The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

After finishing regular training, I headed straight to the Indoor Training Ground.

While the other children lay gasping for breath on the ground, I exhaled lightly and immediately sat at the chest press machine.

‘There’s a reason this cultivation method has become legendary.’

Though my body was exhausted, the Ring of Fire spiraled around my heart, restoring both my stamina and mental fortitude.

To squeeze out every last drop of stamina during training and then move at full power again—it was no wonder this was called one of the Continent’s greatest treasures.

“Huff…”

I adjusted the weight 5 kilograms higher than yesterday and lifted the machine. I moved slowly to properly stimulate my pectoral muscles, extending my range of motion to its maximum.

Click.

As I stood after finishing six sets, I heard someone sit down on the adjacent machine.

‘Who is it?’

The only person who usually came nearby was that strange green-haired individual who carried pouches around their waist. Puzzled, I turned my head.

‘Lunan?’

Sitting at the adjacent machine was Lunan Slion, brushing back her long silver hair.

Lunan set the weight significantly heavier than mine and began using the machine.

Whoosh!

Her form as she lifted the machine was nearly identical to mine. She focused on muscle stimulation rather than repetitions or weight.

-What is that?
‘I have no idea either.’

Raon glanced at Lunan Slion for a moment before leaving his spot. He moved to a different piece of equipment to apply more precise stimulation to his muscles.

“Hngh!”

After adjusting the weight, he lifted the apparatus. He pushed beyond the maximum weight while rotating the Ring of Fire.

“Huff!”

Normally, he would need to reduce the weight by 10kg at this level, but thanks to the Ring of Fire, he could lift the current weight and perform more repetitions.

After exercising until his arms and chest trembled, he lowered the apparatus and heard someone else sit down beside him.

‘Could it be…?’

Still lying down, I turned my head. As expected, it was Lunan Slion. She set an even heavier weight than before and began lifting the apparatus.

‘What is she doing?’

My eyes narrowed. Lunan Slion, who showed little interest in the other trainees or even Rimer, was now mirroring my movements with the same apparatus. I couldn’t understand why.

‘Is it just a coincidence?’

When I thought about it, training smaller muscles after larger ones was natural. I convinced myself it was merely overlapping coincidence and stood up.

To be certain, I headed toward the shoulder training equipment this time.

Creak!

After adjusting the weight and feeling the stimulation in my shoulders, I lifted the apparatus. When I finished one light set, Lunan Slion walked toward me.

She looked down at me intently before sitting in the adjacent seat and adjusting the weight. Again, it was heavier than mine.

“Hngh!”

Then, looking straight ahead without any apparent concern, she began lifting the apparatus.

-To endure such provocation without reacting! How long do you intend to cower like a mouse with its tail between its legs?
‘Provocation, huh…’

Raon turned his head to look at Lunan Slion. She used the equipment while looking straight ahead, as if she had no interest in him.

‘What is she thinking?’

I’d dismissed the first and second instances as mere coincidence, but seeing her follow me to the shoulder exercises made it clear she was deliberately trailing me.

Yet I couldn’t decipher her intentions. Her eyes were cold as ice, but their gaze was so vacant that I couldn’t discern her purpose.

-You don’t know? She’s clearly picking a fight, saying she’s better than you. Throw a punch at her face right now!

For Wrath, age, civility, and gender meant nothing. True to his name, he raged against everything.

‘Just stay quiet for a moment.’

I ignored Wrath’s fury, stood up, and began squats. As expected, Lunan Slion followed beside me and bent her thighs with even heavier weight.

“What, what is this?”
“Why are those two sticking together?”
“Why is Lady Lunan paying attention to that trembling wretch?”

The children training in the Training Chamber gaped at the sight of Lunan Slion exercising beside Raon.

Crunch.

Buren, who had entered the Training Chamber with the Branch Family members after finishing sword practice, ground his teeth at the sight.

“Ugh!”
“Why is Lunan there….”

The Branch Family members widened their eyes at the sight of Lunan Slion training beside Raon.

“Hmm.”

I observed Lunan Slion beside me, drawing everyone’s attention.

Silver hair that gleamed like moonlight and skin as white as snow. Her features were delicate yet distinct. A beautiful face that seemed to exist only in paintings, yet her eyes held a vacant, almost unhinged gleam.

