The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 242 It Can’t Be William

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He looked at her that way. Before leaving for Zloimond, he had told her that he would marry her when he returned.

However, at that time, there was no such pain in his eyes.

“Isolde, I’ll use all my strength to protect you in this life. I won’t allow anyone to hurt you, not even a little bit. And I won’t let anyone who has harmed you off.” His fingers brushed against her cheek, still carrying the faint scent of blood.

His voice was forced through clenched teeth, unwavering and resolute.

After the battle at the Zloimond Armory, no one knew what he had been through or what he had seen. The pain that almost seeped into his bones tortured him every day, forcing him to live tenaciously and come back to protect someone,

Isolde was slightly stunned. The Oliver she knew had never shown such intense love or hatred.

He had always been indifferent to everything. Even knowing that his adoptive mother disliked him and that William hated him, he simply fulfilled his duties without complaint.

The mild–mannered person suddenly delivering such sharp words caught her completely off guard.

She knew that only facing life and death could change a person’s nature so completely.

She knew that what he had been through was truly perilous. He had barely escaped with his life.

Slowly, she lifted his sleeve. The iron hand extended all the way to his elbow, with a section of his arm embedded within a metal casing. There were no visible fastenings. She gave it a slight pull, but it didn’t budge.

“It won’t come off. The Grand King Emeritus made this iron hand. When I woke up, it felt as if it had fused with my flesh. But it moves as naturally as my own hand. It’s truly magical,” Oliver said.

“This isn’t iron, is it?” Isolde touched the metal hand, noticing that its color was off. It was whiter than ordinary iron.

“It’s not iron, but I don’t know what it is either.” He moved his fingers, and the metal hand worked smoothly. Even the joints could bend and straighten, just like real fingers.

iron? But it doesn’t seem like it,” Isolde mused.

with the Primordial Sword, and it didn’t leave a scratch,” Oliver said

black iron? Then

know,” Oliver said with a slight smile. “But don’t worry. As long as I’m alive,

his slightly disheveled dark hair. “Yes, coming back alive

softened as he looked at her. “If you agree, I’ll propose to you

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expression grew serious in an instant. She said solemnly. Tm afraid that

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in his eyes dimmed. “Do you not believe I will treat you well? Or… is there someone else in your heart?”

sigh, gazing into his suddenly solemn and sorrowful eyes. “While you were away from the capital, I got married.”

will kill him the moment I return to the capital! Even if you refuse to marry me, that man must not be William Valen, and it must not be anyone from the Valen family!”

“Do you really think I married William? Why do you think that? And why

eyes were filled with pain. “Don’t ask why. Just know that it can’t happen. If you don’t have deep feelings for him, submit a divorce petition

he knew something about her past–things he shouldn’t have known. But that was impossible. He had been gone long before she ever married William. There was

held back. Such thoughts

with a trace of resentment, “Yes, I married someone from the Valen family, but

brows, then widened his eyes

that saying this

Valen family only had two sons. It was either

it was the Marquis of Eldermere himself.

up blood

he would not possibly guess that she

wasn’t William, then the only

the thought absurd, he could only think that way.

idiot! It was you! After you left the capital and news of your death came back, I held a spirit marriage for us!” Isolde practically shouted.

obvious that she couldn’t have married his father.

spirit marriage?” Oliver widened his eyes. But then, the light in his eyes quickly returned and

we got married,” Isolde snapped,

the rest. “No way. There was no wedding ceremony. A spirit marriage doesn’t count. We need

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