Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Split

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The group finally began their journey back to the city . Their caravan, made up of nearly thirty carriages, headed towards Transverse Mountain .

For a man that had been living in the desert, the lushness of the landscape would appear heavenly . For someone who had been living in such a landscape, however, it was nothing to be excited about . No one in the caravan seemed to be interested in the scenery outside . Everyone stayed inside their carriages and chatted .

After seven days of eventless traveling, the caravan left Transverse Mountain behind them . Ahead was a small checkpoint with the flags of Maho Empire .

With Black Eleven and Apa, the caravan quickly passed through the checkpoint and was not inspected . There was a large worksite behind the toll building, with thousands of people scurrying about, digging a deep trench . Maho Empire had learned its lesson, and was about to build a defensive wall that was better at keeping enemies out .

Everyone lifted the carriages’ curtains to look at the workers, and the topic of their conversations changed to the recent war . Anfey looked out the window, but did not become excited like the rest of the group . After the carriages left the mountains, his power became very limited . Without forests, the leaf was practically useless .

"What's wrong?" Suzanna, who was very perceptive to Anfey’s mood changes, asked .

"I can’t see anything anymore," Anfey said . He hid the leaf behind his shirt carefully .

"Don’t worry," Suzanna said with a smile . "I’m still here . "

"It’s alright," Anfey said . "It’s just…strange . " It was easy for a man to get used to a life of luxury, but it would be hard for him to try and get used to his old life after he had experienced a life of luxury . Anfey was used being able to observe his surroundings, but now that was taken away, he felt strange .

"Black Eleven said that a mansion is already being constructed in Violet City," Suzanna said softly . "We can plant plenty of trees there . "

"Don’t worry," Anfey said with a smile . "Suzanna, I am leaving tomorrow morning . No one knows except for Black Eleven . "

"Where are we going?"

"Violet City . "

"Why?"

"To do something we have to sooner or later," Anfey said with a sigh . Due to his occupation, Anfey was very opposed to appearing in front of a large crowd of people . Now, however, it was not up him to decide . After he accepted the medal from Yolanthe, he would become a public figure no matter what he wanted . His mansion could become the center of attention .

At that moment, there were two threats to his and his companions’ lives . One was Evil Mist, and the other was Philip . Surely they would try to make a move after hearing that he would be getting a mansion in Violet City . He had to have a plan beforehand .

"I’m going with you," Suzanna announced .

"We have to leave Shally behind, then," Anfey said . "We can’t bring her . "

Suzanna nodded silently .

"Shally won’t get angry that I whisked her sister away again, would she?"

"Don’t worry," Suzanna assured him . "Shally understands . "

"There may be people waiting for us . We will leave during the night," Anfey said . "Black Eleven will take care of everything . "

"What will you do with the unicorn?" Suzanna asked, pointing at the unicorn, who was sleeping next to Anfey .

"It’s staying here . "

"You can’t," Suzanna said . "Didn’t you hear what Christian said? The last time you left it went crazy . It was too magically powerful so they couldn’t do anything until it got tired . "

Anfey scratched his head and frowned . He did remember Christian talking about it .

"Christian set up an array with two magic crystals to trap it while it slept, but it didn’t work, and they ended up wasting crystals . It got sick the next day . "

"I know . He said that it used up too much energy but it didn’t have a way to replenish it," Anfey said .

"That was in the tunnels . It couldn’t get out if it wanted to . We are outside, and Christian won’t be able to keep an eye on it all the time . He has other things to do . If someone caught it…" Suzanna shook her head and her voice trailed off . She stroked the unicorn . She would not allow it to be captured by people with malicious intent .

The unicorn opened its eyes and stood up . It moved over to door, poked its head through the curtains and whinnied . It was instinctual, done to ward off other powerful magic beasts .

The horses pulling the carriages were only normal horses, and were not familiar with the unicorn . For common animals like horses, it was only natural to fear magic beasts . The horses started and bolted . The carriage lurched forward . Thankfully the driver was very skillful, and managed to remain in control over the horses .

"Stop that, for goodness sake," Suzanna said . She was glowing faintly, and grabbed the unicorn’s tail to pull it back into the carriage .

Anfey’s body turned and he balanced himself .

"Is everything alright, my lord?" someone outside asked .

"Everything’s fine," Anfey replied .

"Keep yourselves under control," Suzanna said sternly, tapping the unicorn’s head . She spoke softly, however, and did not sound threatening .

The unicorn looked at Suzanna, and turned its head away . Even though it had been dragged back into the carriage by its tail, it was still a proud creature .

Anfey raised his hand and slapped the unicorn’s head lightly . The unicorn whined and lay down on the floor, looking at Anfey fearfully .

Seeing the unicorn’s eyes, Anfey sighed and did not hit it again . "Taking it will expose us," he said to Suzanna . It was no longer a secret that his team had an unicorn . A unicorn itself would be a surprising sight and would attract a lot of attention . It would make their journey harder than it needed to be .

"We have to," Suzanna insisted . She was rarely stubborn, but she cared a lot about the unicorn .

"Why didn’t it grow up? It’s been a while now," Anfey said, frowning . "If it’s as big as a horse, we could make a suit of armor for it so it would be harder for people to realize it’s a unicorn . "

"You can’t compare horses with unicorns," Suzanna said . "Horses are too short-lived compared to unicorns . These things can live for hundreds, even thousands of years . "

"Are you serious?" Anfey said, his eyes wide . He had talked to other people about the unicorn, but no one ever told him about its life span . "You're not saying that I won’t ever get a chance to ride it, are you?"

"Let me think," Suzanna said . "I think it has a three year long infant stage, then it would start growing . I think there is a correlation between its energy intake and the time it matures . We can go ask Hagan and Hui Wei about it . I’m sure they know about it more than I do . "

"Let’s go later," Anfey nodded and said . He stared at the unicorn and said, "I wish we can just put it in a Dimensional ring . "

Suzanna rolled her eyes .

"Anfey," Black Eleven called from outside of the carriage .

"Come in," Anfey said .

Black Eleven lifted the curtain and entered the carriage . He smiled at Suzanna, than sat down on the ground . "I already took care of everything," he said in a hushed voice . "I had my men rent a room in Collow City up ahead . We can leave during the night . Apa will come with us . "

This was the difference between Black Eleven and Apa . When Apa was speaking to Anfey, he wanted Suzanna to leave because he did not trust her . When Black Eleven was speaking to him, he did not care if Suzanna was there . He that knew that he could trust Suzanna .

"Him? Who would take care of the caravan if both of you leave?"

"We have already passed all the checkpoints," Black Eleven said . "There shouldn’t be any troubles . Apa spent seven years in Violet City, and is more familiar with it than all of us . He will be very helpful . "

"Alright," Anfey said, nodding . "I'm afraid we have to take one more with us, though . "

"Who is it?"

Anfey looked at the unicorn, who was still crouching on the ground . Black Eleven frowned and said, "It will bring unnecessary troubles . "

"It’s Lady Suzanna’s order," Anfey said . "I do what she says . "

"Is it?" Black Eleven said, smiling .

Suzanna blushed and glared at Anfey and Black Eleven, but her gaze was not intimidating at all .