Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 465

Chapter 465: I Want to Have A Family

When the supervision group of mercenaries took the people back to their station, Suzanna, Alice and few others had received the news and come over . They saw over 50 people arrested, including some elf dancers . Those elf dancers did not even have the chance to change their clothes . Their bodies shivered in the chilly spring .

"Anfey, what happened? What made you so mad?" Alice smiled .

"Mad? Not really . " Anfey said in a low pitch . He gave Ye a look . Ye understood what it meant immediately . He turned around and walked to those "criminals" .

"All of you follow me . I have something to say . " Anfey walked into the room first .

Alice and Suzanna looked at each other before they followed Anfey in . Everyone took a seat, but Ozzic and Riska did not dare to sit . They just stood in the center of the room .

"Can you guys tell us what is going on with you and that bar?" Anfey said with a serious look . "Riska, you go first . "

"Commander Ozzic invited me there . He said…" Riska looked like he did not know if he should continue .

"What? Too embarrassed to say? Ozzic, do you want Riska to continue?" Anfey asked .

"You can say it . Things have already gone sour . I do not want you to be blamed for nothing you have done . " Ozzic muttered .

Riska smiled bitterly . "Ozzic said he likes a woman and asked me to help him to check if she is good . "

"Is that it?" Anfey was shocked .

"Yes . Today is the first time I went to that bar . I did not think…" Riska said .

Anfey went quiet for a while and said, "Riska, I am sorry . I made a mistake today, but I hope you can understand that I could not ask you anything in that situation . I have to ask you when we are back . " This was the strength of Anfey . When he realized he was wrong, he would admit it right away without giving excuses .

"Does it mean I am ok now?" Riska shrugged . He patted hard on Ozzic and said with a suggestive tone . "Ozzic, now it’s your turn . Good luck . "

The complicated and dangerous situations had helped these rookies grow so much and so fast . Even though they matured in different speeds, but it was undeniable that they all changed a lot . How Riska reacted showed his intelligence . After Anfey apologized, he neither said "it’s alright . ", nor acted like he was wronged . Both reactions seemed inappropriate . If he said "it’s alright", he seemed to agree that Anfey made a mistake on him . It would be even worse if he acted he was wronged . Ozzic actually was forgiving otherwise he could have argued with Anfey back in the bar . He chose to dodge away from Anfey’s apology .

Riska did not complain about Ozzic even though he was dragged down in this situation . He was half serious and half joking when he patted Ozzic’s shoulders . He tried to help Ozzic by reminding everyone in the room with his action and words that they were friends and fellows who went through thick and thin together .

"It’s your turn, Ozzic . What is your relationship with the bar?" Anfey could not help giving Riska a long look before he laid his eyes back on Ozzic .

"Master . " Ozzic said in a low pitch with a sad look . "Ye, you know me . I was an orphan . I was forced to become a mercenary when I was fourteen since I did not have any other ways to make living . I was only a swordsman apprentice . I could not join any mercenary groups . For the sake of my own safety, I could not join any of them either . That was why I was by myself . " Ozzic had been thinking about what to tell Anfey on the way back to the station . When Anfey asked him to talk, he was able to vividly tell his stories .

"Why?" Suzanna asked in surprise . "Wouldn’t it give you safety if you joined the mercenary group?" In fact, Suzanna asked on purpose . It was obvious that Anfey was interrogating Ozzic . Suzanna wanted to light up the atmosphere a little bit . She felt bad for Ozzic since he had been very respectful to her . Every time when Ozzic saw her, he always greeted her Madam . He was very helpful and royal to Anfey as well . She wanted to help him .

"Madam, when you went out to for your internship, you were already a senior swordswoman . That is why you did not know the nasty things for the lower level swordsmen . " Ozzic said sadly . "A decent amount of people registered to be mercenaries every year, but what happened to them later on? How many of them survived? If I were a swordsman, I could be very helpful for a mercenary group . They would respect me . I was only a swordsman apprentice back then . No one cared about if I was alive or dead . I could be humiliated by others as entertainments, or be used as a bait for magic beasts . In fact, I have done the same thing to lower level swordsmen after I built my own mercenary group . "

Anfey rolled his eyes . He did not think this had anything to do with the bar, but he did not care about interrupting Ozzic .

