The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 854

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Chapter 854

“This is delicious!”

Sia gripped the fork with her fist and inhaled the pasta. The way she licked the sauce from the corners of her mouth with such unselfconscious delight was enough to make anyone else’s appetite stir.

“Hmm….”

I watched Sia gulp down the pasta, then shifted my gaze toward Sylvia and Edgar.

“What exactly happened here?”

I had thought it would take considerable time to grow close to Sia, yet I never expected to find myself drawn by her hand to share a meal with her. I couldn’t fathom what had transpired in a single day.
It made no sense.

“I kept talking about you yesterday because I wanted you two to become close as quickly as possible.”

Sylvia wiped the pasta sauce from the corners of Sia’s mouth and laughed softly.

“So when she heard she had a younger sister, she was so delighted that she rushed straight to your room. It’s a good thing you weren’t there.”

Edgar let out a long sigh, saying he had struggled to calm down the excited Sia.

“Ah….”

I let out a hollow laugh as I looked at the exhausted Sylvia and Edgar. From the situation, it seemed Sia had wanted to meet me immediately upon hearing she had a younger sister.
From the situation, it seemed that Sia wanted to meet her new younger sibling right away after hearing the news.

“But you actually believe that I’m your younger sibling?”

Even setting aside the sudden appearance of a younger sibling, what was surprising was that he didn’t panic or doubt it when an adult over 20 years old showed up claiming to be his younger brother.

“From Sia’s perspective, her own body had suddenly become larger too. She spoke about it as if a lot of time had passed while she was sleeping.”

Sylvia nodded, saying that it wasn’t exactly a lie, so she had no choice but to explain it that way.

“I see.”

Raon gazed at Sia again and exhaled softly.

‘Perhaps because she’s a child, she has no preconceptions.’

Sia’s mind had not yet matured beyond that of a young child, so she seemed to accept Sylvia and Edgar’s words at face value.

“Then from now on, let me….”
“Stop!”

Sia set down her fork and raised both hands.

“You shouldn’t talk too much while eating!”

She shook her head, insisting that one must swallow all the food in their mouth before speaking.

“That’s what Mother taught me!”
“Ah….”

Sylvia gazed at Sia, then bit her trembling lips tightly.

“That’s something I told Sia before I had to let her go….”

Her eyes glistened with emotion.

“You can’t cry either!”

Sia made a light gesture toward Sylvia, telling her not to cry and to eat instead.

“That’s right. If Mother taught you, you must follow it.”

Edgar nodded and wiped away the tears forming in Sylvia’s eyes.

“I’m sorry.”

Raon apologized for speaking too much, pressing her palms together.

“No! Sister!”

Sia seemed to enjoy hearing “sister,” and asked that Raon keep adding it to the end of her sentences.

“Yes, big sister.”

I called her big sister as Sia wished, and let out a small chuckle.

‘How strange.’

When she wore that helmet, Sia’s crimson eyes had been so unsettling they sent shivers down my spine. Now they rested gently, docile as a lamb, their gleaming surface reflecting only affection and curiosity.

“What do you like, Raon?”

Sia swallowed a mouthful of pasta wound around her fork, then tilted her head.

“I….”
-Meat! Say you like meat!

Wrath thrust his own preference forward, shouting about meat.

“I’m not picky about food, but stew is my favorite.”

I pushed Wrath aside and answered with stew. Perhaps because I’d eaten only cold food in my past life, I’d been drawn to warm, broth-based dishes since childhood.

“Then eat this!”

Sia pushed the stew that Sylvia had served her toward me without touching it herself.

“What about you, big sister?”
“Big sisters always give in to their little brothers!”

She drew a radiant smile, waving her pasta-sauce-stained hand.

“Mom told me! Since I became a big sister, I have to be generous!”

Sia looked at Sylvia and nodded firmly.

“That too….”

Sylvia grasped her trembling hands and let out a soft moan.

