Chapter 130

Chapter 130

Listen to me seriously, Carynne. At the very least, if you want to live, then you shouldnt lie.

I confessed already, and Ill be executed for my crimes. Sir Raymond, why are you even here?

Because you did not kill.

Mmh Sir Raymond.

Thuk. With the heel of her shoe, Carynne hit Raymonds leg across from her underneath the table. It didnt hurt because the heel wasnt pointed.

The thing that strangled Crown Prince Gueuze in that place was my necklace. Cant you put two and two together?

Crown Prince Gueuze was a serial killer, and he kidnapped you. You acted only out of self defense.

Raymonds rebuttal made Carynne scowlshes not amused.

Thats the story youre going with?

Yes.

Ah, good grief.

Carynne swept her hair up with her fingers.

I killed Prince Lewis and Donna, too.

The sword that had stabbed His Highness Lewis had been perched high on the wall, certainly beyond your reach. And as for Donna She was already badly injured. You merely showed her mercy.

Thats not what happened though?

No, that is what happened. Tell me which part is wrong.

Carynne blinked. And, after a moments thought, she looked up at Raymond, her chin still on her palm. Only her eyes moved.

To be honest, my pride is a bit slighted. I couldnt win against Crown Prince Gueuze.

Is that so?

Yes, at that moment, I wished to be stronger But after everything that happened, its just that in someone elses eyes. What transpired could not reveal what kind of resentment I felt inside, or what I thought during the process. I merely look weak to you.

Raymond listened to Carynne as she sighed, then he took out the documents he brought for her.

Your lawyer will come visit you tomorrow. And the trial will be in three days.

Carynne looked at Raymond, slightly fed-up.

Gracious Sir Raymond, you really havent given up yet?

Yes. Because you didnt kill him. The trial hasnt even begun yet.

Crown Prince Gueuze No, just stop it. Sir Raymond, look. Look at me. What do you see?

I see a beautiful woman.

At that, Carynne looked like she wanted to tear Raymond apart then and there.

I told you to stop making lame jokes.

Ill try.

What do you think of Prince Lewis?

I think that he was lost too soon.

Thinking about Prince Lewis made Raymond feel heartbroken. The boy looked up at him so much.

However, he needed to focus on someone that he could save now, in the present.

Carynne stared at Raymond.

Sir Raymond, we can all start over. Me, you, Prince Lewis Even Donna.

After you die?

You You dont believe me But the truth wont change.

Carynne groaned as she answered back.

Even until the bitter end, she would not look at the situation properly.

Raymond rose from his seat.

Nothing you say is correct. My older brother died five days ago. I was in the middle of working. It was an accident. I couldnt even go back to the estate because I was working together with Marquis Penceir. You didnt know any of that. You never told me it would happen.

That You, never once did you say

Crown Prince Gueuze and Prince Lewis were brothers. Baron Ein wasnt the culprit of the serial killings You dont know anything, Carynne.

Wait Wait a second.

Carynne gasped. It seemed as if she was finding it unbearable to hear what she didnt want to hear.

At the very least, dont inflict the death penalty unto yourself with a confession. Think of me.

Raymond thought,

Carynne doesnt love me. She doesnt even respect me. She wouldnt do this to me if she ever did. To someone trying his hardest to save her, she wouldnt talk to me like she doesnt care.

Think of it as courtesy towards me.

Raymond left. Carynne was still bowing her head.

As Raymond walked through the door, the guard tried to talk to him, but he was in no mood to exchange any more words.

Raymond left the building. It was the middle of the night.

He needed to find a lawyer so that she could be persuaded again. Even if its just to keep her silent.

Raymond found it difficult to deal with Carynne.

His older brother died. It was a death with no meaning.

Prince Lewis was dead. It was a death that happened too early.

Donna was dead. It was a death that no one remembered.

Raymond hated that kind of death.

But the trial hasnt even begun yet.

Its not that theres no possibility at all.

He would continue to hope. The evening sky was full of stars. Just like the day he confessed to her.

It hadnt been long, but why did it feel like an eternity had passed since then?

Raymond leaned against the buildings outer wall and closed his eyes,

Helpless.

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Carynne was aware that she had been turning a blind eye to reality thus far. Even if she had repeated to herself, several times, that she should focus on realitybut all of it was just an act of escapism.

Didnt she already realize that from the beginning?

Yet she turned away. She was scared.

You dont know anything.

Its you who doesnt know anything.

Its far from the truth that Carynne lived by. Its far from the things that Raymond did not know.

However it was that the world worked, none of that had anything to do with Carynne.

But what difference would that make?