The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

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“How shall I say it? The Light Wind doesn’t feel like a new organization.”

Roenn smiled gently.

“It’s really nice to see how they care for each other.”

“I also didn’t expect Martha to ask me to care for Raon.”

Glenn nodded, looking at the door everyone left through.

“Young Master Raon didn’t express his sadness despite having missed the reward, and the way he congratulated everyone instead made me think he really is built differently.”

“Ahem, that’s true.”

Glenn cleared his throat, the corners of his mouth loosening as soon as Raon was complimented.

“Who do you think you should thank for that?”

Rimmer smiled broadly and stood next to Roenn.

“It’s only possible because I’m keeping the balance at the center!”

He grinned, pointing at himself with his finger.

“Yes, thank you for your work.”

Glenn narrowed his eyes while looking at Rimmer.

“There wasn’t really anything that could be called work.
They did everything during the mission.”

Rimmer shook his head.
He would brag about himself when the children were praised, and he would give credit to the children when he was being praised.
He truly was a strange person.

“How strong was the tenth apostle?”

“He’s surpassed the second wall.
I’m not exactly sure, since we didn’t fight all out, but I’m sure that he’s at least a Grandmaster.”

“I see.”

Glenn’s expression remained indifferent, despite hearing that he was a Grandmaster.

“I should’ve killed him the first time I saw him.”

“It couldn’t be helped back then.
The White Blood Religion’s leader and Eden’s head were with him.”

Rimmer shrugged, looking at the window, where golden sunlight was shining through.

“Anyway, Raon helped me a lot in this case.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.
The tenth apostle decided to retreat because Raon managed to defeat the seventh apostle.
Raon was also the one that made Balkar shut their mouth.
You should’ve seen Morell using honorifics when speaking to Raon.”

The way Morell, who was called the Snake of Raging Flame, was forced to call Raon ‘Sir’ was a sight to behold—one that he would pay any amount of money for.

“That’s why I ask you to please look after Raon, rather than playing a trick with the library.”

“Trick?”

Glenn’s eyebrows lowered slightly, expressing that he had never done such a thing.

“You used a shapeless aura to stop any books from coming out.”

Rimmer licked his lips, looking at the floor where the bookshelf used to be located.

“I understand why you did that, though.”

When Raon touched the bookshelf, Rimmer certainly felt that a book was trying to come out, but Glenn used the shapeless aura to stop the book from coming out.
That was the reason it looked like there was no reaction.

“You wanted to teach him personally after stopping a book from coming out, right? I wish our Raon knew the ardent feelings of a grandfather for his grandson…”

“Silence!”

Glenn clicked his tongue and shook his hand.

“Yes, sir! The noisy one is going to leave, so please reward me with something as well.”

Rimmer extended his hands while smiling.

“Of course, I was intending to reward you as well.”

Glenn gestured with his head, and Roenn brought a heavy looking pouch.

“Thank you for your efforts.”

“Ahahaha! Thank you!”

Rimmer’s face beamed with a smile once he opened the pouch to see the golden light inside.

“Is that reward enough?”

“Ah, of course! I can play as much as I want with this!”

“But that won’t be enough to win against him.
There’s a good reason why he is famous throughout the continent for gambling “

“He’s still human.
He’s bound to lose one day.”

“Can you get your head screwed on right? The dead won’t return to life no matter how much money you lose.”

“My lord, that’s…”

“Hah, forget about the story from the past.
It’s time to talk about the mistakes now.”

Glenn came down from the platform.
The entire lord’s manor turned cold from his heavy steps.

“What? M-Mistake? What mistake?”

Rimmer stepped backward, hiding the gold pouch behind his back.

“This.”

Glenn waved a paper in his hand.
It was the report he sent before.

“Two lines.
Did you seriously write a two-line-long report after fighting the apostles?”

“Th-That was because it was urgent news…”

“Since the fight was already over, you should’ve had enough time to write about how you won and how heavily the children were injured.”

“Aah! It’s because you were worried about Raon! You should’ve said that from the beginnin…”

Rimmer was stepping backward, but he suddenly stopped.
He wasn’t against a wall—he couldn’t run backward anymore.

“S-Shapeless aura? Did you use a shapeless aura to create a wall?”

He tried to walk forward instead in surprise, but he couldn’t move at all.
All four directions were blocked with a shapeless aura.

Rumble!

And crimson lightning started to appear above his head.

“Reporting is one of the mandatory missions of a squad leader.
Even though you’ve completed the mission, since you didn’t properly deal with the aftermath, I’m going to punish you accordingly.”

“R-Rather than a punishment, I’m going to die if I get hit by that.”

“You aren’t going to die.
That’s right.
You won’t die, at least.”

Glenn gestured with his hand, and the crimson lightning that was rumbling in the air struck him with a thunderous sound.

“Sword Field Cre…! Kuaah!”

