The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1026

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Chapter 1026

“P-puberty?”

I thought I’d misheard and asked Helen to repeat herself.

“Yes, young master. You heard correctly.”

Helen nodded calmly, confirming that it was indeed puberty.

“In fact, most children in their mid-teens experience puberty. Of course, you were so mature that you passed through that phase quietly.”

She smiled faintly, explaining that children at that age typically rebel against their parents or engage in delinquent behavior.

“Sia mentioned she’s slowly returning to her true age. She’s now moving past childhood and entering adolescence.”

Helen exhaled softly, suggesting this wasn’t particularly unusual.

“S-Sia! Dad made a mistake! Please open the door!”

Edgar’s eyes glistened with tears as he couldn’t bear Sia’s anger.

“Go away! I don’t want to see Dad!”

Sia refused to open the door and shouted for him to go downstairs.

“Sia….”

Edgar seemed shocked by his daughter’s sudden change and collapsed, clutching his chest.

“A-are you sure this is really okay?”

I trembled as I watched Edgar drooling and scratching the floor with his fingernails.

“As I mentioned, it’s something most parents and children experience.”

Helen shrugged, saying he’d get used to it soon enough.

“Children around their mid-teens think they’re already grown up, so they naturally resent being controlled.”

She laughed, explaining that adolescence was simply one stage in the process of becoming an adult.

“It’s something most children go through…”

I nodded slightly.

‘In truth, I was never really a child.’

In my past life, I had only focused on survival, so adolescence was never an option. In this life, it was my second existence, and since my mind was already mature, experiencing puberty made no sense.

‘Come to think of it, Burren and Martha seemed to go through adolescence too.’

During my trainee days, Burren and Martha, despite being small, would act like adults and strut around until I beat some sense into them. Recalling those memories, Sia’s current state didn’t seem particularly unusual.

‘Of course, Lunan…’

Then and now, he remained dim-witted.

Lunan alone seemed to have retained that innocent purity of childhood even now.

“In any case, you don’t need to worry too much about it.”
“Good. You’re handling this well.”

As Helen lowered her hand, saying it would pass on its own, Evelyn approached from the side. She smiled faintly as she looked at Sia’s door, which remained closed despite Edgar’s pleas.

“…Handling it well?”

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at Evelyn.

“Did you do something to my sister?”

Reconsidering her words, it seemed she had taken some action toward Sia.

“Yes! I told the young lady about it.”

Evelyn clapped her hands lightly and nodded.

“You can’t just agree with everything. I told her that sometimes you need to rebel in order to grow up.”

She held her head high with pride, her nose as smooth and curved as a crescent moon.

“Ah….”

I watched Evelyn standing there with such confidence and my jaw trembled.

‘Was she the culprit all along?’

Sia’s adolescence hadn’t come naturally—it seemed Evelyn had engineered it.

-That woman is absolutely insane!

Wrath was still hiding behind my shoulder, terrified of Evelyn.

“It’s not a bad thing. Emotions fester if you just bottle them up.”

Evelyn waved her hand dismissively, insisting that her approach was actually beneficial for Sia.

“The young lady lost all her memories of living as the Green-haired Queen, so she has an adult body with a child’s mind and hasn’t established her own identity. That’s also why her mental age is developing slower than her physical growth.”

She gestured with her fingers, saying that experiencing adolescence quickly would be better for Sia.

“I agree with that assessment.”

Helen nodded slightly, looking at Evelyn.

“Miss Sia was deliberately lowering her mental age to match the kindness of Edgar and Sylvia.”

She let out a soft sigh, noting that she could see Sia was intentionally acting like a child.

“It seems it’s time to break through that barrier now.”

Helen clasped her hands together, agreeing that it was right to prepare for the process of becoming an adult.

“I see….”

I smacked my lips and gazed toward Sia’s door.

‘Father is one thing, but I’m worried about Mother…’

Sylvia is as unyielding as steel when it comes to external matters, yet she becomes as soft and tender as tofu when family is involved. I couldn’t predict how she would accept Sia’s transformation.

“I need to have a conversation with her first…”

I stopped in my tracks as I was about to head up to Sia’s room.

‘Her presence vanished. Did she go outside?’

Sia’s presence had disappeared, which suggested she had slipped out through the window and left the mansion.

‘Is she running away?’

I furrowed my brow and immediately headed outside.

However, I didn’t need to search far for her. She was practicing her swordplay in front of the Lake as usual.

“S-Sister.”

I steadied my voice and approached Sia, bracing myself for a scolding from her adolescent temperament.

“Raon!”

But unlike her reaction to Edgar, Sia beamed with a bright smile and took my hand.

“When did you get here!”
“Huh…?”

I widened my eyes in surprise at Sia’s unexpected warmth.

“I’ve learned so much with the Radiant Fang Sword! Watch me!”

