The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1114

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Chapter 1114

“Come here.”

I grasped Gluttony’s limp arm and seated her on a small rock. She followed without resistance, as if trusting me completely.

“What exactly happened to you?”

Thanks to Wrath, I had a rough understanding of the situation, but I wanted to hear the details directly from Gluttony herself.

“I’m not really sure….”

Gluttony swung her legs from the rock as if splashing in water.

“Everything was just food to me. Trees, rocks, earth, sky, Demons, and humans too.”

She sighed softly, saying she had simply put everything in her mouth and swallowed.

“Taste didn’t matter. I just wanted this hunger….”

Gluttony rubbed her small belly with her hands.

“…to disappear. I just swallowed whatever came into my mouth.”

She slowly closed her eyes as if recalling her past starvation, then opened them again.

“I know that much.”

I nodded with my arms crossed.

“Tell me what happened after you met the True Demon King in the Human Realm.”

I gestured with my chin, mimicking Wrath’s manner of speaking.

‘This is what matters.’

I wanted to know clearly what changes had occurred in Gluttony since meeting me.

“You’re the one who introduced me to Pearl Ice Cream and taught me how to eat it.”

Gluttony gazed at me with an unwavering stare and nodded slowly.

“That’s true.”

I nodded in acknowledgment, then glanced sideways at Wrath.

‘Wait! Now that I think about it… I wasn’t the one who taught Gluttony about Pearl Ice Cream. That was you.’
-Huh…?

Wrath exhaled in apparent confusion.

‘After you drove Grid away, you personally took Gluttony to the ruined Pearl Ice Cream Shop. Don’t you remember?’

After driving Grid away, Wrath had taken Gluttony—who had been eating dirt—and fed her Pearl Ice Cream.

-Ah!

Wrath’s eyes widened as the memory finally surfaced.

-That’s right! The True Demon King fed it to her!
‘And just like with everything else, she was trying to swallow it whole without chewing, so you even hit the back of her head to teach her to savor the taste!’

Gluttony had been swallowing Pearl Ice Cream whole like she was eating dirt, but thanks to what Wrath taught her, she experienced flavor for the first time and cried out in delight.

-So… Gluttony ended up like this because of…?

Wrath’s jaw trembled as he looked at the despondent Gluttony.

‘That’s right. It wasn’t me—it was because of you.’

I nodded matter-of-factly.

-Damn it all!

Wrath realized this was no laughing matter and clutched his head.

“At first, it was wonderful. I could keep eating ice cream. It tasted so good.”

Gluttony nodded as she looked at me. It seemed like her own way of expressing gratitude.

“But I began to feel a slight thirst.”

Gluttony raised her small hand and touched her snow-white throat.

“The more Pearl Ice Cream I ate, the more intense that thirst became. I couldn’t understand why. I kept eating delicious things, so why did I feel thirsty?”

She nodded, saying she couldn’t comprehend her own emotions.

“You’ve never felt that thirst before?”

I narrowed my eyes and tilted my chin slightly.

“Never once. Not from trees, rocks, earth, sky, or Demons. And even when I consumed humans, I never felt anything like thirst.”

Gluttony nodded, saying she had experienced thirst for the first time.

“I ignored the thirst pressing down on my chest and continued eating Pearl Ice Cream, but at some point, my hand simply wouldn’t reach for it anymore. That’s when I finally understood. Why I felt that thirst.”

She picked up the Pearl Ice Cream topped with weeds and put it in her mouth.

“I wanted to taste something new, something more delicious.”

Gluttony exhaled deeply, saying that something new had been born from the gluttony she possessed since birth.

“And it had to be a flavor I desired.”

She ate the Pearl Ice Cream, which looked unappetizing to anyone’s eyes, while drawing a bitter smile.

“As expected….”

I nodded after hearing Gluttony’s words.

‘Refined taste was being added to her gluttony.’

Pearl Ice Cream naturally had many varieties, so ordinary people who bought it occasionally had a hard time getting tired of it.

However, since new flavors came out very rarely, Gluttony, who consumed massive quantities of Pearl Ice Cream daily, had finally adapted to every flavor and grown weary of them, now seeking something new.

“Help me. I want to make a new Pearl Ice Cream.”

Gluttony nodded eagerly, expressing her desire to craft Pearl Ice Cream with her own hands.

“Hmm….”

I couldn’t answer immediately, my brow furrowing in thought.

‘Can I actually do this?’

While I excelled at basic cooking, crafting something requiring specialized techniques like Pearl Ice Cream proved far more challenging.

