The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

ow to plant sorcery or a bug around a human brain.
He thought that would’ve been what he did again this time, but he couldn’t feel anything there.

‘Maybe I was oversensitive…’

Since that cursed project, the Hell Worm, was already scrapped.

Hell Worm was a project to research a worm that could cause lasting pain to a human, but it was scrapped because the worm took away the host’s life in an instant instead of giving continuous pain.

‘But just in case.’

Raon recovered the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation and inserted Glacier’s coldness inside her.
The high purity coldness started to cool down Encia’s heated mana circuit.

“Ack!”

Encia groaned even more loudly.
She was also feeling pain from the coldness.
Raon bit his lips as he felt her trembling wrist, then went up to her upper body once again.

The moment coldness passed through the neck and was going to the head, an extremely tiny movement was detected from her brain.

‘It’s him!’

Raon clenched his fist.
He could feel a movement inside Encia’s head, even smaller than a millet grain.
Judging from the intense heat, it must’ve been the bug that was once named Hell Worm.

‘Did the research end up succeeding?’

As soon as the worm showed itself, the heat spreading throughout her body intensified.
That was the reason behind Encia’s current condition.

‘Seriously, those crazy bastards!’

He ground his teeth.
Derus and Temas gave up on being humans, and even planted a worm inside a human brain like madmen.
The outrage almost made him lose control of his aura’s flow for a moment.

‘Let’s see…’

Eliminating it right away would be the best outcome.
When he was calmly trying to enter even deeper—

“Kyaah!”

Encia screamed, unable to endure the pain anymore.
The Hell Worm stimulated her to give her more extreme pain the moment Raon’s coldness tried to attack it.

‘Where did it go…?’

And at the same time, its presence had disappeared.
It looked like it hid away from the coldness, but it was an instinctive movement rather than mechanical.
It seemed to have an ego, unlike the rage worm.

‘It’s dangerous.’

Encia’s condition was too bad for him to force his way in to find and remove it.
She would end up dying from the pain.

‘The Saint should be able to improve her condition.’

Since he could even affect his own body, which had the Curse of Frost, the medicine and acupuncture of the Ragged Saint Federick should be able to recover Encia’s condition.

‘We still need to go, I guess.’

Raon nodded, then released Encia’s wrist.

“I’m sorry for making it painful.”

“No, I-I feel a lot better now.”

Encia’s lips were trembling as she fidgeted.

“The pain has subsided a lot!”

Just like she said, the heat from her swollen arm and leg had decreased slightly.

“R-Really?”

Michelle gasped, coming up to her to grab her hand.

“Yes, I’m better now.”

“Encia…”

Tears welled up in Michelle’s eyes as she admitted that it had been a long time since the last time she held her daughter’s hands.

‘It’s hiding.’

Encia’s condition must’ve gotten better because the Hell Worm was hiding away from Glacier’s coldness.

“How did you do that?”

Sheryl came up next to him and asked.

“There’s something spreading the heat around her head.”

“Ah!”

“R-Really?”

“Seriously?”

Michelle and Encia briskly turned their heads to face him, and the other swordsmen’s eyes also widened in surprise.

“Yes, but it’s impossible to treat her in her current condition.”

“Why is that?”

“Her body won’t endure the treatment because she has been sick for too long.”

“Th-Then, what should we…?”

Michelle came to him with trembling hands.
Hope had finally appeared in front of her, and her hands were trying to seize that visible hope by any means necessary.

“We have to visit the Ragged Saint at Retran.
I can heal her once Sir Federick improves Lady Encia’s condition.”

Since Raon managed to figure out the cause, he could definitely treat her once her body’s condition was improved.

“Is that really possible?”

“Yes.”

Sheryl asked again, and Raon immediately nodded.

“I-I’ll go!”

Encia raised her hand.

“I want to live now!”

“Ah…”

Michelle bit her lip, looking at Encia and on the verge of tears.

“Alright, then I’ll get the carriage…”

As she was about to order the servant to prepare the carriage—

Knock Knock.

The general administrator, Arun, entered along with a knocking sound.

“What’s the matter?”

“Sir Temas, who you’ve been waiting for, has arrived.”

“Ah!”

Michelle clapped her hands.

“Sir Raon, wouldn’t Sir Temas be enough? I heard he doesn’t lose to Sir Federick in medicine…”

“No, we need Sir Federick to guarantee her treatment.”

Since Temas was pretty much the perpetrator behind it, letting him treat Encia was the same as setting a fox loose in a hen house.
Much of the House’s property would be transferred to Derus as a result.

“I-I see.
It can’t be helped, then.
We should make him leav…”

“No.”

Raon shook his head.

“Let’s see what he does, since I’m curious what kind of judgment he is going to make.”

It was better to call Temas in order to double check the incident and in order to kill him.

“Are you okay with that?”

“It’s fine, but…”

Raon raised his finger to cover his mouth.

“Please keep the fact that I can heal Lady Encia a secret until he gives his diagnosis.”

 

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Temas entered Encia’s room on the ninth floor, guided by Yonaan’s general administrator Arun.
There were twelve swordsmen, as well as Michelle and Encia inside.

‘Zieghart?’

Temas narrowed his eyes upon noticing the burning sword emblem on the uniforms.

‘They must’ve been called to bring her to that Federick bastard.’

He immediately understood the situation and smiled faintly towards the swordsmen.

‘I’m sorry, but there’s nothing for you to do here.’

Since he would improve Encia’s condition, they would end up returning to the barren land in the north without achieving anything.

“You’ve arrived!”

Michelle, who was standing next to Encia’s bed, came up to him with a smile.

“I’m sorry for being late.
I was treating some patients.”

