The Resetting Lady

[93]

Sometimes… there’s a worst that’s bigger than the worst.

The walls of the room were filled with corpses, and there were several bodies on the floor.

“…….”

Donna. Raymond sees the face of a maid he knows. She was a maid who lived with Karen from Haier’s mansion. If she were to be like this,

“Your Grace!”

The guard screamed out and stopped again.

“I’m dead.”

Raymond felt hopeless when he saw Karen smiling a little awkwardly in the sea of blood. I should have felt relieved that she was alive, but I certainly should, but I never felt relieved. Karen put down her knife and held her arms and said,

“I killed them all. Take me.”

“Hey, hey, hey, hey.”

Karen calmly raised her hands and approached the guard. The guard backed away. Another guard in the back was vomiting. It was a corpse, a corpse, a body.

“…….”

Raymond saw Karen. The two made eye contact, but there was nothing to say to each other. I didn’t know what to say in this situation. So Raymond did his job.

“Prince Gwizu is dead.”

“Woof, woof.”

Raymond saw Prince Gwiz. Then he took out his notebook and recorded the situation. I see lines hanging around Prince Gwiz’s neck and pearls scattered on the floor. That necklace belongs to Karen. And the one who strangled him. Raymond closed his eyes tightly.

And Raymond asked Karen.

“Are you hurt?”

“I don’t have one.”

I should have said good, but I couldn’t stop talking. Raymond got up without looking at Karen.

Raymond then went to Prince Louis. Prince Louis had his eyes closed. I touched my neck. It was still warm. But I couldn’t feel a pulse. Raymond saw the blood of Prince Louis on both legs. I stabbed my thigh and twisted it to cut off all the large blood vessels.

“…….”

It was a way to kill people enough with less power. And the knife that stabbed the leg, even with Karen holding it. Let’s admit it. We have no choice but to admit it. But still, he has to say.

“Catch Karen Haier. She is a leading suspect.”

Karen glanced up at Raymond as she approached the guard trying to change her pale face roughly.

“Lord Raymond, it’s too late.”

It was a grumpy, surprisingly light voice.

***

As in any country, there were many dangers, but King Youth II lived a long life and consolidated his position by generously absorbing the numerous subordinates of Toulas. He was a king who would not hear notoriety after hundreds of years even though he was cursed in his life.

Until today.

“…I’m dead…”

He heard shocking news in bed. The royal physician trembled and handed him the medicine. However, he reached out his hand and demanded that he raise himself.

“My sons….”

***

The Marquis took off his hat and rubbed his head. He was shocked at first, so he couldn’t say anything for hours. Raymond thought to go outside, but he wouldn’t let him. The Marquis, who had been silent for so long in his room, told Raymond.

“It’s a good thing you’re not married yet.

At the first word Raymond knew he was trying to get out of Karen.

“A fiance is not legally responsible. It’s going to be a gossip for a while, but…I don’t think I’ll be able to give you a seat in Parliament again.”

“That doesn’t matter, Marquis.”

“Don’t pretend to be strong, go home and rest for a while. I’ll call you back when I get over it. I don’t know what’s going to happen because the incident is so big right now.”

But Raymond sat down and didn’t move. The result was clear when he was absent from this position.

Karen didn’t kill him.

“She confessed.”

“It must be a lie. At least, not everything.”

Raymond didn’t budge from his chair. I don’t know why she said that. But that doesn’t change the truth.

“Lord, look at the room. The room was the basement of Prince Gwiz. How could Karen kill so many bodies in the room? It hasn’t been that long since Karen came to the capital. But the bodies were all preserved.”

“That’s it, of course. Prince Gwiz did it.”

The Marquis answered calmly.

“…okay?”

“Yes, so you tried to crown King Louis. Why don’t you live with your life so that your throne does not fall on you until you’re that age? Old man, if he had died early, he wouldn’t have seen him.”

“Didn’t anyone stop you knowing?”

The Marquis said with a slight frown.

“It’s easy for you to blame. You call it a rotten royal palace. But what am I supposed to do? He was the only heir to the throne. He was the only child of a known king.”

“You should have revealed it in front of a lot of people and let them come down from the spot as soon.”

“The Prince? You have to say something that makes sense.”

“I can’t understand that we’ve been covering up the serial killer, not stopping him.”

The Marquis of Pancair crumpled up the report in front of him.

