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.

mind raced.

in, “Father, this engagement was always 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 repay a

stumbled backward, terrified

was marrying you, did he have a favored concubine?

aside?”

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Duke’s estate. How dare you tell her to step aside as a concubine?” Pablo slammed his fist onto the table 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

and immediately spat out blood. Margaret sat frozen in her

Pablo, “Father, he

You tell me, what is Isolde? And what is William? If you could be one–tenth

rage. “She saved you, not me! Why should I

Margaret and Agnes gasped and shouted

back then? You

is nothing but an orphan

raw nerve with Pablo.

his muscles tensing with fury. He grabbed

to kill your father? How dare you speak like that about Oliver? He’s not an orphan bastard. His father was your father’s comrade–in–arms, Douglas, who saved your

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

whip came down swiftly.