After Raon rubbed his eyes, he saw a squirrel on the dresser.
‘It’s a squirrel… .’
Am I even dreaming?
Looking again, there is nothing special. An ordinary squirrel without any magic, magic, speculation, or even auras. I couldn’t believe this guy said that.
“It’s a little embarrassing when you look at me so blatantly.”
The squirrel slightly turned his head with a soft smile.
“her… .”
When I heard the squirrel’s quiet tone, my mouth automatically opened. It wasn’t a dream either.
“What on earth are you?”
“You called my name.”
The squirrel lowered its small hand as if it was embarrassed and smiled faintly.
This was the first time I knew that a squirrel could change its expression so freely.
“long time no see. “Raon.”
“Merlin… .”
Raon bit his lip. As I felt at first, Merlin’s soul was inside that squirrel.
“Of course, I’m most excited when I hear my name in your voice.”
Merlin shook his head. No, I would have tried to raise it, but since she looked like a squirrel right now, all I could see was rubbing the fur around her head.
-Uh, that obsessive girl?
Lars was scared and fell far away.
-I knew he wasn’t dead, but he came all the way here! It’s so crazy I can’t handle it!
The guy’s chin trembled as he asked, “Why are there people like this?”
-Ugh, trauma comes to mind.
Lars collapsed on the bed, clutching his head.
‘If you knew I wasn’t dead, please tell me.’
Raon frowned as he saw Lars struggling.
“I’m here, where are you looking?”
Merlin sat down on the dresser and twitched his fingers. This time she looked like she was trying to act cool, but all she could see was her tail feathers waving fluffyly.
“He didn’t die?”
“Were you worried about me? Happy!”
“after… .”
I can’t help but sigh. It was clear that it was Merlin, seeing as the conversation was not working.
“How on earth did you survive there?”
“Even rabbits make holes to escape, but humans need a lifeline.”
Merlin waved his hand as if asking why he was asking the obvious.
“Still, I sacrificed quite a bit thanks to your grandfather.”
As she continued speaking, her expression became bitter. From joy to regret. It was amazing that she could express such expressions in the form of a squirrel.
“Is the Golden Mask Master still alive?”
“The ‘Golden Face Temple’ is dead.”
“hmm… .”
Merlin’s tone was a little strange, but he nodded.
“So you took on the form of that squirrel to survive?”
“no. My body is somewhere else. “Why do you want to see it?”
“Is that possible?”
Raon sighed deeply and shook his head. He wasn’t even talking for a while and he was already tired.
“Then what does that look like?”
“When I heard that the Six Emperors Conference was being held, I very slowly used the method of putting my thoughts into this squirrel. Since neither the body nor the soul of this child are touched, no one will know.”
It didn’t use mana or magic, and it didn’t even think about using this squirrel to attack, so everyone seemed to think it was just an ordinary squirrel.
“There was no mention of me going to the Six Emperors Conference, right? Plus, the one held in Owen has spread recently.”
“I thought you would naturally come since you are a party to this meeting. “Just in case, I sprinkled small animals that wouldn’t be suspicious throughout the entire Yukhwang.”
Merlin covered his mouth with his finger and laughed.
“crazy… .”
Those were the only words that came out.
‘This is a bit scary… .’
I got goosebumps when I heard that not only did they predict their movements, but they also sprinkled small animals throughout the Yukhwang to prepare for any situation.
-Keuuuuuuu!
Lars covered his ears as if he didn’t want to hear it. It seemed like that guy had also suffered from this obsession.
“So why did you come to see me?”
“It’s natural for family to be together.”
Merlin laughed as if asking why he asked that.
“It’s a shame that I can’t hug you like I did when I was there because it looks like this.”
“Bullshit… .”
“Then who do you think put you in bed? “When you were wearing a mask, you even slept on my lap.”
“Umm… .”
Honestly, I couldn’t remember. She was sitting in a chair and when she woke up all she could remember was lying on the floor.
“No more nonsense, just be honest. Why did you come.”
“I’m worried about you.”
Merlin’s excited voice sank low for the first time.
