The Resetting Lady

But that's not necessary. You don't have to be nervous at all. Raymond's life has always had to bet on uncertain anxiety, but it has rarely worked out as well as this one.

"It was too sudden, but it's what you have to do. I hope you understand.”

The Marquis of Pancake was all over the place. Raymond, who was used to going when asked to come in the early morning, was a little bit ridiculous, but it was his own joke.

Raymond's going was official, and the Marquis of Pancair was next to him. And not only themselves, but also eight guard wagons and the Marquis' army were following. Raymond had nothing to fear. They didn't even go to battle in the first place. And it ended successfully.

It is done.

The work was done successfully, and they were sitting in the carriage and celebrating peace together. Raymond was a little surprised by the comfortable carriage, unlike when he got on the train. Most wagons were a little more inconvenient than trains, but the comfort was no different from the reception room of the mansion because it was the Marquis' carriage. I hope you're comfortable now that it's over.

"It's just beginning. Well done in many ways.”

"Thank you. Your help was great."

Raymond answered with a smile, but it was unclear. The Marquis asked.

"Are you nervous about your marriage?"

It was a question to draw attention and relax, but to some extent it was true. Raymond was caught in a hurry. I prepared my best, but I was nervous because I wasn't in front of my eyes. Karen used to make amazing enemies here and there when she was a little away from her. I wish it were something as light as women's jealousy, but Karen's enemy is Prince Berdick Evans or Prince Gwiz. Raymond seemed a little weak. But it's okay now.

"Yes, it is."

"I'd say I did, but I'm not very nervous, so I have nothing to say."

"I see."

"I told you to smile."

Raymond tried to make a big smile in a hurry, but it was too late. The Marquis waved his hand to stop.

"Your wedding, I don't think I can make it.”

"Do you?"

"Well, I have a lot of things to prepare for. But I'll send the gift without any regret."

Raymond's face remained hardened, so I brought it up on purpose, but rather than easing the atmosphere, it became firmer. It was Raymond, who did not usually show his feelings to the Marquis. Perhaps the theme he brought out was more authentic. The Marquis asked again.

"Is it because of your fiancee? It's Catherine's daughter, isn't you?

"Yes, it is. Do you know?"

The Marquis stroked his chin.

"Wait, I've been chasing her around. Do you also resemble your mother?"

"I don't know because I've never met my wife, but everyone else said I looked exactly like her. Some are even more beautiful."

The Marquis laughed at him, who had to say one more word.

"It must be pretty."

"Yes."

Raymond answered briefly. I could be sure that Karen was pretty. The Marquis bends slightly and talks like a joke.

"And there's a little bit of a weird thing. Aren't you obsessed with true love?"

"…yes. Do you know?"

Raymond was a little nervous. Karen's disease was genetic. But the Marquis' face was not that serious. He spoke as he pulled himself up again.

"Yeah. Well, that was a charm, but...He had a weird charm.”

The Marquis laughed cheerfully. Maybe he was just as weird as Karen. Or was it because the relationship between the Marquis of Pancair and Lady Catherine was not that deep?

"That pretty thing would make me look attractive whatever it was in my head."

It must have been the latter.

Raymond said to the Marquis with some displeasure.

"My Marquis, this is my wife's mother."

"I'm scared. Anyway, it was attractive. It was refreshing to say that you wanted only one love."

"Isn't that the way most women are?"

The Marquis raised his finger and swung and denied it.

"Do you marry only for love?"

"Yes."

Raymond answered. He marries by only seeing love. Raymond thinks this can't be done without love.

"Haha, that's really funny."

He seemed happy that things had gone well. I could have done that. Raymond was embarrassed by the royal order, but it wasn't something he didn't expect. Now Raymond was really about to retire. He handed over most of his work and returned most of his guns. It would be really hard to be a soldier now.

"Anyway, there was a weird corner, but I liked her. I wanted to be friends even after I married Haier. It was impossible because she didn't appear in society anymore. Don't do such a thing after you get married. If you leave your wife alone, you'll be bothered by your child's problems again."

"I see."

"Honestly, I didn't know you'd choose Haier. Yeah, she got married only for love. There were many more rich men and men of higher rank, but the choice was Haier. Well, it's not a bad choice for a woman. Haier was pretty good, too.

Raymond recalled Prince Gwiz. He was stubbornly obsessed. At first, Raymond thought Prince Gwiz was trying to frighten Karen with retaliation. But his obsession was a little more than that.

"Has Prince Gwiz proposed to you? Is that why he's so obsessed with Karen?"