“Is there something you wanted to say to me?”

When Lunan Slion finished one set, I approached and asked her a question.

“….”

Upon hearing my words, Lunan Slion stared at me for a long moment as if observing some curious creature.

“No.”

With that reply, she picked up the equipment again and resumed her training. This time, she increased the weight.

‘I have no idea what she wants.’

I shrugged and rose from the equipment. She’d grow bored soon enough, so I decided to simply leave her be and attend to my other tasks.

As I pondered what to do next with my suddenly altered routine, I heard soft footsteps behind me.

Turning around, I found Lunan Slion scanning me with her violet eyes, studying me from head to toe.

“If you have something to say, just say it.”
“….”

Lunan Slion didn’t answer—only met my gaze. Her eyes were like those of a cat that had just woken from a brief nap.

“Hah.”

I exhaled softly and moved toward another piece of equipment. Lunan Slion followed as if she’d been waiting for exactly that, using the same apparatus I did.

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A week had passed since Lunan Slion began observing Raon Zigheart.

“Hmm.”

The moment she entered the Indoor Training Chamber, she found him. As always, he was the first to enter the training chamber, lifting equipment with practiced efficiency.

‘The weight has increased compared to yesterday.’

The equipment Raon lifted was five kilograms heavier than the day before. In truth, such an increase wasn’t particularly unusual.
If one trained diligently, increasing weight was nothing strange.

But what if the weight increased every single day? That wasn’t normal growth.

‘How is this even possible?’

Most wouldn’t notice, but Raon Zigheart had increased his lifted weight by over ten kilograms in the past week. Even accounting for rapid growth in children, these numbers made no sense.

‘They said he was a patient….’

His complexion was pallid, and his limbs were frail as twigs. Yet his endurance and perseverance surpassed anyone else in this training ground.

‘Could it be his form?’

Raon’s posture when lifting the equipment differed subtly from others. The unusual stance might explain such remarkable progress.

Having made her decision, Lunan Slion sat at the adjacent equipment where Raon was performing chest exercises. She then lifted the apparatus using the same posture he had demonstrated.

‘Hmm.’

She felt nothing particularly remarkable—perhaps just slightly heightened muscle stimulation.

‘Nothing special.’

Thinking it held no real significance, she was about to return to her normal form when lifting the weight.

‘Huh?’

As she inhaled a mysterious, refreshing fragrance emanating from Raon, the equipment in her hands became light as a feather.

‘What is this?’

Her strength and agility seemed to surge dramatically. The weight that should have been grueling to lift now felt effortless.

Yet the moment Raon, who had been observing her, turned and left, that peculiar sensation vanished instantly.

“Ah….”

Lunan Slion watched Raon’s retreating back with a disappointed expression as he moved to the next apparatus.

‘Could it be…’

Lunan Slion followed Raon and positioned herself at the adjacent station. She set the weight heavier than usual and lifted it.

“Ugh….”

It was too much—the apparatus was incredibly difficult to lift. But as Raon began his workout, a refreshing energy flowed from him, and the weight gradually became lighter.

‘It’s real.’

She was lifting an apparatus ten kilograms heavier than what she could normally handle. It wasn’t just a feeling—her strength had genuinely been enhanced.

“Hm!”

Despite lifting beyond her normal capacity, her shoulders and arms felt no strain whatsoever.

After finishing her workout in high spirits, Raon stood before her.

“Do you have something to say?”

Golden hair and crimson eyes—the boy who bore the very mark of Zigheart asked.

“No.”

Lunan Slion shook her head. Raon glanced at her briefly before moving toward the next apparatus.

‘I should keep following him.’

Lunan Slion’s eyes gleamed like a cat’s as she pursued Raon.

Being able to train with heavier apparatus was wonderful, but the refreshing aura emanating from him drew her even more.

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Rimer climbed the mountain that rose behind the Zigheart Main Mansion.

“Tsk.”

As he moved to ascend the flat boulder positioned halfway up the mountain, he shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“Coming to my napping rock every single day—your grandson must be quite the source of worry.”

At his words, an elderly man with sharp features like a drawn blade descended from atop the boulder. Glen Zigheart.

