The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1113

 Chapter 1113

 

Raon, after looking around House Arianne that had achieved great progress together with Wendy, went to the branch of the Back Market.

“I greet the Light Wind Palace master.”

A middle-aged man in charge of Arianne territory’s Black Market branch lowered his head. With a bald head and no eyebrows, his impression was so rough that it was hard to make eye contact.

“I am Mutiron, the branch manager in charge of House Arianne and the surrounding region!”

He raised his voice as he gave a name that sounded as strong as his appearance.

“Please, have a seat.”

Mutiron stretched out his hand, inviting him to sit on the chair opposite.

Th-That guy….

Wrath swallowed dryly as he looked at Mutiron.

Why is his voice like that!

‘I don’t know either….’

Raon smacked his lips as he sat in the chair opposite Mutiron.

‘His voice is so different from his appearance I can’t get used to it.’

Mutiron’s appearance and name were the very image of a tough man, but his voice was so thin and delicate that he could have sung soprano.

If one listened with eyes closed, it would be easy to think he was a small-built woman.

“Would green tea be all right?”

“Ah, yes.”

“The tea leaves here are quite good.”

Mutiron brewed the tea with fingers thick as iron plates and placed it in front of Raon. The gap between his beautiful voice and rough exterior was enough to make Raon forget the reason for coming here.

“It’s truly clean.”

Raon drank the tea and nodded his chin.

“You must have come because of the white-haired, red-eyed child?”

Mutiron said he had heard the news from the Back Market headquarters and placed both hands on the table.

“That’s right.”

Raon nodded as he set the teacup down. Thanks to Mutiron bringing it up first, he remembered the reason for coming to the branch.

“I prepared the information in advance, knowing you would come looking.”

Mutiron placed a black booklet on the table. He nodded, as if telling Raon to open it.

“Hmm….”

Raon looked at Mutiron, then opened the booklet.

“The first place where the white-haired, red-eyed child was discovered was the city of Purrito, bordering House Arianne.”

Mutiron pointed at a map hanging on the wall, as though explaining the contents of the booklet.

“After devouring all the bead ice cream in Purrito, the child moved on to nearby cities, continuing to buy ice cream. In truth, since she bought ice cream in such large amounts every time, it was easy to collect information.”

His voice and pronunciation were so good that the information went straight into Raon’s head.

“However, in other cities, she bought ice cream but did not finish it, leaving some behind. The amount she left behind kept growing, and in the end, at House Arianne’s bead ice cream shop, she only packaged a little and then disappeared.”

Mutiron slightly lowered his eyebrows, saying that Gluttony didn’t even finish eating the bead ice cream after buying it.

“I’ve been a Black Market agent for quite a long time, but I’ve never seen such a peculiar child before. I don’t know where she got those luxurious gold coins engraved with ancient patterns, or how she could eat all that bead ice cream by herself.”

He tilted his head, saying he didn’t know where such a child had come from.

“I see….”

Raon nodded at Mutiron’s words, but in his head, he was thinking something else.

‘Is that true?’

Gluttony left ice cream behind? After buying it all?

When I first heard that from House Arianne, I thought the information had spread incorrectly.

There was no way the monarch of Gluttony would leave bead ice cream, which she so loved.

But hearing it from a Back Market agent who had continuously tracked Gluttony, I had no choice but to believe it.

‘What on earth happened?’

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Ras.

That damn bastard….

Wrath trembled his fist as if he knew something.

Why did she leave bead ice cream! If she was going to throw it away, she should’ve thrown it into the King of Essence’s mouth!

He screamed that it was such a waste for Gluttony to leave bead ice cream uneaten.

‘That’s it?’

Raon sighed as he looked at Wrath.

‘You don’t know why Gluttony left it?’

How would the King of Essence know that!

Wrath puffed out his chest as if it were only natural he wouldn’t know.

Ah, maybe the King of Essence will remember if he eats some bead ice cream? Shall we go have bead ice cream together for the first time in a while?

He smacked his lips, suggesting they eat the ice cream Gluttony had left behind together.

‘Forget it.’

Raon pushed Wrath away, who was clinging to him, and looked back at Mutiron.

“Where is that child now?”

He asked about her location so he could go meet Gluttony directly.

“They say he’s at the edge of the forest. Ah, it would be better to say ‘the swamp of death’ for you, Sir Raon. Since you were the one who cut down the Specter there.”

Mutiron nodded as he gave Gluttony’s exact location.

