Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 287

Chapter 287

"Here," Anfey said, tossing the scroll to Hagan .

Hagan reached over and snatched it out of the air . He looked at the scroll, then jumped up and dashed towards his room with a wide grin .

"Wait!" Anfey called . "Come back!"

"What is it?" Hagan turned and asked .

"Master Saul said you should go check out the magic lab . He was considering making an alchemy lab in there and needs your opinions . You can tell the butler about anything you need and he will fetch it for you . "

"Really?" Hagan asked, stunned . He was already happy enough to receive the manuscript of the famous alchemist Jacob, now he was overjoyed . He had always wanted an alchemy lab, but he never had the chance to get one . Now this was a dream come true .

"Really," Anfey said, smiling .

"I see," Hagan said . He took a deep breath then hurried out of the dining room .

Anfey looked around and asked, "Where’s Suzanna?"

"She’s with Ernest," Christian replied . "It should be her honor to receive instructions from Ernest . "

"Not for Anfey, though," Blavi said with a grin .

"What do you mean?"

"Suzanna is already a senior swordsmaster," Blavi said . "If she ever became more powerful, then Anfey…"

"You’re right," Sante said, smirking . "Anfey should be under pressure . "

Anfey smiled and shook his head . His friends were right . He did felt pressured when facing Suzanna . He always thought he should be the one protecting Suzanna, but time after time he was proven wrong . He disliked being protected by others, since it made him feel weak and useless .

Riska suddenly stood up and hurried toward the door .

His sudden movements spooked Blavi, who turned and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Meditating," Riska said without turning back . "Not only Anfey . Think about it . We were all hiding behind Suzanna . "

Blavi frowned, then smiled and shook his head . Riska was right . Whenever they were in danger, it was always Suzanna who put herself between them and danger . The only thing they did was hide in a safe place and assist her when she needed it .

"Let’s go," Zubin said, standing up . "We’re home now, but that doesn’t mean we should relax . We are lucky this time, we have Suzanna, but we won’t always be lucky . We should start preparing for the next time we are in danger . "

"Zubin’s right," Sante nodded in agreement .

Soon there were only a few people left in the dining hall . Shally didn’t care about being protected by her sister, and Doris stayed because she did not have a room .

"What have you been doing lately?" Anfey asked . "Haven’t seen you in forever . "

"You’ll find out in a few days," Christian replied .

"Fine," Anfey said with a sigh . He sat down next to the table and released the unicorn . The unicorn was clearly more relaxed now that both Saul and Ernest were out of the room . The unicorn jumped onto the table . It stomped on the table a few times then dashed towards the other end . It wanted to stop at the end, but the table was waxed and its momentum was too great . It couldn’t stop in time and slipped off the table, bringing a dozen plates with it, and crashed into the wall .

Anfey frowned . He couldn’t grasp just how playful the unicorn was getting, but now he knew it was true that the unicorn was getting harder to handle . He had only let it go for a few seconds and it was already in trouble . At least it was only in the dining room . What if it got into the magic lab one day?

"Come here!" Anfey bellowed and slammed the table .

The unicorn stood up, shook its head, and looked at Anfey, confused .

"Come here, now!" Anfey ordered again . He wanted to go and grab the unicorn, but he remembered how fast it was and gave up on his unrealistic hope .

The unicorn whinnied excitedly but did not move any closer to Anfey .

"That’s useless," Doris said, giggling . "The louder you are the more excited it is . It probably thinks that you’re playing with it . "

"Should I let run wild, then?" Anfey asked with a frown . "I’m going to fetch Suzanna . " He had just been thinking about getting stronger seconds ago, and he was already looking for Suzanna’s help .

"Don’t worry," Doris said, raising her hand . "I have a solution . " She retrieved something from her dimensional ring and smiled . "This is Shally’s idea," she said with a wink . Shally giggled, proud of herself .

Doris held two crystal balls in her hand . She clinked the two crystal balls together and made a crisp, high-pitched sound .

After hearing the sound, the unicorn suddenly dashed towards the table and leapt onto it . It looked at the crystal balls curiously .

"Get ready," Doris said . She suddenly tossed the ball in her left hand into the air and rolled the other one down the table towards Anfey .

The unicorn jumped into the air and snatched the crystal ball out of the air with its mouth . When it landed on the table again, it turned to chase after the other ball .

Anfey realized the plan and was already ready . When the unicorn tried to clink the ball in its mouth with the ball on the table, Anfey jumped over and grabbed the unicorn . He wrapped his arms around the unicorn tightly . "Stop, stop!" he called .

The unicorn whinnied and kicked around, but it was too small and too weak compared to a grown man .

Hui Wei coughed . "This is not a permanent solution, either," he said . "It is growing too fast and a magic beast like this one should be smarter than normal ones . You can fool it once, twice, but not more than that . It will learn that this is a trap sooner or later . "

"We will have to settle for this plan for now," Anfey said . He grabbed the unicorn’s mane and lifted it into the air . The unicorn stopped struggling and stared at Anfey with bright blue eyes . It snickered as if it was trying to please Anfey and convince him to lessen its punishment . Anfey felt bad and only smacked its head softly once .

"Not for long," Hui Wei said, shaking his head . "Christian said its mother was a top tier unicorn, which means this thing may become one, as well . "

"Who knows," Anfey said with a sigh . "None of us knew how to raise an unicorn . We don’t know what this thing needs . It’s good enough that it hasn’t gotten sick yet . I’m not that hopeful . " Anfey was worried that the unicorn would not get enough nutrition to grow up healthily .

"Just because you don’t have the experience, doesn’t mean no one has it," Hui Wei said .

"Who are you thinking?"

"Bruzuryano, of course . He is the obvious choice . The unicorn is a holy animal in his religion . We have libraries, so do elves and druids . If anyone knows anything, it would be him . "

Anfey nodded . "You’re right," he said . "By the way, what do you want to do now?"

"Me?" Hui Wei asked . "I don’t know . What can I do? I’ll just relax and enjoy myself, I guess . "

"You have to do something," Anfey said . "Why don’t you come study with me at the academy?"

"Have you forgotten? I’m a two-discipliner . I don’t even know if I will pass the test . Plus, I have no interest in that library . "

"You don’t need any tests," Anfey said . "I have connections . "

"Fine," Hui Wei said with a chuckle . "I guess I’ll try it . "

"Let’s go, then," Anfey said, pushing himself up . Then he stopped and frowned . "What should we do with the unicorn? We can’t take it to the academy . Should I make a leash for it?"

"No!" Hui Wei said, shaking his head . "Unicorns are very loyal, but you can’t restrain it . It will die of unhappiness if it loses its freedom . "

"I’ll talk to Master Saul, I suppose," Anfey said, shaking his head . "Hopefully he is still here . "