The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

t the box with an accomplished expression.

“I’ve prepared exactly forty-three, so take exactly one per person.”

“Eek?”

“S-seriously? Are they really ours?”

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

Not just the trainees, even Burren and Martha’s jaws dropped in surprise.
Runaan was just standing there blankly, sniffing the elixir like a puppy.

“Why is it so difficult to believe?”

Rimmer clicked his tongue and threw the elixir box at the top at Raon.

 

Tap.

 

Raon opened the elixir box in confusion.
A green bead the size of an adult’s thumb was inside.

“It’s a Ten Cloud Elixir.
The amount of mana it contains isn’t extraordinary, but it’s as pure as raw mana.
It’s going to help all of you.”

Rimmer threw the elixirs at the trainees while explaining about the Ten Cloud Elixir.

“Where did you acquire this?”

Burren furrowed his brow, checking the Ten Cloud Elixir.
One couldn’t simply buy a bunch of elixirs because they had a lot of money.
He couldn’t figure out how he obtained all forty-three of them.

“I won them.”

“D-did you really win them all by gambling?”

“It wasn’t a gamble but a bet.
It’s a bet, I say.”

Rimmer waved his finger to close the lid of the empty box.

“Who did you even make that bet with…?”

“The True Martial Palace master.”

He casually replied, like it wasn’t a big deal.

“Huh?”

“T-true Martial Palace master is…”

“Balder Zieghart!”

“Uuh!”

The trainees' faces turned pale upon hearing the True Martial Palace master’s name.
Some of them even dropped the elixir on the ground in panic.

“Ah, it’s okay.
They can’t afford to pay attention to us right now.
They must be thinking that I will sell them all off, so there won’t be any harm to you guys.”

Rimmer reassured them and told them to take the elixir and cultivate their aura for the rest of the day.

‘Hah…’

Raon gasped.
He had obtained forty-three elixirs by straight up making a bet against Balder, who was the True Martial Palace’s master and Glenn’s son at the same time.
That elf was seriously as eccentric as himself.

“Thank you.”

But he had to express his gratitude.
Raon bowed at Rimmer while giving him his thanks.

“Th-thank you, instructor.”

“Thank you very much.”

The trainees excitedly followed Raon and showed their gratitude.

“Hmm.
I see, I see.”

Rimmer smiled widely and waved his hand.

“Thank you for the treat.”

“Thank you.”

Burren didn’t have his usual sour expression as he bowed, and Martha also lowered her head while fiddling with the elixir.

Elixirs truly were amazing, to make those peculiar guys react the same way.

“Well then, you can return.
I’m not telling you that because of my hangover, but it’s better to take the elixirs right away.”

Rimmer grabbed his chest and waved his hand.
It looked like he was feeling the hangover as he was done with bragging.

He looked as deplorable as always, but no one was reproaching him.
Rimmer was their hero for the day.

“Thank you!”

The trainees thanked him once again before returning.

“You should stay here.”

As Raon was about to follow them, Rimmer grabbed his shoulder with a green sheen to his face.

“You don’t look very well.”

“Aww, I overdid it a bit yesterday.”

Now that he looked at it, it wasn’t just Rimmer.
The other instructors’ faces were also green.
It seemed he drank a lot with them.

“Give it back.”

Rimmer pointed at the elixir box Raon was holding.

“This one is for you.”

He took out another elixir box from his chest and opened the lid.
The bitter scent was more intense than the Ten Cloud Elixir.

“This is…”

“It’s made with two Ten Leaf Grasses.
It would’ve normally belonged to Raden, but it’s a strange turn of fate that you end up getting it.”

“Is it alright for me to have it?”

“I got rich thanks to you, after all.
I guess I finally discovered my talent in gambling.”

Rimmer waved his hands once again and the expensive sound of rings and bracelets colliding with each other could be heard.

‘They will be gone soon.’

Raon was certain that Rimmer would lose all his fortune from gambling soon enough.

“Ten Cloud Elixir is a very efficient elixir.
You should be able to absorb at least fifty percent of the mana it contains.
However, the amount of mana it contains is rather small, and it won’t make any difference to you.
You have auras from two different attributes, after all.”

Rimmer lowered his voice upon mentioning the two different attributes, so that no one could hear him.

“That one has twice as much mana as the other Ten Cloud Elixirs, so you should be able to grow both your heat and frost.”

“…Thank you.”

Raon bowed.
Giving him the elixir was already plenty, yet he was even more thoughtful than that.
He just couldn’t thank him enough.

“You should go.
See you tomorrow.”

Rimmer waved his hand.

“Instructor, please drink in moderation.”

 “Oh, are you worried about me? It’s ten years too early to be doing that!”

He tapped his shoulder and went to the head instructor’s room.

“Hmm…”

Raon fiddled with the box containing the Ten Cloud Elixir while looking at Rimmer’s back.

‘Is this what having a teacher feels like…?’

An instructor had raised him in his previous life.
His relationship with him was one of an animal keeper and a dog, or a tamer and a wolf.

The instructor didn’t have any emotions towards him, and Raon only grew enmity towards his instructor.

‘I thought this place was no different.’

House Zieghart was infamous in the continent, so he thought the trainees would be raised like dogs.
However, the children were being raised as human beings, keeping their individuality.

Even those that had failed the exam before didn’t get abandoned and were being trained in the sixth training ground.
Zieghart really was full of humanity, despite his expectations.

Rimmer in particular was more like a teacher rather than an instructor.
It was thanks to him that he got all those achievements and grew up faster than he would’ve otherwise.

Raon bowed once again towards Rimmer, who was walking away, before leaving the training ground.

 

***

 

After taking a nap for three hours in the instructor’s room, Rimmer visited the lord’s manor at around noon.

“It’s been a long time.”

Roenn opened the door to the audience chamber with a broad smile.

“Yes, it’s been a while.”

Rimmer grinned and raised his ten fingers.
Roenn smiled slightly to express his disinterest and entered the audience chamber.

“Hmm…”

Rimmer pouted, disappointed in Roenn for not recognizing those shiny jewels.
He sighed softly and followed him inside.

Glenn was the same as always.
He was looking down on the world with a bored expression, sitting on the throne he had made himself.

“Greeting my lord!”

Rimmer bowed, his ten fingers and even his wrist raised in the air.

“You are getting even more pathetic as you get older.”

“Hah…”

Rimmer frowned at his ridiculous comment and stood up.

“No, but you should compliment your subordinate if he won some money.
It isn’t every day that I can empty a doormat’s purse.”

“How am I supposed to compliment you when that doormat is my son?”

“He needs to lose to me so he won’t get tricked by a real swindler later.”

“What a smooth talker.”

Glenn raised his chin with a frightening gaze.

“So, what brought you here today?”

“I distributed the Ten Cloud Elixirs to the children.”

“I did expect you to do that, but you really did hand them over so easily.”

“It’s like, because they grew up better than I thought they would, I wanted to feed them better things.
I guess this is how parents feel about their children.”

Rimmer giggled, and Glenn looked at him curiously.

“Well, it was basically because my teaching was exceptional, but the trainees became stronger than any other generation after going through various incidents.”

Glenn nodded slightly in agreement.

“That’s why I have a suggestion.”

“A suggestion? I entrusted you with all the rights concerning training.”

“Because it’s not about training.”

Even though Rimmer’s voice used to be playful, it was now boiling with passion.

“Please allow me to change the content of their graduation exam.”