I didn't know you were such a vampire

Waking up very late in the winter morning, Joya sat on the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and blew the wind for a long time, only to see a ray of orange light suddenly appear from the distant mountains, rendering the surrounding night sky A very dreamy light and dark color.

This is the first time she has actually climbed to the highest point in Florence. When she first arrived in Florence a year ago, she heard the coachman praise the most beautiful church in the world more than once in an exaggerated tone. Difficult ascent to this commanding height in Florence in a dream.When learning assassin skills in Monteriggioni, Ezio even drew a stick figure for her, vividly describing his experience of climbing the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Finally, he told her: "The place you stand is different, and the scenery you see is also different."

Rodrigo had said similar words to her before, but Qiao Ya knew that the meanings of the two people's words were very different.

At this moment, she is sitting on the dome, probably because she has too many hidden thoughts, neither Ezio's admiration for the beauty of the high place, nor Rodrigo's extension from the high place to power, she is full of thoughts. When he first arrived in Florence, Marco carefully pinched the hem of her clothes, uttering the word "sister" a little bluntly.

Aro is a person who understands and is even proficient in the art of language. Joya is not surprised why he is the one who represents the Volturi family to all the people who came from other places during the San Marcus Festival celebration in the city of Voltra If Caius is in charge of law enforcement, then he is most likely in charge of the family's diplomacy.

During the meeting with Qiao Ya this time, he talked about many topics. After Qiao Ya gradually lowered her vigilance, the topic changed and went deep into the bloodthirsty devil boy he met last winter.In his words, he did not explicitly say whether the bloodthirsty devil boy who is outside the law of the vampire world is Mako. He just deliberately led Joya into the language trap he set, from "blonde", "young", and The characteristics of "Caius did not execute the death row prisoner on the spot for the first time" made Joya think that the child was Marko, and mentioned the bizarre fire in Isaac Village.

"I know that Miss Joya went to Isaac Village after she first came to the Voltura area. I'm sorry that although the Volturi family is in charge of the entire Voltla area, I don't know the specifics of the fire. The reason, I can only tell you, may be related to Caius, which is why I ordered that people in the Waterla area not be allowed to discuss this matter." Aro said with a smile, "So Miss Joya found something ?"

Qiao Ya felt that he must have been an excellent diplomat before he became a vampire, but she searched the contents of the history books she had read in her mind, but she did not find a person suspected of being Arrow.

Qiao Ya knew that a cunning person like Luo would never simply come to tell her the news. After a long silence, she asked, "Then why did Mr. Luo tell me this?"

"As I said, I'm just curious about Ms. Qiao Ya. After all, you are the first person to let Caius break the rules you set." The smile in A Luo's eyes was restrained, but his eyes were more serious After talking for a while, he pondered for a moment, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up again, "Besides, I may not have been to Florence for many years. Come and have a look, and remember the old friend."

He turned around, stepped on the window sill, and stood against the moonlight, casting a slender figure at Qiao Ya's feet. Before he left, he turned around, looked at Qiao Ya, and said, "Miss Qiao Ya This outfit... is an assassin, right? Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to meet a senior member of the Assassin organization in Athens, and like Miss Qiao Ya, they are very free and unrestrained people."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly disappeared from the window sill, leaving only a very slight wind that blew Qiao Ya's side face.

This is Joya's busiest day.

From inspecting Totti's mansion during the day, to inspecting the Lord's Palace at night, to speeding around the city of Florence with Demetrius, and finally to meeting Arlo at Giotto's bell tower, she has never had a complete experience. Take a full rest.And when Aro left, she exhaled and felt the belated fatigue. She stood on the bell tower for a long time, and then came to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, following the key points mentioned by Ezio in her memory. At dawn, climbed to the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Ezio was right, the Florence seen from the dome is beautiful, but when a person is not in the mood to appreciate the scenery, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is just a picture reflected on the pupil.

She stood up before the sun completely rose, and the wind blew up the broken hair at her temples. She didn't free up her hands to tidy up, but opened her arms, facing the wind and the dazzling morning light, without hesitation. , jump down.

This is something only an assassin can accomplish, representing a leap of faith.

After Joya returned to Monteriggioni, before she had time to change her clothes, she threw herself on her bed, and continued at the next moment, she let out the even sound that only in deep sleep Breathing.

From the departure to the return, during this period of time, she either stayed at a farmer's house or slept in a hotel mixed with fish and dragons. In addition, she had things in her heart, and she hardly had a good night's sleep.But the bed in Auditore Manor, which is not considered soft, has become a habitat where she can let go of her guard, and can accommodate a long dream.

