Chapter 148 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (7)

Being caught by Yui was an unexpected variable, but she got through it better than she thought.

Was it because he had strong faith in the Gwen shrine? She didn’t seem to think that she had forgotten the reason for checking the birth control spell a moment ago and was so focused on her sex.

She ‘used the presence detection boost to confirm that the priests were sleeping and entered the temple to let down her guard.’

After all, if you’re an assassin, you have to sneak in, complete the mission in a short period of time, and come back, but is it a problem that I enjoyed it a little out of consideration for Gwen, the first temple commander?

The moment I left the temple, I returned to the inn’s room with a shadow covering my body using a spirit mask.

I cleaned my body once more using the water provided in the room.

I had a lot of fun, but I wasn’t that tired, so I decided to stay up all night today and use Yeonyeong’s magic to collect mana.

‘Should I try to increase the assimilation rate during training?’

I still plan to keep the assimilation rate at 55% when going about my daily life, but I decided to raise it to 75% when I have a fortune-telling breakfast at night.

I slowly increased the assimilation rate, but perhaps because I was alone in a dark room, I didn’t feel much change in my mind.

I’m a little worried about what other people will think when I see them at 75%, but I think I’ll be okay when I practice at this level.

*

When the morning sun dawned and the speed at which mana accumulated in my body slowed as the shadows diminished, I stopped eating fortune-telling breakfast and opened my eyes.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I prioritized lowering the assimilation rate to 55%, packed my bags, and left the room.

The innkeeper was sleeping on the counter, and she quietly returned her key so as not to wake her.

The sun’s light still feels delicate, but unlike the moonlight, it revitalizes the body and energizes it.

‘Maybe we should buy breakfast and go to the safe house?’

It was early in the morning, so I stood still in front of the bakery that hadn’t even started business and waited for time to pass.

After a while, the store door opened and the smell of freshly baked bread wafted out.

“Sir, our store doesn’t have that many lines, so what can I say… Thank you.”

The bakery owner must have known I was waiting outside, so he came outside and spoke to me with a shy smile.

“I’m a little sorry for putting a burden on you. Actually, I woke up a little early in the morning, and I was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy my first bread today.”

“Is that so? Freshly baked bread is the best. Still, since you waited a little while, I guess I should give you another loaf of bread.”

“I won’t refuse a favor. I’d like three servings, please.”

“Yes. I will give you 4 servings, like 3 servings.”

Since no one had arrived yet, the restaurant owner smiled kindly and said, and I grabbed a bunch of bread and headed to the safe house.

When I deployed presence detection and checked inside the safe house, it seemed like the two people were sleeping in the bedroom.

‘Is it okay for me to open the door without waking them up?’

I grabbed the doorknob, used Shadow Craft to create a key, and opened the door.

After looking around the neatly organized house, I placed freshly baked bread on the table, sat down on the sofa, and waited for the two people to wake up.

Terry Crow was the first to wake up today, and he seemed a little surprised to see me entering the house without a sound.

“Oh? Sian, are you here?”

“Yes. I also bought bread from a bakery down the street today.”

“Thank you.”

When he slightly opened the bag of bread on the table, the delicious smell of freshly baked bread spread throughout the house, and Terry Crow smiled slightly when he smelled the scent.

Terry Crow, who had been laughing for a moment, erased her laughter and looked at me with a slightly serious expression.

“Sian, I spoke with Princess Rosette last night. Are you taking the warp gate to another place this morning?”

“That’s the plan. Even though the family is unstable, we need to let them know that the Raven family’s assassins haven’t disappeared.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After saying that, Terry Crow slightly bowed her head to me and entered the bathroom.

Terry Crow, whose face was moist after washing her face faster than last time, carefully sat down in the empty seat next to me.

“Sian, where do you plan to go once the mission is over?”

“I plan to use Teib Village as a base for the time being.”

“Yes.”

A smile bloomed on Terry Crow’s face once again as he answered briefly.

Having a close relationship with the Crow family’s intelligence agent will hinder her ability to carry out her mission.

Originally, the plan was to return to the family so that there would be no reason to come back unless there was a mission, but I think the fact that they reunited early due to the unexpected runaway behavior of the head of the family would be a problem.

And the reason they are trying to use this place as a base is to quickly obtain information about Roman now that the Crow family is paralyzed, but it seems impossible to give orders to Terry Crow to focus on collecting Roman’s information in preparation for the uncertain future.

‘But are there two women in Teib Village who had a relationship without each other knowing?’

