Episode 2. The 100-Day Cradle (1)
“Rubin, I’m sorry.”
Still unable to speak, I blinked and looked at my mother.
“I have to stay away for a few days. His Majesty the Emperor has personally given me orders.”
A member of the Assassin’s Sword Family cannot refuse the Emperor’s edict, even if that person is the head of the Assassin’s Sword Family who has reached the level of 7.
Still, this time it was a little strange. The imperial edict came down during this important time when I had to spend 100 days with my baby.
If it is an order given directly to the head of the household, it means that it is an important matter to the emperor as well.
It’s a rare occurrence.
The target that Mother must kill is probably someone who is at least widely known on the continent. A warrior or magician of a similar level to Mother, that is, a 7-star or higher level.
“There’s nothing we can do. This is the fate of our Roinen family.”
Mother gets out of bed and gets ready.
Before I knew it, my mother’s weapons were ready in front of the door. Legendary weapons. Each and every one of them is a peerless weapon.
Mother held her dagger and waved it lightly.
Wheww. Wheww.
The sound of the air being torn apart is sharp.
The name of the dagger that seems to lead everything it touches to death is the ‘Nameless Sword’. Before the return, it was one of the two famous swords that my mother used. The Nameless Sword of this period was much lighter and smoother.
‘It brings back new memories when I see it again.’
Before I knew it, my mother’s gaze towards me had changed.
It is the gaze of Siren Roinen, not of my mother. That cold expression is familiar yet strange to me.
“… … .”
thud.
The master of all assassination swordsmen and the head of the main Roinen family left the house without saying goodbye.
* * *
It’s not easy to take care of your body when you become a baby again. You just lie around and sleep. It may seem like you’re just lazing around, but in fact, this period is the most important.
‘100-day cradle’.
A baby in the Roinen family is left alone with the head of the household for 100 days after birth. During this time, the baby is not allowed to show itself even to its father or siblings.
For the sake of affection with your family?
Because it’s a long-standing tradition?
no.
This is to learn the unique power of the Assassin’s Sword.
Our unique power and source. It is ‘dark smoke’. Everyone of the bloodline of the assassin swordsman uses dark smoke.
The very few people who know of the existence of the Assassination Swordsman admire our poisonous skills and swordsmanship, but in fact, they are all built on the foundation of darkness.
Only with the dark side can you unfold the secrets of the assassination swordsmanship, and only by skillfully handling the dark side can you hide in the shadows and scenery.
This is why the 100-day cradle is important. Only during this period can the dark side take root.
A limited time of 100 days spent alone with Gaju in a dark and cozy secret room. Gaju helps the baby overcome his dark side during this time.
During this period, if the azalea flowers are properly rooted, then the azalea flowers can be expected to bloom. It is a kind of sowing, or simply putting it in other words, sowing seeds.
but.
‘That’s bad luck.’
Now that my mother has emptied the cradle by the Emperor’s command, my dark feelings are having a hard time taking root.
During this time, every second counts. Every moment my mother is away is completely my loss.
however.
Something strange seems to have happened while I was returning.
‘The ‘ring’ was still there before I died.’
Ring. In other words, a ring that holds talent.
Everyone has only one ring. It is empty at first, but as you live, your talents are determined by what you fill it with.
If you put in an aura, it’s unmanned.
If you have mana, you become a wizard.
If you have a dark side, you’re an assassin.
If you don’t have anything in you, you’re an ordinary person.
In some cases, the talents contained in the ring grow while mixing or rejecting each other.
But even so, there can’t be two rings in one person’s body. I’ve never heard of such a thing.
I thought it was an illusion, so I looked at my whole body again, but the result was the same. I could clearly feel two rings located near my heart.
One is the ‘Previous Life’s Illusion’, which contains the dark smoke of the 5-star realm.
The other is the empty ‘illusion of present life’.
‘Two rings.’
In the long history of the Assassin Swordsmanship spanning hundreds of years, there has never been a case like this.
One body, one circle.
Because this is the law of nature and the law of the world.
His mother, who was considered the strongest head of a household in history, also developed a talent for magic at a very early age of six, but she only had one talent.
‘Out of Providence.’
Not only is there a regression, but there are also two rings.
If I continue to grow smoothly like this, I can become much stronger than before.
No, you will become stronger than anyone in the world. Of course, that is, if you can handle the two rings perfectly.
