Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 242

Chapter 242

"Let me see your wound," Anfey said .

"It’s alright," Doris said, holding her hand out . "Usually when I scratch myself, it takes a few days to heal, but this one disappeared that night . "

Anfey looked at Doris’s hand, and it was smooth, without any sign of injuries .

"Do you have an idea?" Miorich asked .

The middle age man nodded and retrieved a bottle of light blue potion from his dimensional ring . He handed the potion to Miorich and said, "This may hurt a little, but it won’t last . Keep her with the unicorn . It should be beneficial for her . If this not enough, I need more materials so I can make a few more bottles . "

Miorich held the bottle in his hand and smiled at the man . "I would say thank you, but I think we are past that stage now . "

"Say it anyway," the man said . "I like the sound of that phrase . "

"What am I supposed to do with you?" Miorich asked with a smile .

Doris frowned and looked at the two men . She clearly did not realize Miorich was talking about her . Hagan, on the other hand, knew exactly what the potion was . He pushed to the front and asked, "Are you an alchemist, sir?"

"No . "

"Then how did you…"

"I am an arch alchemist, mind you . And first and foremost I am a mage . "

Hagan stared at the man in shock . He had never met anyone like this man . He was asking for the man’s occupation, not his title . The man was either very pretentious or liked riddles .

"Are you an alchemist?" the man asked .

"Y-Yes," Hagan said . He wanted to fool the man, but he was only an alchemist with no title .

"I won’t waste my time here, then . I will give you the recipe for the potion and you can make it . "

"Th-Thank you," Hagan said sincerely . He bowed to the man gratefully . Unlike other occupations, alchemists’ strength lay in knowing as many recipes as possible . For Hagan, the man wasn’t just giving him a recipe . He was helping him grow as an alchemist .

The man smiled and found a magic scroll . He tapped the scroll and the magic on the scroll disappeared . Strange runes appeared around and on the scroll, then he handed the scroll to Miorich .

Hagan stared in shock . It was not easy to make magic scrolls, and it was even harder to wipe away the runes on magic scrolls . The man was able to do it so easily and so fast, it was almost impossible . Like the way Suzanna look at Miorich, Hagan looked at the man with reverence and admiration .

"We are done here, then? I have to go to Violet City," the man said and stretched .

"Why?" Miorich asked .

"The marquis there invited me . I don’t have anything anyway, so I agreed . "

"The marquis?" Miorich asked, frowning . "Why is he asking for you?"

"I don't know," the man said, shrugging . "Oh yes, he mentioned that he’s being threatened by something . He didn’t happen to cross you, did he?"

Miorich snorted . "He's trying to pit you against me," he said coldly .

"He's asking the wrong person, then," the man said with a smile . "I would never do something so stupid . " The man clasped Miorich’s shoulder and smiled . "How about this . I go, and I act as a spy for you . I will live with him and tell you all about that guy . "

Anfey looked at the man and suppressed his urge to laugh . When he first met the man, he was very suspicious of him . He felt unease when the man offered to buy the unicorn, but judging from the way he talked, he was clearly someone who did not care much about mundane conflicts . The man had offered to teach Hagan the potion recipe and picked Miorich’s side in the fight against the marquis, and was obviously a good person .

"You aren’t afraid that the marquis is going to kill you?"

"He’s not good enough," the man said . "Even if he finds out I’m a spy for you, he won’t do anything . " The man smiled and turned his gaze to Hagan . "Keep it up, kid," he said . "You're good . Us alchemists are respected . Forget about Marquis Djoser . You see this famous general here? Even he has to respect me . "

Miorich rolled his eyes but did not say anything in objection .

"Y-yes," Hagan said, nodding . "I will heed your advice . "

Anfey heard voices behind him, and knew that it was Suzanna and Niya . Niya had quite the temper, and it was hard for anyone to calm her down .

"Did you know why I endured you for so long?" Miorich asked .

"Why?"

"Because I like a good show . "

"A good show? Where?" the man asked, glancing around .

"You’ll see in a bit," Miorich said, grinning .

As soon as he finished his sentence, Suzanna appeared . Her hand reached for her sword when she saw the man, because even though he appeared very common, she still saw him as a threat .

Niya appeared after a few seconds, and her eyes met the middle-aged man’s . The man’s face suddenly became very red, and tried to shield his face with his right hand . He waved his left hand, and a powerful magic surge ripped through the air . Thick smoke appeared and obscured his and Miorich’s figures . People around could not see Miorich, but they could hear him laughing uncontrollably .

The smoke dispersed and the man was gone . Miorich stopped laughing, but his expression was strange . His hands were clenched, as if he was trying to control his emotions .

"Was that, was that him?" Niya asked, her voice shaking . Like the man, her face was flushed as well .

"Yes," Miorich said . His voice was hoarse, and he turned to walk away .

Anfey did not know what happened in the smoke, but he knew that the man must have played a prank on Miorich before he disappeared . Miorich did not want to embarrass himself in front of the youngsters, and that was why he left so quickly .

"What should we do, then?" Suzanna asked quietly . She was trying to comfort Niya earlier, and did not know what had happened outside .

"It’s solved," Christian said with a smile .

"It’s solved?" Suzanna asked, shocked . Anfey had been so worried only minutes earlier, but now it was already solved?

Anfey nodded . "See?" He gestured towards Shally, who was already deep asleep . She did not wake up to the commotion earlier, but she was clearly more calm now . Suzanna let out a sigh of relief .

Hagan suddenly jumped up and called, "Wait! The recipe! The recipe! Miorich! Wait up!" He screamed loudly, earning glares from all the knights in the room, and chased after Miorich .

Hagan’s cries did not wake up Shally either . She only murmured in her sleep and snuggled against her sister .

"What happened?" Suzanna asked . "How did they cure her?"

"The unicorn did," Anfey said with a smile .

Everyone glanced at the unicorn . Everyone had heard that unicorns had purifying abilities . Surely nothing bad would come from being with the unicorn .

"Come here," Niya said . She crouched down and waved at the unicorn . "Come here, dear . " She did not care what Anfey called the unicorn, she had always called the unicorn "dear . "

The unicorn only glanced at her, but did not go to her . It walked around Anfey and stayed farther away from her .

The unicorn was only a magic beast and was not very intelligent . It would only remember a recent event . From the unicorn’s point of view, it was on Anfey’s side, and Anfey had just been defeated . It did not want to get close to Niya .

"Come here," Niya called again . She narrowed her eyes angrily, "Get over here now . "

The unicorn snorted but did not move .

"Fine," Niya said . She stood up and stomped on the ground . "Fine . You are teaming up with him to take advantage of me now, huh?"

Everyone frowned and looked at Niya and Anfey . If Anfey tried to take advantage of Niya, why was Suzanna so calm?

"Did you know that man?" Anfey asked . He sensed Niya’s mood, and wanted to change the topic .

"N-No!" Niya said .

"Really? He ran away as soon as he saw you," Blavi said .

"I know what I said," Niya said . "I don’t know him . Why are you teaming up to bully me?" Niya asked angrily . She waved her hand and disappeared into her room again .