“No, no. You’re not just defending Prince Gwiz. We needed another way. That’s why the royal family created Prince Louis, or Crown Prince. Our new king. A morally impeccable, young, healthy, suitable king. It was almost elder abuse…But your fiancee ruined it.”

Prince Louis? Raymond read a strange flow. Prince Louis is the right king? The enemy was Prince Gwiz, and the current king was not free to designate King Louis as the next king. Raymond was confused.

But that wasn’t what mattered now.

“That’s not Karen.”

“Go back to your hometown. I don’t want to hold you accountable.”

“I won’t go back. I swore to be next to her.”

“I gave you orders.”

The Marquis said again. But Raymond didn’t intend to follow.

“Lord, I’m not trying to protect her unconditionally because I’m blinded by love.”

“It looks like that. She confessed, so there’s nothing more to talk about. I will execute the death penalty as soon as the trial is over.”

“The Marquis, you’re holding the wrong person.”

“The only person who lived there is your fiance! There’s no one to prove it! Gwiz, Lewis, and her maid are all dead! Even when you opened the door, it was your fiancee who was holding a knife! You still don’t understand? If you saw it for yourself, you’d better admit it.”

Raymond spoke again to the Marquis who did not want to see him.

“…just in case Karen killed them. But Prince Gwiz is the one who’s responsible for the serial killings. The messenger also said Karen and Lewis had disappeared at the same time. They were kidnapped by Prince Gwiz at the same time, and they were killed in a physical fight.”

“Yeah, and then Karen Evans ended up killing both Gwiz and Lewis.”

“Please listen seriously.”

Karen Evans confessed. He killed them all.”

“It’s a lie.”

“Why does she lie?”

He wanted to die.

“…I have a mental illness.”

Raymond answered reluctantly.

“…Ha!”

The Marquis laughed.

“Yeah, mental illness? The one that the aristocrats often offer?”

“Don’t be sarcastic, Marquis. She’s really ill. I’ve already received a certificate from the priest.”

“Lord Raymond, you don’t know the world. I’ve been relieved of mental illness only a few times. That’s mostly assault. Karen Evans killed the royals.”

“How does Karen kill so many bodies that were hanging in his room? In the palace?”

“Most of the things you killed are prostitutes. Don’t focus on the women’s deaths, Raymond. There were women now, yes, men. The royal family will keep mum on those unidentified bodies. Why? Bigger problem, Prince Gwiz and Prince Lewis are dead. And he confessed to the killer. Don’t disgrace the dead anymore, and don’t bother our living king.”

Raymond clenched his teeth.

“Prince Gwizu.”

“Think carefully, Raymond. They’re all dead, and there’s one left. She’s the culprit. She also confessed. And the other bodies won’t even be mentioned in this trial. That’s not the point.”

That’s not the point, that’s not the point. The important thing is.

Raymond knows why the Marquis of Pancair continues to shrink the case.

Both of you will know. I just don’t say it out loud.

“Please be honest, Marquis.”

The Marquis of Pancair was now turning away and trying to send him down to a quiet place. And he tried to make sure Karen was the culprit. The reason is simple. It is not about friendship with Gwiz, nor about loyalty to the king. However, the Marquis tilted his head slightly. It’s just a peek.

“What do you mean?”

“Your Highness Prince Gwiz, your Highness Prince Louis, I know you have the right to inherit after them.”

Marquis Pankar really doesn’t want to work. Because you will be the king of the future. He looked at Raymond and nodded slowly.

“…yes, I’ll be the next king.”

Now the Marquis of Pancair didn’t have to look at the old king. Raymond got up and said to him,

“I’ll live for you, Marquis.”

“That’s touching.”

“Please spare my fiancee. I will obey you forever.”

And Raymond knew the Marquis’ weaknesses. The Marquis will know that. Raymond said he obeyed the Marquis and his eyes opened wide. As if he would cut his throat if he didn’t listen to it.

“I will give up all the honor and all the pride that the Marquis has said and live only for you.”

“I’m the only one who told you to live like that.”

“The Marquis.”

Raymond said, eye-to-eye contact with the Marquis.

“Prince Louis died. I want to serve the new king.”

“…….”

“I’ve been trying to live a life that’s been a model, but I don’t have to. “Louis has no charge.”

“…….”

“Use me as you please and throw me away. But only one, I want my fiancee’s life. She didn’t even commit a crime.”