Resetting Lady - Chapter 196

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How did I get pregnant?

Karen looked down at her belly. Her stomach wasn’t showing yet. She couldn’t feel anything inside her belly either. Her periods had always been irregular, so she hadn’t paid attention to it. Since she already thought she was infertile, pregnancy was truly unimaginable.

What was different from before? Was it because Dulan didn’t come from the beginning? That was the only difference. So should she be happy now? Since she finally found the answer? But Karen couldn’t bring herself to be happy at all. Doubt and anxiety filled her head completely.

‘What happens if I can’t give birth and just die like this?’

It’s confusing.

‘What happens if I die while pregnant?’

Such sudden news only increased her anxiety instead of providing relief.

Karen bit her lips. If she got pregnant and gave birth, she could pass on her fate to her child and die. But she didn’t know what would happen if she died in this current state.

She might die forever like this.

What if both the child and herself died completely? And if they could never come back to life again? It would be the ordinary death she had always wished for.

If it had been any time in the past, she would have been happy at that news. If it had been a few years ago, she would have danced with joy. She would have been intoxicated with the sense of achievement of finally reaching death and would have gladly died.

But not now.

Why now of all times? In this place? At this moment?

Karen lamented. Despite all her efforts and failures until now, why was she confirming her pregnancy in such a worst possible place?

Until just a moment ago, Karen had been calm. Death wasn’t frightening to her because she was confident that she could start over after dying.

It was regrettable that the improved relationship with Father and the progress in her relationship with Isella thanks to Nancy’s commotion would all become nothing, but it wasn’t desperate enough to prevent her from dying.

She had nothing to fear since Raymond, who repeated life like herself, was there.

Raymond.

“I don’t want to think about anything other than loving you anymore.”

“That’s enough now.”

Karen thought of Raymond’s face. Would he cry if she died? Until just a moment ago, if she had any regrets in this life, she thought of Isella or Father.

But when she really thought about dying, Raymond came to mind and her heart became so heavy. What if this repeating life really ended? What would happen to Raymond?

Raymond had come to her carrying years of time, but if she left alone into eternal death, what would happen to him? Would he be able to live?

Karen’s breath was cut short.

If they were to die, they had to die together. She couldn’t leave him alone in this world.

“What are you thinking about? Have you become afraid of death?”

“…I’m not sure myself, Your Majesty.”

“You seem to have become afraid.”

“It seems that way.”

Until just a moment ago, it didn’t matter if she died, but now she had to live.

She couldn’t die.

At the very least, this shouldn’t be the place where she died. And the person next to her shouldn’t be Prince Guiz.

She had to meet her death next to Raymond, much later.

How should she act?

Unlike before, he carefully tied Karen’s arms firmly to the headboard with gentle touches. The fact that it was made of blue silk and wouldn’t leave scars on her wrists was the only consolation.

But it wasn’t loose enough to be untied by shaking. He hadn’t tied her legs, but she couldn’t escape by moving only her legs either. He had left them untied just to watch, since he could subdue her at any time.

Prince Guiz sat on the edge of the bed where Karen was lying, looked down at her, and stroked Karen’s hand. Karen looked up at Prince Guiz.

“Your Majesty, what do you want to do?”

“I don’t recommend provoking me. My patience isn’t very deep.”

Karen wanted to argue that she had just asked a question, but she kept her mouth shut since she didn’t know what might provoke him.

“What should I start with you?”

What would happen if she told Prince Guiz that she was pregnant? Karen imagined what kind of reaction he would show if she told him that there was another person’s child inside her body.

But since he was also a madman, it was difficult to predict easily.

“Something that doesn’t hurt would be good.”

“Honesty is good. Yes, I should think of more diverse methods with you.”

Karen looked down at the man’s fingers sliding from her chest to her belly. Becoming a sexual plaything wasn’t that scary. But the problem was that he wasn’t someone who simply wanted only that.

“Do I resemble Mother much when she was young?”

“Looking closely, you resemble her so much I wonder if you might be the same person.”

“Did you do this kind of thing with Mother too?”

“Well. Are you curious?”

“A little.”

