The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 619

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Chapter 619

I clenched my fist where no one could see it.

‘It worked perfectly.’

All that effort spent explaining until my jaw ached had paid off.

When Glen had asked earlier what happened, I’d departed from my usual restraint and recounted every detail vividly.

Especially how desperately Judith had missed Jubel, and what kind of life Jubel had lived—I’d spoken in a measured tone, gradually touching the hearts of the executives in the Audience Chamber.

The executives here were as cold as blades, yet like someone unaware of gentle rain soaking their clothes, they’d listened to my story and gradually become drawn into Judith and Jubel’s circumstances.

Now that I’d finished everything, the executives displayed their anger as if it were their own sibling who’d suffered.

The sound of Judith and Jubel’s sobs seemed to serve as a hammer shattering the executives’ emotional walls. I was truly glad I’d had them practice their acting beforehand.

‘Now for the final touch….’

I lifted my trembling eyes as if frightened, gazing toward Karun. Even I thought this performance couldn’t get any better.

Following my gaze filled with anxiety and sorrow, the executives’ eyes turned toward Karun, whose complexion had hardened like plaster.

“Huh…?”
“No, surely not…?”
“The Head of the Central Intelligence Agency…?”
“Is it really true….”

The executives alternated their gaze between me with my mouth sealed shut and Karun with tendons bulging at his jaw, their lips trembling.

“Grr….”

Karun glared down at me crouching there, his lips grinding together.

“Hey.”

Aris stepped in front of Karun, blocking his gaze toward me, and lifted her chin defiantly.

“What did you do?”

Though brief, her words dripped with such fury that merely hearing them sent chills down my spine.

“Surely you didn’t actually do it?”

Valdemar’s eyes widened as if he found the situation utterly absurd.

“This is too much! You have to show some restraint!”

He tensed his thick fingers as though ready to seize Karun by the collar.

“….”

Glen, who looked ready to intervene directly, remained silent and motionless, simply observing Karun, Aris, and Valdemar quietly.

“No, I didn’t.”

After reading the entire atmosphere of the Audience Chamber, I lifted my upper body. My voice carried moisture as I shook my head.

“You didn’t?”
“But you looked at Karun!”

Valdemar and Aris tilted their heads as if questioning what he meant.

“…?”

Karun too widened his eyes, unable to comprehend the current situation.

“I don’t know whether Lord Karun did it or not.”

As I sighed and gestured, Judith crawled forward on her knees to approach me.

“When I regained consciousness, Jubel was nowhere to be found, and I was already inside the Central Intelligence Agency. I received training there to become a maidservant.”

Judith spoke of what had transpired in the Central Intelligence Agency, her voice trembling with sobs.

“Ah, so that’s not the case?”
“Of course Karun would never do such a thing!”
“All those who doubted him should hang their heads in shame!”

The executives murmured their relief, while the Main Lineage members exhaled sighs of reassurance.

“….”

Karun’s gaze fixed upon me, his brow narrowing. His eyes held a question—what on earth was I thinking?

‘Uneasy, are you?’

I would transform that unease into reality.

“However!”

I cried out on Judith’s behalf.

“Judith did not receive only maidservant training at the Central Intelligence Agency.”
“What?”
“By day, she was educated to become a maidservant, but at night, she was dragged away to receive spy training.”
“Y-yes, that’s correct.”

Judith deliberately stammered as she nodded her head.

“Dragged from my sleep at night, I learned the bearing required of a spy. I was taught to suppress my presence, to hear distant sounds through the art of sound perception, to control my inner body through the art of body manifestation, and even assassination techniques….”

Her voice trailed off as she bent forward, tears glistening in her eyes.

“S-sister.”

Jubel embraced Judith’s shoulders, biting her lip. Now every executive’s brow furrowed deeply.

“How tragic it is. She lived as a spy to meet her sister, and her sister lived as an assassin to save her. Whoever orchestrated this must possess a truly demonic heart.”

I concluded by briefly summarizing the lives of these two.

“You’re telling me they split up siblings—one raised as an Assassin, the other as a spy?”
“That’s not even the worst part. They held each other hostage!”
“Good heavens….”
“It would’ve been kinder to kill them. This isn’t something a human being does.”
“Ugh….”

Everyone except the Main Lineage clenched their fists as they stared at Karun.

“….”

Karun’s complexion, by contrast, had turned ashen and rigid as charcoal.

“I have a question.”

I stepped forward, shielding Judith behind me, and struck my chest forcefully as I faced Karun.

“Why did the Central Intelligence Agency raise a spy in the first place? And why did you send that spy to the Annex Building?”
“Raon….”

Aris regarded me with worried eyes.

“I’m fine. I simply want to understand why those behind me had to endure such suffering.”

After speaking, I mouthed the word “aunt” silently.

“You spineless jellyfish!”

The instant Aris saw my lips form the word “aunt,” she roared and lunged at Karun.

Whoosh!

Karun raised his hands defensively with remarkable speed, but Aris’s fist grazed his cheek, drawing a line of blood down his right jaw.

“I didn’t do it.”

