Bab 49: Chapter 28 Dock_2

"Hey, that's all in the past," Winters's old face reddened, and he didn't retort because Bard was right.

Venetians are impetuous like fire, treating life and death lightly and pursuing revenge seriously. Besides their custom of wearing swords and masks, they also have a tradition of secret societies.

Outsiders don't understand these customs, but Venetians feel no shame in them; they take pride in these practices.

However, Winters had lived in The Federated Provinces for six years, so he also felt that the Venetian culture of masks, poisons, and daggers wasn't very friendly.

He waved his hands repeatedly and explained to Bard, "That all happened during the Imperial Era, and besides, we Venetians assassinated only the imperialists and the old nobility, those assassins were heroes of The Alliance."

Thirty years ago, before the church had its second schism, the brutal suppression of heretics provoked the resistance of the Venetians.