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Karen saw Duran. He was full of spirits. He couldn't figure it out of the blue. It has always been dutiful. He's always.

"Now... what are you talking about?”

"Tell me."

"What are you talking about to me now?"

Karen went into bad shape.

Are you kidding me? Why are you saying that now? The truth is, isn't it clear. He repeats his life. I thought I was in the book, but it's a fantasy. To end the repetition, one must give birth to a child. However, since he is infertile, there is no way to end it. That is a fact that Duran admitted before the trial.

"Love to me? Shut up! Why are you doing this to me all this time!"

But Duran kept looking down at Karen. He remained unmoved.

"Oh, the bet is not over yet.”

Is there hope? Karen sees Duran. How can I get an answer? Karen thinks. You have to think. I should have killed Duran from the start. No, kill Dulan and he won't get the answer. Duran. What should I do with him?

Thack.

"I love you."

But first I have to answer. Karen replied with a face trying to be serious.

"I love Lord Raymond. You saw it, too."

“…….”

"You saw it. Just a few months after we met, he gave up for me. He sacrificed like that without getting anything. Even now... he told me to wait until the very end, he said he would come back."

Karen thought. What else is there?

"There was nothing I could give him, but he did it like that. It's not love at all."

"Not him, not him."

Duran countered.

"Yes, how do you feel?"

Karen replied with a tight grip on her skirt.

"Of course, I love you, too. How can I not love a man who sacrifices himself for me... Uh."

But Duran did not say. Duran woke up. Karen caught Dulan.

"Wait, wait, no. Duran, I love you. I was wrong. It's not Lord Raymond. I love you. Help me."

“…….”

Duran's face was distorted. Karen saw the face and decided to stop the ridiculous nonsense. Why does he keep looking for hope when he is already wrong? Why is he so foolish?

"…yes, okay."

Karen bowed her head.

"I can't love you. No one. That's... It's not because someone is good, bad, and not right."

Karen admitted. There will be no more men who love her that much. Time is limited. And didn't Karen continue to check not only this life but also this time? How many times, how many times. Raymond doesn't end up giving Karen hatred this time again in any way. Even if she kills.

So she didn't choose. So, didn't you think it was a novel for granted? Because Raymond does his best. It's amazing how you see it. Her knight, her male lead.

"But I can't love him.”

In a little while, he'll forget Karen.

"What good is that….”

Again the letters are scattered and time goes back to the beginning. No effort, no affection, no duty, no hatred. All that goes away and all relationships go away. So Karen can't love.

Never

Time does not build up. In the end, no one will understand her until the end. You won't be able to live a life with her again and again. She will be alone forever.

"Love is between people and people. You can't love people and type. A book is a fantasy? But nothing changes after all. No one can share the world with me.”

The bet doesn't come true from the beginning.

***

Berdick put the letter into Duran. Push the letter into the tower. I don't know whether he will check or not. But now Verdick's patience was running out.

"I can't wait any longer.”

If Karen Haier didn't hang up her neck, she was going to hit Karen herself.

Berdick told the soldiers to prepare to break the tower's door.

***

"If you've come to persuade me, you'd better give up.”

The Marquis said as soon as Raymond opened the door.

"The Marquis of Pancake."

"I've done enough."

The Marquis looked at Raymond and looked like he was biting rotten food. It was as Raymond expected. The Marquis shook his hand and said sincerely.

"You've done enough. Forget about her now."

"The Marquis."

"I'm not angry with you now because I think you've been deceived."

Raymond stopped talking because he didn't know what to say to the Marquis. The Marquis looked quite angry.

"Not only you, but I've gone too far. I kept in mind that she was Catherine's daughter. I remembered friendship. We can't go any further."

“…….”

"No, it's not enough…What am I supposed to do when the death penalty has already been declared? It's all over now. You know the name of the jury. They were all prominent aristocrats, MPs. And I told most of them in advance. What's this? I'm the only one who's funny.”

