Reincarnated User Manual

14 – Uninvited guest

“It looks like someone came before us.”

“… … .”

Siron laughed and looked at the body.

This is a place where there are rare days a year without snow. If the body had been dead for a long time, it would have been buried deep like this, with nothing sticking out of the eyes.

“Hold this.”

Siron handed the long sword to Lucia. Lucia fixed her gaze on the entrance to the cave.

“What are you doing now?”

“… … Well, I guess I should at least guess what those bastards in there are.”

Siron, now 11 years old, had no hesitation in handling corpses.

After clearing all the snow around the buried area, the appearance of a strong adult male was revealed.

The man wore a leather vest over his cotton clothes, and as if he was familiar with the geography of this place, he wore leather overshoes with wide soles.

‘It looks fine on the outside.’

However, the man was dead with a despairing expression, as if he had been struck by something terrible. It’s so painful that I wonder if he died so painfully that he couldn’t even close his eyes.

However. Contrary to his appearance, his clothes may be old, but there are no traces of cuts or beatings.

The same goes for the face. The neat appearance without a single bruise made me wary.

“Are you a merchant who was attacked by thieves?”

“That won’t be it. Rather, it might be a thief.”

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Siron dismissed Lucia’s speculation. A thief? Lucia was curious why Siron came up with such an answer.

“A thief? “Is there a thief who looks like this without a single scar?”

“… … .”

Siron did not bother to respond to Lucia’s rebuttal. Just silently rummaging through the corpses.

“And there’s a faint smell of alcohol wafting out of that cave, and I can hear a little bit of loud conversation. What is it if it’s not just the bodies of the attacked merchants being roughly disposed of around?”

“… … “Look at this.”

Siron opened the corpse’s mouth with a tree branch and showed it to him. Lucia noticed rotten, chipped teeth.

“The area under my chin was very swollen, so I thought it might be the case, but the condition of my mouth made no sense. If I had taken good care of my teeth on a regular basis, they wouldn’t have rotted and become so brittle. and.”

Siron lifted the man’s hand and examined it.

“There are no calluses on the fingers that form when you hold the pen a lot. On the other hand, since my palms are hard, it looks like I ate some food. “The guy who doesn’t have a single scar must have been a guy with some outstanding skills.”

“… … !”

Lucia narrowed her eyes and looked around. It would be to check for signs of someone hiding. However, only signs of presence were felt in the direction of the cave, and no other signs were detected.

“Maybe there’s someone in that cave who killed this guy without a single wound.”

“then…”

Lucia thought of several possibilities.

The ability and skill to defeat a target without causing even a single wound was clearly limited. Poisoning, spirit, telekinesis… maybe it’s a curse. Thinking of that possibility, Lucia could feel the nerves in her entire body tense up.

‘this. Isn’t this a very dangerous situation?’

Those who used poison or curses were the type that I had a hard time with even when I was Kylie in her previous life.

They are fundamentally cowardly and dirty bastards. When it came to dealing with them, they were tired people who had no faith in whether they were friends or enemies and had to be constantly on guard.

What should I do to get rid of them if they happen to be there?

-Gulp

Lucia swallowed her saliva with a stiff face.

Kill your opponent before they use a crap move.

but currently. Lucia couldn’t choose that way.

In her current state, it makes no sense. No matter how much she was born with great talent as a reincarnation, the wall of impossibility existed.

‘furthermore…’

Now, Shiron is also with us.

Poetry. The only boy born after reincarnation that can be called family.

With his current crappy body, he can’t fight against the polite guys while protecting Shiron. The heavy burden of responsibility weighed on my chest.

‘Now is the time to run away without being noticed by them.’

Lucia suddenly felt her fists grow stronger.

fist? Were you holding a knife just now?

Lucia was startled and raised her head.

The long sword in her hand was suddenly in Siron’s hand.

“… … hey. “No way, right?”

Lucia stretched out her hand to stop Siron, but Siron didn’t care and just took a step back.

“Are you scared?”

“… … .”

Siron gave Lucia a playful look. But now was not the time to play around. Lucia glared at Siron with a straight face.

“Don’t play around. “Now is the time to step aside.”

“no.”

“… “I have no way of knowing what kind of treasure is in the cave, but you can try the next opportunity.”

“at all.”

