Hello again readers I have not forgotten this story nor will I ever I just needed to take some time away since I cranked out a bunch of chapters at once. This chapter here is sort of a glimpse into Ezio's own Codex. (Hey if Altair can have one why not Ezio ) Enjoy this excerpt from the journal of Ezio Auditore
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What Do You Fight For?
I have just returned from the Bankers party. He is a mystery no longer. Juan Borgia the Elder. Cesare's personal banker a living example of the sickness that this city is infected with bloated and fat. A money grubbing fool with a taste for cheap women and expensive wine. (No offense to my dear sister and her girls of course) through him Cesare was able to fund his military campaigns and now without him his troops will soon return home penniless. Roma is that much closer to being free from Borgia control.
My Apprentices congratulated me and embraced me warmly upon my return. I however am conflicted. The people I witnessed at this accurately named Pagan Party were the citizens of Rome the people whom I am trying to save. These people were all indulging in these pointless pleasantries while elsewhere in the city a young child is missing her mother who has been abducted by Borgia guards or another shopkeeper has been bullied into closing to further Cesare's pointless wars. How can they do this to each other? Are they really worth saving?
But then I look at my Apprentices as they continue to squabble over who gets to go on the next mission (despite the fact that I have the final say on who goes) and I remember the man I met upon arriving here who's wife he got to bury properly because I killed Il Carnefice, and the young boy we reunited with his mother when he asked us for help and for my brothers and my father whom I will never forget, and even for those I saw at the party for they will soon see the light. Once Cesare falls they will be free to think for themselves. I can only hope that day is not far away.
Vittoria Agli Assassini