How To Get Revenge On My Sister Who Stole My Husband (16 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 21

And then, at dawn on the day of departure.

Before mounting his horse, the Marquis—armed in iron armor and a cloak emblazoned with the Uston family crest—turned to look at me, who had come out to see him off, and spoke.

“While I’m away, I entrust the mansion to you.”

“Yes. Don’t worry.”

I replied with a steady voice. The Marquis patted my shoulder a few times with his thick hand before climbing onto his horse.

Then, turning to the family’s knightly order, he shouted in a commanding voice:

“Today, we shall defeat the barbarians who dare encroach upon the Empire’s borders, fighting for both Empire and His Majesty the Emperor! You and I shall gladly give everything for this great victory! The goddess of victory shall smile upon us!”

A great cheer erupted among the knights. Soon after, the Marquis and his troops departed the mansion. Standing at the entrance, I watched them fade into the distance and thought:

‘No, that won’t happen at all.’

No matter how long you wait, the enemy you hope for will never come.

With the rising sun painting the sky crimson at my back, I turned and walked toward the annex.

* * *

Several hours later.

In the south of the Empire, at Denon Castle.

The castle lay so far from the imperial capital that even with acceleration magic cast upon their mounts, one needed a full day and a half of nonstop riding to arrive. Nestled with the Anatolia Mountains and Tara Gorge to its rear, and the Vishis River and vast Nia Forest before it, Denon was a natural fortress.

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