The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

The Swordswoman’s Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 414 Return to Montlins Manor

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After Johanna was struck, she lingered at the door for a moment, and upon hearing Danny’s words, she scoffed, “Are you an idiot? Can’t you find someone else to talk to her?”

“Mother’s right,” Jaime quickly agreed, nodding his head.

They all considered this a good approach–forget about everything else for now, just buy the mountain and deal with it later.

“Then let’s all notify our families. Have each one send someone over to the church to discuss things–get a feel for the situation and see how much money everyone is willing to put up to settle this,” Lawson said.

Isolde’s actions that evening had crossed the line; they could not let this go. The fact that a married daughter had inherited the title already made the Langley family furious.

It was as if they were being told the Langley family were utterly useless. Even if Clark didn’t want to inherit the title, or wasn’t interested in Vance, surely there was someone from the collateral branches who could be chosen as a successor. Why should it go to his own daughter?

Lawson, still fuming, turned to Vance and asked, “Before Geoffrey passed, was this truly how he specified things?”

“Yes,” Vance replied. “He said it was to make up for the years of hardship she endured at the manor. I actually suggested, if he thought I was incapable, to pick someone from the collateral branches. At least that way, the Langley family could retain its honor. But he refused and insisted on compensating her.”

“How did he die, exactly? Was it really from illness?” Lawson’s suspicion grew. Vance’s story had always been airtight, but Isolde had made such a public display of things–inviting so many people, even the local officials and Riley–there had to be something more to it.

Vance’s face darkened. “It was both illness and injury. He was gravely wounded while in Zloimond. He sacrificed himself for Isolde. Do you think everything she achieved was solely her own doing? No–Geoffrey helped her! She has no true ability. If it weren’t for Oliver and Geoffrey, she would have been dead in Zloimond with her flimsy tricks. Kamari’s soldiers were formidable. Without them, she would never have

survived.”

man who had returned from Argentum looked at Vance, saying, “But I heard he died by

snapped. “Do you believe those rumors? People are saying my mother killed Prunella, but is that true?

Vance closely, asked, “Why didn’t your mother’s remains get moved to the

there, so they hastily buried her elsewhere,”

mother was your father’s legitimate wife. After her death, according to tradition, she should have been buried alongside your father, Stafford. But now Lizbeth, the

birth mother, of course, he would side with

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prepared to dine before her parents‘ altars, Isolde said softly, “Regarding today, don’t blame me for not leaving room for compromise. If the ancestral grave won’t accommodate you, we’ll find another place. As long as you two are

clear her mind. “What you said earlier–are you really planning to bury them

want to bury them there. Honestly, as long as the people you love are close to you, the

agreed wholeheartedly, “Yes, you’re right. We can’t live together, but we can

filling her with a sense of peace and happiness. Yes, as long as the people she cared about

were.

bury them at Montlins Manor, we should quickly deal with this mess here and leave

discuss it with Clark. And I don’t know how my father would feel about it. I’m afraid I might not be doing what he would want,” Isolde confessed, a touch

a concubine’s son, was usually disregarded in the family, but would that make him long for

never complied with him in her

do something for him, but she feared she might make the

do for him, he will certainly appreciate,”

do you

you say that?” Oliver stopped walking, turning to look at her. The firelight from the camp. flickered from the other side, casting a soft, melancholic