Don't forget what they did was a true terrorist attack."

After Cassius finished explaining the mission arrangements, he then asked everyone to rest and recharge their batteries to prepare for future battles. Everyone left the Guerrilla Association one after another.

Then, he left Joshua and Estelle alone. He had already noticed that their expressions were a little unnatural.

After using his breath perception to confirm that everyone had left, Cassius nodded to Joshua, who also untied the white scarf wrapped around his left button, revealing a tattoo-like tattoo.

"Estil. I promised yesterday that I would tell you everything about my past. Well, there are some things I haven't told you, father, and they may be clues."

"Ah, at this time?"

"If you're not interested, Estelle, just go to bed first. In fact, I'm a little hesitant..."

"No, no, I didn't mean that. Don't drive me away." Estelle's face was a little red, which made Lao Ka see the good show.

Joshua adjusted his tone and began to describe his past to the two of them.

"I was born in the southern part of the empire, in a small village called Hamel between Testmen and Palm..." Joshua began to talk about the past with a nostalgic look on his face.

The village is not big, and because it is a mountain village, it is a bit isolated from the world. The people live a poor but warm life. There are very few children in the village. Ten years ago, before the Hundred Days War broke out, 6

Joshua, 3, John, 15, and Reinhardt, 16, are the only four non-adult children in Hamel Village.

"Karen is my biological sister, and Levi is her lover. We country people get married relatively early, and usually have children before they reach adulthood at the age of twenty. So, he is actually my brother-in-law, and I have always regarded him as my brother-in-law.

His brother came to see it. Levi's previous dream was to become a guerrilla. He said, 'The powerless people are suffering in this world, and as a person with power, it is natural to protect them.'

I have never forgotten those words to this day. I often held John in my arms and sat under the shade of a tree to watch him practice his sword. When I was young, I thought that this stable and happy time would last forever."

Just before the Hundred Days War, that happened.

Thieves armed with weapons from the Liberian Army surrounded the village and massacred the villagers. Under the leadership of Levi, Joshua and Karen escaped from the village. Levi went to intercept and diverted the pursuers, but Joshua

But in front of Ka Lian, the "thief" who had been waiting for a long time appeared.

"After I got the guided gun in the chaos, I immediately pressed the trigger. It was like a voice in my heart kept urging, it won't work without shooting, it won't work without shooting. Then, when I was six years old, I fired for the first time

Kill someone."

"Joshua...it was the bad guys who were wrong. If you didn't kill someone at that time, you would have been killed. You didn't do anything wrong!" Estelle defended Joshua.

"No, if I hadn't fired randomly, I probably wouldn't have attracted the attention of other people around me. I soon paid the price... Sister Kallen used her life to protect me from thieves."

Joshua shot again and avenged Kallen. However, when Levi rushed back, Kallen only breathed her last breath.

"What happened that night was not recorded. Only me, Levi and John escaped death, and the village of Hamel was destroyed. With this incident as the trigger, the Erebonia Empire and Liberia

A full-scale war broke out in the kingdom, and the Hamel attack was considered an act of aggression by Lieber. However, the truth is... some soldiers staged it themselves in order to provoke a war. Afterwards, we were found by the Imperial Army and sacrificed our lives.

After threatening us to shut up, we were released from the Imperial Army's containment facility. Even though the Hundred Days War was over, I still couldn't accept my sister's death and the destruction of my hometown. The Imperial Army's concealment and deception became

That was the last straw for me, when I finally collapsed."

In the year 1193 of the Qiyao calendar, Levi and Joshua, who had been imprisoned for several months, were finally released.

"...Joshua..."

"Levi took me everywhere to seek medical treatment in order to treat me. But everyone was extremely taboo about our identity as Hamel's orphans, and no one was willing to help us. Finally, he finally found his way to the Holy Saint in the old capital of Bai Ya.

In the church, I met Bishop Wiseman, the only one who was willing to lend a helping hand to me at that time. After leaving me with Bishop Wiseman for treatment, Levi found a 'job' and regularly sent Mira over.

Not only living expenses but also medical expenses. My condition gradually improved, and I learned martial arts and other techniques under the guidance of Levi and Wiseman. Levi was not as sad as before. But just two years after I received treatment, St.

One day, the Great Cathedral of Tyak was suddenly surrounded by the knights of the Star Cup Knights. Bishop Wiseman and I broke out together. I still don’t know what happened at that time before Bishop Wiseman was expelled.

After leaving the church, Bishop Wiseman, who had nowhere to go, took me with him to Levi's workplace, the Body-Eating Snake."

In the year 1195 of the Qiyao Calendar, Wiseman and Joshua joined the association.

"The association is a newly established organization. There are two types of cadres: apostles and executors. When I joined, there were only four cadres called executors. The Clown Flame Sword Emperor Golden Butterfly. Levi was the executor no.

2's Sword Emperor, and Bishop Wiseman became a member of the Apostles after joining the association. The year before I joined the association, the Body-Eating Snake annexed the Moonlight Trojan Group, a long-established killer organization. After inheriting everything from the Trojan Group

, the association changed its course of action and began to accept assassination commissions. In order to catch up with Levi, I also began to receive assassin training, and soon became a candidate executioner. The association is a place where homeless people like us can live.

"

Joshua began to talk about his past as a killer, and told without any concealment the various crimes he had committed in order to carry out his mission. Joshua's tone seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, but Estelle

The more I listen to it, the less pleasant it becomes.

"No, stop talking. Joshua, you don't kill people just for your own pleasure, do you? It's just the force of life, right? The past is in the past."

