I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 2. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Keter’s Fixer’s Office.

“older brother. Exactly one year has passed since you returned from Sephira.”

The boy who called Keter his older brother was holding a cigarette in his left hand, unlike his fresh face.

“Is it that time already?”

“You said you would tell me what happened in Sephira.”

“You remembered. but what about this I went to Sephira and all I did was eat, sleep, and play.”

“Anyway, you didn’t come empty-handed, did you?”

“They gave me an artifact after filling it up for a year. I came out as soon as I got it.”

If I had to tell the story, there were more stories to tell, but I didn’t want to tell them because they weren’t interesting or impressive.

For Kether, a year in Sephira was irrelevant even if it was simply forgotten. It was Keter who left the family and cut ties.

“But why are you back as a liqueur? If you live in Sephira, you can live forever as a direct blood relative of a prestigious family.”

“What’s the use of all that? It’s not fun.”

“It’s new, but older brother seems like someone who would commit suicide if this world wasn’t interesting.”

“I just want to die of old age before then.”

“What about the artifact you received from Sephira? Was it genuine?”

“uh. You can leave the real liqueur at will.”

Keter said it insignificantly, but it was a bombshell remark that the Liqueurs would be shocked to hear.

An artifact that allows the liqueur to ‘go out’? It was a treasure coveted even by the godfather, the ruler of liqueur and the tycoon of the dark world.

“You can get out, so why stay in the liqueur? The world outside is much bigger than here.”

The youngest has been with Keter for a long time as a subordinate. It was good even if it was almost a part of the body.

As such, he prides himself on knowing quite a bit about Keter, but staying in liqueur while being able to leave liqueur didn’t make sense at all.

Keter’s answer to that was easy and simple.

“There is no place as fun as liqueur.”

“and. My brother is really crazy. Would other liqueurs sell their souls if they could get out?”

“They don’t take their souls even if I give them.”

“That’s right.”

The youngest, whose curiosity was resolved, immediately moved on to everyday conversation.

“older brother. Among the requests received, there are some interesting ones.”

“I don’t know, today is closed.”

“You were closed yesterday too?”

“I will do it tomorrow too.”

“Are you taking a break this week?”

“good idea. OK.”

They were two people who got along well with each other.

* * *

Keter, who went to Sephira and returned to liqueur, thought that her relationship with Sephira would have ended.

However, the relationship with Sephira was a bad relationship, and the bad relationship was not cut off by ignoring it.

Ornn returned to Kether.

It was the first meeting in five years, but there was no time to share the meeting.

Ornn was on the verge of dying, no, as if he were a living corpse, in a state of wonder how he managed to find the liqueur alive.

“Brother Keter… . Please… . The last battle from the family head… say… … .”

Ornn passed the tightly folded letter to Keter and died.

Feeling a sense of urgency, Keter read the letter first.

– Keter. my son

I guess I should start by saying I’m sorry. I tried to protect you from the queen, but it didn’t work out.

I let you go because I thought the liqueur was safer, but judging from the attitude of the queen attacking Sephira for an unreasonable cause, the liqueur wouldn’t be safe either. Due to the nature of the queen, it seems that she will only be satisfied when all of Sephira’s blood relatives die.

Read the enclosed letter in the dark. A place that can only be seen with Sephira’s eyes is written. We have collected the secret archery and treasures of our Sephira there.

I don’t want revenge on you. Don’t go against the queen. She is a being that humans can’t help. run away and hide Use treasure for escape funds, and use arcane archery as a trade condition when captured.

Lastly, I’m sorry for calling you into the family and neglecting you and ignoring you. I did this because I judged that there was nothing good about you being involved with us. As a result, it became meaningless, so I have only regrets left.

I should have said it with my own mouth, but now I’m conveying it in writing like this. love. please stay alive

“… … .”

Keter’s eyes trembled as he read the entire letter. The blind man looked up and said.

“Brother, what are you talking about?”

Keter silently gave the letter to the youngest to read, and the youngest shuddered when he saw the letter and understood its contents.

“… tongue, bro. So, Basil, the head of the Sephira family, is my older brother’s real father… No, this isn’t the point, we need to hide now! The queen is more than enough to send an army to liqueur!”

It’s crazy.

Sending an army to a place where once you enter, you can’t get out.

However, the queen of this country, Lillian, is heartless enough to remain so.

Kether bent her knees. I opened my eyes, closed the dead Ornn’s eyes, and lifted him up. Then, the blind man pulled Keter by the arm and dissuaded him.

