I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 40. Sephira solver (4)

Right before Luke was sent on his first mission as a member of the Holy Knights, his senior knight showed a family coat of arms and said,

“You may not know about other families, but if you see this pattern, leave immediately.”

A leopard pattern standing dignifiedly under the moonlight.

At the time, Luke couldn’t understand why he had to avoid this symbol.

However, it was only when I met a knight with the pattern in the city I stopped by on a mission that I knew the reason first hand.

“Why are you following me and arguing with me?”

The knights of that family followed him, interfering with his mission, and arguing with him.

“Because you’re a f*cking Sephi.”

“What nonsense is that? I will make a formal protest!”

“Heh. Either way.”

In the end, Luke, who returned to Sephira with his mission failed, immediately reported what he had experienced to the knight commander.

The knight commander sighed and said.

“Didn’t you hear from the shooter? If you see an article about that family, avoid it.”

“Why should we avoid and endure? We are knights of a prestigious family!”

At Luke’s hot-blooded objection, the knight commander put on a bitter expression.

“That’s the reality of our family, Lord Luke. I’ll tell you one last time, so remember properly.”

The knight commander put his hand on Luke’s shoulder and said something he would never forget again.

“Avoid the Vident family. must.”

Upon hearing that, Luke thought.

I had made a firm resolution that I would not do that, that if the opponent started a fight, I would fight back this time.

However, Luke never met the Vident family knights after that.

But now, they are right in front of you.

‘Knights of Vident.’

I don’t know if he hid the pattern or if he was wearing clothes that didn’t exist on purpose, but he was sure nonetheless. These are the knights of Vident.

It wasn’t just about using a spear as a weapon. Among the seven men, there was a Videntian knight whom Luke knew.

A man with no hair and no eyebrows.

That man was one of the knights Luke had a fight with on his first mission.

“You… … !”

As if a wolf that had invaded its territory roared. Luke gripped the tip of the arrow.

But I couldn’t get the arrow out.

rattle.

Luke gritted his teeth as his arms trembled.

‘… damn curse!’

The curse is speaking.

You can’t fight, you can’t win.

‘I know, I know. Then, it doesn’t matter if I only defend, right?’

Even if it was a curse, he did not act recklessly. Because I didn’t block the attack for defense.

One, why?

Burr!

This time, he even refused to defend.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time this had happened, so Luke let go of the arrow without hesitation. Luke, who knew that he could not overcome the curse no matter what he did, had no willpower left to resist the curse.

Instead of an arrow, Luke held a flare in his hand just in case.

“Kuk-ku.”

A sneer was heard among the knights of Vident. It was the ridicule of a knight without eyebrows.

He was angry enough to turn inside out, but Luke suppressed it and said.

“Why are you, knights of Vident, in the realm of Sephira? We already know that it is not officially licensed.”

Glance.

Luke gave Keter a signal with a squint. Go call reinforcements.

But whether he didn’t understand, or he didn’t like it, Keter didn’t budge.

‘Damn it, Keter probably never cooperated with anyone. You wouldn’t even notice such a simple signal.’

Thinking that he couldn’t rely on Keter, but rather that he had to protect him, Luke took a step forward and spoke strongly.

“Who is in charge? Come out!”

At Luke’s words, the knights of the Vident family looked at one person in unison.

Actually, Luke already guessed who was in charge.

Silver-haired long-haired man.

His presence was by far unrivaled.

‘At least 2 stars, maybe 3 stars.’

Luke was nervous, and prepared to set off a signal flare toward the sky outside the door if necessary.

The silver-haired knight introduced himself behind his back, holding a long spear tightly.

“Arbold of Vident. Please tell me your name too.”

“This is Holy Knight Luke. No need to waste time, just show me the permit. If you had passed through the checkpoint legally, you would have it.”

“Sadly, no.”

“… Keter. Fire a flare.”

As if there was no need to hear any more, Luke gave Keter a signal flare.

It was then.

Arvold’s long hair was scattered.

Even if there was no wind.

