The Virtuous Wife Lete Succumbs To Lascivious Venomous Fangs And Exposes Her Fallen True Self - Chapter 13
The Barony of Bart consists of a cluster of small villages in a forest.
In the domain where the people live peacefully, on this day, happiness increased by one.
The lord’s wife gave birth to a healthy child.
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Lady Lete, the lord’s wife, cradled her newborn child with a truly joyful smile.
Next to her, the lord wore his usual calm and serene smile.
Surrounding them, the servants smiled and joyfully said, “Congratulations!”
The knights serving them stood a bit further off, wearing bright but slightly complicated smiles.
They were looking at one of the servants.
It was the wife of Knight Dennis. Now, she served the lord as one of the servants, almost like Lady Lete’s attendant
“It may have been unfortunate for the lady, but her first husband’s death wasn’t pointless. It opened the eyes of the lord, Dennis, and all of us.”
One of the knights murmured, and the others nodded in agreement.
Everyone was recalling the events from a year ago.
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A year ago, the lord and Lete locked themselves in a room for several days.
When he emerged, the lord was so calm that it s-e-e-m-e-d l-i-k-e h-e h-a-d c-h-a-n-g-e-d e-n-t-i-r-e-l-y, and he announced three things that stunned everyone.
First, Lete will marry him.
He will mourn the death of her former husband, which he caused by his mistake, and once the mourning period ends, they will marry immediately.
Second, he will revert the taxes to what they were before he assumed office.
Third, he will implement a strategy to wipe out the monsters and harmful beasts in his territory.
The majority of the heavy taxes collected from the people will be used for war expenses, and Knight Dennis will be given full authority over the operation
As everyone else was shocked, Dennis calmly accepted the duty without being surprised.
He went to the town of Barina and, without hesitation, used half of the provided war funds to hire a large number of adventurers and mercenaries, temporarily increasing his forces.
With the remaining half, he bought food, supply wagons, healing potions, scrolls with attack magic effects, and other supplies to secure the necessary resources for battle.
Then, leading the charge, he attacked every location where monsters and harmful creatures were seen.
The goblins, who had been increasing in number, gathered other monsters and beasts, and launched a counterattack to show the humans, who had been cowardly until now, what they were capable of.
A battle ensued in the forest, and after several days of fighting, half of the goblins and the monsters who aided them were slain, while the remaining half fled for their lives.
As a result, the domain of Baron Bart became the safest area in the forest.
However, there were also significant losses on the human side, with many casualties.
Among the casualties was Knight Dennis, whose extended break from combat caused his downfall.
Knight Dennis, s-e-e-m-i-n-g-l-y p-o-s-s-e-s-s-e-d b-y s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g, fought fearlessly and continued until he achieved great results, dying honorably in battle.
At his funeral, he was honored as a hero by the local people.
Inspired by what they saw, the other knights decided to change and pledged to carry on Dennis’s will.
Since then, the knights have spent their days training with swords and patrolling the land, always diligent, regardless of rain or wind.
The lord, as well, stopped going to Barina for amusement and halted his excessive spending there.
With a constant smile on his face, he listens to the opinions of the villagers, ponders over the challenges, and after finishing his work, he spends time being lovingly cared for by his new wife.
He is a quiet yet fervent husband, almost as if declaring that with Lady Lete by his side, he needs nothing else. She responds in kind, always gently supporting her husband.
The servants, finding the couple endearing, cheerfully and eagerly tended to their needs with great care.
The three years of decline when the lord took office felt like a fleeting nightmare. It has already dissipated and become a thing of the past.
Now, a just and admirable rule has been established, one that other villages envy, and everyone lives in peace.
The happy Lady Lete often spoke to the servants, sharing her thoughts.
“Love alone won’t fill your stomach, so you can’t live on love. But without it, you can’t really say you’re living as a person.”
By her side, her husband, Baron Bartholomew, was always wearing a smile.
With a smile that never changes.
With a smile that will remain unchanged for life.
With a smile that will remain the same until the day he dies.
Chapter length 1692 characters.
TL Note: The author hasn’t started a new volume yet or marked this series as complete. If he does either I will make changes accordingly.