I Became The Academy’s Narrow-Eyes

Chapter 53: Achievement Clear (1)

To start with, it was a reckless move.

Teaching Redar assassination techniques, that is.

‘Redar, do you have any intention of ruining my life?’

Redar was the idol of all the swordsmen.

It wasn’t just because he was the eldest son of the Lebringer family.

It was the reputation he had built as the swordsman ‘Redar’ until now.

Redar was fundamentally gifted with natural talent in swordsmanship.

Adding to that, he had the fraudulent eyes called the Omniscient Eye.

Through these two aspects, Redar had achieved various feats in the swordsmanship world.

‘It sounds a bit strange to call it the swordsmanship industry.’

Indeed. The world of swordsmanship.

He had accomplished various feats in the world of swordsmanship.

Countless martial arts were influenced by Redar.

In reality.

Among the common practices used among martial artists, there were methods and techniques completely bearing the name ‘Redar’.

Some of them were considered essential skills that anyone dealing with martial arts had to learn.

‘I wonder if anyone can guess the total number of techniques and skills named after Redar.’

I remember seeing something like that in an article.

Like this, Redar, who held a tremendous influence in the world of swordsmanship, was an idol and a role model for all the swordsmen.

Even our Drin, who, according to the official setting, was born with innate talent surpassing all others as a swordsman, barely caught up with Redar after experiencing various events in the latter half.

Teaching assassination techniques to someone like that?

If it were to become known that Redar, someone at his level, learned assassination techniques, the members of the Redar fan clubs spread across the continent would be outraged, saying, ‘Who dared to introduce assassination techniques to our Redar!’

Of course, if a person like Redar were to learn assassination techniques, he would definitely keep it secret.

Unless he encountered someone with similar eyes to his, he wouldn’t flaunt it and risk being exposed as someone who had learned assassination techniques.

But the thing is.

In reality, what I’m most afraid of is not a situation where he learns assassination techniques and gets exposed.

This person now was looking at me with his clear, shining Eyes –

The clear-eyed man’s mental world.

I am currently most curious and most afraid of what this guy might be thinking.

‘If I learn assassination techniques, can I become as strong as the assassins? You crazy guy, should an idol of all the swordsmen be saying that?’

A person of Redar’s level wouldn’t be unaware.

How foolish it is to give up on the well of swordsmanship, which he had almost completely mastered, and dig a new well called assassination techniques.

But even so.

Why did he ask such a question?

Out of curiosity about his true intentions, I cast a divination spell.

“You’re making a left-footed statement.”

“Huh?”

“Your area of interest is not strength.”

“How, how did you…!”

How did I know, you ask?

How many would believe a person like you, who has almost finished developing a player character, sincerely saying, ‘Does the assassin’s damage come out well? Should I stop being a swordsman and raise an assassin?’

Of course, I thought there was a different intention.

It was a highly natural assumption, but Redar seemed astonished, as if I had seen through his inner thoughts.

“…”

Then he hesitated for a moment, and soon he opened his mouth with a determined expression.

“You already know, don’t you?”

Huh.

What?

“What you know might not be the full extent, but the truth is… Something unusual is visible in my eyes.”

Uh.

What’s that?

Why are you suddenly revealing it?

‘No, I do know.’

Certainly, I knew exactly what power Redar, who was known only for his excellent insight and observational skills, had.

But that wasn’t because I had incredible insight, but because of the knowledge I had as a possessor.

Otherwise, I might not have known exactly what kind of ability Redar possessed his entire life.

Because Redar had thoroughly hidden it.

His father, for example, the leader of the Lebringer family, did not know exactly what power Redar’s eyes held.

But Redar seemed to think that I, The Right Arm, had completely fathomed the power in his eyes.

It seemed like the unusual effect of the unusual mask had activated.

He felt something unusual from the Right Arm and made an unusual misconception.

‘I told you to be just unusual enough, you unusual mask…!’

“There’s no use hiding it, so I’ll tell you the way it is. In my eyes… I see the… let’s call it the hierarchy of existence in the form of rays of light. As for you…”

Sigh.

Redar seemed to swallow his words.

“Do you know how beautiful you are?”

‘Ugh, please don’t.’

For some reason, I had to muster superhuman patience to resist the urge to punch Redar’s repulsive face.

“How beautiful the rays of light are in your assassination techniques.”

Phew.

That’s a relief.

As expected, Redar was talking about the rays of light.

“I have seen countless rays of light in my life.”

Redar’s Four Hundred Eyes faintly swept through the past.

