Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day

Chapter 102

“I gave him the position he wanted so much… From then on, I guess he found me annoying. I must have been a formidable obstacle from my husband’s point of view. I hold half of the family’s power, and he won’t be able to act the way he wants as long as I’m here.”

Elena knew early on about her husband’s problem with his itchy hands and about his problem with women. It was a semi-forced arranged marriage, but she didn’t just want to get married without knowing who her husband was. Elena knew a lot, but she figured it wouldn’t matter too much. She thought she could handle just as much.

But that belief was soon shattered. Saying that it was for her hard work, Elena went on a trip prepared by her husband. The carriage overturned and both her legs were broken. She wasn’t stupid enough to think it was just an accident. With just a few pieces of information, it was possible to know who was behind the accident.

“Why didn’t I accuse my husband when I knew he did it? Why didn’t I borrow my family’s help? I wanted to do that, too. It’s not that I didn’t, but I couldn’t. Who would listen to a woman who has become completely disabled with two legs that are so damaged that she can’t recover? From then on, I was completely shunned to the back room.”

One by one, everyone began to leave her at the doctor’s diagnosis that she would never be able to stand on her own two legs again. This, too, was just as her husband had planned.

Elena was resentful and wronged, so she tried to get help from her family. She wanted to take revenge on her husband. But there was one thing that even she overlooked. That her father, the patriarch of her family, had sold Elena as a tool—as a sacrifice to the arranged marriage.

His daughter, now useless with broken legs, was nothing to him. Elena found no help from her family, and that was how she was pushed to the western spire.

Day by day, waiting for her death…

“Tessa, I wanted to die. Not only did I lose both of my legs overnight, but I also lost everything I had. What’s more, I had to live in the crumbling western spire, treated worse than a dog. The maids left me slowly, and the last remaining maid I had just left. It was where I really thought I was going to die.”

As she was about to throw herself off the spire to really die, Elena suddenly felt that it was too unfair to die like this. Why did she have to die? The husband who made her like this is living well!

Elena wanted to take revenge on this Jutert family, not just her husband. She wanted to make them pay dearly for hurting her.

So she decided to live. She would somehow survive and take chances. Her death would happen after her revenge was over.

“I am not going to die. It would be much too unfair if I die like this. I didn’t become like this because I wanted to, so why should I die according to their wishes? So I decided to live. If I live, someday, an opportunity will come to me. Opportunities come for as long as you live.”

And indeed, one day, someone that was Elena’s lifeline appeared. Elena took that hand without hesitation. If only she could destroy everything about her husband, would she not be able to do anything?

What was suggested to her was really sweet. If that was the case, she would be able to die with a satisfied face.

“Finally, the opportunity came. So I think I’m glad I survived. In the end, because I lived, I was able to get what I wanted. So, Tessa, I hope you do too. Live and get what you want.”

“…Madam, what do you mean…”

“I’m saying this—don’t die. No matter how much you want to die, don’t die. Even if you disappear like that, it will only do them good.”

At that moment. Boom! A loud noise resounded throughout the castle. It was the sound of something hard and very large breaking. Tessa looked around her with quivering eyes. Boom! It came again.

“Now this…”

“At last… It has begun.”

“…Madam?”

The heart in Tessa’s chest pounded restlessly. An ominous feeling began to invade her entire body.

Then a woman entered her room. She was the maid who usually served Elena. A long sword hung from her waist. She didn’t look like an ordinary maid.

“You must move now.”

“What, what is this… What is going on?”

“I told you, Tessa. That the opportunity has come. Now is that opportunity.”

A loud roar resounded throughout the castle, and even though the castle was starting to shake little by little, the Marchioness was very calm.

Elena gestured to her maid and held out a hood to Tessa. She looked at the hood with a confused look.

“Why is this…”

“Tessa, come with me. To a safer place than here.”

As soon as Elena finished speaking, an even louder voice rang out. Baam! And at the same time, Mani and Kennis rushed into the room with pale faces. Madam, there are soldiers in the castle…! They soon froze seeing the Marchioness and her maid in the room. They looked like they did not understand why those people were here.