“It’s something I told you. When I was carrying you.”

She couldn’t hold back any longer and rushed toward Sia. Heedless of the food staining her white dress, she pulled her daughter into a tight embrace as if she would never let her go again.

“Mother?”

Sia’s eyes widened in bewilderment at Sylvia’s sudden embrace.

“How unfair—just the two of you!”

Edgar rose to his feet and wrapped both Sia and Sylvia in his arms at once.

“Why are you doing this? You’re not supposed to stand up during meals!”

Sia furrowed her brows, chiding her parents for abandoning proper dining etiquette. Yet she made no move to push them away, clearly not averse to their embrace.

“Raon too!”

Sia waved her hand, beckoning Raon to join them.

“Huh? Me as well?”

Raon blinked, pointing to himself in surprise.

“Yes. Raon. Come here.”

Sylvia extended her hand with a trembling voice.

“That’s right! It’s not every day the whole family embraces together like this. If not now, there might never be another chance! Later, when Sia refuses to do laundry with me and her father, I’ll simply die! I really will!”

Edgar gestured urgently for Raon to hurry, insisting this was their only opportunity to hold Sia.

“No, I’m fine, really…”

Raon smiled awkwardly and was about to shake his head when—

“Come here, Raon!”

Sia’s lips trembled and her eyes glistened with tears. It seemed as though tears would spill from those soft, delicate eyes at any moment.

—Will you make her cry? Will you make your sister cry when she considers even a lunatic like you family?

Wrath pranced about in the air with evident delight, his tail swishing playfully.

“Raon….”

Sia, Sylvia, and Edgar all gazed at me with eyes like eager puppies waiting for their master to come to them.

“Young Master?”
“Young Master, isn’t that right?”

Even Helen and Judith clasped their hands together, urging me to go to Sia.

“Sigh….”

I dropped my shoulders helplessly, then stepped between Sylvia and Edgar to embrace Sia.

“Alright! I’ll let it slide today!”

Sia stroked my head, saying she would overlook my failure to observe proper dining etiquette. It was the second time, yet strangely, I didn’t feel displeased about it.

-Puheheheheheng!

Wrath bounded about in all directions as if he’d known this would happen, bursting into laughter.

I looked up at Wrath with a furrowed brow.

‘You think you’ve finished all your ice cream….’

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After finishing a more exhausting breakfast than usual, I entered the guest chamber where Merlin was staying.

‘Her breathing is stable.’

Yesterday her mana had completely vanished, causing her breathing to become ragged and irregular, but now her breath was calm and steady. Her mana was recovering naturally, and her physical condition seemed to be improving.

However, her stamina remained depleted, and she had yet to regain consciousness.

-She must be truly exhausted. Normally, the moment you appeared, she would have awakened.
‘That’s true.’

I nodded quietly. While I was concerned about Merlin, what I had felt yesterday was merely my intuition, and since Pedrick had assured me she was fine, all I could do now was wait for her to wake.

“Mmm….”

As I turned to leave the room, a thin voice escaped. Glancing back, I saw Merlin slowly lifting her eyelids.

“Raon? Is this a dream?”

The moment Merlin awakened, she blinked her eyes as if uncertain whether this was reality or a dream.

“Are you conscious? How does your body feel?”

I approached the bed again and looked down at Merlin.

“Oh! You’re really here!”

Merlin’s eyes widened as she pulled the blanket up to cover her face.

“Merlin?”
“Go away!”

It was nearly the first time she had told me to leave.

-What’s wrong with her? Why is she acting like this?

Even Wrath’s eyes widened in confusion.

“How can I show you my face right after waking up!”

From beneath the blanket, Merlin kicked her legs, asking why I had come now.

“No, you’re already wearing a mask….”
“This is my face!”

She shouted that the mask was her true face and told me to step back further.

“Uh….”

I scratched the back of my head and let out a hollow sigh.