“older brother! Because you don’t have time to do anything else? Hide deep underground, or get out of the liqueur. If you run away to the Empire, Lillian won’t be able to help you either.”

“You’re blind. Look me straight in the eyes.”

“yes?”

“The man who risked his life for me is dead. Don’t use the word ‘other’ to insult the job of burying the man so he can rest in peace.”

There is no sunny ground for liqueur, but Keter, who simply buried Ornn in the best place, shook his hand.

“And what? Hide underground or flee to the Empire?”

“older brother. Are you sure you don’t intend to go against the queen?”

“Is there any reason not to? My motto is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

“You don’t have to go that far for Sephira!”

blind eye knows That Keter is a great power. He is a strong man who can defeat even the superhuman beings of the outside world, such as sword masters and archmages.

But the queen of this country is not human. Although it has a human form, it is a being that has lived for hundreds or thousands of years. With one gesture from her, the mountain becomes a plain, and the plain becomes a canyon.

People easily call the queen ‘God’. Although he doesn’t have omnipotence, his power is comparable to that of a god. No matter how strong a human is, it is impossible to defeat a god.

Even the queen is the one who rules a country. Defying her is like turning hundreds of thousands of armies, thousands of knights, and hundreds of wizards into enemies.

Does Keter not know this, so he dares to boldly say that he will fight the queen?

know. Enough without a shortage.

Still, he fights against the queen.

It was never for Sephira.

“Don’t be mistaken. It’s not about getting revenge for Sephira. I will return the same to the queen who tried to kill me.”

“I know that’s your personality, but I don’t think it’s like this time. You are the queen of no one else. Even if you run away and hide, no one will say you are cowardly.”

“You’re blind. I’ve never fought while covering my opponent. That’s why I survived liqueur, and that’s the purpose of my life. not bowing down to anyone. It is no different than a queen.”

The youngest, who felt firm conviction in Keter’s words, gave up persuading.

“If you don’t like it, get out of here. Go on your way.”

It was a unilateral notice of dismissal. The maknuni said while trembling in fear with a smile.

“Brother, where am I going? You said you couldn’t do anything without me.”

“Don’t do anything you will regret.”

“Your brother said it. Shouldn’t you leave a name in this world after you were born? I also want to leave a line with my name. As the vassal of the man who fought against the queen.”

“As expected, he is my subordinate. You are crazy too.”

“Let’s leave the liqueur for now. The Queen won’t know we can leave the liqueur. Once you get out, you can hide enough.”

“Am I not hiding?”

“It’s strategic hiding. You don’t intend to invade the palace right now, do you? Let’s start with a plan.”

“oh? Do you have any plans?”

Keter packed only the important things and was about to leave the liqueur.

However, the queen was more thorough than Keter thought. Before I knew it, the Queen’s army had entered all over Liqueur.

The Queen’s treatment was truly heartless and cruel. An army of 50,000 men was mobilized to besiege Liqueur. It is a forbidden realm that once you enter, you will never come out.

Even in an all-out war with Liqueur, he had many intentions of killing Keter.

“Brother, what do you do? There doesn’t seem to be any gaps at all. I think we have to fight and break through.”

“hmm… … .”

Keter stroked her chin. As befits an army sent by the queen, the armament and spirit of the soldiers were amazing.

No matter how strong Keter is, in the end you are alone, and the number of soldiers blocking the road right in front of you is estimated to be over three hundred. If the fight lasted even a little longer, a total of 50,000 people would be surrounded.

The army was closing the siege, checking everyone on the streets. As Keter’s troubles deepened, the youngest child suggested an alternative.

“Should we go underground? hold on there No matter how long it is, in 10 years, those guys will get tired of themselves and give up. Then revenge… … .”

“No, never give up.”

The Queen and me too.

Kether leaped onto the roof and shouted at the top of her voice.

“Look for me, idiots!”

Everyone’s attention was focused on the sound that made the windows shake.

The soldiers looked back and forth between the portrait and Keter, and in an instant surrounded Keter.

But it wasn’t just the military that swarmed around. The liqueurs, too, heard Kether’s voice and gathered.

Keter pointed a finger at the soldiers and said.

“These idiots here are the ones the Queen sent to kill me. So I made up my mind.”

Keter raised her fist and said calmly.

“I’m going out of liqueur from now on. I’m going to go out and kill the queen! why? Because that’s the way liqueur is!”

It didn’t matter how he got caught by the queen or how he got out of the liqueur.