“….”

Glen said nothing, his gaze fixed on the faintly visible mountain ridge.

“Hmph.”

Rimer snorted and leaned his back against the boulder. The two of them stood in silence for a long while, watching the descending sun.

“Sigh. You could just ask directly. Why must you always be so weighty about it?”

Rimer exhaled a long breath and leaped onto the boulder where Glen sat.

“The children are doing well. To be honest, I’d say they’re training far more intensely than I expected.”
“Unexpected?”
“I left their training to their own discretion.”
“I know that already.”
“The willpower of twelve and thirteen-year-olds—how much could you really expect? I thought that after just one week, most would slack off. But!”

This wasn’t idle talk. When I first decided on this training, I had planned to select only twenty from the initial one hundred sixty.

“It seems far more will remain than expected. It’s thanks to your grandson.”
“My grandson? You mean Burren?”
“Stop pretending you don’t know when you clearly do. I’m talking about Raon.”
“I don’t know what happens in the Training Ground. I told you to handle it as you see fit and not to worry me about it.”
“Really, honestly.”

Rimer scratched his red hair vigorously. It frustrated him that the old man, who was clearly worried about his grandson, insisted on playing ignorant.

“That boy. He’s different from what the Lord or Sylvia expected.”
“What do you mean?”

Glen’s gaze remained unchanged, but his voice shifted noticeably.

“Since his body and spirit were weak, you hoped he would withdraw quickly to avoid injury, did you not?”
“That’s not true. I simply said not to discriminate.”
“Regardless, I also intended to eliminate Raon as swiftly as possible.”

A chill swept through Rimer’s blue eyes.

“But that boy was a monster. His mental fortitude is inhuman. It surpasses even that of a warrior who has traversed dozens or hundreds of battlefields.”

Among all the talented individuals I’d witnessed throughout my life, Raon stood apart. So remarkably that I had to rub my eyes each morning and look again.

“When training began, Raon ranked among the lowest of the 160 participants, yet three weeks later, he has settled into the middle tier. Do you think such a thing is possible?”
“….”
“I even went so far as to imagine that Raon wasn’t actually infirm, but was concealing his power. Yet that couldn’t be true. A vicious chill still flows through that boy’s body.”

These days, my gaze drifts only to Raon during training. That boy pours everything into every single moment of practice.

“I’ve even begun considering calling Raon aside separately for individual instruction.”

Since he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the training I’d prepared with such care, I couldn’t help but grow fonder of Raon.

“Is that so?”
“That boy doesn’t stop even when frost clings to his body like a winter tree. The others are inspired by his appearance and train with even greater passion. He’s become the catalyst for the 5th Training Ground.”
“Hmm….”

Glen scratched his chin expressionlessly, yet the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but rise slightly.

“Contrary to my expectations, it seems a considerable number of children will pass.”

He muttered that it had become troublesome, but his eyes were smiling.

“Is there no strain on Raon’s body?”

Glen fell silent before uttering a single word.

“Hmm….”

Rimer swallowed silently, careful not to be heard.

‘This is beyond my expectations.’

I knew Glen held Raon in high regard, but I never anticipated he would inquire about him so directly.

It seemed the affection Glen couldn’t bestow upon his youngest daughter had somehow transferred to Raon.

“That’s what troubles me. He’s clearly overexerting himself, yet he recovers with an almost uncanny speed.”
“You can’t discern it properly either?”
“Exactly. The only ones whose eyes I can’t escape are the Ten Strongest on the Continent—and now Raon. This is my first time.”

Rimer tilted his head as he spoke. He had observed the potential and condition of countless others better than anyone, yet Raon remained an exception.

To be honest, Raon fascinated me far more than Glen, who had ascended to the ranks of the Continent’s mightiest.

“Rimer.”
“Yes?”
“You are not merely Raon’s instructor—you are the chief instructor of the 5th Training Ground. Do not fixate solely on Raon. Show equal interest in all the children who will become the family’s strength.”

Glen spoke with solemn authority before descending the mountain.

“Ha.”

Rimer exhaled in exasperation, as if at a loss for words.

“He speaks only of Raon, yet tells me this as he leaves?”

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