“You don’t have to worry about the head of the family who can easily defeat you… .”
“Tacheon is targeting you.”
As he was about to bring up Glenn’s story, Merlin shook his head.
“Are you targeting me?”
Raon frowned at Merlin.
“Is it because the matriarch who came because of me caused devastating damage to Eden?”
“no.”
Merlin shook his head resolutely. Slowly she began to adjust to her squirrel form.
“Because of your future.”
“future?”
“Tacheon thinks you will be the biggest enemy of Eden’s cause in the future, so he plans to use this opportunity to kill you.”
“This opportunity?”
“He also uses up a lot of strength for various reasons, so he can’t move as he wants.”
She smiled and said that it would be okay if she just held on this time.
“I don’t even know when they will target me during the meeting. “Not when the leaders of the Six Emperors like your grandfather are nearby.”
That would be correct. No matter how secretly Tacheon aims, she cannot avoid Glenn’s eyes.
“Did you even borrow the body of an animal to tell us that?”
Raon narrowed his eyes, pointing at Merlin in squirrel form.
“of course. “It’s family.”
Merlin nodded, rubbing his head.
“hmm… .”
Raon bit his lip.
‘What should I say about this?’
I thought Merlin was crazy when he did his best to stop the White Blood Cult and Eden, but I never imagined that he would give out information like this.
I felt sorry because I knew why she was doing this.
“Hey, I… .”
“Oh, there’s one more.”
Merlin held up a finger.
“I heard this on the way, and your name came out of Derus Robert’s mouth.”
“what?”
I didn’t expect Derus’ story to suddenly come up, so I raised my head roughly.
“I was concerned that he was looking at you strangely, so I approached him pretending it was a coincidence, and your name came up twice in one sentence. Raon and Raon Sieghardt. “Isn’t it a little strange?”
“What after that?”
“I couldn’t hear it because of the silence. “If I got any closer, this body would have been torn apart.”
She quenched her appetite, saying that she should have improved the squirrel’s hearing a little more.
“Raon and Raon Sieghardt. Twice… ?”
Raon swallowed his dry saliva.
‘no way.’
It is not common to include a person’s name twice in one word.
Additionally, the words Raon and Raon Sieghart set alarm bells ringing in my head.
‘Does that bastard suspect that my past life and the current me are related?’
It sounded ridiculous, but it seemed the most likely among the predictions that came to mind through Merlin’s words.
‘Let’s think about it.’
How many assassinations have I done?
The first time was when I aimed for the back of the green demon, but no outsiders saw it. The second time was when the Four Apostles were cut down, and quite a few people witnessed it.
‘That alone won’t get you to know me.’
Just in case, I used an assassination sword that applied the swordsmanship I had learned so far, rather than the assassination sword I had learned from the Robert family.
It wouldn’t have been noticeable at the level of the warriors there.
‘Then that means you’re not sure.’
If he had confidence in Derus when he met him, he would have definitely asked him a penetrating question.
Considering the situation so far, Derus’ level of suspicion was not that high.
‘I understand now.’
The reason Derus’s gaze was strange when I first met him was not because of what happened with the Yonan family, but because he was suspicious and thought he was Raon from his previous life.
‘Why are you doubting? I’m not crazy enough to compare people with the same name.’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of any reason why Derus would suspect that he was Raon from his previous life.
‘no. That’s not what’s important now.’
We need to think of a way to avoid Derus’ suspicion.
Whoa whoa.
Raon blew out all the oxygen in his lungs and closed his eyes.
‘What will Derus do when he is suspicious? .’
It’s obvious. I’ll have Mattio check to see if there are still any traces of the assassin left on me.
Matio is Derus’ closest associate and secret butler who brainwashed him and trained him to be an assassin.
It was clear that he was watching his every move and checking for traces of the assassin.
‘It’s meaningless, though.’
Raon bit his lip and smiled coolly.
‘I already erased everything.’
After finding out that Roen was an assassin, he erased all actions or movements that an assassin might make so that not even the slightest trace would be revealed.
