Resetting Lady - Chapter 197

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“What are you supposed to be?”

“Ugh, urgh.”

“Since it’s bothersome, how about you just throw yourself into the water?”

“You… you bastard!”

Jess drew a long blade from his coat.

“My sword is also quite long.”

Sion drew his own sword. The man panicked seeing a much longer blade than his own and Sion’s serious stance.

“Sp-spare me…”

Thwack.

But that plea couldn’t continue. He was hit by a flying stone. The man was struck simultaneously in the nose and mouth by the stone that flew straight at him and collapsed.

“Well, let me handle this myself?”

“…Leaving one alive is enough. Use the one with the missing eyeball.”

“You need at least two for cross-examination, you know? Lord Raymond!”

“First, fish out that thing that fell in the water. It looks like a person. I’ll handle the rest myself.”

“What?”

“Hurry.”

Only then did Sion see the bundle of blankets floating down the water. Damn it. Sion cursed as he jumped into the sewer. The moment he grabbed it, he knew it was a living person. It wasn’t stiff.

Splash.

Grimacing with displeasure at falling into the filthy water, Sion unwrapped the blanket. Was this what the men had been pressing down with their sticks earlier?

Inside was indeed a person. But Sion couldn’t help being surprised that the very person he was looking for was inside.

“Isella?”

How did Raymond know that Isella was here?

Sion looked up at his senior, the man he thought he knew well all this time.

Raymond was looking down at Isella with an unusually stern expression.

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Isella opened her eyes after a comfortable sleep. Before her eyes were her parents’ faces, which she hadn’t seen in a long time.

They felt so unfamiliar that she couldn’t easily open her mouth. It was difficult to distinguish whether she was dreaming or had awakened from a dream.

“See, staying away from home for so long only brings suffering.”

“…Father, Mother.”

Verdick sighed as he looked down at Isella. Selina, Isella’s mother, also reddened her eyes. Isella turned her face to look at where she was.

“Is this… the house in the capital?”

“That’s right, Isella. Everything’s fine now. You’re safe.”

It was her own room made of cream-colored fabric and bright natural wood. A comfortable room incomparable to the small room at the Great Cathedral. It was the room she had used every summer since childhood, but strangely it felt unreal. Was my room such a nice place?

“Ah, ow.”

“Don’t touch it. You’re hurt all over.”

“All that suffering… What a state you’re in.”

The stinging on her face reminded her of what situation she had been in. Isella sat up and clutched the blanket. It was soft and warm. Tears fell drop by drop onto the pure white fabric.

“Hic, sob…”

She was alive.

She was alive. She had survived from that dark and terrifying room, escaped from that filthy water. She was finally alive, at home, holding her parents’ hands.

Selina embraced Isella. Mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, celebrating her safe return. After some time passed, Verdick, whose voice was also choked, spoke.

“Let’s go home now.”

Seeing their daughter in such a terrible state, they newly realized that they were indeed a married couple.

When Isella was wandering around the capital, her mother Selina always monitored through people from afar whether Isella’s reputation was getting worse. But contrary to her worries, Isella didn’t engage in excessively improper behavior.

Verdick could grasp his daughter’s behavior to some extent because he could hear news of Isella through his wife, and he was helping her appropriately. The gold items Isella sold were never scammed and always sold at reasonably high prices, and the Great Cathedral was always supported with large donations.

But still, it was different from being together in a safe place. The world was still dangerous for Isella.

Isella looked strangely at her parents holding each other’s hands.

“For now, Mother and I will stay by your side for a while. It seems we haven’t spent enough time together as a family.”

“I’ve realized that life really can’t be predicted even one step ahead.”

“Father, Mother.”

Isella blinked her eyes.

“And we need to prepare for your marriage again.”

“What?”

Isella said urgently. Verdick nodded.

“I also know who the man you want is.”

“A man?”

“Sion Electra. He’s woefully inadequate for you, but… he’s also your benefactor, so I’m going to give my permission. He’s still young, hmm… there are some lacking parts, but I can certainly help develop those.”

“Count Sion? Ah…”

Isella recalled her last memory. The moment she thought she could get out alive, the men threw her into the water. She remembered suffering in the endlessly rushing water.

