Chapter 55 – Assassination Family Raven (13)

[For now, survive.]

[The assassin is Cyan Raven, coming 5 days later]

[You must purchase the seal of the first head of the family]

[Ring with a red gem – Failure]

[Interesting topic – the Crow family?]

[Should the hero and the devil talk?]

[You can only save her by becoming an intelligence agent for her hero party]

This is a note found while taking off the coat, which is a symbol of the Raven family and helps in using Shadow Mastery.

Travis’ survival was a failure, I killed him.

It is said to be the seal of the first family head and a ring with a red gem. Does it have any meaning now?

It’s quieted down a bit, but I don’t know what state the Crow family is in.

I think they’re all planning to transfer to Raven, but I guess the matriarch will take care of it.

The next piece of information that is still useful is that the Hero, the Demon King, and Rose will die if things continue as they should, but everything has already been messed up since the matriarch’s runaway.

‘Did they kill me for no reason?’

I thought that he might be trying to manipulate me by continuing to profit from information I didn’t know, so I dealt with it early, but it would have been better to leave behind something that could be killed at any time.

I don’t know if Shadow Mastery has grown significantly, but right now the growth is vague.

“Xian.”

I got up when I heard someone calling me.

“Princess Rosette.”

Princess Rosette changed her original golden hair to orange, and that alone definitely made her feel different.

I was wearing comfortable traveler’s clothing, and the fact that I didn’t seem to have any discomfort in moving around gave me a passing grade.

“What is that?”

Princess Rosette asked about the paper I was holding.

“It’s no big deal.”

I crumpled it slightly, then held it over a candle and burned it.

“If you burn it while saying it’s no big deal, isn’t it like a secret document?”

“It’s a document that seems like a prediction of the future, but it’s meaningless because everything got twisted when the family went on a rampage.”

“Foreknowledge of the future? What was written on it?”

The princess is smart, so if you give her information, she will be able to deduce something.

“I’ll talk about it later on the way. I think it’s a good topic to talk about, so we don’t get bored on the way.”

I put my black coat and dagger in the bottom of the bag I received from a member of the Crow family and filled it with everything I needed for the trip.

I only received a long sword as a weapon, but this is enough.

As my destination, I chose Teve Village, where my life was saved by Roman and Yui.

If you go through the warp gate, you can get there in no time, but as soon as I returned to the family via the warp gate, the family looked like that, so I decided to just walk to the next village.

From that village, take the warp gate and go to Teve Village.

“I don’t know what will happen the next time we meet, but please take care of Terrance Raven after he calms down.”

So I said hello to the people of the two families, Raven and Crow, and set out.

*

As we move away from the path of revenge, wouldn’t a title be a good first topic to bring up?

“Princess Rosette, how would you like us to address each other for the time being?”

“Wouldn’t a name be enough? Isn’t this the color of our hair right now?”

Since both Rosette and I have orange hair now, I think it would be difficult to associate them with their original status through their names.

Since I am a slightly darker orange and Princess Rosette is bright orange, we have the advantage of looking like we are related by blood, so is it okay if I say this comfortably?

“Then I will call you by your name. Rosette, do you think your physical strength will be okay?”

When I called her by her name, Rosette made a strange expression and then answered.

“Yes, Xian. Hwang… I make you do basic physical training at home. If it weren’t for that, you would have collapsed a few times during work. Didn’t you use your strength since the morning, Xian?”

“I’m okay with that too.”

“Xian, your tone is still stiff.”

“I will fix it little by little.”

Princess Rose smiled slightly after hearing my answer.

“But you said that paper earlier was a story from the future? What kind of story was it on?”

“There was talk that the Raven family and the Crow family would fight and the Crow family would take the lead.”

“I also felt that it was happening that way. The Raven family, who took revenge with their lives, ultimately depended on the Crow family economically.”

All the items we use now were obtained with the help of the Crow family.

You have helped the crazy assassin family well so far.

“But that content is no longer true?”

“It definitely changed the moment I told the story to the head of the family.”

“Then should I say it was a prediction of the future? It may have just been one of the future options. Was there anything else?”

“There are a few more things, but they won’t be of much help. Everything changed when the matriarch moved.”

A story like The Hero and the Demon King could happen, but I’m not sure about anything else.

A ring that symbolized the friendship between the two first heads of household, Raven and Crow? That might help at least.

