Chapter 130 Chapter 130 What does this little London hide...

King's Cross Station in London, 1863, was crowded with people.

The Assassin Jayadeep Mir, alias "Henry Green," blended into the sea of ​​people, gently pushing aside the citizens who stood in his way. Like other Assassins, he was a master of stealth, careful not to draw anyone's attention for too long.

Although, if they looked at him carefully, they would find that this young man from India was quite handsome and elegant, with the most typical and beautiful deep eye sockets, high nose bridge and honey-colored skin among his compatriots. The bright earrings hanging in his long hair added a lot of unique Indian charm to him; as early as when Jayadeep was a child, he realized this from the adults' fond caresses and kisses, and he was proud of it.

However, his happy childhood—and even his adolescence—ended with the failed blood ritual. Had it not been for his teacher, Ethan Frye, who managed to save him, he would have been sentenced to death by his father, Arbaaz Mir. However, while Jayadeep was in London, carrying out Ethan's secret mission, they were once again tragically defeated.

“This kid knows how to kill, and he can kill,” Ethan had told Arbaaz, “but he doesn’t have the talent to be a killer. He lacks something you and I have, but we could also say he has something you and I don’t have.”

To put it in more common language, when his own life or the lives of others are threatened, Jayadeep can perfectly use the killing skills possessed by any assassin master, fighting like a demon and being unstoppable; but the bad news is that he can only kill when he is forced to that point.

So he failed to successfully infiltrate the Templars as Ethan had planned and expected. Because they asked Jayadeep to kill an innocent good man, but he couldn't do it; Ethan wanted to do it for him, but the Indian Assassin exposed Jayadeep's whereabouts, so they all failed.

Failed miserably.

This was one of the reasons why Jayadeep's lips were tightly pursed, making it difficult for him to smile that charming smile of the past. The Templars, having memorized his face and identity, were keeping a close eye on him. Even more unfortunately, under the charge launched by Grand Master Starrick, the London Assassins were losing ground. Of the few remaining Assassins, Jayadeep was already the best.

So, that's why he was sent by the Council of Assassins to King's Cross Station to meet a legendary assassin from Italy.

Jayadep braced himself and searched for his Italian compatriot in the sea of ​​people. It was said that he was both a member of the Vongola family and a mentor of the Brotherhood. He led the Assassins in the two Italian Wars of Independence in 1848 and 1860 respectively, and made outstanding contributions to the unification of Italy.

There are even rumors that he assassinated Ferdinand II. Otherwise, why would Victor Emmanuel II specially grant him the title of "Duke of Caserta"? That was the royal palace and place of death of Ferdinand II!

But, of course, that could also be a coincidence. After all, Victor Emmanuel II would never publicly admit that an assassin had killed the king, even if it was a Bourbon king. If an assassin could kill one king, surely they could kill another! It's hard to imagine Victor Emmanuel II's feelings when he learned of this.

Just as Jayadeep was thinking this, he felt a gentle tap on his shoulder. Startled, the assassin turned his head and saw the gentleman who had just tapped him politely withdraw his hand. His eyes wandered searchingly over Jayadeep's face, and finally, as if confirming something, he blinked, removed a glove, and held out his hand to him amid the bustling crowd. "You must be Henry Green, right?"

Jayadeep hurriedly shook his hand, though he was a little taken aback; the gentleman in the three-piece suit wore a soft, snow-white linen scarf, and a gold chain from a pocket watch hung from his dove-gray waistcoat, which complemented the gentle iridescence of the mother-of-pearl buttons. But that fleeting brilliance was quickly overshadowed by his matching charcoal-gray long coat, taupe-striped trousers, and brown oak leather suitcase, making him look very understated.

总得来说，这位黑卷发的旅行者看起来像个好脾气的绅士，远不像一个刺客。但当贾亚德普注意到他的手套铰着铁的时候，刺客困惑的眉毛就舒展了开来。那可不是什么绅士会用的东西，刺客们都知道，那是方便他们灵活攀跃和揍人的好帮手。

"You must be the Duke of Caserta," Jayadeep then said, a title he had chosen based on his attire.

"Please call me Elio," said the Duke of Caserta mildly, "but it was my kind friend who told me that I should wear dark colors when I visit London, or you might find me in my incongruous white robes, already engaged in a fight with the Templars."

Jayadeep couldn't help but laugh at the imagined scene. The Duke of Caserta, apparently unfazed by his laughter, was putting his gloves back on. There seemed to be a hint of the Assassin's mischievousness in his smile. Perhaps that was why Jayadeep was willing to call him "Elio" from the bottom of his heart.

“Even the Templars couldn’t catch us in this dense crowd!” Jayadeep quipped. “But please, come with me, Elio. I’ll tell you about London on the way.”

The situation in London was dire. Not only had a Piece of Eden fallen into the hands of the Templars, but Grand Master Starrick was practically manipulating London, practically deploying his forces into the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. As Elio listened, his expression grew grave. Jayadeep, deeply moved, assumed he was concerned for the plight of the Assassins and their people, but he had no idea Elio was searching his memories, pondering the whereabouts of the Frye Twins.

