Resetting Lady - Chapter 224

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Thud.

Sion stopped at a floor where faint light was seeping through the middle. He needed to check his position. He could hear people coming and going, chattering, and smell a faint medicinal odor. It was the laundry room. The first floor on the north side.

“Is His Majesty still lying down?”

“It can’t be helped. He’s already over eighty years old. It wouldn’t be strange if he passed away at any time.”

“But His Majesty should live long, so that Prince Louis, not Prince Guiz…”

“Shh, don’t say such things.”

The maids’ voices grew quieter. As expected, Guiz’s reputation was rock bottom. If Louis ascended to the throne, at least the servants would be very pleased. Sion didn’t know much about Louis either, but he thought once again that he would be better than Guiz.

‘That’s only if we succeed though.’

To do that, he needed to drag Guiz’s reputation down to the very bottom as much as possible. And if he succeeded, it would surely be helpful. If things went well, he might even earn honor that wouldn’t be shameful beside Isella.

Encouraging himself this way, Sion checked the rope firmly tied around his waist and moved the pulley to descend further.

Thud.

Sion stopped. It was the basement 1 storage. And counting the bricks within reach, he slowly descended further. Basement 2.

‘The ceiling height is definitely different from the upper floors.’

On the blueprint, the basement floors had the same height. Sion leaned his back against the wall and put strength in his legs to fix his body in the narrow chimney gap. With his hands now freer, he took out the lamp from his waist and lit it.

Flutter flutter flutter flutter.

“Ugh…”

It was better when the bats attacked his face. Because of the sudden brightness, insects scattered everywhere. This was something he couldn’t easily get used to no matter how much he tried. Sion was about to reach out with his hand but felt disgusted and used his foot to feel around for a place to move.

“As expected…”

There was a narrow passage just as Raymond had said. There had to be an air vent after all. Sion hoped the insects would quickly get away and swung his lamp around before entering.

It was a dark and cramped space. He felt slightly squeezed and a bit suffocated. It would definitely be difficult for Raymond, who had a larger build than Sion, to enter.

“…Heave-ho.”

A large space appeared. Sion lifted out a heavy stone with holes in it using his hands. No one was there. He had to move quickly now. He jumped down to the floor with the lamp tied to his waist.

“From here, the eastern wall… Ugh.”

Sion frowned in disgust. When he held up the lamp, he could see the corpses in the room. He wasn’t greatly surprised since he had heard about it from Raymond beforehand, but Sion felt sorry anew for Isella who had been dragged here. This was too harsh a place for a delicately raised young lady to face.

He wanted to burn it all down right away, but he couldn’t. Sion installed the necessary explosives on the wall and grabbed the rope hanging from his waist again.

And he clicked his tongue seeing national treasure-level artifacts hanging among the corpses here and there. Once this room was exposed, gathering evidence itself wouldn’t be too difficult.

How did Lord Raymond know all this? Sion thought for a moment then gave up thinking further. Raymond knew more people than he did, so he must have learned through them. The prince, the duke, or Karen must have told him.

The important thing was to do the job entrusted to him. Sion installed explosives under the decoration in the corner of the wall. And.

Click.

“…!”

Sion quickly extinguished his lamp at the sound of footsteps from outside. The basement became pitch black again. And he quickly moved toward where he had entered. He reached up to the ceiling to move his body upward and pushed the entrance again.

Scrape.

‘Damn…’

There was a sound of stone being dragged. And the door opened immediately. Sion bit his lips. He wasn’t sure if he had climbed up in time. Had his legs been visible by any chance? Why weren’t they coming in right away?

Had he been discovered? Should he go back where he came from? But when Sion moved his body, several insects made sounds of quick movement. If he moved quickly, it would cause an even bigger commotion.

‘Am I discovered? Or not?’

He couldn’t move.

Sion thought about suicide methods while keeping his body fixed. He knew that if his face was revealed, suspicion would surely lead to Raymond and connect directly to Prince Louis.

Rather than suicide, he should escape. But then the plan would collapse once again. Sion breathed slowly.

“What are you doing, not going in?”

It was Prince Guiz’s voice.

And the room became bright. If it really came to it, there was also the option of killing everyone and then himself. Various scenarios spun rapidly in his head.

“…No, Your Highness. I… think I saw wrong.”

“What did you see wrong?”

“…Among the… decorations… I thought there was someone I knew.”

