I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 27. I’ve shown you everything (1)

Kether was well-informed.

It was more acquired than congenital, which was due to the nature of the liqueur.

‘Liqueur, the place where everything in this world is located.’

There is nothing there.

Born and raised in liqueur, Keter has seen, learned from, and experienced real people.

I didn’t learn because I wanted to learn. only survive. In liqueur, the more you know how to do, the more you know, the better it is for survival.

Keter knows how to tan, cooks well, and knows how to handle any weapon. He even excelled in medical and commercial knowledge.

Through this learning, Keter naturally gained a very good eye for all situations.

Even at Vulcan’s bow smithy she visited earlier, Keter was not satisfied with simply obtaining a bow.

He observed and analyzed.

and… … .

‘see. Something to improve.’

His powers of observation and analysis were outstanding, so he could clearly see what needed to be fixed.

‘Sephirah’s bow smithy.’

Kether had the feeling that this place was stagnant. It is full of pride for producing the continent’s best bows and arrows, but in Keter’s eyes it seemed to be a space full of ‘vanity’.

Vulcanus, the head of the blacksmiths, at least felt a sense of crisis, but he only felt it and did not actively step forward.

It’s not because I hate the Sephira family. It was because he had a simple, ignorant way of thinking that he would just make good quality bows and arrows in return for being someone who had only hammered iron all his life.

It’s boring.

What was needed now was innovation.

At that time, Ultima appeared at the right time. While he was contemplating how to dispose of the bows that were needlessly occupying the blacksmith’s warehouse.

‘Try to open an Ultima, and sell a bow. Two birds with one stone.’

It’s just the beginning, but it’s clearly changing. The fate of the Sephira family.

* * *

Dining room connected to the reception room.

Ultima, whom Keter sent first, was behaving strangely. He was writing letters on a rectangular glass plate the size of his index finger he had taken out of his pocket.

For taking notes, the glass plate was thin and small. But Ultima continued to write letters.

The reason it was possible was because the written characters were disappearing.

Ultima was using the ‘magic communicator’ right now. A type of communicator in which, when a character is written on a rectangular glass plate, the character moves to another glass plate.

It can only transmit, but has the advantage of being overwhelmingly longer than other communicators.

The contents sent by Ultima were as follows.

-1st class dangerous person appeared. Name Keter. Raids 1 through 3 immediately go into battle. All vacationers must return and wait.

The Ultima Merchant Corps has over 300 troops in the name of escort. In the mercenary world, all of them were skilled at the silver class or higher.

In addition, gold class like Jacoz is quite common, and there is also a platinum class mercenary that is said to be rare.

No matter how much Ultima is being swayed by Keter, that’s just to please. It wasn’t that I genuinely surrendered to him.

‘I could have been one of the top five in this kingdom if I just finished the Sephira family case, but the promise has disappeared.’

Ultima, whose affairs were badly entangled by the appearance of damned Keter, chewed on her thumb nail.

‘That’s why it’s ridiculous to put all my energy into killing him.’

Killing Keter is the same as fighting the Sephira family.

And that’s crazy.

The Sephira family is not weak. If it was a family that would fall because it was weak, it collapsed a long time ago.

The weakness of the Sephira family is political power, not military force. It means that one upper level is not at the level of what to do.

‘But there is no picture that Keter will be assassinated.’

The most common liqueur is an assassination request. However, there are people who do not accept requests even in the Assassination Guild.

The godfather and the five madmen of liqueur.

‘I can’t handle it even with force. In the end, until I leave Sephira, I’ll have no choice but to please as much as possible.’

If Keter leaves the Sephira family with him, he decided to go and think about it then.

At that time, while worrying about Keter’s treatment, Ultima put the receiver into her bosom as she felt the presence at the door.

Sigh.

The door to the dining room opened, and Keter, whom Ultima had been waiting for, finally entered. Next to him was Deacon Hans.

Ultima, who saw Hans with a pale complexion, felt pity for him.

‘Keter. You’re a real noble, and you don’t argue.’

Keter said to Ultima, who was sitting quietly.

“Why are you sitting so calmly? Like someone who secretly used a communicator and hid it.”

Ultima, who found peace of mind, spoke succinctly.

“I only used it to report on work. hahahaha.”

“I guess so. Okay, let’s go look at the stuff.”

“Hoo. I don’t think I have one or two items to sell. By the way, why is Deacon Hans here?”

Ultima looked at Hans.

Hans averted his gaze as he hadn’t heard anything from Keter yet. Keter answered instead.

“Because I need it. Don’t talk and follow me.”

So Keter took the two of them and arrived at the forge of Vulcanus.

“Brother Keter?”

The soldier guarding the entrance to the forge recognized Keter and awkwardly hid it. It was the same soldier who had troubled Keter before.