While walking along a forest path that wasn’t visited by many people, Princess Rosette looked around the forest in wonder.

When I thought about it, I grew up in the imperial castle and came to the Raven family when I was old enough to make decisions about life and death, so I thought that the imperial family of the empire was living a very twisted life.

Is this a life where you are not allowed freedom despite being the bloodline of the most powerful person?

I think it’s better than worrying about every meal, but the royal family is still too high.

Wouldn’t it be okay if it was Raw Travis who didn’t cause any problems? I think I can live comfortably as the youngest son of a wealthy merchant.

“Xian, are there monsters around here?”

“Maybe there is. Because of the warp gate, the roads between small towns have become less used.”

If you recall Cian Raven’s memories, the roads to small villages centered around a village like Valtir, where the warp gate exists, are well-organized thanks to merchants.

The roads between small villages are poorly maintained because there are few users, being used by herbalists and adventurers rather than merchants.

Because there is a place like that, adventurers who hunt monsters can make a living.

“Does Rosette have the ability to protect herself?”

Now, like me, Princess Rosette has a bag for travel and a dagger that can be used for many purposes.

I’ve never found out about Princess Rosette’s military power until now, but wouldn’t it be good to know now?

“She can use simple magic, but I don’t think she will be of much help to Xian.”

“I think a simple spell would be helpful enough?”

Princess Rosette seemed to be concentrating as she paused for a moment at those words.

Looks like you’re preparing some magic? After finishing her concentration, an arrow made of light appeared in front of Princess Rosette and flew towards a tree near her.

“Light Arrow and Hwanga are trained in light magic, so their compatibility with each other is not that good. Attacks like that require a lot of concentration, so they are slow to activate.”

It was definitely much faster to make a dagger with Shadow Craft and throw it.

As for power, the dagger made of shadow will disappear while flying as the distance increases, so the princess’s magic seems to be more helpful when the distance is far.

“I plan to hide my Shadow Craft for now, so feel free to use my light magic.”

It is enough to fight while using Shadow Armor under clothes.

It is said to be the final stage of Shadow Mastery, but the first Shadow Craft I learned had some subtle aspects.

Compared to the attack that pierces and twists the opponent with shadow magic, its killing power was insufficient.

Instead, does it mean that it can respond to all kinds of forces?

‘Wait a moment, a sword made of some kind of mana?’

Wouldn’t it be said that it is a sword that can only be made if the person handling the sword reaches a fairly high level?

Shadow Armor can also be seen as a self-defense weapon that protects the body with mana.

As I thought that way, it suddenly occurred to me that there was a reason why Shadow Mastery did not grow quickly starting from E grade.

I can’t handle swordsmanship, but I can’t believe I’ve gained some kind of swordsmanship.

Rustling

As I was walking while thinking about my skills, I heard an alien sound coming from the forest, so I reached out my hand and stopped Princess Rosette.

“Is there something?”

Princess Rosette asked me in a very quiet voice, and I nodded her head slightly and focused.

I looked in the direction of the sound and waited for a moment, then a white rabbit came out of the forest.

When he saw the two of us, he turned his head and crossed the road again into the forest on the other side.

“It’s a rabbit.”

“I see.”

We watched the rabbit passing by and then walked down the road again.

“If the road to the next village was long, we might have had to catch them and use them as food.”

“Does Xian know how to dispose of or cook animal carcasses?”

“I can kill, but I don’t have that knowledge. If necessary, I should practice in real combat.”

Even Yu Xian, Yi Xian, and Xian Raven have never killed wild animals for food.

Since all three of us lived lives far from cooking, we thought there was no need to learn how to butcher, but in order to survive in this world, we thought that we might need wild animals later in the world of the zombie apocalypse.

Still, you never know when food will run out there, so if you can, learn it.

Naeun may think it’s strange, but since he’s already done quite a few strange things, wouldn’t the butchering technique be closer to cuteness?

When Seoyeon asks, I just have to give her a cursory response.

After the rabbit passed by, we arrived in the village without any disturbance.

In some ways, it was close, but when I arrived at this village I had never been to before, a quest arose.

『Quest』

〈Hop Kill 3 goblins.〉

-Upon completion: Enhance Shadow Mastery (E+)

‘Three hobgoblins?’

There seems to be a fairly large group of goblins near this village.

Shall we go assassinate at night?