Chapter 252 – Assassination Family Raven 3 (6)

After confronting the head of the Terrance Raven family, we checked out the two families’ mansions with Princess Rosette.

As confirmed from the outside, there was almost no damage to the Raven family, but the Crow family suffered a little more damage.

Not only was the building damaged, but the number of people had decreased significantly.

Is it natural that you won’t be able to do your job properly the first time? I feel like I’m doing it somehow now, but I felt like I needed more people.

And we were able to meet Akerbol Crow, who is currently in charge of the Crow family.

“Can I call Akerball Crow the matriarch?”

Akerball Crow answered my question by shaking his head.

“No. The Crow family is going to be completely subordinate to the Raven family, so there cannot be two heads. For convenience, the current intelligence agent is using the Crow family name, so you can think of it as the Raven family.”

“Then, since the head of the family has entrusted me with the reorganization, I will call myself the head of the intelligence agents and the Akerbol Intelligence Director.”

Princess Rosette must have been thinking about something before speaking immediately after hearing Archer Ball Crow’s words.

“Yes, Princess Rosette.”

“Intelligence Director Ackerball, is it possible to increase the number of members of the Crow family? It seems that the amount of information that intelligence agents need to process is currently excessive.”

“Now we are calling in retired intelligence officers to fill the positions.”

There were certainly quite a few older-looking intelligence agents present when walking around with Princess Rosette.

They were suffering from a manpower shortage to the point where they had to bring in retired people.

“I guess there’s no way to quickly increase new recruits?”

“Yes. If we stick to the existing method, it is currently difficult to shorten the training time. We bring in children who are descendants of two families and orphans who seem to have potential and teach them Shadow Mastery first. We give them a generous period of about 3 years, but From there, they are divided into the Raven family and the Crow family. From there, the Raven family learns assassination skills, and the Crow family learns intelligence agent skills, and it takes about 10 years.”

I don’t remember the details, but it was probably a process I went through as well, so I nodded slowly while listening to Akerball Crow.

“However, except in special cases, only those who have inherited the blood of the Raven family can attain Shadow Mastery.”

Akerball Crow, who was talking, looked at me as one of those special cases and said with a slight smile.

“I know, but from what I’ve heard, it’s a long process. Can’t we reform that process?”

“If you shorten the process, there will be a problem of reliability. The possibility of learning Shadow Mastery is very small, but you cannot ignore the fact that it gives you a sense of belonging to the Raven family by learning the family’s vision, and the study you do after being divided into two paths, assassin and intelligence agent, is very difficult. This is the time needed to perform the mission without any shortcomings when deployed in actual combat.”

“I understand. Thanks to this, it is clear that the sense of belonging and quality of information of the Crow family’s intelligence agents are the best in the empire.”

It can be said to be unconventional in opening up Shadow Mastery, which can be said to be the family’s vision, to branch households without conditions.

It is common for noble families to not learn about the secrets of anyone other than the direct lineage or minor head of the family, but the Raven family knows an unusual amount.

This can be seen as the reason why the Raven family has the upper hand even if a war between families begins, rather than an assassination. If a war actually starts, all the leaders will be assassinated at that moment, so there was no one who would argue with the Raven family.

“First, let’s slowly discuss increasing the number of people. However, Xian needs to go to the Kingdom of Thembus. Can we get an adventurer registration certificate?”

“Isn’t this an assassination mission?”

If it was a simple assassination mission like Akerball Crow’s question, all you had to do was cross the border, kill the opponent, and come back, so there was no need for ID.

Unless it is attached to an empire like a castle, it may take some time, but it was a natural question since the Kingdom of Thembus was also attached.

“It’s a mission that requires Xian to go and collect information.”

Akerbol Crow got up from his seat and took a book from the bookshelf.

When I opened the book labeled Cyan Raven, it was not a book, but a bunch of adventurer registration cards.

An ID card that can be used anywhere and has the adventurer guild stamp on it.

“I’ll take one.”

I stood up with Princess Rosette holding a silver-level adventurer’s identification card.

We returned to the Raven family after being seen off by Ackerball Crow.

“Xian, can I go to the two families’ educational institutions?”

“That will be difficult.”

“Is it difficult for me to marry Xian?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I don’t remember much about the training process, but I definitely remember that I shouldn’t show it.

‘I think I need to go there once to get 100%.’

For now, it seems right to prioritize quests.

I’ll have to come back later and take a look.

