Resetting Lady - Chapter 99

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“Do you really not know?”

 

Prince Guiz grabs Karen’s shoulder.

 

Karen understood. Guiz wasn’t considering the benefits he would lose by killing Louis.

 

She realized that Prince Guiz hated Prince Louis.

 

He’s thinking of killing Prince Louis.

 

Despite all the benefits he would gain from Prince Louis.

 

For reasons Karen couldn’t comprehend.

 

He hadn’t brought his son here on impulse.

 

Rustle.

 

And at that moment, Prince Louis moved. He had awakened upon hearing Prince Guiz’s voice.

 

“Father…?”

 

Prince Louis in the box opened his eyes. Since his hands weren’t bound, Prince Louis reached out and grabbed the edge of the box. He blinked his eyes. It seemed his mind hadn’t fully returned yet. Karen extended her hand to support him. Prince Louis rubbed his head and grimaced.

 

“Where is this, exactly… Now…”

 

“Your Highness, please come to your senses.”

 

Perhaps it would be better to lose consciousness, but Karen thought of how she had screamed and held Prince Louis. If he screamed, it would hurt her ears. Prince Louis gripped Karen’s arm tightly. His eyes widened. He saw it too.

 

“…That’s… What, what?”

 

Prince Louis looked at the decorations on the wall and staggered back into the box, collapsing.

 

“Father… Now… That’s…”

 

Looking down at his son who couldn’t speak properly, Prince Guiz shrugged his shoulders. It was a somewhat exaggerated attitude.

 

“Too weak.”

 

Prince Guiz muttered while watching him from behind. Though it was a much more rational attitude than Karen’s, it didn’t seem to satisfy him either. In fact, Prince Guiz seemed like he would dislike whatever reaction Prince Louis showed.

 

“As expected, you don’t resemble me. Not at all.”

 

Prince Louis hadn’t fainted, so he could stand up again with Karen’s support. Prince Louis took a deep breath. He tried to compose himself somehow.

 

“Father, what is the meaning of this?”

 

Prince Louis, though his hands were trembling, barely managed to stand and look at his father. He seemed to be trying to glare, but there was no intimidation in his ten-year-old body. When Prince Guiz approached, he looked like he wanted to collapse again.

 

“Was it fun?”

 

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. Father, what are all those things hanging over there? Father, and where is this place?”

 

“Don’t pretend not to know.”

 

“Father.”

 

“Didn’t you know about this room?”

 

“…”

 

Prince Guiz grabbed Prince Louis by both shoulders. And he lifted his son up. Prince Louis was easily lifted by Prince Guiz and came out of the box.

 

“Why did you make contact with Raymond Seyertes?”

 

“…Because he is a person who serves as a model for knights. Father, please let me go. This is… not right.”

 

Thud.

 

Prince Louis was dropped to the floor. Guiz looked down at his son. But his violence seemed to awaken Prince Louis’s defiance instead. He got up from the floor and gritted his teeth.

 

“Father, turn yourself in. It’s not too late yet.”

 

“Look at this, Karen.”

 

Prince Guiz turned his head from Prince Louis to look at Karen. Making eye contact with Karen, Prince Guiz spoke. Unlike when speaking to his son, it was a gentle voice.

 

“Did you perhaps place hope in my son?”

 

“…”

 

Karen couldn’t bring herself to answer that she hadn’t thought that far. Prince Louis had received assurance from Raymond and actively tried to protect her.

 

But now he had no knights, and possessed no weapon capable of defeating his father. Karen looked at the child who was much smaller and more fragile than herself. What the boy needed to protect seemed to be himself.

 

“Father!”

 

“I wasn’t asking you!”

 

Prince Guiz shouted angrily at Prince Louis. He looked at Karen.

 

“Can you love me?”

 

“…”

 

“Right, that would be impossible.”

 

Prince Guiz stepped on Prince Louis with his boot. Prince Louis curled up his body.

 

“Stay still. It’ll be fine.”

 

Were those words meant for Karen, or for Prince Louis?

 

“…Ah, Father, please stop. I’m not the only one who knows this fact. People know.”

 

“Did you tell them?”

 

“…Father, please release Karen Evans. Beg forgiveness from Grandfather, and repent for your sins.”

 

“Oh my, His Majesty already knows of this room’s existence. Yet he’s left me alone until now.”

 

Prince Louis raised his head. He glared at his father.

 

“Grandfather would never do such a thing.”

