ELIZABETH SWAN'S

Chapter 20 - Behind the Mask of Edgar Fosberg

A few days later, at the residence of Marquess Edgar Fosberg.

"You've been very busy getting to know the woman" Edgar told Peter.

"Sorry, Sir. I promise after this I will only focus on this work." said Peter.

Edgar looked at Peter for a few seconds, "Hm? Why do you think I mind that? Just so you don't mess up your main job doesn't matter" Edgar said.

"I don't think you'd like me to be close to Lady Elizabeth?" peter asked hesitantly as he kept busy wrapping things up.

Edgar tilted his head slightly to the right, "Why can you think that? Precisely if you can be his lover it will be great for our business." he concluded by still maintaining his flat expression.

It was very difficult to read Edgar's expression or feeling, no one knew what the middle-aged man was thinking because he was very good at hiding all of those things behind his face.

Having married once to the late Baroness Avellar, he had no intention of remarrying. According to rumors circulating Edgar was traumatized by the actions of the late Baroness who betrayed him right at night after the wedding of the two of them.

But of course the reality is not like that. Again Edgar only took advantage of the situation to gain public sympathy for him.

The real thing is that, according to Edgar, having a wife and children is just a burden. Why bother yourself with living for others? While for the sake of getting his position and wealth now need a lot of effort and sacrifice that must be done alone with great difficulty.

"Count Swan even though he was only a noble of the commoners, that person had some affinity with His Majesty the Emperor. Because he has been instrumental in helping the empire's nearly bankrupt economy become stable again. Reportedly he even poured hundreds of gold blocks to pay the debt of the mountainous imperial family" explained Edgar.

Peter raised both of his eyebrows as if in disbelief, "Hundreds of gold beams? Is that possible, sir? All my life, I've only heard of hundreds of gold pieces, but these hundreds of blocks?" he could not imagine how much the beam was if it was made into pieces of gold.

"That person has talent and passion. If man has something that he struggles with, the stronger his motivation will be. It can even be a variety of foreign languages, unlike the nobles who have special teachers of foreign languages. Robert Swan studied foreign languages. Since his wife died of a weak heart disease, he was determined to give happiness and a decent life to his only child, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the spirit and motivation of her life." said Edgar who turned out to have investigated the ins and outs of the Swan family.

After meeting and talking directly with Elizabeth he became curious about the woman. Edgar was familiar with Elizabeth's style of speech but knew that the other day at the store was her first meeting with Elizabeth.

"If you can be her lover, this business of ours will spread to the market beyond the empire of Alexandria. With the certificate of trading license belonging to Count Swan, it is impossible that we will achieve it easily. So don't waste this opportunity, Peter" said Edgar.

Peter nodded. The young man was busy wrapping up the orders of the nobles that he had to deliver today as well.

The devious man deliberately recruited Peter as his right hand man because if one day his business was sniffed by imperial officials he would push Peter to the forefront as a shield to save himself.

"Stock in the warehouse is not much left. I think it's time I went to the west country to take her." Edgar sighed, "Hahh... If only you were Elizabeth's lover now, I wouldn't have bothered to go outside the empire just to pick up the plant" she said.

"I will try to do my best, so that your wish can be realized immediately, Sir." said Peter.

Edgar stood up from his seat stepping to the side of Peter who was still sitting on the sofa, "You are indeed very reliable, Peter." he said as he patted Peter's shoulder twice, "If you have wrapped it quickly send the order, do not make the wait too long. It would be very painful for their bodies" said Edgar who followed a smirk on his lips.

"Good, Sir."

"I have to go somewhere, you take care of the rest as usual, okay?" edgar said casually as he walked out of his study without waiting for a response from Peter.

Long-term effects of narcotics made by Edgar can affect the body and nerves of the wearer. If the wearer is late using it for a day, their body will feel tremendous pain.

While the narcotics that Edgar used to kill Baron Avellar slowly it was different from the narcotics that circulated widely.

The main raw material may be the same, from the dried erythroxylon coca plant or commonly called cocaine. But the effect obtained by the wearer is different every lot of the dose given.

Edgar had a waiter inside the Avellar residence who was in charge of brewing tea for Baron Avellar give a little cocoa powder on a regular basis for three years.

Indeed, the effect for Baron is not so obvious because the dose is very small, but even a little but because the Baron's body has been contaminated it continues in the end the narcotics eat away at the Baron's internal organs, but because the Baron's body has been contaminated it continues to eat away at the Baron's, especially lungs.

Seeing signs of his illness, the doctors always said that Baron Avellar had pneumonia. Meanwhile, the person who knew best what caused his illness was waiting for Baron Avellar to take his life slowly.

Peter stuffed all the cocaine he had finished wrapping into a brown cloth backpack.

He opened the list of buyers before leaving, "Maximilian Magnus, Joseph, ..." Peter sighed, "Hahh... Hopefully this time there is no problem." he said hopefully.

Peter knew what he was doing was wrong, but there was no way. The orphan himself can only rely on himself to find a fee to buy the medicine of his brother who is still in the orphanage.

Only his brother was the family he had, Peter could not stand still and just watch his brother continue to be in pain all the time. Despite being haunted by guilt and fear that one day he would be captured by the Emperor, Peter still could not stop doing this job.