The First Murder of New Vathria

The newly built, still unnamed capital city of Vathria was growing at a rapid rate. A new business is opened every few weeks and everyone has been getting jobs and have no worries financially.

Within a society, crimes are usually tied to economic capital, or lack thereof, that prompts people to act in drastic measures such as robbery and theft in order to feed their family. But crimes can also be due to personal reasons such as grudges and revenge. These crimes are usually regulated under the legislation of the nation and thus is punishable by law.

In the old world, Vathria's law was slowly developing under the help of scholars that try to explore a more just and fair process to judge criminals and regulate the behavior of society. However, Vathrian law was still in its growing state as many trial results were just based upon the intuition of the judges and not codified in the legislation. Of course, before it could develop any further, the evil forces arrived and all other efforts of the government put into any other departments were restructured to fit into the military expenditure.

King Adrian was aware of this ever since he was a teenager and in the contingency book he wrote, he was starting to draw up plans to reform the Vathrian laws if they were to be transported into another world. He wanted each law to actually be written down in a tangible form so that the judges, and in turn, people in power won't abuse their powers.

Ever since Vathria was transported into this new world, King Adrian had been too busy in dealing with the other departments first such as the development of the new city, the agricultural crops, and other economic departments. Of course, he fully expected that the written laws won't be necessary so fast as he trusted the people to behave themselves for the time being until everything is more stable...he was wrong.

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"Hey, you bastard! Clean up the restaurant first before leaving your shift!" A fat man who was wearing a chef attire of all white was shouting at one of the waitresses. They seem to be inside a restaurant.

It was already night time and the restaurant was closing.

"But Mister Romil...I have to hurry home..." The waitress was a woman in her mid-20s.

"If you don't want to do this job then fuck off somewhere else you bitch. The King has chosen us people who can start a business as his chosen ones who would start the Vathrian economy in this new world. People like me will be the ones who would bring glory to the new Vathria. And people like you who can't start a business will only stay as our bitches. Do you want to work here or not?" The fat man was known as Romil Hougan, the restaurant owner.

"O-of course, Mister Romil! I will clean it up before I leave." The woman bowed down multiple times before starting to mop the floors.

"And lock up the restaurant after you're finished. I'm going back home. Don't be late for your shift tomorrow." Romil replied with an arrogant voice.

Romil changed his chef attire into a suit and left his restaurant. He was also carrying a suitcase. Nowadays, this image of a dignified businessman wearing as suit implies a higher status of professionals for the Vathrians.

"Blue Moon...my restaurant...hahaha I have my own business. I will be rich in this new world!" Romil took a look at his restaurant before leaving. The restaurant sign showed an illustration of a half moon.

"YOUR restaurant, huh?" A voice suddenly said from behind Romil. "You took all of my family recipes....food that I used to cook for you. You took them and start your own restaurant. I wouldn't even be mad if you had involved me but you fucking betrayed me." The voice said.

Romil turned to look who it was. Without even turning, Romil already figured it out.

"Thom..." Romil called out. "In this new world, you have to be the fastest if you want to start your business. You can't be slow." He said to Thom.

"Slow? What the fuck are you saying? We discussed this when we arrive in this new world! Me, your wife Patricia, and you! Don't you remember? When we were working constructions in the development of this city!? Our dream of building a restaurant after the city was built? Why the fuck did you betray me? Even your wife was also upset about you not involving me." Thom shouted. Thom was a man with sleek hair and glasses. He was not wearing a suit but rather seem to still be wearing the dirty clothes construction workers would wear.

Romil's face contorted. "Look, I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say." Romil couldn't find the words to rebut anything so he just started walking and leaving Thom behind.

"Say sorry to my fucking ancestors you fucker! Those are my family recipes! Fuck you! Fuck you!" Thom shouted from behind but Romil ignored everything and left.

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The nightlife scene had not blossomed yet in this new world. After everyone got off work and school, they tend to just go straight home. That's why the street where Romil was currently walking was empty and devoid of any life. The residential district was quite far from the central business district and the city square, where Romil's restaurant was. He had to walk through multiple alleys and districts before arriving at his house.

Suddenly, Romil felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see who it was.

"Huh? It's you? Why are you here?" Romil called out. He saw a flash of metal in the hands of that person.

Romil took a step back. "Why are you carrying that knife? Put it away." Sweats came down his forehead. "Why is your face so scary? Hey! Hey, He—"

The other person charged at Romil with a knife and stabbed him in the heart. Romil fell down to the ground.

"W-why...*gargle*" Romil muttered a dying breath.

STAB STAB STAB

The murderer continuously stabbed the body of Romil even after he had died. The murderer then glanced at all sides to see if anyone was watching. Seeing that no one was near, the murderer ran off the alley with the knife in hand.

After around five minutes, another man in a suit was passing by the alley.

"Huh?" The man muttered seeing the body of Romil.

"Are you okay, sir?" The man thought Romil just passed out. The man approached the body of Romil. The sheer darkness of the alley made the body hard to see.

"FUCK!" The man shouted after seeing that it was a dead body full of stab wounds. "What the fuck! Shit! Shit!" The man jumped backward and fell down as he was so shocked to see the body.

"HELP!!! HELP!!! ANYONE!!!!" The man shouted as loud as he can.

Before long, people start to gather around the alley.

"It's a body! A dead body!" A spectator said.

"Isn't that Mister Romil? The owner of Blue Moon! It's a tragedy!" Another spectator said.

"Why would anyone kill someone!? Our lives have been so great in this new world!" A spectator also chimed in.

"Hey! Get out of the way! Move aside!" A group of knights arrived at the scene and pushed away the crowd to see the body.

"It's a dead body." One knight said.

Another knight approached the body. "Stab wounds. It's murder." He said.

"Report to the castle. There has been a murder." The knight who seems to be the leader said.