The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

“P-Puberty?”

Raon asked Helen again, thinking he had misheard.

“That’s right, Young Master.”

Helen calmly nodded, confirming it was indeed puberty.

“Actually, most teenagers in their mid-teens go through puberty. Of course, Young Master, you were so mature that you passed through that period quietly.”

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

“Sia is slowly returning to her original age, right? She’s now past her childhood and entering puberty.”

Helen took a short breath, as if it wasn’t a particularly strange thing.

“S-Sia! Father was wrong! Please open the door!”

Edgar seemed unable to bear Sia’s anger, his eyes brimming with tears.

“Ah, go away! I don’t want to see Father!”

Sia shouted for him to go downstairs, refusing to open the door.

“Sia…”

Edgar clutched his chest and collapsed, seemingly shocked by his daughter’s sudden change.

“A-Are you really sure she’s okay?”

Raon’s pupils trembled as he watched Edgar drool and scratch the floor with his fingernails.

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

Helen shrugged, saying he would get used to it soon.

“Around their mid-teens, children think they’re all grown up and hate being controlled.”

She smiled, saying that puberty was one of the processes of becoming an adult.

“Something most children experience…”

Raon nodded slightly.

‘Actually, I wasn’t a child.’

In his previous life, he only thought about survival, so puberty was impossible. In this life, it was his second life, and his mind was actually that of an adult, so it didn’t make sense to go through puberty.

‘Come to think of it, Burren and Martha seemed to have gone through puberty too.’

During their trainee days, Burren and Martha acted like adults even though they were just kids, and they only came to their senses after being beaten by him. Recalling those memories, Sia Noona’s condition didn’t seem particularly strange.

‘Of course, Runaan is…’

As naive as ever, then and now.

It seemed that only Runaan maintained the same purity she had in her childhood.

“Anyway, you don’t have to worry too much.”

“Good. She’s doing well.”

As Helen said it would pass on its own and lowered her hand, Evelyn approached from the side. She smiled as she looked at Sia’s room, which remained unopened despite Edgar’s sobbing.

“…Doing well?”

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Evelyn.

“Don’t tell me you messed with Noona?”

Reflecting on her words, it seemed she had done something to Sia.

“Yep! I told the Young Lady.”

Evelyn clapped her hands lightly and nodded.

“I told her that she shouldn’t just say yes to everything. Sometimes, you have to rebel to become an adult.”

She raised her smooth, crescent-shaped nose as if she was proud of herself.

“Ah…”

Raon’s jaw dropped as he looked at Evelyn standing confidently.

‘Was this the culprit?’

It seemed that Sia Noona’s puberty wasn’t natural, but created by Evelyn.

– “That girl is really out of her mind!”

Wrath hid behind Raon’s shoulder, as if he was still afraid of Evelyn.

“It’s not a bad thing. If you just keep your emotions bottled up, they’ll explode.”

Evelyn waved her hand, saying it was actually helpful for Sia.

“The Young Lady lost all her memories of living as the Green King, so the mind of a child settled in the body of an adult, and she couldn’t establish her identity. That’s why her mental age is rising slowly compared to her mental growth.”

She twirled her finger, saying it would be better for Sia to go through puberty quickly.

“I think so too.”

Helen nodded slightly as she looked at Evelyn.

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

She let out a low groan, saying she could see that Sia was deliberately acting like a child.

“I think it’s time to break that wall.”

Helen also agreed that it was time to prepare for the process of becoming an adult and put her hands together in front of her.

“Is that so…”

Raon clicked his tongue and looked at Sia’s door.

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

Sylvia was as solid as an iron wall when it came to external matters, but she was softer and more fragile than tofu when it came to family matters. He didn’t know how she would accept Sia Noona’s change.

“First, I need to have a conversation…”

Raon stopped as he was about to go up to Sia’s room.

‘Her presence has disappeared. Did she go outside?’

Seeing that Sia’s presence had disappeared, it seemed she had gone out of the mansion through the window.

‘Is she running away from home?’

Raon frowned and immediately went outside.

However, he didn’t need to look for Sia far away. She was wielding her sword in front of the lake as usual.

“N-Noona.”

Raon cleared his throat and approached Sia. He slightly opened his eyes, thinking he might get an earful from her as she was going through puberty.

“Raon!”

But unlike how she treated Edgar, Sia smiled brightly and grabbed his hand.

“When did you come!”

“Huh…?”

Raon’s eyes widened at Sia’s unexpected welcome.

“I’ve mastered a lot of Fangs of Insanity! Watch me!”

Sia asked him to watch her Fangs of Insanity and led him to the lake.

‘What’s going on?’

