Resetting Lady - Chapter 256

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Special Side Story 2

5.

“Oh my…”

“I’m, I’m sorry, my lady!”

Donna turned pale and bowed repeatedly. Karen pressed her forehead with a troubled expression. Even though it was a half-joking document, she had no intention of showing it to her child. After all, it was a joke that could only be shared between husband and wife.

“You’re certain the telegram was already sent to the school?”

“Yes, yes!”

This wasn’t good at all.

Contacting the school repeatedly felt like becoming a troublesome parent, which she didn’t like, but it couldn’t be helped. If Rebecca saw that, there was no telling what kind of shock she would receive. It would be better to prevent such misunderstandings in advance.

“Just in case, deliver it one more time, tell them the document was wrong so don’t look at it, and that we’re coming tomorrow.”

“Yes! I’m truly sorry!”

“Well… be more careful.”

“Yes!”

Donna hurried out with tearful eyes.

‘Well… it should be fine.’

Karen shrugged her shoulders as she watched Donna’s back heading straight to the room with the radio. Rebecca would be quite surprised, but the misunderstanding would be cleared up right away. It would end as just a brief incident.

* * *

Rebecca thought.

Should I die?

“Did you hear?”

“What?”

“Among the new students, that, you know, Count Seyertes’ daughter.”

“Oh that blonde girl? Didn’t she beat up some upperclassmen recently? Isn’t she completely crazy? I know she beat up 7 against 1.”

One of the upperclassmen giggled while drinking tea. Seven men getting beaten by one woman. It was the most amusing thing of all.

“No, it’s not such a trivial matter.”

“What is it then.”

“Her parents…”

Raymond and Karen always drew people’s attention with their beauty, deeds, and tremendous abilities. Stories about those parents were so widely known that they were more famous than Rebecca who was attending the school. Rebecca never imagined this fact would be such an annoying thing.

Rebecca rolled up in her blanket, got into bed, and shed tears.

Why during lunch time of all times, and why when I was losing my mind fighting with people, why did I have to take out that letter there…

“Ugh…”

“Rebecca, are you going to skip all the afternoon classes?”

“Yeah… tell them I’m sick.”

Rebecca pressed her eyes with her hands and muttered.

“Alright, get some good rest.”

“Yeah.”

Gossip spread instantly, and distortion was as fast as its speed.

One way or another, just the fact that the daughter of a famous hero and beauty had enrolled in school was enough to draw the eyes of countless people to Rebecca. But people soon became disappointed that Rebecca didn’t seem like a legendary figure like Raymond, nor was she an outstanding beauty like Karen, and indifferent interest quickly turned into bullying.

A kid who could be bullied since she paid to get in, a kid who was nothing compared to her parents, nothing special despite sullying the school’s history and tradition. The gazes toward Rebecca became mixed with envy and jealousy, quickly turning dirty. The students who had gotten bloody noses from Rebecca’s fists looked at her with pure malice, and the contents of her letter that became known at that same moment spread instantly from countless people’s mouths.

“Rebecca beat up 7 people.”

“Rebecca broke the bones of 7 people and even ruptured their organs.”

“A girl named Rebecca nearly beat 17 people to death, and some of them are barely breathing.”

The rumors were unstoppable.

And that evening, the rumors merged.

“Her parents are getting divorced so she got angry and beat up random people!”

“Crazy, isn’t that a complete psychopath murderer?”

The merged rumors evolved.

Looking at Rebecca’s roommate, students whispered audibly.

“Hey, they say her whole family are all murderers?”

“…”

‘At this rate, will it even go to treason?’

The rumors surrounding Rebecca spread like a storm.

As a roommate, Betty knew Rebecca’s calm yet cheerful personality well. And also how the rumors were being distorted.

“…”

But since she was also just a powerless first-year student, Betty never even dreamed of correcting those rumors.

‘Well, since it’s nonsense, it’ll quiet down soon.’

The telegram Rebecca received mentioned that the Count couple would visit soon. They were surely coming to talk with their daughter about the divorce. Betty sighed and turned off the lights in the room. Even if her parents divorced, the vast wealth and status Rebecca possessed wouldn’t go anywhere, so Rebecca just needed to endure this period.

“…sniff.”