"What? Haha."

At the words, the Marquis of Pancair laughed breathlessly laugh.

Raymond was a little embarrassed.

"Well, yeah. I'm sorry. Wait a minute."

"Did I make any mistake?"

The Marquis shook his head.

"I know you love your fiancee very much. Right. It's incredibly pretty. But her mother, Catherine, is the count's daughter. Prince Gwiz was the heir to the throne."

"Mrs. Catherine's grandmother thought that Catherine's grandmother might not be so demeaned."

Raymond's face turned slightly red.

"Even if she's the granddaughter of Grand Duchess Kathryn, it's her mother. You were Count Cailin's wife. The women there got married because they only saw love. She has less choice than she has."

"I see."

"Well, it wasn't unprecedented, so if Prince Gwizu had even proposed to Catherine, ready to give up the throne. But he didn't.”

"Do you know?"

"I know. Your Highness once told me."

The Marquis was a relative close to Gwiz. Even if they were lovers of Catherine, they could not be considered seriously. The Marquis was a practical man.

"I said I would marry Catherine to the right man and make her a mistress.”

"Ha."

"Yes, no matter how much Catherine is the count's daughter, she is the granddaughter of the Great Duchess. It's not a whore's identity laundering. What's that? She wouldn't have been able to tolerate it.”

"I see."

"But Gwiz wouldn't want to give up the throne either. Actually, it doesn't make sense. To give up the throne because of one lover."

knock, knock

Someone knocked on the carriage window. Raymond got up and opened the window.

"What's going on?"

"Sir Raymond, we have a problem."

speak to oneself before the Marquis Raymond instantly sensed what had happened.

It's Karen.

"I got a call that Karen is missing."

***

Karen threw her knife on the floor.

"No."

It was not worth thinking about. All that Gwiz can give Karen is death. Maybe torture, maybe rape. Karen has gone through all that. Duran is the only one who can intimidate Karen. A person who can threaten with how to really die in the future.

"I don't want to."

If Karen kills, it's not for others, but for herself. I didn't want to do anything to accommodate Prince Gwiz.

He wanted to live his own way.

at the risk of one's life

"Well, that's surprising."

“…….”

"I thought only you would understand me.”

"How can I understand you?"

In Karen's defiance, Crown Prince Gwiz bent down and picked up a dagger without me. But he didn't look so unpleasant. But it seemed curious. asked Prince Gwiz.

"Didn't you kill your father, Lord Haier?"

"…do you have any evidence? As you said before, without proof."

Prince Gwiz pressed Karen's mouth with his finger. The tail of the eye is bent.

"Well, that's proof. I don't think you're used to it yet."

Karen wouldn't have said if she was innocent of her own charges. I would have just said no. The question of whether there is evidence is what the suspect claims to know that there will be no evidence. When Prince Gwiz pointed out, Karen bit her lips.

"If you get a little more used to killing people, you'll be able to hide them naturally."

"…I don't know what you're talking about."

Prince Gwiz replied with a face that did not believe Karen at all.

"I have a lot of information coming in when I'm in my position. Is it because you believe in Lord Raymond that you are so stiff?"

It's probably not.

"I…."

Karen knows Raymond chose her for everything, but she doesn't trust him completely. Because even if she was next to Raymond, she kept dying. But Karen didn't have to tell Gwiz that.

"…I don'

Did they understand the vague answer as positive? Prince Gwiz opened his eyes and turned back. Karen holds a dagger and looks at Prince Gwiz's neck.

If you stab me in the neck...there is no day in the dando. You can't kill yourself at once. Then Karen is overpowered by Gwiz right away. And it hangs on the wall. Karen can imagine the process without difficulty.

"There was a present I gave you."

Donna's arm.

"I want to give you another one. I'm looking forward to seeing how your expression will change.”

Point the box to Karen.

Is it Donna's leg next? However, given that Prince Gwizu's fingertips pointed at him, it seemed that it was not a bridge.

Karen didn't even know it was there, but there was a box left in the corner. It was too big for the first box. Karen stood in front of the box bewitched.

"Open it up."

Prince Gwiz gave Karen the key. Because the box was locked with chains. Karen turned the key in the lock. There was a thud. Karen lifted the lid of the heavy box with her hands. The identity of the gift was revealed in the dark.

***

"Prince Louis and Miss Karen Evans are missing."

***

Prince Louis and Prince Gwiz's son were in the box.

Karen looked down at the little king.

"Isn't it fun?"

Gwiz laughed.