The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

p>Raon swirled his sword with a cold smile.

“I understand it now.”

“You can’t bluff your way out of this!”

Burren kicked the ground, slashing diagonally.
He was targeting Raon’s waist with the best technique he could use from the Barren Wind Sword.

Clang!

Raon blocked the blow with precise timing once again.
However, it was pointless since the Barren Wind Sword could shred the defending aura.

‘I’ll chase immediately if he backs off… Hmm?”

He was getting ready to chase, expecting Raon to back off—but he wasn’t moving at all, instead he was fending off the Barren Wind Sword on the spot.

“H-how?”

Burren’s jaw dropped.
The rotating blade of the Barren Wind Sword came to a stop, unable to slash through Raon’s aura.

‘But it’s still rotating!’

The aura was still violently rotating in the shape of sand particles, and Raon’s aura wasn’t getting severed at all.

“What have you done?”

“It’s simple.”

Raon snickered, looking at the agitated Burren.

“I shoved in a new aura before yours cut off mine, in the opposite direction of your rotation.”

Even if one slashed the river, the water would be refilled.
Raon used the same principle, refilling with a new aura before his aura was cut off to block the technique Burren called the Barren Wind Sword.

“A-Are you saying that you can control your aura so quickly?”

Burren’s eyes trembled like a sailboat facing a tidal wave.

“E-Even the Barren Wind Sword was ineffective…”

“It wasn’t a problem with the Barren Wind Sword.
It was because you were too weak.”

“Cough!”

Burren’s lips trembled, and Raon smacked his head.

“If the rotation of the Barren Wind Sword were faster and bigger, I wouldn’t have been able to stop it by shoving in aura.
The problem lies in your proficiency.”

“Argh!”

“Have you been saying that you would defeat me with that level of skill?”

“That’s…”

Burren lowered his head, lips trembling.

“You boasted that you’d catch up to me when you couldn’t even surpass my scabbard.
I guess that’s what I should expect of a guy that gave up on everything and tucked his tail in to run away from not being chosen.”

“What do you even know about me to say that?”

“You are right.
I don’t know what kind of emotion is linking you with the Central Martial Palace master.
However, there’s one thing that I know.”

Raon continued, pointing his finger at the separate building, which was in shambles.

“If you keep sulking in that doghouse, he will never look back at you again.”

“Keuh…”

Burren couldn’t refute it, biting his lip.

“Since you told me your objective in life, I’ll tell you one of my objectives as well.”

“Objective?”

“My objective is to restore my mother’s position to the direct line.”

“You are insane!”

Burren’s face turned pale.

“That’s impossible! The direct lines and the high-ranking collaterals that hate you won’t stay still if you do that!”

“It’s almost impossible, but it’s not impossible.”

Raon smiled, facing Burren’s eyes as they reflected his doubts.

“Accomplishments.
If I have enough accomplishments to shut their mouths, it will be possible.
That’s why I chose the Light Wind, which will have more missions than anywhere else.
Obviously, I wouldn’t be able to achieve it for the rest of my life if I was sulking like you because I faced some difficulty.”

“Ah…”

Burren’s hand trembled, as he never expected that Raon would have such an objective.

“You said that you wanted to face your father and be recognized by him, right?”

“Y-Yes.
But it’s all over now.
Father is a cold-hearted person.
He will never look back at me again…”

“That’s not the only way you can face your father.”

Raon shook his head, looking at Burren’s wrinkled face.

“What?”

“Instead of making your father look back at you, you should surpass him and go ahead of him.
Then, you can look back at the Central Martial Palace master following you from behind.
He will have no choice but to recognize you once that happens.”

“Surpass my father? That’s impossible!”

“This is impossible, that’s impossible.
Are you going to live like that for the rest of your life?”

“Th-That’s…”

“It will be difficult.
I’m sure you will feel like you’d rather die.
However, is it really impossible?”

“……”

Burren couldn’t answer Raon’s question.
He was the living proof of the weakest person becoming the strongest.

“Which one is more difficult, I wonder—your objective, or my objective?”

“……”

Burren couldn’t respond once again.
There were countless direct lines and high-ranking collaterals that hated Raon.
It was obvious that Raon’s objective was more impossible, since he needed to gain recognition from them.

“The tree won’t fall if you don’t swing your axe.
It’s up to you whether you will stay in a corner like that, or decide to come out and wield the axe.”

Raon turned around.
He was about to return to the annex building, but he stopped and quietly looked back.

“Both Runaan and I made our swords, and Martha received hers.
Everyone’s advancing right now.
If you are going to make your choice, then you’d better do it quickly.
The path won’t be there anymore if you are too late.”

Leaving Burren behind as he hung his head, he went to the tree where Tias was standing.

“I’m sorry.
A violent method like this was the only thing I had.”

Raon walked up to Tias, who was staying far away, and smiled awkwardly.