Sia urged me to watch her Radiant Fang Sword technique and led me toward the Lake.

‘What’s going on?’

I blinked as I observed Sia treating me with such affection.

‘Why does she treat me the same way?’
-Why, you ask? Because you’re her younger brother, that’s why.

Wrath furrowed his brow as if questioning why I would ask something so obvious.

-To that child, you are a younger brother who must be protected. Of course she should treat you warmly.

He clicked his tongue as if telling me to think it through.

‘Ah, I see.’

Now that I thought about it, Sia had always prioritized me and looked after me. No matter how strong I became or how much I grew, I was nothing but her younger brother to her.

“You two!”

As I watched Sia unfold her radiant sword technique, Sylvia emerged through the back door of the Annex Building. She was carrying a basket of snacks, seemingly intending to give them to both Sia and me.

“Have some. Mother baked cookies.”

Sylvia set the basket down on the table, urging us to eat the snacks.

“I don’t want any.”

Sia shook her head, uninterested in the treats.

“Just have one.”
“I said no! You’re in the way. Mother, leave!”

She turned her head sharply away without even looking at Sylvia, who was trying to put a cookie in her mouth.

“Oh…”

Sylvia’s lips trembled in bewilderment at Sia’s behavior, and she hung her head low.

“Mother!”

I approached Sylvia, whose shoulders and arms were shaking, and supported her. She seemed deeply shaken by her daughter’s defiance—something she was experiencing for the first time.

“Are you alright? Your sister is going through puberty right now….”
“I’m more than alright!”

I was about to explain to Sylvia when she lifted her head with a laugh rather than tears.

“Mother?”

I swallowed hard, watching Sylvia laugh contrary to my expectations.

“Why are you laughing….”
“Truth be told, I was grateful that you grew up so maturely without ever causing me grief, but I also felt a bit lonely. Now that Sia is showing some rebellion, I’m so happy. So this is what puberty is like….”

Sylvia laughed with her cheeks flushed red, delighted by Sia’s transformation.

“Siaaaaaaa!”

In contrast, Edgar wailed and called out Sia’s name, unable to accept his daughter’s change.

“….”

I closed my eyes tightly, watching Sylvia laugh, Edgar cry, and Sia ignore them both.

‘Is this family alright?’

Thinking of my grandfather, who stomps his feet and causes earthquakes just to boast about his grandchild, I began to doubt whether this Zigheart household was functioning properly at all.

‘This is far too strange!’
-No matter how strange it is….

Wrath shook his head firmly, as if telling me to stop spouting nonsense.

-There is no human more peculiar than you!

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“Hmm….”

I observed the swordsmen meditating quietly in the Training Ground and smacked my lips.

‘Things are finally coming together.’

A month had passed since I obtained the Celestial Demon Transformation. During that time, most of the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen had experienced enlightenment through sparring with me and ascended to a higher realm.

‘Of course….’

Some hadn’t awakened.

Swordsmen like Mark Goeten, who had recently broken through a wall, hadn’t manifested light and thus failed to achieve the Celestial Demon Transformation’s awakening. It seemed the Celestial Demon Transformation didn’t apply equally to everyone—it had a greater effect on those stuck at walls or experiencing inner demons.

-Even so, it’s still a cheat.

Wrath twisted his lips as if he still couldn’t believe it.

-All those affected by your soul have broken through walls, and some have even jumped two stages at once.

He gestured with his chin toward Yua and Julius, who were training together with Lunan.

‘Those children’s talent doesn’t fall short of Karun or Martha.’

True to Eden’s intention as the helmet’s intended masters, Yua and Julius leaped over two walls in one breath upon receiving the Celestial Demon Transformation. Though still quite young, they were now worthy of being called masters.

‘If they continue breaking through walls one or two at a time like this, Gwangpung Hall alone might actually be able to contend with the Four Demons.’

Strengthening aura through torture training methods, cultivating mental fortitude through concentration exercises, and elevating martial prowess through the Celestial Demon Transformation.

Now that I could rapidly develop body, mind, and spirit simultaneously, if Gwangpung Hall continued to grow and I reached a level capable of facing the leader of the Four Demons, it wouldn’t be impossible for Gwangpung Hall’s military might alone to defeat one of the Four Demons.

‘Of course, the most difficult part….’

is my own growth.

Among the remaining leaders of the Four Demons, there’s not a single easy opponent. I might not reach them even after ten years of training.

‘It’s true that my growth has slowed.’

I recalled the reward message I had received yesterday.

[All stats increase by 10 points.]
[Soul grade rises.]
[Trait 【Spirit Transformation】 grade increases.]

This was the message I had obtained after awakening Crain, the last one remaining. The content was pleasant, but there was something different from before.

‘The Heart Sword’s grade didn’t increase.’