Fortunately, Princess Rosette’s office was able to be used immediately as there were no signs of destruction by the head of the household.

I took out the gold and silver from the bag, gave all the silver to me, put the gold in the desk drawer, and Princess Rosette came back.

“Cyan takes care of the silver.”

“I understand.”

“You plan to leave tomorrow, right?”

“It is difficult to obtain information about Edburnil’s territory in the Kingdom of Thembus here, so it would be better to go and find it in person.”

“I understand. I will restore the Raven family to its original state as much as possible.”

“What is the normalization situation that Princess Rosette is talking about?”

“I need to return it to where I was for two years, a place where people who have nothing left, but their lives can rely on.”

“What are you going to do if matriarch Terrance Raven doesn’t want it?”

“If I find you and give you an assassination mission, won’t you listen to what I say?”

I felt that that method seemed to have some potential.

***

Rosette Yurisian took another step towards the Gaju battle while Cian Raven prepared to go to the Kingdom of Thembus.

She spoke confidently to Sian, but he still had no idea what he was given the power to do here, or what direction Terran Raven envisioned for change.

I swallowed my saliva and knocked on the door of Gajujeon.

The door to the matriarch’s hall opened on its own, and Rosette, who entered, slowly walked towards the matriarch, Terrance Raven.

Unlike when Rosette visited with Sian, she didn’t feel pressured, but instead of relaxing, she walked slowly and arrived in front of Terrance Raven.

And Rosette said as she knelt down in front of Terran Raven.

“Meet the matriarch.”

“Rosette. What’s going on?”

A short title and question without any modifiers such as princess or Yurisian.

“I have received authority from the matriarch, but I do not know the direction, so I came to ask how the Raven family will be created in the future.”

“So that I can kill a lot without anyone noticing.”

Rosette smiled bitterly inwardly, knowing that the royal family had paid little attention to her.

And I thought that saying ‘to be able to kill a lot of people’ was probably the same thing as loosening the conditions of validity.

“Okay, and I have one request.”

“What is it?”

“I would like to visit the Raven family’s educational institution.”

“I refuse.”

A clear refusal, different from the loose answer from earlier.

Rosette said one more thing without stopping.

“I don’t know where my child will go, so I want to check.”

“That’s why I refuse.”

“I understand.”

Rosette stood up after hearing from the head of the house that this was not a place she should send her child to as a parent.

“Then, as the matriarch said, we will change the Raven family so that we can kill as many people without worrying about what anyone thinks.”

“Good.”

Rosette, who left the Gaju match, sighed deeply and thought.

‘If Xian doesn’t become the head of the family, it will be difficult to make major changes.’

***

“It’s an educational institution.”

Terrance Raven closed his eyes after hearing Rosette Yurisian’s very polite expression.

Considering that there are no currently active female assassins of the Raven family except Kaela Raven, the conclusion is easy to come to.

Princess Rosette Yuri Xian, who couldn’t remember that right away, couldn’t take her there because her feet were still in the bright world.

***

Princess Rosette told the Raven family that she had become my woman by sharing the same room as me.

Since he received great authority from the head of the family, everyone can guess to what extent, but it seems like he wants to make it clear.

Princess Rosette, who was lying next to her, looked at me and asked.

“You really don’t remember Xian?”

“Unfortunately, I have no memories of when I received education.”

“Is it possible to manipulate memories?”

As Princess Rosette stroked her black hair, she asked.

If there are restrictions on memory through a magic circle, it can be said to be liberated the moment you learn Shadow Dive.

‘Is that perhaps why you asked?’

When I received the Raven family clothes from someone from the Crow family, the head of the family asked me if I had learned Shadow Dive.

I answered that I learned it back then, but if I had really used the magic circle to manipulate my memory, it would have been released the moment I used Shadow Dive.

However, if you learn Shadow Mastery in order, it will not have much of an effect on other people as Shadow Dive is an early skill.

So is it just me who did something? Since the memory is not yet clear, the assimilation rate is probably 91%.

“If I remember, I will tell Princess Rosette.”

“Now call me Rosette.”

“Rosette.”

“Xian, I am a generous woman, so I don’t care how many women there are.”

*I understand.”

“I don’t like it if you immediately say you understand.”

“But shouldn’t the rosette fit me?”

“That makes sense, since I am marrying into the Raven family. Hmm, how about we just match each other?”

“I don’t think that would be bad either.”

Even though he pretended to be big, he lightly kissed Rosette’s forehead, who seemed jealous.