Who’s to say she wouldn’t become one of those corpses hanging on that wall? Her safety couldn’t be guaranteed. There was no certainty that he wouldn’t suddenly change and want to check inside her belly at some point.

“Are you scared?”

“Yes.”

“Good. Then shall you try screaming?”

* * *

Isella was gasping for breath.

With her wrists and ankles tied, she was put inside a sack. Someone was carrying her and moving. With her mouth also blocked, she couldn’t breathe properly and it was painful.

‘Quickly, quickly…’

Tears wouldn’t stop. Had she survived? Her head was spinning. Where did things go wrong? What had she done wrong? She shouldn’t have gone to that place. No, she shouldn’t have left home in the first place. Isella regretted everything she had done. Her head hurt.

After being carried like luggage for a while, various thoughts flooded her mind. Could she live like this? If she returned home this time, she would never do the crazy thing of going out alone again. She would never wander around without someone to guard her again. And.

‘What about Karen?’

Isella’s breath was cut short. Had the message she left for her at the end been delivered? Isella wasn’t confident whether she had done the right thing. But at that moment, Isella desperately thought she had to leave it. If she didn’t tell her and she died like this, she felt she would regret it forever.

Isella squeezed her eyes shut. She hoped to be freed quickly…

“Ugh!”

Sudden pain struck Isella. It seemed like she had been thrown somewhere.

‘What, what is it?’

“Well, you were unlucky. Go to heaven.”

She couldn’t breathe.

She couldn’t breathe at all. Even when she twisted her body, dirty water kept rushing into her eyes, nose, and mouth. Isella realized she had fallen into water.

“Mmmmph!”

“Jess, press it down with the stick.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to just let it float downstream? We tied everything up anyway.”

“No, what if it floats up? Let’s press it down to completely cut off the breath and then let it flow away.”

“Should we not dismember it?”

“It would be better to just make it an ordinary drowning victim. What if the girl’s father stirs things up if we make it decorative? Tsk.”

They struck the struggling sack with a blunt-ended stick. Bubbles were rising from inside. If time passed like this, she would drown.

Cain knew that Verdick shouldn’t notice traces of Prince Guiz. Verdick occasionally supplied materials that wouldn’t cause trouble later. If he saw his daughter brutally killed, he would investigate somehow. If he found out that Prince Guiz was behind the job, things would get complicated.

“Ah, that’s right. Ordinarily… Then let me at least have a taste before killing her.”

“That might have been more ordinary. Well, wouldn’t a whore who embraces you for money be better than one crying and wailing?”

“You say that because you haven’t tried it. Once you try it, taming them while doing it is also fun. Anyway, how should we handle the meal after this is over?”

“Well… Fried fish would be good. Seeing it flapping around makes me want fish dishes.”

“Ugh. You have a strong stomach. I don’t want anything fishy for a while.”

“This is clean enough, what’s the problem?”

“Not today, but yesterday’s was a bit disgusting.”

The man grimaced. Prince Guiz had been throwing tantrums lately because material supply wasn’t going well. It was hard work for those who had to handle the disposal.

“Anyway, since I got promoted instead of Rut, I’ll buy lunch.”

“Hey, did you hear? Cain is buying.”

Peaceful and casual voices went back and forth above the water surface.

Looking at the writhing bundle, Cain sighed. He wanted to finish the job quickly and have a meal.

“Handle it well on your own.”

It was natural. How could they leave a witness alive? He said he would release her to win over that red-haired woman, but Prince Guiz had no intention of keeping this woman alive. Whoever she was.

“Still writhing?”

“Yeah.”

“She’s tough. How about draining some blood and putting it in?”

“Stop it. How many times have I said it’ll be troublesome if Verdick digs into it?”

“Are you talking about Verdick Evans?”

“Well, yes.”

It was an instant.

Cain thought his vision had darkened.

Night? Night suddenly came. That was the absurd thought he had first. But then the terrible pain that rushed in made him scream.

“Ah, ahhk, ahhhhk!”

“Try to be quiet.”

Endless pain came to his eyes. And then his vision brightened again. Cain opened his eyes.

“Ahhhhhhhhk!”

The man who had intruded slashed Cain’s eyes with a knife, then kicked him and made him fall into the water. Cain fell into the water and couldn’t even struggle.

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