gifts from Raymond. There was no need to even ask about something Karen would give. Karen and Raymond sat side by side, sighing deeply.

“I never imagined she wouldn’t meet with me…”

She had thought it would be difficult to become friends, but that was a matter of degree. Even though Isella had always found Karen distasteful, she had always spent time together initially and engaged in conversation, so Karen thought they could at least spend that much time together and have some interaction this time too. Because that was proper etiquette.

But this time, Isella continuously refused Karen’s visits, perhaps because the problem was that she had come to visit directly.

Now that Isella was greatly disappointed in Raymond, wouldn’t it have been successful if Karen had visited to comfort her and gifted her the necklace she liked most? Of course, that could have failed too, but Nancy had run away with one method that was worth trying… Only regret remained.

“What should we do about the inn fees?”

“It’s not enough, but I think we could pawn one of the items we have. But staying here continuously would be difficult. For now, how about returning to Hyer Estate first and meeting with Miss Isella again?”

“Since we’re going that way anyway, it would be nice to travel together with Isella…”

“Since she won’t meet with us, what choice do we have?”

Karen felt somewhat dejected watching Raymond pull out his wristwatch to look at it. Isella and Verdick would naturally be going to the house at Hyer Estate anyway, so she had naturally assumed they would travel together, but those plans had gone awry.

“…And thinking about returning to Father having accomplished nothing makes me feel rather depressed.”

“Haven’t you not even started yet? They say life is a series of setbacks anyway, so don’t be so depressed about it.”

While half-listening to Raymond’s words that weren’t much comfort, Karen felt embarrassed imagining herself returning to her father and telling him she hadn’t succeeded. She had gone so confidently and declared ‘I’ll persuade Verdick’ and ‘I’ll at least create a friendly relationship with Isella,’ but the reality was that she couldn’t even meet Isella and Nancy had betrayed Karen and run away. She was still angry—should she kill her one more time?

“Karen, then I’ll go out first. Pack your things and prepare to board the carriage.”

“Wait a moment, Lord Raymond. I think it would be a waste to return like this after all.”

“But don’t we have no choice?”

“We have to try. I need to visit Isela Evans one more time.”

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