Resetting Lady - Chapter 25

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The bright voice continued.

“So, someone discovered the corpse during those five hours and damaged it. According to what Isella said, the neck was severed. Isella saw it and came with me. But the room was strangely clean.”

She approached the fireplace.

“Summer should be coming soon, but why is the basement so cold? Is your room okay?”

Tom nodded his head.

“Since I’ve been dying and living repeatedly, I was quite surprised at this part. It felt like reality suddenly turned into a dream. I was so shocked it was frightening. But when I thought about it slowly, the answer became simple.”

Karen drew a picture of a woman. A woman with long hair.

“My situation is a bit unusual, isn’t it? No… don’t look at me like that. As I said, I keep dying and coming back to life. It’s real. So when the corpse suddenly disappeared, I was very flustered. But when I thought about it slowly, it was simple.”

Karen spoke while looking at the doodle she had drawn. In fact, this was an extremely common-sense matter that didn’t even need such explanation. Isella was exhausted from searching for her necklace all day. And Isella’s room was in the middle of the corridor where guests stayed.

“She should have entered the fifth room, but she entered the sixth room instead. I thought that inner room was locked because it wasn’t being used.”

Karen pointed to the corridor with identical-looking doors. The corridor where outsiders stayed was identical without any distinguishing features. Tom nodded his head.

“And in that room, I mean in the sixth room that should have been empty, I found this hair. What do you think?”

Tom tilted his head looking at the hair Karen held out. Ah, this kid doesn’t know Nancy. This hair belonged to Nancy. Nancy was the only one in the manor with this kind of black curly hair.

“It’s the hair of Nancy… the maid I killed.”

She was the only one of a different race in this manor.

Karen held up that hair. She had left Nancy in Isella’s room, the fifth room. But this hair was in the sixth room.

“So the corpse must have been in the sixth room. Someone moved it from Isella’s room to the adjacent room. But Isella mistakenly entered the adjacent room, causing this commotion.”

Tom nodded his head. Even to him, the manor’s corridor was confusing. The doors inside the manor were similar and there were no numbers written on them, making them difficult to distinguish.

“Isella had mistakenly entered the sixth room, and when she came back with me, we properly entered her room, so there was no corpse. That day… she was tired, so it’s understandable. What, now that I’ve solved it, it’s nothing special. How boring.”

Karen put her face into the extinguished fireplace and looked up. Tom imagined whether he might become free if he pushed her into the fireplace like in a fairy tale. The boy killed the evil witch and escaped. But Karen immediately pulled her body out.

“Then the suspects would be greatly reduced. Someone strong enough to dismember Nancy in a short time, and someone who didn’t know that the sixth room wasn’t locked. Not the maids, and among the servants, someone who came in late.”

Karen thought of only three men who came to mind. But why would they do such a thing for her? Karen could only assume one reason. The owner of this land who pays them. Her father, Lord Hyer.

“As for the reason… it’s certain that Father lied. Maybe Father did it for me? Because I’m his child… Actually, I’m not sure. How much do ordinary parents do for their children? Since Verdick killed me for Isella, is it natural for Father to clean up for me?”

But why has the corpse disappeared again now? It’s strange. Thomas disappeared. And the corpse presumed to be Nancy as well. When Tom pointed to the empty fireplace, Karen shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, anyone could have moved the corpse a second time, right? But someone who came into this unused basement to remove the corpse and quietly disposed of the other corpse found here. It must be the same person as the first time. Maybe Father planned it and several other people acted.”

There was silence. Even though he had been hardened on rough streets, he was still young. In fact, Tom understood only half of what Karen was saying. What he vaguely understood was that she had not only mutilated corpses but had already killed another person, and someone was protecting her. She wouldn’t be punished even if she killed people.

Tom focused on Karen’s words to stop thinking.

Karen turned away from Tom and felt along the wall with her hands. Could he ambush Karen now? Tom aimed at Karen’s back. He was smaller and younger than Karen, but it might be possible if he rushed at her suddenly. He counted numbers in his mind. One, but she soon turned around. Tom sat back down awkwardly. Fortunately, Karen didn’t seem to notice anything particularly strange about Tom.

“The smoke from here must definitely go out to the kitchen… When I lit a fire a few days ago, smoke also came out of that line’s roof. Then it must be right that the fireplaces are connected? I think this hole is that hole. You, do you have to apply medicine before sleeping? Burns are said to be hard to heal.”

When it was because of her that he became like this. But Karen’s face seemed genuinely worried. So Tom felt even stranger. Regardless of Tom’s feelings, Karen felt around the cracks in the wall and beckoned Tom with her hand. It was an excited face, like a kind young lady trying to take out cookies for a beggar. It was a face expecting something while looking at the other person’s face.

“I believe in magic… but in this case, it makes more sense that a person did it rather than magic or gods. I was more confused because I experienced strange things myself. Still, I wondered, but look at this.”

Karen took something out from the broken crack in the wall and showed it.

Tom, who had been staring at what it was, soon realized it was part of a person and groaned while stepping back.

“Two corpses disappeared, but the hidden parts remain.”

Someone definitely cleaned this up.

Tom looked back and forth between her smiling with white teeth showing and part of his father.

“And you know, right?”

Karen used the finger bone to pull out what was deeper inside. Rotten flesh came out with it.

“Your dad isn’t big. It’s rotted but that’s certain. It got bigger because of decomposition.”

She spoke as if making a resolution.

“You understand?”

It was much later that he realized this was a rebuttal to what she had said on the trial day.

It was a joke that couldn’t be laughed at.

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Tom had to open his eyes at dawn to cold hands touching his cheek. Karen was sitting on the bed.

“I’m too curious to bear it.”

About what.

Karen’s eyes gleamed. In the darkness, her two pupils shone like a beast’s.

“If I’m thinking correctly, that corpse in the fireplace is probably Nancy?”

Tom had to lift his drooping eyelids.

“But even at a glance, it didn’t look like it was just dropped, right? It wasn’t in pieces either.”

The corpse of the person who had become charcoal was neatly arranged. That much was certain. Tom nodded his head.

“As if they held a funeral for her… Did someone call an undertaker to sew it up? As you saw, even though it was burned, the bones were arranged neatly. Then there’s a high possibility that your dad was also taken care of in that way. Hey, that’s good news.”

“…”

“Even though he was dismembered, someone took care of him and held a funeral, so isn’t that good news?”

Originally your dad would have just become fertilizer corpse. Karen congratulated him sincerely. Tom nodded his head reluctantly.

“Anyway, the corpse disappearing… let’s say Father ordered it to be cleaned up. But you know.”

Karen’s smile disappeared instantly. Tom tensed up. Karen’s mood swung wildly several times a day, but she never revealed those fluctuations in front of other people. But in front of him, who was mute, she revealed that ferocity and madness. Karen’s voice became sharp.

“I killed someone, but isn’t the cleanup too neat?”

Karen glared at the air.

“A child killed someone. So the powerful parent cleaned it up. It’s possible. I can accept that. But you know.”

A cracking sound was heard.

“To clean up without saying a word to me, without any rumors among the servants. It’s excessively neat.”

“…”

“As if it was already expected.”

Karen was angry. She had to try to suppress her anger. Her nails dug into her palm and drew blood. Blood drops fell onto the bed.

“What does Father know?”

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