The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1259 "S-Sir Raon is the temporary head of house?" Dorian was the first to react to Illiune's words and jumped forward. "It's changed already?" He blinked as if it was much faster than expected. "Not exactly 'already'." Trevin slowly uncrossed his arms. "Hasn't it been over two months since the Palace Master entered seclusion with the head of house? It's about time for a change." He nodded, saying it seemed like Raon had come out at an appropriate time. "I wonder how much he's changed..." Mark Goetun drew a faint smile as if he was looking forward to Raon's changed appearance. "Ugh, why of all times..." Krein trembled his jaw while holding his head, as if he was afraid of meeting Raon as the head of house. "Raon as head of house..." "What was bound to come has come." "I'm somehow happy but scared." The Light Wind Palace swordsmen felt anticipation and fear at the same time while slightly biting their dry lips. However, the reactions of Burren, Martha, and Runaan were slightly different. "Raon, huh..." Burren anticipated being scolded by Raon and let out a calm sigh. "Looking at just the results, it's not bad. But I feel like I'm going to get nagged until my stomach bursts." No one from Light Wind Palace had died, Runaan became a Transcendent, and they wiped out Syria Sullion and Eden's ghosts. The results were good, but there were many mistakes in the process, so it seemed like they would be scolded by Raon. "Obviously! We'll probably get yelled at for an hour!" Martha gritted her teeth on Runaan's back, saying they were caught red-handed. "He'll definitely make a fuss about doing focus enhancement training for a week!" She broke out in cold sweat on her forehead as if recalling Raon's hellish training. "......" Lastly, Runaan had the most calm eyes of anyone present. She seemed rather at peace because she knew well what she had done wrong. "Your expression is good." Martha curled up the corners of her mouth seeing that Runaan wasn't drooping as usual, but rather peaceful. "I was going to kick your butt if you were all dejected again." She wiggled her finger as if she liked how Runaan looked now. "I'm not a child anymore..." Runaan slowly nodded as if she had realized many things through this incident. "Good! Then let's go! We're all going to get scolded together anyway!" Martha struck Runaan's back, saying they should go quickly. "Yeah..." Runaan clicked her tongue briefly and headed toward Zieghart's main gate that Illiune had opened. "Right. If we're going to get scolded, we should get scolded together." Burren also chuckled and followed behind Runaan. "Let's go quickly! I'm also curious about what Raon will look like sitting on the throne!" "I feel like I might laugh without realizing it." "Exactly. We all know the Palace Master's childhood." The Light Wind Palace swordsmen entered Zieghart's main gate while anticipating the sight of Raon sitting in the position of head of house. "These reactions are more interesting than expected." Illiune grinned, saying it was worth telling them that Raon had become temporary head of house. "But laughter..." He snorted while watching the Light Wind Palace swordsmen chattering away, all traces of laughter gone from his face. "Will they dare to laugh?" *** "Ugh..." Burren trembled his lips while looking at the red carpet on the floor of the audience chamber, not daring to raise his head. 'D-different...' It's hard to even breathe. The person sitting on the throne looking down at him now is Raon Zieghart. He had seen him since childhood, so he thought it would feel familiar even if he became temporary head of house, but that was a big mistake. Right now, Raon was emitting an aura as heavy as Glenn, the true head of house, surpassing even his father Karoon. "Ugh!" Martha also couldn't dare meet Raon's gaze and clenched her jaw so hard her molars might break. 'What happened during seclusion? Or is there something about that throne?' She had expected Raon to be angry or scold them, but she hadn't known he would crush them with such terrifying force. The overwhelming difference in level made it hard to move even a finger. "Hup..." "Argh!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen, who were still much weaker than Burren or Martha, turned pale as if they might faint. "Speak." Just before the swordsmen foamed at the mouth and suffocated, Raon's lips opened. "About this mission and what happened." (E/N: So he is like Glenn, asking them to explain when he already knows everything) He calmed the mighty aura that was crushing the hall and lowered his gaze quietly. "Hah..." Burren let out a breath as he looked at Raon's sunken eyes. 'So he knew after all?' Looking at Raon's reaction, it seemed he knew everything that had happened. He hadn't planned to deceive him from the beginning, but now that things had turned out this way, he naturally had to reveal everything honestly. "Mmgh." Martha narrowed her eyes while trembling her shoulders under Raon's aura. 