“Among them, there are astonishingly amazing rays of light. Rays of light with such beautiful forms that I wouldn’t get tired of looking at them, and if I could possess them, I would want for nothing. My goal is to possess such rays of light myself. To have rays of light that are close to perfection, like them.”

But for some reason.

Then he looked at me as if he had woken up from a dream.

“Then I encountered you. Your rays of light are not close to perfection. Do you know why?”

Don’t know, you crazy guy.

I’m scared.

Stop it.

Please stop.

I let a deep silence flow, imbued with such meaning.

“Hmm…”

“Exactly!”

What exactly?

You’re crazy.

“Your rays of light! It’s not close to perfection! It’s perfection itself! Those tiny cracks, flaws, voids – nothing like those are visible in your rays of light.”

Redar said with a deeply mesmerized face.

“The Right Arm, your assassination skills are more perfect and pure than any other rays of light I have ever seen in this world. If it were a sword skill, it would have been the origin of all sword skills, and if it were magic, it would have been the source of all magic. That’s why I never doubted what you said. That you’re the true Harashin! The Right Arm!”

Redar moved closer to me as he spoke.

“If I listen to Harashin and follow your teachings, could I possess rays of light like you?”

Redar’s goal is not power.

It’s the rays of light.

Yeah.

Then it makes sense why he’s chosen to give up the sword master tree he had pushed so high and chose to go down the assassination tree.

By the way, what was his question?

Right.

If I taught him, would he be able to reach the level of my assassination skills?

‘Uh…’

Perhaps?

I’d like to say so, if only our hearts were the same.

But that’s not the right answer.

And neither confirming nor denying it is likely to be the right answer.

“…”

Looking at Redar, who seems to be on the verge of sprouting some sort of madness inside him, I had a feeling.

I had to do something.

‘But what?’

I didn’t know.

I knew a little bit about the character called Redar.

In other words, there was more I didn’t know about Redar than what I did.

Understandably so, I’m an old newbie who only slightly grazed the early game.

If Redar was a sweet female character like our Miss Drin, I would have gone into the wiki like ‘Oh…’ and read about her in a trance.

But he is a sweaty male character.

Furthermore, apart from his eyes, he’s definitely a handsome male character that annoys me more.

So, I didn’t know how to handle Redar, who seemed slightly dangerous at the moment.

‘It’s uncomfortable to just leave him be…’

In the end, I decided to just go for it.

“The eyes of Harashin can also see the light.”

“…!”

I stopped Redar, who was startled and about to say something, with my hand.

No shouting.

No shouting allowed.

Conversation should not take place here.

I have to blurt out one-sidedly and finish up one-sidedly.

“The light may not be the same as what you see, but it also represents the value of the subject.”

I looked at my raised hand very ominously.

“The eyes of our Harashin do not look at themselves. So, our Harashin does not have any light. On the other hand, you, young hero.”

I covered Redar with my raised hand as is.

As if the light is too dazzling.

“A righteous foot on the righteous path. The right eye of Harashin is watching you.”

I stood up from my seat and spoke ominously.

“The light shall not long for darkness.”

Even as I blurted it out, I wondered what exactly I was saying, but I tried to speak as ominously as possible.

I wonder how Redar would react.

“…”

He was deep in thought.

This is good enough, right?

I fumbled through it well enough, right?

“…”

Judging by the look on his face, it seemed to be the case.

Redar, looking as if he had realized something.

He was exuding a rather serious atmosphere, but I didn’t feel the madness like before.

I didn’t have a bad feeling like ‘What if I leave him alone? He might go crazy.’ as before.

So, before I get more bothered here – I gave a farewell in the manner of The Right Arm.

“Ragadiearias, Egonoearias.”

And then-

‘I bolted…!’

***

Originally, after the meeting with Redar as The Right Arm, I planned to return to Ceylon and bid him farewell.

‘…He’ll get back fine on his own.’

But let’s just say.

For some reason, I had a hunch that it would be more troubling if I encountered him now.

Just as I was leaving the mossy street, in Ceylon’s form.

“Hmm?”

A window suddenly popped up before my eyes.

I’ve just cleared the unoffcial quest ‘The tumultuous encounter with the Omniscient Eye, Redar.’

Another quest right away?

‘What bad luck.’

I felt some kind of exhaustion and read the text on the window.

But as it turned out, that window had nothing to do with a quest.

It was notifying me about an achievement.

[Achievement Cleared!]

[Achievement: Untarnished Pure Color]

Moreover, it said I’d already cleared the achievement.

“…What?”