The Lord-Wife

He contemplated things for a moment, and the expression on his face was weird, filled with new reality and acceptance of the world traditions. His marriage with Lilith was an arranged marriage; his parents paid a certain amount of money to Lilith's parents and they got married together. What made it even more absurd was that there was no wedding, banquet, or special event, it was just an exchange of a few silver coins and a girl. 

Samael's expression became a bit of a pitiful gaze towards the girl, the world where he came from was not the best place, but even the poor could hold a small wedding normally, but in this world, the village certainly did not adhere to community culture, and only gathered when profits were involved.

"No community culture, not good social circle, only aligning strictly for benefits, this sounds as if people are trying to survive here specifically and are strangers to each other."As he continued to observe and compare his surroundings, it became increasingly clear that this village was far from traditional.

"So either they have been forced to live together due to certain circumstances or people are not really accustomed to any culture, but that shouldn't be it, the first option seems to be more reasonable."

He looked at Lilith, who was humming some folk tunes, and sighed, "I can not really leave this poor girl and explore things on my own, even though, she is the wife of my predecessor, but I can't take benefits of his own body and leave his responsibilities."

Though he has not fully adjusted to this new situation, he still has a sense of understanding and a keen sense of perspective. If you don't balance power with liability, you will always end up in a bad spot, that was true in the previous world, and it might even create more trouble in this new one.

"Dinner is ready, Samael!" Lilith spoke happily and put a blue carpet on the clean ground, and two small sheets were placed on the ground, which held the two plates filled with flavourful meals.

"Looks delicious!" Samael smiled, slowly sitting on the carpet with Lilith, and began to munch on the food with a wooden spoon and a sharp metal knife. 

"Right? I mixed some garlic and added the lemons peels in the pot given by Lord-Wife" Her expression was full of satisfaction and pride, like a kid who was happy with the food she prepared.

"That's amazing, and Lord -Wife gave you some lemon peels? What's the occasion, hmm?" Samael looked amused, he did not know any Lord -Wife to be honest, but he still asked to show his interest in her conversation.

Lilith looked surprised for a moment, but then went ahead, "I have been doing some good chores for her, and nowadays, she praises me a lot, I don't know the reason."

Samael kept smiling, but his inner alertness was raised to the extreme, he was a war veteran in his last life, so his suspicious and cautious nature made him frown internally. 

"Oh, tell me more, what do you do there? and how did you even meet Lord- Wife, ain't ya lucky one?" Samael chuckled, as he dug into the food.

"So it went like this, I was working in the house of Master of stable, and mending clothes for the godown, and I found a woman was smiling at me, I was creeped for a moment" Lilith tried to laugh, but accidentally she got choked, and Samael quickly gave poured water in her mouth, preventing any accident.

"Take it slow, and don't eat while talking, understood?" Samael spoke in an authoritative tone, similar to his predecessor.

Lilith squeaked a bit and spoke in embarrassment, "Sorry hehe, After I looked at Miss Lord-Wife, she came to me and praised me saying that she saw my hard work and was very pleased."

"Certainly, you're a diligent one, she is right." Samael chuckled and kept eating alongside her.

"You're eating like Master Stable, did you learn his ways?" Lilith looked at him as eating slowly and using fork and spoons differently. She was scooping the meat soup, while Samael ate the steak like his previous life.

"I did not imitate him, he might have learnt from me," Samael was amused once again, thinking that peasants and owners were very different, the peasant rather focused on finishing meals quickly, while owners of lands were much more refined in their manners.

"As If!" Lilith rolled her eyes, and made a funny face, looking at the boast of Samael. After some time, both finished their dinner, Lilith went to wash utensils, whereas, Samael wrapped the carpet and sheet. 

After making bed, he went into the small washroom, cleaned his body, put the relaxing intact old clothes from the hanger, and lay on the bed.

"I will check the system details after Lilith falls asleep, I will inquire more from the system and have to get more energy to cultivate." There was a sense of premonition in his heart, towards this lord wife Lilith talked about.

He closed his eyes for a moment, and then a scene appeared before his vision.

In the dark black moon, there stood a huge tree, with withered branches. On a big branch, there hung a huge rope of 8m, and at the end of it, a figure swayed right and left, with his legs and arms cut. On his face, a long distinct red mark was placed, while blood continuously poured out from his heart on the ground.

The cold wind howled outside of the house, waking Samael from the specific scene, there was a drop of liquid on his forehead, and a rapid breathing sound filled the room. He could not believe what he saw in his vision, the man who was hanging from the tree, was himself, hanged to death, with his heart out open, pouring blood.

He punched himself in the chest, and let out a muffled groan, controlling his fear and shakiness of body. Even though everything seemed strange and felt so real, the panic was not going to do anything to help the situation. 

"There is a big chance that this will happen, my instinct never lies, and now I have visions, one might say that this might be due to overthinking, but this is another world, nightmares might become reality next second."

His gaze was pensive now, stoicness of his nature was revealed at full momentum, with no expression, he understood that this matter was related to Lord -Wife, otherwise while thinking about her, such things would not appear out of nothingness.

Then his face contorted a bit and he spoke in anger, murmuring to himself "Good, Since Lord Wife might be the culprit of this matter, I will not be lenient towards anyone related to her."

He was terrified in his heart, such cruelty and creepiness were discomforting to his inner soul. What he felt more than fear was humiliation, there was a sense of egoistical nature which was brewing inside of him, causing him to feel anger.