Chapter 314
After Raon rubbed his eyes, he saw the squirrel on the chest of drawers.
‘Squirrel is right… .’
Am I even dreaming?
Again, nothing special. An ordinary squirrel with no energy, including magic, witchcraft, speculation, or even auras. I couldn’t believe what this guy said.
“It’s a little embarrassing to look at me so blatantly.”
The squirrel tilted its head slightly with a soft smile.
“her… .”
When I heard the squirrel’s muffled tone, my mouth naturally opened. It wasn’t a dream either.
“What are you?”
“You called my name.”
As if the squirrel was shy, he lowered his small hand and smiled softly.
It was the first time I knew that an individual called a squirrel could change its expression so freely.
“Long time no see. Laon.”
“Merlin… .”
Raon bit his lip. As I felt at first, the squirrel had Merlin’s soul in it.
“After all, hearing my name in your voice is the most exciting thing.”
Merlin shook his head. No, I was going to upload it, but now that she looks like a squirrel, I can only see it to the extent of rubbing the hair around her head.
– That obsessive girl?
Lars was frightened and fell far away.
-I knew he wasn’t dead, but you came all the way here! It’s crazy that I really can’t handle it!
The guy shook his chin, saying, “What is it with all these people?”
– Ouch, trauma comes to mind.
Lars fell on the bed, grabbing his head.
‘If you know that I’m not dead, I’ll tell you.’
Raon frowned as he looked at Lars struggling.
“I’m here, where are you looking?”
Merlin sat down on the chest of drawers and wiggled his fingers. This time, he seemed to be pretending to be sultry, but only his tail hair was fluttering and fluttering.
“Isn’t he dead?”
“Did you worry about me? Happy!”
“after… .”
sigh comes out Merlin was certain that the conversation was not going well.
“How the hell did you get out of there?”
“Even rabbits make holes through which they can escape, and a person needs a lifeline.”
Merlin waved his hand as if asking why he was asking the obvious.
“Still, you sacrificed quite a lot thanks to your grandfather.”
As she continued to speak, her expression turned bitter. From joy to sorrow. It was amazing to be able to express such expressions so well in the form of a squirrel.
“Is Geummyeonsa still alive?”
“The ‘Geummyeonsa’ is dead.”
“Well… .”
Merlin’s tone was a little strange, but once he nodded his head.
“Then did you become that squirrel in order to survive?”
“no. My body is somewhere else. Why do you want to see me?”
“Is that possible?”
Raon sighed deeply and shook his head. I haven’t talked for a while and I’m already tired.
“Then what does it look like?”
“When I heard the news that the Six Hwang meeting was being held, I slowly used the method of expressing my thoughts to this squirrel. Neither the body nor the soul of this child will be touched, so no one knows.”
He didn’t use mana or magic, and he didn’t even think about using this squirrel to attack, so everyone seemed to think he was just an ordinary squirrel.
“Would there have been no talk of me going to the Six Hwang meeting? Besides, the one in Owen has recently spread.”
“Since you are a party to this meeting, I thought you would definitely come. Just in case you didn’t know, I sprinkled small animals that wouldn’t be suspicious all over the rhubarb.”
Merlin smirked, covering her mouth with her fingers.
“crazy… .”
There were no words other than that.
‘This is a bit scary… .’
I got goosebumps when I heard that small animals were scattered all over the rhubarb to be prepared for any situation as well as predicting the movement.
– Ouch!
Lars covered his ears as if he didn’t want to hear. It seems that he had suffered from this obsession too.
“So why did you come to me?”
“It’s only natural for the family to be together.”
Merlin laughed as if asking why.
“It’s a pity that I can’t hug you like I did when I was there.”
“The bullshit… .”
“Then who do you think put you on the bed? When you were wearing a mask, you slept on my knees.”
“Uh… .”
I honestly didn’t remember. When I woke up from sitting in a chair, I remembered only lying on the floor.
“It’s useless, so be honest. Why did you come.”
