The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1160

 Chapter 1160

 

‘Let’s ignore it.’

Raon did not open his closed eyes even at the shock and screams erupting around him.

‘I’m just going to sleep like this.’

Ever since coming to this training ground, the way he grew had clearly been different from before.

It wasn’t bone-grinding training or deep contemplation on swordsmanship, he had grown stronger by living a human life, so trying to sleep during training time like Runaan was a challenge worth attempting.

Hey! You punk!

Wrath drummed on his head like a drum.

Are you really crazy? Did you get a hole in your head or something?

He even abandoned the royal tone he normally used and shouted.

Did someone else possess you? Could it be Sloth? Shall the King of Essence drive him out for you?

Wrath swung his fists wildly, saying he couldn’t understand this behavior.

“Raon!”

“Y-y-you really have gone crazy!”

“Ah, now I’m fully awake….”

Burren yelled “Raon” instead of “palace master,” Martha stuttered twice, and Runaan held her head, saying her sleep had flown away.

“Wow, really, the sun might rise from the west tomorrow. That guy being lazy?”

“I-it’s definitely Sir Raon, right? I’m sure?”

“Huoooh….”

Krein sighed repeatedly, saying he couldn’t understand, Dorian activated his Mind’s Eye over and over until his eyes were bloodshot, and Mark Goetten couldn’t even speak.

‘Ah, so noisy….’

Raon lightly bit his lip.

‘It’s too noisy around me, I can’t fall asleep.’

He thought ignoring them would make them quiet on their own, but people kept crowding because the idea of him taking a nap was too shocking, making it even louder.

“R-Raon? Are you sick?”

“Wow! It’s my first time seeing Raon sleep!”

Even Sylvia and Sia came up next to him, making noises as they watched him sleep.

‘This won’t do.’

Raon let out a sigh inside.

‘I need to block out external sounds.’

Far from learning about life through sleep, he was in a situation where he couldn't sleep at all, so he manipulated his aura to perfectly block out external sounds.

People were still crowding around him, but their voices could no longer be heard.

‘Now, sleep….’

Answer me!

Wrath screamed. Because their souls were connected, even blocking outside sound couldn’t stop Wrath’s voice from incessantly reaching him.

Realize it! You’ve definitely caught some strange illness!

Wrath clenched his teeth, insisting Raon was certainly not normal.

‘Haaa….’

Raon tensed his fingertips.

‘It’s not bad that he’s worried about me, but that nonsense….’

It was rare for Wrath to worry about him, so he felt good, but the constant noisy babbling was frustrating.

‘I’m fine. Just be quiet.’

In the end, Raon couldn’t win against Wrath’s rambling and spoke to him.

Then tell me!

Wrath raised his voice even higher.

Why are you suddenly making a fuss about taking a nap!

‘I told you. Right now, living as a person is more important to me than swordsmanship or martial arts.’

Raon shook his head, saying he would try living as a person for a while instead of as a warrior.

Huh….

Wrath tilted his head as if he couldn’t believe it even with the explanation.

‘I’ll eat a big dinner for you. Now be quiet.’

Since you’re threatening the King of Essence with food like usual, it doesn’t seem like possession….

He muttered, saying Raon was strange no matter how he looked at him, letting out air like a chain.

‘If you talk more, there really won’t be dinner.’

Hmpf!

The moment Raon said there would be no dinner, Wrath clamped his mouth shut. But his suspicious gaze still pointed at Raon’s forehead.

‘He’s not the only problem.’

Raon sensed the increased stares around him and pressed his lips down slightly.

‘There are even more people now.’

He couldn’t hear them, but apparently the fact that he was trying to sleep was so bizarre that even more people had gathered, chatting like a marketplace.

'Let’s kill my senses.'

Sinking all his senses deep into his mind, he finished his preparations to sleep.

‘Now it’s a bit comfortable.’

He no longer felt their gazes, nor heard their voices. Now it seemed he could sleep peacefully.

‘Sleep.’

Satisfied with the quiet, Raon relaxed his body to take a nap.

‘…….’

But even after a long while, sleep did not come.

‘What’s this?’

Why can’t I fall asleep?

I had killed all my senses, and Wrath was quiet too, so it was the perfect environment to sleep, yet I couldn’t feel any drowsiness at all.

No, on the contrary, my mind only grew more alert.

