Resetting Lady - Chapter 235

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Side Story

It was morning.

Karen opened her eyes.

Bird songs could be heard from beyond the window, and a bouquet of pink-tinged white roses was decorated at her bedside. The bed curtains were slightly drawn back, and outside were morning tea and light snacks to wake her from sleep. Karen sat up in bed and reached out to take the teacup.

As the warm tea went down her slightly sore throat, her stomach felt comfortable. She sighed, gathered her senses, and looked down beside the bed. A familiar person was lying there. Karen reached out and pressed down on the disheveled golden hair. Raymond opened his eyes.

“…Karen? Good morning.”

“Keep sleeping. It’s still dawn.”

“…Yes.”

Though Raymond called to her with a voice still heavy with sleep, he closed his eyes again under Karen’s continued touch. Even breathing could be heard again. He seemed like a large dog enjoying his master’s touch. Now he no longer hastily sat up to check if Karen was beside him. Now he no longer bolted upright gasping for breath in his sleep. For him, war had become a distant thing.

Karen sat on the bed fiddling with Raymond, then picked off a flower petal stuck to his hair. But since it suited him quite well, she dropped the petal back onto him. While she was at it, she plucked a fresh flower from the vase and stuck it in his hair. She was quite satisfied. Even though he was a man who had done rough work, there was no man who suited flowers like him. Moreover, he loved flowers.

Everything he gave as gifts were things he loved most. Hydrangeas, roses, lisianthus, lilies, tulips, freesias…

Every day he would personally cut fresh flowers, not the gardener, and decorate them at her bedside. The room overflowed with flowers. She was busy enough dealing with the overflowing bouquets every day. Since no man other than Raymond would ever share the same bedroom with Karen in the future, she was destined to be buried in flowers for life.

Karen felt relieved once again that the man with her was Raymond. Though she felt this anew every morning, she didn’t think she could love anyone else besides him. A man who suited flowers, a man who didn’t spare jewelry, a man who looked handsome even while sleeping – she patted her chest in relief, thinking how fortunate it was.

“…Shall I get up?”

“It’s fine to sleep more.”

“I don’t feel sleepy anymore. I’ll get up. …This thing on my head though.”

“It suits you, why are you taking it off?”

Raymond brought his hand to the flower stuck in his hair, then stopped.

“Do I have to keep wearing it?”

“Yes.”

“Until when?”

“Until I get tired of it.”

“…”

Raymond was about to say something but didn’t continue, and with the flower still stuck in his hair, he picked another one and stuck it in Karen’s hair too.

“Then you should keep wearing one too.”

“Yes. I have no complaints.”

“…Oh no.”

While it was strange for a man to wear flowers in his hair, it wasn’t odd for women to wear them around. Raymond belatedly realized his mistake, but it was already too late.

“Don’t you like it?”

“It’s a bit embarrassing.”

“That’s nice.”

Karen laughed and kissed Raymond’s cheek. She enjoyed seeing his various expressions – when he was flustered, sulky, or embarrassed. Because it made her feel that he was truly alive.

“I just wish you would only smile.”

“Yet you make me cry so well in bed.”

“…”

“Coffee, tea, milk – which would you like?”

“Coffee, strong please.”

I guess I really am getting old.

Karen felt her cheeks getting slightly hot. When Raymond closed his mouth and stared at her blankly, she didn’t dare tease him anymore. She hastily put on a robe and sat up.

‘At least it’s fortunate there are other people in the manor.’

Karen let out a sigh of relief. People are necessary. In many ways.

The fact that children were absolutely necessary had erased the need for restraint from Raymond. Of course, she was aware of that necessity too. Still, the difference in stamina was so great that sometimes she felt overwhelmed.

“Coffee.”

Karen reached out to draw back the bed curtains, then pulled over the tray the maids had brought a little while ago. On the walnut-colored tray was a silver cover.

When she lifted it, hot water and coffee, tea and milk, and scones to go with them appeared. The cups were engraved with the royal seal and patterns in gold.

“When did you receive these cups? I haven’t seen them before.”

Raymond looked up, then turned his gaze to the cups with a caught expression.

“They, they’ve been here for a while.”

“There’s craftsmanship here that says it was awarded last week? When did you go to the Royal Palace again?”

“Last time when you slept all day…”

“Why didn’t you tell me beforehand?”

“It wasn’t a big deal, I went and came back quickly by train. Really, why did they have to use that cup…”

Not a big deal, indeed.

Karen clicked her tongue while looking at the royal seal on the cup. This was a decoration she had seen before.

Raymond had definitely gone to help Prince Louis without telling her. That day she had slept leisurely for the first time in a while, and when the maids said the master had business, she was enjoying a bath and resting, but in the meantime he had apparently gone and saved the country.

“You should have told me before going.”

“I didn’t want to worry you unnecessarily.”

“Are you confident I wouldn’t worry? At your age, I figured you’d handle that much on your own.”

“Yes.”

At least she was confident she wouldn’t show her worry. At Karen’s answer, Raymond looked around cautiously and muttered.

“That hurts my feelings.”

“Just drink your coffee. And from now on, tell me before you go.”

“Understood.”

Karen handed the coffee to Raymond and picked up the newspaper underneath. Karen breathed in the fresh morning air coming through the slightly open window.

Small conveniences make people happy. Even newspapers do that. Karen unfolded the newspaper and slowly read from the top.

“Lord Raymond, look at this.”

“Yes, it’s a newspaper.”

“Yes.”

Raymond put down the cup he was holding on the bedside table and picked up the newspaper Karen handed him. He skimmed through it and let out a weak sigh.