“So your body is fine, right?”
“Huh? Are you worried about me right now?”

Merlin giggled and lifted the blanket slightly, revealing only the wrinkled forehead of the mask. I couldn’t fathom what she considered her true face or what she found embarrassing about it.

“…You collapsed so suddenly. I was worried.”
“You don’t need to worry. I’m perfectly fine.”

She pulled her hand from beneath the blanket and clenched it into a fist, insisting there was no need for concern. She seemed well enough, but given how little she cared for her own body, I couldn’t trust her words entirely.

“Showing my bare face is embarrassing, but it feels nice to be worried about.”

Merlin said she was happy and twisted her body side to side.

“Merlin.”

I brought my hands together before me and bowed my head to her.

“Thank you. Because of you, Mother and Father were able to smile for the first time in ages.”
“No, it’s nothing. I’m not even human.”
“Huh? Uh….”

Whenever I heard such remarks, chills ran down my spine and words escaped me.

-Is that a joke?

Wrath shook his head, saying it didn’t seem like one.

“And don’t worry about my body. It’s just fatigue and mana depletion overlapping.”

Merlin stretched her arms out and yawned.

“Ah, I need to sleep a bit more. I don’t think all the fatigue has worn off yet.”

She waved her hand, saying she would greet Sia later and asking me to introduce her properly.

“Alright. Rest well.”

I glanced at Merlin’s hand before leaving the guest chamber. After asking Judith to look after her, I stepped out into the Training Courtyard beyond the Annex Building.

I was about to loosen up my body when I felt a gaze from behind. Sia was hiding behind the door, watching me.

‘It’s like I’ve acquired a kitten.’

Sia seemed to think she was watching me in secret, but her frame was large even for an adult woman, so she was plainly visible.

Sigh.

I exhaled softly and began executing basic sword techniques without aura. However, since I had transcended, the mana in the air naturally adhered to my movements, and azure light sparkled like constellations.

“Wow!”

Sia burst out as if she had completely forgotten she was hiding, and grabbed a stick lying beside a woodpile.

“I know that too. Father taught me!”

Just as I was about to stop her, Sia grinned and swung the stick.

Roooaaaar!

At her gesture, aura from her core surged violently, splitting the earth and cleaving the lake’s water in half.

“This is bad!”

I stepped on Taewhabo and burst forward, blocking the sword strike Sia had unleashed. Had I not intercepted it, the force would have reached the entrance of Bekmang Mountain behind us.

‘I had forgotten.’

A chill ran down my spine. I had completely forgotten, but Sia still possessed the body and aura of a Grand Master.

‘How am I supposed to handle this…’

It was literally the same as a child wielding a demonic blade capable of killing anyone, so I found myself troubled over how to control her.

“Hey, sister.”

As I approached Sia, she furrowed her brow.

“Huh? It’s not coming out….”

Sia tilted her head, saying that the aura’s light wasn’t manifesting.

“Hmm?”

I extended my perception to examine the interior of Sia’s body. Just as she said, the aura wasn’t moving, as if her dantian were completely blocked.

‘How is this possible?’

As I blinked, unable to comprehend the reason, Sia waved her hand.

“Why are you doing that!”

She furrowed her brow, looking up at empty air.

“Sister?”

I called out to Sia, lowering my brows.

“Who are you talking to right now?”
“Huh? You can’t see me? But Labera knew who I was.”

Sia blinked her wide eyes as if asking why I didn’t understand.

“Labera?”

I repeated the name Labera, swallowing hard.

-That’s the name of the girl who was in that spirit stone!

Wrath clapped loudly.

‘That’s right.’

The spirit of a girl who had died tragically, dwelling within the soul stone. The spirit, which had originally been filled with malice, lifted its curse simply by playing with me, and revealed its name to be Labera.

‘Did I really meet her?’

I had purified Labera’s spirit and hoped to become Sia’s friend, and it seemed that wish had truly come to pass. A deep joy and warmth surged through my chest.

