The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

to do if they don’t accept the match?”

“I’ll visit them again.”

He grinned, touching his Chesire mouth with his finger.

“And this time, I will be rougher than before, so they won’t be able to refuse.”

 

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Raon entrusted Dorian to Burren, then went to the medical detachment, where Rimmer was hospitalized.

As he opened the door and entered the room, he could see Rimmer happily humming on the bed.
Raon thought he really had a positive personality, since he could hum after getting struck by lightning.

“You look happy.”

Raon smiled slightly, placing the fruits and cookies that Sylvia gave him next to the bed.

“Your complexion is also better than usual.”

“There’s no way I would be happy, since it’s so suffocating to do nothing but lay here.
I feel tired no matter how much I sleep in this hospital room!”

“But that was already the case.”

“Shut up, punk!”

Despite what he said, Rimmer couldn’t stop his mouth from smiling.
He was apparently enjoying sleeping as much as he wanted to without working.

“Are those yours?”

“My mother prepared them for you.”

“Wow, I knew it! She is truly the only sun in this cold land.”

He smiled brightly, taking an apple from the fruit basket to start eating.

“I have something to report.”

“Report?”

“I learned about this incident a moment ago, and apparently the Golden Crest Squad from the True Martial Palace…”

Raon told Rimmer everything about the Golden Crest Squad picking a fight.

“Damn, that’s one nasty method right there.”

Rimmer spat out the apple seeds and frowned.

“Is Dorian okay?”

“Sir Roenn healed him.”

“That man is reliable.”

Rimmer nodded, saying that Dorian should be okay.

“What are you going to do now?”

“What about you? What do you want to do?”

Rimmer asked back.

“I think it would be better to accept the challenge.”

“Why do you think so?”

“The Light Wind currently has a higher reputation than their strength.
And that’s…”

“Because of you.”

“It’s awkward to say so myself, but yes.
That’s why I would like to raise the Light Wind’s skills to match up to the reputation.
Since they received the books on martial arts from the head of house, having enemies will give them a good opportunity to get stronger.”

“You are right.”

Rimmer immediately nodded.

“I agree with you, so do as you wish.”

“Why?”

“Hmm?”

“We might end up losing the fight.”

“So what?”

Rimmer shrugged, as if that wasn’t a problem at all.

“You guys are young.
Being young means that you have the opportunity to challenge many things, fail, and get back on your feet.
Some unfortunate people don’t even get to have that chance, but you guys are lucky enough to have the house back you up.”

“Hmm…”

“Just do it.
You will get stronger whether you win or lose, and you will learn from the experience.”

It was a rare occurrence that Rimmer remained serious as he continued talking.
He looked like a completely different person.

“But I’m not doing it.”

As Raon was admiring the fact that Rimmer could be like that sometimes, his voice suddenly became frivolous.

“What?”

“I mean the match.
Everyone from the members to the squad leaders have to fight.
I’m telling you I’m not going to fight.”

Rimmer continued, munching the cookies.

“I can’t possibly fight a greenhorn like him with the long career I have behind me.
That’s why you should be the one to fight.”

“Me?”

“Yes.
You realize that many people in the house don’t believe that you managed to defeat the seventh apostle, right?”

“Yes.”

Raon nodded.
Probably because Rimmer usually praised him a lot, many from the direct line and the collaterals believed that his victory was made up.

“This is a good opportunity to make them shut up by defeating Garon.
Moreover, it will be a great achievement.”

“Great achievement?”

“A Master defeating another Master is nothing special.
However, defeating Masters twice as an Expert will become a great achievement and make your soul stronger.
It’s also going to allow you to establish your position in the house.”

Rimmer’s blue eyes sparkled in anticipation.

‘And there’s even more.’

Winning against Garon would increase his stats once again.

Fame, reward from the duel, and stats.
There were so many things to gain from winning.

“I’ll take care of Garon, then.”

“Since you are accepting it so quickly, I guess you were planning to defeat him yourself all along.”

“You can be sharp sometimes.”

Raon chuckled.
Although Rimmer didn’t know about his progress with the Supreme Harmony Steps, he was aware that Raon was targeting Garon already.

“Sometimes? I’ve always been the sharpest person.”

