The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1553 "F-finally!" Evelyn let out a cry of exclamation and rose to her feet. "It's finally complete!" She weakly raised her hand, looking as haggard and wrecked as someone who hadn't slept or eaten in a long time. "Now…." Evelyn bit her cracked, dry lips and clenched her fist. "I'll be able to find Raon!!" Ever since Raon had ascended, she had taken only the minimum amount of sleep while researching magic that could track him. 'No matter how many times I tried, I kept failing, but now I've finally succeeded.' In truth, tracking someone who had ascended and risen to the heavens was an impossible task even for the god of magic. But that impossible realm had opened a path for her. 'Because I had a fragment of Raon's soul.' When Raon had entered the spiritual world to save her, a trace of his soul had subtly flowed into hers. Thanks to using that fragment of Raon's soul, which she cherished more than her own life, she had been able to complete a new magic that could track him. 'It was worth it, having steadily watched over Raon's soul all this time.' Since Raon was someone other than herself, even with a fragment of his soul, tracking his soul was no easy task. It was something that would barely be possible only after decades of research, but thanks to endlessly watching over Raon's soul by borrowing the bodies of animals, she had barely managed to succeed in her research. 'It really was beautiful.' Raon wasn't just stunningly handsome in appearance—even his soul was gorgeous and beautiful. Just gazing at his soul alone, with nothing else needed, was enough to leave her enraptured, so she wanted to meet him again no matter what. 'Shall I begin, then?' Evelyn brought her two hands, from which mana was blooming, together in front of her. Since getting too excited could disrupt the magic's operation, she bit her lip and forcibly suppressed her heart, which was pounding with anticipation. "Search Spell for the Heavenly Realm's Peerless Beauty!" Evelyn raised her hand toward the sky and solemnly declared the name of the spell. "O sky! Lend your ear to my words! Hand over my beloved, whose features and soul, even down to his fingers and toes, are too magnificent to be left in the heavenly realm! A nose bridge as if carved from a crescent moon, and eyes that draw in the soul like the starlight of the night sky—surely the heavenly path cannot dare to contain him!" She chanted the bizarre spell, one that would make anyone who heard it cringe, with a more solemn face than ever before. "She's finally lost it." "Someone stop her…." "Just leave her be." Helen, Sylvia, and Judiel, hearing Evelyn's shouting echo through the middle of the night, shook their heads and disappeared. "His beauty is a public good of humanity that cannot be monopolized, a miracle completed only before my eyes! Descend, peerlessly handsome Raon!" Evelyn didn't care what anyone else said, and stomped her feet hard enough to shake the tent as she chanted the spell to find Raon. "…." But even after Evelyn's spirited incantation ended, nothing happened in the world. "Huh…?" Evelyn blinked as she looked at the utterly peaceful sky. "What is this?" The spell had clearly been completed, yet there was no change of any kind, let alone finding Raon. "D-did I get the spell wrong? No, that can't be, right?" Evelyn shook her head firmly. Of all things, she couldn't possibly have made a mistake reciting the spell she herself had created. 'Then was the amount of mana insufficient?' Evelyn frowned, suspecting that her Mana might have been insufficient to complete the spell. "O-once more!" Evelyn bit her lip and raised her arm, stretched out even straighter, toward the sky. "Search Spell for the Heavenly Realm's Peerless Beauty!" She resolved not to fail this time and chanted the spell to find Raon once again. "…Descend, peerlessly handsome Raon!" Contrary to the cringe-worthy content, Evelyn chanted the spell with gravity and solemnity, but once again nothing special happened. "Ha?" She let out a hollow breath as she looked at the sky. Even though she had perfectly chanted the spell twice now, the magic did not activate. "Or did I focus too much on just the magic itself? This is a spell where the heart longing for Raon matters more!" The Search Spell for the Heavenly Realm's Peerless Beauty had been made based on a fragment of Raon's soul, so the heart longing for Raon mattered more than the amount of mana or the accuracy of the incantation—and it seemed that had been lacking. 