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.

black iron? But it doesn’t seem like it,”

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

Then what exactly is it? This is incredible.”

slight smile. “But don’t worry. As long as I’m alive, that’s

gently smoothed his slightly disheveled dark hair. “Yes, coming back

her. “If you agree, I’ll propose to you immediately

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grew serious in an instant. She said solemnly.

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momentarily stunned, and the light in his eyes dimmed. “Do you not believe

his suddenly solemn and sorrowful eyes. “While you were away

turning to shock. He blurted out, “You really did marry William? No! You must divorce him, or I will kill him the moment I return to the

his words. “Do you really think I married William? Why do you

“Don’t ask why. Just know that it can’t happen. If you don’t have deep feelings

past–things he shouldn’t have known. But that was impossible. He had been gone long before she ever married William. There was no way he could have known the misery she

but held back.

with a trace of resentment, “Yes, I married someone from

brows, then widened his eyes in

that saying this would make him understand immediately.

had two sons. It was either William or him.

jumped to thinking it was the Marquis of Eldermere himself.

up blood in

blame Oliver. After all, he would not possibly guess that she had been in a

wasn’t William, then the only one left was his father.

absurd, he could only think that

the capital and news of your death came back, I held a spirit marriage

it was obvious that she couldn’t have married

in his eyes quickly returned and sparkled. “So… you married

got married,” Isolde snapped,

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

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