The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 44: Finding the assassin part 1

"Come, come, come! Take a seat, breakfast is about to be served!" Mayor Sebastian motioned his hand for both Kayn and Selina to sit to his left side.

Kayn nodded his head respectfully before walking to his seat along with Selina.

Selina sat at the chair to the left side of her father, whereas Kayn sat beside her.

"So, are you feeling alright now?" Mayor Sebastian expressed his worry. Yesterday, he felt slightly alarmed the moment he heard a report from Leah that Kayn lost consciousness for a still unknown reason. Without wasting any time, he quickly sent some medical personnel and support to their location to check on his son-in-law's condition. Fortunately, the cause wasn't that bad. Though Kayn received some broken ribs, it was something that the medical personnel he had sent could easily fix, thus the problem was solved on the spot.

"Just feeling a bit tired,"

"Next time, make sure not to overpush yourself,"

"If it wasn't for that…" At this moment, Kayn instantly remembered something — the Entry Crystal. He started searching through his clothes, but then he realized that he was no longer wearing his uniform. Instantly, he started panicking as he can't help but assume that maybe, just maybe, he dropped it when he was trying to get as far away as possible from the corpse of the Flame Gorilla.

"Are you perhaps looking for this?"

Out of Kayn's expectations, Mayor Sebastian suddenly put the Entry Crystal on the table and pushed it close to him.

Realizing that Mayor Sebastian now knew of the real reason for his actions, albeit he wasn't planning to hide it from the start anyways, Kayn decided not to hide anything as he nodded his head and said, "Yes,"

"So, you did all of those just for an Entry Crystal? You could have just asked me for one," Mayor Sebastian shook his head, slightly disappointed at the reason why Kayn put his life on the line.

"Moreover, using an Entry Crystal to get inside the 'Tower' is not necessary for you. It would just be troublesome and a waste of time,"

Kayn could only let out a short smile after hearing Mayor Sebastian's words. If only the latter knew that he never really had any intention from the start to steal the Entry Crystal if it wasn't because of Natas' persuading him to do it.

Speaking about Natas…

Kayn briefly looked around his surrounding to try and find where Natas was. In the end, he did not discover the latter. Perhaps he is doing something important right now. Well, Natas has his own life and plans, so he'd just let him do whatever he wants.

However, there was something he wanted to know…

"By the way," Kayn turned to look at Selina. "How did you find me?"

He wanted to know what method Natas had used to ask for assistance from Selina and Leah.

"About that… I honestly don't know how to explain…" Selina was still confused about what exactly happened back then. Even after thinking about it for an entire night, she still found it hard to believe.

What happened was, while she and Leah were busy clearing out the groups of monsters gathered in the north, they both suddenly heard a voice. What's really strange was the voice seemed to be speaking so close to them, as in only a few inches away close from their respective ears.

They were instantly suspicious after hearing it, thinking that another Hero or something unknown was happening close to them at that moment. But their guard was all for naught as nothing happened even after ten or so minutes of waiting.

It was only after that that they finally realized what the voice was trying to say to them. It was kind of vague, but as they listened closely, they started understanding the words, "Kayn… Is… In… Great… Danger…"

She doesn't know who exactly was speaking at that time. But whoever that was, she is greatly thankful as she was able to save the man she loves because of that person.

"All I know was, I heard a voice. That's all,"

"Then I guess I have to find the owner of that voice and thank that man personally," Kayn purposely said in hopes of calling out to Natas. Yet, there was still no sign of the latter.

"Unfortunately, we didn't find that person. Even after searching with the help of the reinforcement, we didn't find any traces of someone else being close to us," Leah interrupted.

"I don't believe that there's someone we can't find," Kayn shook his head. His words carried an underlying meaning, which he hopes to open to the topic of the assassin who is currently hiding outside the Mayor's Mansion.

"If that is true, then I would have long found the assassin that killed my wife," Mayor Sebastian muttered with a slightly sorrowful tone in his voice.

"It's okay, father. We will eventually find that person," Selina quickly comforted her father.

