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.

lifted the hem 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,

your injuries are so

about

knew how much tolerance a woman had for pain. He had seen a young lady who

so badly injured that she did not even

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

he carefully tended to her. Her

souls adrift in a

had once ended, only to be inexplicably

all

back to her past life. Worry shadowed her heart. In that life, Oliver Valois had fallen on the battlefield. Would history repeat itself

convince herself. So much had already changed. This time, she would not march to war alongside William. And

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

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had been drenched in blood–a gruesome tapestry of severed limbs and lifeless bodies. Amid the chaos, there had been no retreat, no respite.

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

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

she had brushed aside in

been an accident. It was deliberate. He

closed her eyes and drew a sharp breath, fury igniting within her.

been so blind? For five years, she had foolishly loved a man so cowardly, so selfish and vile.

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

her head. “Just remembered something that

nothing, though his sharp eyes betrayed a glimmer of

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

glanced at the crimson seeping

better. She had seen him endure far

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

Lord Theodric

horse was tethered at the edge of the woods. “Take my horse,” he said

riders but the main road would be bustling with travelers. He would not risk tarnishing Isolde’s

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asked, “Do you know

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

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Magistracy would be pointless. Without evidence, it would only tip off the enemy.

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

the prince’s abduction was tied to the case involving corrupt officials in Shadowmere and Argentum. Lord Garraway,

correct, it meant someone was colluding with

were going out with the maid?” Oliver asked.

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

softly. This man is frighteningly clever.

from my household,” she

else besides them?”

carefully. “No one else.”

beginning to suspect

e safely

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

voice carried an icy undertone. “Not exactly a personal grudge. But you probably

was indifferent. “I’ve

child. She hopes to marry into Marquis Eldermere’s estate, that’s all,

pause, Oliver finally spoke. “My father once said that the future lady of Marquis’s estate can

but his voice

neither confirmed nor denied, but she replied

ended. Theodric had fallen asleep but

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stretching her stiff, curled–up limbs. “The enemy has been alerted. The bandits will likely move

handsome face darkened

arms, and the three of them, accompanied by a wolf, began

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

carry you, Oliver said calmly as he held her

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