"Estil, that's not the case. Hundreds of lives have disappeared in my hands. Even now, I can clearly remember the faces of everyone I killed that were distorted by fear.

.As long as I am still alive in the world, these sins will never disappear. And what scares me the most is that I don’t think it is a fault.”

"The life of a killer...Joshua, answer me honestly. In the past two months after becoming a guerrilla, have you killed anyone?" Cassius asked.

"No, no."

"That's okay. I won't say that you didn't make mistakes, but at least you didn't try to escape. Even I killed a large number of Erebonian soldiers on the battlefield of the Hundred Days War, but that's me

job. You are no longer who you were in the past. Your name is Joshua Bright. You are my family."

"Dad, what you said is great! Joshua, don't be so entangled. By the way, you haven't said anything about your sister yet."

"Well, thank you, father, thank you, Estelle. Then let me continue. Two years after joining the association, I was promoted from alternate to regular and became a numbered executor. No. 13 Black Fang,

This is my code name in the association. After becoming the official executor, Levi and I accepted the association's mission and attacked a certain stronghold of the d∴g Order in the Republic. There, we rescued the only survivor.

Ling."

"I didn't expect that the association would attack the d∴g sect five years ago. This is information I didn't get. Also, are there any survivors of the sect..." Cassius is the d∴g of 1198.

The commander-in-chief of the multi-national joint operations of the sect is also very concerned about this piece of information.

"Could this be the cult group you talked about before, dad? Ling turned out to be rescued by Joshua. No wonder I always feel that the way she looks at Joshua is a little weird."

"Well, the Order is an organization that uses children to conduct cruel human experiments. To be honest, the cases of survivors are extremely rare. As far as I know, only Sergei Ban of Crossbell has rescued one in the Altair stronghold.

Girl, Joshua, the Ling you are talking about is the second survivor that even our association doesn’t know about.”

"The child didn't say a word when we rescued her. She didn't say a word for more than a month. The situation was probably more serious than mine at the time. But unlike me, her heart was much stronger than mine.

She recovered quickly. 'Ling' probably wasn't her real name, but that's how she called herself to us. Levi and I thought about sending her back to her parents, but we didn't find any relevant information from the sect's stronghold.

Information. Among the records found, there are only two pieces of information: her date is '15th' and her birthday is 'March 27, 1191, Qiyao Calendar'."

When Estelle heard Ling's birthday, she counted it with her fingers, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Hey!? Isn't that younger than Tida!? Wait, so she started publishing papers at the age of eight.

Already?"

"That's probably it. She is a real genius, and she learns everything very quickly. Unlike Miss Kruger and I, who took two years to go from alternate to full-time executive, she only took two weeks to go from alternate executive to full-time executive.

She became the real executor. No. 15 Cyanosis, this is her code name. In the association, the official executor has the greatest degree of freedom. This is the iron rule set by the leader. When not accepting tasks, even the apostles can

We couldn't be restrained. Ms. Krueger, No. 9 among the executors at the time, made the initial attempt to temporarily suspend business and essentially left the association. After confirming that she would not be held accountable for doing so, refer to her

Following the precedent, we gradually accepted fewer tasks. Levi, I, and Ling, the three of us were like a real family. We lived a peaceful and leisurely life in Tutunrk, a small village in the southern part of the empire, far away from the bloody chaos.

day."

"Oh, what next? What next? Sister, I really want to know."

"Half a year later, it was my last mission for the association. Because Bishop Wiseman, who was kind to me, approached me, of course I did not refuse. Because I didn't want Levi and Ling to get involved, I hid the fact that they were alone

Deployed. And that mission is... to assassinate the A-level guerrilla Cassius Bright of the Liber Kingdom."

"Ah!?" Estelle slapped the table and stood up. She looked at Joshua and then at Cassius. Seeing that both of them had serious expressions, it seemed that he was not joking.

"Once Joshua gets serious about hiding, even I can't find him. Five years ago, when I was targeted by this kid, I suffered a lot." Cassius told Estelle

explain.

"So, let's put it this way... Five years ago, Joshua came to our house with bruises all over his body. It turned out that he was beaten by his father?"

"No, it has nothing to do with my father. Someone sent another assassin. In addition to the association, there may be other assassins who were also targeting my father. After my father and I lost the fight, they launched an attack on us at the same time.

.I almost died at that time, but I was saved by my father. As for what happened next, Estelle, you should also know."

After the long story was finally told, Joshua let go of the heavy stone in his heart.

"Estil, are you still willing to accept the dirty me I once was?"

"You, what are you talking about? Of course. Sister, I now know why Joshua, you sometimes show that deep look in your eyes. You have even told us your most private things. We are real

Family!”

"Haha, Estelle is right. If you are willing to tell everything, you have truly integrated into this family." Cassius nodded to Joshua.

"Besides that, let me talk about other information I know and my guesses. I am ashamed to say that although I am the executor, I am not very keen to understand the purpose of the association. I just keep going straight to catch up with Levi.

Mission. The three executors of the attack on the royal city should all be people I know, but I only know their looks and names. Except for Valut, who is No. 8 Slim Wolf, the other two green-haired women are No.

.6 Luciola of the Bell of Illusion. And the blue-haired man wearing the mask is No.10 Phantom Thief Gentleman Bluebrand. And then, Second Lieutenant Lawrence..."

"He is the brother you mentioned to me many times at home but I can't remember his name, No. 2 Sword Emperor Reinhardt, right?"

"Father, you..."

"I still have this awareness. When I talked with everyone before, you would hold your breath whenever you mentioned Lieutenant Lawrence. Moreover, Richard once told me that the gospel was delivered to him by that person.

of."
To be continued...