Come to another world and become a lord

Watching Henry finish his drink, Morton gently put down his raised glass and said:

"There's just one more problem."

"Hmm?" Henry raised his head and looked at the earl curiously.

Morton continued:

"The way you handled it is certainly good, but there is still one problem that cannot be solved."

"What do you mean, my Lord?" Henry asked curiously.

Morton looked at him without emotion, and then said word by word:

"That is, how to calm my anger?"

"What?" Henry looked at Morton in disbelief.

But I heard Morton say again:

"He cheated my soldiers, my food, my money, and colluded with Prime Minister Aaron to cheat me. And now, not only has he not received any retribution, but he is also marrying your daughter? In the future, his son will have two baronies at the same time! How can I swallow this?"

"But sir... this is also beneficial to you. In the future, his son will become your vassal..."

Henry tried to explain, but was interrupted again by Morton.

"It wasn't me!" Morton yelled, "I might have been dead by then~"

He paused, looked around slightly, sighed deeply and continued:

"Yes, I want Rickburg, but not after a hundred years. That's too long. I want it now, while I'm still alive, and your method can't do that."

After hearing Morton's words, Henry's expression became nervous, and he hurriedly shouted:

"My lord, you don't want to attack Rickburg? That is the strongest fortress in the kingdom. It is impossible to take it down with our strength alone! Moreover, once we mobilize our troops, His Majesty the King..."

"Don't mention the king to me!" Morton roared, "This is the North's own business, he has no right to interfere! He shamelessly came to the North to build this castle and occupied such a large piece of land! Because he was the king, I couldn't do anything. Now a serf has become the lord, so I can't do anything? That piece of land was originally mine!"

"Sir Henry, you are such a fool. Why do you want to make the adults angry?" Snow on the side suddenly said.

"What?" Henry looked at him in surprise.

He saw Snow turn to Morton after talking to him and say:

"Lord Morton, too. Why get angry with the dead?"

Dead? What does that mean? When Henry heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a sense of uneasiness rose faintly.

"That's right~" Morton regained his composure at this time. He fiddled with the wine glass in his hand absentmindedly, and then said calmly, "You are already a dying man. What's the point of me telling you all this?"

A dying man? Henry was about to ask what was going on when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He looked at Morton in horror, and then he noticed a detail: Morton didn't drink, and Snow didn't drink either. Only he drank the glass of wine.

"The wine is poisonous!"

The pain in his abdomen became more and more intense. He couldn't bear it anymore and fell to his knees on the ground.

Morton slowly stood up from his seat and looked down at him with contempt in his eyes:

"Don't blame me, Henry. You betrayed me first. You openly colluded with my enemies in Potter Village. After doing such a thing, did you really think I would let you live like this?"

Then, his eyes suddenly became fierce:

"Any traitor must die!"

Henry no longer cared about what Morton was saying. He used up his last bit of strength to crawl towards the door. Various memories kept popping up in his mind. Selena, Carl, especially Selena, his daughter. What would she do if he was gone? Then his memory suddenly froze on Iren. He suddenly remembered that he met Iren on the way here. When Iren saw him, he was surprised and weird. When he was asked what he was doing, he just said that Morton asked him for something. Now it seems that everything is connected.

Aeron had told his nephew William to protect him well. He was hinting at this. He had given himself a hint at the beginning, but unfortunately he hadn't noticed it at all. William, yes, his own nephew, wasn't William still here? This was the only thing to be thankful for, at least he had him with him!

"William, William!" he called out with all his remaining strength.

"Yes, uncle." William, still wearing the silver-white knight armor and carrying a sword, strode towards him.

Fortunately, there was William. He tried to stay awake and told the boy:

"I've been poisoned. Hurry, you must catch Morton immediately and don't let him escape! Our lives depend on you!"

William nodded, then drew the sword from his waist, and then just stood there motionless, looking at Henry on the ground.

"Hurry up~ Don't let him run away, it will be too late~" Henry said weakly again.

"Yes, uncle."

William nodded again, then he suddenly stretched out a hand and pulled Henry up. The moment Henry stood up, the other hand holding the sword stabbed over and pierced Henry's chest!

At this moment, Henry's eyes widened, and he looked at William in disbelief, at his nephew whom he had raised since childhood:

"Why, why do you do this..."

"Why? You should ask yourself why you want to marry your cousin to a serf like Karl?" William replied expressionlessly.

"Just... just for this?" Blood continued to flow out of his mouth and nose, and Henry could no longer breathe smoothly. William just pushed him lightly, and he fell to the ground.

"If I don't do this, how can I marry my cousin and inherit the Greven Valley? Don't worry, I will take good care of Selena, and she will become a qualified wife~"

Selena, daughter, run, there is danger... Karl... Henry fell down, and the light in his eyes gradually disappeared.

He died. Even after death, his eyes were still staring at William, which made him shudder. He unconsciously moved to the side, then bowed and said to Morton:

"My Lord Earl, the traitor has been killed!"

"Idiot! You stabbed him to death! In my banquet hall!" Morton suddenly cursed, scaring William so much that he stepped back.

Then he continued to curse:

"He's been poisoned. He's dead! Do you understand? How can there be a fool like you?"

"But, but I also did this for..." William defended himself somewhat aggrievedly.

"For shit!" Before he could finish, Morton cursed again, "Now he has a sword wound! How are we going to explain this wound when the time comes?"

"Well, what should we do now?" William asked tremblingly.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Morton yelled, "Why don't you get out? You idiot!"

Amidst the cursing, William left the hall in disgrace. Morton sat back in his chair in annoyance. He glanced at Henry's body on the ground, then held his forehead with his hand in annoyance.

After a while, he raised his head again and asked Snow beside him:

"What to do now?"

Snow touched his chin and said thoughtfully:

"The most important thing now is that we can't let Greyburg know that Henry is dead. If his knights knew the truth, they would definitely support his daughter and oppose us... My suggestion is to find a closed carriage, put the body in it, and tell the public that Henry is unwell and has contracted a disease and needs to return early. Then give William a pair of men and let him take the body back, take Greyburg down while it's not prepared, and then control Selena. When the overall situation is settled, those people won't be able to cause any trouble."

"Okay, let's do as you say." Morton sighed helplessly, "That idiot William, if it weren't for his position in the succession line of Greyburg, I really want to chop him to pieces!"

"Idiots also have their advantages. They are easier to control." Snow said as he went out.