Revenge Costs Interest [EN]: Chapter 111

Revenge Has Its Interest 111

111. Can I Kill Sarah?

November 19, 2023

Teron thought he must have misheard something in Leia’s soft, chirping whisper, like a sparrow.

{Fell for it, didn’t you? Teron.}

“!?”

Was the woman, beaten to a pulp and unconscious, making fun of him?

No, he needed to be sure.

“Grace. What did you say?”

“I tricked you. Duke Teron Courtois.”

A playful smile peeked through Leia’s torn and bloodied lips.

In contrast, Teron just stared blankly at Leia, all the strength drained from his body.

Leia found Teron’s pale face amusing, laughing so hard that tears streamed down her face.

‘Is this something to laugh about?’

He had wandered through hell and back, yet she had such a strange reaction.

“You’re alive, so what’s the big deal?”

“Is… is that something to say?”

Teron asked in an agitated tone.

He wondered if she could say that after seeing his condition.

Teron was starting to get angry.

She was joking around when he was already suffering just from looking at her miserable state.

Just as he was about to get angry, Leia opened her arms like a child.

“Hug me. I’m in a lot of pain.”

Teron hugged Leia as if hypnotized. Only then did he understand why she had made such a lame joke.

She wanted to reassure the person who was worried about her more than her own injuries.

“I should have saved you.”

He stroked Leia’s hair, blaming himself.

He felt guilty for not being able to save the most precious person in the world when she was in danger.

“Teron isn’t a god. You can’t solve everything. So, don’t blame yourself.”

Leia kept comforting him, but she could feel Teron’s heart beating anxiously.

It would be nice if he could let go of the excessive responsibility to solve everything himself.

He became the head of the Courtois family at a very young age, was a commander leading the army, and is now under pressure to protect his woman.

“I will never forgive them. I will tear them to pieces and kill them.”

His intense anger was conveyed to Leia’s heart, showing how furious he was.

‘I can’t let Alicia die.’

“Teron, even if they did wrong, it’s not something punishable by death.”

“My mind will not change.”

It was a warning not to even try to persuade him. There was nothing that the Duke of Courtois in Lubeck couldn’t do if he set his mind to it. But she had to stop him.

“Let me punish them.”

“What?”

“Instead, imprison Alicia and her remnants in the Lebon Tower.”

Teron seemed less angry at the mention of imprisoning them in ‘Lebon Tower.’

Lebon Tower was as harsh a place as the prison on Leaf Island.

It was such a terrible place that people said it was better to die than to be trapped there, and there were rumors that ghosts appeared every night to drive the prisoners crazy.

Just then, Luke rushed in to report.

“Your Grace, I am sorry. Allen’s mistress has escaped. I sent her to the restroom, but…!”

“Luke, how can you do your job like this?”

Teron shouted at him. But Leia said in a calm tone.

“Just make sure Lebon doesn’t get away. She is still my life’s savior, so I have to repay her.”

At Leia’s words, Luke glanced at Teron.

“Do as she says. Find her no matter what.”

“Yes, sir.”

Leia was overcome with strange emotions as she thought of Sarah.

What did the anger and pity she felt now mean? The feeling she had for Sarah seemed to be a mix of love and hate.

She thought it was an emotion that only existed between men and women, but she realized that this was not necessarily the case.

A contradictory feeling of hating her to death but not being able to completely ignore her.

At first, she had vowed to tear Sarah apart and kill her, but now she felt more pity.

In addition, she felt that the various situations surrounding her were slowly changing.

If fate was two interlocking gears, it felt like they were turning in reverse and then changing direction to roll properly.

‘Sarah, you can’t go anywhere until I find out if I can kill you with my own hands.’

Leia shook her head, shaking off her thoughts.

“Teron, I want to go home.”

“You need more treatment.”

“I’ll get it from Dr. Wilson. I want to fall asleep in your arms.”

“Let’s do that.”

Teron held Grace in his arms and left the clinic.

* * *

Thanks to the intensive treatment at home for several days, Leia’s wounds had healed a lot.

Teron put aside his administrative work and stayed by Leia’s side. Teron wasn’t the only one surprised.

Chanel and Pauline didn’t even want to go to the dress shop.

“I… I don’t want to be in charge of the dress shop. I should just take care of the young lady properly.”

Pauline pleaded, crying. She seemed to think that she had suffered such an ordeal because she had not served Leia properly.

“Why are you acting like a child? It was an accident.”

