I Try To Enjoy My Life But This Woman Keep Calling Me Villain-Chapter 83: Scheme

|Catharina von Xenotra - Heiress of Baron Xenotra|

I can only look at Lord Verqur in shock and say.

"I’m sorry to say this, my lord. However, why do I need to go with the others? I’m not a fighter."

I cannot go to the frontline! What are you thinking, Lord Verqur? It is already bad enough that I need to stay in Shadowfall City as long as the war still happens. Now you want me to come to the frontline?! Are you out of your mind?!

"You are not going to the frontline, Catharina."

Then why?! I want to shout that word because this is bad.

"You will go to the Bloody Fortress or what is left of it. After you are done with that, you can go back here."

Ah, the Bloody Fortress. That is the place where the Cunningham Family fought against three different armies: The Lionheart Army, the Tarrow Army, and the Gokuya Army.

Not only do they manage to defeat them, but they also manage to kill all of them to the last person.

"Can I ask why? I don’t mind, but I want to know the reason why."

"Investigation. You already copy the talent of Lord Carlos Laguna, right?"

"Geh! You know?"

Lord Verqur looks at me with a smug expression and says.

"Jonathan might not tell me about it and even try to conceal it, but you are underestimating how long my reach is. Jonathan and Heiress Yorn are not the only ones who have a spy network. I have one as well."

I looked at him in shock and couldn’t help but mutter something.

"Just how deep is his spy network?"

In the game, Veronica Yorn is the best spy mistress in the entire game, not only in the gameplay but also in the Lore part of the story. Not only is her spy network vast but also very well hidden that only she knows about them and the MC if the player decides to recruit her.

And by the look on Veronica’s face, I know that she did not expect him to know her spy network.

"You are truly underestimating us. Or maybe you are overestimating your ability to conceal them."

Lord Verqur looks at Veronica and Jonathan with a serious expression.

"Your scheme might work for the younger generation, but the older one has more experience in the Shadow Game. Don’t underestimate us, and try to get better and better. As long as your spy did not do too much damage to my family and the royal family, I will let them alone. However, if they decide to do something to the royal family... There will be trouble."

The three of us can only nod as a wave of cold air flies past us. Seeing us nodding, I can see him smile, and the pressure I did not notice disappears.

"Good. Anyway, I already know about your talent, Catharina. It is a powerful and dangerous talent. Copying another person’s talent and making them into yours permanently after constant copying is a powerful power and dangerous if others know about it. I hope you did not recklessly copy other talents."

"I have not, my lord. I only copy the talents of the people who are willing to let me copy theirs or my enemy."

"Which one is Lord Carlos Laguna?"

"Enemy. He tries to blackmail my father with forged evidence to make me his wife. Lucky for me, Jonathan and Veronica help me uncover his scheme."

Carlos Laguna is a forty-seven years old Viscount that rules a quite big territory not too far away from Xenotra territory. He is the creepy old dude who likes his wife young. Rumors about him saying he will kill his wife when he is already bored of them.

Jonathan and Veronica say that the rumor is true. Carlos even used the same tactic that he used with my father to get other women to be his wife.

Anyway, after using my talent constantly when he keeps visiting me, I get the permanent version of his power. His power is useful. It is not useful in battle, but it is useful as an information-gathering tool.

His talent is called [Postcognition Vision]. This power lets me view the past up to a month into the past. I can go to the place I want to look into the past, and this talent will show it to me. It is a great tool for investigating a crime.

"I see. Anyway, I want you to use his talent to see what happened in the Bloody Fortress and use your other talent to show it to us."

"My other talent?"

"The one you get from one of Jonathan’s subordinates."

I think for a few seconds before I know what he means. I copy one of the subordinates under Jonathan because he has a great talent for my business. It was called [Memory Extract].

This talent lets me project my memory in the form of a hologram that comes from the palm of my hand.

"I see. I understand. I will do it."

Lord Verqur nods and says.

"Good. The king wanted to know what kind of power the Southern people had."

I frown at that word.

"Don’t we come here to make a bridge between the north and the south? Why do we decide to spy on them?"

Lord Verqur shakes his head and says.

"Even when we try to unite the north and the south, we still need to watch how powerful they are and maybe create a Plan B in case they decide to rebel."

"That is too paranoid, and if they know about this plan, a rebellion will happen, and they are justified with their reason."

"I know. We all know about that. However, the king’s hand is tied. To send this army, he promised to show the other great nobles about the power of the southern people."

"I see. That is why the king wants me to come. You want to use me as a tool for your game."

I look at him and wait for his answer. When he did not say anything, my frown got deeper. I take a deep breath and say.

"Very well. I will participate in this plan."

"For all it’s worth, I’m sorry for getting you involved in this, and you will be compensated for it."

"I don’t need money or anything. I have tried my hardest to make a healthy and good relationship with the people in the South, but because of the game you guys played, I will lose all of it if they notice it."

I get up from my chair and say one more thing.

"If you notice how powerful the South is and decide to declare war against them, know that I will side with them."

"Are you sure you want to say that after what I said earlier?"

"What? Do you want to kill me? Go ahead. At least I died doing something honorable than the one who decided to backstab the ally they tried to get close to."

"We are not backstabbing them. The king and I only want to know what kind of power they hold and nothing else."

"And the other? What about the rest of the nobles to whom the king promised this information? Can you say that they will not do anything to the people of the South? Maybe not know. Maybe not next year. However, what about ten years from now on? Twenty years?"

Seeing him not answer my question, I nod and say.

"I thought so. I will do what you taught me to do, but I will not do anything else. Good day, Lord Verqur. I hope your scheme did not doom us all."

I walk out of the room, thinking about what happened. I made a gamble on this decision. Stay in the North or support the South. Xenotra territory is located right on the border between the North and South, so we can be considered a Northerner or a Southerner.

I decided to stay in the South. I will put my life in Gwyndolin’s hands if the Northern Nobles decide something stupid. I have seen how they do things, and I’m horrified. A bored human with a lot of money creates many horrifying things.

The South is not perfect, but they are better people than the one in the North. My family is a trading family, and the difference between the North and South in trade business is like the sky and mud; it cannot be compared.

The Northerners will try their hardest not to pay for the goods they bought using many excuses, or they try their hardest to scam you with their inferior items. The Southerners, on the other hand, were honest in their trade. They will still haggle and get profit like any good merchant, but they are honest.

When they say it was their best goods, you can rest assured that they deliver them the best goods. Or at least their goods are not too far inferior to the other goods coming from other places.

They are honest people and hardworking people. I prefer them over the people who like to backstab their allies.