Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 207

Chapter 207
Everybody started to work after the decision was made . Even if a family needed to move, they had so much to pack . A legion with hundreds of people would have much more to do . In addition, they had captured many treasures from the war . When everything added up, they just had so much stuff . Feller was the busiest among them . He was in charge of logistics, so he had to run around to categorize stuff into important, useful, and not important for right now . He did not want to designate his authority to gnomes and dwarves . Dwarves could be trustworthy, but gnomes were cheap and liked to steal things if the opportunity presented itself .


"Can you be in charge when I am gone? Black Eleven and his crew are good with fighting, but they cannot look at issues from different angles . I hope you can help them if something happens . I am just worried they will make trouble," Anfey said slowly .
"Can I really give them commands? Are they going to listen to me?" Alice looked cold .
"Of course", Anfey said .
Alice went quiet . She did not want to argue with Anfey . Anfey seemed confident, but she knew well that they would not listen to her because of who she was . To be more frank, she did not believe what Anfey said . She was not totally sold on it .
"We also have some hired mercenaries . They could die for the money . I was worried that they would make mistakes . Can you watch them?" Anfey was in thought for a while . "I will leave you some gold coins . If something happens, you can use gold coins to ask those mercenaries to work for you . "
"Are you leaving those gold coins to me?" Alice asked .
"No, Linfu will hold the gold coins . Whenever you need them, you can ask Linfu . I will introduce you to him in a little bit," Anfey said .
"I see . " Alice smiled .
Anfey looked a little awkward . There was saying that one should trust a person in a high position . Anfey wanted Alice to work for him but did not give her any real authority or resources . He could not cover the fact that he did not trust her . He knew there was more to it when Alice said "I see . " Anfey felt he had to be careful with Alice . If Alice decided to use all the gold coins Anfey left her to hire those mercenaries, no one would know what would happen . There were good odds there could be internal conflicts in Moramatch .
"If there is anything you cannot handle, retreat to the underground city . Do not fight with them . Wait for us to come back," Anfey said .
"You look like you really care about me," Alice said .
"Of course, I care about you . I care about everyone in our legion . " Anfey looked serious, as if he was giving a speech at a press conference . He tried not to say anything that could make Alice have second thoughts .
"Thank you . You are so kind . It was a loss for the church that you could not join the Church of Light," Alice said .
"I am flattered," Anfey answered, a bit awkwardly .
"I heard you have wiped out a Griffin Aerial Unit," Alice said .
"Where did you hear about that?" Anfey asked .
"Everybody seemed happy for the past few days and they gathered and talked . I overheard their conversations . " Alice looked off into the distance . "I also heard you are going to receive a Medal of Mars and an estate from Yolanthe . Is it true?"
"Yes", Anfey said .
"Violet City is a beautiful and elegant city . It looks like King Yolanthe likes you a lot," Alice said .
"Hehehe, I have to say I am lucky," Anfey said .
"Many things have nothing to do with luck . You were so brave to take your crew to attack Griffin Aerial Unit . It has proved that you were certain you could win that battle . Everyone knows that how dangerous it can be to attack a Griffin Aerial Unit unprepared . It is nothing different than committing suicide . "
"In fact, a Griffin Aerial Unit is not as powerful as you think . It may be because you have lived in Shansa Empire for a long time and heard too many legends about them," Anfey said .


"Really?" Alice shook her head with a smile . "Ok, I am not going to bother you more . Someone is going to get mad at me . "
Anfey followed Alice’s eyes and saw Niya dragging Suzanna over . Suzanna was telling her something with a smile .
Alice had left when Anfey turned around . She walked around to avoid meeting Niya and Suzanna . Obviously, she did not want to have any conflict with them . In the legion, Alice was not in an advantageous position . If she had conflicts with Niya, no one would be on her side, no matter whether they were arguing or got into a physical fight .