Moreover, tailoring it to Gluttony’s exacting palate would be even more difficult, so I couldn’t give an immediate answer.

‘Mother, Helen, or Judith might be able to do it. However….’

Gluttony seemed to want to make it herself.

She wanted to craft Pearl Ice Cream with her own hands and eat it.
The weeds, dirt, and pebbles currently sitting atop the Pearl Ice Cream were proof of that very desire.

-In any case, Demon Lords are all troublesome creatures without exception.

Wrath didn’t mock me as he once would have, knowing he had influenced this behavior.

-And I’ve also figured out why that creature grew stronger.
‘Grew stronger? Ah, now that I think about it, he mentioned that earlier too.’

I recalled when he found Gluttony, he’d spoken as if questioning why she had grown stronger.

-Even a pathetic Demon Lord like Gluttony has already ascended to the ranks of the absolute, so growing stronger from there is no simple matter.

Wrath’s eyes narrowed as he pointed at the crouching Gluttony.

-That creature clearly grew stronger by adding refined taste to her insane obsession with gluttony!

He chuckled dryly, remarking that after living so long, he’d seen everything.

‘Then could Gluttony grow even stronger than she is now?’

Raon smacked his lips as he looked at Wrath.

-If I make a new batch of delicious Pearl Ice Cream exactly as that glutton desires, it should be possible.

Wrath nodded, saying it would work if my emotions were satisfied.

‘Isn’t that a good thing?’

As the current situation made clear, Gluttony held considerable affection for me.

If I helped Gluttony, she would absolutely participate in the war against the Archangel, and she would undoubtedly prove invaluable in that conflict.

‘I absolutely have to do this.’

If Gluttony became pleased enough to even pass Gluttony to a suitable person, the gains would be even greater, so it was right to do it unconditionally.

“Alright.”

I extended my hand to the dejected Gluttony.

“Let’s make it together. A new Pearl Ice Cream.”

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-Nadin Bread…?

Wrath let out an exasperated cry as if flabbergasted.

-What kind of madman puts Nadin Bread on Pearl Ice Cream!

He tore at his own hair, questioning whether I had truly lost my mind.

‘There’s no helping it.’

I scratched my cheek as I looked at the Nadin Bread I’d placed on the ice cream.

‘The only food I have right now is Nadin Bread.’

Since eating just one Nadin Bread kept me satisfied for an entire day, there was no reason to carry other provisions.

“Hmm….”

Gluttony tilted her head curiously before popping an entire spoonful of Pearl Ice Cream—topped with Nadin Bread—into her mouth.

“…That’s strange.”

She chewed the Nadin Bread ice cream several times before shaking her head.

“The bread flavor completely overpowered the ice cream….”

Gluttony frowned, complaining that the Nadin Bread’s rubbery taste was so intense she couldn’t detect any flavor from the ice cream itself.

-Ooh! The glutton finally said something sensible!

Wrath nodded his head with what seemed like genuine emotion at her words.

-She’s finally awakened to true gastronomy!

He patted Gluttony’s head with a satisfied laugh.

“I want to taste something newer and more delicious.”

Gluttony began combining ingredients and ice cream again, as if eager to craft novel flavors and experience them herself.

Though she had glimpsed true gastronomy, her lack of knowledge about taste meant she still reached for bizarre ingredients.

Watching her mix tree bark and pebbles with ice cream was genuinely painful to witness.

-That… that precious thing….

Wrath’s jaw trembled as he watched the Pearl Ice Cream being destroyed by Gluttony’s hands.

-Stop her at once! Even I can endure this no longer!

He gnashed his teeth, desperate to manifest and beat some sense into Gluttony.

“Don’t tell me you came out here just to find ingredients that would go well with ice cream?”

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Gluttony.

“That’s right. I came out to find ingredients for a new Pearl Ice Cream. The Forest has so many things.”

Gluttony nodded calmly, confirming that was indeed the case.

“How about this?”

He reached out to place what appeared to be animal droppings on top of the ice cream.

“Stop!”

Raon rushed forward urgently and grabbed Gluttony’s wrist.

“That won’t work.”

He shook his head, recalling the only person who could possibly save Gluttony from herself.

“Come with me.”

Raon lifted Gluttony up by the wrist and tilted his chin upward.

“There’s someone who has everything you could want.”

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“Peaceful and wonderful….”

Dorian sprawled across the plush Bedroom, exhaling with delight.

“I don’t know what I’ll have to do here, but it’s better than Habun Castle or Sepia.”

At Habun Castle, he had been terrified by the monsters’ transformations and the Demon Lords on the verge of explosion, and at Sepia, he had been seized with dread by the mysterious clouds and fog.

