The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 64

“…What the hell has Raelle been up to?”

Beggars’ boss.

Jenise couldn’t hide her bewilderment at the flood of requests.

Most were requests to find out information about Raelle.

“I’m not sure either. The first day of the party isn’t even properly over yet…”

Before the first day of the Archduke’s return party was even over, nobles were already knocking on Beggars’ door, wanting information about Raelle.

“Is it true that he overwhelmingly won the duel against the Second Prince’s knight?”

“That’s the rumor going around. With this much reaction, it doesn’t seem to be a lie.”

Caron, Beggars’ second-in-command, nodded.

Even if he didn’t know for sure, it was clear that Raelle had done something huge.

“Tsk. Even if we get the requests, the Night Raven side will be annoyed. We can’t stop them from requesting there.”

“Yes. Seeing that there aren’t many requests for the Second Princess compared to Raelle, it seems most have requested to Night Raven. Raelle is from the lower district, so they must have entrusted it to us.”

Night Raven, the information guild that dominates the upper districts of the capital.

Beggars had been struggling to expand its territory recently because of them.

Night Raven, already an established force, had no intention of accepting Beggars, the newcomer.

“Those bastards are no help at all in the end.”

“What should we do? Should we contact Raelle first?”

“…We’ll have to. Tsk. Unlike with Perma, we can’t control the information. If we put out different information than Night Raven, Beggars’ credibility will plummet.”

Night Raven is an information guild that has dominated the upper districts of the capital for decades, unlike Beggars.

With their immense information power, it was obvious that Raelle’s information would be thoroughly dug up.

“It would be nice if we could find out exactly what information they have.”

“Shall we try to capture some Night Raven bastards?”

“It’s not easy because they’re so elusive. We can’t move carelessly because we can’t let it be known that the capital’s beggars are informants.”

“…Tsk. I wish a few Night Raven bastards would just fall from the sky.”

Jenise sighed.

It was an absurd thought, but the situation was that complicated.

The situation might come where they had to sell Raelle’s information directly.

Thump-

At that moment, the door to the boss’s office burst open.

It was Raelle who came into the room.

He was wearing the knight armor that Jenise had personally prepared.

“Raelle. What’s going on? The royals should have just left the party? No, and who are these people?”

“It’s been a while, Boss.”

Tap- Tap- Tap.

Raelle naturally placed five people on the floor.

Originally, investigating people should be left to the Boss.

“Please investigate these bastards. They’re trying to dig into my background, but I don’t know which organization they belong to. I don’t know much about information guilds.”

“…Huh?”

As soon as Jenise heard Raelle’s words, she checked the right arm of the man in front of her.

A raven tattoo was engraved on his forearm.

It was the mark of the information guild Night Raven.

“They’re Night Raven bastards…”

Jenise let out a hollow laugh.

Night Raven bastards had really fallen from the sky.

*

The investigation into the bastards was quick.

Because the Night Raven bastards were originally being watched by Beggars.

“So… these guys are the best information guild in the Empire.”

“That’s right. Recently, they’ve been competing with Beggars for territory.”

Beggars, with its enormous informant network of beggars, had rapidly risen to prominence in the capital.

Night Raven, who had initially been uninterested in Beggars, was now burning with the desire to keep Beggars in check.

“Hmm… they weren’t very strong.”

“These guys must be the low-level ones. Night Raven basically has the low-level members gather information, and then the executives move based on that information.”

“So they leave the annoying stuff to the low-level members.”

“That’s right. The scary thing about Night Raven is that they don’t care about the means or methods in that process.”

“…Figures. I smelled blood.”

Raelle recalled the time when he had subdued the Night Raven bastards.

They had no mercy in their hands compared to their strength.

They must have gotten used to killing by killing those weaker than them.

“It’s been a while since I’ve met some shitty bastards, so I’m not in a good mood. Tsk.”

Raelle clicked his tongue as he looked at the Night Raven underlings who had fallen to the floor.

Once these bastards were caught, they spewed out information without even needing to be tortured.

That meant they hadn’t been defeated much.

“H-Heek. I’m sorry.”

When Raelle approached, the Night Raven underling trembled and squeezed his eyes shut.

It was a reaction befitting of guys who had been subdued without even being hit a few times.

“Friend. Look at my face. I don’t seem like a bad guy, right? I’m willing to spare you if you tell me the truth. Will you tell me properly?”

“Yes, yes…! I’ll tell you!”

“Is your goal Princess Yuriel? Or her knight?”

“Princess Yuriel is the top priority. Raelle, her knight, is secondary!”

