The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 148 Full of Nonsense

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Margaret’s eyes flashed with displeasure, but she scolded softly, “What nonsense are you spouting? Pablo, please, don’t say such things.”

Pablo ignored her, keeping his gaze fixed firmly on William. “Well? Will you speak?”

William took a deep breath, trembling as he tried to steady his body. “Father, I… I’ve called off the engagement with the Langley family. Isolde, her… her character is… ruined. She’s unworthy to be the lady of this household.”

Margaret clenched her handkerchief, barely audible as she sighed in disappointment. Of all the things he could say, he made the gravest mistake of all.

He didn’t even give a proper explanation before directly attacking the woman Pablo had shown interest in, calling her character flawed–basically slapping his father in the face. How could things continue after that? Surely, Pablo would be furious.

But to her surprise, Pablo wasn’t enraged. He simply continued to watch William and asked, “Ruined character? What did she do?”

William struggled to recall his mother’s words, but his mind went blank. He stammered, “She… she ran off with someone… and… and had an affair with Doug. Doug’s a eunuch. She’s shameless, and… and she’s vicious. She hurt Eleanor… no, hurt-”

“Who is Eleanor?” Pablo continued, his fingers still rhythmically tapping on the table, his posture unchanging.

“Eleanor is…” William’s voice faltered, and he looked to his mother for help. “Mother, you explain.”

Margaret sighed, glancing at Pablo. “Enough, don’t make it harder on him. The engagement was broken off because of a mistake I made. I trusted the rumors about her, that she ran off and had a tarnished reputation. Fearing for the Valen family’s reputation, I acted rashly.”

Pablo remained eerily calm. His eyes were devoid of emotion, which, after years of marriage, Margaret knew was his way of preparing for a rage he had yet to release. She hesitated, trying to figure out how to salvage the situation, given that William had disrupted her prepared narrative.

“Can’t say? Don’t want to say?” Pablo’s voice was low, the tension rising like the stillness before a storm. “Eleanor, the one who served you the hangover cure earlier, is your son William’s mistress. “Your son, with her, is already carrying a child. You and your son went to pressure Isolde into taking her as a concubine.”

He knew.

and her mind

mismatched. Isolde is just a wild country girl. William is the Lord of the Valen family. He and Eleanor were already in love. If it weren’t for the need to

stumbled backward, terrified by his glare and

you, did he have a favored

aside?”

can you sneak like this? She’s just a

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in anger, finally exploding. He stood up and kicked William, sending him crashing to the ground. “You ungrateful child! How dare you slander her? “Breaking off the engagement was the greatest dishonor

Margaret sat frozen in her seat,

Pablo, “Father, he is your son! What’s Isolde

to me? She gave me my life, and I gave her hers. You tell me, what is Isolde? And what is William? If you could be one–tenth of Oliver, I wouldn’t

shaking with rage. “She saved you, not me!

father. Margaret and Agnes gasped and shouted in unison,

smiled bitterly, and in a flash, kicked William again, pointing a trembling finger at his son’s face, shouting, “Did I not ask for your opinion? Ask your mother. What did you say back then? You said everything would be decided by me, so why didn’t you protest? I don’t have just one son. If you don’t want to marry her, I’ll have Oliver do it.”

face red with fury. “Let Oliver marry her! Why do you force me? Oliver is nothing but an orphan bastard, and he should marry that wild

hit a raw

muscles tensing with fury. He grabbed the whip from the table, ready

face. “Are you trying to kill your father? How dare you speak like that about Oliver? He’s not an orphan bastard. His father was your

father mentioning Oliver, William was overcome with rage. But when he saw the whip, his legs buckled, and

came down