The Law of the Silent Gentleman

"They're gone."

Auraxia looked at the white dragon and the boy's shrinking shadows, and said softly.

"It's time for us to leave." Enzo looked around at the **** scene in the hall, "But before that, there is still some finishing work..."

"I will let the 'Black Crane Boat' be cleaned up."

"It's not just that." The assassin sighed, "King Clement is dead, and theoretically this war will end with it, but we must tell the world and let them know the end of the king."

The elf frowned. He really doesn't understand the twists and turns of human beings.

"what should I do?"

Enzo thought for a while, "Not everyone is dead. There is one fish that slipped through the net."

He glanced at Giuliano, who said confidently: "We can't kill them all, at least one person must be left for the king to collect his body."

"Arasha, you drive the 'Black Crane Boat' to the city-state of Zanodia and tell them what happened. Although General Hean Suweita is not an upright and good man, he is not a treacherous and sycophantic person either. , he will listen to your explanation. Let the surviving bodyguard bring the king's body home, and then General Hean Suweita will be in charge of the negotiations. I believe the war will soon end with peace negotiations."

The elf nodded slightly. "I trust your judgment. What about you? I guess you don't want to see the general very much."

"Giuliano and I will return to Ponto City. We have accepted the commission to assassinate the king. Now that the task is complete, of course we have to go back and report. You just need to find a suitable place to put us down."

Oraxia looked at Enzo's face. "And then? Will you come back again?"

"Where are you going?" Enzo was puzzled.

"On this ship. I will send a message to the surviving clansmen and ask them to gather at Zanodia. When everyone is here, we will leave this world on the 'Black Crane Boat'. You will not come with us go?"

This time it was Giuliano's turn to be baffled. "Why did Enzo go with you?"

Oraxia looked at Giuliano in amazement, and then at Enzo in even more amazement, showing an expression of enlightenment. "So he didn't know yet."

Enzo gave Oraxia an annoyed look, as if complaining that he had revealed his secret.

"Know what?" Giuliano shook Enzo's hand in a panic, "Is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

Enzo turned his head. "My mother," his tone was full of sadness, "she was a priestess who served the **** of truth and deception. To be precise, she was a priestess of an ancient race."

Giuliano's jaw almost dropped.

"So, so you are actually..." He pointed at Enzo, and said, "...a hybrid of humans and elves?"

Enzo lowered his eyes in embarrassment, not knowing how to answer this question. The answer was obvious, but he couldn't think of a way to appease Giuliano.

In the end, Oraxia made a relief for him. "I know his mother. Although we serve different gods, we are very good friends. She and I are the only two remaining priests in the place where our clan lives together. You may not know that the original 'Black Crane' She holds the key to the boat. Decades ago, she said she would spread the gospel of the gods among humans, so she passed the key to me and left the forest where my family lived alone to go to your human kingdom Mission. She was never heard from after that. We all thought she had an accident and was called by God."

"She is indeed dead," Enzo muttered.

The elven priestess came to Muchania hoping to convert the people there. She fell in love with a handsome young human nobleman. They fell in love and had no public relationship due to worldly prejudices. The priestess returned the priesthood to the gods and promised to sacrifice her first child to the gods. She knew that there were many true **** believers among human beings, so she took her son to one of the cities with the most pious beliefs, and planned to entrust her son to the temple there. But his husband finally got tired of her, and in order to erase her from his own life, he hired killers to assassinate them, even taking the life of his own son.

Oraxia said: "Enzo, you have half of my blood, and you have the opportunity to choose. Of course you can stay in Fagus and continue to be a silent person. You must know that is also one of the ways to serve God. But you You can also follow us to the Kingdom of God on the planet. Maybe this choice is better for you."

"What a fart!" Giuliano hugged Enzo's arm involuntarily, for fear that Oraxia would suddenly attack and **** him away from him, "Enzo won't go with you, right? Speak, Enzo! "

Oraxia looked at Giuliano with the eyes of an elder looking at a child, full of reproach in his eyes, but tolerated his nonsense and ignorance. "He is a hybrid of ancient races and humans. Two completely different bloods are fighting endlessly in his body. Although it has no effect on the body, this conflict will destroy his mind one day. All the hybrids I know are Yes, without exception. Enzo, you feel it yourself? Madness is gradually encroaching on your consciousness, and the symptoms will only get worse as you grow older. Stay in Fagus, and sooner or later you will be mentally Collapse. Follow us to the Kingdom of God on the planet, and maybe we can find a way to heal you. After all," he smiled, "there is the kingdom of the gods."

Giuliano hugged Enzo's arm tightly, looking pitifully at his teacher, friend and lover. "What he said isn't true, is it?" He was about to cry, "Enzo, talk, he's lying, isn't he?"

"No." Enzo stared at the ground dejectedly, "He didn't lie. It's all true."

Tears welled up in my eyes. "That is to say, you...you will one day..."