But the Arian Family remained peaceful, and Raon had gone out alone, saying he would handle matters himself.

There would be no meetings with Demon Lords, no dangerous situations—so his mood was simply good.

“Today I’ll sleep deeply, and tomorrow I’ll wander around looking for decent supplies….”

Dorian was closing his eyes slowly, on the verge of falling asleep.

Knock, knock.

A dull knocking sound came from the window beside the bed.

“W-what….”

Dorian jolted upright, his jaw trembling.

“This is the 9th floor?”

Hearing a knock from a 9th-floor window, his heart felt as though it might tear free from his chest.
What made it worse was that his senses detected no presence whatsoever.

“A g-ghost….”
“Stop screaming and open the door.”

Just as he was about to cry out, a familiar voice came from beyond the window.

“Huh…?”

Dorian blinked and scrambled from the bed, drawing back the thick curtains covering the window.

“Lord Raon? Why are you here….”

The figure outside the window was Raon, who had said he was going to search for the Demon King. He stood gripping the railing, looking down at him.

“I was too lazy to climb the stairs.”

He spouted his usual nonsense and gestured with his chin for the window to be opened.

“I-I see.”

Dorian swallowed hard and opened the window.

‘This person is truly bizarre.’

Even after more than a decade of knowing him, I still hadn’t grown accustomed to his peculiarity.

“Just take her.”

Raon brought forth his previously hidden left arm and extended the white-haired, crimson-eyed child he held in his hand toward Dorian.

“Ah, yes!”

Dorian blinked blankly before accepting the child with both hands.

“Huh? This child… I’ve seen her before…”
“She’s a Demon Lord. Gluttony, the Demon Lord of Gluttony.”

Raon spoke the Demon Lord’s epithet softly, as if casually mentioning a kitten’s name.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

Only then did Dorian realize that the child Raon had been searching for was the white-haired, crimson-eyed girl, and he hurled Gluttony onto the bed.

“W-why are you doing this to me!”

She thrashed her head wildly, pleading desperately for her life.

“Hmm.”

Despite being carelessly thrown onto the bed, Gluttony gazed at Dorian with serene crimson eyes, utterly unbothered.

“Is this human going to teach me a new flavor?”
“That’s right.”

Raon nodded as he settled onto Dorian’s bed.

“A-a new flavor? I assure you, I have no taste whatsoever!”

Dorian flailed his hands desperately, begging her not to eat him.

“I thought this time would be a bit easier, but what’s happening now!”

He had tears welling up in his eyes, lamenting that he never got a single day of rest.

“Who said anything about eating you?”

Raon flicked Dorian on the forehead, telling him to stop spouting nonsense.

“Ow, really?”

Dorian clutched his head and sniffled.

“Take out some of that Pearl Ice Cream you’re carrying.”

Raon beckoned to Dorian with his finger.

“Yes, sir!”

Dorian nodded and pulled ten boxes of Pearl Ice Cream from his dimensional pouch.

“Oh…?”

Gluttony’s eyes widened in surprise at the sudden appearance of the Pearl Ice Cream.

“Gluttony. What flavor would you like the ice cream to be?”

Raon gestured to Gluttony with his chin.

“Hmm…”

Gluttony seemed to ponder, fidgeting with her fingers before lifting her head.

“I’d like it to be salty.”

She blinked, expressing her desire for salted ice cream.

“Dorian. Take out all the ingredients that can create a salty flavor.”

Raon waved his hand at Dorian.

“Ah, yes!”

The moment Dorian thought of resupplying, his fear vanished, and he immediately plunged his hand into his ship’s pouch.

Whoooosh!

Within seconds, he had withdrawn dozens of varieties of salt, salty vegetables, and even fruits.

“This is sea salt. It’s made from the ocean and has coarse grains, so it’s commonly used for pickling. Besides the saltiness, it has a slightly bitter taste. This one is rock salt. It’s what remains after seawater evaporates and forms mineral deposits. The grains are larger and much saltier. And that one comes from the mountains….”

Dorian retrieved the salt himself, sprinkling it over the ice cream while explaining each variety.

“Ahhh….”

Gluttony could not resist Dorian’s explanation and took bite after bite of the salt-topped ice cream. Her eyes began to shimmer with a faint light.

“You….”

Gluttony grasped Dorian’s wrist and nodded.

“I like you.”
“What? No, no, I really don’t taste good! I have no meat, only fat!”

Dorian’s face went deathly pale and rigid.

“Hmm?”

Meanwhile, Raon watched the scene and smacked his lips briefly.

‘Could it be….’

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