“I’m worried about you.”
Merlin’s exhilarated voice subsided for the first time.
“You don’t need to worry when you have a leader who beats you lightly. .”
“Tacheon is aiming for you.”
Merlin shook his head as he was about to tell Glenn’s story.
“Are you looking for me?”
Raon looked at Merlin and frowned.
“Is it because the Lord who came because of me inflicted devastating damage to Eden?”
“no.”
Merlin shook his head resolutely. The squirrel-like shape of her slowly began to adapt.
“Because of your future.”
“future?”
“Tacheon said that you will become the biggest enemy in accomplishing the cause of Eden in the future, and I intend to kill you this time.”
“This chance?”
“He also consumes a lot of energy in various ways, so he can’t move as he pleases.”
She smiled, saying it would be okay if she survived this time.
“I don’t even know when I’ll be aiming during the meeting. It won’t be when the chiefs of the six dynasties like your grandfather are nearby.”
That would be correct. No matter how secretly Tacheon tried, he couldn’t avoid Glenn’s eyes.
“Did you even borrow the body of an animal to show that?”
Raon narrowed his eyes, pointing to Merlin who had become a squirrel.
“Of course. It’s family.”
Merlin shook her head and nodded.
“Well… .”
Raon bit his lip.
‘What should I say about this?’
I thought that Merlin was crazy when he tried to stop the White Blood Church and Eden with all his might, but I never imagined that he would even give out information like this.
I felt sorry for her because she seemed to know why she was doing this.
“Here I am… .”
“Oh, I have one more.”
Merlin raised a finger.
“I heard this on the way, and your name came out of Derus Robert’s mouth.”
“What?”
I did not know that the story of Derus would suddenly come out, so I raised my head wildly.
“I liked how he looked at you, so I tried to pretend it was a coincidence, but your name came up twice in one word. Raon and Raon Sieghard. Isn’t it a little strange?”
“After that?”
“I couldn’t hear it because of the chaos. If I had come any closer, this body would have been torn.”
She said she thought it would make the squirrel’s hearing even a little bit bigger.
“Raon and Raon Sieghard. Twice… ?”
Raon swallowed dry saliva.
‘no way.’
It is not uncommon to put a person’s name twice in a word.
In addition, the words Raon and Raon Sieghart sounded an alarm in my head.
‘Are you suspecting that the child’s past life and the present me are related?’
It sounds absurd, but it seemed the most probable of all the predictions that Merlin had to say.
‘Let’s think about it.’
How many assassinations have I done?
At first, it was when he was aiming for the green turtle, but no one outside could see it. The second was when the four apostles were cut, and quite a few people witnessed it.
‘That alone can’t recognize me.’
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Not knowing the assassination machine learned from the Robert family, he used an assassination sword that applied the swordsmanship he had learned so far.
At the level of the uninhabited there, it would have been impossible to notice.
‘Then it means you’re not sure.’
If he had been certain of him when he met Derus, he would certainly have asked a question to his heart’s content.
Judging from the situation so far, the degree of suspicion of Derus was not that great.
‘Now I understand.’
The reason that Derus looked strange when he first met was not because of the Jonan family, but because he thought he was Raon from his previous life and was suspicious.
‘Why are you suspicious? I’m not a crazy person to compare with the same name.’
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No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t come up with any reason to suspect that Derus was Raon from his previous life.
‘no. That’s not what’s important now.’
We need to figure out a way to avoid Derus’ suspicion.
woo woo woo.
Raon exhaled all the oxygen in his lungs and closed his eyes.
‘What the suspicious Derus will do… .’
it’s obvious I’ll have Matio see if there are still traces of the assassin left on me.
Matio is the closest aide to Derus, who brainwashed him and trained him as an assassin, and is the butler of the shadows.
It was clear that he was observing his every move and checking for traces of the assassin.
‘It’s meaningless.’
Raon bit his lip and smiled coldly.
‘I’ve already erased everything.’
