Chapter 198: The Calm Before the Storm

However, this was an open secret. Even if people knew it, what was there to say about it? And why did they have the right to say it?

So, everyone tacitly accepted this fact: the previous mayor had indeed left because of his disappearance.

"Sir, as you can see, day in and day out, the town has always been like this. Perhaps only some businessmen and bosses feel dissatisfied, but everything else is normal."

He was talking about what he knew. It wasn't like the center of the Empire, where there were not many power struggles, nor were there real nobles coming to this uncivilized place.

This was the real reason why this small town remained in this state year after year.

There were no changes, and there wasn't any real transformation. People came and went. The town remained the same; the only thing that changed was the people.

"Just like you."

"Just like me?" Violet heard the flattery in his words from this sentence.