It occurred to me that Princess Rosette would not be able to find out that Terry Crow was in a relationship with me.

But on the other hand, it would be difficult for Terry Crow to guess that I had a relationship with Princess Rosette, and wouldn’t it take a while for them to find out that I had a relationship with Shrine Gwen yesterday?

‘What have I done?’

Is self-control over women disappearing? Since Yoo Sian and Lee Sian have a clear target, they are the only ones looking at them.

However, if women are the driving force of life for Han Sian, there is no need for Sian Raven, who has no particular thoughts about women, to increase the number like this.

Let’s restrain ourselves. Yui, who is close to Roman, has already found out about my relationship with Gwen, so I thought I should refrain from doing so for the time being.

As she was gathering her thoughts, the bedroom door opened, and Princess Rosette was about to come out into the living room. Terry Crow hurriedly got up from his seat next to me and started organizing the already clean bookshelf once more.

“Xian, did you sleep well?”

“Yes, princess. I think you can have breakfast after washing your face.”

Seeing the bag of bread on her table, Princess Rosette nodded her head and entered the bathroom, where Terry Crow stopped organizing her bookshelf and let out a slight sigh of her own.

*

When Terry Crow was cleaning up after breakfast, Princess Rosette said to me.

“Xian, wouldn’t it be better to save some gold?”

The 12 gold that Princess Rosette had was an amount that could not be easily used.

Even with just 1 silver, you can spend a week alone.

Gold was a currency that was rarely taken out unless you were planning to spend a large amount of money, such as setting up a business or hiring mercenaries.

“Yes. That would be more efficient to use.”

“Then shall we go here?”

Princess Rosette pointed to a place on the list of assassination targets written yesterday.

Bergen, Spada territory.

A man named Bergen is the target of assassination and appears to be residing in Sparda territory.

Detailed information was not written separately, so we can listen to the Crow family’s intelligence agent there and judge for ourselves.

And although Spada is not as big as Valtyr, where Low Travis, the target of the previous assassination, lived, it can still be said to be a large city.

“Is it Spada? That would be enough.”

“Then let’s go to Spada.”

We decided on a destination easier than deciding on a travel destination and got up from our seats with our luggage.

Terry Crow, who had just finished cleaning up, bowed his head to us.

“Then I will wait for your safe return.”

“I’ll come back.”

“It won’t take long.”

After leaving the Crow family’s safe house, we walked to where the warp gate opened.

“Sian, when you go to Spada, shouldn’t you call me Rosé again?”

“I’ll call you Rosette.”

“It’s okay even if the princess isn’t there. I think she’s more friendly.”

While saying that, Princess Rosette nodded her head a couple of times.

As I waited for a moment for the wizard to use the warp gate, a wizard filled with mana potions walked over.

Merchants who had been waiting in the carriage got up and prepared to use the warp gate, and travelers also adjusted their bags.

“First, we will open the warp gate to Valtir! Is there anyone who wants to use it?”

*

Aside from the two of us, there were four other people going to Spada.

I felt that Spada, which I went over after paying 2 Silver, was warmer than Teve Village.

“Xian, shall we look around Spada first and then go there?”

“Of course. It’s the first thing to do.”

I wandered around to find the biggest bar in Spada.

Spada had two markets open and a fairly large shopping street, so it was closer to a city than a town.

So, it was a little confusing because there were several big bars, but there was only one place with a shabby house in the third building to the left of the big bar.

We approached the place, confirmed that there was a perception-impairing spell on it, and knocked on the door.

A little while passed and there was no response and I used presence detection to check if there was anyone inside.

“Rosette, there’s no one inside.”

“Really? Let’s go in first.”

“I understand.”

I opened the door using Shadow Craft and went in, but should I say that it didn’t feel like much of a use? Like Marie Crowe, the house wasn’t just used, but it wasn’t cleaned, so it was a bit dusty.

“It’s not that I don’t use it at all. The bookshelf where I collect information is neat, right?”

Princess Rosette must have felt the same way as I did, as I noticed that the bookshelves still showed signs of use.

Princess Rosette pulled out the book at the end of the bookshelf, checked it, and then looked at me.

“What happened yesterday has been updated. I think they’re probably leaving the information here.”

“They’re literally using it as a safe house.”

“Yes. It would be a good idea to look up Bergen’s information here, but I think it would be better to leave some time, so I can contact you later. What do you think?”

“I think that would be better for me too. I think it would be better than having to exchange money and just waiting.”

We wrote on the bookshelf that we would be back at the safe house before evening and went out.