In this dream, she dreamed of many people, including her parents in her previous life, Vanosha who accompanied her as a child in this life, and everyone in the Orsini Palace. Rodrigo told her with a dark face that she was The only person in this life who dared to disobey him, he wanted to throw her into the Tiber River to feed the fish, but when she was about to be thrown into the Tiber River, Juan suddenly rushed out and put a lifebuoy on her body.

Wearing that lifebuoy, she swam vigorously in the Tiber River, which was in flood season in spring, from day to night, and then saw a blond boy on the bank eating something with his head buried.

Her intuition told her that this was Mako, who had been missing for a long time. She immediately swam to the shore and patted the boy on the shoulder with excitement. Staring at her, he handed the blood-stained lamb to her, and said in a soft voice and familiar stiff tone: "Sister, do you want to share a lamb with me?"

Qiao Ya suddenly sat up from the bed, panting heavily, before she recovered, she felt a warm hand gently pat her back, she reflexively She firmly held the wrist of that hand, then flicked her right hand, showing the Hidden Blade, and the next second, she was slapped on the back of the head, accompanied by Ezio's lazy voice: "Hey, wake up. "

Qiao Ya was snapped back to her senses by that slap. She blinked, twisted her neck a little stiffly, and saw the slender wrist she was holding that had always belonged to women, and the black man sitting beside her bed. Claudia, owner of the frowning wrist.Ezio stood behind Claudia, silently retracting the hand that committed the crime just now.

Qiao Ya shook her head, then remembered what she had just done.

She immediately withdrew the Hidden Blade, kissed the back of Claudia's hand like a nobleman kissing his hand, then put Claudia's hand on her pillow, and said in a hoarse voice: "Actually, I It was intended to do so.”

Ezio raised an eyebrow at her.

But Claudia still had a sullen face: "It seems that you will not be allowed to sleep with clothes on in the future. For dinner."

Qiao Ya kept smiling with her, she was only taken aback when she heard Claudia talking about dinner, and then said, "Dinner?"

"Yeah, dinner," Claudia said.

Joya fell asleep almost the whole day, from the early morning when the blacksmith's shop in Monteriggioni was not yet open, to when all the shops were already closed, this gloomy town was completely plunged into darkness.

Claudia reserved dinner for Joya, in addition to beef and vegetable soup and pickled salted fish, there was also a glass of wine with ice cubes, to save the mental shadow of the liquid in the cup because of the goat's milk Joya.

While Qiao Ya was eating, she wanted to report to Mario about her task completion.

"The village of Isaac was indeed burned to ashes, and there was not even a blade of grass left. However, this fire seems to be a bit strange. The lord of Waterla City ordered all the people not to discuss this matter, so the news is not There is no news about the city of Voltra, so that even our colleagues are not sure whether the news is true or not." Qiao Ya took a sip of wine, then patted her chest, and said.

Mario nodded, his face was a little heavy, and he asked, "What did you find?"

Qiao Ya paused for a moment with the hand holding the bread, and suddenly thought of what Ah Luo said, the fire was related to Caius, she frowned slightly, and then immediately opened it up, saying: "I don't have anything I found out, but maybe the lord knows better, and I will continue to investigate when I have the chance.”

After she finished speaking, there was only silence on the dining table. She pretended to be gnawing on the bread, then stretched out her hand to the vegetable soup, and heard Mario sigh, "Then... about the rumored What about the boy who showed up at Isaac's Village?"

Qiao Ya lowered her head, slowly chewed the crumbs of bread, and said, "There is bad news, but I thought that my colleague who was waiting for news from my mother should be very anxious, so I thought about coming back first..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard Claudia who was sitting next to her say: "You're so stupid, how can there be any colleagues, it's just that uncle heard a colleague sent a message, but I'm afraid it will be a waste of joy. You are disappointed, so I made up a reason for you, you will not lose your mind if you have tasks on your shoulders."

Joya froze for a moment, looked up at Claudia, and then at Mario who was sitting opposite her.

Mario didn't take Claudia's words, but sighed, looked at Qiao Ya and said, "Even if it's bad news, it's still good news. At least you have a direction, don't you?"

Qiao Ya held the soup bowl in one hand and the bread in the other. She was stiff at the dining table for a long time before she whispered, "But I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" Ezio, who was sitting next to Mario, smiled, "Do you know the statue at the Auditore Manor?"

Joya nodded.

There is a female sculpture in the Auditore Manor, with a slender figure, wearing the ancient Roman lady Stola. She always thought it was a female god in ancient Roman mythology.

"That's Amunet, the predecessor of the Assassin Brotherhood, one of the founders of the 'Hidden Ones'." Ezio said, "If she was as afraid as you were back then, would there still be the current Assassin Brotherhood? ?”