I slowly and carefully observed the ‘two rings’ inside my body.
‘The first ring is almost like a runaway. It’s the dark smoke of the five-star realm accumulated over the past 30 years, so it’s natural that the baby’s body can’t handle it.’
I felt it intuitively too.
I still can’t control this huge darkness as I wish. With this weak body, it was clear that just exposing that darkness would ruin my entire body.
Maybe it’ll even ruin the second ring you just got.
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‘Someday, the day will come when I can handle it freely.’
The most important thing was the second ring. He had to get the dark smoke from his mother as soon as possible to make him bloom.
‘Someday, I may be able to merge the darkness rising from the two rings.’
If that happens, the power of the assassination swords and visions used before the return will be doubled.
No, maybe even more than that.
‘It might become a monster beyond imagination.’
My heart pounded with a strange excitement.
Now, the things that need to be done start to appear one by one.
First of all, let’s open the second ring of darkness as quickly as possible.
And hide the first ring perfectly.
If this is discovered, it will cause envy and jealousy among the brothers. The control of the other collateral families of the Assassin Sword will also intensify.
And above all, it will provoke the Emperor, who is wary of the Assassin Swordsman even though he does not show it on the outside.
So you must hide it. Keep it safe so that no one will notice. Not only your fathers, brothers, servants, but even your mother.
That’s a sure path to revenge.
Mother hasn’t come back for two days.
Worried about your mother? I don’t do that.
I know the future, because my mother lived until the moment I died.
Besides, in this era of empire, there is no one who can fight one-on-one and survive against Mother. Even if there are, they are only those who would not become Mother’s target.
Using this time, I trained the energy inside my body.
To advance the flowering of the dark circle in the second ring.
Also, to get used to hiding the first ring itself, I needed to train myself so that I wouldn’t reveal my dark side without realizing it.
at that time.
Squeak.
The door opens.
Is your mother back?
It is a reasonable inference that only the head of the household and the nanny are allowed to enter this room where the 100-day cradle is kept.
But the face that cast a shadow over my face was not my mother or my nanny.
“Hmm. So that’s what it looks like.”
“Your hair is black, just like my father’s. How ominous and vulgar.”
Two men.
You petty idiots.
These are the fathers of my half-brothers. Literally, these are not my biological fathers.
My father was Third. And these two were my mother’s first and second husbands, first and second respectively.
First reached out and tapped my head with his finger.
“I would like to kill you.”
Ha, the first comment I got after being born for 29 days was ‘I want to kill you.’
The second followed suit and touched my head.
“Is it even worth killing for?”
“That’s true. He’s going to be our constant scapegoat for the rest of his life anyway. Anyway, someone with the Roinen surname has to do the dirty work.”
“It’s only natural, since you have a lowly father.”
Because of my biological father’s origins as a hunter, they despised me until the moment of my death.
Their hatred towards me was passed down to their sons, and I had to clash with my brothers all the time growing up.
At that moment, I felt a presence beyond the door. It was the two little kids with familiar voices.
“Oh, father, can I come in here?”
“I’m scared. The master will be angry, Father.”
These are my half brothers. My older brother is thirteen and my younger brother is eleven.
“I’ll be back soon. You guys, come here.”
When First called, the two little ones came running towards me, trembling. Among them, the eldest son, Dorian, looked down at me as if he was curious.
I glared at Dorian with force in my eyes, and immediately harsh words came out.
“I’m unlucky.”
As Dorian chatters, his younger brother Maphis, standing next to him, giggles.
“You look so weak.”
Even if you’re unlucky, don’t you think you look weak?
In fact, Maphis is the most incompetent. In my previous life, when I was sixteen, I surpassed him.
“Huh? Hey, he’s laughing at me, Dad.”
“Don’t give up. It’s a seed that will have to be mercilessly weeded out when the time comes anyway.”
First glanced at me with a nasty look, then looked around.
“Dorian, Mafis. Listen carefully. You two are of the Roinen blood, but this vulgar child is not. He is practically an illegitimate child. He will come to your aid one day.”
Shit.
So this is how my bad relationship with them started. People who were desperate to kill me, who tormented me my entire life. For such a simple reason.
Dorian asked his father.
“Then, should I kill you someday?”
“Why are you afraid?”
“Oh, no. I just, after all, we are blood brothers… … .”