“Yes, he saved you. He kept searching for you and by truly heavenly fortune managed to rescue you.”

“I see…”

Isella touched her neck. Being able to breathe felt like a miracle. Was it because it was the waterfront where she often walked with Sion that he was able to find her? It was fortunate that she was released not long after being kidnapped. If the timing had been off even slightly, she would have died.

“And we killed that man too.”

“Who?”

“Who else, the man who tried to kill you by throwing you in the water.”

Isella realized that the situation hadn’t been properly sorted out yet. Since she had fainted, it seemed everyone didn’t know the previous situation so it wasn’t resolved. Now wasn’t the time to lie leisurely and talk about other things.

“Father, no, that’s not just one incident.”

“What?”

“I wasn’t thrown into the water immediately. I was kidnapped for almost a whole day.”

Isella looked outside the window. Morning sunlight was already shining. So at least another day must have passed since the kidnapping.

Isella urgently sat up.

“Yes, so it must be very difficult. Rest now. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“Yes, Isella. Listen to Father. Let’s go with Mother.”

“Ah, I can’t go yet! Wait, so I… there’s a real culprit separately.”

Isella shouted urgently. Her marriage wasn’t the problem right now. Now wasn’t the time to speak so peacefully. But Verdick looked down at Isella with pity.

“Wouldn’t it be better to discuss unpleasant matters later?”

“Yes, rest first.”

Why are they acting like this?

The atmosphere was strange. Isella looked up at her parents in confusion, but Verdick and Selina still had dubious expressions.

“I hope you can rest comfortably. I hope you can quickly start a family and settle down…”

“What?”

It was absurd for Selina to hear such words from parents who openly kept separate lovers, but Verdick and Selina kept glancing at each other and continued talking about other things.

“Father, what on earth are you talking about?”

“Haven’t you always wanted to get married quickly?”

That was because she was anxious that Raymond might go somewhere. But that was all in the past now. Isella couldn’t understand why her parents were pushing marriage in this situation. It was so sudden that it was bewildering.

“Not just me… there’s another kidnapped person. They must still be alive. We need to rescue them immediately.”

“Besides you? Ah, you mean Karen Hyer.”

“You knew?”

“Yes, Count Sion said she disappeared together. She was acting as your maid for a while. Don’t worry too much about it. Investigators won’t bother you about this matter.”

Isella couldn’t understand why the conversation kept going off track and missing the point. But why?

“No, Father… What have you been talking about all this time?”

“I’ve been saying the same thing since earlier. Since you must have had a hard time, go back quickly and do what you want to do. Why are you acting like this?”

“Someone has been kidnapped!”

Isella’s voice grew louder from frustration.

“Right now, someone other than me is still kidnapped! That person is Karen! How can you talk about my wedding in this situation! A person’s life is at stake!”

Verdick’s eyebrows twitched as Isella’s voice grew louder. He didn’t spare money for his daughter, but he wasn’t someone who would tolerate his daughter being insolent to him.

“Isella, what kind of words are those to your father? Apologize immediately.”

“No, right now… I can’t understand what you’re doing either. I was kidnapped. And I was dragged to a terrible place. I was released, but that’s because there was a woman who said she would stay in my place. Why won’t you listen to this story?”

From beginning to end, Verdick was only relieved that his daughter was alive, but he wasn’t trying to listen to her words. Why was he in such a hurry to keep trying to marry her off?

“Ah… I see.”

Belatedly, Isella realized the reason and laughed helplessly.

“So… you thought… I had been violated.”

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“We need to arrange the marriage quickly before news of the kidnapping spreads.”

Verdick and Selina agreed with each other on this.

Isella had been kidnapped for a full day. The fact that this became known had to be prevented at all costs. If they rushed the marriage with Sion Electra, even more unnecessary rumors would not arise.

The two had been openly appearing together as partners in social circles quite frequently. Verdick had planned to separate the two once Isella was reasonably satisfied, but the situation had changed.

An unmarried woman’s whereabouts had been unknown for more than a day, and she had nearly died before surviving.

It was obvious what kind of stories would emerge if this fact became known to people. The doctor said there were no signs of rape, but if rumors spread, the truth would surely disappear and people would just be busy tearing her down.

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