It wasn't that Elio wasn't worried about the Assassins and the people, but the strange absence of these two legendary Assassins was puzzling. This was one of the reasons why he went to London. In his memory, the Frye twins had clearly defeated Starrick and seized the Shroud of Eden; but this was completely different from the current situation. So which Piece of Eden did the Assassins lose?

How much does this little London hide?

Elio (who carries two Pieces of Eden with him) was puzzled. But soon, as he delved deeper into the truth behind the loss of the Piece of Eden last year, when "Henry Green" mentioned that "Ethan Frye" might know more about what happened, Elio's vague memory was triggered.

"Ethan lives in Crawley," Henry said, "not too far from London. The Council agrees, if you think it necessary to discuss this with him further."

Elio thought he really needed to.

But it was unrealistic for him to leave London immediately, because before leaving, he visited Michele Amari, the current Minister of Public Education of the Kingdom of Italy (the envoy who went to Paris with him that year), and received a private request.

That is to mourn the Earl of Dar, the minister who was also sent to London that year, who was also stranded in London after 1849 and unable to return home, but was not as lucky as Michel to wait for the good news in 1861.

As early as 1854, during the cholera outbreak that shocked the whole of London, the elderly minister unfortunately passed away.

Elio remained in London for a while because of this matter. The Italian embassy in London (they could call themselves ambassadors now!) received him warmly and searched historical records for Elio, but could not find the whereabouts of the earl. Finally, an elderly counselor provided a clue, telling Elio that the earl had lived in poverty in his later years and lived in Crawley, where he was probably buried.

In reality, Elio had only spent about half an hour at the embassy to obtain this information, including twenty minutes of meaningless small talk. Thanks to the "Duke" and "Ambassador" procedures, he had actually wasted about a week.

Finally, Elio is ready to leave for Crawley.

He declined the embassy's offer of a government car, and when the embassy suggested he needed bodyguards, Elio almost laughed out loud. Finally, he traveled to Crawley rather modestly by train, accompanied by Henry Green, the owner of an antique shop.

After consulting the parish registers, Elio discovered the Earl's precise location in the cemetery. Out of friendship and generosity in his later years, the local schoolmaster, Ethan Frye, had purchased the plot for him. This perhaps reflected the Earl's financial situation in his later years.

But when they walked there and admired the cemetery at sunset, which was no different from its neighbors, covered with moss and stains (they had taken great pains to clean it up), Elio and Henry both discovered that in addition to the names and years of birth and death, there was a special line of words marked there.

Count Dal Borgo, Minister to Sicily, 1790-1855.

Born in Italy, died in exile.

Elio stood there, silent for a long time. He solemnly left the bouquet of lilies in his hand there. When he left, a new line of words appeared on the tombstone, which had been cleaned and bloomed with dewdrops: Italy will never forget her son.

Elio didn't look back when he left. But when "Henry Green," Jayadeep Mir, the great-nephew of Duleep Singh, the last maharaja of the Sikh Empire, looked back with mixed feelings, he was surprised and delighted to find that the tall, old purple cedar tree beside the earl's tombstone was casting its branches on the top of the tombstone, surrounding it, shaking, and shining with the golden light of the setting sun, as if it were a belated coronation.

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Author's words: Henry Green, who picked up the person: Handsome guy, who are you? (Shocked)

Oreo who just arrived in London also said: Handsome guy, who are you (shocked)

Yes, this handsome guy is Henry Green from The Dark Knight.jpg, but in the novel, he's described as very charming... I think you could refer to the male lead from the Indian film "Love Under Fire." He's quite handsome, and his appearance is quite similar! And the novel "Underworld" details his past in detail. I read it and thought, wow, this character who's good at killing but can't kill because of his strong "heart" is obviously also very charming. Why is he like that in the game? Hmm x

Oreo came to London to check out the situation because he was wondering "Where are the Frye Twins?" and "Where did the Piece of Eden come from in London?" But he actually forgot that the Frye Twins were introduced in 1868 and they hadn't even started their mission yet. And that Piece of Eden was the one that Evie blew up at the beginning of Syndicate.

I'll also share a bit about the previous ambassador's whereabouts! After the unification of Italy, he returned from Paris and started working in education. According to the timeline, he became a university professor a few years later. I made up this ambassador to London; I couldn't find his name or biography... However, the story about Michel Amari's "mission to Paris" is also made up, although the person and story are real (eyes shifted) (I can't really find any details about the time).

Furthermore, the identity of Henry Green, also known as Jayadeep Mir, can be found on the Assassin's Wiki: "As the son of Arbaaz Mir, a Kashmiri Master Assassin of the Indian Brotherhood of Assassins, and Princess Puyala Kaur of the Sikh Empire, Jayadeep is the grandson of Maharaja Kharak Singh and the great-grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He is also the great-nephew of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and a companion of the latter during his exile in London during the Victorian era." In the later stages of the game, Evie has a task for Duleep to drive the royal carriage, giving him the opportunity to talk and lobby people, and then Duleep tells her the location of the architectural drawings (the architectural drawings about the location of the Holy Shroud).

So I personally think Jayadeep must have had mixed feelings when he saw the (grave) of the exiled and distressed Sicilian ambassador...