“Dorian. The only people you cannot kill are His Majesty the Emperor, the Master, and the members of House Roinen here. But this guy? Remember. Even though he has the Roinen name, he is not the real Roinen. Do you understand what I mean?”
The two half brothers nodded.
I have no intention of colluding with them either. In my previous life, when the Emperor led his army to purge the Roinen family, they were terrified and urged them to surrender.
These authors were like worms that were eating away at Roinen. Far from working together to seek revenge, they were actually just obstacles.
“Okay, let’s go back now. If the people below see it, it’ll be a headache.”
First and Second left the room first, but Dorian and Maphis stayed with me for a while.
The two brothers, encouraged by First’s words, patted my head before leaving.
“Grow up quickly. You have errands to run for me.”
“Grow up quickly, you lowly thing.”
I can’t believe I have to experience this kind of contempt even after being born again. It’s unbearable. If it were me in my previous life, I would have just laughed without knowing anything.
But now it’s different.
I even went as far as regressing, so it’s a shame to send me off like this, right?
“Huh, huh?”
I suddenly stretched out my arm. Maphis was taken aback by my sudden action and didn’t know what to do.
The fathers of the two brothers were already on the other side of the hallway. Even without seeing them, I could clearly sense movement beyond the wall. This was due to the tiny amount of smoke that had overflowed from the first ring.
Of course, I didn’t intentionally spill it. It just came out naturally, like water overflowing from a full glass.
Although this kind of scrap of darkness cannot be handled delicately, it can be utilized to some extent.
I spread the thick smoke like fog over a wide area, so that even though I couldn’t see beyond the wall, I could ‘feel’ it.
And one more thing.
“Ahh!”
This tiny amount of smoke is the source of strength that allows even the fragile body of a newborn to hold on to Maphis’s finger.
“What’s wrong? Mafis!”
Dorian approaches.
“Oh my, you grabbed my finger.”
“Then why don’t you just take it out?”
My eldest brother, who is thirteen years old and has just begun to blossom, or my youngest brother, who is eleven years old and has yet to blossom.
You have no idea how thick the darkness is in my hand that holds your finger.
“Ugh. Bro, it hurts so much.”
I looked straight into Maphis’ eyes.
Mafis naturally avoids my eyes.
“It’s just a baby. Don’t joke around, Mafis!”
“It’s true.”
“Then you’ll get in trouble with your father?”
“I’m telling you, it’s true! It hurts so much!”
As the children stopped coming out, I felt First and Second return from across the hallway.
He let go of the fingers he was holding onto. Instead, he used that brief moment to rip off the button on Maphis’ sleeve.
“What are you guys doing? Don’t come out quickly. There will be many more days of torment ahead.”
At the urging of the second who knew nothing, Maphis looked back at me, stroking my fingers. His eyes, filled with contempt, were now mixed with a hint of fear.
Just wait a moment, because soon that fear will consume you.
thud.
The door is closed.
This time it was possible because they were idiots, next time I’ll have to hide my secrets more carefully.
* * *
A week after leaving the mansion, my mother returned.
It was a day when heavy black rain was falling.
No one noticed that Gaju had returned home.
My mother, who had returned without me even noticing, went straight into the 100-day cradle.
It was a fierce thunderous night. Every time lightning flashed, I could see blood flowing from my mother’s arm.
The guy who had to be killed was clearly a formidable enemy.
The mother looked at her wounds in the mirror with a distorted expression.
Then my eyes met with mine reflected on the other side of the mirror.
The cold face of the master of the assassination sword, Roinen, stares straight at me.
“It’s fate.”
I thought about bursting into tears like a child, but I didn’t. That was not befitting of a son of the Assassin family.
“… It is also fate for flies to swarm in the cradle of a baby less than a hundred days old.”
As expected, you noticed.
My mother came to me, holding the wound on her arm, and checked for any signs of outsiders coming and going in this place.
It may look spotless and clean, but it looks like a mess to your mother.
You should have known long ago that there was no trace of a nanny. You also knew that the intruders were a father and his sons.
They probably checked the pace at which they moved. They probably traced the traces of the dark smoke thoroughly.
But do you know what they did to me?
I pretended to squirm and opened my clenched fists.
The mother’s eyes became sharper than ever when she discovered the Maphis button.
“I guess I should call my family together.”
