The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

[Translator – Kyangi]

[Proofreader – Harley]

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A red-haired man walked past the door, which was still vibrating.
With pointy ears and heavenly appearance, he had both a mysterious and cheerful atmosphere around him.

“Are you fighting already? You have a lot of guts, I guess it’s because you’re still young.
Too young, actually.”

He grinned and moved to the center of the training ground.

‘That guy works here?’

Raon narrowed his eyes.
There was no way he wouldn’t know him, since he was Zieghart’s Sword of Light, the elf swordsman Rimmer, who was extremely famous.

‘I heard he had retired…’

There was news that he was injured in a dungeon and ended up retiring, so he hadn’t expected to meet him there.

“Hmph!”

Rimmer glanced at Raon and Burren, then went to the platform that allowed him to look down on the whole training ground.

“Ahem…”

Burren bit his lips and turned around.
His expression seemed to imply that he would forgive Raon this time, but that he should be careful next time.

“Nice to meet you.”

Rimmer smiled from the platform.

“I’m the head instructor Rimmer, who is going to oversee your training.”

His voice was bright, not in a frivolous way, but cheerful.
Keeping a laid-back smile, he continued.

“There are a hundred sixty trainees, but only eight instructors.
As you must also be thinking that there are too many trainees, let’s reduce that number.
A quarter would be ideal.”

Rimmer’s laid-back smile became slightly mischievous.

“Re-reduce?”

“To a quarter?”

“What are you talking about…?”

The children’s faces went ashy pale.
It was the first time they’d heard of trainees being weeded out before basic training.

“We will distinguish between gems and pebbles, quite literally.
I’d rather train some quality swordsmen over quantity.
“

Rimmer waved his finger at the children, as if he were choosing products.

“Eh? I came here because I was told to…”

The green haired child who held out a cracker earlier dropped the bread he was holding.

“I’m a Zieghart collateral! It’s nonsense to weed me out before becoming a trainee!”

“That’s true! We were all ordered to participate by the family!”

“Ah.
I’m dumb, so I don’t know about the direct line or collateral lines.”

Rimmer frowned while picking his ear with his pinky finger.

 “I’m the law on this training ground.
If you aren’t happy about it, complain to the lord who made me the law.”

Despite looking like a ruffian rather than a head instructor, his good-looking appearance still managed to make him look cool.

‘Weeding out…’

Raon scratched his chin.
He heard that Rimmer was extremely talented at feeling his opponent’s spirit and potential.
It seemed that he was going to use that to make a selection.

Who is that arrogant guy?

‘What?’

He dares to look down on me! I don’t like it.
Pluck off that elf’s ears.

‘Is there even anyone that you do like?’

As his name suggested, Wrath was angry at everything.
It didn’t seem like he liked anything at all.

Back in the devildom, nobody could see my eyes.
As the true monarch that every demon admired… Y-you!

‘Shut up.’

Because Wrath started to talk for too long, he tapped the bracelet.

“Then let’s start the test.”

Rimmer blew away the earwax on his pinky finger.

“What do you think the most important thing is when learning martial arts?”

“It’s talent!”

“It’s a strong and flexible body!”

“A steady energy center!”

“The way of training for swordsmanship and aura is the most important!”

The children seemed to think that the test had already started, as they shouted what they thought was the most important with their hands raised.

“Talent, body, energy center, swordsmanship, those are all correct.
However, those are just the walls and roof.
There is a groundwork that needs to be laid under them.
It’s stamina and willpower.”

“Ah…”

“Hm…”

The children lowered their hands and nodded, believing that he was right.

“Some of you have already learned martial arts, and others haven’t.
As such, I’m going to use the simplest, yet the most certain, method to evaluate you.”

Rimmer’s finger, which had been pointed at the children, moved to towards the outdoor gymnasium.

“Run laps in the gymnasium until I tell you to stop.
At full speed!”

As soon as he finished speaking, two people moved.
It was Burren—from the direct line—who was at the Judgment Ceremony with Raon, and Runaan, from the vassal family Sullion.

“Eek!”

“Let… Let’s go!”

“Run!”

The other children followed the two and started running in the gymnasium.

Don’t move.
Nobody is allowed to order the King of Essence…

Raon ignored Wrath and filled his lungs with fresh air.
He kicked the ground, following the children running in front of him.

‘They are indeed different.’

Runaan and Burren were running way ahead already.
Despite looking like they were casually running, they were at a speed that nobody else could catch up to.

It wasn’t because of their aura being high quality or having a special attribute, but simply because they had trained their minds and bodies from an early age.

Ahem.
If you have started running, then go to the front.
Why are you at the very back?

‘I don’t even know what you want anymore.’

I just don’t want to lose.

‘This is not a competition.’

Raon looked at Rimmer, who was whistling on the platform.
He probed others’ potential and spirit.
What was visible to the eyes wasn’t going to be the only criteria.

“Huu…”

Raon exhaled with shining eyes.

‘The winner of this test is whoever lasts the longest.’

And that was something that he was confident about, more than anyone in the continent.

 

***

 

“Lord Burren and Lady Runaan are clearly peerless.”

“It’s not just their speed, but they are also stable.
They aren’t at their full speed, so they should be able to run for hours like that.
To be so accomplished at that age, I’m afraid of what they will become.
It’s scary.”

The two instructors standing under the platform were chatting while looking at the running children.

“The collaterals this year are also quite capable.
They must’ve been well educated.”

“Same goes for the recommended trainees.
There are many competent ones.
It looks like they have been picked carefully.”

They didn’t only look at Burren and Runaan.
They evaluated every single child, including those running at the back.

“Hmm…”

The instructors that were observing every child frowned as they looked at Raon, running among the group in the back.

“As expected, he can’t catch up.”

“He is a patient.
That much is already amazing.”

“Hm, he looks tired already.
He is going to drop out soon.”

The instructors calmly looked away to other children, as they had already expected.

However, Rimmer, who was humming behind them, had his eyes fixated on Raon.

‘How curious.’

Rimmer’s green eyes shone brightly.

‘It’s my first time seeing someone like him.’

He had received a blessing of nature brighter than any other race, and he was excellent at discerning others’ condition and potential.

He thought the only people he couldn’t analyze with his talent were the continent’s strongest.

‘However…’

He had to change his mind for the first time.

Neither Runaan and Burren, who were running at the front, nor the collateral and recommended trainees who were running behind them, could go beyond his insight.

He could see how they would grow, and how much stronger they would become.

Except for one person.
Raon Zieghart.

‘Why can’t I see it?’

As if hidden behind a cloud, he couldn’t see his future, nor his potential.

Because he had no potential? It wasn’t something like that.
It meant that he was outside of his perception, like when he was looking at those stronger than himself.

“This is funny.”

Rimmer smiled.
A really interesting human had appeared in such a boring era.

 

***

 

“Look at that.”

“Is he really in last place after acting all cocky?’

“You can’t even call him last place, since he will drop out soon.”

The collaterals smirked, looking at Raon running among the slowest group.

“There’s no way a guy who grew up comfortably in an annex building can run properly.”

“Look at his face, he’s so flustered.”

“He isn’t even going to last ten minutes.”

Children other than the three collaterals also started laughing.

But Raon didn’t have a serious expression because of being worn out.

‘Are they really only going to run when it’s training?’

In his previous life, hungry beasts were released behind them when they were training their stamina.

Just running until their stamina ran out was too easy to be true in comparison.

It was too easy.