'I've always been thinking of Raon, but I need to go even further than that. Let me think of Raon with every breath I take!' Evelyn held her breath, filled her mind entirely with thoughts of Raon, and chanted the spell to find him once more. Fwooosh. But once again, there was no change. All that came to Evelyn was the cold northern wind, cold enough to feel lonely. "Alright…." Evelyn chewed on her lip and nodded. "So you mean you won't give up Raon so easily? Fine, let's see who wins!" She declared that she would never lose and kept reciting the spell calling for Raon while continuing to think of him. "Heuhk…." After chanting the spell for the 128th time, Evelyn's eyes trembled, and she collapsed to the ground where she stood. Her stamina and mana had both been completely drained, exhausting her. "R-Raon…." Even in her exhaustion, she kept repeating Raon's name until the very end, before passing out. Since it was the break of dawn, a black-haired woman approached from behind Evelyn, who had been left unattended. "Huh?" The black-haired woman frowned at the sight of Evelyn, passed out and drooling. "Why is this idiot sleeping here?" She clicked her tongue and tried to walk past Evelyn, but stopped in her tracks. "Sigh…." The black-haired woman sighed, seemingly bothered by Evelyn's haggard appearance, and dragged her off toward the main building. * * * Rumble rumble rumble! "Ngh…." Evelyn wiped the drool dripping from her mouth and lifted her eyelids at the sound of the ground shaking. "D-did I pass out…." After Raon disappeared, she hadn't slept or eaten properly and had only researched magic, so it seemed she had collapsed from exhaustion. "But why is it so noisy…." Since she'd already passed out, she wanted to rest a bit more, but it was noisy around her and the ground was shaking like there was an earthquake, so even though she wanted to sleep, she couldn't. "What's going on… huh?" Evelyn lifted her head, then widened her eyes. "Those two." Right in front of her, Runaan and Martha were clashing swords. The two seemed to be seriously sparring, striking heavy blows toward each other's vital points. "Why are those two raising hell here instead of some open space… hm?" Evelyn frowned and rose to her feet, then lowered her brows. "This is…." She realized she was in a different place from where she had cast the spell and narrowed her brow slightly. Now that she noticed, she had even been covered with a blanket. "Did those two bring me here? Hmph! What unnecessary meddling!" Evelyn snorted and was about to get up off the ground. Kwaaaaaang! Martha and Runaan's signature techniques collided head-on, unleashing a shockwave and thunderous roar that shook heaven and earth. Since it was a clash between swordsmen who had firmly entered the realm of transcendence, even the clouds in the sky were torn apart. "Hmm." Evelyn narrowed her eyes thinly as she watched the sight. 'Those two have gotten decent now.' Runaan and Martha, who had been hopelessly weak when she first saw them, had surpassed the realm of transcendence through the recent war and were now at least able to earn their keep. 'That's all thanks to Raon too.' If not for Raon's teachings, those two idiots would still be stuck in the realm of humans. Once again, she felt just how amazing and handsome Raon was. 'I miss Raon even more now.' I should try again. Seeing Martha and Runaan made Raon's face come to mind even more vividly. It was the moment she was about to turn back toward the annex building to search for him again. Thud. Martha and Runaan collapsed onto the training ground at the same time, as if exhausted. The two lay symmetrically, as if they'd planned it, and looked at each other. "Hey." Martha opened her mouth without even catching her ragged breath. "You like Raon, don't you?" With trembling eyes, she threw out a question that had nothing to do with the brutal sparring match they'd just had. "Yeah…." Runaan answered immediately. "I like him…." Even though she'd received a completely unexpected question, she said she liked Raon without the slightest hesitation. "Ha…." Martha let out a hollow laugh at the sight. "You're really something." She clicked her tongue, as if she found Runaan, who was so true to her own feelings, both impressive and enviable. "You like him too, don't you, Martha…? Raon…." Runaan nodded as if she already knew everything. "I-I…." It was the moment Martha, her lips trembling, was about to answer Runaan's question. "I'm the one who—!" Evelyn couldn't hold back and ran over. "I like him the most!" She shouted that she herself liked Raon the most and wedged herself between Runaan and Martha. "I like him more…." "When did you wake up?" Runaan answered calmly, as if she had known Evelyn had woken up, while Martha frowned as if she had had