Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 127

Chapter 127
"We did not do anything . " Anfey shook his head and gave Suzanna a weird look . "You seem to really care about what we did . "


"Don’t change the subject . Did you really do nothing?" Suzanna could not look into Anfey’s eyes, but she still could keep a serious tone .
"At that time, Ahab’s people were ready to attack us . I did not have time to think about anything else . You know what, even if I had done something with her, I would not have to deny it . " Anfey gave her a spicy smile . "Why are you in interested in me and her? Suzanna, are you…? Hahaha . "
"You wish . " Suzanna rolled her eyes at Anfey . "It was not just me . Everyone is interested in you and her . We have talked about it behind your back many times . " Suzanna seemed to answer with a sense of justice, but for some reason, she suddenly felt relaxed .
"Don’t you guys have anything better to do?" Anfey felt helpless, since he thought he really had done nothing inappropriate with the girls . Back in his world, he had sex with women, but never had any serious relationships . In this magic world, he never had sex with any woman . He thought to himself, "How could people gossip about me when I am already so strict with myself? Is it because gold will shine no matter where it is . "
Suzanna suddenly had a smile on her face . "Oh, right, what are you looking for me for?"
"What do you know about griffins?" Anfey asked .
"Griffins? Why are you suddenly asking about griffins?" Suzanna asked .
"Black Eleven will ask me a difficult question soon . I have to get more information about what kind of magic beasts the griffins are, so I can decide whether I can help him," Anfey answered .
Suzanna thought for a while and said, "Griffins are vicious intermediate magic beasts . They live in groups . They can fly freely in the sky for a long time . They rarely fight among their own species . The male griffins are very protective of female griffins, and not just if they are a couple . Strong loyalty and pride have made griffins better companions than war horses and other flying mounts . Griffins are born for battle . They are very brave . "
"Flying a long time in the sky? I think I know what kind of army it is . " Anfey nodded . "Continue . "
"Compared with war horses, griffins are not easily startled by wild rabbits, birds and shadows . They would not hunt rabbit, wild deer or other horses when they are hungry . They would not eat their riders out of anger, even when their riders beat them . Griffins are brave but vicious . They are loyal but stubborn . " Suzanna slowly said, "You can ignore a griffin, but the fighting ability of a group of griffins is tremendous . Even a senior magic beast would have to flee in front of a group of griffins . "
"Do you know about the Griffin Aerial Unit in Shansa Empire? How is their fighting ability?" Anfey asked .
"You do not even know about Griffin Aerial Unit?" Suzanna looked at Anfey in surprise . "It was a well-known military on Pan Continent . The comprehensive fighting power of Griffin Aerial Unit was just below the Dark Moon Magic Legion in Ellisen Empire . However, they have incomparable advantages over Dark Moon Magic Legion . They are very flexible . Griffin Aerial Unit was composed of about a thousand griffins and four hundred Silver Knights . It would only take a day for them to show up and attack their opponents in surprise from a thousand miles away . Even if the powerful Dark Moon Legion were attacked in surprise by Griffin Aerial Unit, they could end up with many casualties . "
"What do you think if we attack Griffin Aerial Unit?" Anfey asked .


"Are you crazy? We would be so dead," Suzanna yelled . "Do you know how people describe Griffin Aerial Unit? A never-annihilated military . They could escape dangerous areas at any time . Even top powerful people do not want to have conflicts with Griffin Aerial Unit . Five griffin riders with the cooperation of griffins could easily kill us . "
Anfey was frustrated . He thought Black Eleven was ridiculous to ask him to fight with Griffin Aerial Unit . Suzanna usually did not make comments or judgement . Her comments on any matter were usually fair . If Anfey and Suzanna together would be no match for five griffin riders, there was no way Anfey’s legion could fight the whole unit . They would be asking to be killed .

"Anfey, don’t gamble everyone’s life on it," Suzanna said seriously .
"I know," Anfey nodded .
After Suzanna left, Anfey sat on the bed and thought for a quite while . He got up from the bed and walked out of the room to the hallway . Blavi was on watch . Anfey called him over and asked him a few questions . After talking to Blavi, Anfey walked to a room . He hesitated for a while before he pushed the door open and walked in .
The princess of Shansa Empire was sitting on the bed with her feet against the bed footboard . Her knees were bent and her arms crossed and tucked under her legs . She put her upper body against her thighs . She rested her head on her knees while her eyes were fixed on the ceiling . It seemed as if there was something interesting on the ceiling . She looked somber sometimes and confused other times .
She had not cried after learning that Isis had committed suicide . She became unusually quiet . No matter whether they were in transit or in the station, or even after they arrived at White Mountain City, her facial expression was dull and rarely changed .


