Chapter 61 – Assassination Family Raven (19)

After eating breakfast, I realized that I needed to understand more about Shadow Mastery.

From Cian Raven’s memory, there was never an enemy who ran out of mana while using Shadow Craft and Armor, except when escaping from the Holy Kingdom.

Originally, to assassinate, all you had to do was use a spirit sword, hide the blade, stab the opponent in the heart, or cut off their head and run away.

Cian Raven has also tasted his limits very recently, and he needs to know his exact limits in order to utilize them better.

‘Shadow Craft does not consume that much mana.’

Condensing shadows into a certain shape and giving them physical power required surprisingly little mana consumption.

Instead, a lot of mana was consumed the moment it collided with strong metal.

When the paladin who shared the sword with me on the path of revenge wrapped her divine power into the sword, the mana was consumed very quickly.

‘The same goes for Shadow Armor.’

Although it does consume some mana to wrap around, the mana is consumed very quickly when it is shocked.

Efficiency decreases when you cannot cut with a single sword or when you have to keep blocking attacks.

Of course, since Cian Raven is basically an assassin, it would not usually be possible to divide the sum that much.

All you have to do is kill the target and disappear.

Unlike other assassins of the Raven family who can enter the shadows using Shadow Dive, which can be said to be the basis of Shadow Mastery, they have the shortcoming of having to infiltrate and escape with only a spirit weapon, but even with that, Cairendal Raven comes out in the open. There was no major problem other than when I fed him taffy.

They say that in order to properly test your staying power, you need to have a suitable opponent, but Jackson, a gold-level adventurer, has already left the village, and only a few adventurers remain to help the women.

As a result, I couldn’t test my limits because there was no one in this village who could deal with me.

It’s a way to measure your limits by yourself.

First, I decided to count how many daggers I could make without stopping using Shadow Craft.

Even after making a hundred shadow daggers, I didn’t feel like I had enough mana, so I decided to stop.

It seemed that a lot more mana was consumed to maintain physical force when the weapons collided.

So, shall we give shape to the shadow armor next?

When I use it now, it feels like black shadows appear on my body like spots, but I thought it would be cool if I could make it in the form of armor.

Most armor with high defense in this class is in the form of heavy armor.

If I were to learn Shadow Craft, I would be able to change the form of the Shadow Armor.

Once I had something to do, time passed quickly.

*

After experimenting with Shadow Mastery, I took a quick tour of the village and when I returned, Princess Rosette was alone in the safe house.

She approached and sat down at her table, and then she asked.

“Have you finished interpreting the magic involved in mind manipulation?”

In response to my question, Princess Rosette shook her head and said.

“I couldn’t interpret it, but I think it can be done using this tattoo and cane.”

There were four types of magic used by the goblin shaman: mind manipulation, berserk, curse flame, and slow movement.

When I thought about it, I fell because it matched the number on the tattoo perfectly.

If you could cast the tattooed magic through a wand.

“So, can I try the mind manipulation spell on Xian?”

“Are you talking to me?”

“Yes. In fact, if I or Marie were to be hit, it would be a level of humiliation as a woman, but for Xian, who has strong power, the problem could increase. Should I say that we practice in advance?”

It was a strange sound, but it was not something that could be completely ignored.

The problem is, is it that I have a high tolerance for mental attacks as an effect of establishing myself?

Even if Princess Rosette uses it, I don’t think anything will change.

“Okay, let’s give it a try.”

“Follow my words.”

Princess Rosette placed her hand on her large tattoo and held out her wand to me.

A little fog started to form in her head, but it quickly disappeared. It seemed like it would work, but it didn’t.

However, the princess who used the rosette seemed to think it was because I stayed still.

“Xian, tell me your name.”

She pretended to be okay and answered a simple question when she woke up.

“Cyan Raven.”

“Huh? Is that okay? But I don’t know what to do!”

Princess Rosette began to panic, perhaps because she gave an order that was quite absurd even in her opinion.

“Uh… Xian, get up from your seat.”

So I stood up.

What on earth are you doing?

“Xian, kiss the back of my hand.”

Princess Rosette spoke with her face turning red, and I lightly kissed the back of her hand where she held her wand.

After kissing the back of my small white hand, Princess Rosette, who was dazed, hurriedly pointed her wand at me and said.

“Xian, wake up.”

