Chapter 118 Reshape.

The news had spread across the Republic of Cruen about the death of the mayor's children, wife, and mistress. Everyone mourned and paid him a visit to Eddenvilla, but unfortunately, the shock and grief made the mayor lose his mind. He had become a madman to the point that he threw all his gold coins away as if trying to bargain with death. Everyone attended the burial of his family and his only daughter was being taken care of by a close relative. Although everyone knew how corrupt and greedy he was, they didn't think he deserved such a tragedy. They felt bad, but at the same time knew what was coming to him for his own evil deeds. The parliament immediately discussed the matter and chose a new candidate to become the next mayor of Eddenvilla. Usually, the vice mayor would become the next mayor, but knowing the vice mayor also took the bribery, he stepped down from his position. They thought it would be easy to find a candidate, but they didn't expect anybody to take the position after they knew the reason behind the murder of the Carns family. Most of the candidates were terrified and declined the position until they finally found one candidate who took the position. "Nikko Clifford is the new mayor of Eddenvilla," Carrion said as he played with his food. "He's with the opposition party against Esteban and his people, so he's a good guy..." he added. Carrion had been avoiding Rasmus in the past few days after the confrontation that he did. He was still in denial about the whole murder of the mayor's family but at the same time, he felt like a hypocrite. He was morally in a dilemma and didn't know how to feel or what he should do in the situation. "How good?" Rasmus asked as he ate his breakfast. "Why?" Carrion looked at Rasmus with a nervous look. "His life depends on your answer," Rasmus answered, staring back at Carrion. "If he's a strict person who upholds justice and righteousness, I wouldn't bother to get rid of him because I need someone like him," he pointed out. "Yeah, he's someone who holds on to his ideology. He's not someone who can be easily swayed by money or power. He's a pain in the ass for Esteban and his people," Carrion nodded as he looked down, relieved that Rasmus wasn't planning to kill the next mayor. "Any news about Edymur?" Rasmus took a sip of his tea. "I heard that he's being taken to the rehabilitation facility," Carrion answered as he began to eat his food. "He's a dead man. They're going to kill him, cutting the tail because he knows too much," Rasmus pointed out as he got up. "In that kind of state, people tend to tell the whole truth since they have no reason to hide or live anymore. He's a drowning man, and he will drag everyone he can to drown with him." Carrion knew that already and he believed that would be the case as well since he wasn't stupid. He knew Esteban would get rid of Edymur because he knew too much and if it got revealed, the Republic of Cruen would be in complete chaos. He knew one thing about Rasmus, and that was he didn't plan to bring chaos to the nation. He wanted to control it without breaking it like a master of the art to preserve an old broken painting back to its beautiful and original self. A few days later, Nikko Clifford was appointed as the mayor of Eddenvilla and brought his whole family to the mansion. People were surprised that he brought his whole family to the same place where the murder happened. Rasmus on the other hand found it the right thing to do knowing he could protect his family there rather than in the capital city knowing Esteban and his people were in the capital city. Eduard was sent by Rasmus to meet with the mayor, dealing with the heavy taxes that Edymur placed on his trading business. He had experience with people and knew their personalities from the conversation alone. He was surprised by how understanding and strict Nikko was when it came to business and taxes. Nikko revealed his personality and knew the whole situation in Eddenvilla, especially at the port. He was grateful for having Eduard in the business because it made both Vivelda and Urion lose their power and couldn't monopolize the market anymore. But he also didn't like how cheap the items were because it would crash the value of those items, especially for farmers who produced those goods. Eduard had no problem with that because it helped Rasmus if the prices were decided by the mayor himself. It didn't matter if Vivelda and Urion could compete because their reputations had been destroyed and no merchants or customers wanted to do business with them anymore. Not to mention Rasmus held shares in the other trading and shipping companies, from 30% up to 50%. It benefitted Rasmus the most with this new regulation. Once Rasmus heard about Nikko from Eduard, he had no issue and there would be no future for the Vivelda and the Urion companies in Eddenvilla. The mayor was fair and strict which made them harder to compete, and they had lost power in the city. "The issue has been solved and it will be smooth sailing from here and out," Eduard said to Rasmus. "Good, so I don't have to get down there to deal with it anymore," Rasmus nodded. Eduard nodded in agreement and then the silence became awkward for him. seaʀᴄh thё novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "You're not going to ask anything? About why I did that?" Rasmus looked at Eduard with a stoic expression. "I know you and I know your principle," Eduard shook his head. "The less I know, the less trouble that comes to me. I don't want to know nor I'm curious about it," he added. "Good," Rasmus smiled coldly as he rested his head on his fist. It wasn't just Eduard who didn't want to know the reason behind the murder of Edymur's family. Erlina also didn't want to partake in it or want to know about it because she knew how Rasmus dealt with problems. She didn't want to put herself in a sea of emotions that didn't do any good to herself. "You're doing great, so keep it that way," Rasmus said as he opened the drawer on the desk. "I'm going to deal with Esteban and his people," he put the letters and documents on the desk. Eduard looked at the letters and documents that looked old. He could see seals that belonged to some families. He knew those letters and documents weren't for Rasmus, those were documents and letters that Rasmus stole from the mansion that night. Those letters and documents were filled with evidence of the bribery and corruption that Edymur did and the people behind him. Rasmus knew that Esteban and his people had come to Eddenvilla to retrieve those documents and letters, but unfortunately Rasmus had stolen them. "You're going to send this to whom? Nikko?" Eduard looked at Rasmus. "No, that would be too suspicious and endanger him for something unnecessary. Just because he upholds justice, he doesn't have the power to protect the people he loves," Rasmus shook his head and tidy up the documents and letters. "I'll let Carrion read this first, I need him to see the world as it is, not through his moral." "He's that important, isn't he?" Eduard watched Rasmus put the documents and letters into a box. "You can say that," Rasmus scoffed as he nodded. "Or maybe I just want to make him a perfect weapon, something that I can grasp comfortably," he smirked. Eduard felt a chill down his spine when he heard those words from Rasmus's mouth. It kept reminding him how dangerous Rasmus was, but somehow he felt relieved and comforted under his wings. He didn't know what it was, but he knew for sure that it would be better to follow Rasmus and do what he was told. "By the way, Videl didn't tell me where he went. Do you know where is he going?" Eduard asked, changing the topic. "He's going on a journey..." Rasmus looked outside the window. "It has been a week, he should be there by now, or perhaps learn something there," he muttered.