Raon blinked as he looked at Sia, who was treating him kindly.

‘Why is she the same with me?’

– “Why else? It’s because you’re her younger brother.”

Wrath frowned as if asking why he was asking something so obvious.

– “To that child, you are a younger brother who needs protection. Of course, she would treat you kindly.”

He clicked his tongue as if telling him to think carefully.

‘Ah, that’s right.’

Come to think of it, Sia Noona always prioritized and took care of him. No matter how strong and big he became, it seemed he was just a younger brother to her.

“Kids!”

As Raon was watching Sia perform Fangs of Insanity, Sylvia opened the back door of the annex and walked out. She was holding a snack basket, seemingly to give it to him and Sia.

“Eat and do it. Mom baked cookies.”

Sylvia put the basket on the table, telling them to eat snacks and do it.

“I don’t want to eat.”

Sia shook her head, saying she didn’t want any snacks.

“Don’t do that, just eat one.”

“I said I don’t want to eat! It’s distracting. Mom, go away!”

She didn’t even look at Sylvia, who was trying to put a cookie in her mouth, and turned her head away.

“Ah…”

Sylvia’s lips trembled as if she was embarrassed by Sia’s behavior, and she lowered her head.

“M-Mother!”

Raon approached Sylvia, who was trembling her shoulders and arms, and supported her. She seemed to have been greatly shocked by her child’s first rebellion.

“Are you okay? Right now, Noona is going through puberty…”

“I’m too okay!”

As he was about to explain to Sylvia, she raised her head, not crying, but smiling.

“Mother?”

Raon swallowed hard as he looked at Sylvia, who was smiling, contrary to his expectations.

“Why are you smiling…”

“Actually, I was grateful that you grew up so mature without ever causing me any trouble, but I was also a little sad. Sia rebelling makes me so happy. So this is puberty…”

Sylvia smiled with her cheeks flushed red, as if she was happy with Sia’s change.

“Siaaaaaaa!”

On the other hand, Edgar couldn’t accept his daughter’s change and cried out Sia’s name, wailing.

“…….”

Raon squeezed his eyes shut as he looked at Sylvia smiling, Edgar crying, and Sia ignoring them.

‘Is this family okay?’

Considering even Grandfather, who was trembling and causing earthquakes because he wanted to show off his granddaughter, he doubted whether this Zieghart was running properly.

‘It’s too strange!’

– “No matter how strange it is…”

Wrath shook his head firmly as if telling him not to talk nonsense.

– “There is no one stranger than you!”

“Hmm…”

Raon clicked his tongue as he looked at the swordsmen meditating quietly in the training hall.

‘It’s finally settled down a bit.’

A month had passed since he obtained Soul Transference. During that time, most of the Light Wind Palace swordsmen had experienced enlightenment through sparring with him and had risen to a higher level.

‘Of course…’

Some didn’t awaken.

Swordsmen like Mark Gorton, who hadn’t crossed the wall for long, didn’t have their light bloom and didn’t achieve the awakening of Soul Transference. It seemed that Soul Transference didn’t apply to everyone, but had a greater effect on those who were blocked by the wall or were experiencing Heart Demon.

– “Even so, it’s still a cheat.”

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

– “Everything that was affected by your soul broke through the wall, and there were even children who jumped over two steps at once.”

He tilted his chin towards Yua and Yulius, who were training with Runaan.

‘Those children’s talents are not inferior to Burren or Martha.’

Yua and Yulius, as the targets Eden aimed for as the owners of the helmet, jumped over two walls at once as soon as they received Soul Transference. They were still young, but it wouldn’t be strange if they were called masters now.

‘If they cross one or two more walls like this, we might really be able to compete with the Four Demons with just Light Wind Palace.’

Strengthening Aura with the torture training method, increasing mental strength with concentration training, and raising the level of martial arts with Soul Transference.

Since they were able to rapidly grow all three aspects of spirit, energy, and body, if Light Wind Palace grew like this and he became strong enough to face the leader of the Four Demons, it wouldn’t be impossible to defeat one of the Four Demons with just the power of Light Wind Palace.

‘Of course, the hardest part of that is…’

My own growth.

None of the remaining leaders of the Four Demons are easy to deal with. He might not be able to reach them even if he trained for 10 years.

‘In fact, it’s true that my growth has slowed down.’

Raon summoned the reward message he had received yesterday.

[All stats have increased by 10 points.]

[The level of your soul has increased.]

[The grade of the trait <Soul Transference> has increased.]

This was the message he received after awakening Krein, who was the last one left. It was a pleasant message, but there was something different from before.

‘The grade of Heart Sword (Spirit) didn’t increase.’