“Labera said that Raon is a really good boy! That you play with her so well!”

Sia laughed with a hehe, saying that was why she could approach me so readily.

“But right now, Labera is getting in the way.”

She scrunched her nose as if displeased. From the situation, it seemed that Labera was suppressing Sia’s aura.

“Sister.”

I met Sia’s eyes and nodded.

“You mustn’t use that shimmering power carelessly.”
“Why?”
“Because others could get hurt. From now on, I’ll watch over you often. Can you promise to use it only in front of me?”

I extended my pinky finger forward to make a promise.

“Okay. I got it!”

Sia eagerly linked her pinky with mine, wanting to play.

“But… do you have to play with me every day?”
“I promise.”
“Then let’s start right now! You’re it, Raon!”

She immediately ran off, suggesting we play hide-and-seek. Her topic changes were absurdly swift. She was truly a child through and through.

“One, two, three….”

Without a chance to refuse, I fulfilled my role as “it” by turning around and counting. After counting to sixty aloud, I turned back around. I had suppressed my senses to truly play with her, yet I could already see Sia hiding behind the tree right in front of me.
I was trying to kill the anticipation and literally play with him, but I caught sight of Sia hiding behind the tree right in front of me.

‘What am I supposed to do with this…’

How could I handle this?

Sia seemed to think she was well hidden, her white cheeks flushed crimson as she grinned—but her body was far too large to conceal, leaving her completely visible.

-Kuu-uu-ugh…

Wrath made no attempt to hide his laughter, his shoulders trembling with barely suppressed mirth.

“Hmm, where could she be?”

I forced myself to turn away from Sia, who was plainly visible, and began searching for her.

“Pfft!”
“Kh-heheheh…”

Even the maidservants watching the scene burst into laughter.

-Hehehehehehe!

Wrath unleashed a bizarre cackle, as though he were repaying everything he’d endured all day.

‘You’re going to get it tonight, you bastard…’

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The next day.

I was summoned by Glen Zigheart and made my way to the Family Head Training Ground.

“You came quickly.”

Glen Zigheart nodded approvingly at my arrival.

“I greet the Head of House.”
“This isn’t an official summons, so there’s no need for such formality.”

He waved his hand, gesturing for me to come closer.

“What is Sia doing?”

Glen’s eyes shifted slightly.

“She ate some snacks and fell asleep.”

I smiled faintly as I mentioned that Raon had put her to bed before leaving.

“She’s truly like a child.”
“Yes. It seems she’s returned to that age.”
“That’s fortunate.”

Glen nodded as he gazed upward into the empty air.

“Five years old is the most adorable age. It would be a shame to miss seeing her at that stage.”

A gentle smile crossed his face as he spoke of how unfortunate it would be to miss watching his granddaughter’s antics.

“Indeed.”

I lowered my brows slightly. Though Sia’s body was that of an adult woman, her behavior was endearingly childlike, and watching her naturally brought a smile to my face.

“Mother and I have already spoken with Grandfather about this, so you should be able to visit soon. With her bright personality, you’ll become close quickly.”
“Is that truly so?”

Glen’s eyes widened with anticipation.

“Yes. Her personality is the complete opposite of mine.”

I nodded reassuringly.

“Hmm. Then I should go tomorrow itself.”

Glen’s lips trembled with genuine excitement.

“But why have you summoned me here today?”

I glanced around the Training Ground, blinking in confusion. Since Glen had postponed our sparring match, I couldn’t fathom why he’d called me here.

“There’s something I wanted to show you, so I called you here.”

The moment Glen spoke, the Training Ground door swung open and Karun entered. He carried himself with the dignified bearing of a general standing before a battlefield.

“Today, you’ll spar with him.”

Glen’s lips curved into an enigmatic smile as he gestured with his chin.

“Let’s see how far you can keep up.”

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