Chapter 159 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (18)

I wanted to hide the fact that I could control flames, but I got caught because I used it when baking bread for a child in the morning and couldn’t control my facial expressions.

I don’t know if they carry magic tools, but people from the Raven family don’t have anything that can be called regular equipment except for a black coat.

If you can use shadow dive and shadow magic, you can truly assassinate without restrictions.

Because I failed to manage my facial expressions, I showed myself warming bread in front of everyone.

Esther took a bite of the warm bread, smiled brightly, and casually offered the next bread to me.

When I warmed up the rest of the bread, he sat quietly on the sofa and ate it.

“Oh no. Esther, can’t you just eat that for lunch?! You two, please wait a moment.”

Georun Crow came to his senses, spoke to us, and entered the kitchen.

Princess Rosette and I sat facing each other on the sofa and were immediately asked questions.

“Xian, what is that fire?”

I could see Geo Rune Crow in the kitchen pricking up his ears, unable to give up his day job.

Esther doesn’t seem to be thinking about anything as she eats the bread.

Let’s think of a plausible excuse.

The easiest thing for the average person to use as an excuse was magic tools.

A magic tool that can emit flames is a magic tool so common that even the Georune Crow in the kitchen can use it.

However, the people of the Raven family rarely carried tools when assassinating.

As long as you have a shadow, you can go anywhere, and as long as you have a shadow, you can use enough magic to assassinate.

At least I tended to carry tools, but the only ones I had were poison and daggers.

The excuse of using magic tools won’t work.

What if I told you something happened recently that I could use some heat? It occurred to me that there was one.

“It’s a side effect of the poison.”

I was able to come up with an excuse that seemed realistic.

Cyan Raven was almost dead when I possessed her, so let’s mix that fact in cleverly.

“At that time, the poison I drank was no wonder even if I died. After suffering from a high fever, I was able to vaguely understand heat and was able to manifest it by mixing it with the yin attribute mana I had.”

“Ah. That’s right… Because of Kairendal…”

Princess Rosette assigned me and Kairen Dal to the mission of assassinating a high-ranking priest in the Holy Kingdom, but when she remembered that I was the only one who suffered greatly due to Kairen Dal’s betrayal, she blurted out her words a little.

“I consulted about it when I went to the temple recently, and I thought it would be better for me to use it if there were no major side effects.”

I thought that Priest Gwen would give me two meanings if I asked him to kiss me.

I’ll have to talk about that first when I go to Teib Village.

“It’s in the temple. I understand. So, how much power can you exert?”

“Right now it’s just warming up bread. In fact, I hit the black orc using Shadow Craft. The heat was a trick.”

“I see. I understand what happened. I’m quite surprised that Xian can use different attributes.”

In some ways, since you learned Shadow Craft from the beginning, which can be said to be the secret of Shadow Mastery, other attributes may not really suit you.

But since I’m getting Han Xian’s power through Yu Xian, should I say it’s a little different?

Without the help of the status window, even if you knew the Flame Magic, you would not have been able to convert the mana properties and use it when you wanted.

“Blaze… Is this a card that can be used?”

“No. I don’t think it’s that good of a hand.”

It seemed like Princess Rosette wanted to use Cyan Raven’s new identity, but I shook my head.

Just a temporary name was enough.

As Princess Rosette was lost in her thoughts, Geo Lune Crow brought her some simple pasta and baked bread.

“Dad, I don’t have any bread.”

“You ate it earlier, right? Steam the rice?”

When Georun Crow put his hand on Esther’s stomach, Esther laughed and hit Georun Crow on the arm.

“Dad, my arm hurts.”

“Hey…”

Esther fake cried and started eating pasta with a fork.

Princess Rosette and me, who watched the scene and smiled slightly, also started eating.

*

After finishing the meal, I lay down and rested to recover my not-so-perfect body condition.

Since Cyan Raven was training or resting when not receiving missions, her body did not refuse to rest.

Besides, I had completed my mission today and felt like I could rest after killing so many people, so I laid down comfortably on the bed.

Princess Rosette took the paper and continued writing with her pen, as if she was planning to organize some information, while Geo Rune Crow went outside to collect additional information.

Since Ada was sleeping in the next room on the second floor, Esther naturally stayed, and the place Esther chose was next to me.

A kid with silver hair came up to the bed I was lying on and laid down on my arm.

“Wouldn’t it be better to sleep on a pillow?”

