[Assassin's Creed] How to tame the Italian cannon king

Ezio, along with his uncle Mario, left Monteriggioni for San Gimignano.The target of the assassins this time is the Patch family, and the other party has obviously become a running dog of the Knights Templar. Their mission is to find out the Patch family's conspiracy.

Even though she knew that Ezio should not be in any danger in this mission, Anna was still very worried in her heart—whether her arrival would change the future, and the butterfly effect might have started early.

However, the life that followed made her temporarily suppress this worry, because... things suddenly became so much better!

After discovering her talent for arithmetic, Giovanni Auditore entrusted her with some affairs in the bank, asked her to teach Claudia and Petruccio, and then went to talk to Marie. Ya Ni crooked together.In the past, he was always busy with assassins or banking affairs, and his double identity obviously doubled his workload.But now, Ezio and Anastasia have shared many things for him, and he is happy to take Maria to enjoy the rare field life every day.

Anastasia was also very satisfied with this arrangement.Although there were many chores, this showed that the Auditore family did not treat her as an outsider.At the same time, such a busy day can also reduce her worries about Ezio.

Although she has been complaining about the practice of "simply adding up the ages of the two generations as the mental age" in some novels-after all, some people look like giant babies even if they live to be 40 years old, but some people are astute at the age of 10. Fear—but I have to admit that those experiences in the previous life still helped her a lot.She also started from the basics and took care of the properties of Monteriggioni and Auditore's family.At the beginning, there were still many things I didn't understand, but Giovanni answered her questions one by one without hesitation, so it became easier and easier later on.

On the other hand, Giovanni was also very surprised by Anastasia's intelligence and even creativity in some aspects. Although he heard his son Ezio mention it, he didn't expect that she could learn it. So fast and so well done.At first, I thought it was just my son who "sees beauty in the eye of the beholder", or that Ezio himself is too stupid so everyone thinks he is very smart.But the reality made him have to admit that Ezio's evaluation is not exaggerated at all. It can even be said that her talent in this area is already beyond the reach of ordinary people, and her investment vision is even closer to a hundred shots.

Therefore, after Anastasia became a teacher, Giovanni directly handed over everything to her, and only occasionally helped Anastasia share some things when there were too many things.After all, Maria had reminded him many times that Anastasia was still recuperating.Although Ezio rescued her that time, the foundation of her body was injured after all, and the doctors also told her many times not to let her be overworked.

Indeed, neither Monteriggioni nor the Auditore family's property is a small amount. Anastasia felt that she had lost a lot of hair, and her blond hair, which was cut like a dog, was growing at a rapid rate. It was also much slower than when she simply recuperated.

Fortunately, with the passage of time, she has gradually mastered the skills of dealing with those shrewd businessmen, and Claudia and Petruccio have been able to help her share some things, so she was able to relax a little. Picked up the books and brushes that had been abandoned for a long time.

In such a fulfilling day, Ezio and the others finally came back.Riding into Monteriggioni, which seemed to have completely changed its appearance, Mario even suspected that he had entered the wrong city.After all, he has hardly managed this city at all in the past few years, so he can't help sighing when he sees that it is now a prosperous city.

After putting down his luggage, Ezio casually stopped a servant in the Monteriggioni Manor and asked where Anastasia was. After getting the answer, he walked quickly to the study that the servant said.

As soon as she stepped into the room, Anastasia was sitting at the desk, writing something with a quill pen.The two small tables next to it were occupied by Claudia and Petruccio.The sound of his footsteps had become very light due to the long-term assassin training, and Claudia and Petruccio didn't notice him until he got very close.

However, when the two of them were excited to say hello to their elder brother, he put his index finger in front of his mouth in a silent gesture, and looked at Anastasia with a smile.The two immediately understood what he meant, covered their mouths hard, held back their laughter, and watched as Ezio quietly walked behind Anastasia, covering her eyes with his hands.

Anastasia has always been very attentive when doing things-this is also a buff that comes with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't finish her work-so the sudden loss of light in her eyes is a bit scary she.Fortunately, the familiar atmosphere surrounding her made Anna guess who was playing a prank: "Ezio, stop messing around." She smiled helplessly.

"Oh~ I guessed it so quickly, I thought it would be a surprise!"

Looking at Claudia and Petruccio who were laughing loudly, Anna immediately understood that the two little guys were Ezio's "accomplices". She shook her head and said, "Don't expect me to help you today. Finished the homework." And stood up amidst the boos of "Hey~" from the two people, stood on tiptoe, and gave Ezio, who was taller than her by a head, a hug, "Welcome back. "

After exhausting tasks and rushing on the road, I finally met the person I had been thinking about for a long time.Ezio, who received this reply, also hugged Anastasia tightly.

"It's good that you are here." He heard the restlessness and uneasiness deep in his heart, and was instantly soothed.

For the sake of the young couple finally seeing each other again, Giovanni gave both Ezio and Anastasia a day off.After all, with just a day off, Ezio has to rush back to Florence to solve the plot he uncovered against the Medici.

Giovanni never thought that Ezio would be the first of his children to settle down?Claudia's engagement has been annulled, and Ezio beat up that flamboyant; Petruccio is still too young; and Federico doesn't seem to have that kind of thought at all?Oh my god...it feels like a long way to go...

