"Did you hear the news?"
"Who hasnât heard it when itâs something this shocking?"
"Itâs really hard to believe that it actually happened..."
I could hear the sounds of people discussing this all around me, though it wasnât strange since this was the biggest incident that had happened in this place in a long time.
It would be strange if the people of this town werenât all talking about it.
Especially since it was a matter that affected a noble.
The day after that night, the prime minister moved quickly as he arrested Baron Greve and confiscated all of his assets. But he didnât stop at just this, he even arrested all of the conspirators that had worked with Baron Greve during this time.
It wasnât just the Orca Gang alone that had been listening to Baron Greve.
He had made sure to bring several other organizations under him since he knew that it was best to spread things out. By spreading things out, it would be harder to track all of these things back to him.
But thanks to the knights that I had captured, the prime minister was able to find all of the people that were involved.
Though even without those knights, I was certain that he would have been able to find these people just with his own intelligence network. It would have just taken him a bit more time and a bit more effort.
That was the kind of competent person that he was.
Once they had arrested everyone, they had even announced everything that Baron Greve had done and announced his public execution along with all those that were involved.
It seemed that as a sign of respect, they hadnât put Ameliaâs husband on the list of those that would be publicly executed.
Though that didnât mean that he escaped punishment.
To make sure that there were no loose ends, he was still sentenced to death.
It turned out that he had done far more than just rack up gambling debts.
During the time that he had been taking more and more debts, he had actually been doing things for the Orca Gang.
The Orca Gang was no law abiding group to begin with, so the things that Ameliaâs husband had been doing werenât things that were considered lawful.
As such, he was given the death sentence as well.
"So who is going to become our new lord? Have you heard anything?"
Though it was a large deal that a noble was executed, it wasnât as if it was that big of a deal for the commoners. After all, the nobles were just too far removed from them in the first place that they didnât really think about the nobles in the first place.
The only thing that mattered to them was how this would affect their lives.
They didnât really care about the things that Baron Greve had done.
Well, there were some that did care and showed up for the execution to witness his death for himself. They were the people that had been directly affected by the actions of Baron Greve.
He was someone that loved money and women, so he was someone that had committed quite a few crimes. Especially when beautiful women were involved, he did things that he really shouldnât have done.
So those that showed up cheered when he was punished.
The rest of the population only cared about how the new noble would treat them in terms of taxes and such.
Life moved on even though there was this major thing that happened.
But in the end, it could be said that everything was wrapped up properly since there was nothing left to handle.
Or at least there was nothing big that was left to handle.
The main reason that I had done all of this was because I needed a cover for my real intentions. Now that all of this was done, it was finally time to talk to the person that I had wanted to talk to all along.
Even though she had been involved in the incident, Amelia didnât actually let it affect her and she opened her inn the next day. Though judging by how things went, it seemed like she was forcing herself to work.
I didnât actually talk to her since she was focused on drowning out those feelings with work. But today, she had said that she wanted to talk to me about this incident and how she would keep going.
The first thing that was said when I entered the room was...
"Thank you for saving my mom." Olivia was the one that said this while bowing her head 90 degrees.
I was certainly caught off guard seeing her act this way, but I said, "Thereâs no need for that."
She looked back up at me with a complicated look, but eventually she said, "No, you saved her, that is a fact. While it meant that you had to save her from my dad, that doesnât change that fact still."
I was surprised once more by how mature she was, but I already had a feeling that this would be the case. After all, she was someone that was mature for her age in the game, so it wouldnât be strange if she was mature for her age in this world based on the game.
Once she was done thanking me, Amelia asked, "What are you planning to do now?"
I didnât respond right away, but eventually I said, "I actually wanted to take you two with me."
Both Olivia and Amelia were caught off guard when they heard this, but Olivia reacted first as she said with an excited voice, "Really? Youâre interested in my mom?"
Ameliaâs face turned red when she heard this and she looked away as if she was embarrassed, but I could see her sneaking peeks at me.
With a cough, I said, "This is a misunderstanding. Thereâs something I must discuss with you before you make your decision."