Reincarnated Villainess Does Not Want Revenge - Chapter 65
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
The Reincarnated Lady’s Decoy Strategy
While having the uncommon experience of riding a horse with a burlap sack over my head, I was soon taken away.
The place we’re going to is a hidden fortress.
The man who took me remains silent, clearly nervous. But that’s to be expected.
He has an arrow pointed behind him, ready to hit him at any moment.
Although we left in a hurry, when we arrived at the scene of the attack in the evening, it had already become a deserted place.
When I looked at the wagon that was carrying Rosemary’s coffin, I noticed a letter left open and untouched.
“Alberto-sama, this….?”
“Lord Reynaldo is likely heading here as we speak.”
After reading it, Alberto stared at the letter in frustration.
Then, I checked the surroundings for any survivors or any signs of life.
A man’s scream could be heard from a short distance away.
Some of the knights started running towards the direction where the voice was heard. I had been silently turned around in Alberto’s embrace and waited for it all to be over.
A few moments later, one of the knights returned.
“It seems there was a hunt to eliminate the remaining survivors. We caught a man who was about to attack the guards of the Rose territory.”
“Well done.”
Holding my hand, Alberto led me towards the commotion. It was as if he had understood my unspoken intention to go there.
The captured man watched the events unfold, his face convulsing with fear.
The guards from the Rose territory, who had come under attack while escorting the coffin with Reynaldo, were shot with arrows and lost consciousness in a concealed area. When they finally regained their senses, they seemed to have been spotted by the men who had arrived to hunt the survivors.
As he listened to the details, Alberto glanced at the apprehended man.
If this man is another hired individual, it will be difficult to make him talk.
?
Suddenly, the man looked at me.
I wondered why he was looking at me, but then I realized something.
“Alberto-sama, he must have known I would be kidnapped.”
I express my assumption aloud. The man facing me appeared slightly surprised. I seem to have guessed correctly.
“It looks like Reynaldo-sama’s attack and my kidnapping were carried out at the same time. He must have realized that my presence here meant that the plan had failed.”
“You’ve… noticed well, haven’t you?”
Alberto listened to my narrative with an impressed expression.
“If that’s the case, this man is definitely one of the people involved in the plan. He likely knows the fort’s location. Let’s bring him along.”
Alberto pulls up the man’s rope. With a sword pointed at his neck, the man showed no sign of wanting to resist.
“Please wait.”
I stopped them and decided to discuss the plan I had come up with.
At first, Alberto was firmly against it.
But somehow, I managed to convince him, and as a result, I found myself wearing a sack over my head and sharing a horse with the apprehended man.
“Why don’t we use me as bait?”
The plan I came up with was simple: if the knights attacked the fort all at once, Tia would escape, just as she had done in the royal capital.
In that case, we would make it look as if their plan to kidnap me had succeeded, and then, if there was an opening, the knights would enter the fort. Some agreed with this idea, while there was opposition from a portion, with Alberto at the forefront.
But if Tia manages to escape again in this situation, we won’t be able to capture her, and this pursuit will drag on.
“While I play the role of the decoy, the others will focus on securing the fortress. If we block her escape route, she won’t be able to escape.”
“But I don’t want to do anything that will put you in danger!”
“I would like to have one of the knights with me. Once we’re inside the fortress, they can change out of their knight’s attire, and I can take them with me, I think it should help stall for time. I’ll enter with this man up to the entrance, but once we’re inside, we should be able to slip through.”
We’ll use the man we captured to get into the fort, and once inside, I’ll guide the knight. We shouldn’t make any major moves inside until we know how many soldiers are inside.
It may be a reckless plan. Still, as long as news of my capture reaches Tia, there’s a higher chance that Reynaldo’s life will be safe.
By presenting me to him, Tia’s plan would be fulfilled.
“Please. If I can help Reynaldo-sama in any way, I think it’s worth a try.”
Alberto himself must have seen the possibility that the plan would certainly be good for Reynaldo as well.
Of course, it doesn’t change the fact that I myself am in danger.
“I can say this because I’m confident that Alberto-sama will protect me.”
Alberto will always protect me.
After expressing my unwavering confidence in him, Alberto nodded with a deep sigh.
“I might be recognized, so please take the squad leader of the First Division with you… And don’t do anything reckless. Your safety comes first.”
“Yes. Thank you!”
And so now.
I entered the fortress with the man I had coerced into helping with the plan.
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