Anastasia found a secluded place in the city of Monteriggioni. Recently, she has become familiar with the layout of the city because of the trade in the city.It's not hard to find a place like this.

How could she not understand that what Ezio, who has been on the road, needs to rest, he only has half a day to do repairs, and what awaits Ezio afterwards is another fierce battle.What's more, the two of them were already so familiar that they didn't need to be bored anymore. They already knew each other's friendship well, and Anna was completely indifferent to flirting.

So, while the two were walking, Ezio told her about the process of the operation.Orazio, who was always by his side and gave him a lot of advice, died during the assassination process, and Vieri de Pacchi's old enemy finally died under his Hidden Blade. Another page of confidential letters was found on his body.

Finally, Ezio also told Anastasia all he had heard about a plot by a group of people preparing to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brothers in order to seize power in Florence.

Of course, he would not tell Anna that "he also found a portrait of Anna among Vieri de Pacchi's relics."Even under Mario's teaching, he gave due respect to the death of the enemy, but even if this guy Vieri died... he still needs to add another block to himself...

"Ezio, in the future you may have to face the death of countless companions, and even more people will be assassinated." After listening to Ezio's narration carefully, Anastasia directly pointed out that Ezio was most concerned about thing.The hatred for Vieri de Pacchi kept him from suffering too much after killing, but the death of his companions was what he cared most about.The order of the things just described has reflected the importance of how Ezio views these things in his subconscious.And thinking that Ezio might want to establish a new brotherhood in the future, she naturally had to let him recognize this reality earlier.

"Stay true to your Assassin's Creed." She pondered for a moment, then said, "In this protracted battle with the Templars, there will inevitably be sacrifices. But what the dead never need is pity, but for their achievement." respect."

"You assassins?" Hearing this sentence, Ezio was stunned, and asked a little bit tangled: "Anna, don't you? Don't you agree with the Assassin's Creed?"

Anastasia was stunned for a moment by Ezio's heightened sensitivity, but the emotion that rushed to her heart was joy.

Although!The point of the sentence is completely wrong!But Ezio's growth seems to have exceeded all of their imaginations.

Such him is really more heart-warming.

"Everything is false, everything is allowed?" Anastasia smiled, "Ezio, what do you think of this creed?"

Ezio was really caught by the question now... Although his father, Federico and Uncle Mario have said this creed many times, he didn't think about it at a deep level. What is the meaning of this sentence? what does that mean.

His slightly confused expression obviously gave Anna the answer, and she was not in a hurry. After all, although this sentence sounds simple, many assassins have never touched the edge of this creed in their entire lives.

"So, let me answer this kind of question after Ezio thinks it through." Anastasia smiled slightly from the side, stood up again, straightened her skirt, and looked down at Aiji Oh, "I once read a passage in a book, and now I want to tell you it. 'The real light is never the time without darkness, but the time that is never covered by darkness. The real hero is never the time that is never humble. sentiments, but never yield to base sentiments.'”

Ezio looked at Anna's blond hair flying in the wind obsessively, and the poetic rhetoric just now echoed in his ears. I have to say that Anna is really good at creating an atmosphere.He always felt that those famous works were too obscure and difficult to understand, and it was possible that Petrarch's love poems could really catch his eyes.But Ezio felt that he probably understood what Anastasia meant.

"Ah, by the way, it's better to go to my master Leonardo for that secret letter page. By the way, tell him that I'm here, and you can send me a letter if you have anything to do." Anna remembered just now. The Altaïr manuscript that Gio mentioned was found from Vieri, vaguely recalled that this invention was quite important, and it could help Ezio add a lot of security, so he specifically asked.

"Also, my brother replied, and one of them is for you." After settling down, Anastasia sent letters to her mother and brother in Verona, and Ezio also sent Anna The suicide note written by her father to her mother was sent over by the way.

"Oh? Why is there a reply to me?" Ezio was a little curious. He seemed to have never dealt with Anna's brother. He didn't know what happened to the other party, so he wrote a letter to himself.With this question in mind, he took the letter, opened it and read it.

When he had finished reading, Anna asked, "Did my brother say anything strange?"

"Ah, your brother is afraid that I will bully you. Let me take good care of you." Ezio replied jokingly, "God knows how I would be willing to bully you! Besides, do I still have status in this family if I bully you?"

Although it was just a joke, on the other hand, it is also the "cruel reality" now. Comparing Ezio and Anastasia, in the eyes of everyone in the Auditore family, it becomes a kind of "how can flowers be planted in I fell on your cow dung" feeling.However, he was also happy with this situation. Anna could integrate into his family without any obstacles, which was undoubtedly the best thing.As long as his family and Anastasia were around, what did it matter?

But what Anna's brother said to him just now... Ezio thought about it, but he still burned the letter behind Anna's back.

The author has something to say:

Just stayed up late writing a 7600 word report

Then I kept my promise and wrote nearly [-] words!

Continue to write the next report_(:зゝ∠)_

I'm even touched that I haven't stopped updating yet.

By the way, Anna's words should be quite famous.

But it was not written by Romain Rolland, it was said by Fu Lei in the preface of "John Christopher", high school politics|politics misleading children

I have always thought that this sentence is great when used to describe assassins, "We work in the dark..."