“Thank you.
All I have is the feeling of gratitude.”

Tias politely gathered his hands and bowed.
His wrinkled throat was trembling.

“Goodbye.”

Raon smiled slightly at Tias, who was shedding tears, and went to the annex building.

Tias expressed his gratitude once again to Raon’s back as he left, then looked at Burren, who was kneeling on the ground.

“Ah…”

A small light was emerging from eyes that used to be lost in despair.

 

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Creak.

Burren clasped his fist so hard that he could have started bleeding.

‘You damn idiot!’

Even though he resolved to become stronger and more mature, he hadn’t actually grown at all.
Just like Raon said, all he did was run his mouth, pretending that he was trying something.

He couldn’t stand his pathetic self.
He was no different from back in the days of the fifth training ground, when he was full of arrogance.
No, he actually became even more cowardly than back then.

“He wants to become a member of the direct line?”

He could only laugh.
It was an objective that anyone in Zieghart would say was impossible, but Raon was seriously saying it.
And because it was him who said it, Burren felt like he could really achieve it.

‘He’s a really amazing fellow.’

Burren was sulking in his room from the despair of being abandoned by his father, yet Raon wanted to climb to the direct line as a collateral.
He couldn’t believe that he had such willpower, despite being the same age as him.

‘He told me to surpass my father and look back at him…’

He only thought about making his father look back, but he never even dreamed about surpassing him.
He felt like that kind of thought was already making the difference between himself and Raon.

‘Alright, let me try that.’

Since it came down to it, he absolutely wanted to see his father regret his decision.
He wanted to surpass his father.
It was a lot easier to accomplish compared to Raon regaining his mother’s position in the direct line.

‘Just wait for me.’

‘I’ll come back to find you.’

 

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Rimmer was whistling at the midpoint of North Grave Mountain.

“That’s great!”

He exclaimed, watching Raon leave the separate building.

“I thought he was going to give him some sloppy advice, but he actually dug into his wound before applying medicine on it.”

“Hmm…”

Glenn slowly nodded.
He was groaning because he didn’t expect Raon to drag Burren out like that.

“It’s really mysterious.
He was really naive when he was a kid, but it sometimes feels like he knows the world better than me.”

Rimmer grinned, grabbing his head with his fingers laced.

“Is it because I was such an excellent teacher? I guess a teacher is important, after all…”

“He is my grandson before he is your student.”

“Pfft, I’m the one who spent the most time with him.”

“I cared for him the most.”

“No one will know about you caring for him from the shadows.”

“I didn’t do that to gain anyone’s recognition, so it doesn’t matter if they don’t.
I just did what I wanted.”

Glenn frowned, glaring at Rimmer.

“Gasp…”

The Heavenly Blade division leader’s eyes widened upon witnessing Glenn’s reaction.
She seemed confused, as it was her first time seeing the head of house behaving that way.

“Ahem!”

Glenn cleared his throat and turned his head at the feeling of the Heavenly Blade leader’s gaze.

“Anyway, Burren should be standing up soon enough.
Do you want to make a bet with me?”

“A bet?”

“Yes, about when Burren’s going to stand up.
Since the additional registration period ends in two days, I’ll bet my next month’s salary on him getting up tomorrow.”

Rimmer wagged his finger and pointed at Burren kneeling on the ground.

“Then I’ll bet on today.”

“You know you can’t go back on your words, right?”

“Of course.”

Glenn nodded as if it were obvious.

“Huhu, today’s about to end alread… Gasp!”

Rimmer was laughing while covering his mouth, but he gasped.

“Wh-Why is that guy standing up already? Hey! Stay on the ground a bit longer!”

Burren stood up while holding his sword, then he went into the separate building.

“Aaaaah!”

He shouted, unleashing all of his aura at the separate building.

Baaam!

The separate building that had been halfway destroyed by Raon collapsed completely.

“Haa…”

With a refreshed expression, as if he had done what needed to be done, he went towards the Central Martial Palace with Tias following after him silently.

“M-My lord? We didn’t confirm the best ye…”

“Rimmer.”

“Ah, yes!”

“There’s something you are mistaken about.”

“Mistaken?”

Rimmer’s eyes lost their smile and turned black as if they faced hell upon hearing Glenn’s next words.

“You’ve already been paid in advance for the next month.
What you just lost isn’t next month’s salary, but the salary for the month after that.”

“Argh! Damn it!”

Finally realizing the situation, Rimmer grasped his head.

“Idiot.”

The Heavenly Blade division leader clicked her tongue, looking at his pathetic demeanor.

“I really don’t even have money to eat! The kids won’t even lend me money anymore!”

“Then there’s only one solution.”

“Solution?”

“Get rewarded by completing missions.”

Glenn nodded, looking at Raon and Burren one after the other as they walked away.

“I’ll give you the first mission for the Light Wind Squad.”