“What is she doing there?”

“We’re not sure either. As she moved around, she gathered fruit, herbs, weeds, even meat from monsters and wild animals, but we don’t know the exact reason.”

He shook his head, saying even with the information, it was impossible to figure it out.

“I understand. Thank you.”

Raon bowed his head to Mutiron and rose from the chair.

“If you’re going to find that child, I’ll assign an agent to accompany you.”

Mutiron extended his hand back, offering to send someone.

“No. It will be faster if I go alone.”

Raon lightly waved his hand.

“As long as I know the direction, finding her won’t be difficult.”

If Gluttony was nearby, I could call her or locate her using the authority of Gluttony dormant in my soul. Moving alone was faster and easier.

“Hmm, understood.”

Mutiron, as if he had already been told, did not press further about sending an agent along.

“The fee for the information…”

It was as Raon was taking out a pouch of gold coins to offer as payment.

“Please hand the fee to the branch manager in Zieghart once you return. Since the information originated there.”

Mutiron said he could not accept it here, mentioning the name Denning Rose.

“Hmm, understood.”

Raon put the pouch of gold coins back into his pocket and left the Back Market branch.

“Denning Rose. Now I see why that child is tied to Zieghart.”

Mutiron let out an empty laugh as if impressed by Raon.

“Since I let you see it again, treat me to a drink later.”

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After finishing his conversation with Mutiron, Raon returned to the lodging Wendy had guided him to.

“Did the talk go well?”

Evelyn waved her hand as if to say welcome.

“The reason you stopped by House Arianne wasn’t only for their successor’s support, was it? You’re trying to find that white child too, right?”

Martha narrowed her eyes, as if to say he had gone there to get that information.

“That’s right.”

Raon nodded calmly.

“Finding that child is just as important as receiving support for succession.”

In fact, finding Gluttony and gaining her agreement to join the war was far more important than obtaining House Arianne’s support.

It didn’t matter if I failed to become successor. What truly mattered was Gluttony, if she stayed out of the war, the entire situation could collapse in an instant.

“N-No way….”

Dorian’s eyes trembled violently as he looked at Raon.

“It’s true, isn’t it? That child is that, right!”

Having met Sloth at Habun Castle, he seemed to have guessed Gluttony’s identity too, and drew in a sharp breath.

“You catch on quickly.”

Raon nodded with a faint smile.

“What? What are you two talking about!”

Martha furrowed her brows in curiosity.

“Hehh.”

Evelyn blew on her nails and gave a sly smile, as if she already knew everything.

“What is it, tell me!”

Martha, unable to hold back her curiosity, grabbed Dorian by the collar.

“Demon King.”

Raon calmly brought up the title ‘demon king,’ as if he were calling a neighborhood dog.

Huh?

Wrath turned to look at Raon, eyes wide.

Are you planning to just tell everything now?

‘No, that’s still too difficult. I’ll only tell the people who trust me.’

The prejudice against the demon king is so deeply ingrained on the continent that I can’t reveal everything right now. For now, I’ll explain the relationship between the demon king and the celestials only to those closest to me first.

“Ah, so it’s a Demon King. A De… Demon King?”

Martha gaped, horrified.

“Mhm. A Demon King.”

Evelyn gave a faint smile, as if she had known all along.

“R-Really? The real Demon King?”

Martha’s eyes trembled in disbelief.

“Why are you suddenly looking for a Demon King? Don’t tell me you’re going to fight one?”

“No.”

Raon firmly waved his hand.

“Since Derus is using the archangels and the celestials, it’s only right for us to bring in Demon Kings, isn’t it?”

“Is… is that right? Uhh….”

Martha blinked blankly, then let out a sigh.

“I don’t know. If it’s you saying it, then it must be. You did say you received help before too.”

She nodded her head as if to trust him when things didn’t make sense logically. Since she had always hated evils like the White Blood Religion, it seemed she just needed a little more time to come to terms with it.

“I’ll explain it more bit by bit. For now, just know that the Demon Kings aren’t necessarily evil.”

Raon brushed off his hands with a grin.

“As I said, I’ll go find that Demon King. In the meantime, you confirm the level of House Arianne swordsmen here and train them.”

Since Martha and Dorian could sufficiently help with the training of House Arianne swordsmen, including Wendy, he gave them the order.

‘There won’t be anyone fit to receive Gluttony’s ability anyway.’

