Chapter 46: Mayor Sebastian's future

Eventually, Mayor Sebastian stopped laughing hysterically as he realized that there are a lot of people around them right now. He started fixing himself to look dignified and fit to his status as a Mayor.

With a look on his face as if nothing had just happened, Mayor Sebastian raised his hand and cliched it into a fist, "From this day on, we have succeeded in one of our greatest mission of finding the assassin who killed my beloved wife,"

"While this might not have avenged the lives of our comrades that were lost during the search for this person. But from this moment forth, I promise that there would no longer be any meaningless sacrifices due to this man!" Mayor Sebastian pointed towards the assassin.

With a wave of his hand, a sword appeared in the hand of Mayor Sebastian.

"A Storage Ring, how cliché," Kayn muttered jokingly. This was basically a once-novel item that doesn't need that much explaining to do since it appeared in almost all stories back when the 'Tower' still didn't exist on Earth.

Mayor Sebastian looked at the thin old man who is continuously coughing out blood from his mouth with no tinge of mercy nor sympathy to be seen on his face.

"You knew that this day would eventually come to you once I find where you are hiding, right?"

"I.. know.." The assassin replied with difficulty. As if accepting his fate, he decided to lie comfortably on the ground and stared at the sky.

"Do you regret doing what you did in the past?"

"I.. don't.. cough!" After all, he is an assassin. If every single time he kills someone he starts regretting afterward, then he won't ever be fit to become an assassin. "Though.. if there is something I regretted, that is accepting the mission to kill your family.."

"What do you mean?!" Mayor Sebastian was instantly shocked at the revelation.

"I.. was merely a pawn to make one of the powerful pieces on the table move.."

Mayor Sebastian immediately understood what the assassin meant with his words.

"I've.. left something to someone that will surely help you find the person who ordered me to kill your wife.. It might not be enough to pay for the sin I had done to you.. but it should be more than enough to redeem my sins to the world.."

After saying those last words, the assassin finally took his last breath.

As he was rendered in disbelief at the unexpected revelation of the assassin, Mayor Sebastian forgot his intention of cutting the assassin's head off. In the end, the assassin passed away peacefully.

However, Mayor Sebastian wasn't angry nor did he feel regret about his choice. The information that the assassin had revealed to him was more than enough to give the assassin a peaceful death.

"So that's how it was," Kayn thought to himself.

If it was anyone else listening to the conversation between Mayor Sebastian and the assassin right now, then they won't be able to understand the content due to the lack of enough context. However, he understood it clearly well, as he has already seen the ending of Mayor Sebastian.

'How the mighty have fallen!'

Those were the five-letter words that appeared on many news outlets around the globe, especially all over the Dragon Beasts Republic, after Mayor Sebastian died in the hands of an Emperor of Sword that would come to replace him in the future.

The reason why that happened was that a few years from now, after Mayor Sebastian found the assassin who killed his wife, another assassin unexpectedly came and took the life of his daughter, Selina, away from him. Of course, Selina clearly didn't die.

Kayn doesn't know the reason yet why Selina didn't reveal to her father that she was alive. But it most likely has to do with the mission that Natas has told him about.

After those strings of unfortunate events, it is only natural for Mayor Sebastian to turn to the dark side and abandon the life of a Hero to become a Villain. He turned crazy and insane, thus his title changed and he became the 'Crazy Swordman'.

Regardless, that isn't important anymore right now since all of those are going to change in the third life. In fact, he had already begun with the change.

All that he is trying to say is, this event is evidently related to the unfortunate ending of Mayor Sebastian. The person who ordered the death of his family and the assassin are both key individuals to the fate of Mayor Sebastian.

"Everyone, dismiss!" Mayor Sebastian ordered his men to get back to their position.historical

Hearing this, all guards didn't hesitate to vacate the place.

After confirming that all the guards have left, Mayor Sebastian turn to look at Kayn and said, "We have something important to talk about after we take our breakfast," Then, he changed his gaze to Selina and Leah, "As for you two, you have to continue with the mission you didn't complete yesterday. Don't think that I would let you help Kayn!"

