"A sorcerer?" Kassandra looked at Noah strangely, then glanced at Wong, who remained silent but visibly alert.
She hadn't expected that answer.
Having lived for over two thousand years, Kassandra naturally knew the concept of sorcerers. She had always believed they were inventions of bored storytellers. Fiction. Something meant to entertain.
And yet, here one stood before her.
Honestly, Kassandra had always assumed that anyone with special abilities derived their power from the Isu. But from her first exchange with Noah, she had felt it clearly. The power he wielded was completely foreign. It had nothing to do with the Isu.
That unsettled her.
She hadn't lived in isolation all this time. Over the centuries, she had encountered many individuals with strange abilities. Some were weak. Some were terrifyingly strong-strong enough that even she wouldn't dare provoke them.
But none of them had ever called themselves sorcerers.
They also showed no interest in interacting with her.
There had been one exception long ago. Someone powerful who participated briefly at the beginning, then vanished. After that, no one else stepped in. Since the balance of the world remained intact, Kassandra never interfered either.
She had noticed that these special individuals were scattered across the world. They hid themselves. This puzzled her, but not enough to make her investigate further.
Both sides knew the other existed.
Neither truly understood the other.
That balance had lasted since ancient times.
"So you really are... a group of sorcerers?" Kassandra asked again, her tone no longer as calm.
"Yes," Noah replied, nodding. "Although I don't know when it began, some of our sorcerers have recorded your story. Your past. And even parts of your future."
Kassandra's eyes narrowed.
"What do you know about my past?" she asked. "And what do you think will happen to me?"
She wasn't preparing to fight, but she clearly didn't believe him.
Noah understood that. If a stranger showed up and said things like this, he wouldn't believe them either. Right now, he sounded like a lunatic.
He didn't mind.
If persuasion failed, he would leave. He had no intention of forcing someone who didn't want to listen.
"You were adopted and raised from childhood," Noah said calmly. "Your maternal grandfather was Leonidas, king of Sparta, who died at Thermopylae. Your biological father was Pythagoras. Your adoptive father was Nikolaos."
Kassandra's expression shifted immediately.
Noah continued without pause.
Her family's bloodline. The sacrifice of Alexios. The accidental killing of the Spartan priest. Being thrown from the cliff by Nikolaos. Surviving. Kephallonia. Markos. Becoming a mercenary. Phoibe.
He recounted it all.
The Order of the Ancients. The parts he was certain of.
Kassandra's breathing grew heavier.
"It seems you've kept very detailed records about me," she said after a long pause. "What else do you know?"
"Your dealings with the Isu," Noah replied. "You trusted Artemis deeply. She did care about humanity. But humanity no longer needs that care."
"You even know Artemis?" Kassandra raised an eyebrow. "Then you also know about Atlantis. The Underworld."
"Of course," Noah said.
That was precisely why he had sought her out.
Her journey to the Underworld was legendary. And it mattered. Noah didn't say that part aloud. But it was the reason he was here.
He had always liked Assassin's Creed.
Enough to dismantle an Assassin Brotherhood that had lost its way. Enough to seize the High Table's intelligence network. Enough to use its leader's bloodline to find her.
Everything he did had a purpose.
If persuasion worked, good.
If not, he would leave.
"I also know about Juno," Noah continued. "She's gone. Completely dissipated."
Kassandra stared at him.
"You killed her?"
"Yes," Noah answered without hesitation. "Everything she knew is now in my mind. I appreciated what she provided."
"You're powerful," Kassandra said slowly. "But that shouldn't have been enough."
"She was sealed for too long," Noah replied. "Her power had already declined. And my abilities restrained her. The outcome was inevitable."
Kassandra thought back.
"So the defensive energy earlier... that was you?"
"Yes. Though even without me, someone else would've stepped in. Earth isn't as weak as you think. Its sorcerers are formidable, even on a universal scale."
There was unmistakable pride in his voice.
Kassandra could hear it.
From the Ancient One to apprentices. From Kamar-Taj to magical academies. Noah explained the hidden side of the world without holding anything back.
In truth, Kassandra fit the magical world better than the ordinary one. Her strength. Her lifespan. She wasn't human in any normal sense.
And Earth didn't need her to shoulder so much alone.
Asgard. Odin. Preparations already made.
"The magical world... Asgard... even a Ministry of Magic?" Kassandra muttered, her expression mirroring Rogers' confusion from years ago.
"So the special individuals I encountered... were sorcerers?"
"Not all," Noah shrugged. "Vampires. Werewolves. Other creatures. The magical world has everything. Ghosts. Spirits. Anything you can imagine."
"And your lifespans?" Kassandra asked. "They're long too?"
"Very," Noah replied. "If I don't want to die, a few thousand years is nothing."
Silence.
For the first time, Kassandra felt she wasn't an anomaly. She wasn't alone.
Then her gaze fell to the Staff of Hermes.
Her silence deepened.
Her longevity came from this staff. Not herself.
So she was still different.
"Your situation is special," Noah said suddenly.
"How so?" Kassandra asked.
"I've never seen someone so powerful relying entirely on an external object to stay alive," Noah said. "You were deceived."
Her grip tightened.
"Deceived?"
"Don't misunderstand," Noah added calmly. "I can help you solve this. And what comes after."
"You'll help me?" she asked. "Why?"
"I need your help," Noah replied. "Nothing against your will. And you'll gain more than you lose. The Isu left Earth long ago. Whatever problem you have now may be their doing."
He met her gaze.
"We're all Earth-born. Mortals who made it this far. Think carefully."
Kassandra was quiet for a long moment.
"Then," she said finally, "let's see what you can do."
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