"Crazy?" A smile crept onto Enzo's cheeks. He suddenly raised his head and stared at Oraxia with burning eyes, "Ask me if I feel that I am gradually going crazy? Hahaha, what a joke!" His gray eyes burst into frenzied light, "Arasha , you don’t know, I’ve never been normal!”

Orrasha was shocked. "Really? But you don't look like..."

"That's because I'm good at acting." Enzo smiled sinisterly, "I know I'm not normal. I observe the people around me and imitate their every move. I study the laws of man and the law of God, and use By planning my behavior, I use logic to think about how I should react in what situation, instead of relying on instinct. If I encounter unexpected situations that I have never seen before, I turn to the gods for help and let them guide I."

"But you should also know that the gods don't always answer your prayers. If they let you go..."

Giuliano had seen Enzo lose control. Fear arises spontaneously. Enzo at that time was so terrifying, he couldn't believe how the always calm, elegant and calm assassin showed such a crazy look?

"They did let go." Enzo said softly, "There was one time when I begged them to send divine enlightenment, but there was no response. They left the choice to me. At that time, I made Decided."

He took a step back and raised his other hand to rest on Giuliano's. "When the gods no longer care for me, I will live according to my own will, not for the gods, but for his love for me." He added in a low voice, "and my love for him. "

Orasha didn't say anything, just turned around silently, beating the round table with one hand.

"'Black Crane Boat', head to that headland, find a place to land, and let them go ashore."

After speaking, he turned his body slightly and looked at Enzo sideways, "This is your choice, don't regret it."

"I never regret it. As long as Giuliano doesn't hate me."

The assassin let go and asked his young apprentice, "Would you? You fell in love with a madman, and he might lose control that day. If you reject me now, no one will blame you."

Giuliano shook his head vigorously: "I don't care about that! You won't become crazy! If you don't know what is right and wrong, what to do and what not to do, let me tell you. You always take care of me , Teach me, if necessary, then it is my turn to repay you!"

Enzo pushed Giuliano's hair back and pinched his face.

"Then it's all up to you."

On that day, General Hean Suveta was fully armed and commanded the Zanodian garrison and sea fleet to form a defensive formation. The secret agent who escaped death sent back a message from Vanessa: a strange black flying object attacked Vanessa with mysterious light, and most of the city was turned into scorched earth. But blocked by a white dragon, the black flying object left Vanessa. General Suweita had no doubt that it was a secret weapon created by the Muchanians, and those guys who worshiped the dragon **** were always neurotic. So when the scout reported that a huge black fusiform object was flying towards Xanodia, he calmly wrote his suicide note, asked his personal guards to hand it over to his family, and went to the shrine to pray bad is the last prayer), and then lead the army to prepare for the enemy (and death). Archers and siege catapults stood ready, but Suveta felt they were probably useless.

He stood on the deck of the flagship, using the crystal binoculars to watch the death messenger flying towards him at a very high speed. It flew very low, close to the sea surface, and the airflow brought up by the flight washed away the sea water, set off waves, and dragged long water trails behind it. Suweita put down his long-sighted glasses (the black flying object is so close that it can be seen clearly without a long-sighted glass), and gave an order to the adjutant: "The catapults attack, the archers are ready, everyone obeys the order, and stick to Zanoti Ya, live and die with the city!"

Facing the mysterious and terrifying flying object, the soldiers of the whole army were so frightened that their legs became weak, but none of them tried to escape from the battlefield. Everyone from the rookies to General Suveta himself was ready to sacrifice. Just when they were about to shed their blood, the black flying object suddenly stopped. It slowly landed on a tidal flat, neither emitting the legendary death ray nor continuing to move towards Zanodia.

"Drive the boat over there." General Suveta pointed to the landing place of the black flying object, "Let's meet that big guy."

"General! Absolutely no!" The adjutant hurriedly stopped, "This must be a trap, the enemy landed on purpose just to lure you into the bait!"

"If they wanted to kill me, I would have turned into fly ash by now. That thing was parked there, it must be doing something."

The adjutant had no choice but to pass on the general's orders. Although the sailors were very unhappy, they could only obey orders. Suveta's flagship sailed for the shoal and dropped anchor on the shore. The black flying object did not respond, so the general boldly led a group of death squads to land on the beach and walked towards the thing. About one round away from the black flying object, a door appeared at its bottom, and a ladder protruded from the door.

All the soldiers drew their swords at once, and the archers drew their bowstrings.

A slender man in black came down the stairs. The sunlight shone on his side face, so that everyone could see his facial features clearly. He has a pair of pointed ears that are different from humans, which fits the description of the ancient race in the legend. His fragile and beautiful appearance like sea foam made the soldiers forget to breathe. One sleeve flapped in the sea breeze as he walked—he had only one hand.