‘Come to think of it….’

Raon swallowed dryly from tension.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever taken a nap in my life.’

In my previous life, after being kidnapped by Derus and trained as an assassin, I never had the chance to take a nap. In this life, starting from infancy, I split my sleep time to operate the Ring of Fire, and as I grew I naturally never took naps because I was always training.

‘No, more importantly….’

Raon clutched his head as he realized he’d forgotten the most important thing.

‘How does one sleep again?’

After reaching Transcendence, he didn’t get tired even without sleeping, so he had barely slept.

Sleep was one of the values farthest from his life, and the thought sent a chill down his spine.

‘This….’

Raon forced his reopening eyes shut and sucked in a rough breath.

‘This feels harder than fighting an archangel?’

*   *   *

“Why are they gathering like that just because someone is taking a nap?”

Balder furrowed his brows, muttering that he didn’t understand.

“Isn’t that so?”

He tilted his chin toward Karoon as if seeking agreement.

“It is not.”

Karoon shook his head shortly.

“Huh? What do you mean…?”

Balder blinked wide at him.

“As far as I know, the master of Light Wind Palace has never taken a nap. Not even once.”

Karoon nodded, saying it was natural there’d be such an uproar since Raon had never napped.

“N-never taken a nap even once?”

Balder’s jaw dropped.

“Seriously? What kind of monster is that?”

He stuttered with a more shocked expression than when Raon reached Transcendence.

“That is so. Other than fainting, there probably wasn't any.”

Karoon nodded as if he was certain.

“That’s crazy. Then it makes sense people are crowding like that.”

Balder finally understood and let out a puff of air.

“Our nephew really does not sleep.”

Aries stepped between them with a small smile.

“But how did you know that? Even I didn't know that Raon never took naps at all?”

She made her eyes shine coolly as if interrogating.

“I investigated.”

Karoon lowered his gaze calmly.

“To study how to bring down and kill the Light Wind Palace master.”

He nodded calmly, saying he had looked into everything about him to drag Raon down.

“Eh? Eeeek!”

Balder’s mouth dropped open again.

“I-I never actually thought about really killing my nephew?”

He trembled his large hand, saying that even when his own son’s arm had been cut off, he had never gone as far as imagining Raon’s death.

“Uuu….”

Balder glanced around nervously, as if worried about what Aries, who cherished Raon, might do after hearing Karoon’s words, and quietly stepped back.

“…….”

Karoon simply lowered his eyes without saying much.

“Hm.”

Aries curled her lips up as she looked at the calm Karoon.

“Seeing you speak of such shameful acts without hiding them, it seems you have properly turned over a new leaf.”

Smack!

Instead of bursting out in anger, she struck Karoon’s back hard with her palm.

“I’ll let you off with this.”

Aries smiled lightly and shook the hand that had hit Karoon’s back.

“I guess I can think of you as a younger brother now.”

She waved her hand, telling him not to do such things again from now on, and walked toward Raon.

“Wow….”

Balder, his mouth round, quietly looked back at Karoon.

“Brother really has changed, huh. For sister to even say something like that.”

He tilted his head, wondering how a person could change so much.

“I didn’t change because I wanted to.”

Karoon let out a small laugh as he looked at Raon, who seemed unable to fall asleep and twitched his shoulders slightly.

“There’s someone who made me change.”

He drew a faint smile, as if he had completely shaken off the lingering regrets and attachments of the past.

“That foolish kid.”

*   *   *

'Ah, this won't do….'

Raon ground his teeth and shook his head.

‘I can’t sleep!’

He tried however he could to fall asleep, but even after more than three hours, sleep didn’t come at all.

He had lived his whole life active during the day, so even if his mind wanted to sleep, his body seemed to reject it.

‘At this rate, it’s a waste of time.’

Raon sighed and slowly opened his eyes.

‘Everyone’s gone now.’

Since he had kept his eyes closed without reacting at all, the others seemed to lose interest and had gone back to their spots to train.

‘I should ask Runaan how… ugh!’

As he turned his gaze to the right to ask Runaan how to sleep, someone he never expected was clinging to his arm.

“You’re awake?”

Evelyn. She should have been resting in the annex building, yet she smiled brightly and tightened her grip on his arm.

Because he had killed his senses to sleep, he hadn’t sensed her at all.

“W-why are you here!”

