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.

of her skirt, and pulled up her pants. Her left calf was completely swollen. The wound was very deep, about the length of a finger. The skin was turned outwards, and

are

the big deal 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 die just because her finger was slightly

was so badly injured that she

from his robe and gently wrapped her wound. Around her pale calf were faint scratches from the sword’s

tree, watching him intently as he carefully tended to

wandering souls adrift in a world that neither truly belonged to.

lives that had once ended, only to be inexplicably pulled

all reason.

life, Oliver Valois had fallen on the battlefield. Would history repeat itself in this time?

march to

lingered. Memories

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in blood–a gruesome tapestry of severed limbs and lifeless bodies. Amid the chaos, there had been no retreat, no respite. Survival hinged solely on fighting

escape impossible. She had leapt from her horse, hoisted him onto the saddle, and urged the beast to flee. But the horse, startled and wild, bolted. Välen, shaken by the

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

a fleeting thought took root–one she had brushed aside in her past

not been an accident. It was deliberate. He had

her eyes and drew a sharp breath,

I have been so blind? For five years, she had foolishly loved a man so cowardly, so selfish and vile. She had even been willing to die for

voice broke through her thoughts, his gaze lifting to meet hers as he noticed her sharp

masked her emotions. “No,” she said, shaking her head. “Just remembered something

though his sharp eyes betrayed a glimmer of

trouble you?” Isolde asked, noticing the dark

to his feet. He glanced at the crimson seeping through

better. She had seen him endure

in her past life, an arrow had pierced through his abdomen. With painkillers scarce and the battle raging, the military doctor had been forced to extract the barbed arrow without numbing the wound. Oliver had endured it all without so much as a grimace

Lord Theodric followed quietly, uncharacteristically obedient.

at the edge of the woods. “Take my

road would be

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

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

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would be pointless.

formidable opponent, and Oliver still didn’t fully trust her. It

officials in Shadowmere and Argentum. Lord Garraway, head of the High Court, and Duke Blackmoor, the Roya

meant

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

knowing his sharp intellect, had assumed he would set this issue aside and reflect

man is frighteningly

my household,” she answered after a pause.

else besides them?” Oliver

carefully. “No one else.”

he was beginning to suspect someone in the

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other day. Is there any personal grudge between you?” Oliver asked

darkness, Isolde’s voice carried an icy undertone. “Not exactly a personal grudge. But you probably know

“I’ve heard little

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

After a long pause, Oliver finally spoke. “My father once said that

but his voice carried

nor denied, but she replied politely, “Thank you.”

fallen asleep but

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alerted. The bandits will likely move tonight. Marshal, you must return at once and bring

darkened with resolve.

the three of them,

but it was still relatively difficult to walk on the mountain path. His wounds were painful and

carry you, Oliver said calmly as he held her

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