Karun shook his head with an unflinching gaze. His composure was so calm that anyone who didn’t know him would have been convinced he was telling the truth.

“I also heard Raon’s story and investigated the incident, but the one who committed that act was already dead.”

He pushed Aris aside, claiming that the Butler who had trained Judith as a spy had taken his own life.

I let out a soft chuckle as I observed Karun, whose voice remained perfectly steady.

‘How pathetic.’

His response deviated not a single step from my expectations.

“That’s certainly possible.”

I smiled faintly and shook my head.

“But what’s truly surprising is that you, Karun, were unaware such things were happening within the Central Intelligence Agency. Surely you’re not merely a figurehead bearing the title of Head of House?”
“You insolent….”

Thick veins bulged across Karun’s forehead.

“It’s unfortunate. Who will compensate these two for their ruined lives….”

I cut off Karun’s words and placed my hands on Judith’s and Jubel’s shoulders.

-Wow….

Wrath blinked his eyes in admiration.

-You mad bastard. Your acting keeps improving! How is this even possible! Your acting skills surpass your swordsmanship! Transcendent-grade, I say!
‘This isn’t acting. It’s sincerity.’
-Don’t make me laugh! I’ve seen you give acting lessons to those two, so what nonsense are you spouting now!
‘You’re mistaken. I’m simply speaking the truth every time.’
-Mistaken? I can deceive anyone else, but you cannot fool the True Demon King. Before dirt enters my eyes, I cannot trust….’
‘Yeah. That’s right.’

I poked Wrath’s eyes as he continued muttering.

-Aaaah! The True Demon King’s eyes!

Even at a time like this, he referred to them as the True Demon King’s eyes while rolling on the ground.
At least his sense of identity was unwavering.

I brushed away the struggling Wrath and looked up at Karun.

“I believe I must give these two the opportunity for revenge, even if it means exhuming the Butler’s corpse.”

I curled the corners of my mouth upward as I observed Karun, whose forehead was etched with deep furrows.

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Karun bit his lips as he gazed into my resolute eyes.

‘That damned bastard….’

When he’d seen the subdued glint in my eyes upon entering the Audience Chamber, he’d believed I would act as predicted. He’d acknowledged my intellect above all else, and thus concluded that an unspoken transaction had been struck between us.
Even if nothing else, they acknowledged Raon’s quick thinking, so they concluded that a silent deal had been made between them.

But that was a big mistake.

Raon Zigheart was stirring the emotions of the executives who came to the Audience Chamber, winning them all over to his side, and was making me out to be the true villain.

“That’s right. I was missing one.”

That guy’s smart, but he’s an even bigger lunatic than that.

“But even you can’t go beyond this point.”

There was no way to prevent the Central Intelligence Agency from being connected to this incident because of Judith, but there would be absolutely no evidence that she was involved.
‘Then my course of action is clear.’

Karun wiped the blood flowing from his cheek and straightened his posture. He bowed his head to Raon, Judith, and Jubel.

“As the Head of the Central Intelligence Agency, I apologize to you all. Though I was not involved in this matter, I shall provide the maximum compensation befitting my position as its leader.”

He advanced with undiminished confidence. A declaration that while he bore no personal guilt, he would assume appropriate responsibility. With the bearing of a magnanimous figure, he reclaimed the attention of the executives who had not yet fully turned to me.

He walked out confidently instead. Though it wasn’t something he had done himself, it was a statement that he would take on an appropriate level of responsibility. With the bearing of a magnanimous man, he captured the attention of the executives who hadn’t yet completely sided with Raon.

“I’ll take responsibility for both of their lives at the Central Intelligence Agency. I apologize once more.”

Of course, this didn’t mean he would treat Judith and Jubel well. It was a threat—if they touched the Central Intelligence Agency again, he would kill both of them.

“Hah….”

Raon’s gaze drifted downward. He angled his head just right so that only I could see his mocking smile.

“I appreciate the sentiment, but I have no intention of sending those two to a place where spies and assassins are trained. They wouldn’t even be able to eat in peace.”
“I said we only trained spies. Assassins are a different matter.”

Karun couldn’t help but furrow his lips.

“Ah, that’s right.”

Raon nodded with a serene expression. From his demeanor and tone, it was clear he’d deliberately poked at me while knowing the truth.

“I must have been momentarily confused since the Head of House came so close to the Sran Tribe Village.”

He revealed that malicious glint in his eyes and casually brought up the Sran Tribe as if it were mere coincidence. He was truly infuriating.

“The Sran Tribe?”
“Wait, could it be that the assassins attacked near where you were?”
“Then it really was….”
“Head of House….”

The executives swallowed hard as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.

Crunch.

I ground my teeth while glaring at Raon. He kept his head lowered, his lips curled into a long, satisfied smirk.

‘That bastard!’

I wanted to chase after him and beat him to death right then, but that was impossible. I had to extract myself from this situation as calmly as possible.

‘As long as Father doesn’t move.’

Aris was dangerous too, but she couldn’t act recklessly here. If Glen remained still, there was still a path forward.

“How frustrating.”

