Resetting Lady - Chapter 179

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Sion ignored Karen and asked Isella.

“Isella, will you continue staying at the Great Cathedral once we arrive in the capital? Won’t that be too boring?”

“That’s the plan. Father won’t be able to come in there.”

“Aw, I know some great places. It would be such a waste to stay there the whole time.”

“But if Father comes looking for me…”

Watching Isella, who had written down a long shopping list before meeting Sion but now spoke as if she would stay in the temple the whole time, Karen swallowed hard. Isella pretending to be a refined lady when it didn’t suit her at all.

Why did Raymond introduce such a man? He certainly had skills, but his blatant flirting with Isella was concerning.

The priority is Isella.

Karen thought about her goal for this life.

Becoming friends with Isella.

And friends should naturally separate bad men who cling to each other. Karen believed this firmly. And she glared daggers at the back of Sion’s head while pondering how to separate those two.

There are plenty of men in the world. And Karen knew countless men herself. Karen clenched her fist and decided to introduce another man to her.

* * *

“I’m counting on you, Count Sion.”

Raymond had to swallow a groan as he looked at the man before him. His smile was brilliant. He seemed quite pleased with the compensation Raymond had promised.

Well, most of the jobs he took were more dangerous than Raymond’s work. Being close to the bottom among commoners, he always took on dirty work or rolled around on the front lines. For him, this level of work was like light daily exercise.

“Just trust me, senior. Escorting two women to the capital is nothing.”

“…I’m really counting on you, Count Sion. I have business and can’t go with you… This is really something I should be doing myself.”

“Just trust me.”

Sion confidently answered while thumping his chest, but Raymond found him completely unreliable.

‘But I can’t send just the two of them alone.’

It was impossible for Karen and Isella to go to the capital by themselves. They needed a carriage and someone who could protect them.

“…Count Sion, I have one request.”

Sion Electra was certainly skilled, if not as much as Raymond, and among those who could be moved by money, he was closest to Raymond. The others either had power that Raymond couldn’t control, or there was risk of the plan being exposed to Isella or Verdick.

In the end, Sion was perfect. But the problem was that Sion was a master at seducing women. Raymond knew well how many women’s ‘darling’ he was, so he really didn’t want to introduce him to Karen.

“Well, I’ll do anything for money. Do I look like someone who would lay hands on your woman?”

“…I broke off the engagement with Isela Evans.”

“What? Why? That money bag… Hmm, you’ve really gone crazy, senior.”

“That’s why I want to help her with what she wants. So if you do anything strange to her, I won’t let it slide.”

“What about the woman going with her? You said there’s one more.”

“Miss Karen Hyer is…”

Actually, Karen is my lover, and those two are going to become friends.

Even to himself, it sounded extremely strange. How should he explain their situation to Sion? In the end, Raymond couldn’t bring himself to say those words and could only pat Sion’s shoulder while repeatedly asking for favors.

“Anyway, please take good care of both their safety. From you as well.”

Sion answered Raymond, who continued to look anxious.

“Don’t worry so much, Lord Raymond. There’s absolutely no way I’ll cause trouble.”

“Didn’t you like even 90-year-old grandmothers as long as they wore skirts?”

The problem was that Sion’s relationships with women were extremely promiscuous. Sion had no backing. Even though their positions seemed similar, his circumstances were as different from the noble Raymond as heaven and earth. That’s why Sion wanted to be protected under the skirts of various noble ladies.

Raymond was worried about Karen and Isella. Since Sion had never been involved with them during the long years, he couldn’t be certain of their safety.

Seeing Raymond’s dark expression, Sion pouted with a displeased face.

“Aren’t you looking at me too strangely?”

“Wasn’t your last lover, Countess Elizabeth, eighty years old?”

“She was truly a beautiful person. If only that darling’s children hadn’t switched her will at the end, by now I would have…”

Sion gritted his teeth while reminiscing about his deceased former lover.

“And your lover before that, Baroness Sayla, was 90 years old.”

“She was 87. Don’t carelessly judge a lady’s age, Lord Raymond.”