Keter does it if he can.

There was no liqueur person who did not know that.

“Brother, your speech is wonderful. What do we do now?”

The blind man looked down.

It was hard to count how many soldiers and knights filled the roads and alleys.

The soldiers were not just ordinary soldiers, but elite legionnaires directly under the queen, and all of the knights were 2-star or higher.

Each one is a tough one, but all of them entered the liqueur with the sole intention of killing Keter.

There was not even a formal conversation. It was at that time that the man who appeared to be the commander immediately gave the order to attack.

Kwak Kwa Kwak!

A huge explosion occurred in the city. In an instant, a hole opened in the middle of the corps caught in the explosion, and an old man emerged soon after.

“hehehehe, you’re finally using my bomb on the Queen’s dogs.”

One of the five madmen of liqueur.

It was Ragnon, the Bomb Horse.

“charge!”

Regardless, the commander points out Keter and gives the order to rush. The legionnaires charge as one body with their shields at the fore.

It was then.

Let’s go!

Two scythes swam in the air like snakes, trampling down the legionnaires.

The armor and shield of Amantir, which is said to resist aura, were ripped apart without mercy.

It was Jenny of the Chain Scythe, one of the five madmen. She turned to Keter and winked.

“Because you saved me at the moment of crisis, are you marrying me?”

Before Keter can answer, Jenny burrows into the Legionnaires and ‘reaps’ their lives.

Keter’s answer was always the same anyway.

“Wake up the dream.”

The madman feared by madmen, the 5 madmen of liqueur.

Two of them came out.

It was very unnatural for it to appear as if it had waited, but Keter didn’t care.

The appearance of the two madmen threw hundreds of armies into confusion, leaving an opening.

I didn’t see any loss, so there was no reason to pursue this or that.

Kether descended from the roof and walked down the main street. As comfortable as taking a walk.

The legionnaires could not reach Keter’s side. The liqueurs appeared out of nowhere and protected Keter. And I didn’t forget to say anything.

“With this, the debt is paid, the goddamn fixer!”

“Go and kick that proud queen in the ass!”

“Only a liqueur can kill a liqueur!”

Called a clear-eyed madman, Keter is avoided even by liqueur people, but what he accumulated from liqueur was not only resentment.

Hundreds of people owed their lives to him.

In addition to that, there are many people in the liqueur who have a grudge against the queen. It was because of the Queen’s law that all difficult criminals were sent to liqueur.

In particular, Ragnon, the Bomb Horse, had a deep hatred for the Kingdom Army, as his family was executed just for researching explosives.

On the other hand, there were those who fought for the simple reason of love, like Jenny from the Scythe.

As the fighting raged, all the armies that had surrounded the city converged on Keter.

Among them, there was a sword master called a transcendental one.

No matter how strong they were, they were helpless in front of the Sword Master. The sword master’s sword cut many liqueur people, and eventually Keter’s footsteps came to a halt.

The sword master, clad in jet-black armor, aimed his sword at Keter and said,

“I am the queen’s sword and punisher. Sephirah’s blood relative Kether, who committed treason against the state. I will judge you according to the guilt-by-association system.”

The aura sword that cuts through all things faces Keter.

Keter still had her hands hanging loosely. It was because it felt familiar.

Caang!

The red blood sword blocked the sword master’s aura sword.

It was Balt, the sword demon of liqueur.

This guy has no reason to help me, so I wondered why he came.

Balt said while cutting off the Sword Master’s sword.

“Go, Keter. Because you have to die by my hand.”

This guy was just as crazy as me. Keter smiled and replied.

“I will kill you, so live for a long time.”

Punisher embroiders the sword. Dozens of blades occupy all space and oppress Keter.

However, Keter did not stop walking even in the aura blade. rather ran.

A solid red line belatedly passes by Keter. It was an island of the Baltic. The reckless spread of the Punisher’s sword strikes were all split, and Keter’s way was opened.

With the help of the liqueurs, Keter and the blind escaped from the liqueur. Again, there were no troops outside the liqueur.

After confirming safety, the blind man said to Keter.

“There is no one outside. Hiding is the best opportunity, but… Are you going to fight the real queen?”

“uh.”

“Do you have any reason to win? It’s because I’m anxious.”

“You’re blind. There is no such thing. I just do it because I have to.”

I do it because I have to.

No reason is needed here.

No matter how unfavorable the situation was, no matter how strong the opponent, Keter never backed down. Because I’ve been living like that since I was born.

There is nothing different about this time.