She blinked a few times and spoke.

“Why am I here?”

“Ah. That’s… Um… There it is! First, it’s a dangerous magic that even works on Cyan.”

“Is that so? Then I guess I’ll have to discard both the cane and the tattoo.”

“Well… It’s worth researching.”

Princess Rosette hugged the mental manipulation picture with her staff as if to protect it.

“I understand for now. I guess we need to investigate how a single goblin came to have such power.”

Princess Rosette seemed happy because she had gained her tremendous power, even if only for a moment.

*

We ate dinner outside.

The rice eaten at the restaurant was much more delicious than the rice brought to the safe house, and it seemed that Princess Rosette was satisfied with her first taste of real rice.

“Um, do you two plan to sleep at my house again today? I’ve cleaned it up, but I still think it’s too small for three people. How about getting a good rest at the inn?”

“I don’t care. What do you want to do with the rosette?”

“I want to sleep at an inn. I want to experience many things.”

So we went back to the safe house, packed our bags, and headed to the inn.

“Are you two brother and sisters?”

“He is a distant relative.”

“Still, it’s okay if I use one room, right? There aren’t enough rooms because there are grateful adventurers taking up rooms.”

It was also an inn in a small town, and some adventurers were said to stay behind to help women who had been hurt by goblins.

When I looked at Princess Rosette, she nodded.

“A double room is enough.”

“Here’s the key, the room price is 20 coopers.”

I paid 20 coopers and received the key to the room.

I went up to the second floor and the room I entered with Princess Rosette was ordinary.

Not much different from the main room of a safe house? Still, it was much cleaner.

I cleaned it up before going to bed yesterday and again during the day, but it was a bit cluttered with documents and miscellaneous things.

Compared to that, it seemed like a good place to sleep because it had everything you needed and even a bathroom to wash your body.

Princess Rosette, who went in first, placed her luggage on the outer bed, and I placed my luggage on the inner bed.

“Can I wash it first?”

“Yes. Wash first.”

Since I didn’t do much today, I changed my clothes, washed my face, and returned to the room.

In times like this, I have to sit on the bed and do something with my smartphone to make the time pass.

Should I believe in combat sleep and sleep quickly? So, I was lying in bed with my eyes closed, and I heard the sound of Princess Rosette, who had taken a long time to wash up, coming out.

“Xian are you sleeping?”

“Not yet.”

“Okay. Then, would you mind if I assume you’re sleeping and tell you a little personal story?”

He did not respond to Princess Rosette’s words as he closed the window and separated the space from the outside.

What is this personal story all of a sudden?

“The current emperor, Abamama, wants to connect the Raven family and the imperial family a little more deeply. My brothers only wanted the Crow family rather than the Raven family. For someone who will hold great power, the existence of an assassin is more of a threat. No matter how connected the Imperial Family and the Raven Family are, I think they want to stay away from it because they knew that the blade could also be pointed at them as they gave permission to kill people here.”

It seems that Princess Rosette had some sense of the head of the family before he did what he did yesterday.

Still, she didn’t seem to know that the head of the family would come forward in person.

I didn’t know that it would become so big just because I said something.

The matriarch wanted to move at any time, but I ended up lighting the fuse.

“Kairendal Raven, Abama, tried to marry him and me, but is there anyone in the Raven family who can communicate with me? How many times has his life been threatened by Kaela Raven? So, I sent him to stay by his side and at least make his face look like this. Two years have passed.”

So the woman, Princess Rosette, stayed for two years? If there is a problem here, it is the age of Princess Rosette.

At 24, it is quite slow to get engaged and get married, even if you are a princess.

“But the Raven family has reached that point, and there is only one Raven by my side?”

After saying that, I heard a rustling sound coming from Princess Rosette, so I opened her eyes and turned her head to see that she had her hand on her mind manipulation tattoo and was pointing her wand at me.

“I thought it would be okay with you from a long time ago. In fact, when I sent you and Kairendal to the Holy Kingdom together, I wanted you to kill Kairendal and come back. If Kairendal had died, I would have approached you more actively. So, Xian. “Fuck me and I will have no choice but to take responsibility for your defilement.”

The mana flowing from her wand disturbed my mind a little and then disappeared.

By the way, should I just commit it? I’ll have to let you know later that the mind manipulation didn’t work.