Unlike when I had first awakened Martha and Lunan Slion, the Heart Sword’s grade was unaffected. This meant that ordinary Spirit Transformation could no longer develop the Heart Sword.

‘As expected, it’s an absolute transcendent martial art.’

If the transcendent martial art that only Glen Zigheart was learning grew through repeated Spirit Transformation, that would make even less sense. It seemed I would need to develop the Heart Sword through a different method now.

‘Should I focus solely on my personal training after clearing the accumulated tasks?’

As I turned my gaze while contemplating what kind of training to undertake, I noticed people passing by outside the 5th Training Ground.

‘Rabawin?’

I saw Rabawin, Aris Zigheart’s subordinate who bore the false epithet of Pirate King, walking toward Pedrick’s Residence with his subordinates dressed in pirate attire.

‘His expression doesn’t look good.’

Observing the hardened glint in Rabawin’s eyes, I descended from the platform and followed him.

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“Stop.”

Rabawin halted before the dormitory where Aris Zigheart was temporarily staying.

“We will be staying here for a while, so organize both the interior and exterior of the residence.”

He instructed them to tidy up the residence since he didn’t know when Aris would return.

“Yes, sir!”
“Understood!”

Despite their fearsome appearances, the pirates responded crisply and scattered throughout the residence.

“Hmm….”
“Rabawin.”

As Rabawin exhaled a short sigh while gazing at the darkening sky, Raon, who had followed behind him, called out to him.

“Huh? Raon?”

Rabawin turned around, unaware that Raon had followed him, and widened his eyes in surprise.

“W-what brings you here? Aris is still….”
“I know.”

Raon nodded while observing the residence now devoid of warmth.

“My aunt is conducting joint training with Karun.”

He smiled faintly, acknowledging her absence.

“Ah, you would certainly know better than I do.”

Rabawin scratched his smooth forehead awkwardly.

“I haven’t seen you in quite some time. Where have you been?”

Rabawin and the pirates had remained at Zigheart to care for Aris, but disappeared after she awakened. Raon was curious about what they had been doing during their absence.

“As you well know, there are harbors and cities under our protection. I came back after inspecting them on Aris’s orders.”

Rabawin nodded, explaining that he had inspected the harbors and cities they guarded upon receiving Aris’s command. However, his expression didn’t appear particularly favorable.

“Shall we have a conversation for a while?”

I suggested we go together and pointed to the Annex Building visible in the distance. The residence where Aris Zigheart temporarily stayed was located next to Pedrick’s Residence, so it wasn’t far from the Annex Building either.

“Yes, I understand.”

Rabawin nodded as if he had no choice but to comply and followed me.

“So your return to Zigheart was to report to Lady Aris Zigheart.”

I walked ahead while glancing back at Rabawin with only my eyes.

“Yes, that’s correct. For the report….”

Rabawin’s lips trembled slightly when he spoke the word “report.” There was clearly something more to it.

“As far as I know, my aunt won’t be coming down for some time.”

I narrowed my eyes while looking toward the direction of the Main Mansion. Both Aris Zigheart and Karun were focused on their training and hadn’t responded even to Glen Zigheart’s recent summons. They would likely need another month or two before emerging.

“Ah, I see.”

Rabawin seemed unaware of this detail and bit his lip slightly.

“Well then, let’s go inside and have some tea….”

It was just as I opened the door to the Annex Building with Rabawin.

“Helen! I told you not to mix Dad’s laundry with mine! Wash them separately!”

Sia’s cold voice erupted from upstairs.

“No, Dad isn’t that dirty! I shower once a day!”

Edgar clasped his hands together toward Sia in protest.

“You need to do it twice! Morning and evening!”

Sia shook her head vigorously, still refusing.

“Go away!”

She snatched the laundry from Edgar’s hands and slammed the door shut with a resounding bang.

“Siaaaaaaa!”

Edgar fell to his knees, crying out his daughter’s name with the sorrowful desperation of a man who had lost his beloved.

“I, um….”

Rabawin’s eyes trembled as he struggled to process the unexpected scene before him.

“It’s almost over. Don’t worry.”

I assured him it was nothing serious and led Rabawin into the Reception Room.

“I’ve brought the tea.”

Judith arrived with the tea as if she had been waiting for this very moment, and poured it before us.

“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”

She bowed slightly and left the Reception Room without a sound.

“Now then, tell me what happened.”

I gazed at Rabawin with my hands clasped before the steaming cup of tea.

“What occurred during your mission?”
“Hmm….”

Rabawin exhaled a long sigh before lifting his head.

“I see. I cannot hide anything from you, can I?”

He gazed into the teacup, its surface rippling like waves, and released a low groan.

“I mentioned earlier that I protect a village and harbor under the name of Pirate King, did I not?”

Rabawin clenched his darkened fists and bit his lip.

“Two of those villages were completely annihilated without a single survivor….”

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