“… … If anything, let’s bring the maids. “They’re strong enough, so they’ll probably be able to deal with something in that cave.”

“I don’t have time for that.”

Suddenly, the boy took Lucia’s hand and led her. And then we headed towards the cave.

Jump and jump. There didn’t seem to be any hesitation in his steps.

‘Have you lost your fear? no, more than that. don’t have time? what is that…’

Normally she would have shaken off Siron’s hand, but she could not bear to go against his will.

For some reason, I had no strength in my hands.

Then suddenly, Lucia remembered an old memory.

‘This definitely happened 500 years ago.’

Long before there was even an expedition to kill demons. It was the first time I was living a wandering life with my colleagues.

– Kill.

-Yura… Can we not do this? huh? It seems like he has fully regretted his mistakes…

-Sometimes, you have to do it even if you don’t want to.

At that time, Yura was weaker than Kylie, but Kylie could not go against Yura’s words.

“Ugh.”

My stomach rumbled. It’s hard to believe that bad memories come to mind at times like this. Lucia pursed her lips and shook her head.

“… … .”

Lucia stared blankly at Shiron’s back. A vague sense of incomprehensibility tangled in Lucia’s mind.

However, it was easy to recognize the child’s unique warm body temperature felt in the hand. Even during this time, Siron had a calm expression.

“For your information, I’m more scared of you than that guy over there.”

“… … .”

“therefore. “I’m telling you not to worry too much.”

“What is that…”

Siron’s joke made Lucia laugh.

Is it because of that? The core of my heart has gone somewhere. Before I knew it, the tension was relieved.

For a moment, Lucia thought that Siron might be a shaman.

*

Eventually, we arrived at the entrance of the cave where light was leaking out.

I don’t know if I’m confident in my skills or if I’m not thinking about it, but there was not a single sentry at the entrance.

Shiron listened quietly.

As I got closer, the voices of conversation inside became clearer.

“How do you see it?”

Shiron whispered softly to Lucia.

“How about it… It looks like it’s just a drinking party held by thieves after looting.”

“i think so too.”

blunt answer. Shiron, not nervous at all, began to warm up.

Then he crouched down on the floor and gathered snowballs.

“Now what?”

“What are you doing?”

Shiron answered Lucia without hesitation.

“We have to kill them all.”

Inside the cave, a bonfire could be seen in the distance.

Is the distance approximately 20 meters? But now is not the time. Since there are no guards, you have to go deeper and bide your time.

What next?

With no light source to sense their surroundings, they are left scrambling if they are unlucky.

However, it is also a good thing to look at. Judging by the disgusting smell of alcohol in the air, they must have been very drunk.

All you need to do is give them a fair shot.

It was the moment when I was about to commit my first murder, but I felt calmer than I thought.

‘Is it thanks to Prien’s dragon power?’

Shiron thought this far and nodded. Now Lucia Prien is by her side. If you look down on yourself for no reason, it will make things difficult.

You just have to put it into practice.

Shiron closed one eye beforehand.

Your eyes, accustomed to darkness, will differentiate you from them.

“What can I do?”

At that time, Lucia asked Chiron a question.

Her blank expression showed that she didn’t know why she didn’t ask for anything or ask for anything.

“Should I kill him with my fist?”

“no.”

A bloody sound was heard, but Shiron didn’t care.

“You just have to watch.”

*

————–!!

“It’s noisy.”

A man with a sparse beard rose from the deepest part of the cave.

I was sleeping comfortably for a while. The idiots standing guard are not doing their job properly.

The man frowned at the sound that he could hear even if he wasn’t listening.

Suddenly-

hehehe-

Kwaaagh—!

stop! Grumble-

What a colorful sound. The man yawned lazily and scratched his thighs.

“hmm.”

When I opened my sleepy eyes, I couldn’t even see the faint light flickering in the distance.

“Did you get hit by a night attack? “Damn it, why am I so unlucky today?”

The man created a flame from his fingertips and lit the lantern.

Light spread through the dark cave, and a child covered in blood appeared.

“Kid. Put that down. Why don’t we say it in our own language?”

“… … .”

“If you quit now, they might save your life.”

The man’s attitude is not at all nervous, but rather playful.

In response, the blood-covered child nervously spat on the floor.

“You’re being damned.”

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