“It’s no problem, I’m thankful enough that you are here now.”

“Can I see the patient, then?”

Temas pointed at Encia, pretending that he only thought about the patient, with no other intentions behind it.

“Of course.
Encia, are you okay with that?”

“Yes.”

Encia pretended to consider before nodding.

‘Just what I thought.’

Temas licked his lips.
Considering the red, swollen skin and the fact that checking her pulse was the extent of the treatment she could get because of the pain, the Hell Worm must’ve been doing its job properly.

“Please excuse me.”

He grabbed Encia’s wrist and examined her for a while.

‘Narrowed mana circuit, body trembling from the pain, broken energy center, and…’

Temas confirmed the Hell Worm’s presence in her head before nodding.
Although it was moving slightly slowly, it did its job properly.

‘You should stay asleep for a bit.’

He made the Hell Worm fall asleep before releasing Encia’s wrist.

“How are you now?”

“Ah, m-my pain has decreased.”

Encia fiercely nodded while clenching her fist.

“Really?”

“Yes!”

Michelle also came up to her in surprise and grabbed her.

“H-How did you do that?”

“Heat has gathered in Lady Encia’s body.”

Temas continued bitterly.

“It looks like other people haven’t managed to find it because it is located in an extremely dangerous place.”

“Where is that?”

“It’s in her upper body.
It’s not good.”

He frowned and licked his lips.

“Ah, then how about the treatment…?”

“Fortunately, I think I can treat her, since it’s related to what I’m currently researching.”

“R-Really?”

“Yes.
But since I’ve never seen these symptoms before, I think I’ll need quite a lot of time and money.
It’s also because the patient is in really bad condition…”

Temas narrowed his eyes in the middle of his speech.

‘What’s this?’

Everyone in Yonaan was aware of the fact that Encia was Michelle’s most precious daughter.
He just said he could heal her treasure, yet her reaction was too calm.

‘This is strange.’

She should’ve been saying that she would give him everything—money, people, or artifacts.

“A-Anyway, I can definitely heal her, although it’s going to take a long time.”

“How long would it take?”

“I can’t tell the exact time right now, because it’s my first time seeing these symptoms, as I mentioned before…”

He couldn’t tell her the exact time, since he needed to take over the house step by step.

“Mom, I want to be treated by Sir Raon instead.”

“T-Treated?”

Temas’s eyes widened as she said she would get treated.

“The swordsman who came from Zieghart also said that he could treat her symptom.”

Michelle pointed at a handsome blond man standing behind her.

“H-How is that possible!”

Some people knew about the Rage Worm, but the only people who could remove the Hell Worm were himself and a few people from House Robert.
It was impossible for a greenhorn like him to treat her.

“It’s nonsense! How could a swordsman treat her when he’s not even a healer?”

“Sir Raon also managed to decrease my pain, just like you did.”

Encia stared at Raon with bewitched eyes.

“Since you said it would take a long time, I’ll get treated by Sir Raon!”

She decisively raised her hand without even looking at Temas.

‘Raon? Now that I think about it…’

He remembered Derus ordering people to investigate Raon Zieghart before.
Since there was no way two people would be using the same name in the same house, he must’ve been that Raon.

“D-Do you know what those symptoms are?”

“I don’t.”

“Then how can you even treat her?!”

“But you also said you didn’t know about those symptoms.”

“B-But I…”

Temas’ lips trembled, since he ended up falling into his own trap.

“Moreover, I’m not trying to treat her on my own.
I’m going to bring Lady Encia to Retran and treat her with Sir Federick.”

“It might be dangerous.
She’s already in so much pain when she’s not moving, so the pain will be unbearable once you start moving.”

“You don’t need to worry about that.
I realized how to reduce the pain.”

Raon responded so calmly that it was almost irritating.

“But you are a swordsman, not a healer!”

“I’m also a healer.
I learned medicine from Sir Federick when I was small, and from my teacher later on.”

“D-Did you really learn medicine from the Saint? Then, who is your teacher?”

“Sir Rimmer is my teacher.”

“Zieghart’s Sword of Light!”

Temar frowned.
He was aware of the fact that the stupid elf was well versed in sundry techniques, but he didn’t know that he had even learned medicine.

“No matter how excellent they are, I don’t think you would’ve inherited all of their abilities.
You will bring disaster if you try to treat a patient with sloppy medicinal skills.”

“Sir Temas mentioned earlier that the heat was gathered in her upper body, right?”

“I-I did.”

“And I even perfectly located the heat.”

“What…”

“Head.”

Raon pointed at his head with a faint smile.

“Ugh…”

Temas bit his lip, his benevolent smile shattering.

“H-Head of house.”

He realized he wouldn’t be able to convince Raon and called for Michelle.

“Please trust me.
I’ve dedicated my entire life to medicine.
If you move Lady Encia right now, you will get into big trouble before reaching the Ragged Saint.”

“Hmm, that’s…”

“Since it concerns me and it’s about my life, I’ll be the one to decide.”

While Michelle bit her lips in consideration, Encia raised her hand.

“I’m going to follow Sir Raon!”

“Wh-What?”

He furiously shouted after hearing the unexpected answer.

“He’s a swordsman, and I’m a healer that has dedicated his entire life to medicine! I’m one of the ten best doctors on the continent! Why did you choose that swordsman when your life's on the line?”

“The reason is simple.”

Encia smiled, as if there was only one possible answer.

“Because he is handsome.”

“Y-You’re crazy! You might die if he makes a mistake in his treatment or if he does it too late! How can you say such a strange thing?”

“I’m fine with dying if that means I’ll be with that face.”

“Kuh!”

A bunch of veins appeared on Temas’s forehead.