Since Runaan and Sloth shared similarities in terms of sloth, it was easy for her to inherit his authority.

Among those around me, the only one who could match Gluttony’s binge was Wrath. But since the Demon King of Wrath couldn’t receive Gluttony’s authority, it didn’t seem easy for that power to be passed on.

“Yes! Understood.”

“Got it. Moving my body will be better to clear my head too.”

Dorian and Martha nodded their heads.

“Have a safe trip. I’ll be waiting here for you.”

Evelyn lightly waved her hand, saying they would see each other later. Hearing the word “waiting” from her sent a chill down Raon’s spine.

That’s definitely a lie!

Wrath shook his head violently, saying she was not the kind of woman to sit still.

She’ll be watching you from somewhere!

‘I know….’

Even without Wrath saying it, the moment I heard Evelyn’s words, the feeling came naturally.

“Hmm…”

Raon gave Evelyn an awkward nod, then left the lodging and entered the forest that had once been the swamp of death.

Fwaaaaaah!

The swamp, once filled with undead and energy of death, had become fertile forest brimming with greenery. Once again, he felt the worth of having risked his life to fight.

‘He said it was where I killed the Specter, didn’t he? Then I need to go all the way.’

Raon stepped forward with the Supreme Harmony Steps across the firm ground.

Running at full speed, the scenery shifted in an instant, and a dense forest untouched by human hands unfolded.

‘My speed has increased.’

Perhaps because my soul from my previous and present lives was gradually merging, my footwork speed had clearly become faster even without training.

The speed was so great it narrowed my vision to the point I thought there might be something wrong with my eyes.

Thoom.

Raon arrived at the edge of the swamp of death, where he had cut down the Specter, much sooner than expected.

There was still some swamp left here, but most of the energy of death had been erased, leaving it looking like ordinary mud.

‘I don’t sense Gluttony’s energy.’

This land had been exposed to the energy of death for so long that it wasn’t easy for me to sense the energy of others nearby. It seemed I would have to release my own energy and search for it directly.

‘Now then…’

Raon released his aura and stirred the authority of Gluttony lying deep within his soul.

As if his entire body had turned into a stomach, hunger welled up and he began rapidly absorbing the mana around him.

‘Gluttony’s location is…’

Over there?

In the forest to the right, I felt the faintly wavering energy of gluttony. It was unmistakably Gluttony.

Hmm?

Wrath also seemed to sense Gluttony’s energy and turned his gaze to the right.

Is he mistaken? Why does it feel like that useless glutton rabbit has gotten stronger?

He narrowed his eyes, saying Gluttony seemed to have grown stronger.

Hurry and go! The King of Essence wants to see what she is doing!

‘Alright.’

Raon deliberately made his footsteps loud as he entered the forest where Gluttony was, so as not to startle her.

Deeper into the woods, he saw the back of a white-haired child crouched in front of a boulder.

“Gluttony.”

Raon called her name as he approached.

‘What is she doing?’

Gluttony had placed bead ice cream on the ground and was putting fruits, herbs, or raw meat on top of it, then removing them again, as if making toppings for food.

“What are you doing right now?”

Raon furrowed his brows and called to her again.

“I’m tired of bead ice cream…”

Gluttony slowly raised her head.

“I want to make bead ice cream myself. A really delicious one….”

Above her red eyes, a strange heat could be seen rising.

“Uh…?”

Raon’s jaw trembled as he looked at the clearly changed Gluttony.

“Help me…”

Gluttony bowed her head, saying she wanted to make bead ice cream herself and eat it.

“W-Why are you suddenly saying you’re going to make ice cream…”

Raon stammered in confusion.

Puhuhuhuhu! Why else? It’s all because of you!

Wrath clutched his stomach and burst out laughing.

Gluttony never cared about things like taste, she was the kind of glutton who just shoved food into her mouth. But because of you, her whole nature has changed!

Wrath clapped his hands loudly, saying that Gluttony’s binge eating had turned into gourmet taste because of Raon.

‘Ah…’

When Raon heard Wrath’s words, he understood Gluttony’s words and his gaze.

You take responsibility! From now on, that bastard won’t just eat a disgusting amount, she’ll only eat a disgusting amount of delicious things!

Wrath chuckled, saying something easy had turned into something terribly difficult.

‘Homemade ice cream, huh….’

Raon looked at Gluttony, who was asking for help, then squeezed her eyes shut.

‘Couldn’t she just attack me like Sloth did?’

This was really a disaster.

 

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