The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 Going Down the Mountain

Oliver suddenly asked, “Do you know why the bandits took you?”

Isolde replied. “I don’t know. Perhaps it’s for the same reason they captured the prince.”

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Revealing Milton and Lord Harmon of the High Magistracy would be pointless. Without evidence, it would only tip off the enemy.

Milton was a formidable opponent, and Oliver still didn’t fully trust her. It was better to steer him toward her ow suspicions.

Oliver seemed to accept the explanation. He had already suspected that the prince’s abduction was tied to the case involving corrupt officials in Shadowmere and Argentum. Lord Garraway, head of the High Court, and Duke Blackmoor, the Roya Inspector, might have been targeted through their children as leverage.

If this theory was correct, it meant someone was colluding with the bandits.

“Who knew you were going out with the maid?” Oliver asked.

Isolde, knowing his sharp intellect, had assumed he would set this issue aside and reflect on it once home. But his mind was already racing ahead.

She sighed softly. This man is frighteningly clever.

“Someone from my household,” she answered after a pause.

“Anyone else besides them?” Oliver pressed.

Isolde thought carefully. “No one else.”

She realized he was beginning to suspect someone in the Duke’s estate.

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“I saw you sparring with Marshal Blackwell the other day. Is there any personal grudge between you?” Oliver asked again.

In the pitch–black darkness, Isolde’s voice carried an icy undertone. “Not exactly a personal grudge. But you probably know about Eleanor Blackwell and William Valen.”

Oliver’s tone was indifferent. “I’ve heard little about it.”

“Eleanor Blackwell is carrying my fiancé’s child. She hopes to marry into Marquis Eldermere’s estate, that’s all, Isolde said, her voice calm and steady.

Silence crept in, filling the void. After a long pause, Oliver finally spoke. “My father once said that the future lady of Marquis’s estate can only be you.”

His words seemed to offer comfort, but his voice carried no warmth.

Isolde neither confirmed nor denied, but she replied politely, “Thank you.”

The conversation ended. Theodric had fallen asleep but kept clutching Isolde’s sleeve.

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“We must leave immediately,” Isolde said, standing and stretching her stiff, curled–up limbs. “The enemy has been alerted. The bandits will likely move tonight. Marshal, you must return at once and bring reinforcements to root them out.”

Oliver’s handsome face darkened with resolve. “Let’s

He lifted Theodric in his arms, and the three of them, accompanied by a wolf, began their descent.

Isoldes injuries were not serious, but it was still relatively difficult to walk on the mountain path. His wounds were painful and bleeding. He had only walked for a mile, but his arms and calves were already dripping with blood.

“I’ll carry you, Oliver said calmly as he held her hand.

Isolde shook his head. “It’s just a small injury.”

Oliver pur Theodric down and pulled her to sit down.ll help you bandage your wound again. It’ll be easier to walk this way.”

The most serious injury was the sword wound on his calf.

did not avoid it. She sat down, lifted the hem of her skirt, and pulled up her pants. Her left calf was completely swollen. The wound was very deep, about

say anything when your injuries are so serious? Oliver’s voice

about this injury?” Isolde smiled.

how much tolerance a woman had for pain. He had seen a young lady who screamed as if she was about to

badly injured that she did not even make a

wound. Around her pale calf were faint

intently as he carefully tended to her. Her heart stirred with

wandering souls adrift in a world that

had once ended, only to be inexplicably pulled back into existence

defied all reason.

Worry shadowed her heart. In that life, Oliver Valois had fallen

changed. This time, she would not march to war alongside William. And without her presence,

to this hope, yet a dark foreboding lingered. Memories of Oliver’s final moments haunted her still, vivid and unrelenting.

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gruesome tapestry of severed limbs and lifeless bodies. Amid the chaos, there had been no retreat, no respite. Survival hinged solely

urged the beast to flee. But the horse, startled and wild, bolted. Välen, shaken by

time, she had thought it a mere accident. Certain death loomed before her, until a great blade intercepted the enemy’s spear, and a strong hand seized her arm, hurling her to safety. She turned in time to see a man’s chest

took root–one she

He had sacrificed her

a sharp breath,

a man so cowardly, so

her thoughts, his gaze lifting to meet hers as he noticed her sharp intake of

said, shaking her head. “Just

nothing, though his sharp eyes betrayed a

it trouble you?” Isolde asked, noticing the dark stain

He glanced at the

better. She had seen him endure far worse

military doctor had been forced to extract

mountain, Lord Theodric followed quietly, uncharacteristically

the woods. “Take my horse,” he said to Isolde.

would be bustling with travelers. He would

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asked, “Do you know why the bandits took

for the same reason they captured the

Finished

High Magistracy would be pointless. Without evidence, it would

didn’t fully trust her. It

He had already suspected that the prince’s abduction was tied to the case involving corrupt officials in Shadowmere and Argentum. Lord Garraway, head of the High Court, and Duke

theory was correct, it meant someone was colluding with the bandits.

going out with the maid?” Oliver

sharp intellect, had assumed he would set this issue aside and reflect on it once home. But his

This man

my household,” she answered after a pause.

else besides them?” Oliver

thought carefully. “No

beginning to suspect someone in the Duke’s estate.

e safely

with Marshal Blackwell the other day. Is there any personal grudge between you?” Oliver

a personal grudge. But you probably

indifferent. “I’ve heard

Blackwell is carrying my fiancé’s child. She hopes to marry into Marquis Eldermere’s estate, that’s all, Isolde said, her voice calm and

father once

words seemed to offer comfort, but his

nor denied, but she replied politely,

fallen asleep but kept

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been alerted. The bandits will likely move tonight. Marshal,

darkened

the three of them, accompanied by a wolf, began their

injuries were not serious, but it was still relatively difficult to walk on the mountain path. His wounds were painful and bleeding. He had only

said calmly

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