I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 72. Stop the action, take off the bottom? (4)

A little tavern of liqueur.

Who would have predicted that the president of the bar was the ‘Mercenary King’. The person involved, Joy Ray himself, did not expect it.

“What are you talking about? What, the Mercenary King? I?”

Joyray, who had even placed her hand on the handle of the knife, lost all her strength and grabbed her forehead.

“It’s not like there’s no relationship at all… Seeing me as Lay is ridiculous.”

“It doesn’t seem real. Still, the person involved in the Mercenary Association, right?”

“That’s right, but… you man What the hell did you think I was Ray?”

“There is no basis whatsoever. The only person I know in the mercenary world is the mercenary king, and he is also missing. Growing up in liqueur for revenge, I thought it was a story like this.”

This is a lie.

Keter perfectly grasped Joyray’s true identity.

In his previous life, he paid 1 million gold to the Mercenary Association to ask for help, but at that time, the helper the association sent was Joyray right in front of his eyes.

Joyray was a tycoon of the Mercenary Association, and a secret figure who knew how to get out of the liqueur.

The reason Keter insists on asking for Joyray’s help is not because he doesn’t have the confidence to take over the mercenary guild, but because he’ll be in trouble if he refuses to allow him to become the branch manager.

That’s why I informed him in advance. I’m going to take over the mercenary guild, do you have any complaints?

It’s not that Keter doesn’t lie. If it’s a perfect lie, I’m willing to do it. If the other person can never know the truth, it’s not a lie. It’s true.

However, Joyray did not easily trust Keter and soon began to question him.

“How did you infer that I was related to the Mercenary Association? I never gave you a clue.”

“Creating things that don’t exist isn’t me, the liqueur solution.”

“… crazy guy really you are crazy If you go somewhere and reveal someone else’s identity like that, at least you will die.”

“It’s between a teacher and a student, but that’s not the case. isn’t it?”

“Petrified. I said it because I was confident enough to knock me down.”

“If you say that, Master’s face is not worth talking about.”

Shu Shu Shuk!

In the blink of an eye, the six knives from Joyray’s waist were embedded in the back of Keter in a hexagonal shape.

Truly amazing speed and accuracy.

Joyray didn’t even use a hand.

“Don’t be cocky. Because you just copied my thunderbolt sword superficially.”

“Storm sword. Nice technical name.”

“cadet! Look, don’t blink an eye. A nasty bastard.”

Joyray gestured toward the cleavers, and they returned to their waist by themselves.

“Aren’t you going to kill me?”

Keter asked casually.

Joyray trembled as she raised her fist.

“Let me hit you in the head. Then I won’t stop you from becoming the branch manager.”

“If you’re going to hit me, give me back 10,000 gold.”

“Ah, you ghastly bastard!”

Joey Ray rushed in abruptly and swung his fist.

It was so fast that I couldn’t believe that my feet were uncomfortable, but Keter turned round and avoided it.

Keter said as she left the kitchen.

“I trust you, Master.”

“If you’re going to call me Master, learn my lightning sword properly!”

“I’ll send someone to learn in my place.”

Keter really didn’t even look back.

Joyray scratched the back of her head.

“That guy shows up all of a sudden, what? You’re going to be the branch manager of the mercenary guild? You bastard, how the hell did you find out?”

Although he gave him a large sum of 10,000 gold, Joyray was reluctant. In any case, you have to reveal your existence.

“Suddenly mentioning Ray.”

The mercenary king, Ray, was a person from 50 years ago.

It is true that it is not known to the world when and where he died.

“Did my name stand out?”

Joyray, sighing deeply, shouted to the customers in the dining room.

“Sale is over! Get out!”

The guests went out anyway, even though they were swearing. It was because I had endured for nothing and had never seen anything good.

After locking the door of the tavern, Joyray entered the secret space connected to the restaurant.

“Anyone who remembers his father must be Keter. My salesman is also instrumental. Did you hear any bad feelings? Or is it because he really looks like my disciple?

Joyray began writing letters. The recipient was the head of the Mercenary Association.

* * *

Luke didn’t know what Gyro was talking to Keter about because of the mana barrier Keter had created.

But it wasn’t that I was sad or anything like that. Thank you again.

Even so, Luke encountered too many things in a short period of time. Awakened supernatural ability and secret of birth. And the stress of the environment called liqueur.

There was nothing good about hearing a story that I couldn’t handle in this situation.

“I thought it was impossible. I already have two, and now I have one left.”

Even if they couldn’t hear the conversation, it was Luke who saw Keter getting a letter of recommendation from Gyro.

Besides, Keter was on his way to the mercenary guild to fulfill the third and final condition.