Rimmer tried to open the Sword Field, but it was already too late.
Dozens of lightning strikes shredded the Sword Field that was trying to open, then engulfed his entire body.

Whaam!

The crimson light sparked in the audience chamber for a while.

 

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Raon finished dinner with Sylvia and the maids in the annex building before returning to his room.
He sighed.

“I’m exhausted.”

He had to speak about what happened in Porvan to Glenn for the first time, and to everyone in the annex building for the second time.
Telling the tales of that long incident twice a day was even more exhausting than a battle.

The King of Essence also feels dead tired from listening to that tedious and unremarkable story twice.

Wrath shook his hand, telling him to sleep already.

“I guess I’ll do that.”

He was drowsy, either because he led everyone back to Zieghart or because he had to tell the story twice when he wasn’t really that great at storytelling.

Knock, knock, knock.

After he took off the outerwear in order to wash himself before sleeping, someone knocked three times.
It was Judiel’s signal.

“Enter.”

“Yes.”

Judiel opened the door and entered with a thin book in her hand.
She bobbed her head, handing over the book she had brought him.

“What is this?”

“I’ve gathered more detailed data about Zieghart’s armed organizations while you were on you mission.”

“Hmm.”

Raon opened the book Judiel gave him.
While the document was more focused on the division leaders and squad leaders during the Selection Ceremony, it now had information about the squad and division’s characteristics and the main personnel.

She must’ve investigated in advance, since he would have to cooperate with other squads and divisions a lot in the future.

“I’ve received an order from the Central Martial Palace to determine your true power.”

“They are more cautious now.
Are they intending to make their move after figuring out my skills?”

“That seems to be their intentions.”

Because he managed to defeat an apostle this time, the Central Martial Palace must’ve given up on making a rash move.

“Give them a plausible report by pretending you happened to see me training.
Tell them that I must be about to become a Master.”

“Understood.”

Judiel nodded and continued.

“While investigating the armed organizations, I’ve also looked into the White Blood Religion and it appears that the seventh apostle you fought against was a newbie, and the tenth apostle has been a tenth apostle for thirty years at least.”

Raon was already aware of that fact, since the tenth apostle was still in the same position back when he used to be the assassin Raon.

“By the way, there are only four apostles that have maintained their positions for over thirty years.
They are the real monsters of the White Blood Religion.”

“I suppose.”

The level of their powerhouses was more important than numbers for their armed organization.
The reason the Six Kings and the Five Demons were called the strongest in the continent was also because of the strongest people in those organizations.

“Take care in the future.”

Judiel simply said goodbye and turned around, since she finished conveying what she came for.

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing.”

She bowed with an indifferent expression on her face before leaving the room.

“Hmm…”

Raon opened the book and checked the contents in detail.
The information about the divisions, squad leaders, and vice leaders was written in more detail.

“There’s another person that likes gambling other than our squad leader.”

He noticed one vice-division leader that liked gambling.
However, he was pretty good at it, and it was written that he was a confident person that won every time he gambled.
He was the complete opposite of Rimmer.

“That’s pretty good.”

After checking the book from the beginning to the end, he placed it in his drawer and stood up.
He dressed and picked up Heavenly Drive.

What’s up? Where are you trying to go instead of sleeping?

‘My body’s itching after reading this.
I’ll be back after training a little.’

You shouldn’t say you will be back, since the King of Essence has to follow you! Why are you doing whatever you want when you are just a tenant?

‘Tenant? Me?’

Yes.
The only reason you still have that body is because the King of Essence is considerate.

‘I guess you are a parasite instead of a tenant.’

Wh-What did you just say? The King of Essence is the true owner of this body.
He could take over this body any time he wanted.

‘Prove it.’

Raon bobbed his finger, telling him to bring it on.

Ugh…

Wrath couldn’t rashly challenge him by spreading around his wrath and coldness.
He was aware of the fact that he would only end up giving away stats if he challenged him.

‘Since it’s not going to take a long time, hang in there a little bit more.’

Raon snickered as he left the annex building.
As he made his way towards the open area in front of the lake, someone was walking towards him from the direction of the main building.

Slow but dignified steps.
His blonde hair was shining brilliantly under the moonlight, and his red eyes were lighting up the darkness.

‘Wh-Why is he here?’

It was Glenn.
Raon couldn’t even begin to guess why he was in the annex building when he hadn’t visited it once since the 100th day after Raon’s birth.

“G-Greeting my lor…”

He was trying to kneel and bow, but something in the air stopped his waist and neck from moving.

“You shouldn’t be noisy during the night.”

Standing in front of Raon, Glenn’s serious eyes sparkled.

“It means less effort for me, since you are already out.”

“Sorry?”

“Follow me.”

He turned around and gestured with his hand for Raon to follow him.

“Wh-Where are we going?”

“I told you before, didn’t I?”

Glenn glanced back.
He was frowning, his gaze cold.

“I said that I’d reward you in a different way.”