“Are you telling me to believe that when you always go broke in the gambling house?”

“Th-That’s because… Erm…”

Rimmer shut his mouth in embarrassment and hung his head.

“Anyway, I’ll accept their challenge since you agreed as the squad leader.”

“A-Alright.”

Rimmer awkwardly smiled, then drew a circle with his finger.

“By the way, where did the lightning even strike you? The weather hasn't been that bad recently.”

“It’s a long story.
I seriously almost cried this time because I was falsely accused.
I was beaten up because of something I didn’t even do, and seriously…”

“Beaten up? No way, did someone beat you up just like Dorian?”

It’s understandable that Shitty-ears would get beaten up, since he’s so weak.
Actually, he deserves even more beatings!

Wrath started giggling upon hearing that Rimmer got beaten up by someone.

“Huh? I-I wasn’t beaten up! No one can beat me up!”

“But you just said…”

“That’s just a figure of speech!”

He fiercely shook his head and changed the subject.

“Since we’ve decided, you should go to them already and tell them you are accepting the duels.”

“That won’t do.”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to make them visit us again.”

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
Raon had no intention of giving them an ordinary reply for accepting their challenge.

“My pouch, I mean, Dorian got beaten up.
They shall pay for it.”

 

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Raon didn’t mention anything about the duels against the Golden Crest to the Light Wind members.
He just helped them with their training and learning the new skills, without doing anything exceptional.

As such, five days passed.
The day before Rimmer returned from his holiday in the medical detachment, Dorian was freaking out as he came running.

“V-Vice-squad leader!”

Dorian’s fists were trembling, his eyes filled with anger and fear at the same time.

“Th-They are back! They are going wild in the restaurant!”

“How impatient of them.”

Raon snickered.
As he had expected, the Golden Crest bastards couldn’t even wait for a week and returned after five days.
They were asking him to either accept their challenge or admit defeat.

“Wh-What shall we do? The squad leader isn’t even back yet…”

“I think we should wait until the squad leader returns.”

Dorian and Burren anxiously bit their lips, since they didn’t know that they had already decided to accept the challenge.

“Let’s go meet them.”

“Seriously? Just like that?”

“But you don’t even have a plan!”

“It’s okay.
It will work out.”

Raon smiled to reassure them and went to the restaurant.

“Hey, what are you doing right now?”

“Bring the food already!”

“Why is the restaurant not taking any orders?”

“I-I apologize.
We don’t have the ingredients for that…”

They could already hear the fussy voices of the swordsmen and the staff’s suffering voices from outside the door.

“They are asking for dishes that can’t be made here.
They are trying to pressure us by harassing the restaurant staff.”

“They really act like proper thugs.
I wonder where they learned it.”

Raon snickered, then opened the door.

About ten swordsmen wearing white uniforms were sitting all over the places inside the restaurant, and the staff were trembling, unable to figure out what to do about them.

It was a chaotic scene, with many tables and chairs either broken or turned upside down.

“I’m telling you I want to eat it right now.
Bring it to me right away!”

“What are you waiting for? Did you turn into a statue or something?”

The Golden Crest swordsmen ignored Raon’s company despite having noticed them, glaring at the staff.

“I-It’s him! The tall guy who put his legs on the table! He was the one that beat me up!”

Dorian pointed at the Golden Crest’s vice leader, just like a kid tattling to his daddy.

“Just wait here.”

Raon nodded, then went to the serving table.
He filled his food tray while humming, before turning around.

“Huh?”

“Ha!”

“Th-That crazy bastard…”

The Golden Crest guys dropped their jaws, since they didn’t expect him to start eating in that situation.

Raon headed to the relatively intact table with his food tray, pretending to trip over his feet to smash the tray filled with food on the vice leader’s face.

Smack!

Although the tray was filled with food, it must’ve still had a great impact since the vice leader’s head wavered significantly.

“Ah, sorry about that.”

Raon gathered his hands to apologize, watching the stew and oil flowing down from the vice leader’s face and uniform.

“You son of a bitch…”

When the vice leader furiously stood up as if he wanted to kill him, Raon walked up to him instead of backing off and smiled.

“Are you trying to hit me now?”

Raon’s red eyes sparkled in a deadly light.

“Do it, if you can.”