‘Keter’s personality would not have walked if it was far away. It means that the mercenary guild is nearby.’

Then there was no need to ask how he got the diamond class dog tag. Keter is shown by actions rather than words.

‘I’m still curious. dia class. They say it’s equivalent to a 3-star knight.’

In the mercenary industry, the strength of mercenaries was compared to minerals and divided into 7 levels.

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond. Most of the mercenaries you see in general are of these five ranks.

The highest class among them is the diamond class.

It is not a grade that can be obtained simply by being strong. Just as knights keep chivalry, mercenaries also have rules that must be followed.

You must complete the request perfectly, and you must not give up or betray along the way. Only strong yet reliable mercenaries become diamond classes.

‘Come to think of it, Keter’s job as a fixer is similar to a mercenary. Although the process is very different.’

Luke’s random thoughts didn’t last long. It was because the air suddenly changed. When I woke up and looked around, the sight itself was changed.

Instead of buildings close together and alleys like spider webs, a place like an open square appeared.

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A building stands in the middle of the square, and a wooden fence surrounds it.

A very large sign hung high up, so anyone could tell what kind of place it was.

-Mercenary Guild, Liqueur Branch

The warriors who ate a knife and covered the night sky with a blanket took their place proudly even in the gloomy abyss.

There are mercenary guilds everywhere, but I can assure you that there is no place as vicious and belligerent as the mercenary guild in the Liqueur branch.

Cuckoo!

Keter kicked the door of that branch.

Luke wasn’t surprised by ‘What are you doing?!’, but he couldn’t help but feel exhausted.

‘I never thought I would get a diamond class dog tag by talking to the branch manager normally.’

Inside the guild, there were well over 30 mercenaries.

A mercenary looking at a request on a bulletin board, a mercenary sitting at a table resting, a mercenary sitting at a bonfire and servicing weapons. They all turned their heads towards the entrance.

They just stared at Keter without saying anything, as if they had promised.

Keter met the gaze and went inside.

‘under… … .’

Luke, in his heart, wanted to stay away from Keter and watch.

But it can’t be. Because Keter is not a stranger. He is his partner and friend. We have to share the hardships and the joys together.

‘It seems like they share too much.’

Among the mercenaries here, not a single one was babbling. As Luke felt, all were mercenaries with at least gold.

“Who is this?”

A man came down the stairs from the second floor.

He was clearly different from the mercenaries on the first floor. Armor that looks light despite being made of metal. He was wearing unusual looking weapons and tools.

They didn’t look cumbersome at all. It wasn’t just a decoration, it was all the weapons and equipment the man used.

He is the head of the liqueur branch right here, Cork. He was a diamond-class mercenary and a man called an arms peddler.

He stopped in front of Kether and looked up and down.

“Why did the 5 greatest liqueur madmen and solvers come to the mercenary guild?”

“I’m here to eat what I saved for later.”

“I have finally come to end the bad relationship between you and me, is this? What about the knight you brought next to you? Could it be that you received a request from a nobleman?”

The mercenaries who had been watching the word nobility jumped up.

The main source of income for mercenaries is from nobles’ commissions, but nobles treat mercenaries like dirty sh*t.

A relationship that requires and hates each other at the same time. There would be no relationship as strange as that between aristocrats and mercenaries.

“Putting on a false leg. I am here now as the Keter of the liqueur.”

Keter looked around and nodded.

“Okay, it looks like everyone who will be gathering has gathered. Everyone come closer. Don’t say you couldn’t hear me because I was far away. From now on, I will make an important announcement. Hey, wake up the sleeping guy over there!”

Keter gathered even sleeping mercenaries.

All the mercenaries gathered around Keter, as if to prove that the influence of the title “solver” was by no means less than that of the head of the branch in front of them.

“cork. Do you remember what I told you 12 years ago?”

“Quuck-cuw, yes. I remember.”

“As expected, a man among men, like a mercenary. I admit it coolly. i said then You trampled on my dreams, so I will trample on yours.”

“If the article next to you heard it, it would be misunderstood. I was just following the rules. Accepting a six-year-old as a mercenary is unprecedented. You must be at least twelve years old. I even went to the 12-year-old first and told you. ‘Let’s stop fighting now. Since you are 12 years old, I will accept you as a mercenary.”

“I’ve admired mercenaries since I was four years old. The act of selling myself for freedom while enjoying freedom was perfect for me. Besides, mercenaries don’t speak twice. The liqueur branch manager at that time told me. Anyone can become a mercenary if they prove that only one person can do it.”

“Hey, isn’t that what my previous branch manager said? It has nothing to do with me.”