"Anfey, I did not know you are this kind of person," Niya said, staring at Anfey angrily with her hands on her hips .
"What is wrong with me?" Anfey did not know if he should laugh or cry .
"Ok, Niya, Anfey only had something to tell her . " Suzanna tried to take Niya away .
"Don’t pull me, Suzanna . You are too weak . Don’t worry . I got you . No one can do anything to you . " Niya beat her chest loudly . She totally forgot how powerful Suzanna was on the battlefield, while she hid in the safest place .
"There are so many people in the legion . Why do you have to talk to that bitch? Tell me, Anfey," Niya said .
Suzanna stuck her tongue out at Anfey with a helpless look . In fact she did not think it was a big deal when Anfey talked to Alice in private . Niya dragged her here . She was worried Niya was going to yell and cause a scene . She had to follow her . She was also concerned Anfey would get mad at Niya and hurt their relationship . She was in such a dilemma .
"Niya, everyone is going back to Maho Empire . We could not leave Moramatch here without anyone taking care of it . I talked to her to see if she could help," Anfey explained .
"Why don’t you find someone else for it? Why did it have to be her?" Niya did not believe Anfey . Niya was very possessive, perhaps because she had been spoiled since she was little . When she was dating the second prince Granden, she would get super mad if Granden chatted and laughed with other girls . Now that Niya saw Anfey talking and laughing with Alice, she felt bad for Suzanna . She could not stand any playboy .


"Who else do you want me to talk with then?" Anfey asked .
"Christian, Riska, Blavi, they are more capable than that bitch . Why do you have to ask her to do it?" Niya said .
"Niya, everyone wants to go home . Do you want Christian to stay when we all go back to Maho Empire?" Anfey asked .
"Uh…" Niya was confused and did not know how to respond to Anfey .
"Since you are so against it . Ok, I will apologize to Suzanna . I am not going to talk to that bitch . " Anfey pulled Suzanna closer . "But, someone has to be in charge here . Niya, if you are against Alice being in charge, why don’t you be in charge?" Anfey said .
"Me?" Niya immediately panicked . "I …but I was never in charge of anything . "
"You can learn . No one is born to know how to manage things," Anfey said .
"No, I cannot . " Knowing she could go home soon, Niya was so happy that she was even singing in her dream . After Anfey asked her to stay, she looked so disappointed, dark in the sky over Moramatch . She felt bad for Suzanna but now she felt bad for herself .
"Niya . " Anfey’s voice became very quiet, and he looked very serious . "Think about it, we had you stay in a safe place whenever there was a dangerous situation since we left Sacred City . We had you eat first at dinner . We never asked you to be on watch . Look over there, everyone is busy, but you can walk around . Ask yourself, what have you done for everyone . Nothing . Now it is the time for you to do something for everyone . Can you do it for us?" Anfey asked .
Niya was torn . On the one hand, she wanted to go home so badly, but on the other hand she believed what Anfey said to her was right . She was not a little kid anymore . She could not act like a loser all the time . She needed to prove she could be valuable . What Anfey asked her to do was not too much anyway . He neither asked her to fight with a vicious magic beast, nor asked her to do any impossible mission . He only asked her to stay .
Niya frowned, her eyes got moist and she started sniffling . After awhile, she finally agreed . "Ok, I will stay . "
"Are you sure you want to stay?" Anfey actually was a little shocked by Niya’s answer .
"Yes, Anfey, can you tell me what I should do?" Niya said with a trembling voice . She wanted to cry, but she could not cry here . Niya planned to go to the back of the hill to cry her eyes out when she was alone .
"Hahaha… Niya, I was joking with you . " Anfey suddenly laughed . "If I do not allow you to go back, professor probably will kill me . "
"You…Anfey! You asshole!" Niya stared wide-eyed . She jumped as she screamed . She kicked at Anfey .
The kick without combat power could be ignored . Anfey only wanted Niya to feel better . He even backed up few steps and made painful faces .
Suddenly, a white figure passed by as fast as lightening . Niya screamed and stepped back . She held her thigh with a painful face . Anfey faked his painful face, but not Niya .
The little guy stood between Anfey and NIya . The innocent blue eyes now looked cold . The fur behind his neck was blown by the wind . He looked like he was ready to fight .
Anfey did not fool Niya and Suzanna . Niya had wanted to add another kick . The little guy actually got fooled .
"You, ungrateful little unicorn . You are the same as Anfey . " Niya was so angry that her fingers started to shake when she saw the little unicorn attack her . She was mad that the little unicorn did not remember the time she took care of him .
"Let’s go back . " Suzanna hurried off, bending down and patting lightly on little unicorn’s hind quarters . She walked back to Niya and tried to comfort her .
"Impulse is the devil . " Anfey held the little unicorn in his arms and pointed at his nose a few times . He walked over to Niya . The little unicorn did not look feisty anymore . He lifted his head and looked around . He seemed to understand what happened . He closed his eyes and fell asleep . Interesting to know that not only humans knew how to fake sleep to avoid any awkwardness .