The Resetting Lady

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Nancy held Karen’s bag instead with a puzzled look.

“You’re not taking a male servant?”

“There’s a horseman. One is enough.”

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“I won’t take the dangerous road, so it’s okay.”

Karen didn’t want to see Bowen’s face. He’s Duran’s hand. Bowen will help Karen even if she kills, but when he is next to her, everything goes to Dulan. Karen was as displeased as it was.

“Did the lord give you permission?”

“You can run the carriage at full speed. And you’ll be more conscious of taking too many. On the way back, I’ll be with Verdick Evans.”

“…mmm.”

Donna continued to look displeased, but Karen ignored it neatly. They take away Bowen and only take relatively unimportant characters. Bowen is a much more dangerous person than a wagon robber who might have one.

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“See you later, then!”

“…be safe.”

The lord held Karen’s hand once outside and waved.

And the carriage left soon. Karen blinked her eyes. It was hard to control the pounding heart in the rattling carriage.

When I opened the window, the chilly early spring wind brushed the tip of my nose. Until a few days ago, no vegetation had sprung up, but a little blue energy was circulating at the end of the branch. As Karen looked at it, Nancy came up and talked to her.

“Madam, can you really go and stop your business?”

“No, I don’t think so. What kind of money and strength do I have now?”

Karen answered Nancy frankly. There was no need to bluff Nancy. It takes a few months for Karen to have the strength. Nancy asked back the answer as if it were a little ridiculous.

“Then why are you really going? What’s the benefit of going and coming back to meet them?”

“What good does it take to make a person move?”

“You didn’t like being in the house like that? It would be better to just travel to my relative’s house. If that were the case, the lord would have been more willing to allow it.”

“That’s not working. I’m going to meet Verdick Evans and Icela Evans.”

It wasn’t just a trip. Going to Evans’ mansion isn’t just going for fun. A new place would be more attractive for interest. But Karen was headed to Evans’ mansion to meet them.

“I’m telling you again, think that you believe I’m living again.”

“Well… I don’t know anymore. Isn’t there any advantage in going…Oh, is the lady you were talking about there? He, Sir Raymond?”

“Yes, I think so.”

Karen nodded her head. Raymond is probably around now. Last time Raymond said he’d taken care of Isela. But not as soon as you go around the loop. Raymond is on the battlefield at this time. So Karen had to go see Isela before Raymond.

“I’m going to see him now, but that’s not the main reason. I’m going to see Isela.”

“Miss Isela, not Mr. Berdick? Aren’t you going to meet Mr. Berdick and stop the business? I’d like to ask you to at least shut it down..”

“That’s an ostensible reason, and frankly, business… It’s not my main concern.”

“…I’m a little shocked. Lady, aren’t you going to help the lord now?”

“It would be nice if I quit my business. But it’s not the biggest reason. I needed a plausible excuse to tell my father. I’m trying to stop it because if I don’t go, Icela Evans will die with Lord Raymond.”

Karen smiled at Nancy.

Nancy couldn’t open her mouth for a long time when she saw Karen. I couldn’t understand his face at all.

“To be honest, I don’t know. As you said, Raymond is trying to kill Isela, why are you stopping her? Wouldn’t it be better for her to die to stop the Evans’ business? If your daughter dies suddenly, it’s hard for you to focus on your business, too.

“Sometimes I think you’re too cruel to think about it, honey.”

“…is that what you want to say?”

That’s not true.

But Karen didn’t know what to say to herself. He was fed up with the idea of forgiving or loving Verdick himself. But when I think about Isela a little bit, I feel less resistance.

“Was he your friend?”

“No, they’ve always been enemies.”

Karen reached out and snatched a branch. I had a pale pink flower petal in my hand. It was an early flower. Karen fiddled with the petals and thought of a immature girl.

“Mr. Raymond!”

I think of the girl who had a crush on Raymond. Isela and Karen had never been friends. Even when Karen was strictly obedient to Isella’s wife, Isela always couldn’t stand Karen. He hated that Karen’s family was more bony than his own, and was jealous of Karen’s walk and accent. It wasn’t just about appearance and Raymond. Isela always yearning for something she had a lot but never had. And he didn’t hesitate to be indifferent and rude.