"Understood, Mayor Sebastian," He already expected that this would happen. After all, this was the consequence of revealing the assassin with no clear evidence to prove his claim.

"Yes, father," Selina nodded her head before turning to look at Kayn strangely.

"But, how..?" Leah still can't believe what just happened. She was so confident back then that Kayn is going to be in big trouble once he is proven wrong. And she was already preparing herself on how she should resolve the situation once that happened. She looked at Selina and said, "Your boyfriend is truly unlike all of those guys at your Guild. Just when would I find someone like yours?"

"You can't, since he is the only one, and unfortunately for you, he is mine," Selina playfully let her tongue out in response before quickly interlocking her arm to Kayn's shoulder and walking alongside him.

"You.." Leah felt aggravated at Selina. "Now you're completely ignoring?! Let's see about that later, you pesky kid!"

Selina still ignored Leah as she focuses her attention on Kayn and notices that he is wearing a serious look on his face.

"Is there any problem, Kayn?"

"Nothing," Kayn could make up a lie. Albeit he knows that Selina won't believe him.

"Okay.." Selina pouted.

"Don't worry, I got this," There was no use in getting scared now since he had already done it. Whatever is going to happen next, he would deal with it to the best of his ability.

"Just where the heck is Natas?!" Kayn thought to himself. This is the type of situation where Natas is required the most. Yet there's no sign of the latter until now. He can't help but be worried that something bad had happened to Natas.

....

After eating breakfast, Kayn was immediately ordered by the butler of the Mayor's Mansion to go to Mayor Sebastian who is in his study room to discuss the important matter relating to the assassin.

Selina and Leah had to also immediately leave for the Twilight Forest to finish their mission, so he doesn't have any excuse to delay. Hence, he had no other choice but to comply.

As he was walking down the hallway to the study room — which felt strangely long, his mind was already preparing multiple excuses for whatever question Mayor Sebastian is going to throw at him.

"We are here," The butler informed Kayn as he opened the door of the study room.

As Kayn entered the study room, he was straight away shocked by the scene in front of him.

Inside the study room, Mayor Sebastian is sitting on a sofa with a chessboard in front of him. He is currently playing solo chess, which is one of the best ways to find one's weaknesses and allow one to become quicker at noticing patterns.

For ignorant people, playing solo chess might not be useful to anything other than the game of chess. But if one actually replaces the chess pieces in their mind with something else, or perhaps with someone else, then that's where the real fun part begins.

Just by looking at the chessboard, Kayn could already guess that Mayor Sebastian is imagining himself playing against the person who ordered the assassin previously to kill his family. That person did say that he was nothing more than a pawn to make one of the powerful pieces in the board move.

Although that wasn't what shocked Kayn.

A few tens of meters to the side, a place where a bunch of book racks is located, he finally found Natas who has been missing all this time. The latter is currently swiping on a big tablet that is mounted on a table.

As he entered the room, Natas evidently notices him as he uses his hand to signal him not to turn in his direction for long. He could already guess that it was so that Mayor Sebastian won't notice him.

"If I was one of the special chess pieces on the table, what do you think I would be?" Mayor Sebastian asked with his focus still on the chessboard. He has already noticed Kayn the moment the latter was in front of the door of his study room.

"A rook!"

"Why?"

"Because a rook only moves in a straight line. As a swordsman, if there's anyone hindering your path, your first choice would be to charge in a straight line to that person with your sword in your hand,"

"Fair enough," Mayor Sebastian motioned his hand on the opposite sofa, "Have a seat,"

As Kayn walks towards the sofa, he can't help but feel curious at why Mayor Sebastian choose to ask that question first. Luckily for him, he knows a lot about being a swordsman as he is a swordsman himself.

Unlike the other Heroes, a swordsman always moves in a direct and straight manner. That's because they care a lot about their reputation and honor. They even follow the chivalry code very strictly and anyone found not doing so has a high chance of being labeled a Villain. They are one of the most courageous, inflexible, and uncompromising types of Heroes. And that's the main reason why he believes that Mayor Sebastian is the rook piece in the chessboard.