“You’re having all sorts of thoughts in a dark place.”

Sion crawled inside the air vent and looked down below. There stood someone he knew.

‘Priest Dulan?’

* * *

Raymond welcomed Sion who had returned safely.

“Well done. I’ve handled the other parts, so now we wait for tomorrow.”

“…Tomorrow? Wasn’t it next month?”

Sion was shocked at hearing this for the first time.

“Yes, tomorrow. Prince Louis is proceeding with the work alone without the duke’s cooperation.”

“Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”

“Because you might have failed. Are you upset?”

“No, I’m not that childish. I’m just surprised. What would you have done if I hadn’t succeeded today?”

“I would have forcibly detonated it from outside. Thanks to you, many people’s safety will be protected.”

“Anyway, this is too sudden.”

Though I know such things happen.

Sion scratched his chin while looking at the countless medicines and bullets piled up before him.

“Are you going to war somewhere?”

“We don’t know what might happen, so we’re stocking up sufficiently. I get anxious without them.”

Nothing was as painful as running out of bullets. Sion agreed and also gathered some of the piled explosives. But Raymond stopped Sion.

“Only take what you can fit inside your clothes. You’ll be attached directly as Prince Louis’s guard. I’m a bit anxious with just the guard knights.”

“Then wouldn’t it be better if Lord Raymond stayed right beside him?”

“I’m not planning to be beside Prince Louis, but to watch from a bit farther away.”

“From a safe place?”

“Don’t be sarcastic. That would be safer for you too than me being beside him.”

Sion raised both hands.

“Yes… I understand. By the way, about the place I went to. As Lord Raymond said, there were indeed many corpses hanging there. I also confirmed that Prince Guiz entered. There were also precious items that only the royal family would use, so proving it shouldn’t be difficult.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“But… there was someone else there. Priest Dulan Lloyd.”

Sion mentioned the black-haired young priest. He was definitely Karen’s relative. And he was a priest. But far from helping, for a priest to be in that room full of corpses.

“Don’t worry about it. There won’t be any problems with our plan.”

Raymond answered in a voice that suggested it was no big deal. Sion was dumbfounded and protested.

“Information from Miss Karen might have leaked to him.”

“I know. But there won’t be any major problems. He might not have discovered you.”

Why handle things so carelessly in such a place?

Sion was about to protest to Raymond, but Raymond shook his head.

“I know him. What you’re thinking won’t happen.”

I know him too well. Raymond’s lips even had a bitter smile as he said this.

* * *

It was a clear and bright blue summer day.

The wind was fresh, the greenery was lush, and flowers were in full bloom at noon.

Since summer was the most brilliant season in the capital, the social scene was active. This was true not only for adults but also for children.

“Prince Louis, it’s been so long!”

“We greet Your Highness.”

“Thank you all for coming to my sudden call.”

“It’s only natural since it’s Prince Louis’s call.”

Louis greeted the young nobles who were paying their respects to him and the many parents behind them. Sion noticed that although Louis had a calm expression, he was sweating slightly, knowing that he too was nervous.

“The reason I suddenly… hosted this gathering is… because there’s something I want to discuss with everyone.”

“What is it?”

Lian, Countess Elba’s daughter, tilted her head and asked. The way he was leading up to it seemed unusual. Louis slowly made eye contact with Lian and the others one by one before opening his mouth.

“I called you to report on the evil deeds of my father, Prince Guiz.”

Today Guiz’s room would be blown up, and his evil deeds would be revealed to the world.

The duke had opposed it, but that was Louis’s choice.

Raymond also thought rationally that the duke’s opinion would be more reasonable. Without exposing the royal family’s shame too much, they would highlight just one or two victims prominently, then the duke would use that to bring down Prince Guiz.

With that method, the current king would also help. Afterward, Louis would receive the throne when he came of age, and the duke would serve as regent for a while before retiring.

However, Louis had rejected that method.

“I don’t want to downplay the incident either. I hate hiding it too. If they try to bring me down because of this, I want to overcome it when that time comes. If I’m not capable enough, then this matter will eventually drag me down someday. That’s fine with me.”

He knew this was the recklessness that comes with youth. It was because he was tired of carrying secrets alone. Telling others about the situation and asking everyone to worry together might temporarily lighten Louis’s heart, but that would be the end of it.

Still, Raymond wanted to respect his choice.

Louis had never survived even once until now.

Sometimes it might be necessary to break common sense.

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