How about I bring my wife back for a couple of days?
Hearing that, Beta was so surprised that he could no longer maintain his poker face. He couldn't help but frown and ask, "That's not necessary, is it? What you said a few days ago was just a ploy."
"But I need to maintain this ploy," Cleveland said calmly. Cleveland said calmly, "You also said that there is a powerful force behind the City Lord. You should know that the mayor is just a puppet that we pushed up, but he's secretly created such a force that's beyond our control. I don't think the Doyle family can take it on alone. I have to work with other families, but that will take time. Also, if you come and do nothing, you'll definitely alert the enemy. "
Beta, however, shook his head. "I've already killed the bishop and the deputy bishop of the Church of Love. I think the mayor already knows the news."
"He only knows that you killed the people of the Church of Love, but he doesn't know that we're allies," Cleveland said casually. Cleveland said indifferently, "If you take my wife away from me, then he won't have any doubts. This way, you can buy a lot of time."
Beta quietly observed the man in front of him. After making sure that he wasn't joking, he couldn't help but ask, "Is it worth it?"
"The Dole family has come so far because of the sacrifices of our ancestors," Cleveland said matter-of-factly. "Besides, I'm not sending my wife to her death. I'm just staying at a friend's house for a few days. There's no reason that I can't do what my ancestors can do easily. "
Beta was speechless after hearing that. He didn't mean to criticize Cleveland's view. In the eyes of many family leaders in this world, many things could be abandoned for the sake of the family's interests and survival, such as ostensibly familial love and their own wives.
Beta could understand it, but he couldn't agree with it. He shook his head and said, "But in this way, I'll be known as a promiscuous wife and daughter."
"I don't think you care about that, sir." Cleveland smiled. "Besides, it's not entirely a bad reputation."
The nobles had a strange view on sex. On the one hand, they strongly supported the concept of chastity, but on the other hand, they were promiscuous in their private lives. To some extent, they would even praise it.
For example, if Beta took Cleveland's wife back and sent her back in one piece with a big gift, he wouldn't get any bad reputation. Instead, he would get a good reputation. The other nobles would think that Beta was a man of honor.
In the nobles' eyes, this kind of behavior was like "some man admired his wife and couldn't help but do something indecent, but he was still restrained."
If one were to steal someone's wife and never return her, then the nature of the matter would be different. One would only be despised by the entire noble class. Of course, when one's authority and strength were strong enough to ignore the gossip of others, one could be more casual. For example, some kings …
This kind of thing was very common among the nobles. Low-level nobles could use this method to quickly establish a relationship with high-ranking nobles. All they needed to do was give their wives a few days of 'ownership'. On the surface, this kind of thing would be discussed by the other nobles. They would think that this person was just a bastard who sold his wife's body.
Not everyone was willing to 'give' their wives away. Some people truly loved their wives, and many times they were willing to risk their lives for their wives and others. Therefore, this kind of thing was usually done in secret. It was rare to see someone so "high profile" as Cleveland did.
However, Cleveland's little trick could kill two birds with one stone. First, he would appear weak to the enemy. Second, he could strengthen his relationship with Beta.
Beta thought about it and agreed. Just as Cleveland said, he wasn't interested in other people's opinions. Most importantly, this was a good little trick. Beta just had to bring the other party's wife back to the hotel and stay there for a few days. He didn't have to do anything, and he would get 30% of the benefits.
Beta was short of money now. Although he could get 100% of the benefits if he did it himself, no matter which world he was in, it was always a taboo to monopolize everything.
Although 30% of the profits wasn't much, it wasn't a small amount either. Most importantly, the castellan was a puppet pushed out by the nobles of Harvey City. Everything he had was actually given to him by the nobles of Harvey City. If he really wanted to 'fall', it should be the people of Harvey City who did it, and the nobles of Harvey City who would benefit from it.
It was already good enough that Beta could get 30% of the benefits.
"In that case, I'll take your wife with me for now."
Beta didn't waste any more time. He walked out of the room and waved at the noblewoman who was still waiting outside. "Come with me."