Anfey coughed quietly and took a seat on the edge of the bed . He smiled and said, "I still do not know your name . Can you tell me your name?"
The princess of Shansa Empire slowed turned her head to Anfey . She glanced at Anfey and then looked up at the ceiling again . It gave Anfey an illusion that he was far less interesting than that light red ceiling .
"Where are you from? Where do you want to go? If you want to leave, I can send my people to take you home . " Anfey sounded very gentle . "What happened was history . Don’t worry about it . No one can hurt you anymore . "
Anfey waited for a while but still did not get any response from the princess . Anfey frowned . "No matter what is bothering you, you need to eat regularly . You have to learn to take care of yourself . "
There was still no response . Anfey smiled as he shook his head . He stood up . He could not spend too much time on this princess . He rather needed to go back to his own room to meditate . A somber and healthy princess would be helpful for his plan, but this was all he could do .
Anfey turned around and walked out . As his hand touched the doorknob, the princess said slowly, "If I say I am a princess, do you believe me?"
"Of course, why not?" Anfey smiled . He calmly turned around and stared at the princess .
The princess was shocked for a second and returned Anfey’s smile . "I’ve been thinking for the past few days . "
"If you want to, you can tell me what you’ve been thinking about . Don’t worry . I will keep your secrets . " Anfey slowly walked back .
"When I was little, I knew I wanted to help my father and my country . " There was a smile on the princess’s face, but coldness showed in her eyes . "I did help . One year, plague broke out in the eastern part of my country . It spread super fast . Many people died and many fled away from their hometowns . The later ones brought the plague to other places . To control it, my father ordered the epidemic area to be cordoned off, but the people inside the epidemic area did not want to stay in that hell . They organized to try to break through the cordon . After a few big confrontations, many soldiers were infected as well . My father coldly ordered first to have them quarantined, and later even sent those infected soldiers into the epidemic area that had been cordoned off .
Things were getting worse and worse, since the soldiers organized those rebels, which posed a tremendous threat to the country . My father found out those rebels were planning something big . He needed someone to totally represent him in the cordon-off epidemic area to comfort those rebels . None of my siblings wanted to go, and many officials went on "sick" leave . Finally, I took that challenge . That year, I lost my best friend . She was also Isis’s sister . "
Anfey could not help giving a closer look at the princess . He knew what the plague meant at that time . A girl who dared to enter the cordoned-off epidemic area deserved others’ respect . Anfey knew he would not have wanted to go into the cordoned-off epidemic area himself . "There was another time that the western part of my country had a gang . Maybe it was because the chief and mayor were too vicious and greedy and people lost faith in them . The gang expanded very fast as a result . A few chiefs united to try to convince the gang to dissolve and work for them . When the leader of the gang, named Ahmed, went to negotiate with them, the chiefs attacked Ahmed in surprise . They not only wanted to get rid off the threat posed by the gang, but also wanted to earn their meritorious military service, with the head of Ahmed chopped off . They failed and Ahmed escaped .
After their dirty tricks became known by people, more people felt bad for Ahmed . Ahmed got stronger and stronger . My father was worried that sending troops to suppress him would be very costly . He sent officials to convince Ahmed to work for him, but Ahmed did not trust any government people . He asked to directly speak with the people from the royal family .
My siblings pushed me out again . In fact, Ahmed already had become ambitious by then . He only wanted to have the conversation to buy himself time . I became the lamb jumping into his trap . Do you know I almost got raped by him . Other leaders in the gang did not like Ahmed’s tyranny . They never wanted to be the enemy of the empire . The reason they joined the gang was because that was the only way to survive . With the help of other leaders, I killed Ahmed and successfully convinced the gang to work for my father .
Oh, right . I forget to tell you what happened to those leaders . After they became government officials in the empire, my father sentenced them to death with all kinds of accusations . "