The "Master swordsman” who was reincarnated, wants to live freely - Chapter 81

Translator: Darling | Editor: Nebosuke

The man in white was Qufirio himself, walking through the shaking underground passage.

He quickly looked behind him and let out a sigh.

“Oh my oh my. Have I lost then?”

The other-self – A person with a different body and brain possessed the same memories. That Qufirio’s body had lost.

For the longest time, he had cultivated the skills of assassins and had now disappeared.

Qufirio once more faced forward and continued walking. He lost half of himself, but that was not an issue yet.

The brain Qufirio still lived on – This one too had recollections of assassinations. He’d be fine as long as he was able to create more Qufirios.

The Shadow Apostles were originally based on a single man’s creation who made the organization what it was.

As long as he lived, he could keep on recreating and recreating.

“However, this time we had quite a few thrills. Next time, I will make a Qufirio that can’t lose–“

Then he stopped moving right where he stood. He was surprised as if he noticed something had happened.

“Ooh, is that so?… Haha, but I am still here. Perhaps I could make a new living here! To rule a country… That seems like a worthwhile objective.”

For Qufirio, it was all a game.

Life was short – In regards to the experiences you could have in your life, there were only a few. 

But what if you’re able to extend your life?

And what if you’re able to change into a new body to live even longer?

With that in mind, he started his research and was able to live for more than a few hundred years.

For someone like Qufirio who lived that long, the pleasures of life had been knocked down to very few.

Eina Bodel, daughter of the Marchal of the Empire – If she were to be killed in the kingdom, then the conservative Rugal Bodel surely too would transform into a fanatic himself.

And if that were to happen, then Qufirio’s cooperating extremists would be unwavering.

During this war, Qufirio would be able to swing his sword to his heart’s content. Even if he were to lose, he wouldn’t mind. 

He would still have dragged down the current leader, Rugal.

It was a miscalculation, however, that he didn’t count for the movement within the kingdom. That is to say, Eina was onto him.

The girl who had only lived for a mere ten-somewhat years was actually able to figure out what Qufirio was thinking and set herself up as a decoy.

With that in mind, Qufirio shut his mouth all by himself.

“Truly beyond my control. However, this too–“

“Is it funny? To me, it’s not funny at all, actually.”

“Oho, to actually walk into you here!”

The one who interrupted Qufirio’s talk was none other than the girl that lured her over here – It was Eina.

A few of the underground tunnels below the Kingdom led to the “outside”. Som by reading into Qufirio’s escape routes, Eina managed to surround him on time. Eina, dressed in her army clothes, stood before him with a look as cold as ice.

“Are you Qufirio Notoria? A bit of a dull man, aren’t you?”

“Hahaha, it’s clear who has lost. Well then, the reason you’re here is…. because you’re here to capture me?”

“Capture… you say? Indeed, in order to get rid of the ‘rotten’ part of the empire, I’d like to know who your accomplices are. Well, the majority of the radical center figures that is.”

“You would huh… However, it is a good thing that you have come here. Seems like fortune is on my side,” he said as he prepared himself. The way he put up his left and right arm was to cast a magic formation — Though not for battle, Qufirio does know how to fight with magic.

“A road this small… I can only escape by getting past you. However… I wouldn’t be saying this if I were not capable of doing so.”

“Oh, you, the guy who keeps himself to the background all the time thinks he can win from me?”

“We’ll just have to try and see. At the very least I — kafu-“

Qufirio suddenly felt pain in his back, followed by a cough of blood. As he wiped away the blood from his mouth, he turned his head around slowly.

There stood a single girl. Qufirio also knew who this was – Eina’s associate, Mershe Artina. She was both a maid for the Bodel family and a soldier in the army… 

She managed to get behind Qufirio unnoticed and she landed one of her attacks.

“What… is this. You? An outsider… like you…?”

“An outsider? You really are rotten to the core, aren’t you? Well, my face and my voice too… They’ve all changed, so I can’t blame you for not noticing.”

“Face and… voice….? You are….”

With a baffled look, Qufirio stared at Mersche. Her expression was just like the one he had seen before.

It was the girl that he himself raised and trained to be an assassin. The one that helped Alia escape from him too.

“It’s a shame, but I won’t be the one to bring you down. This is her revenge.”

The last thing he heard was Eina’s voice.

Qufirio finally understood it all. It wasn’t Eina’s strategy to pin him down here – It was that of someone entirely different.

Then, another strike to his neck… An attack to ensure that Qufirio was done for.

While his blood poured out of him, he fell to the ground, just like that. The man who had lived for hundreds of years died with complete silence.

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Mersche left out a big sigh as she looked at Qufirio’s body on the ground.

“Huuuu.”

“This is it… is what I want to say, but to find those related to Qufirio will be all the more difficult now, huh.”

“…I am sorry. Even though we decided to capture him originally…”

“No, it’s fine like this. He lived for a long time… Instead of letting him live longer, it was best to finish him off quickly. Still, there many affiliated to him are still alive.”

“Thank you very much. Well then, shall we call the knights of the kingdom then?”

“No need. Soon, one of them will arrive here,” Eina said as she looked in the direction from which Qufirio came.

The big rumbles that were heard just before were those created by Alta Schweiss, winning over the other Qufirio. That was what Eina seemed to instigate.

“The fact that you believe in him so much must really mean that you have fallen for him, haven’t you, Lady Eina?”

“Why would you say that? I mean.. I am not going to deny it. I am a young lady after all….”

“… Huhuh.”

“Don’t laugh, I’ll get mad.”

“E-excuse me. However, thanks to that I have finished what I have to do. I will leave the rest to you, Lady Eina.”

“Yes… you can leave it to me from here on out. But, there is still something left for you to do, isn’t there?”

Mersche nodded to what Eina had said.

The Shadow Apostles dismantled naturally now that Qufirio was no more… 

Still, there was still one person whom Mersche had to deal with.