(Not) a Preferred Son-in-Law

70. Aurelia's Plan

"Have you prepared the execution site?" Laksono asked a man who had just come out of the warehouse.

"Yes, Sir. It's ready to use," the man replied.

Laksono nodded and gestured to two bodyguards to bring Hanamura inside. Hanamura could only stare when he got inside and saw what was there.

In the middle of the room was a bonfire with blazing flames. Then above the bonfire, only about one meter above it, hung a very large rope. A chicken that was not very big seemed to be tied to the rope, occasionally struggling because of the heat.

Sadistic. That sentence immediately came to Hanamura's mind when he saw what those people had done.

Then there was a table near the campfire, on which lay a long sword that Hanamura usually called a samurai. Hanamura wondered, what was the samurai for? Was it to cut the chicken? Or to hurt himself?

Really, Hanamura felt very scared. He could imagine what it would be like if he were tied there, replacing the chicken. It must have been very hot, until the