“I don’t like it.”

“Just figure it out.”

Since the small head didn’t put too much pressure on my arms, I just assumed it was okay.

Esther, who was sleepy because of lunch, fell asleep with even breathing, and I gently lifted her head and moved it to the pillow.

When I finally had some time to myself, I closed my eyes and thought.

‘The reason I beat Maharis was because the location and compatibility were good.’

Even before using the shadow sword, I thought it was worth fighting as long as I had enough mental strength.

I think I’m good at dealing with people who strengthen themselves with mana.

If a weapon made with Shadow Craft cuts off mana, it can cut off a Shadow Sword, so it can definitely be said to be upwardly compatible.

Would it be a problem if a lot of mana is consumed to help you defeat an enemy that can’t be defeated?

I thought that the next time I fight a strong enemy, I should find out what type the opponent is and use the shadow sword.

‘I just wanted to assassinate him comfortably, but did I feel that it was destined not to happen?’

Assassination isn’t exactly easy, but it’s better than fighting while overcoming a crisis.

And if there is one problem, it is Cyan Raven’s assimilation rate. What is the remaining 5%?

In the case of Lee Sian, he reached 100% while burning his will to protect Kim Na-eun, but is it because Sian Raven lacked the motivation?

‘King of Shadows.’

The power that Cyan Raven gained in the future was heard from these two people.

I thought that that power was probably Shadow Mastery’s EX ability and that I needed to achieve a 100% assimilation rate in order to use it.

Right now, I don’t have the confidence to go out with an assimilation rate of 90%, so I’m lowering it to 60%, but I felt like I need to know more about Cyan Raven.

Let’s sleep for now.

Because there is a lot of time.

*

Georun Crow, who returned from gathering information outside, spoke to us.

“They said the Magic Tower is sending someone to investigate the gate mutation. They say it will take some time to restore the warp gate.”

If you look at this incident, it was not something that could be easily overlooked.

Should I say that I hacked the warp gate? Because the warp gates that exist in every suitable village suddenly became a passage through which the enemy could come through.

“I need to rethink how to get to Taib Village. Would it be better to use the warp gate from another village?”

The distance between Teib village and Spada was quite long.

From Spada, you can go to another village with a nearby warp gate and use the warp gate to reach Teve Village, but that also takes several days.

As Princess Rosette said, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to think about other villages.

“Since the two holy relics of the temple have disappeared, it is highly likely that the Holy Kingdom will send someone to investigate. At that time, traces of the devil may be found in the Holy Kingdom. Also, since Sian has wiped out Bergen’s gang, the northeastern slums are also gone. Since there is no place, I think Spada will be a mess for a while in many ways.”

“I understand. If I have to stay a little longer, it would be better to move to the safe house.”

“It’s okay. Esther likes you two quite a bit. She spends time alone at home when I’m not around.”

“Esther seems to have a pretty bright personality. Why does she stay home?”

“The kids know what Ada does. The kids don’t know what’s cool and make fun of her, so they just like to stay at home.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Princess Rosette agreed immediately.

No matter how brightly Ada smiles at work, she may have been told by the bar madam and the parents of children her age not to hang out, which may have led to bullying.

I realized once again that no one grew up in a normal environment, including Princess Rosette, a member of the royal family, and me and Georun Crow, who were raised by an assassin family.

“Mr. Georun, haven’t you heard any more stories about Blaze?”

“It seems like the Adventurer’s Guild and the Lord of Sparda are looking for a reward, but there doesn’t seem to be a need to make their faces known. I think it would be better to just throw it away after clarifying everything from the identity to the suspicions and then receiving a reward.”

Since I also threw away the 2 silver I had on the ground, I have a slight desire to collect the reward money, but as Georun Crow said, I have no intention of taking the risk.

If you are the lord of Sparda, you will have priests, but if you find out that Blaze is Cian Raven, the hero will become your enemy.

Princess Rosette thought for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“I think it would be a good idea to leave Spada before people gather.”

As Princess Rosette said, considering Spada’s situation, she didn’t think it would be a good idea to spend time here.

“I came here to show that the Raven family’s assassin is alive and well, but I think the world will know that he is even more fearsome than that.”

If the paladins search for traces of holy relics and eventually find traces of the devil, the empire and the world will begin to change significantly.

It will make the world more uproar than the collapsed Raven family.

I just want to exist as a shadow, but I have no intention of standing in the center.