Thanks to Sylvia, he changed his mindset from an assassin to a swordsman, so even if Mattio was the instructor who directly brainwashed and trained him, he would never be able to tell.
‘But you never know.’
I pictured in my head how I would move forward. After examining how to use her body in several ways, she nodded.
“Are you finished thinking?”
Merlin, who was gnawing on the dresser, laughed awkwardly. She didn’t seem to have complete control over her squirrel instincts.
“okay. thank you.”
Raon bowed his head to Merlin. Although this happened because of her illusion, it really helped me a lot. She said she was sincerely grateful.
“That’s not what you say between family members.”
Merlin said the same thing that Sylvia once said. Her heart broke.
“You don’t have to say that.”
She got down from the dresser and placed a small hand on top of her own. I felt the warmth from her tiny fingers.
“… … .”
For a moment, I thought about using Merlin like this.
Taking advantage of the one-sided affection given by a Grand Master-level wizard will be of great help in your future work.
‘No, no.’
Raon slapped himself harshly. A sound like flesh being torn echoed through the quiet room.
“Raon?”
-Are you crazy now too?
Merlin and Lars widened their eyes.
‘that’s right. ‘This is crazy.’
If you use Merlin like that, he is no different from Derus Robert, who makes you burn with revenge even after being reincarnated.
Even if you are an enemy, you should not do anything that goes as far as mocking someone’s life.
“Say it again. Thanks for the information. But I am not your family Lokta Deport. “His soul was absorbed into me.”
Raon looked at Merlin and honestly told him what happened in the spirit world.
“He is no longer in this world. “I am your enemy and not the one to help.”
“Did Rokta have anything to say at the end?”
“you… .”
Raon closed his eyes. His last words still lingered in my memory. It wasn’t anything special, but I’ll never forget it for the rest of my life.
“I worried. “You said you were guilty, but there was a reason you committed that crime.”
“okay. I see… .”
I waited for Merlin’s resentment to return, but she remained silent for a long time.
“Raon. After all, you are a lokta.”
Merlin smiled brightly. It was the kind of expression a squirrel would make after eating sunflower seeds until its stomach exploded.
“Rokta is a knight and does not do anything shameful.”
“I’m not a rock star!”
“I told you this before. “As long as Lokta’s soul resides in you, you are Lokta to me.”
“I am Raon Sieghart.”
“I’ll call you that. “Raon.”
“Ugh… .”
Raon bit his lip. I wondered if it was okay, but the insistence started again.
“It doesn’t matter if my love is one-sided. Like I said, that’s what family is.”
“I am not your family… .”
“Ah, time is running out.”
Merlin’s voice trembled, and the squirrel’s fur stood on end.
“If the thoughts persist any longer, it will become a burden on this child as well. “I hope I survive this time too.”
She smiled and waved one last time. Although it looked like a cute squirrel, it felt like I was seeing a real greeting from Merlin.
“If I disappear, please feed this child. Because it was that kind of deal.”
After those last words were said, the squirrel’s eyes became clear.
Squeak?
The squirrel came to its senses, looked at itself blankly, and then hid in the corner of the bed.
-It’s a crazy obsession. It was scary… .
Lars’ chin trembled as he looked at the top of the dresser where Merlin was.
‘Maybe so.’
-I don’t know why there are only crazy people around you!
‘hmm… .’
Raon couldn’t bring himself to say that you were ‘the strangest’.
smart.
I shook my head and was about to call out the squirrel that had gone under the bed when I heard a knocking sound from outside.
“Lord Budan! Why aren’t you coming! “It’s our turn to enter!”
It was Dorian’s urgent voice.
“Dorian, come in for a moment.”
“yes?”
He opened the door and came inside.
“Do you have any nuts?”
“Of course it is. peanut? almond? walnut? pistachio? Sunflower seeds? pine nut? Pumpkin seeds? Cashew nuts? “It’s all there.”
It’s been a while since I’ve felt this, but it’s really great preparation.
“With sunflower seeds and peanuts.”
“yep!”
Dorian nodded and took out a cylinder full of nuts from his stomach pouch and gave him some sunflower seeds and peanuts.
