Resetting Lady - Chapter 252

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Special Side Story 2

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After Rebecca left the family, the large manor became quiet. As the mansion that had always been bustling fell into silence, Karen whispered to Raymond in a melancholy voice. She was a mother who had been restless because she couldn’t nag when they were together, but now that Rebecca had left, she was anxious with worry – such was maternal love.

Karen let out a deep sigh and leaned her head against Raymond.

“I already miss Rebecca.”

“So do I.”

Karen, having sent her child far away, had no energy at all. No matter how determined she had been, separation from her child was quite a shock to her. Raymond gently stroked Karen with pity. Her pale, trembling eyelashes looked utterly pitiful.

“She’s still so young…”

“…”

‘How old are you that you’re still not married!’

Raymond vividly remembered Karen nagging Rebecca about marriage until just recently, but he wasn’t foolish enough to voice that thought. Raymond nodded with an awkward expression.

“The place Rebecca went to is a good school. I’m also a military school graduate, aren’t I? It’s a place where she’ll learn a lot.”

“Didn’t you often say there’s no such thing as a good military?”

“…As a school, it’s not bad.”

Of course, it was a school that had never accepted female students before, and Raymond hadn’t exactly lived such a peaceful life there either. But to Raymond, who had experienced war, the school remained quite romanticized in his memory.

‘She won’t die, so our daughter will do well.’

“She’s not… small, but she’s still young…”

She was a daughter who was a head taller than Karen, and who could flip over men twice her size with a throw. Raymond felt more sorry for the still fragile Karen, who seemed like she’d blow away in the wind, than for Rebecca.

“Stop worrying. I’m more worried about you, Karen.”

“…Yes…”

Karen’s eyes became reddish. Raymond wiped his wife’s eyes with his finger and carefully embraced her. Raymond’s voice was also low and hoarse. But Raymond was more concerned about his wife than his daughter. To him, his daughter was like his own alter ego. It was Rebecca who had chosen to live a rough life, and Raymond wanted to respect his daughter’s choice. That’s why what mattered to him now wasn’t his distant daughter, but his wife who was close by.

‘Rebecca will manage just fine on her own.’

If nothing else, she’d be good at surviving. Raymond had no doubt that his daughter, with her excellent physique and blunt personality, would adapt well to group life. Rather, the place where Rebecca would have trouble surviving was the delicate social circles. That’s why Raymond wanted Karen, who was worrying too excessively about Rebecca, to quickly shake off her concerns.

“I’m sad too, Karen.”

“…sob…”

“But she’ll come back during vacation.”

Rebecca had enrolled in military school.

* * *

For 18 years, Rebecca had caused countless incidents and accidents, driving Karen and Raymond to distraction. Becoming parents was a series of new and surprising days for them, even with their tediously long memories. Rebecca was always breaking something, beating someone up, or running off somewhere.

Even the old servants who remembered Raymond’s childhood would laugh helplessly – Rebecca was that much of a troublemaker. That’s why Rebecca’s absence felt so enormous to Karen.

[Mom! Dad!]

Around this time last year, she would come home carrying hunting game.

Of course, she had scolded Rebecca for her unruly behavior, but now she missed even that. If she was going to want to join the military anyway, she should have just encouraged more hunting instead.

“…”

The greenhouse was beautiful, spacious, and quiet.

Raymond was selecting decorative flowers that Karen had requested from a corner of the greenhouse. It was a peaceful and quiet scene.

“Sigh…”

Karen let out a long sigh while arranging flowers.

Rebecca had given her headaches, made her stomach burn, and sometimes made her faint. But just because the troublemaker daughter had disappeared didn’t mean her worries had vanished. Karen suppressed the anxiety that was creeping up in the quietness and silence.

‘She’s not going to kill someone and desert, is she?’

Please let her only cause trouble within what her parents can handle.

Karen sighed repeatedly while having the exact same worries her own parents used to have.

Then suddenly, Karen frowned as she looked at the flower in her hand. The stem was too short.

“Oh my, did I cut too many branches? Raymond?”

“Hm? No, it’s just right.”

Raymond somehow caught her words from the other side and walked over with a few more flowers.

“It looks hard to put in the vase. Oh dear… I’m sorry.”

“It’s perfect for putting in my ear.”

