Brand Nahum, after talking with Artia and her daughter, hanged himself in his cell.


    The other male relatives and chief advisors who had actively participated in the rebellion were executed, and those who had objected or who had come to inform on the plot in advance, realizing the disadvantages, were promoted to the post.


    As promised, the counties of Takhti-Naham and Naham in Olbia, which had been the basic territory of Brand Naham, were given to Sivik, but Sivik''s age made it difficult for him to rule directly. He was not able to rule directly due to his age. He had to appoint a senior vassal of Sivik as his deputy and use the old vassals of the Naham family as needed.


    However, it will be a little later before we can think of a proper civil government.


    Half of the rebels have now been killed. The only one left is Ailes Kartis of Minelia.


    But the crisis is almost over by the time I return to Maust Castle. With Brand also defeated early, there is almost no chance that any of the lords will be able to rebel at leisure from now on.


    The Nistonians, who are related to Yucca by marriage, have almost conquered small rebellions in the surrounding areas, and in the capital, King Hasse himself has raised another army to nip rebellions in the bud.


    I had not taken Hasse into consideration as a military force, but I am glad to know that I was wrong. Come to think of it, if I fall, there is a good chance that Hasse''s power will collapse as well. We are definitely doomed at this point.


    However, if the king leads his army and strengthens his leadership too much, he may eventually come into conflict with me, but for now, we must put down the rebellion first.


    And I have recalled one of my wives from King''s Landing before I attack Ailes, who is becoming isolated.


    I have brought back one of my wives from King''s Landing before the isolated attack on Ailes.


    "You have nothing to discuss with me now."


    Serafina looked at me and sighed deliberately.


    "From now on, when Mimeria''s people are punished, it is Seraphina, the regent''s chamberlain, who will be most effective in making the petition. Besides, I don''t want them to resent me for inflicting cruel punishments on them without Serafina''s presence."


    Serafina sat down in a chair and turned her head to the side, deliberately supporting her face with her right palm.


    "I have already told you about that. I will fight for you. I told you that as the wife of a hero I want to see this world change. I have not changed my mind, and I don''t care if my family is destroyed if they don''t understand that. I don''t like things that are too wet."


    So you don''t like to see the same thing rehashed, and you don''t like to be around to see your parents'' house destroyed. That''s just like Serafina.


    "Well, I''ll tell you what I really think. I couldn''t decide whether Serafina would be miffed by this or would praise me for being so good at what I do.


    "Oh, you got right to the point. "Oh, you''ve got a good point. Let''s hear it, let''s hear it.


    Instantly, Serafina became enthusiastic and turned her face toward me. The disgruntled look on her face was, as expected, an act.


    "Can you send me a from Serafina to someone who is good enough to scratch up the Kartis family?"


    I told him frankly what I wanted.


    "If you send it to me, it might be more effective than if I send it to you. After all, I''m sure the consensus in the family is that Serafina has a winning personality.


    In other words, we need Serafina''s help to create an inside man.


    It is a common practice in wars to weaken the enemy by causing treachery within the enemy. And it works well now, when the situation is overwhelmingly in my favor.


    However, even if you make a written request for informal communication in my name or in the name of my vassals, I do not know how far they will trust you. It would be easy to kill the informer later on, saying that I do not know such a thing. Once the war is over, the Kartis family in Mineria will be destroyed anyway, and there will be no place to run back to if the story is different.


    Then, it would be more convincing to have Seraphina, from her point of view, write that she is trying her best to help you, so please betray the Kartis of Minelia in this way.


    Serafina laughed a small giggle at first and then started to laugh very happily.


    "Yes, Master!　That''s the way to do it!　You can''t rule the whole country unless you are willing to crush an enemy who can be defeated by force!"


    "I''m relieved to hear that you''re not disappointed."


    What I am going to do is to do everything in my power to use even my wife to bring down her main family. If you''re asking me if I''d go that far, I owe you an apology, too.


    But it seems that all my fears were unfounded.


    "That''s right. The fall of my family has not yet settled the kingdom. We can''t unify the country without defeating those who follow the former king in the west. Then we must win without losing even a single soldier. This is just a process.


    Strongly, Serafina nodded.


    "Leave it to me. It''s my parents'' house, and I''m going to make them pay for it.


    Seeing Seraphina laughing like that, I thought.


    I was very happy to have Seraphina as my wife.


    I walked behind her and wrapped my arms around her gently.


    "If any historian ever writes that Serafina is an evil woman, I will kill them all!


    "Of course. I am a saint, not a villainess.


    Serafina said proudly. I was worried until she said it, but I felt like an idiot for worrying about it. I know that I said it was wrong for a human being and proposed a plan that could have gotten me shut up in a temple to protest.


    Rather, Serafina is rather unusual in that she cooperates with us so vividly.


    "I remember that Ailes told me that he was worried about Serafina''s lack of a wife."


    Because common sense is not enough to understand Serafina.


    "Maybe you''re right. But you know, as strange as it sounds, I''m really grateful to you.


    Serafina grabbed my hand with both of hers.


    Her hands were gentle, unlike the lively ones she had just taken.


    "If I''m going to bring the curtain down on my family, I want to do it with my own hands. It''s a good way to set a good example, and I''m sure you''ll regret destroying your family in the future, because you''re only human. Then I want to leave less to others.


    Serafina turns to me.


    Serafina, of course, has heartache. We just have to work through it.


    Silently, we kissed.


    It is the husband''s job to heal his wife.