I Try To Enjoy My Life But This Woman Keep Calling Me Villain-Chapter 162: Execution

I make sure to control my face when I see the man in front of me. He is screaming about how he wants to die and how he did not deserve this. Amir is now the husk of a man that I previously met in the feast.

Jullian and Jonathan, who come with me, release an aura of satisfaction while still keeping their faces stoic. However, I can see Jonathan almost break that as I can see the twitch on his face. He is holding back a lot of his glee.

"This is what the curse has done to him. Even when the head magician forces him to sleep, he will wake up in a few seconds, screaming about darkness and absolute silence."

I look at Lord Benham and say.

"So you want me to ensure that your family and you did not have anything like that?"

"Yes, if you are willing, Grandmaster Gwyndolin."

I release a sigh and say.

"Please call me Gwyn, Benham."

"I cannot do that, Grandmaster. I have disappointed you, and you even help me maintain my face among the nobles. I cannot call you by your name. Not before I pay you back for what I have done. Please, my friend. Let me pay you back."

I can only sigh and say.

"Very well. Anyway, are you showing me this sight because you want me to cure him?"

"No. I cannot say what he has done because I don’t want you to get involved in the political mess this will bring, but I can say that he deserves it. He deserves what he gets from whoever is doing this. I want you to check if everyone in this room has the same curse or not."

I nod and say.

"Right. That is why you take us in this room, huh?"

"Yes."

Lord Benham suddenly bowed his head and said.

"Please! I know I’m asking a lot and keep wronging you, Grandmaster! However, please! Please! We just start over and are blessed by the gods and you for the child we are soon getting. I don’t want to lose all that. I know that I’m asking a lot. I know that I’m an incompetent friend and lord, but please... Please help us."

After saying that, Lord Benham, Lady Anahita, Head Magician Hassan, and the Head Guard Arman bowed their heads to me. I can only sigh and say.

"Please raise your heads. I’m not offended and willing to help you. As you say, you are my friend, and as a friend, I’m willing to help you. Let’s get this over with."

I take out my Starglobe and cast the scan stats on them. I know that it will result in negative results, but I need to show them that I’m scanning them. After a few seconds of scanning, I nod and say.

"All of you are clean. There is no curse inside of you guys."

Lord Benham releases a sigh and says.

"Thank you, Grandmaster. My head magician already scans us, but there is nothing wrong with a second opinion as Hassan also asks me to do it."

"Don’t worry about it."

"Now, as your compensation..."

"Nope. Stop it. This is a simple procedure. I will not take money from you for this kind of thing. Before you say something, I have an idea. House. We currently need a house in this place. We like staying in the castle, but we want somewhere where we can do a nightly activity. You know that I’m a husband, and I need to fulfill my lord’s duty."

When I say that, Benham’s face turns into that of an understanding. He nods and says.

"Very well. There is an empty house not too far away from the lake. A rich merchant formerly owned it before he decided to go to the empire for a greener pasture or something like that."

"Right. I will buy it as long as it is not a run-down place."

"Buy? No! I will not let you do that. Let me take care of this. I’m the lord of this land and will give it to you. Because he wants to go to an enemy territory, I, within my right as a lord, take back that land without paying it back to him. I did not spend any money on giving it to you for that house. The only thing I spend is the servant to ensure that place is always liveable in case you return here for vacation or something."

"You don’t need to do that. I have something that can do it for me. You want to pay me back with something, right? Just make sure the place is fully furnished and decorated. Don’t make it look too expensive like in the palace. It is beautiful, but it is not to my taste. Simple and yet elegant is my kind of taste. We are coming from the Southern Gipan Kingdom. We are not about money. We are simplistic, yet it still shows us that we are a rich and powerful family."

Lord Benham looks at me for a few seconds before nodding his head.

"I see. It is the same with another kingdom to the Northwest of here. They are a small but rich and powerful country. They are a militaristic kingdom because the land to their west is full of monsters. Because of this, they did not really care for something like clothing that did not protect them from being mauled by monsters or a carriage that did not give them protection from ambush. Their palace is simple but not barren. They are not full of gold or jewels, but they still give an elegant feeling."

"Yeah, something like that."

I will not say that it is because of waste. The reason why nobles make their castle look tacky is because it is to show the others that they are rich. I’m not lying that the Shadowfall castle is not full of golden statues or something like that because we did not care, but even my father bought something useless to show that we have money for the other nobles.

We did not stay here for a long time, and we are not trying to get a trade partner. So we are not trying to impress them or anything. That means buying that kind of thing is useless for us.

"Also, can you take care of the food for us? Don’t worry about cooking them. I will take care of us."

"May I ask how?"

"Golem. We will make a golem to clean the house for me. As long as I’m alive, the golem will absorb the mana in the air and clean the house. As for the food, I can cook them myself. Before you say something, we like cooking our own food."

Lord Benham looks at me weirdly and says.

"If you said so."

"Hah! Don’t worry about it. It is our culture that even though we are nobles, we need to know how to cook for ourselves. We are fighters who keep monsters at bay, and we sometimes need to hunt for ourselves when we are camping. We need to know which plants, mushrooms, fishes, and other animals we can eat in the wilderness. We also need to learn how to cook them. Even the simplest way of cooking will take us a long way. I have decided that cooking is a great hobby and will expand it."

"I see. It is a rather weird hobby to pick in this kingdom. The nobles will look down on you if you say your hobby is cooking. Even in the military, we have specialized people who will cook for us."

"We have that too, but there is nothing wrong with knowing a useful skill like cooking."

"Hmmm, I guess you are right."

Lord Benhan shakes his head and says.

"Anyway, leave the rest to me. I will be the one taking care of the house and the necessity for you."

"Great! Anyway, is there anything else?"

"No. At the moment, there is nothing else. However, if you find anything about the curse, please inform me."

"I will. Don’t worry. I will inform you immediately if I find something."

"Thank you. I’m relieved with you watching over my territory."

"You are praising me too much, Benham."

"No. You are deserving your title as a grandmaster."

I can only sigh and leave the dungeon with the others.

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|3rd POV|

The news of Amir’s execution spread like wildfire. The news of him dwelling in slavery, kidnapping, and attempting bloodline stealing of a noble family line makes him the worst kind of person in the Verlagan Kingdom.

His confession of his wrongdoing managed to make the name of Rezghi County a little bit better. This is the condition Benham offered to Amir to kill him. Amir, who wanted to escape from his torturer, agreed immediately and even put his acting skills in place, saying that he regretted his action and he was doing it on his own to regain some honor for Rezghi County. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

As for him, getting spies into the Verlagan Kingdom is kept secret, and only the king knows about it. The reason is to try to make the spy not suspicious and leave the kingdom. Benham knows that some of the spies will run away but that some will stay.

After the execution of Amir, Benham and Arman do some deep cleaning. That day, more than thirty people disappeared into the night without any warning. Three days later, the news of a monster killing people spread. Two days after that news, another news spread about the monster being dead, but not before killing thirty people.