Chapter 223
Raul covered his face with both hands, on the verge of collapse.
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After Margaery left, he finally could not resist approaching Keaton. He lifted her clothes. Upon seeing the tattoo on her shoulder, he spat blood and shouted, “Playing tricks on me!”
Keaton was speechless.
Andrew slumped on the icy snow and said, “It’s been a year, so many of you, and yet you were all deceived by Tessa. Now it’s over, Margaery doesn’t want us anymore. What are we supposed to do?”
His eyes reddened, and he could not help but cry. “Today, we are all sinners who tried to harm Margaery!” he added.
He looked at his bloodstained hands, his whole body trembling.
Indeed, when he went to study under Grace, he told Margaery that once he finished his training and returned, he would take Margaery out to travel the world, enjoying the scenes, witnessing all the splendors of life.
A year had passed, and he had yet to complete his training.
He was still mediocre at the skills, yet the very first thing he did upon returning was to cut off her leg!
Although that was not Margaery, when he wielded the sword, he believed she was Margaery!
Andrew could not forgive himself. He suddenly spat blood and collapsed to the ground.
Raul also knelt on the ground, his entire body ice–cold.
He thought, ‘If Margaery isn’t my daughter, I would have killed her without hesitation.
‘But she is my own flesh and blood! How could I possibly…
Recalling the things Tessa said in her frenzied triumph today, Raul regretted it bitterly.
From the very beginning, everything was a misunderstanding.
It was Tessa who infiltrated the Wallen family and bullied Margaery.
He thought, ‘Not only did I fail to protect Margaery, but I even helped Tessa falsely accuse her, ostracize her, and abuse her. In the end, nearly kill her for Tessa’s sake!
I’m blind and foolish! What should be done now?‘
Joshua said quickly, “Dad, now is not the time for sorrow. Besides… Why are you holding her? She is not Margaery.”
Watching Raul go to seek out Keaton again, Joshua could not help but speculate.
He thought, ‘Could it be that Keaton is actually Bertha? The only woman Raul ever loved? Then we…
Joshua’s expression grew complicated, and he spoke somewhat mechanically, “Think about it, Margaery is the Star of Fortune. Today, to save Tessa, we plotted to capture her and personally tried to kill her.
“Now that she survived, if word of this gets out when she returns, what are we supposed to do? If the King punishes us…
Joshua’s face turned deathly pale, unable to imagine the consequences they would soon face.
Avery grew anxious as well and said, “That’s right, Dad. Murdering the Star of Fortune is a capital offense!”
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Although the murder was not successful, the incident occurred,nd there were witnesses.
Raul, now aged and frail, gazed into the distance with a bewildered look.
He was the cause of today’s events.
Years ago, he killed a woman over treasury fraud.
He had thought that the matter was handled flawlessly, leaving trace for anyone to discover.
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Yet unexpectedly, more than twenty years later, that woman’s daughter had come seeking revenge, infiltrating the Chancellor’s estate to find him!
He thought, If not for the swift action of the guard named Solon today, we would have been poisoned and wiped out in one fell swoop.
“The sin was of my own making.
However, it was Margaery who bore the punishment in my stead
It even implicated Bertha, leading to her death.”
As Raul thought of this, his body began to tremble, and his heart felt as if it were pinched.
At last, he could not hold back and broke down in anguished sobs.
“Let’s take Dad and Andrew back first,” Joshua had no choice but to glance at Avery and said.
Avery nodded and quickly supported Raul, “Dad, no matter what let’s return first and discuss things later.”
Now Lakeburgh was gone, and his position at the Royal Medical Hall was lost. He did not know where he would go in the future.
Avery looked up at the gloomy sky overhead, and a terrifying thought suddenly surfaced. He added, “Dad, Margaery… She might truly be our family’s lucky star.”
He had not finished speaking before his eyes reddened.
Raul, just helped to his feet, staggered and was left speechless in astonishment.
Avery recalled the past, his heart full of regret. He continued, “Simon sent us intelligence because of Margaery.
“It was precisely because we obtained intelligence on the enemy that Dad achieved merit, rising in just a few years from a normal official to Chancellor, second only to the King.”
His voice trembled as he added, “Joshua placed fourth in the martial examination, also thanks to the sword manual Margaery provided. As for me…”
He lowered his gaze, regret and unwillingness enveloping him. He continued, “If I hadn’t bullied her for Tessa’s sake, she would have given me all the prescriptions. By the end of this year, when Nolan retires, I will have become the head of the Royal Medical Hall,
“And Russell, he has always wanted to apprentice at the Chapel of Wisdom. If he hadn’t offended Margaery, with her current status, the Chapel of Wisdom would surely have accepted him.”
He could not continue speaking.
Everything that should have been a continuous luck was completely ruined by Tessa,
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Only now, thinking of Tessa, did they realize her faults.
Avery continued, “Before, I always thought Tessa was weak and pitiable, kind and innocent.
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“But I never expected that all of this was just an act! Even if it wasn’t, she still seemed shabby, nowhere near the nobility of Margaery!”
Raul felt a sharp pain in his chest once again.
He thought, ‘Indeed, I came from humble origins.
‘I have climbed all the way to where I am today. Isn’t it all for wealth and honor? Isn’t it to gradually make the Wallen family a famous and noble family in Sinderin City?
‘How could I have rejected the nobility in Margaery for Tessa, and thought Margaery was arrogant and domineering?
‘It was clearly Tessa who was petty, always provoking Margaery over trivial matters, and speaking so annoyingly.
He remembered now.
That day, when Tessa had just come, she picked up a pear from the table and carefully asked Margaery, “Margaery, am I worthy of eating this pear?”
It was obviously a provocation.
Back then, they actually thought that was humility!
Raul shuddered all over.
In the end, he still hadn’t shaken off that petty mindset from when he climbed up from the bottom.
Tessa was absolutely right.
Raul climbed into the pitch–black carriage, suddenly unable to face himself.
Avery sat opposite him, regretting very bitterly.
He thought, ‘What I should have done is rely on Margaery for support.
‘That is my path to a meteoric rise! Not that vile Tessa!‘
“No matter what, I must win Margaery back!” Avery said, unwilling to give up, clenching his fists tightly.
‘Margaery is the Star of Fortune. Surely it would be nothing to shield an ordinary person like myself?‘ he thought.
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On the way back to the city.
“From now on, the Wallen family will surely chase after you like mad. You will become their only savior,” Dashnell said.
He looked at Margaery beside him, somewhat worried. “Margaery, what do you plan to do?”
He couldn’t make these decisions for her.
After all, they were her family.
Whether to sever ties or remain entangled, only she could decide for herself.
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The most he could do was help her analyze the situation.
Margaery was aware of the limits of her own understanding.
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She was not arrogant. Upon hearing this, she looked at Dashnell and replied, “Dashnell, if you have something to say, please say it all. The court is turbulent, and I do not wish to cause you trouble, nor do I want to fall into a trap and bring ruin upon myself.”
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