Karun shook his head, his expression and gaze unchanged from their usual composure. That very calmness caused the onlookers’ eyes to waver.

“I simply went there because the forest was burning and I heard screams.”
“That must be the case, yes.”

Raon nodded as if that were obvious.

‘Why is that bastard doing this again?’

As Raon openly took sides, a chilling sensation crept down my spine. This was clearly not a good development.

“How worried must you have been to kill the leader of the assassins I had already captured?”
“Kill? What are you talking about?”

Aris turned her gaze and asked.

“I captured the leader of the assassins who were hiding when the area around the Sran Tribe Village exploded. I was trying to find out who was behind them, but the Central Intelligence Agency Director suddenly appeared and killed him. Isn’t that a curious coincidence? Appearing as if you were waiting for an accident to happen.”

Raon spoke in a low murmur with his head bowed. Despite the quiet tone, his excellent diction made every word ring clearly in everyone’s ears.

“I had rendered him completely immobile, yet you severed his torso in an instant. It seems you were truly concerned about me.”

He said this while smacking his lips.

“That is….”
“Hmm….”

Obvious suspicion began to bloom in the executives’ eyes.

Crunch.

Karun clenched his fist with the hand he had been holding behind him.

‘That damned fox bastard….’

Had I revealed all the facts from the beginning, I could have managed the situation somehow, but Raon manipulated people’s psychology and emotions while gradually unraveling the story piece by piece.
Now the suspicion had snowballed beyond my ability to contain it.

“Late though it may be, allow me to reintroduce myself.”

Raon rose awkwardly and bowed his head. I could see the corners of his mouth curling upward, stretching toward his ears. I wanted to tear out that pale neck of his.

Shing!

Aris Zigheart drew her blade and lunged at Karun.

“Tch!”

Even in his fury, Karun unsheathed his sword and parried Aris’s strike. But he was overpowered and quickly found his back against the wall.

“You seaweed bastard. I’ll kill you right here!”

Aris wrapped her aura around her blade with genuine intent to kill. A chilling luminescence curved toward Karun’s throat.

“Enough.”

Glen Zigheart raised his hand for the first time. At his final word, Aris lowered her sword and turned away.

“Father! This is—”
“I said enough.”
“Ugh.”

Aris met Glen Zigheart’s hollow gaze and bit her lip.

Glen Zigheart closed his eyes as he looked at Karun standing behind Aris.

“Sigh…”

Karun rubbed his fingers together as he observed Glen Zigheart’s expression.

‘Punishment will come.’

Glen Zigheart is no fool. He would have realized what I’d done before anyone else here.

But punishing a successor candidate and former master in front of all these people is another matter entirely. He’ll surely summon me privately to mete out discipline.

“Head of House.”

As Karun lowered his hand in relief, Raon lifted his head. A faint smile played at the corners of his mouth, as if he had something more to say.

“There is something I must give you.”

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Raon nodded briefly as he observed Glen, who had frozen everything in place.

‘I knew this would happen.’

Even if Glen had been taking good care of me lately, it was merely part of his compensation. It was only natural that he would lavish more attention on Karun, his son and closest successor.
It was only natural that he would take better care of Karun, who was both his son and closest to being his successor.

So it touched the emotions and psychology of Aris Zigheart, Valdemar, and other executives.

“This was the plan when I was with the Sran Tribe. But…”

I had one more weapon at my disposal now.

“Do you have something to give me?”

Glen slowly opened his eyes. His gaze looked as hollow as a terminally ill patient facing death.

“Yes. It is a letter that the Beast Alliance Leader is sending to the Head of House.”

Raon took out the letter that Ogram had given him.

“Mm.”

As Glen snapped his fingers lightly, a yellowish letter floated up and landed in his grasp.

Ugh.

Glen’s brow furrowed the moment he unfolded the letter.

‘There’s no other way.’

The words written in that letter were far too explicit.

[Glen Zigheart. You raised your child in a cesspool that couldn’t even serve as fertilizer. I’ll overlook it this once because of your face. But you needn’t consider it a debt. Your grandson paid it in your stead.]

Ogram had transferred his audacious nature directly into the letter. With such contents, Glen’s expression couldn’t help but contort.

“Hah….”

Glen exhaled a heavy breath and rose to his feet. As if seized by resolve, he burned the letter with violent intensity.

“I must have told all of you. At the very least, do not shed your human form.”

The resonance in his voice pierced my heart like a blade, sharp and aching.

“You have crossed the line that divides human from demon.”

Glen’s weighty voice descended as he came down the Platform steps. With each stride, a magnificent aura of energy radiated outward as though the very ground trembled.

-What nonsense!

Wrath shook his head rapidly.

-That is no demonic art! It is merely base malice!

He shook his head, insisting that even the Demon Race wouldn’t acknowledge such a thing.

“Karun Zigheart.”
“Y-yes….”

Karun bit his lips until they bled, as if reading the fury burning in Glen’s eyes.

“Come forth.”

Glen’s eyes blazed with a desiccated light so intense it seemed blood itself would drain away.

“Today, I shall teach you what it means to be human.”

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