“Prince Guiz’s punishment has been decided. That’s truly fortunate.”

Raymond smiled bitterly while looking at the newspaper with Sion’s small photo. Of course Sion didn’t remember, but Raymond, who did remember, had learned more efficient ways for Sion to achieve merit. Raymond read about Sion Electra’s achievements with the heart of a professor who had a good student.

“No, of course that’s important too, but not that. Where are you looking?”

“Pardon?”

Karen flipped over the newspaper Raymond was reading.

“Read the bottom of the back page. Why are you reading the social section first by flipping it over?”

Tap tap. Karen pointed to the bottom of the newspaper.

Luxury Cruise Travel

“…What is this?”

At Raymond’s bewildered face, Karen smiled brightly.

“You said we’d go anywhere together. But you know we haven’t gone anywhere yet, right? I want to go to the sea.”

“The sea?”

“Yes.”

After a simple wedding ceremony, Karen quickly became the mistress of the Tess Estate. Unlike her previous life, it was definitely a comfortable life as a mistress. But for Karen, who was thirsting for new places and new encounters, that wasn’t enough.

“The sea, desert, snowy plains – didn’t you say we’d go anywhere? You said you’d take me anywhere.”

I want to go anywhere new!

Karen cried out with earnest eyes.

Raymond closed his mouth and stared at the newspaper advertisement for a long time before answering.

“…The sea is too dangerous, Karen.”

At Raymond’s answer, Karen folded the newspaper she was holding. There was an advertisement for a cruise ship. Blue seas, refreshing winds, parties that would happen daily in the city on the sea, and countless delicacies were depicted. Karen spoke to Raymond with an excited face.

“It’ll be safe! Look at this. It says they don’t go on dangerous routes. It’s touring five islands in the south, and there are no reefs and the winds are moderate…”

“You never know what might happen at sea, Karen.”

“I know about this season anyway. This ship hasn’t been caught in storms for a whole year.”

“…”

Raymond made a groaning sound. To Raymond, who was at a loss for words, Karen pointed to the advertisement section again with a triumphant face.

“We’re going, right?”

“Absolutely not.”

But Raymond didn’t give in.

“Karen, you’ve died by drowning your nose in wash water, died by slipping on stairs, and died of a heart attack in your sleep – and now you’re talking about the sea? That’s absurd. Even if the past flows similarly, it’s not fixed, is it?”

“I, I already made a reservation.”

Though Karen tried a desperate excuse, Raymond’s expression didn’t waver.

“What are you talking about, Karen, when you just saw what happened? If you really made a reservation, cancel it.”

“…You said you’d go anywhere. Was it a joke when you said we’d go anywhere in this world together? Are you treating it like it never happened because it was something said before marriage?”

As Karen’s voice lowered, Raymond retorted with a slightly wronged expression.

“You’re pregnant, aren’t you.”

Raymond had become extremely sensitive about leaving Karen, who had just recently become pregnant.

He gave Karen medicine according to the formula Dulan had sent, and he tasted all her meals first himself. At first, he had suggested experimenting on other pregnant women with fertility problems, but gave up only when told there was no one else like him who had been steeped in medicine for so long. He hated Karen being out of his sight, and worried even about her going alone to the garden outside the manor.

“Where exactly do you plan to go in that condition?”

“Ugh…”

Karen was usually willing to accept his obsession and love. But pregnant Karen felt like she was going crazy from the suffocation. The thought that she was finally being freed from inside the book made her body feel restless. When Karen looked at her gradually swelling belly, it was hard to suppress some impulsive feelings. Not just the room, not just the manor – she wanted to cross the ends of this land right now and fill her eyes with azure waves.

“Then when are we going? After giving birth?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to wait about a year after that before going?”

A year?

And that’s after giving birth?

Karen felt dizzy thinking about a year later.

She was someone who had repeated just one year over a hundred times.

Just thinking about the day after one year made her heart feel full and pound as if it would burst, but a year after that? It sounded the same as saying let’s go in a hundred years.

“We could just take a nanny with us.”

“It’s not about the nanny. After giving birth, it’s better to rest for a while. You need to rest for at least a year, and after that, the sea is dangerous until the child grows to a certain extent.”

“…How much does the child need to grow?”

Raymond pondered and then held up his fingers.

“Shouldn’t it be at least 5 years?”

Karen threw the newspaper on the floor.

“Ka, Karen.”

“Forget it.”

Though he called Karen’s name in a trembling voice, she glared at Raymond with grinding teeth, and with those words as her last, turned around. Then she deliberately stomped her feet as she went outside.

But since she was wearing thick slippers and pajamas, there wasn’t much noise.

Instead, Karen slammed the door shut with a bang! She didn’t look back.

“…The sea, really.”

Raymond sighed as he picked up the newspaper Karen had thrown on the floor. He too knew how much Karen wanted to go to the sea or other countries. But even so, it was something that couldn’t happen.

“Absolutely not.”

Karen was pregnant.

Though this wasn’t the first time, since she had never successfully given birth, Raymond thought he needed to be even more careful about safety. Karen was making a fuss wanting to go out, but wasn’t now the time to take it easy?

His heart wasn’t entirely comfortable either. But even if Karen was angry now, she would give up soon anyway. Karen herself would naturally know how important stability was during pregnancy.

“Hmm.”

Raymond took off his pajamas and was about to change clothes when he stopped. Karen used to pick out Raymond’s clothes like a hobby. Raymond was about to call a servant but stopped. He was embarrassed to explain the reason. In the end, Raymond changed clothes by himself and started his day.

“It’s fine. It’s not like she’s a child.”

It would probably blow over after some time.

But that was Raymond’s vain expectation.

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