no idea at all. "As for how much I like him! I even made a spell that can find Raon again!" Evelyn pounded her own chest with her fist, saying she had created a brand-new spell that didn't exist in this world, just to find Raon. "Wow…." Runaan widened her eyes, as if she had never even thought of making a spell to find Raon. "R-really? You actually made a spell that can find Raon?" Martha grabbed Evelyn's shoulders, her mouth hanging open as if she couldn't believe it. "Hmph! Of course!" Evelyn held her chin up proudly and swatted Martha's hand away. "Because I'm the one who wants Raon back the most!" She clenched her fist, saying it was only natural for her to think of finding Raon. "I was planning to find Raon too…." Runaan shook her head calmly. "I'll achieve ascension and find him that way…." She steadied her sword, saying she intended to ascend like Raon and go to the heavenly realm. "As for me…." Martha couldn't answer right away and bit her lip slightly. "I-I'll ascend too! Not particularly because of Raon—it's just that ascension is every Martial Artist's dream!" She nodded with her brows lowered, as if she still hadn't settled her feelings. "Ascension…?" Evelyn scoffed. "You think that'll be easy? Try cultivating for a lifetime." It was the moment she turned her back, saying what would be the point of finding Raon after growing old. 'Wait.' Evelyn turned back to look at Runaan and Martha again, narrowing her eyes. 'Those two are serious about this too, in their own way.' Though not quite as much as herself, she could clearly sense that Martha and Runaan also deeply wanted to see Raon again. 'If I use even those two's longing as well….' Maybe the spell would succeed? The tracking spell she had created amplified in effect the stronger the desire to see Raon again. It occurred to her that if she operated the spell together with those two, she might actually be able to meet Raon. "Hey, you two." Evelyn licked her lips and called out to Runaan and Martha. "Cooperate with me." She beckoned to the two of them with her finger, asking them to help with the spell to find Raon. "Cooperate…?" "What nonsense is that." Runaan and Martha tilted their heads. "The spell I developed grows stronger the more intensely someone longs for Raon. If we combine even your Mental Images with mine, it'll definitely succeed." Evelyn explained the spell she had made and reached out her hand to Runaan and Martha. "Hmm…." "Then maybe we should rest a little first…." "Now is exactly the right time! Because both of you just naturally thought of Raon!" She beckoned with her finger, saying it was better to start right away rather than rest. "Okay…." Runaan grabbed Evelyn's hand without hesitation, as if ready to start immediately. "I don't really want to hold your hand, but…." Martha bit her lip as if annoyed, but placed her hand on Evelyn's anyway, apparently wanting to see Raon. "You think I'm happy about it either?" Evelyn snorted as if she didn't like it either, yet gripped Runaan and Martha's hands tightly. "Think of Raon. Not just picturing his face—it's even better if you think of the time you spent with him." She gathered her mana, telling them to recall their memories with Raon. "Okay…." "M-memories? Why is all I can think of getting hit?" Runaan closed her eyes and immediately pictured Raon, while Martha bit her lip and shook her head. "Then, here we go." Evelyn nodded, sensing Martha and Runaan's longing. "Search Spell for the Heavenly Realm's Peerless Beauty!" She steadied her breath and spoke the name of the spell. "That spell name…." Runaan's eyelids trembled at the spell name Evelyn had called out. "O sky! Lend your ear to my words! Hand over my beloved, whose features and soul, even down to his fingers and toes, are too magnificent to be left in the heavenly path! A nose bridge as if carved from a crescent moon, and eyes that draw in the soul like the starlight of the night sky—surely the heavenly path cannot dare to contain him!" Evelyn ignored Runaan's muttering and chanted the spell she had recited over a hundred times. "What kind of ridiculous spell is this…." Even while thinking of Raon, Martha ground her teeth as if she couldn't stand how cringeworthy the incantation was. "His beauty is a public good of humanity that cannot be monopolized, a miracle completed only before my eyes! Descend, peerlessly handsome Raon!" Evelyn pretended not to hear Runaan and Martha's complaints and completed the spell along with her amplified mana. Wooooooom! As if Evelyn, Runaan, and Martha's desperate wishes had finally reached through, the flow of magic that had been frozen until now began to move for the first time.