“Hmm. So I’m being treated as secondary, huh?”

He had expected to be secondary, but he felt bad when he actually heard it.

“N-No, that’s not it…!”

Jenise shook her head as she watched Raelle grill the Night Raven underling.

‘That guy should have been in the underworld, not the guard or a knight.’

If he had been active in Beggars from the beginning, he would have already swallowed the imperial capital, Night Raven or whatever.

Jenise felt a sense of regret and joined the conversation.

“Raelle. There have been many requests to investigate you in Beggars as well. Considering the difference between royals and commoners, your treatment can be seen as unusual.”

“Is that so?”

“What’s important now is how much of your information we can hide. We need to deliver your information to the nobles before the Night Raven bastards start their investigation.”

“You don’t have to worry about my information. I’ve already taken care of the important stuff.”

“…Really?”

Jenise asked, inwardly surprised.

It hadn’t even been two hours since the royals had left the party.

In the meantime, he had taken care of all his information and even caught the Night Raven bastards.

This monster’s skills were still as good as ever.

“Yes. Just pass on everything except for the Special Guard stuff. And take care of these bastards.”

Raelle glared at the Night Raven underlings and got up from his seat.

He seemed like he was going to be quite busy in the future, so he had to rest today.

“What are you planning to do, Raelle? You’re not thinking of attacking Night Raven, are you?”

“Why would I do something so annoying? They’ll come on their own if I stay still. Anyway, Night Raven… Those Hao Moon bastards. They were using the character ‘crow (烏)’.”

“…What?”

“There’s something like that. They’re like Beggars’ rivals… Tsk. Either way, they won’t give up on me.”

“Of course not. Countless nobles want information about you.”

“Then it would definitely be helpful if my information was only spoken about in Beggars, right?”

“That’s true, but… What are you planning to do? Are you planning to cause another accident?”

“I’m not trying to do anything strange. I’m just going to deal with the guys who come to me.”

Beggars is an important place to Raelle.

If they become the best information guild in the Empire, Raelle will essentially hold all the information in the Empire.

And incidentally, it would be good to let them know that they shouldn’t mess with him.

That kind of rumor spreads quickly in the underworld.

“Raelle. I believe in your strength, but… there’s a guy called Tusin in the Night Raven Guild.”

“…Tusin (鬪神) [Fighting God]? How well does he fight to have that kind of epithet?”

He had never heard of that name in the original story either.

Could this also be part of the butterfly effect he created?

“No, it’s not that Tusin (鬪神), it’s Tusin (偸神).”

“…Not the god of fighting, but the god of stealing?”

“That’s right.”

“No, then he’s a thief.”

“He’s not just a thief. Tusin can steal anything…”

“Bullshit. He’s not 괴도 루팡 [Kaito Lupin, a famous fictional thief]. He’s just a thief.”

“…괴도 루팡? What’s that?”

Oh shit.

Why are they calling a thief a god?

Raelle shook his head in disbelief.

“Anyway, Tusin or whatever, I’ll help you expand Beggars’ territory this time, so take it properly.”

“We’re happy, but… are you okay? You’re already under a lot of scrutiny right now. With the Second Princess’s position, who you support, having grown tremendously, too much attention can be poison.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll only deal with the guys who come to me. And I have this, you know.”

Raelle took out the Gaksital mask from his chest.

It was time to return to the bounty hunter of the 4th district, Gaksital, after a long time.

*

Carlson of the Silver Cross Knights was engrossed in dice gambling again today.

Gambling was the only thing that filled his heart in this boring world.

“Damn it…! I lost everything again?!”

But the results were similar every day.

With his talent, he couldn’t beat the pros who had been gambling for decades.

The hand is faster than the eye.

“Sir Carlson. Raelle will be angry if he finds out.”

A lower-ranking priest of the 4th district.

Cecilia looked at Carlson with worried eyes.

She was worried that his gambling seemed to be getting worse lately.

“It’s okay. You don’t know about my close relationship with my brother.”

“Oh…”

Is that so?

I think Raelle will be even more angry if he finds out…

But Cecilia didn’t bother to say anything.

Because she had already said the same thing several times.

“Gaia-men! Lady Gaia! I lost again today! What’s going on!”

The next day, Carlson lost all the money he had taken out.

He drew his sword in anger at losing the money.

Today was the day for regular training.

There was no one watching, but he was a diligent knight, so he didn’t skip training.

“Aaaaaaah! My money! You bastards!”

Slash-!

Thump-!