"I have done many things and suffered a lot since I was fourteen . I started to try to build my own mercenary group after I became a swordsman . I have worked very hard for the past 20 years . I am over 30 years old now . I want to have my own family now . I hope to have a woman who can take care of me and care about me . " Ozzic said with a sad face . "If I waited few more years, I probably could not even see my child growing up . "

"Anfey, what Ozzic said is a big issue . " Alice looked like she thought of something . "I have collected data . It showed that less than one third of the mercenaries married in the League of Mercenaries . This is so strange . Everybody knows that mercenaries are a dangerous profession . The male and female ratio is really imbalanced . In the White Mountain City, the number of females is twice as much as males . I do not understand why those mercenaries are not married?"

"Master Alice, there are many factors contributed to it . " Ye smiled bitterly . As a mercenary, he knew the limitations for being mercenaries .

"Tell me about it", Alice said .

"It could not be explained with a few minutes . It is pretty complicated . " Ye said in a low pitch . "It is not a good time to talk about right now . "

"Ok, can you write a report and give it to me whenever you have time", Alice said .

Ye was shocked for a second about Alice’s request . He wanted to slap himself for talking too much .

"Anfey, this issue needs to be resolved . " Alice said seriously . "Only if we could give mercenaries a family, they would feel settled . Our welfare system needs to be better as well . For example, if a mercenary died, we should give money to his family to help with their life . In addition, we could build magic and swordsmen academies to give mercenaries’ kids chance to learn . "

Everybody started to chat . Anfey could not help himself slamming on the table to get everyone’s attention . "We should be talking about the bar . We are off topics now . "

Everyone laid their eyes back to Ozzic . Ozzic said with a bitter smile . "Blavi and I went to that bar often . I got drunk twice there . Julie took care of me and…"

"Which one is Julie?" Anfey interrupted Ozzic’s talk .

"That one, that one", Ozzic said .

"The one calling you bro?" Anfey asked .

"Yes . " Ozzic lowered his head and said, "She has been very nice to me . One time, she took care of me the whole night . When I woke up the next morning, I saw her nodding off at the bed . Master, you have no idea how I felt at that moment . I …"

"That is why you are willing to be her watch dog?" Anfey said coldly .

After noticing Anfey sounded cold again, Ozzic lowered his head even more . He did not dare to continue his story .

Anfey looked at Ozzic for a while and heaved a slight sigh at the end . His anger towards Ozzic had gone . Anfey had Suzanna and got his own personal happiness . He cannot just allow himself to have a partner and stop his followers to have their own . It was not wrong for Ozzic to date that woman or guard the bar for her . Anfey has said in the bar that he would treat others as he wanted to be treated . If Suzanna ran a bar and someone went over to mess her up, Anfey would definitely fight for her . He should not blame Ozzic for this reason . The mistake Ozzic made was he could not tell the real purpose in that woman . In fact, anyone, no matter men or women, once they fell in love, their intelligence seemed to go down . It was not fair to blame Ozzic for that . Ozzic was Anfey’s big helper . Now he started to talk about "having a family" on the table . Anfey felt bad for him and could not punish him for that reason .

"Ozzic, do you really want to get married?" Anfey said slowly .

"Yes . " It was hard to believe that Ozzic blushed after he said yes .

"There are girls in the League of Mercenaries . Why do you have to look for girls outside the league . " Anfey sounded calmer than before . "This time you are wrong about that woman . Break up with her . It would not do you any good if you keep seeing her . "

"Master, I know she is not the right woman for me", Ozzic said .

"Do you really know?" What Ozzic said made Anfey angry again .

"Master, that woman is so bad . She tried to sabotage my relationship with Ye in front of my face . " Ozzic yelled . "What did she mean when she said Commander Ye did not want to do me a favor? I am not stupid . Not mentioning she is in trouble, even she is ok now, I would not see her . "

"Good, at least you still care about your friendship with Ye . " Anfey smiled .

"Anfey, I think Ozzic already knew he made a mistake . We should forgive him . " Suzanna tried to convince Anfey to let it go after seeing Anfey smiling again .

"No, I cannot just let it go . " Anfey said slowly . "Ozzic, it is lucky that we found it early . What would have happened if we did not find it early enough? You would have made a huge mistake . To make you learn, I will punish you with 10 whips . Ye, you will give him the 10 whips . Do you agree, Ozzic?"

"Yes,yes . " Ozzic knew the issue was finally resolved, at least became a history for him .

"Alice, I arrested a group of customers . Later, can you go and bluff them first and then release them?" Anfey asked .

"Why did you take the customers?" Alice asked .

"I did not only take them, but also killed one . " Anfey said in a low pitch . "They did not show any respects to the supervision group and dared to stir up in the bar . I think they must have a special relationship with the bar . "

"Then why are you asking me to release them?" Alice asked .

"We can arrest them again after I release them now . " Anfey smiled . "Ye, do you know what I meant?"