After figuring out that Loen was an assassin, he erased every action or movement that an assassin would have been able to do without revealing even the slightest trace.
Thanks to Sylvia, she has changed her mindset from an assassin to a swordsman, so even if Matio was an instructor who brainwashed and educated herself, she would never notice.
‘Still, I don’t know.’
I pictured in my mind how I would move forward. After examining how to use his body in several directions, he nodded.
“Are you done thinking?”
Merlin grinned awkwardly, gnawing at the chest of drawers. It seemed that he couldn’t fully control the squirrel’s instincts.
“okay. thank you.”
Raon bowed his head to Merlin. It was done because of her misunderstanding, but it really helped a lot. He said thank you from the bottom of his heart.
“That’s not what you say between families.”
Merlin said the same thing Sylvia once said. My heart ached.
“You can’t say that.”
She came down from the chest of drawers and placed a small hand on hers. He felt the warmth of his little fingers.
“… … .”
For a while, I thought about using Merlin like this for a while.
If you use the one-sided affection that a Grand Master-class wizard gives you, it will be of great help in your future work.
‘No, no.’
Raon slapped himself hard on the cheek. The sound of flesh being ripped echoed through the quiet room.
“Laon?”
– Hey, are you crazy now?
Merlin and Lars opened their eyes.
‘right. That’s crazy.’
If you use Merlin like that, it’s no different from Derus Robert, who burns his revenge even after he’s reincarnated.
Even if you are an enemy, you shouldn’t do as much as mocking people’s lives.
“Tell me again. Thanks for the info. But I am not your family, Lokta Deport. His soul was absorbed by me.”
Raon looked at Merlin and told her frankly what had happened in the spirit world.
“He is no longer in this world. I am not your enemy to help you.”
“Did Lokta say the last word?”
“you… .”
Leon closed his eyes. His last words were still in my memory. It wasn’t something special, but I will never forget it for the rest of my life.
“I worried. You said you have a sin, but you have a reason for committing it.”
“okay. I see… .”
She waited for the resentment to return from Merlin, but she remained silent for a long time.
“Laon. After all, you are Lokta.”
Merlin laughed softly. It was the expression of a squirrel who ate sunflower seeds with a full stomach.
“Because he’s a rock rider, he doesn’t do anything shameful.”
“Because I’m not Lokta!”
“You said it before. As long as Lokta’s soul resides, you are Lokta to me.”
“I am Raon Sieghard.”
“I will call you that. Laon.”
“Big… .”
Raon bit his lip. I wondered if it was okay, and the rainy season started again.
“It doesn’t matter if my love is one-sided. Like I said, that’s what family is all about.”
“I am not your family… .”
“Oh, the time is running out.”
Merlin’s voice trembled, and the squirrel’s fur stood up.
“If these ideal thoughts continue, it will become a burden on this child. I hope to survive this time too.”
She finally smiled and waved her hand. It looked like a cute squirrel, but it felt like seeing a real Merlin greeting.
“When I disappear, give this child some food. It was such a deal.”
When those last words were finished, the squirrel’s eyes cleared.
Queek?
The squirrel, who had come to his senses, looked at him blankly and hid in the corner of the bed.
– Crazy obsession. It was terrifying… .
Lars shook his chin as he looked over the chest of drawers where Merlin was.
‘Maybe.’
– I don’t know why there are only crazy people around you!
‘Well… .’
Raon couldn’t even bring up the words ‘You’re the strangest’.
smart.
I shook my head and was about to call the squirrel who had gone under the bed when I heard a knock outside.
“Lord! Why aren’t you coming! It’s our turn to enter!”
It was Dorian’s urgent voice.
“Dorian, come in for a second.”
“yes?”
He opened the door and came in.
“Do you have any nuts?”
“It is, of course it is. peanut? almond? Walnut? pistachio? sunflower seeds? pine nut? pumpkin seeds? cashew nuts? Everything is there.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt it, but it’s really great preparation.
“With sunflower seeds and peanuts.”
“yep!”