‘surprise attack!’

Luke recognized Arbold’s surprise.

The target is Keter with a flare in her hand.

Luke’s bow swung to block Arvold’s spear.

But Luke couldn’t block Arbold’s spear. Because the spear was much faster than Luke’s reaction.

‘It’s late… … ?!’

But there was something faster than that-

It was Keter’s kick.

puck!

Keter kicked Luke in the butt.

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, Luke, who had never imagined that an ally would attack from behind, slumped forward. towards Arbold.

Arvold retreated back, avoiding Luke who was attacking him, retracting his spear. Then he glared at Keter.

‘My kicks were faster than my spear.’

It was impossible.

Arvold didn’t even attack Keter in the first place.

What he was aiming for was a signal flare. It was intended to talk only by stealing the signal flare. Because of this, there would have been no intent to kill at all.

‘How the hell did he find out?’

suspicious man. From the outside, he didn’t look great at all. Rather, it seemed a bit stupid.

Arvold asked Luke, who managed to get himself right before falling.

“Who is that person?”

Luke was dumbfounded.

“You’re attacking me and then asking questions. After all, the people of Vident Street don’t have common sense.”

“There was no intention to attack. I was just aiming for a signal flare. We want you to hear the story of our being here.”

“If you want to talk, do it. But I do not intend to let you speak in favorable circumstances. Keter! signal flare… How are you?”

When Luke turned around, he couldn’t see the signal flare.

Kik, thump.

Keter shut the door of the hall without a word.

Everyone’s nerves were sharpened by that action. The knights of Vident fixed the spear, and the village chief, who had been silently watching, went up to the second floor and hid himself.

Everyone watched Keter’s actions closely.

dump.

But Keter’s actions were simple.

I just sat in a chair.

Taktak.

Keter knocked on the table and said.

“Where is the person who can tell the story?”

* * *

The family has a history.

And when discussing the history of a family, there is a subject that cannot be left out.

This is the origin of the family’s unique technology.

As an example, the archery of Sephira and the zodiac were modeled after the constellations of the sky.

Not only Sephira, but every family’s unique technology has a history.

The ‘Falling Sword’ was created after seeing falling flowers.

A ‘wave sword’ inspired by the crashing waves.

But not in Bydent. source of spearmanship.

It’s not exactly nonexistent, but the basis and history were too crude.

The zodiac of Sephira has a history of 300 years. Nakhwa sword is 400 years old, wave sword is more than 500 years old.

However, Vident’s spearmanship was only 30 years old. Then, it usually has to be less complete, but it was the opposite. The Vident family’s spearmanship was too perfect.

No matter how rare a genius made it, that level of perfection in this short history is an impossible realm. The public guessed that the Vident family had found an ancient mythical spearmanship.

And Vident, officially acknowledged it. He said that he had discovered an ancient spearmanship book and had learned by interpreting it.

The moment the Vident family acknowledged that “it is true that our family’s spearmanship has no roots,” the nobles’ interest faded. I’m curious about where and how he found it, since he wasn’t interested in spearmanship itself.

If what Vident had found was swordsmanship, not spearmanship, it wouldn’t have been so easy.

“An order has been given from the elder.”

The Knight of Vident, Arvold, was more nervous than ever.

The de facto ruler of the Vident family is not the family head. An elder who passed down the most powerful spearmanship in history to his family. He is the real head of the family.

The ‘Silver Leopard Knights’ to which he belonged was an order of knights in the very beginning, created solely for the ‘elder’.

“Since we have inferred the place where the Birang, one of the seven evil species, is hiding, our mission is to find them there and bring them safely. There should never be any witnesses.”

The captain of the Silver Leopard Knights spoke calmly, but the content was by no means light.

Arvold said in a trembling voice.

“Aren’t the seven evils a race wanted by the emperor of the empire? If the Empire finds out, Queen Lillian won’t protect us… … !”

“Arbold. You know one, you don’t know the other.”

“yes?”

“My family has already made an irreversible choice. From the moment we accepted the offer of the Seven Evils, we were destined to face the Emperor.”