“Come out.”
When I slowly passed peanuts and sunflower seeds under the bed, the squirrels took them in their mouths one by one and slowly came out of the bed.
“Eh? squirrel? “Why is the squirrel here?”
“Because I’m hungry.”
Laughing bitterly, he picked up the squirrel with the sunflower seeds in his palm and placed them in his cheek pouch and placed them on the window sill. The guy looked behind him for a moment, tilted his head, and then disappeared into the garden.
Raon watched the sun set for a moment and then put on his coat.
“let’s go.”
* * *
When I followed Dorian to the banquet hall, there were no others in sight, and only the Sieghardt prosecutors were waiting at the door.
‘As expected, we were the last ones.’
Originally, those of lower rank and age entered the banquet first, so Sieghardt was the last to enter.
“Hey, Raon. Has it grown a lot? “Are you making me wait?”
Rimmer approached with shaky steps and frowned.
“The vice owner dares to drink alone…” “Wow!”
“You take more time.”
Of course, before I could start an argument, I was hit in the side by Cheryl and pushed aside.
“Raon. “What happened?”
Runaan approached and tilted his head.
“no. “Nothing happened.”
Raon smiled slightly and shook his head. It was something I was worried about, but it wasn’t something I should share with anyone.
“Matriarch. “It all came together.”
As Cheryl lowered her head towards the waiting room on the right, the door opened and Glenn appeared. She wasn’t in a dress uniform, but her usual uniform, but she looked better that way.
“let’s go.”
He looked this way for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and then nodded slightly.
“yes!”
The Sieghardt prosecutors, led by Cheryl, responded and followed Glenn behind, standing in front of the banquet hall door.
“Welcome the heroes of Sieghardt.”
The knights guarding the door slashed their spears toward the floor and opened the door to the banquet hall. At the same time, the loud shouts of the hosts inside swept through the banquet hall.
[Glen Sieghart, the King of the North, and Sieghart’s heroes enter!]
The busy atmosphere of the banquet hall suddenly calmed down and all eyes turned in this direction.
“That man is Glenn Sieghart, the King of North Extinction.”
“Now, isn’t this a joke? What kind of person’s spirit… .”
“Ugh, I can’t breathe.”
“Was it true that you single-handedly overpowered the White Blood Cult Leader and Tacheon?”
“It’s worse than before. I can’t see my eyes properly… .”
People who faced Glenn were overwhelmed by his spirit and their chins trembled, unable to raise their gaze or look into his eyes.
‘It’s scary.’
Normally, strong people conserve a certain amount of their energy, but Glenn had the personality to reveal his strength, so everyone’s faces turned pale.
‘This is good.’
Raon smiled slightly, feeling the calming atmosphere.
‘No one pays attention to me.’
With Glenn taking all the attention, there was no need to force his presence to be hidden. She felt like if things stayed like this, she could easily achieve her purpose for coming here.
“Please come this way.”
King Recross, who was sitting on the platform as the owner of this place, pointed to the seat next to him and smiled. Derus was already sitting on the left side.
Raon looked at Derus, pretending to look at Glenn’s back as he climbed up the podium, and made eye contact with him.
Derus grinned as if he was seeing it again. When he saw the bastard’s pretentious laugh, his head started to heat up again.
-This idiot… .
Lars frowned as he felt the anger boiling inside him.
‘don’t worry.’
Because it’s okay now.
Raon calmed his rising anger by using the ring of fire. He gave Desrus a small, flawless smile and bowed his head.
When I raised my head, I saw Derus’ expression hardening slightly.
He looked at the two butlers behind him with a natural expression.
‘It’s on the right.’
The old butler on the left was an errand boy in charge of Yang Ji’s affairs, and the friendly-looking middle-aged butler on the right was clearly the real person, Mattio, whose identity was hidden.
‘This is why I don’t know what’s going on in the world.’
Thanks to a variable called Merlin that no one could have predicted, it was this side, not that side, that tested the opponent.
Raon turned his back on them and smiled coolly.
‘long time no see. Instructor.’