"I'll do my best to find that person as soon as possible, Mayor Sebastian," Leah rest assured. After saying that, she shot a deadly look at Kayn for bringing up the topic. Kayn should be more than aware that Mayor Sebastian would become unhappy if ever someone mentions anything related to his wife.

Unbeknownst to Leah, that was what Kayn intended to achieve from the start.

"What if I told you I know where to find that person?" Kayn confidently claimed.

Earlier ago, he was still confused about what he should be doing so that Mayor Sebastian would listen to him. But then he realized just now that he would most unlikely believe him no matter what since he even can't find the assassin regardless of how many resources he had used, so what could an eighteen-year-old young man do that he can't?

So, he thought that he might as well make a bold claim and risk his relationship with Mayor Sebastian. Anyways, he is confident he would find that assassin, so there's seriously nothing for him to lose.

Instantly, the atmosphere in the dining room turned heavy.

Mayor Sebastian was still wearing a calm look on his face, but the aura he was releasing was drowning all of them. Both Kayn and Selina were already gasping for air to breathe, whereas Leah was trying her best to remain composed, too bad though her struggling expression ultimately betrayed her.

Despite the current situation, Kayn didn't express anything that would mean otherwise. He simply stared at Mayor Sebastian, waiting for the latter to stop.

Honestly, if this was the previous him, there's no way in hell that he would dare to do this, that's because he has a very good relationship with Mayor Sebastian. In other words, he cares about the people around him way too much. However, the current him doesn't. The only person he cares about in this room is Selina since she's the only person who helped him in his times of need and even offered her life for him.

If in the end, he'd offend Mayor Sebastian. Then it seems that's all there is to their relationship. It's not his fault that Mayor Sebastian did not consider his words even for just a single second, right?

After a few more seconds, the heavy atmosphere was finally steadily subsiding. Eventually, the aura that Mayor Sebastian was releasing completely disappeared.

Mayor Sebastian heaved a heavy sigh before he slowly turned to look at Kayn. The look in his eyes was a clear indication of how he felt — anger and displeasure.

For the first time ever, Mayor Sebastian felt those two emotions toward Kayn. But who won't? His son-in-law basically told him that he can't find the assassin who killed his wife. Any husband would get enraged no matter what if they hear someone say that to him. If it wasn't because of his good relationship with Kayn, then he would have long blasted the latter into pieces.

On second thought though, he is fully aware that it's close to impossible for him to find that assassin. Many years have already passed, and all of his efforts to look for that assassin have all turned in vain. Although some people offered to help him, because he believes that it is his responsibility to look for that assassin, he declined them.

Maybe it's now about time for him to accept help from other people and stop treating their kindness as an insult to his irresponsibility as a husband.

"Let's use Kayn's offer as the stepping stone," Mayor Sebastian thought in his mind.

"How do you propose we should look for the assassin?" Mayor Sebastian solemnly stared at Kayn.

Realizing that Mayor Sebastian has given him the chance to explain, Kayn quickly pulled himself together. In the next second, he muttered, "This was something that a close friend of mine used to always say — The safest place could sometimes be the most dangerous place,"

"Are you implying that the assassin might just be hiding in the Mayor's Mansion?!" Leah exclaimed out of anger. She had enough of Kayn's shenanigans. If he doesn't stop whatever he is planning on doing soon, she might as well jump him and make his mouth shut up for him.

"Please," Mayor Sebastian raised his right hand to make Leah stay silent for the moment.

"Mmmm…" Leah's mouth was instantly glued together by strange magic. In the end, she could only stare hatefully at Kayn as she cannot do anything else for fear that she would offend Mayor Sebastian who is clearly in a bad mood already.

"Why do you think I always replace everything in the house on a weekly basis?" That was the exact reason why he is cautious with all the things in the mansion. He is assuming the possibility that the assassin is hiding in one of them. Because of that, all the things that are replaced would immediately be taken to a junkyard, and over there all of them would be destroyed instantly, not leaving any chances for the assassin to escape.

"But have you ever considered the possibility that the assassin might be disguised as one of the things outside the mansion? Like for example, one of the blades of grass?" Kayn grinned maliciously.