The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 306
It was good to instill caution through severe punishment, but execution was excessively harsh.
Because it was a punishment handed down only for grave crimes such as treason or murder.
At that, Count Azelot spoke while suppressing his boiling anger.
âThen frame them for murder if you have to. Those bastards must be dealt with.â
âYour Excellency, forgive me, but it will be difficult to deal with this quietly. If this fact is discovered, wonât there be more to lose than to gain? I ask that you reconsiderâŚâ
The Knight Commander spoke carefully, with the implication that the severity of their punishment should be reduced.
It wasnât only the knight order that had corruption.
Even among the ordinary employees, the working atmosphere had stiffened because of Count Azelotâs rage, to the point that even those who had committed minor acts of corruption were being swept up in it.
But if he were to pin crimes on them that didnât even exist and punish them so extremely, the employees would be greatly shaken.
Creating an atmosphere of fear made an organization easier to control, but the important thing was that it also lowered morale.
The ordinary employees didnât matter, but if the morale of the knight order fell, it wouldnât benefit the family.
But Count Azelot was firm.
âDo you even understand what it means that Duke Bayern sent those three bastards back alive?â
ââŚâŚâ
It wasnât merely because they had siphoned off his money that he had given such an order.
âThat bastard Ash Bayern knows.â
What he had done after kidnapping the repairman and taking action against House Bayern.
All three bastards had been caught and then released, hadnât they?
No matter how dull-witted he might be, there was no way he wouldnât know that those bastards had suffered in House Bayern and spilled internal secrets.
According to them, they swore they hadnât opened their mouths, and if they had, would they really have walked back here on their own two feet?
But who could believe that?
He had no intention of leaving alive those who had leaked the familyâs secrets.
âTo be precise, I canât leave them alive.â
They were accomplices and witnesses to what he had done.
ââŚCunning bastard.â
Count Azelot ground his teeth, chewing on the curse.
No matter how stupid he might be, there was no way he couldnât understand what Ash was aiming for.
How could he not know that if he killed those damned witnesses with his own hands, the loyalty of the knight order would fall?
The Knight Commander had likely tried to dissuade him out of concern for that as well, but if he didnât kill them, they could become the source of trouble later on.
Count Azelot pressed hard against his throbbing temples and dismissed the Knight Commander.
âYou may leave now.â
ââŚYes, Your Excellency.â
The Knight Commander added nothing more and turned away with a dark expression.
House Bayernâs counterattack hadnât even begun yet, but he felt an ominous dread, as though he had already stepped into the eye of a storm.
* * *
Early in the morning, Nina was soaking in the bath, easing her weary body.
Was it because she had been put through such intense passion all night?
Her whole body was stiff, as though every joint had been shattered.
It was enough to make her think that starting today, she might need to sleep in a separate room from her husband, if only to survive.
âBut why is that man so full of energy?â
Was this the difference in stamina between men and women?
Her husband was the one who had done all the vigorous moving, but somehow, it seemed that she was the only one getting exhausted.
âDo I really need to start taking tonicsâŚ?â
Lately, nourishing dishes had been appearing on the table as if in support of their deepening married life.
But she felt that something on that level was still far from enough to catch up to her husbandâs stamina.
After finishing her bath, Nina slipped on a robe and, as she left the bathroom, recalled her conversation with Count Conwell.
ââŚJudging from how Duchess Nord emphasized young Emilâs genius, I think there is a strong possibility that Emilâs arm injury wasnât an accident either.â
So that was why he had said he hoped that talented young artist would be freed from Duchess Nord all the more.
ââŚItâs because of me, isnât it?â
Nina murmured in a low voice.
It wasnât as though she didnât know that Rebecca had a sense of rivalry toward her.
Had she grown jealous because Nina was receiving attention from people after sponsoring Henry?
Seeing how she had tried to rent Count Conwellâs gallery by following House Bayernâs lead, it was almost certain.
But no matter how much she wanted attention, to think she would deliberately injure a perfectly fine arm.
It wasnât certain, but considering Rebeccaâs personality, it couldnât be said to be entirely baseless.
âShe really does seem like a saboteur.â
If Rebecca hadnât done something like that, Count Conwell wouldnât have stepped in.
When would they be able to save that child?
Since she couldnât say that she had no influence at all on Rebeccaâs wrongdoing, she couldnât help but feel troubled.
