Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"What do you want from me? You're so young and you've come here, so it must be something important? Do you have enough money?" Jack Carter walked up to Cardin with the menu and handed it to him. "I don't have any."

"So you want to get straight to the point?" Cardin nodded quietly. Jack Carter chuckled and put down the menu. "Introduce myself again. I'm Jack Carter, the head of the Thieves Guild in Ternus."

Cardin learned about this world from his extracurricular teacher Lucia, and he knew what kind of place the "Thieves Guild" was. But he was curious about why Charlotte wanted him to find the Thieves Guild.

"Your father has entrusted me with something. Well, you can say it's a threat." "What entrustment?" "Before that, you need to prove that you are Charlotte's son. What are you going to do?" Jack Carter scratched his chin with a gentle smile, and Cardin silently extended his hand.

Crack! Then bones sprouted from the empty ground, and a skeleton stood up from there. "No body, only a skeleton?" Only then did Jack Carter's smile disappear.

Although it was only for a moment, his eyes were clearly filled with surprise. "You have such strength at this age. You are indeed Charlotte's son." In fact, there was no need to confirm Cardin's identity.

He had seen Cardin's portrait through Charlotte and had heard of his various characteristics. More importantly, now that Charlotte was identified as a traitor, the madman who dared to publicly call himself his child could only be his own son.

"I was just talking casually. I didn't expect to see such a scene. What an amazing person. He actually kept a child like this hidden all his life." Jack Carter nodded again with a happy smile.

"Your father entrusted me with your future plans." "Future plans?" "You may not know, but it has become difficult to live as Charlotte's son now." Dropping Ingmar's last name. Cardin remembered his father's words and nodded.

"Your father wants to give you a chance to choose your future." "The chance to choose?" Cardin's eyes turned serious, and Jack Carter smiled. "I have prepared several plans. Do you want to choose one?"

The first option is to flee. Escape to a foreign country and start a new life. This is the first option. "You can go to any country, any region you want. We will fake everything for you, from your origin to your profession." How much money did they give to make this possible?

Cardin swallowed a sneer and seemed to signal him to continue. "The second option is to live in the Kingdom of Libera." Hide the fact that you are Charlotte Ingmar's child and live in the kingdom under another identity.

"It will also start with the identity and falsify everything for you." Jack Carter waved his finger and continued to explain. "However, no matter which path you choose, you must give up the life of aristocracy. If we falsify the title, we will also be in danger." This is completely understandable.

If you illegally obtain noble status, the risks and burdens will increase accordingly. "I'm not interested in things like titles." I lived a low-class life in my previous life, so I feel that ordinary life is more comfortable than the life of a noble. Anyway, I have never experienced the life of a noble. "Are these the only two options?"

"The third is to give up." "Give up?" "Return all the commission and contract money given by Mr. Charlotte, and treat this commission as if it had never happened." The amount of money spent on escape and forgery in order to plan for the future must be considerable. "I'm not short of money now." Cardin glanced at the ring and nodded.

The inheritance Charlotte left him was all in the ring. The money in the ring alone was enough for him to live a carefree life. "Yeah." Cardin leaned back on the bar chair with a headache. "I heard that you are not yet an adult, so you can't drink, right?" Ding Dong.

"Then drink this. There's plenty of time." Jack Carter placed a glass of orange juice with ice on the table. "Thank you." Cardin just nodded slightly and continued to think. "I need to get stronger." Realistically speaking, revenge on Charlotte could neither be planned nor executed now. Fight the Kingdom alone.

If you get caught up in your emotions and make rash judgments, all your plans before revenge will fall apart. "My current level is far from enough." He looked at himself calmly. Even when triggering numerous skeletons, Charlotte did it effortlessly, which he called "talent."

Even Charlotte, the strongest necromancer in history, acknowledged Cardan's talent as a necromancer. "It's just that he lacks knowledge." In ten years, he had only achieved a two-star level.

It's not because I don't have talent. Somehow, Charlotte only emphasizes the basics, and Cardin believes in such a father and follows him. "Although I know that the basics are important, there is not much I can do now." In addition to the skeleton, he can't summon other undead creatures, and the various magics he knows for combat are only at the theoretical level.

"At least I have learned the theory, which is lucky. Just give me time, I can become strong enough." Did Charlotte foresee such a day? From a certain point on, Charlotte madly taught him the theory of necromancer so that he could also grow on his own.

"It seems that there is no need for me to flee. I have to forge my identity anyway, so the possibility of my identity being discovered is zero." What is needed is not money or reinforcements, but time to grow and the opportunity to become stronger. As long as safety is guaranteed, it is possible to stay in the Kingdom of Libera.

"How many people in the Kingdom of Libera know my identity?" Cardin seemed to have thought of a question. He looked at Jack Carter and asked. "Do you know who else knows my identity?"

"Mr. Charlotte said that I am the only one who knows of your existence." "So, have you leaked my information to the Thieves Guild or told anyone else?" Cardin asked with a cold look, and Jack Carter smiled and shook his head.

"No, I have never revealed your existence to anyone." "Then why didn't you tell anyone? Information about my father, and especially about me, should be worth a lot of money." Even if Jack Carter only sold the information that Charlotte had a child, he could gain wealth and fame.

But why did he hide Cardin's existence? "That's because I have a contract with Mr. Charlotte. It's a cursed contract, so I can't speak freely."

