I Try To Enjoy My Life But This Woman Keep Calling Me Villain-Chapter 219

"No. For the last time, that thing is not for sale!"

I shout at the northern noble in front of me. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"You just want to strengthen the South, boy! Just because you have some power, you think you can hoard the thing you created?!"

I want to slam his head to the ground in frustration, but I only release a sigh. How can these people act so high and mighty to demand me to sell them something I created when they did nothing when we are at our lowest?

I really want to kill them, but I know that I cannot do that, or there will be a war. I don’t want another war after fighting one not too long ago.

"It is mine. It is something I created. I did not need to listen to your words of who I sold the barrier to. Don’t come here any longer without a proper reason. Jullian, kick them out."

"Yes, my lord."

Jonathan and Jullian take the people out of my office. I release a sigh when I see them leave my office, and I lean over the chair.

"Can’t we just kill them?"

I look to the side and see Hilda growling a little in frustration. I shake my head and say.

"Sadly, no. I want to kill them, but we cannot do that."

"Why not?! They are annoying. This is the third time they are demanding you to give your spell this week."

Silva walks toward my table with a tray of tea and says.

"Because we did not have enough reason to kill them. We did not want a civil war. We can win, but with the situation in the south, we do not know if the monster will notice that our attention is on the north and decide to attack us. They are attracted to negative energy, after all. War will attract their attention, something we did not want when we were focusing on the north."

I nod my head and say.

"Silva is right, Hilda. We cannot go to civil war. Even though the Southern nobles will happily follow us, I don’t think it is good to have a civil war."

"Urgh. Can’t we kill them and get away from it?"

"And let the Northerner have reason to declare a war between our two factions? Some of the northern nobles will not move their army, but the majority of them will raise their banner and join this war."

Hilda releases a sigh and says.

"Haaaa! You are right. I bet this is also the reason why they are moving this boldly. They want war. So they want to gather reasons to declare a territorial dispute."

"Oh? You read about them, Hilda?"

Hilda raises her nose and says.

"Of course! Silva helped me to learn the law of the Gipan Kingdom. I know about the territorial dispute. It is a war between two noble factions that need to be solved through a short-term war. It cannot last more than a year and cannot be too destructive."

"That’s right."

"However, even if they manage to get something to declare a dispute, why do they want to fight us? Did they not hear about your exploit?"

I shake my head and say.

"They do. However, I have a feeling that they decided to ignore it and thought it was just a rumor—a rumor from a drunken Southerner."

"But some of them fight alongside us against the Gokuya Kingdom!"

"And they are from the most northern nobles. They are the allies or vassals of the Verqur Duchy. Most of the bottom northern nobles... I will call them central nobles from now on. Anyway! Most of the central nobles did not send their army to support us; they wanted to defend the land in case we were defeated."

Hilda looks at me for a second before saying.

"The more I hear about them, the more I hate them. Is this also the reason why the Good Father is going to the capital?"

I nod and take a sip of the tea Silva makes.

"Yup. He wants to talk with the king about the situation here. He is also already fed up with the actions of these nobles and wants to see if the king can do something about it. With us climbing from the bottom, the king will look at us with a new light and think twice before rejecting our requests."

I take another sip and continue.

"If he decides not to take care of this problem, we will now have a reason to rebel, and he knows that we will manage to invite some of the nobles bordering us to the north."

"Ah! Catharina’s family!"

I smile and nod.

"That’s right. Also, with this Casus Belli in hand, your father will join this fight, Hilda. And do you know who will be joining this war?"

Hilda nods her head and says.

"Yes. I know he will join and will send Freyja as the commander of the army."

"That’s right. The king will not reject our request with our two factions and the people on the east eyeing our kingdom. At least without a very strong reasoning or alibi."

Hilda nods her head and drinks her tea.

"That’s good because I did not have any more patients. If they yap at us once again, I will kill them."

I laugh at her words and say.

"Let’s hope that it is not coming to that."

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|3rd POV|

While Gwyndolin and his companion are patrolling across Cunningham County, a group of people have a meeting just outside Cunningham County. They are a group of nobles from the Central Territory of the Gipan Kingdom.

"This cannot be allowed to continue! Those barbarians dare to reject our money even if we generously give them a lot of it!"

A young lord slams his fist on the table while growling in frustration. He is the lord who is located in the eastern part of the Gipan Kingdom and has had a lot of monsters coming to his territory lately after the uprising from the Gokuya Kingdom.

He needs that barrier as he does not want to spend more monthly money to hire adventurers and mercenaries to care for the monsters. However, he is too prideful to tell Gwyndolin about his problem as it will make him look like a weak lord who begged for help.

"You are right, Lord Vildar. We need to do something."

"What do you have in mind? Are we finally going to declare a dispute against them?"

"Aye. That is what I am suggesting."

"But they have the army. I did not trust the rumor that upstarts were very powerful mages, but I know Cunningham County has an army that they can call to fight us. As much as I did not want to admit it, they have a better army."

The other nobles look at Lord Vildar for a second before nodding their heads. They might not trust the news of Gwyndolin, a very powerful mage and healer, but they know that the Southern Nobles have a very powerful army that can defeat them.

It hurt their pride, but they admit that the Southerners are great fighters.

"Oh, I have an idea that might be working."

The other lords look at the oldest lord in the room for a second before Lord Vildar says.

"What is it, Lord Jekil? Don’t keep us waiting."

He smiles and says.

"I know someone who can give us control over the monsters."

"Like the rumor of the Gokuya Kingdom doing? That is what makes them collapse and disappear from the map?"

"Yes. However, they are using that thing too much. We did not need to use it at its full capacity. We only need to summon monsters enough for them to tire themselves out and become an easy target for our army. What do you think?"

The others look at each other for a few seconds before nodding their head as one.

"We are in."