“So what do you want to do?”

Karen said with a sigh. It was an unwilling task, but it was worth a try this time.

“To be friends.”

“…I heard you were the enemy.”

Karen mumbled as she fiddled with flowers.

Let’s do what we haven’t tried. And one of them is Isela and Verdick. It may be hard to love or forgive Berdyk, but saving Isela would be less burdensome.

“In this life, I’m going to practice telling you to love your enemy, too.

“…oh, I don’t understand you. You said you were the enemy.”

“Yeah, but after 100 years of racking my hair, I got attached to it.”

Karen shrugged her shoulders and even said to Nancy, who looked disapprovingly at her.

“And you’re supposed to keep your promise.”

Karen thought about the past Nancy couldn’t remember. He killed Nancy. And I made an appointment with her.

“I’ll die for you next time.”

He kept his previous engagement with Nancy. Karen strangled Nancy and promised so. And in her next life, Nancy pulled the gun with her hand and put a bullet in her head. Nancy kept her promise even if she didn’t remember it. It has been a long-standing pride. I could only live if I kept my promise and made my own goal.

“Icella, next time… Do you really want to be friends?”

And this time, it would be good to practice your proposal to be friends with Isella.

So far they have taken each other’s hair, put garbage on their heads, and sent false testimony to the judge. There were several people involved between them. There was Verdick, there was Raymond.

Because of Raymond, Isela was jealous of Karen, Verdick killed Karen because of Isella, and again Raymond killed Isella because of Berdick. What if Karen and Isella become friends? So far, it has been almost impossible to be a friend of Isela. Isela was satisfied only when Karen ignored Raymond thoroughly and embroidered her as Isela’s maid of honor. They’ve never really been friends.

Love your enemy.

It was a very new thing.

Karen decided to try it once in her life.

***

Berdick Evans closed his eyes with coffee in his mouth.

I liked the bitter and savory taste. The current trend in the capital city was black tea. Berdick has also been in the business of distributing black tea, but he wanted to introduce a new drink. Above all, I liked coffee as an individual’s taste.

A completely different weight from the car overwhelmed the tongue and neck. Verdick looked at his wife and daughter with a satisfied face.

“What do you say, honey, Isela?”

But Berdick’s wife, Selina, looked cold.

“I don’t like it that much. It’s too bitter. Why don’t you put sugar and milk inside?

“How much do you know?”

“Not everyone is like you.”

“Drink enough for ordinary people to enjoy. And sugar and milk? I don’t think people in this country who put milk in their tea are classy.”

“Now you’re from this country. That’s why the Evans still hear bad things.”

Berdick turned away from his wife and asked Isela.

“I don’t believe your opinion. How about you, Isela?”

Isela was surprised.

“Yes, yes?”

Next to me, my mother asked me in a quiet voice.

“Icella, you can be honest. It doesn’t make sense to distribute it like this. And who would drink this black water? The color is not classy. Isn’t that right?”

Berdick and Selina simultaneously looked down at Isela, saying, ‘Tell me I’m right, come on.’ Isela picked up a cup of coffee and swallowed her saliva. He looked at the glass with a nervous face and barely opened his mouth.

“The cow, the girl, well… I don’t know.”

“Isela.”

“…….”

Selina kicked her tongue, but it turned out that the coffee was not tasty on Isella’s face. Berdick snorted and even raised his glass.

‘You don’t even know what it tastes like except for me.’

Selina Isela shook her head at the bitter drink, but Verdick, who loves gourmet, was different. Simply sweet and greasy is not gourmet. The bitter and sour taste is stimulating and making you happy. Verdick loved himself as a gourmet. It is something more pure and beautiful.

The side effects were rarely sleep after drinking, but for those who worked day and night like Berdick, it was a blessing.

“…good.”

Berdick savored his morning coffee and wondered when he should serve the drink in his countess’ salon. Count Elba was an annoying woman, but she always drove people around and loved gossip. Her salon was always crowded.

“When I meet with the lord of Hayer, I am thinking of handing over the mansion to Isela.”

Verdick talked about his plan.

***

“Tell him Karen Haier has come to see Icela Evans.”