Leia scolded Pauline sternly. If that were the case, it would be safer to have several male escorts than female maids.

“I’m… I’m sorry, I was so upset.”

“Pauline, what helps me is you leading the dress shop well. Without any problems.”

“Grace is right.”

Teron also supported Leia.

Thanks to Leia and Teron’s persuasion, Pauline regained her composure and headed to the dress shop.

“Teron, what happened to Alicia and the women?”

“As Grace wished, I imprisoned them in Lebon Tower. They are probably paying a very harsh price by now.”

“I see.”

Leia smiled bitterly. Soon, she also asked about Sarah and was relieved to hear that she had not left Lebon.

“I’ve assigned someone to her, so I’ll hear from her soon.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Louis brought news.

Sarah was currently going to the church cemetery. Leia thought now was the time to face Sarah head-on.

“Teron, please come with me to the church cemetery. I have something to say to that woman.”

“Okay.”

Teron granted all of Leia’s wishes if she was with him.

Leia quickly prepared and got into the carriage with Teron.

“She must have been abandoned by President McDowell. Because he brought in Emily Lant.”

“That seems to be the case.”

“Teron, please respect whatever I do.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll tell you later.”

Leia gripped her handbag tightly. Inside was a rifle she had taken from Teron’s office.

‘Can I kill Sarah?’

She hoped she still hated Sarah enough to want to kill her. That way, she wouldn’t be caught up in confusion and conflict anymore.

Finally, the carriage arrived at the church cemetery.

“Teron, please wait here.”

“Hmm, don’t take too long.”

“I know.”

Teron had been overreacting since returning from the hospital.

Even if Leia was out of sight for a few minutes, he would badger James and the servants to find her.

Leia could only go to the cemetery after reassuring him.

‘I didn’t expect you to visit my grave.’

What on earth is she doing there? Did she bring flowers and want to atone?

As all sorts of imaginations swirled in her head, Sarah was seen in the distance.

As Leia expected, she was busily moving in front of her grave.

‘What is she doing?’

Leia watched Sarah’s actions with a suspicious look.

Soon, Leia was shocked to see her planting flower seedlings around her grave.

Sarah’s hands were covered in dirt, and chrysanthemum seedlings were planted densely around the grave.

A hot lump swirled in Leia’s chest.

‘Is she going to throw a flower party at my grave now because she’s sorry?’

But somehow, that action looked like a terminally ill patient tidying up her life before death.

A vulgar wish to wash away her sins and avoid going to hell was evident, and a hollow laugh escaped her lips.

“What are you doing at someone else’s grave?”

Sarah was startled and stood up at Leia’s voice.

“I was planting flower seedlings…”

“Is that Sarah’s way of atonement?”

“What do you mean?!”

“A girl who was treated worse than a human being in an orphanage had a miracle happen one day. Richard Hamilton took that poor girl as his daughter’s maid. That girl’s name was Sarah. Sarah grew up like a sister to Richard Hamilton’s daughter, Leia. But didn’t she betray Leia and her father, whom she considered family, because she loved a man?”

“How do you know that?”

“The man she loved realized that he was less than human, and she was miserably abandoned and is now being threatened with her life, right? So, isn’t that why you ran away here?”

Sarah’s face turned pale. How did Grace know everything about her and Leia?

“You have evidence of Allen’s corruption, right?”

That’s why she’s on the run.

No, even if Sarah didn’t have any evidence, Allen would eliminate her if he thought she was cumbersome.

“Shall I help you atone?”

“What?”

Leia took out a gun from her bag and pointed it at Sarah.

“Sarah, I’m not going to ask you why you betrayed me and my father now. Because you don’t even deserve to be forgiven. But if you have even an iota of human conscience left, it’s right to die here.”

Sarah stared intently at Grace. What else does that woman know that she speaks as if she were Leia?

“Sarah, do you still carry poison with you?”

“Hup…!”

At Leia’s words, Sarah covered her mouth with both hands.

The only person who knew that she always carried poison with her was Leia Hamilton.

Her hair stood on end and goosebumps appeared all over her body.

“You were so traumatized by the abuse in the orphanage that you tried to take poison and die whenever you had a hard time. So, you carried potassium cyanide in a small bottle. Do you know what you said to me when I told you to throw it away?”

Sarah trembled with both hands as if she had seen a ghost.

She didn’t realize it because it was Grace’s face and voice, but now she knew.

That woman’s tone was exactly like Leia Hamilton’s.