Dorian nodded, took a barrel full of nuts from his belly pocket, and gave him sunflower seeds and peanuts.
“Come out.”
I slowly handed the peanuts and sunflower seeds under the bed, and the squirrels took one bite at a time and slowly came out of the bed.
“Eh? squirrel? Why is the squirrel here?”
“Because I’m hungry.”
With a bitter smile, he lifted the squirrel with the sunflower seeds on the palm of his hand in his cheek pocket and set it down on the window sill. He looked back for a moment, tilted his head, and then disappeared into the garden.
Raon looked at the setting sun for a moment before putting on his coat.
“let’s go.”
* * *
When I followed Dorian to the banquet hall, the others were nowhere to be seen, and only the Sieghart swordsmen were waiting at the door.
‘After all, we were the last.’
In the original banquet, those with the lowest rank and age entered first, so Sieghardt was the last to enter.
“Hey, Laon. was it big? Are you making me wait?”
Limer approached with trembling steps and frowned.
“The non-stop owner dares to stop drinking… Cuckoo!”
“You take more time.”
Of course, she was slapped in the side by Cheryl and squeezed to the side before fighting.
“Laon. What happened?”
Runan approached and tilted his head.
“no. It was nothing.”
Raon smiled softly and shook his head. It was worrying, but it wasn’t something to tell anyone.
“Lord. All gathered.”
Sheryl bowed her head toward the waiting room on the right, and the door opened, revealing Glenn. It wasn’t a robe, it was the same uniform as usual, but it seemed to fit better.
“let’s go.”
He looked at him for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and then nodded slightly.
“Yes!”
After Cheryl and the Sieghard prosecutors answered, they followed Glenn and stood at the door of the banquet hall.
“Welcome to the heroes of Sieghard.”
The knights guarding the door slammed the window toward the floor and opened the door of the banquet hall. At the same time, the loud shouts of the hosts inside swept through the banquet hall.
[The king of the north, Glen Sieghard, and the heroes of Sieghard are entering!]
The atmosphere of the busy banquet hall subsided in an instant, and all eyes turned to this side.
“That man is Glenn Sighardt, King of the North Extermination.”
“Come on, isn’t it a joke? What kind of momentum… .”
“Ugh, I’m out of breath.”
“Is it true that he overwhelms the white blood leader and Tacheon alone?”
“More than before. I can’t see properly… .”
Those who faced Glenn shook their chins, unable to raise their gaze or look into his eyes, suppressed by his enthusiasm.
‘It’s terrifying.’
Originally, the strong were able to capture their aura to some extent, but Glenn was rather a character that revealed that power, so everyone’s faces turned pale.
‘This is good.’
Raon smiled softly, feeling the subdued atmosphere.
‘No one pays any attention to me.’
Glenn took all the gazes, so there was no need to hide his presence. It seemed that the purpose of coming here could be accomplished with ease.
“Come this way.”
As the owner of this place, King Lecross, who was sitting on the platform first, pointed to the seat next to him and smiled. To his left, Derus was already sitting.
Raon, pretending to be looking at Glenn’s back as he climbed up the podium, looked at Derus, and met his eyes.
Derus smiled as if seeing him again. Seeing his fake smile, his head started to heat up again.
– This idiot… .
Ras, who felt the rage boiling inside, frowned.
‘don’t worry.’
’cause it’s okay now
Raon calmed the rising anger by operating the ring of fire. He bowed his head with a small, innocent smile at Derus.
When he lifted his head, I could see that Derus’ expression had hardened slightly.
With a natural expression on her face, she looked at the two butlers behind him.
‘It’s on the right.’
The old butler on the left was the messenger in charge of Yangji’s work, and the friendly middle-aged butler on the right was the real power, and it was clear that Matio was hiding his identity.
‘That’s why you don’t know what the world is like.’
It was this side, not that side, that tested the opponent thanks to the variable Merlin, which no one could have predicted.
Raon turned his back from them and smiled coldly.
‘Long time no see. Instructor.’