Unlike when he first awakened Martha and Runaan, there was no effect on the grade of Heart Sword (Spirit). This meant that Heart Sword (Spirit) could no longer be grown with ordinary Soul Transference.

‘As expected, it’s the martial art of the absolute.’

It would be even more absurd if the martial art of transcendence that only Glenn had mastered grew through the repetition of Soul Transference. Now, he would have to grow Heart Sword (Spirit) in a different way.

‘Should I focus only on my personal training after dealing with the accumulated tasks?’

As Raon was thinking about what kind of training he should do, he saw people passing by outside the 5th training hall.

‘Rabawin?’

Rabawin, Aunt Aris subordinate and the one with the false title of Pirate King, was walking towards Federick’s mansion with his subordinates dressed in pirate costumes.

‘His expression doesn’t look good?’

Raon watched Rabawin’s hardened eyes, then got off the platform and followed him.

“Stop.”

Rabawin stopped in front of the lodging where Aunt Aris was temporarily staying.

“I will be staying here for a while, so clean up the inside and outside of the mansion.”

He instructed them to clean up the mansion first, as he didn’t know when Aunt Aris would return.

“Yes, sir!”

“Understood!”

The pirates answered neatly, unlike their fierce impressions, and scattered around the mansion.

“Hmm…”

“Rabawin.”

As Rabawin let out a short sigh and looked at the darkening sky, Raon, who had followed him, spoke to him.

“Oh? Raon?”

Rabawin turned around and widened his eyes, as if he didn’t even know Raon had followed him.

“W-What brings you here? Lady Aris is not yet…”

“I know.”

Raon nodded as he looked at the mansion where the warmth had disappeared.

“Aunt is doing joint training with Karoon.”

He smiled faintly, saying he knew she wasn’t here.

“Ah, well, you probably know better than I do.”

Rabawin scratched his smooth forehead as if he was embarrassed.

“I haven’t seen you for a while, where have you been?”

Rabawin and the pirates stayed in Zieghart to take care of Aunt Aris, but disappeared after she woke up. He was curious about what they had been doing since they suddenly disappeared.

“As you know, Raon, we have ports and cities that are protected in our name. I received Lady Aris’ orders and went to check on those places.”

Rabawin nodded, saying he had listened to Aunt Aris orders and went to see the ports and cities they were protecting. However, his expression didn’t look very good.

“Shall we have a conversation for a while?”

Raon pointed to the annex in the distance, saying they should go together. The house where Aunt Aris was temporarily staying was next to Federick’s mansion, so it wasn’t far from the annex.

“Um, I understand.”

Rabawin nodded as if he couldn’t refuse and followed him.

“Then you’re returning to Zieghart to report to Lady Aries.”

Raon turned only his eyes to Rabawin as he walked ahead.

“That’s right. It’s for the report…”

Rabawin’s lips trembled slightly when he said the word report. There was definitely something going on.

“As far as I know, Lady Aris won’t be coming down for a while.”

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked in the direction of the main building. Aris and Karoon were focused on training and didn’t even respond to Glenn’s call a while ago. They probably wouldn’t come out for another month or two.

“Um, is that so.”

Rabawin bit his lip slightly, as if he didn’t know that.

“Let’s go in and have some tea…”

That’s when Raon opened the door of the annex with Rabawin.

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

Sia’s cold voice erupted from upstairs.

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

Edgar put his hands together, saying he was wronged.

“You should do it twice! Morning and evening!”

Sia shook her head fiercely, saying she still didn’t like it.

“Go away!”

She snatched the laundry from Edgar’s hand as if she was taking it away and slammed the door shut.

“Siaaaaaaa!”

Edgar knelt on the floor, calling out his daughter’s name sadly, as if he had lost a lover.

“T-That’s…”

Rabawin’s pupils trembled, at a loss for what to do at the unexpected sight.

“It’s almost over. Don’t worry.”

Raon said it was nothing and led Rabawin into the reception room.

“I’ve brought the tea.”

Judith brought the tea right away as if she had been waiting and poured it in front of him and Rabawin.

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing.”

She bowed slightly and left the reception room silently.

“Now, tell me.”

Raon looked at Rabawin with his hands gathered in front of the steaming tea.

“What happened during the mission?”

“Ummm…”

Rabawin let out a long sigh and raised his head.

“I can’t hide anything from you, Raon.”

He let out a low groan as he looked at the teacup shaking like a wave.

“A little while ago, I told you that there are villages and ports that are protected in the name of the Pirate King, right?”

Rabawin clenched his black, tanned hand into a fist and bit his lip.

“Two of those villages have been destroyed, leaving not a single person alive…”