Raon trembled all over and backed away.

“I came to watch! I wanted to see you, your mother, and the young lady!”

Evelyn stepped forward by the same amount he retreated, smiling with crescent-moon eyes.

“Uu….”

Raon swallowed dryly and looked at his wrist.

‘Wrath! Evelyn came, why didn’t you say anything!’

You said if the King of Essence talked you wouldn’t give him food!

Wrath frowned, saying he had been struggling just to hold back his screams.

‘Haah….’

Raon grabbed his head, feeling a sudden wave of fatigue wash over him.

‘Ah… is this the moment?’

His head hurt, and it felt like he might be able to fall asleep, so he closed his eyes again.

But of course, sleep only brushed lightly past him.

‘No good.’

Raon opened his eyes again.

“You woke up again?”

Unlike before, Evelyn was now a little bit apart from him, quietly staring at his face. That alone seemed to make her happy, her eyes smiling.

“I can’t sleep.”

Raon frowned and shook his head.

“I think I’ve forgotten how to sleep itself.”

He sighed and looked to his left.

Gorororong.

Runaan was lying down with her back against the wall like a homeless person, sleeping. Judging from the situation, Evelyn seemed to have thrown her over there.

“I should ask Runaan.”

Just as Raon moved toward Runaan to wake her—

“Want me to teach you how to sleep?”

Evelyn stepped in front of him, blocking the way with her chest pushed forward.

“You?”

Raon widened his eyes.

“Aren’t you also someone who doesn’t sleep well?”

Since Evelyn had spent her whole life being chased by pursuers, he had rarely seen her sleep, so it surprised him that she offered to teach him.

“No, when it comes to sleep, I’m more of an expert than she is.”

Evelyn lifted her chin slightly, saying she was better than Runaan.

“Hmm….”

Raon smacked his lips as he looked at Evelyn.

‘Well, trying won’t hurt.’

If Evelyn’s method didn’t work, I could always ask Runaan again, so it didn’t seem like a problem.

“Teach me.”

Raon nodded at Evelyn.

“You won’t regret it. First, sit down.”

Evelyn sat on the ground first and lowered her hand.

“That’s not hard.”

Raon didn’t refuse and sat down immediately on the floor.

“Next, relax your whole body. Not just the body, but you must relax the tension of the mind for the aura to settle too.”

Evelyn shrugged her shoulders and demonstrated.

“Alright.”

Raon slowly rotated his arms and wrists, releasing the tension of his body and mind as if copying Evelyn.

“From here on is the important part. You need to trust me.”

Evelyn’s eyes gleamed sharply, as if this was the most important step.

“Trust you….”

Raon narrowed his eyes slightly as he met Evelyn’s gaze.

“I already trust you.”

Since he trusted that Evelyn wouldn’t do anything harmful to him, he nodded quietly.

“Really?”

Evelyn’s cheeks flushed red with warmth, as if that made her happy.

S-something feels uneasy….

Wrath shivered his shoulders in worry.

“Yeah. Whatever you say, I’ll believe it.”

Unlike Wrath, Raon rested his hands on his knees, fully prepared to follow her next instruction.

“Now close your eyes.”

Evelyn covered his eyes with her hands, saying they were almost there.

“Well, to sleep, I guess you do need to close your eyes.”

Raon nodded and closed them.

“For the last step, take three big breaths.”

“Mhm.”

Following Evelyn’s words, by the time he finished the second breath, his body grew drowsy, and a warm heat filled his chest, as if sleep might finally come.

‘The third breath.’

Raon was about to take the last deep inhale to feel that warmth more deeply when—

“The swordsman of the training ground who sleeps. Sleep.”

Along with Evelyn’s chant, a flow of mana that seemed to sever his nerves struck his head.

Normally, he could have blocked it with aura, but because he had obediently followed her instructions and wasn’t prepared, he couldn’t block it.

‘Th-this is bad.’

Raon tried to force his eyes open, but Evelyn seemed to have amplified the sleep spell several times over, he couldn't endure it.

‘Sleeping like this won’t help at all!’

“Ufufufufufu!”

But that wasn’t the time to worry about it. The eerie laughter of Evelyn, who had finally achieved her goal, rang in his ears.

‘Damn it….’

*   *   *

“Uuugh….”

Raon opened his eyes. The sun had already set below the North Grave Mountain, and the training ground lights were on.

