“Citizens of Honeywood town, I apologise for taking so long, but I have finally found the perfect replacement for me to become mayor of this town. As you have recently known, I have an illness, and my body cannot take much any longer. Despite my sickness, I will still continue supervising the place until necessary. Let us welcome, Owari Ryutarou, for becoming the mayor of the Honeywood town!”The crowd grew wild as Leonard called out for my name. It was still fun to hear these people chanting my existence, and that was the time where I realised I belonged at the stage.Mayor Leonard turned around and met my eyes. He then nudged his head and motioned his fingers, as if calling for my attention. “That’s your cue, Duke Owari. After this, you’re going to be the mayor of this town. And I live at the back of the municipal hall and occasionally visit you.”“Thank you, Leonard. I have prepared you a little gift before our departure. Please use it well.” I handed a pouch to the old man and gav
Tomorrow came and I still had some work to do. After becoming the mayor of the Honeywood town, all I needed to do was to sign these paperworks, formulate the list of plants needed to be planted, and other technicalities related to the town. It took me two hours to finish three days of work, especially with the help of my wife. But as soon as I was done for today, I went to the other room and met with the security system staff and the rest of the soldiers nearby. My wife couldn’t join the meeting as she had other things to attend to. Even though Elizabeth wasn’t present here, I could always tell her what would happen right after assembly. And knowing me, Elizabeth would have already guessed what would happen to the future of the Honeywood town.I didn’t include Leonard because he didn’t hold any power over the town or to the security system. And even though he would participate in this meeting, I doubted he could give something worth listening to.I made sure nobody was listening. And
Information was the most powerful weapon. Sometimes, it was branded as an illegal source of knowing your enemies. But in this generation, we had an occurring war where everything would be done if the two Kings and the soldiers deemed it necessary. I didn’t want to resolve this kind of path, but… we were up against pirates. And there was nothing else I could get information from besides these illegal traitors of the world.“Are you sure about that, Owari? I think I should come with you,” Elizabeth suggested, and held my hand. “I don’t want to see you there… facing their traps when you can avoid them, right?”I answered, “This is the only way. And besides, you’re pregnant. The last thing I want you to do is to join me into a fight… I may be an asshole, but I dislike the idea of you entering a battlefield with our child inside you. And you’re just going to drag me down during a fight. It is unreasonable to let a pregnant woman fight. That’s a disadvantage for the two of us. Let me protec
The mysterious man wore a dark hazel coat and clothing belonging to a mixture of what the merchants and adventurers sported. He had multiple pockets in his jacket. And if I tried squinting my eyes and looking inside, there were scabbards resting in his hips. One swipe of his dagger hidden behind his cloak could end an adventurer's life within a flash if they are not careful. It was a cheap trick. But in this line of work, the information broker must be ready to protect himself, since they were basically selling information for an expensive price… at the cost of their lives.“Are you the information broker I have paid for?” I asked, and finally turned my face towards him.The information broker didn’t answer. He instead trundled towards me as if I was some sort of boar and he was a tiger in the woods. Little did this man know that I was a predator myself, and I would not hesitate to protect myself and kill whoever was in front of me or harming my loved ones.The mysterious man let out
“For starters, you are correct, Mister Client. We will charge you based on our expertise and the way we came up with the answer. There are a bunch of ways we can charge you with the information, but due to the fact that this is under the blackmarket stature, we are not eligible to narrate it for you… It is just our courtesy to request for your money and give you what we think you need. Although we do not have the full price list, we will make sure whatever we have is fair for the client… especially the well-versed one, Mister Client.”“Give me your question, and I will gauge how much money that will cost you,” the information broker added.I believed this person knew exactly my identity, but refused to call me by my name or title. I wondered if that was just a protocol or etiquette for the information broker, but I assumed it was the latter. Apparently, the mysterious data agent was done with his speech. And just like what he had mentioned, the information broker couldn’t show me the
“What is your last question then?” “My last question is… what kind of prowess do the two captains of the pirates have? What do I have to expect when I fight these two captains, specifically Captain Blackbeard and Captain Israel? I am confident with my abilities, but it would be really great to know what kind of skills these two leaders possess. Are their mages? What kind of weapons do they use? And what are their strengths and weaknesses?”Even though I hadn’t come face to face with the captains, I wanted to make sure I would win the battle. Just like what I had told the information broker, I was pretty confident with my abilities. But I wasn’t arrogant. It wouldn’t hurt just to know what kind of battle techniques these captains had within themI could’ve asked what is the battle prowess of those following under the two captains, but it seemed that would be a waste of time. Even after knowing their skills, I didn’t think they would be enough to stop my soldiers. Besides, we also had
I returned to my abode and spotted my wife inside, still on the table, waiting for me to return. Although she was asleep, Elizabeth kept fighting her drowsiness. But in the end, her sleepiness prevailed, which ended her up dozing off on the table, which I didn’t mind. This also had happened before. But instead of waking her up, I carried her back to the bedroom, making it extra careful about how I should handle her, and slept beside her. The night ended within a flash as I rejuvenated the lost strength I had within me. By the time I woke up, the routine commenced. And the workload never seemed to decrease. Now that I had become the mayor of this town, things became more difficult than before. I had to deal with other people and their livelihood. I wasn’t against the idea, but I also wanted to progress on my research on nuclear power and other medicines created from herbs and other fungi. Although my time schedule was impeccable, it seemed that I was gaining less time to do things I
The fateful day finally came, and tomorrow or this week would be the day Elizabeth would deliver our baby. There were signs of contraction, which indicated that Elizabeth would be in labour soon. And as I guided my wife through the bedroom, I made sure the municipal hall was fully secured with all the security system staff surrounding the place and adventurers roaming around the town. Speaking of protection, the scouts, which were the ninja organisation, found out that the pirates appeared a week ago. They hadn’t done any move just yet. Their sails just floated on the ocean, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. The guards and other security system personnel asked if it was wise to attack them from afar, but I shook my head and told them that wasn’t the right play. Those pirates should be the ones to attack us, not the other way around. Although we were in a war right now, it would be better for them to do as they pleased, since they were the bandits of the ocean, and we wer