“Oh yes. go in.”

“Now, please wait a moment. Master Keter and Deacon Hans can enter, but this person cannot.”

As the soldier pointed at Ultima, Ultima looked around the forge with curious eyes, then turned to Keter.

Keter narrowed her eyes and looked at the soldier.

“Why?”

“It is Sephira’s rule that outsiders cannot enter the forge. It is real.”

Hans, who had been standing beside him, nodded.

“That is true. It’s the family’s core facility.

The soldier who gained Hans’s support sighed in relief, but Keter pointed to Ultima and said:

“This person is not an outsider.”

“yes?”

“Because I and I are fighting brother-in-law.”

teouk.

Keter stood shoulder to shoulder with Ultima. Ultima, who suddenly became Keter’s brother, spoke quickly.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Ultima of the upper class of Ultima. Luckily, I got to serve Keter-sama as my older brother.”

“ah… … .”

The soldier agreed with something, but had a puzzled expression on his face. Aren’t you an outsider if you’re brother and sister? These regulations were not written in detail.

As the soldier stumbled, Keter sneaked up to him and said,

“If you don’t make it a problem, it won’t be a problem. Do you want to cause trouble with me?”

“Oh no! However, Lord Vulcanus hates outsiders extremely… … .”

“If you do, I think I will hate you intensely.”

“I will get out of the way.”

The soldier, who had already experienced Keter once, cleared the way, praising himself for holding on well enough.

* * *

The heat of the working smithy cannot be simply described as hot.

It stings. The heat of the forge, which handles flames of at least hundreds or thousands of degrees, was a kind of heat that could not be endured with patience alone.

“Kuhm.”

Feeling the heat from the entrance, Ultima took off her coat and put it on her arm.

KANG, KANG!

The constant sound of blacksmiths striking iron rings regularly in your ears.

Squeak, squeak!

There was power in the sound of pushing and carving wood with a planer to make the body of a bow or arrow.

“How is it, Ultima? The skills of our Sephira blacksmiths.”

Amidst the noise, Keter’s words stuck with strange clarity. Even if you don’t say it out loud.

Ultima said with a thumbs up.

“More than rumors. Each and every one of them deserves to be called a craftsman.”

I didn’t mean to feel good. Ultima was sincere.

Keter nodded with a satisfied smile and accelerated her gait.

“What I’m selling is Sephira’s bow.”

“… … !”

At Keter’s words that he would sell Sephira’s bow, every part of Hans’ face grew larger. Ultima looked at Keter with eyes wondering if she was serious.

Before Keter could answer, Hans overtook Keter and blocked the road.

“young master. Are you serious? Selling Sephira’s bow to Ultima? The head of the family will never allow that!”

Unlike Keter, Hans’ words were drowned out by the din of the forge. In fact, even Ultima, who was almost right next to him, couldn’t hear Hans.

But Keter understood.

“How do you know that? Did you ask the head of the household?”

“It’s not… You haven’t sold it until now, and if you sell the Sephira family’s bow, won’t the family be at a disadvantage?”

“no. The benefits outweigh the disadvantages.”

“That, what is that?”

“I’m going to tell the old dwarf anyway, so listen to it then.”

Keter pushed aside Hans, who was blocking his way, and took the lead again.

Ultima did not hear the details, but it was not difficult to grasp the atmosphere. Hans objected to the sale of the bow, but Keter ignored it, to the extent of it.

‘If only I could buy Sephira’s bow, it would more than make up for the damage caused by Keter.’

Arriving at the end of the forge, where Vulcanus was working, Keter looked around. Vulcan was absent and another blacksmith was arranging the tools.

“Has the old dwarf gone home?”

Keter asked the blacksmith, and the blacksmith recognized Keter and nodded.

“Go and call me. Tell them that we are looking at the bow.”

At Keter’s command, the blacksmith stopped moving, pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Keter, who had been to the forge once before, skillfully guided Ultima and Hans to the warehouse.

But a problem arose. The door to the warehouse was locked with a thick padlock.

Ultima opened her mouth because she couldn’t hear the noise of the forge until here.

“Aside from whether we can look at this by ourselves, wouldn’t it be impossible to get in without a key?”

Hans helped Ultima’s words.

“young master. I think it would be rude to look at the bow without Vulcan-nim in the first place.”

“Inspired by Hans. The dwarf old man and I are already in the same boat. And if it’s the key, I’ve brought it, so don’t worry.”

Hans made a puzzled face as Keter reached into his pocket.

“Why does the young master have the key to the bow storage… … ?”

Keter didn’t take the key out of her pocket.

What he took out instead was a wire.

Crouching down in front of the lock, Keter inserted the wire into the key and began to stir it delicately and without hesitation.