In the small training ground in the branch.

Carlson swung his sword with anger.

‘If only Raelle was here, he would have turned the tables…!’

He resented Raelle, who happened to be absent!

‘Why does the god Gaia leave a lamb like me like this!’

Why doesn’t she give him the power to win money when he prays every day.

Carlson burned his swordsmanship, which was filled with sadness and anger.

And at some point.

Carlson felt his sword and himself connected.

Flash-!

That day, a huge light burst out from inside the training ground.

*

“So…”

Raelle slowly opened his mouth with his arms crossed.

The divine power sword aura shining brightly in front of his eyes stole his gaze.

“You lost all your money gambling with dice, and you were able to use divine power sword aura because you swung your sword in anger?”

“You said to never forget a grudge even if you forget a favor. I was just following that teaching.”

“…Are you sure that’s Lady Gaia’s teaching? Isn’t it the opposite?”

“Oh? Come to think of it, it seems like it was the opposite. As expected, Raelle!”

“…”

Raelle felt a headache as he watched Carlson, who had pioneered a new path beyond the swordsmanship of the Order.

Some people barely use sword aura while shouting ‘Celestial Slaughter Sword, Chapter 1, Enter Heaven’ every time they fight, but that bastard says he awakened because he lost money gambling with dice.

Is there such a messed up world?

“I have to go to the Order’s headquarters tomorrow to prove this sword. They told me to bring Sister Cecilia with me.”

“Sister Cecilia? Ah… that Archbishop exam you were talking about?”

It was a recommendation made directly by Marco, the commander of the Silver Cross Knights.

It seemed that the Order was sending someone, but they were planning to deal with it together with Carlson because it was annoying.

“That’s right. Skipping the bishop and going straight to the archbishop, the sister is also a great talent.”

“I think you have more great talent.”

Cecilia had a lot of divine power in her body since she was born.

But to get stronger for such a messed up reason, Carlson was the one with the great talent.

“Haha, thank you, brother. Ah, will you go with me tomorrow, brother?”

“Me? Can I go?”

“Why not? You’re an honorary knight of the Silver Cross Knights.”

“Oh? That’s right?”

Come to think of it, he was an honorary knight of the Silver Cross Knights.

There was no reason why going to the Order’s headquarters would be a problem.

“Then shall we go once.”

He didn’t know about Carlson… but he really wanted to see Cecilia get recognized by the Order.

A new saint would bring a big storm to the Empire.

He wanted to feel the butterfly effect in that place.

*

There was a girl.

She lost her parents when she was young and wandered the streets, pickpocketing. One day, she realized her talent.

Her hand movements were so fast that no one noticed, and she stole everything she set her mind to.

Things, honor, money, treasure.

Even people’s hearts.

She, who had been wandering the streets, did not hide her existence.

Nevertheless, there was nothing she couldn’t steal.

From some point on, she was called Tusin (偸神) [Stealing God].

“Investigating the information of a mere knight… Are you entrusting something like this to me?”

Tusin stared intently at the Night Raven executive who was bowing his head.

She and Night Raven were in a cooperative relationship, but this was the first time they had entrusted her with such a trivial task.

“It’s a more important and urgent mission than anything else. This is something that only Tusin can do…!”

The executive slammed his head on the floor.

It was that urgent.

Originally, Night Raven’s work starts with the investigation of the underlings.

But the underlings in charge of Raelle had disappeared, and the nobles’ demands were more than expected.

They couldn’t delay any longer.

‘There are rumors that Beggars is already supplying information.’

The information guild Beggars, which has been growing in power recently.

They couldn’t be pushed back by them.

“But investigating her knight, not the Second Princess. Is this an insult to my pride? I’d rather investigate the Second Princess.”

“No. Information about the princess is rather easy to obtain. The problem is this knight.”

Information about the princess can be obtained by moving the informants in the imperial family.

Night Raven, who dominates the upper districts, had a harder time investigating a guy named Raelle in the lower districts.

“Haa. Well, fine. You’ve prepared the money, right?”

“Yes. Yes… I’ll prepare it to your satisfaction.”

“I’ll move out from tomorrow. Get out.”

“Thank you. Tusin.”

The executive bowed his head several times to express his gratitude and left the room.

Tusin looked at the description he had left behind and nodded.

“Hmm. One man… This mission will be really easy.”

Tusin casually laid down on the bed.

Either way, this job wouldn’t be difficult either.

The talent she has.

If she only had the ‘Curse of Tusin (偸神) [Stealing God]’, there was nothing she couldn’t steal.