“Stop, can’t you?”

“right. Our elder is also one of the seven evils, the Wolmyo.”

The identity of the elder of the Vident family.

He was a member of the Yulmyo tribe, one of the seven beastmen races who attempted to assassinate the emperor of the empire.

The fact that the Bydent family suddenly started using spears, and the fact that they started to excel, was all due to the power of the Yulmyo tribe.

The Bydent family was to hide the Wolmyo, and the Wolmyo gave the Bydent family a mythical spearmanship as a condition of guaranteeing their safety and accepting the request.

“Whether it’s one or two, it doesn’t change that it’s over if you get caught anyway. Am I wrong?”

Arvold couldn’t deny the captain’s words.

“I agree. Captain. Whoa. So, where are you? where we should go If the Birang are hiding, it must be a very dangerous place.”

“hmm… . It will be quicker to see for yourself.”

Arbold accepted the map offered by the knight commander. His eyes immediately widened.

“Here… It’s in the realm of Sephira… … .”

It was a strange reaction.

Relieved, but displeased reaction.

It was the same with the captain’s reaction.

“Except for the mountains and forests, you will see a village. It’s a village called Hakoz. The fort is included in the scope of the search, but he is not hiding there.”

“Then he must be hiding in a village or in a mountain range.”

“If it is hidden in the mountains, it will be difficult to find, but it will be a matter of time. But, if they live in the village pretending to be humans… … .”

“It will complicate things.”

To find the Birang, you must enter the realm of Sephira.

First of all, this alone is tricky. Because the two families are dog mates. Sephira would never allow Vident to enter.

How to sneak in and search was also a problem. In case the existence of the Birang tribe is discovered by the villagers… … .

“If I’m not lucky, I might have to kill all the villagers.”

The leader told the worst case scenario.

“I want to avoid that. No matter how much you hate the Sephira family, aren’t the villagers normal?”

“I also sincerely hope that the Birang people are hiding in the mountains.”

That’s how the Silver Leopard Knights secretly infiltrated Sephira’s realm.

The intrusion was not difficult, but in the end it was caught in the worst case. They searched for all the places that the elder had pointed out, except for the village, but in the end they could not find the Birang people.

The Yulmyo are a race that specializes in detection and foresight, and their detection ability is the best in the world. In other words, if the Birang were not found outside the village, it meant that they were hiding in the village.

Arbold, who had become a beggar after walking around the forest for a full month, said to the leader.

“Shall we get a pass from the Sephira family and search, saying that we are here for sightseeing? If you walk around town without a permit and get caught… It makes things really complicated.”

“Reject Don’t you know what we did to the Sephira family?”

“If that’s the case, why not make a forced breakthrough instead?”

“Don’t take Sephira lightly. They are weak in all-out war, not Mercury. No, it can be said that it is the strongest in defense.”

“Then what? Are you going to leave like this?”

“It can’t be. You guys go to the town first and look at the atmosphere. After looking at the atmosphere at the site, if it is determined that it is possible, the village chief will be bought and searched.”

“Who is the captain?”

“I’ll look around the neighborhood more just in case. I believe that you, the vice-captain, will lead the crew well.”

“You pretend to trust me when you always leave things to me.”

Arvold finished his thoughts and looked at Keter in front of him. It was a face that didn’t know what the hell he was thinking.

Of course, Luke next to him was also expressionless, but he could see everything. his nervousness and nervousness. and hostility.

It’s a natural reaction. that’s common sense

‘This guy doesn’t seem common sense.’

Even though the man in front of him asked to talk first, Arvold was not at ease for some reason.

“Your name, I haven’t heard it yet.”

Before starting the story, Arvold asked Keter’s name. Having come to know all about the main characters of Sephira, he wondered if Keter was one of them.

“Keter.”

“Keter… … ?’”

Arvold chewed over Keter’s name, but it was not a name in his memory.

Keter added, pointing at herself with her thumb.

“He is the solver of Sephira.”