“I also know you dated both of them at the same time.”

“Three. Don’t carelessly judge the number of lovers, Lord Raymond.”

“…”

Raymond felt sick thinking about the countless noble ladies Sion had courted. Karen certainly loved him, but that didn’t make him happy about Sion, who was famous as the darling of high society, being by her side. Sion was close to a walking bomb.

Though they were mostly older ladies, there were young ladies too. Sion didn’t discriminate when it came to women.

But right now, there was no one else he could entrust this to besides Sion. Raymond also had his own work to do. Raymond thought of his brother, who would be wielding violence against the servants at his house by now.

Since Karen had chosen the path of love and forgiveness, shouldn’t he also make an effort? Raymond reluctantly shook hands with Sion Electra while speaking as if making a vow.

“…I’ll trust you.”

“Yes, trust me. You don’t need to worry. And by the way.”

Sion wiggled his finger while speaking to Raymond.

“I don’t even deal with women who have no money. The daughter of a countryside lord? Aren’t you looking down on my standards too much? I may not care about age, but I have high standards.”

Sion grumbled as if his pride was hurt.

“I only love women with lots of money.”

“That’s the problem.”

When Raymond sighed, Sion lightly punched his shoulder and laughed.

“Don’t treat my love lightly, Lord Raymond. I’m always serious when it comes to money, and my love is pure too.”

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Karen looked up at the Great Cathedral. They had finally arrived.

When Isella, who had arrived at the Great Cathedral, came out with a relieved face after arguing with the priest in charge for a long time, Karen knew she had succeeded.

“Phew, he was going to accept anyway, but that old man sure made it troublesome.”

“I-I-Isella… he can hear you.”

“Ah.”

Isella covered her mouth, but it was already too late.

“Ahem, ahem.”

The priest in charge glared at Isella from inside the slightly open room, but that was the end of it. Isella firmly closed the door and said to Karen.

“Well, anyway, it’s done. I’ll be staying here for a while. I’d like you to help me for the time being too. In the meantime, I’ll write to Father asking him to stop the business. I’m more interested in other places than Hyer Estate. This should be enough, right?”

“Yes…”

Actually, becoming friends with Isella was a bigger goal than that. Karen tried to continue the conversation by thanking Isella, but Isella immediately turned around and started walking.

Even though it was night, the sound of hymns being practiced could be heard softly from the cloister. Isella dragged her bag along while explaining.

Since Sion, who wasn’t staying officially, couldn’t enter at night, Isella had to carry it herself. In the past, she would have naturally thrown it to Karen, but the situation was different now.

“I paid enough money, so I can stay with room and board for over a year.”

“A year.”

“Though I don’t want to stay that long.”

They won’t give refunds, will they?

Karen began to wonder just how much Isella had paid, hearing the regret in her voice.

‘She must have paid a lot.’

Temples did accept refugees and travelers, but they usually demanded some payment in return. Otherwise, all temples would be overrun with homeless people trying to use them as housing alternatives.

A place as large as the Great Cathedral was always short on money. Karen couldn’t know how much Isella had paid, but she could guess it was at least a gold bar’s worth.

‘Did she pay much more than that?’

Karen followed behind Isella, walking through the cloister to reach the annex where the lodgings were. It was time to sleep again. Isella handed Karen a large key.

“I paid enough in donations, so we can use separate rooms. You’d prefer to use a separate room too, right?”

“My room is next to Isella’s, right?”

“Do you have a problem with that?”

As Isella was about to frown, Karen hastily added.

“No, not at all. How could I? I love it! Really! Well then, good night, Miss Isella.”

Karen unpacked her belongings.

The room wasn’t very large, but it was neat. One bed, one desk, one wardrobe. The only difference from other rooms was that sacred objects and scriptures were placed here.

‘Maybe I should study theology in this life.’

She had thought about that in the past.

It was worth considering positively.

‘…It’s cold.’

However, due to the cold air rising along the stone walls, Karen had to put on more clothes instead of taking them off and wrap herself in a blanket. Her positive thoughts vanished instantly.

Karen felt a sense of déjà vu.

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