The other followed down the stairs. He was a young Muchanian with blood on his face and a lifeless body in his arms. He still refused to raise his head, not knowing whether it was the elf in black who imprisoned his freedom, or he couldn't raise his head because of his own guilt.

General Suweita stared at the elf, and suddenly felt that this guy was very familiar. He must have seen it somewhere, but couldn't remember how.

"Hello, General Hean Suweita." The elf spoke fluent Imperial language.

"Uh, hello, are you...?"

"My name is Urasha, and I am a priest who serves the God of Light. I hope to explain the cause and effect of the matter to you, so as to clear up any misunderstandings."

Suveta looked at him in bewilderment.

Oraxia pointed to the corpse that the young man was holding: "This is His Majesty King Clement of Mucania."

"Huh?!" Su Weita was shocked, "He...he died?!"

"That's right. And this," the elf pointed to the black flying object behind him, "is the 'Black Crane Boat'. As you know, thousands of years ago when our civilization was destroyed by the dragon war, all the God sent many 'boats of black cranes'. But some people did not board in time, and one ship did not return in time. This is that ship. I have been looking for its whereabouts all these years."

"What does this have to do with King Clement? I have received news that the 'Black Crane Ship' destroyed the city-state of Vanessa. Is that true?"

"It's true. King Clement stole the 'Black Crane Ship' and ordered it to attack Vanessa City. I sneaked into the ship and waited for an opportunity to kill him and regain control of the spaceship. Now you don't have to worry, I swear Won't hurt you." He added in a low voice, heard only by Suveta, "as long as you don't hurt us."

Su Weita was completely confused by this sudden change. "You mean, all this was planned by the Muchanians? This war, this disaster..."

"It was Clement's plan. But I managed to stop him. He is now in control of the dragon. I came here just to explain the whole story to you. I hope you can tell the truth to the world and eliminate them." As for your Majesty who died... Although your country is at war with Muchania, but in the spirit of knights, will you allow this young guard to send the remains of his lord and his comrades back to the motherland? I am sure that everyone will praise your noble and generous act."

Suveta scratched his head blankly. He has been on the battlefield for so many years, often collecting the corpses of the enemies who died in battle, and returning the remains or relics of the enemies to his family many times in a noble spirit. But this is the king of the enemy country...

The young guard who had been silent all this time suddenly said: "Your Majesty the General, please allow me to send the remains of His Majesty and all my colleagues back to my hometown. I will tell my people what happened, and I will tell them..." He broke down in tears , "His Majesty the King died heroically. He captured the 'Black Crane Boat' and was attacked by assassins at the moment of victory. He died under a despicable trick, but this will not disgrace His reputation."

Auraxia looked at him indifferently: "He has a great reputation for slaughtering unarmed civilians."

The young guard lowered his head angrily.

General Suveta coughed twice to attract their attention. "Of course, I will send a special guard of honor to **** the coffin of His Majesty Clement. We Yoder people have always been generous and noble, and we will have enough respect even for the enemy. But please tell me, young man, the death of His Majesty Clement Can it bring an end to this war?"

"I...I don't know..." The young guard replied ashamedly, "I'm just an ordinary guard, and I really can't answer such an important question."

"So, who will lead your country when His Majesty the King dies? If we want peace, who should we talk to?"

The guard thought for a moment. "I guess it's Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty the Prince—no, it should be the new King—is still young, and Her Majesty the Queen will act as regent."

"Very good." Suveta said with satisfaction, "I hope this queen is a peace-loving woman."

"By the way, my lord general," Aurasha said, "I have one more request."

Su Weita's attitude towards the elves has changed from suspicion at first to respect. After all, he is the messenger of the enemy's monarch and brings peace.

"Please tell me, sir, is there anything I can do for you?"

"I will send a message to my compatriots scattered all over Fagus, asking them to come here as soon as possible. When everyone is here, we will leave this world on the 'Black Crane Boat'. If they come, can you Promise to protect them? We won't stay long, and we won't cause trouble for the people of your country."

"Of course I am very happy. We are all God's people, and we should help each other. But, my lord priest, do you really want to leave Fagus? In the past, you had to leave your hometown because of the rampage of the dragon clan, but this is different now. The dragon clan has disappeared , the belief of the ancient gods has returned to the earth, don’t you want to stay?”

Aurasha shook his head, his black hair swaying gently with his movements, like the shadow cast by the poplar. "When the 'Black Crane Boat' arrived, we couldn't catch up. Our family, friends, lovers... had already set off one step ahead. We were like abandoned children, we could only fall asleep crying. When we wake up, the world has changed. The world is no longer for us."

He turned to the sea.

"Leave it to you. Let us go after the people who are one step ahead. We will be reunited in the kingdom of God on the planet. Whether it is those who arrive alive or are called after death, we will be reunited."

A soft sigh escaped his lips, like a breeze blowing across a midsummer field.

"This time we will not be separated again."