The Marquis said with an unpleasant face. I approached Raymond and poked him on the shoulder with my finger. It was a gesture of great effort.

"Stay in the army for about a year. There's something I want you to do."

“…….”

"No, it's your job, of course. The fact that I've already revealed Prince Gwiz's track record has made me uncomfortable with your majesty."

But that's how much I'll become a new king. Raymond stood in front of the Marquis of Pancaire, who said he had done great favors and suffered great losses. This man is a politician after all. I will no longer invest in myself.

"Don't roll your head. I can see everything you think.”

But what else could Raymond do now? Even the man who will become the king of the future told you that there is no hope for you anymore. The Marquis tapped Raymond on the shoulder where he stood.

"I got it wrong. I didn't have a woman's eye."

“…….”

"You've done enough so far.”

The Marquis turned around with a slight look of relief. Raymond said behind him.

"Okay, Marquis. But I have something to do before I get an order."

Raymond turned around. The Marquis spoke urgently. He turns his face again and glances sideways at Raymond. It is unpleasant not to listen to one's advice.

"What are you going to do? It would be better to just stay still."

"I'll go alone."

"Where?"

"I'll go to the death penalty."

"That's a bad taste. Are you trying to see your fiance hanging?"

"No."

Raymond calculated the amount of gunpowder he could get.

"I'll go alone."

"Crazy. Do you think I'll allow it? She's now on the death row."

"Lord, so I'm going to tell you beforehand."

Raymond said.

"How many people are there in the death penalty?"

"What did you just hear me say?”

"As far as I've checked, there are a lot of people there, but the state executors didn't go."

"Lord Raymond."

"Even if I'm about to die, I'll make sure I'm not involved with the Marquis."

"Because you're young. Calm down first.”

"The Marquis, I'm wondering, is there your soldier there?"

The latter clapped his hands on the table. Raymond is too excited now.

"…I don't know what you're talking about. Why would I send a soldier there?"

"Then killing them all won't bother the Marquis."

"…Lamond!"

The Marquis shouted loudly, but Raymond continued.

"Isn't it strange that you took a woman there to put her to death, and that a unit of mercenaries moved?"

Raymond hated Verdick. Raymond thought. Why did Verdick go there? Why are you trying to take Karen there to kill her?

"I'm responsible."

Raymond thinks of Karen's back. I think of the wounds that were evidently sadistic. Now Karen is her responsibility. If Raymond had caught another woman, Karen would have just fallen into the family, but she would have married normally.

In fact, Raymond knows.

Raymond was bringing a reason to go.

"Now I'm out of your hands."

"She's my fiancee."

of his choice

"What are you going to do when you're alone? Think about your life. Think about how long it's been since you met her. What you wanted was Verdick's doom. What do you want me to do now? It's impossible. It's not like you're sneaking in."

Raymond bowed to the Marquis.

"Actually, I've already decided."

"…why are you here?"

Raymond pointed his finger out of the window and said,

"I want to borrow some gunpowder.”

The Marquis opened the window in a hurry. I could see a carriage carrying something out. The Marquis turned and shouted to Raymond as he rushed out of the door.

"Lord Raymond!"

"I've worked a lot without pay so far, so please give me that much in advance."

"Stop it!"

Raymond didn't listen. From the beginning, I didn't think the Marquis would be persuaded anymore. Raymond himself cannot persuade others.

"Jenon, let's go!"

Raymond knows. This is not in any interest. There is no honor. It's a waste of everything you've built.

Even Karen doesn't tell me to come.

"I killed them all."

Karen said so, but Raymond doesn't believe it.

Raymond had never given the money to Duran. It's Duran's lie, Verdick's manipulation. That is really for sure. Karen is a victim of Berdick. Verdick tried every trick to put Karen on death row. So I don't believe what Karen says. I can't even trust a confession.

And because he didn't believe it, Raymond was able to move his own way.