'It would be better if I spoke.' It would be awkward for Runaan to talk about her own mistakes, and Burren didn't know everything. It was right for her to step forward here. "Whew." "Hah!" Just as Burren and Martha were struggling to open their lips under Raon's tremendous aura. "I will speak..." Runaan raised her body and stepped forward. Having overexerted herself in her poor physical condition, she let a red trickle of blood flow from below her lips. "......" Raon only nodded briefly with cold eyes as if telling her to speak. "It began with a dream. From the time I went to my family home and slept, I started having strange dreams, and I became more absorbed in those dreams than in reality." Runaan revealed everything that had happened honestly before Raon, hiding nothing. "...Thanks to the Rakshasa Division Leader and Vice Palace Master awakening me, I was able to reach transcendence, comprehend the Sword Domain, and kill Syria Sullion..." Even while mentioning the excellent result of killing Syria Sullion, she distorted her expression as if she had made a grave mistake. "U-ultimately, we ended the battle without major casualties." Burren raised his hand as if trying to help Runaan. "R-right! I mean, that's correct." Martha was about to speak casually to Raon as usual but hastily switched to formal speech. "Thanks to the Full Moon Division Leader gaining enlightenment, we were able to survive." She also nodded as if she wanted to protect Runaan. "......" Once again, Raon said nothing and swept his unwavering gaze over Burren and Martha's eyes in turn. "No." Runaan let out a small breath and shook her head. "I was consumed by the desire to become stronger, and even though I knew there were problems with my sleep, I kept trying to sleep." She no longer dragged out her words and calmly stated what she had done wrong. "The Authority of <Sloth> gave me explosive growth and powerful martial strength, but more than that, it made me obsessed with sleep." Runaan clenched her fist with hands that were still overflowing with power. "Of course, that too was because I was immature. If I didn't have the strength to overcome <Sloth>, I shouldn't have been excessively obsessed, but instead I craved only sleep and fell too easily into Syria Sullion's schemes." The wall of transcendence. Following Raon, she was the first to reach the realm of transcendence, and because of desire, she ignored the warnings of body and soul. All of this was entirely her fault with no excuses. "The Vice Palace Master, Rakshasa Division Leader, and all the Light Wind Palace swordsmen tried to help me, but I rejected their goodwill and continued to obsess only over sleep and power. This incident is solely my fault." Runaan didn't care about the great achievement of crossing the wall of transcendence and opening the Sword Domain, or killing Syria Sullion, and apologized for nearly putting Light Wind Palace in danger due to her mistakes, kneeling on the blood-red carpet and bowing her head. "Runaan..." "You..." Burren and Martha widened their eyes as if they hadn't expected Runaan to show such a humble attitude. "I see." Raon looked at the dark circles around Runaan's eyes that hadn't yet disappeared and stroked his chin thinly. "The Full Moon Division Leader's mistakes are clear. As you said yourself, you didn't trust comrades with whom you've built long relationships, became absorbed in illusory power, and put everyone in danger. Although you later overcame that crisis by killing Syria Sullion, that too was with the help of your comrades, so it wasn't accomplished by your strength alone." He reminded Runaan of her mistakes with a cold tone that held not a trace of warmth. "......" Runaan remained kneeling in the same position as before, as if she had nothing to say to Raon's criticism. "The Light Wind Vice Palace Master and Rakshasa Division Leader didn't do well either. When the Full Moon Division Leader's condition wasn't normal and it was a problem beyond what you could solve, you should have sought help from others, but you stopped and didn't step forward further due to overconfidence that you could solve it among yourselves - it was excessive trust in yourselves." Raon delivered cold criticism to Burren and Martha as well, saying that trusting Runaan or themselves too much was also a problem. "I'm sorry." "Ugh..." Burren immediately bowed his head as if he had nothing to say, and Martha hit her own cheek with her fist, angry at herself. "The Light Wind Palace swordsmen are the same. Even though everyone knew well about the Full Moon Division Leader's changes, leaving everything to the Vice Palace Master and Rakshasa Division Leader and pretending not to know wasn't a good choice. Even if it was difficult to step forward directly, you could have consulted or submitted opinions, so you also had problems." "Mmm!" "That's..." "Haaa..." The Light Wind Palace swordsmen couldn't refute Raon's words and only wiggled their fingers while sighing. "Of course, this is about the wrongs, and I should speak separately about the merits." Raon lifted the hand he had placed on the throne's armrest. "The Full Moon Division Leader pronounced irreversible death upon the Evil Goat Demon. The Evil Goat Demon, Syria Sullion, was a sinister and persistent human who would have caused great damage across this