Raymond put the flower Karen was holding in his ear and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The tickling sensation wasn’t bad, so Karen smiled slightly.

“By the way, it’s so quiet now that Rebecca’s gone.”

“Isn’t that nice?”

“I’m not sure. It’s been noisy ever since she was born… it feels strange.”

“Then how about taking up a new hobby with me?”

“What kind?”

“Flowers. You could study breeding, or grow new varieties… Actually, I’m embarrassed that I study too superficially since I enjoy it as a hobby, so I’m thinking about focusing on herbalism. As learning deepens, you become aware of your own shortcomings, so I thought this might be a good opportunity…”

“Ew, no thanks.”

When Karen brightly smiled and refused, Raymond answered with a noticeably sullen expression.

“…But it’s fun…”

“No thanks.”

Karen smiled and picked up a new flower that Raymond had grown. They were tulips with morning dew on them, with a pattern she’d never seen before. Beautiful. Karen’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the petals mixed with gold, red, and white. Karen also enjoyed beautiful and fragrant flowers. She just didn’t have the energy to match Raymond’s excitement. Studying botany just because her husband was interested in it would be difficult.

“It’s pretty.”

“Right?”

Raymond smiled shyly at Karen’s reaction.

Though Karen didn’t know much about horticulture, she could tell it was a precious variety from watching Raymond grin all day long looking at that flower.

“How about learning more horticulture with me? Breeding is truly a fascinating and mysterious field of study, and this variety is actually a child that won’t be announced for decades, and it’s so…”

‘What do you mean a flower is a child?’

“Everyone will be amazed at how precious this child is…”

Raymond’s long speech about the variety passed through Karen’s ears.

Raymond had clear academic interests from childhood. That was botany. He would read books whenever he had time, sometimes even in the bedroom until bedtime, correspond with scholars, and even occasionally seek advice from Dulan.

[Burn that filthy letter right now!]

[Ahhh! Wait! Let me just summarize it…]

[Raymond!]

[Karen, please forgive me just once…]

Karen sometimes found Raymond pathetic when he got all excited and wrote to Dulan asking for his expert opinion on plants, but since she also maintained friendly relations with the Evans Family, she tried to endure it. However, she made sure to confirm that Dulan’s letters were burned.

“Is it that interesting?”

“…Yes. Plants are…”

“Don’t talk so excitedly.”

Raymond lowered his voice with a slightly embarrassed face and whispered.

“…How beautiful and precious they are.”

“How can flowers be precious?”

“Karen!”

Raymond covered his mouth with a shocked expression. Was she joking? Karen looked at Raymond with a puzzled face. He made eye contact and shouted seriously.

“Flowers can hear too!”

“…”

She didn’t even have the energy to respond anymore.

* * *

‘I definitely need to make some new plans myself.’

Karen bit her lip and browsed through the books in the study.

Raymond seemed happy to be able to devote his spare time to plants after Rebecca enrolled, but she wasn’t. Karen had always only cared about things that could be completed in the short span of a year, which manifested as various romantic affairs, gambling, murder, and such. Studies that extended over several years weren’t familiar to Karen, nor did she find them interesting.

‘But horticulture is boring, geometry is boring, and I don’t like medicine either…’

Studying wasn’t fun. And Karen, who wanted to live for a long, long time, didn’t like doing things that would harm her body either. So gambling and drinking were out too. Karen browsed through books but couldn’t find anything interesting.

Even the gossip and power struggles between people that Karen was familiar with weren’t worth focusing on much after Rebecca left. What was the point of investigating when she didn’t have a daughter to marry off? Now she even questioned whether Rebecca would ever marry.

Karen sulkily picked up random books, stacked them up, and flipped through them carelessly.

‘Maybe I should go on another trip…’

But now she didn’t even know where she wanted to go. She’d been to most travel destinations with Raymond.

‘What if I go without Raymond?’

That might be exciting.

Karen smiled, thinking of her brief escapade when she was pregnant. Maybe she should have another chase with Raymond. That might be good too. This time, she’d be the one chasing Raymond for fun. It would definitely be entertaining. Karen wore a mischievous smile. Raymond definitely wouldn’t be caught easily. If they separated and enjoyed the thrill, it would definitely be stimulating.

“Oh my.”

Then, a passage caught Karen’s eye.

—Regarding the Property Distribution Process in Case of Divorce

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