Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 304

Chapter 304

After walking two blocks, Anfey stopped and rented a carriage from a nearby shop . This was because the four elves walking next to him were too eye-catching . Even though elves were the most beautiful and brilliant creatures in the world, they had mostly retreated away from the spotlight and into the forests . In most places, elves were rare .


Due to the elves’ beauty and rareness, most people had come to desire elves . Perhaps because people knew that they were inferior to elves, they would capture and enslave elves out of retaliation . Because of this, most people did not treat elves with friendliness .
Luckily, this was Sacred City, where no one was who they seemed to be . No one wanted to start anything for no reason . Niya could do whatever she wanted because she was Saul’s daughter . Zeda could do whatever he wanted because his grandfather was Philip . It was a rare sight to see someone walking around carelessly with four elves . No one wanted to go near people with four elves, so Anfey made it to the carriage shop with no trouble .
This was proof that elves were no longer the most important species in the world, and instead were treated like slaves . If Anfey had four beautiful human women with him, he would not have attracted so much attention . This was because even though the human women were of low status, they were still human and had rights . Elves, on the other hand, would be considered properties . Killing a maid would be considered murder because she was a human, but killing an elf would be considered damaging property .
People with elves would always carefully hide them . Displaying elves the way Anfey did was very dangerous . According to official laws, if someone tried to attack the elves and Anfey fought back, he would not be charged . If he wasn’t there, however, he could do nothing about it . Anfey’s knowledge of this world was improving, but he was still ignorant of a lot of customs and unspoken rules . Unlike other people, he considered the elves to be human’s equal and potential allies . He did not grow up in this world and did not have the prejudice that people in this world held against the elves .
When he left the carriage shop, he noticed that the streets were emptier than before . After seeing him disappear into the carriage shop, people had figured out who he was . A lot of people had run off to talk to their friends about who they had just seen .
After he killed Zeda and Shamash, he had made a name for himself . It seemed like he would brutally murder the children of whoever offended him, and that made people afraid of crossing him . Plus, he was still alive and was made a count . This showed that he was supported by not only the archmage Saul but also the king, Yolanthe . Most people did not want to do anything to offend their king . It was better to just stay away from Anfey than to accidentally offend him and have their entire family murdered .
The carriage was stopped by the palace guards when it came up to Saul’s mansion . Anfey lifted the curtain and nodded at the palace guards . Seeing that he was authorized to be near Saul’s house, the palace guards allowed the carriage through . The servants in the courtyard all frowned when they saw the elves . Even in Sacred City, elves were rare, and they had never seen anyone foolish enough to display elves like that .
The old butler hurried over and asked, "My lord, they are…?"
"My maids," Anfey said . "Find some rooms for them . "
"There are two empty rooms next to the lady’s room . "
Anfey shook his head . "Aren’t there empty rooms on the first floor? Put them there . " He did not know the elves and did not trust them . If they lived close to Niya, they could become good friends with her . Since the elves’ intention was still unclear, they might try to use Niya as an informant .
"There’s only one empty room," the old butler reminded him .
"Try cleaning it up . We can’t put them next to Lady Niya, can we? It’s not exactly safe . "
The old butler nodded . "I’ll see it done . "
"Where’s Suzanna?"
"In your room, I believe . And Lord Entos is looking for you . He wants to meet you in his room . "
"Did he tell you what he wanted to talk about?"
"No, but he seemed troubled . He even ran into a maid today . Almost pushed the poor girl down the stairs . "

"You sure he’s not just taking advantage of her?" Anfey asked with a smile .
"Lord Entos isn’t like that," the old butler said .
"I’ll go find him then," Anfey said . He saw the elves following him and waved his hand . "Go with him to clean up your room a bit . "
"Come with me, my ladies," the old butler said, turning around and waiting for the elves .
The elves watched Anfey disappear; all four were frowning . None of them wanted to go to the human world . To these elves, just being around humans was degrading . However, they were pressured by their elders and had to sacrifice themselves . They had to learn more about humans in order to destroy humans and take back elves’ rightful place as the most intelligent species . They were frustrated and angered that the man they had to serve would not even spare them a glance . Anfey’s actions clearly did not help lessen the elves’ hatred for humans .
Anfey stopped in front of Entos’s room and knocked on the door . "Who is it?" he heard Entos ask .
"It’s me . "
"Come in . "
Anfey pushed open the door and walked into the room . Entos was alone in the room and was sitting by a table . "I’ve been waiting for you," Entos said .


"I heard you tried flirting with a girl today," Anfey said, smiling .
"Not true," Entos said . "Sit down . "
"Everyone’s talking about it . "
"Doesn’t make it true," Entos said . "I thought you’d be smart enough to distinguish the lies from the truth . "
"Is she pretty?"
"That is none of your business," Entos said . "Just like it is not mine . I have to talk to you . "
"Tell me," Anfey said . He wanted to disrupt Entos’s thought process and get more information, even though Entos was clearly not falling for it .
Entos frowned and said quietly, "I never thought magic and combat power could be a powerful combination . Do you really want to become a paladin?"
"Yes . "
"I can teach you some of the things I learned about magic, especially about teleportation, but we have to settle two things first . "
"What is it?"
"First, my methods are very extreme . You’ve only used teleportation once, so you won’t understand the pain of using teleportation dozens, even hundreds, of times a day . " Entos paused as if waiting for Anfey to understand his words . "Of course, you can use other methods, but you won’t ever reach my level . I am confident to say that when it comes to teleportation, I am the best in the world . "
"I see," Anfey said . "I don’t mind extreme methods . That shouldn’t be a problem . "
Entos looked at Anfey, then nodded . "Call me curious, but if you want to be a paladin, why aren’t you practicing combat power? You have Suzanna and Christian, both of whom would make great teachers . But you aren’t practicing with them . You know another way to do it, don’t you? And you know that whatever way you’re doing it would be more powerful than combat power . Am I wrong?"
Anfey froze . He stared at Entos, shocked . He thought his secret was better guarded and never thought someone else would see through his lie so easily .