entire continent if left alone, so killing him cannot but be an excellent achievement. Moreover, reaching the realm of transcendence and even opening the Sword Domain will be of great help in the coming war with Eden. That merit can be said to be greater." He said that considering not only what Runaan had done this time, but also her future, her merits were greater than her faults, and nodded calmly. "Next, the Light Wind Vice Palace Master and Rakshasa Division Leader. These two felt their martial prowess was insufficient to persuade the Full Moon Division Leader, so they reduced their sleep and devoted themselves to personal training, achieving remarkable growth. The opportunity for the Full Moon Division Leader to reach transcendence was also thanks to the Light Wind Vice Palace Master and Rakshasa Division Leader's efforts, so their merit is not small." Raon called Burren and Martha's awakening of Runaan an achievement and closed then opened his eyes. "Therefore." Raon settled the coldly blooming aura and revealed peaceful eyes. "I will neither punish Light Wind Palace for their faults nor reward them for their merits. Instead, think about what you should have done in this incident to create better results." Instead of rewards and punishments, he gave the entire Light Wind Palace an opportunity for thought that could help them grow further. "Th-thank you." "Thank you!" Burren bowed first, and following him, the other Light Wind Palace swordsmen also bowed their heads. "Thank you..." Runaan looked at Raon's eyes for a long time before bowing her head again. "Then we will take our leave." Just as Burren let out a short breath and was about to stand up. "No." Raon spread his palm and showed eyes with a chilling coldness flowing through them. "What we've discussed so far was the story up until Syria Sullion's death. There's what comes after." He told the Light Wind Palace swordsmen to wait and flicked his finger. Snap! With a crisp resonance like a walnut cracking, Sheryl dragged a pig-nosed man in a thick robe from behind the throne, and from the door on the left, Roenn carefully brought children who still looked young. "That person is... gasp!" Burren recognized who the pig-nosed man was and gaped. "Ah..." Runaan trembled her slender jaw in shock at seeing the children she had seen in the dream world appear before her eyes. "Wh-who are they?" Martha blinked blankly as if she understood nothing. "This one is the Bear Fire Demon who cast Dream Illusion Magic on the Full Moon Division Leader under Syria Sullion's orders, and those children are the pillars of the Dream Illusion Magic who were kidnapped by the Bear Fire Demon to lure Runaan into the dream world." Raon personally introduced the Bear Fire Demon and the children. "Th-that one was still alive..." Burren swallowed dryly as if he couldn't believe it. "Mmm..." Runaan also let out a murky groan as if remembering that she hadn't confirmed the Bear Fire Demon's death. "Just because Syria Sullion died doesn't mean his subordinates all die at once. You should have definitively confirmed and dealt with the enemies' life and death, but you weren't perfect to the end. Because you let this Bear Fire Demon escape, those children there almost became sacrifices to wear Eden's masks." Raon nodded heavily, saying that if the Bear Fire Demon had escaped alive, all these children would have almost been offered as sacrifices to Eden. "It means you were intoxicated by victory and almost caused many more to be sacrificed." He pointed out Light Wind Palace's mistakes even more coldly and sternly than before. "S-sorry..." Burren buried his head in the ground as if he had nothing to say. "It's my fault. I focused only on Syria Sullion..." Runaan bit her dry lips until they bled, seeming more shocked because she had known of those children's existence. "Haah..." Martha only cast her eyes downward as if she had nothing to say since she had been unconscious at the time. "I-I was there too." "I naturally thought he would be dead..." "To think we'd make such a mistake..." The Light Wind Palace swordsmen also sighed, mentioning that they hadn't confirmed the Bear Fire Demon's corpse. "T-Temporary Head of House, were you watching everything?" Dorian trembled his fingertips as he realized that Raon had known everything from the beginning. "......" Raon didn't answer Dorian's question and rose from the throne. Tall stature and an even greater status. He looked down heavily at Light Wind Palace, with whom he had spent his entire life, while emitting an absolute aura like that of a giant god. The Light Wind Palace swordsmen couldn't dare lift their heads under the terrifying aura Raon was creating and could only look at the floor. "If you want to take a rest, you may. But right now, before your eyes, there is an opportunity to make up for this mistake." Raon looked at the Bear Fire Demon trembling in fear and showed a chilling smile. "An eye for an eye. Blood for blood. Since Eden made Zieghart's blood flow, we should repay them with blood in kind." He let red lightning flash across his eyes and spoke with a chilling voice as if placing a blade against a neck. "Follow me."