The noblewoman blinked as if she had expected it. She pulled her daughter and walked forward, but before she took two steps, Beta said again, "You can do it alone. Your daughter doesn't need it."
The noblewoman's eyes glittered when she heard that. For a woman of her age, giving herself to a man for a few days was like being bitten by a dog at most. Moreover, the man before her was handsome, and she didn't have a bad impression of him. Her only worry was that her daughter would be traumatized by this.
But now that her daughter could stay out of it, it was already the best result for her. She even felt a little grateful to the young man before her.
Shirley was slightly surprised, but she didn't say anything. After all, she knew her position very well. She was just Beta's sheath … Also, the goddess didn't say that Beta's sheath could only be hers.
More importantly, Shirley didn't think that Beta would have any bad thoughts about this woman. After all, even a young girl like her, who was already extremely beautiful, couldn't make Beta fall in love, let alone this middle-aged woman.
Just then, a young man came down the stairs. It was the eldest son of the Dole family. When the noblewoman saw him, she said, "Take your sister back. I'll be back in a few days."
The young man glared at Beta. He was about to say something when the noblewoman said sternly, "Did you hear that? Take your sister back now. "
After all, he was a young man groomed by a noble family. He knew very well that his family would be destroyed if he resisted, which was why he only glared at Betta a few more times before leaving with the little girl, who had a blank look on her face.
Beta smiled and swaggered away with the middle-aged lady. Along the way, all the members of the Doyle family glared at him angrily. There was even shame in their eyes. They felt helpless. They couldn't even protect their matriarch. No matter what, the Doyle Family was one of the strongest families in Harvey City. They did not need to resort to such despicable means to strengthen their family's allies and strength. Therefore, to them, encountering such an incident would only bring them endless humiliation.
Beta took the middle-aged noblewoman out of the manor, got on a carriage, and returned to the inn.
Outside the inn, many people saw the matriarch of the Doyle family being taken to the inn.
No one dared to point fingers at him on the surface, but Beta knew that they would definitely criticize him for what he had seen. However, this was exactly the effect that Beta wanted.
After returning to his room, Beta sat on a chair and stretched.
The middle-aged noblewoman had mixed feelings. She was about to say something, but she disappeared from the room with a swish.
Shirley laughed when she saw that. "What, you threw her into the mystra's space without even asking for her name?"
"That's not necessary." Beta shook his head. "She'll be returned to the Dole family in a few days anyway. It's hard to see her again, so there's no need to know so much."
Shirley was secretly happy. Although she knew that Beta wouldn't be interested in such vulgar women, it was naturally a different feeling to hear it from her man.
After years of experience as a mayor in the game, Beta was quite used to being a leader, and he was more used to waiting.
Beta continued making magic scrolls. After all, there were still a lot of materials in the mystra's space. Also, making magic scrolls could not only bring him a certain amount of character EXP every day, but also enrich his magic library. It was killing two birds with one stone, so he naturally couldn't let it go.
While Beta sat on the sidelines, the next day, Harvey City began to become a mess. From time to time, groups of people ran by outside, shouting and killing, and from time to time, people tried to enter the hotel, but they were all stopped by Shirley alone.
Three days later, Cleveland arrived at the inn with several guards and four chests of gold coins.
As soon as he came in, he glanced around the room and didn't see his wife. He was frowning when he saw her appear in the room with a swish.
The noblewoman had been in the mystra's space for the past three days. Although a little maid would bring food in on time, she was a little tired after staying for a long time. She had asked the little maid to bring a message to Beta to let her out. Anyway, she was ready to give everything she had, but the little maid came in again and said that she would be released in three days.
Now that three days had passed, the other party had indeed released her. However, she hadn't expected that the first person she saw after coming out would be her husband. Although nothing had happened in the past three days, she didn't know why, but she felt a little guilty.
Cleveland looked at his wife and sighed in relief. Then he said, "Mr. Beta, according to our previous agreement, I've brought you thirty percent of the profits. Because there were too many odds and ends, we converted them all into gold coins, about four hundred of them. "
Beta was a little surprised, this number was beyond his expectation.