‘How much time has passed?’

Evelyn was nowhere to be seen, and judging from the swordsmen finishing their training, it seemed the evening hour had gone by.

“Damn it!”

Raon examined the state of his body and mind and bit his lip.

‘As expected, nothing improved at all.’

Since I hadn’t slept by my own will but through magic, there was no change whatsoever. The only result was that I felt refreshed from having slept.

Uuugh….

Wrath trembled his jaw while looking at him.

‘Why? What did Evelyn do?’

Raon tilted his head as he looked at Wrath.

I-it’s better if you don’t hear it.

Wrath clamped his mouth shut and shook his chin, saying Raon was better off not knowing what Evelyn had done to him.

‘Hmm….’

He was curious about what Evelyn had done, but Wrath’s reaction made him a little scared.

But right now, something else was more urgent.

“Runaan.”

Raon shook Runaan, who was sleeping in the exact same position as earlier, and woke her up.

“Mmh…?”

Runaan rubbed her eyes as if asking what was going on and sat up.

“I trained today….”

She muttered an obvious lie, claiming she trained even though she had slept all day.

“That’s such an obvious lie… no, forget that.”

Raon waved his hand at Runaan.

“Teach me how to sleep well.”

Since Runaan was the one most skilled in sleep, he put his hands together and asked her.

“Ah, okay….”

Runaan curled her lips very lightly, as if he had come to the right person.

“Watch closely.”

She told him to watch closely and then closed her eyes.

And three seconds.

Gorororong.

Runaan nodded forward, snoring as if she had immediately fallen asleep.

“R-Runaan?”

He called out to her, but she didn’t respond, as if she had already entered deep sleep.

“Runaan!”

Raon ended up shaking Runaan awake.

“Mmm….”

Runaan blinked and looked at Raon.

“You saw it well…?”

She nodded, as if he just needed to follow exactly what she did.

“What? Follow what?”

Raon opened his mouth in disbelief, showing his confusion plainly.

“Mm…?”

“What did you show me? You didn’t show me anything.”

Raon let out a hollow laugh as he looked at Runaan’s blank eyes.

“Mmhm, then I’ll show you again….”

Runaan waved her hand again as if telling him to watch well and closed her eyes.

And again, three seconds.

Gorororong.

She snored again as she fell asleep.

“Haa….”

Seeing Runaan fall asleep in three seconds, Raon smacked his forehead with his palm.

“Is this… talent?”

Now you know how it feels!

Wrath giggled and wagged his tail.

Whenever you say everything can be solved just by swinging your sword, the other kids have exactly that expression on their faces!

He curled his lips up, saying Raon finally seemed to be becoming a real human.

“It can’t be done….”

Raon slammed his fist into the ground.

“I can never follow Runaan.”

I never thought he would feel the difference in talent in a place like this. Runaan’s talent for sleep easily surpassed the talent for martial arts I had built up all this time.

‘Do I have to give up….’

Just when Raon grabbed his head and lowered it—

Then….

Wrath slid closer and grabbed Raon’s shoulder.

How about learning from the King of Essence?

‘From you? But you’re not even a person, you’re a demon king?’

He always say this, but compared to you, the King of Essence is more human!

He shook his head vigorously, saying Raon couldn’t compare to him in terms of humanity.

‘Well, you do sleep well.’

Raon smacked his lips at Wrath.

No, not that.

Wrath wagged his chubby finger left and right.

‘Hm? Then….’

For humans, the most important things are food, clothing, and shelter. And among those….

His saliva-soaked tongue flicked out, as if he had been waiting for this moment.

He shall teach you the art of enjoying good food!

‘Ah…….’

Raon looked at Wrath with cold eyes.

Why! It’s true! You said you wanted to live as a person! Enjoying food is important too!

Wrath waved his hands as if asking why he didn’t understand.

'Just because you want to eat… Hm?'

Raon sighed and waved his hand, then lifted his head.

'Is it not completely wrong?'

Instead of struggling with sleep that wouldn’t come, pursuing something with at least a bit of hope, like eating, might be better.

‘Alright.’

Raon nodded at Wrath.

‘Tell me the plan or whatever you’re going to do.’

Huhuhuhuhu!

Wrath let out a sinister laugh and puffed out his chest.

The King of Essence has been waiting for those words!

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