Although he said that he couldn't reveal information about Cardin and Charlotte because of the curse, it was enough to dispel his suspicion. "How can I trust you?" Although it was someone introduced by Charlotte, he had to knock on the bridge even if it was just a bridge.

"As you can see." Jack Carter seemed to understand Cardin, nodded, and then showed his neck. "That's the Ingmar family..." On his neck was engraved a pattern representing the Ingmar family. The pattern of the brave wolf.

“This is the mark of the Ingmar family, right?” Although Charlotte died, the mark did not disappear and still held its position. Moreover, the magical aura felt from the wolf pattern was undoubtedly Charlotte’s.

"I heard that the contract has been transferred to you. That means I can never betray you in my life." Jack Carter smiled bitterly, but Cardin still couldn't completely eliminate his suspicion. At that moment. Whoosh! Jack Carter on the other side of the table pulled out a dagger from somewhere and swung it at Cardin.

"Are you crazy?" The body reacted faster than the consciousness. He tilted his head back and barely dodged the dagger. Woo. Looking at the dagger in front of him, Cardin quickly activated his magic power and prepared to fight. "Look." Instead of continuing to attack, Jack Carter put down the dagger and showed his branded wrist.

"Blood?" Blood began to flow from the branded Enigma pattern. It was as if someone had twisted it, and the wrist was even a little twisted. "I'm sorry for doing this all of a sudden. It will be more certain if I show it to you this way." Are you relieved now? Jack Carter frowned in pain.

Curse. This is the exact curse of a necromancer. "Also, if your life is in danger because of my choices, this curse will take effect. Both in action and in words." Although he was smiling, he seemed to be in pain from his furrowed brow and trembling body.

"Can you stop this curse now? It really hurts." A curse caused by a breach of contract can only be stopped with the other party's permission. Of course, Cardin knew how to do this.

"I see." "Well, I'm sorry to be like this at my age." Jack Carter bowed respectfully to Cardin. "..."

Then, Cardin stroked his head, and the brand on Jack Carter's wrist disappeared, and the bleeding stopped. "Ah, now it looks like I can survive." After the pain disappeared, Jack Carter smiled again and looked around at his arm.

"I heard that this curse will remain in effect until you die. So don't worry, I won't be able to threaten you until I die." Why would he do this? Cardin couldn't understand.

"What did you get from your father that made you willing to accept such a curse to accept the commission?" "That's a secret." Was it because you saw the solid evidence? Cardin straightened his clothes and sat back in his seat. Silence fell again.

Cardin glanced at Jack Carter secretly, and then continued to think. 'There is no need to go abroad. ' Facing the guardian of the kingdom, the 'Guardian' has almost the same goal.

Quietly increasing strength in other countries is also an option, but it seems that he has not considered escaping. "Just becoming stronger can't do much." If you really want to face the guardians, you must become strong enough, and you don't know if you can meet them.

'So, what next? ' Suddenly, a memory flashed through Cardin's mind. -Cardan. You have to train on your own for the time being. -Father. Are you going to the battlefield again? -The Hero Academy asked me to give a special lecture.

Well, I'll be back in a week. As the guardian of the kingdom, Charlotte, Cardan's adoptive father, has a lot of work to do besides war and monster hunting. One of them is talent training.

The Hero Academy was established to train new heroes to stop the demons. It was managed by the seven heroes and guardians, and was the academy with the most investment from the kingdom. Because of the profession of Necromancer, Charlotte would sometimes go there to give a special lecture.

'Sometimes the guardians teach in person...' As if thinking of something, Cardin raised his head again and asked Jack Carter. "Can I enter the Hero Academy?"

"What? Hero Academy? The place that trains the next generation of Guardians?" "Yes." Faced with this unexpected question, Jack Carter seemed a little flustered and scratched the back of his head.

"Well, it is possible. Anyone who is not a slave can apply for admission. And now happens to be the application period." Jack Carter, who had been observing Cardin, continued cautiously.

“As Mr. Charlotte’s adopted son, you must have outstanding strength and talent, but the Hero Academy is not a place that can be taken lightly.” It is a place that even people with outstanding talents and strength cannot easily enter.

The place where even the king cannot just admit anyone he likes is the Hero Academy. "Why don't you join the circus? There are many ways to become a hero. If you want to become a hero, I can provide you with other methods..." "Can you help me submit the admission documents?

" Jack Carter tried to convince him, but Cardin interrupted him and continued asking questions. So Jack Carter answered with a brief nod.

"...Yes. Submitting the documents is possible, but after that you have to fight on your own." Cardin nodded without seeming to be worried. "Then I'll choose that one." "What? What?"

"Didn't you tell me to choose my future?" "College doesn't seem to be under consideration?" Jack Carter seemed embarrassed and scratched the back of his head.

'Really determined. Very determined. ' Seeing Cardin's gaze, Jack Carter nodded helplessly. "Okay. Have you decided to stay in the Kingdom of Libera and go to the academy to study?" "Yes." "First, it will take some time to create a new identity, so please come back in a few days."

Jack Carter ended the conversation with a resigned, indifferent expression. "Then I'll come back next time." "What name would you like to use?" Jack Carter grabbed Cardin as he was about to leave the tavern and asked.

"Of course, even if you forge your identity, you can continue to use your current name. It's not well known anyway." "Cardan. I'll use Cardan." Cardan left the tavern like this, and Jack Carter watched him leave through the door. "That guy is exactly like his father. Both are fearless people."