Hearing Rebecca’s crying, Betty sighed and turned off the lights early.

“Don’t cry. Your parents’ problems are their business, not something you can do anything about.”

“The two of them… fought terribly when I said I wanted to enroll… It might be because of me.”

Rebecca sobbed in bed.

Betty sighed, turned off the lights, and left the room.

“Oh, Betty, where’s Rebecca?”

The housemaster called out to Betty who was heading to the lounge with books.

“I saw her sleeping.”

“Oh, already? A new telegram came…”

“Should I deliver it for you?”

“Hmm. Thanks for the offer, but.”

The supervisor frowned and sighed while holding the envelope containing the telegram.

“Since there was such a commotion at lunch, it would be better to hand it over quietly if possible.”

“I’ll give it to her without looking.”

“Yes, you must be having a hard time too as the first batch of female students. Keep it up.”

“Thank you.”

Betty smiled bitterly.

She liked Rebecca. But like other students, she was also a little jealous. Rebecca was a child from an excellent family and showed outstanding grades in most areas at school. But Rebecca was in a position where she had to compete with her father who had become a legend. And being the first batch as a woman meant she was inevitably subject to evaluation in everything.

Thanks to the conspicuous Rebecca, other female students were relieved that they could live their school lives being a little less noticeable. Thanks to Rebecca’s existence, who didn’t lose to most male students in pure physical strength alone, other female students could be treated a little more like ladies. It contained some contempt, but on the other hand, it meant slightly better protection.

“Still, you’ll do well.”

And after studying late into the night, Betty returned to her room. The room was quiet as if holding its breath.

“Rebecca, a new telegram came from your parents. It’s probably nothing serious.”

The room was silent.

“Already asleep?”

“…”

Well, after crying and wailing like that, it made sense she’d sleep early.

Betty placed the telegram on Rebecca’s desk. It would be difficult in many ways, but Rebecca’s existence was helpful to many people. She hoped Rebecca wouldn’t break and would continue her school life. Betty sighed and went to her own bed to sleep.

“…Um…”

“…”

Betty bolted up from bed at a strange sensation and jumped to Rebecca’s bed. Then she pulled back the blanket.

“…Ah… this crazy…”

Betty gaped as she looked down at Rebecca’s bed where the blanket was carelessly bunched up.

A bed with only cold air. A window that was somehow open.

“Huh…”

Rebecca had run away.

* * *

“…Before I go, I want to crack that bastard’s head.”

Rebecca glared at the male dormitory with fierce eyes. But if she rashly went in, she would obviously get caught. She needed to go and come back quickly for things to be manageable. Rebecca thought step by step even with anger and sadness swirling in her head. Her parents would come in a day, and the story they wanted to share would obviously be about divorce.

“You think I’ll let that happen?”

Rebecca had absolutely no intention of letting her parents separate peacefully.

Parents are parents, she is herself – how could they think so conveniently and separately? Rebecca knew well what kind of benefits she received from her ordinary and wealthy family. Even receiving such benefits made school this difficult, but if her parents divorced? Rebecca felt dizzy.

“Know that there will absolutely be no safe divorce.”

Rebecca tightly gripped her pocket money and gritted her teeth.

Call it selfishness or call it immaturity – Rebecca had no intention whatsoever of following the wishes of those two people. In an ordinary parents’ divorce, all a child could do would be to cry. However, Rebecca was disgusted by the idea of just crying.

Rebecca ran toward the nearest town.

And she kicked open the door to the inn.

“Carriage! Do you have any carriages available right now?”

“…Um… wouldn’t it be better if you stayed the night… are you a student?”

“I need a carriage I can use right now. I’ll pay double the fare, no, even triple is fine.”

Rebecca strode toward the innkeeper who had made eye contact with her and held out the gold coins from her purse. The owner looked at the gleaming gold coins, bit one to test it, and confirmed it was real gold.

“At this hour there’s a nighttime surcharge, so it’ll be four times the price.”

“…Whatever, just let’s go quickly.”

“Understood. Hey! Jim! We have a customer!”

A middle-aged man came out from inside, scratching his head. After hitching the horses to the carriage, he tilted his head when he saw that Rebecca getting inside was a woman, but soon took hold of the whip and sat down.

“Where shall I take you?”

“To the Royal Palace.”

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