 

It was a strong denial.

 

Prince Guiz stepped on Prince Louis’s hand. Though he was a young boy who could be easily subdued without going that far, he seemed to thoroughly dislike his son.

 

“When you’re a king, you tend to ignore trivial matters. His Majesty had many hobbies of his own.”

 

“Father… Please don’t insult Grandfather. Because you keep doing this…”

 

“Did His Majesty promise you the next throne?”

 

Prince Louis hesitated slightly before continuing.

 

“Father, this won’t help you in any way. Even now, please hurry…”

 

That upset Prince Guiz.

 

“As I thought.”

 

Prince Guiz takes out another sword that was hanging high on the wall behind the box. It was also a beautiful and luxurious sword. But when the blade was revealed with a sliding sound, Karen could tell that this sword was completely different from the dagger.

 

That blade is sharp.

 

Holding that sword, Prince Guiz turned around.

 

Step, step, step.

 

“I hate His Majesty.”

 

“…Father!”

 

Then another sound of footsteps was heard. Karen spoke to Prince Guiz.

 

“Your Highness, please stop. I can hear someone coming.”

 

Karen spoke urgently. It might not be too late yet. Raymond might return again. He might come back and stop Prince Guiz, save that young prince, and save Karen.

 

“Haha, do you believe that?”

 

Without even looking at Karen’s face, Prince Guiz spoke. He seemed only interested in how to turn his son into a decoration. The blade gleamed. Karen spoke again.

 

“I really can hear it.”

 

Karen shouted. She really could hear sounds. Prince Guiz turned his head. Would he come this time too? Footstep sounds could be heard. Heavy footsteps. Would Raymond come to save Karen again this time?

 

“Your Highness, please stop.”

 

Perhaps it wasn’t too late yet. Raymond had proposed to Karen again this time. He confessed his love. Even while not trusting Karen. Perhaps.

 

“Come in.”

 

The door opened.

 

“Your Highness, I’ve prepared the bath water as you requested.”

 

It wasn’t Raymond.

 

It was Prince Guiz’s servant whom she had seen before.

 

Raymond would be late again this time. Like his entire life so far. Though he disappointed her faster than Karen had expected. Karen was slightly disappointed, but Prince Louis’s eyes were filled with despair. He urgently shouted to the servant.

 

“You there! What are you doing without telling people about this room!”

 

At Prince Louis’s shout, the servant blinked and slowly turned his body.

 

“Oh my, isn’t this Prince Louis. That’s what I told you.”

 

“Get out.”

 

Prince Guiz cut off his words. The servant immediately bowed and retreated.

 

“I apologize, Your Highness.”

 

But his smile remained. The large servant looked at Prince Louis and Karen and grinned.

 

“Karen, you seem like you need to wash up.”

 

“…”

 

“First, let me take care of some business.”

 

And again the sword tip was directed at Prince Louis. Prince Louis’s face turned pale.

 

“Father, what are you talking about?”

 

“Let me give you some advice. It’s good to wash your body before sleeping with a woman. Though you won’t need to know that anymore. Tsk, I told you not to move.”

 

Prince Guiz instructed his servants without even turning his head.

 

“Do not open it until morning comes.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

Clank, the sound of the door being locked again from outside could be heard.

 

Prince Guiz looked back at Karen and Prince Louis.

 

“Were you looking forward to it?”

 

Prince Louis was gritting his teeth. Tears had formed in the corners of his eyes. This was beyond his limit now. Prince Guiz was looking down at Prince Louis with a knife in hand.

 

“Actually Karen, I wanted to do it with you. Ah. Not the bath. I’m talking about something else.”

 

“….”

 

“You’ll come to like this sort of thing quite a bit now too. You’ll get used to it.”

 

Guiz spoke to Prince Louis.

 

“Louis, did His Majesty say that you would be the next king?”

 

Prince Louis glared at Prince Guiz with tear-filled eyes. A groan leaked through his clenched teeth. Even so, he spoke.

 

“…That’s right, you madman.”

 

“I see.”

 

Stab.

 

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

 

Prince Louis screamed. The prince had stabbed Prince Louis in the thigh. He continued speaking.

 

“But His Majesty won’t be able to give up on me either if you disappear.”

 

“Ugh, urgh, aaaaah….”

 

“The next king won’t be you. His Majesty is really too much. Don’t resent me. This is all His Majesty’s fault. I’ve never once thought of you as my son. You should never have been born from the beginning.”

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