“Why doesn’t it matter? You’re the one who beat the former branch manager. In fact, even that doesn’t matter. It’s big that they didn’t acknowledge me for coming after completing the C-class quest. That was uncharacteristic of a mercenary. The mercenary I want is not someone like you who is irresponsible and obsessed with something. Then my dreams were shattered. Because of the stupidity you showed me.”

“There is no such thing as this in the world. isn’t it? Knight man.”

Cork leaned aside and looked at Luke.

Luke replied with a frown.

“I’m not a judge, so I can’t argue right or wrong.”

“Huh, you’re a typical aristocrat.”

Cork muttered to the mercenaries as if to listen.

Cork, who watched the hostility of the mercenaries towards Luke, smiled lightly and continued.

“Ultimately you and me. One of them must die, I mean.”

Cork exaggeratedly shrank as if he was afraid.

“Do you think you’ll be given such a poor option?”

cried Keter, pointing a finger at the cork.

“cork. Give me the position of branch manager and get out of here. If you pass it gently and it goes off, you should be able to walk out on your own two feet.”

At Keter’s remark, Cork burst into laughter.

“Ha ha ha ha ha! I was going to say something, but I’m going to give up the branch manager’s position? What a fool! How funny do you know mercenaries? Do mercenary guilds and associations look like sh*t? I know we can give and take the position of branch manager as if we were bartering!”

“This is a liqueur. Is there anything impossible? It’s out of reach of the Mercenary Association anyway.”

“Okay, give me 1 million gold. Then I will hand over the position of branch manager.”

“Can it be 1 million? I get it.”

As Kether reached into her pocket, Cork changed her words.

“Pick it up. Even if you give 10 million gold, the position of the branch manager will not be passed over.”

“Anyway, whether it was in the past or now, two words with one mouth never change. Then how about doing this? I’m asking the mercenaries here. Who is the right person for the position of branch manager?”

“You’re so damn crazy. Why are you wasting my time unnecessarily?”

“Are you scared? Do you think the mercenaries will take your side?”

“shut up! good. Gather everyone!”

Scattered mercenaries gathered around Cork and Keter.

Luke whispered to Keter as he watched the crowd of mercenaries.

“Keter, what are you doing? That was not our purpose.”

“Is this what I was aiming for?”

“Ugh.”

Luke had a lot more to say, but what would he say in a situation like this?

‘The original purpose was a diamond class dog tag. Why are you suddenly aiming for the position of branch manager!’

The gazes of the mercenaries around him were stinging. It was clear that no one would take Keter’s side.

Luke watched the movements of the mercenaries with a sidelong glance.

‘No, I’m screwed. I don’t think there will be even ten, let alone a majority.’

There were a total of 47 mercenaries surrounding them. As many as 24 of them must side with Keter. However, no matter how positively you look at it, there were no mercenaries who showed a crush on Keter.

Cork had no reason to delay the vote, so he instigated the mercenaries.

“Start right away. If Keter opposes becoming the branch manager, he stays, if he agrees… You’d better stay out of my sight. ha ha ha!”

Cork laughs and says it like it’s a joke, but doesn’t say what to do if he agrees with Keter.

The mercenaries did not even notice and kept their seats. Not a single one raised a hand.

Luke struggled to keep his composure.

‘Will there be a twist? There’s no way Keter did it without thinking.’

Just like that, an ample amount of time passed, one minute.

Cork smiled triumphantly.

“Keter. no need to look I’ll express it with my hands instead. The mercenaries who support you… … .”

Remembrance!

Cork’s middle finger popped up.

“I am alone. Ha ha ha ha!”

No one raised a hand.

Reversal without reversal.

Even Keter couldn’t prepare for every situation. Luke tightened his grip on the bow, wondering if Keter was just trying to fight.

It was then.

Swoop.

Keter slowly raised her hand, then clenched her fist. I didn’t do anything else. He didn’t even open his mouth.

But a strange thing happened.

Cork’s eyes widened.

“You bastard, what are you doing?”

One of the mercenaries raised a hand.

Cork approached the mercenary who raised his hand with a grim face and grabbed him by the collar.

“Looks like you got some money from Keter. I don’t think anything would change if you raised your hand alone!”

Cork’s fist rose. The tendons in his forearms indicated how angry he was.

“You are not alone, branch manager.”

Another mercenary raised his hand.

Cork threw a dagger attached to his wrist at the mercenary who spoke.

Tae-aeng!

The dagger that pierced the iron armor was blocked.

It wasn’t the mercenary who retorted. The mercenaries on his left and right blocked him with their own weapons.

Cork’s eyes trembled.

the air has changed The cold air heats up. When he came to his senses, the mercenaries, who were once a group, were divided into two groups at some point.