I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 77. If you’re curious, bring 5 million gold (4)

Luke first learned about sourness when he ate an orange. At that time, Luke declared that there would be no other food in the world so sour other than oranges.

Then, after a while, I found out that it was a lemon. Lemon boasts a sour taste that makes your mouth water just thinking about it.

It was Luke who rewrote the definition of ‘sour’ that he had known so far.

Lemon is really sour.

Oranges were sweet.

And at this moment, Luke was rediscovering the orange-lemon formula.

The ‘liqueur’ felt next to Keter was orange.

However, after being separated from Keter, it became a ‘lemon’.

Even without this ability to feel unhappiness, all sorts of dirty emotions were contained in the sticky gaze.

The unhappiness detection ability seemed to be broken. Waves of misfortune raged on all sides.

This was the ‘real’ liqueur.

“Damn it, my head hurts.”

That indifferent word that I spat out in annoyance.

In Sephira, it could be said that it was just talking to oneself, but it was different here.

The way he looked at Luke changed. The prey had admitted that it was not feeling well.

Even though Luke knew the viciousness of Sephira, he already had a bow and arrow in his hand, but he could not safely look around.

‘I understand your intention to train me… It looks like it was pushed off a cliff too much.’

He gave a warning to the Licurians who sneaked around him with a wink. It clearly tells me that I am not an easy prey, that I am aware of you.

But that’s it. The warning is working right now, but I couldn’t stay like this forever.

‘What city has no signs… The road is too complicated.’

Walking and watching was not a wise choice.

Luke took a deep breath.

he is not ordinary acknowledged it first. This ability to detect misfortune was widely used.

‘If you want to know about the Red Comet, it’s best to go to the Hunters Guild and ask.’

The hunter guild is a place where monster hunters gather.

I heard that the mercenary guild has a history of trying to subdue a red comet once and failing. If so, the hunter guild must have been involved to some extent.

The question is, where is the Hunters Guild?

‘You don’t need a sign.’

Luke has clearly set his goals. to the hunter’s guild.

‘Shall we go over there?’

Luke asked himself.

‘Unhappiness’ answered. not there

It was very difficult to accurately catch the countless misfortunes, but Luke managed to pick up the signal.

Mental strength was consumed ten times more than usual. In addition, hyenas targeting him were also roaming around.

Luke’s confidence waned slightly. She raised her head with a feeling that she was afraid to be left alone in a place like this, not knowing if Keter was watching over her.

During the days of Sephira’s knight, he rarely acted alone, and even if he did, he wandered around the downtown area, never wandering around a lawless city like this.

‘I’m not a coward, anyone would be frightened in this situation. sh*t.’

Reassuring himself, Luke took another deep breath and headed again. I started to use my ‘ability’ to the fullest, wondering where to go.

It was extremely slow, but Luke didn’t care.

It’s okay even if it’s slow. It’s important to be on the right track. It was something Zach always said to himself.

It was then.

Luke felt unhappiness growing out of control behind his back. He immediately fired an arrow and turned around.

‘Because of the crowd… I can’t see it.’

If I was aiming an arrow, I had to pretend to avoid it, but the crowd just walked past me.

Luke took a deep breath and let go of the protest.

Arrows are fired at the crowd. Then the crowd disperses in amazement.

Kagagagak!

The arrow loaded with the aura was blocked by something.

Luke immediately blamed himself by putting the next arrow on the string.

‘The opponent also uses an aura. I don’t have many arrows, so I shouldn’t waste them like this. If you can’t handle it for sure, you shouldn’t shoot.’

I decided not to think about who the assailant was. It’s not too late to think about it after defeating the opponent.

However, the mysterious assailant did not attack Luke. He hid himself in the crowd again.

Luke’s eyebrows furrowed.

I know where it is. But I don’t know exactly.

However, it is nonsense to break into the crowd as if to pursue the opponent. Because he is an archer, not a swordsman.

However, it was impossible to aim and shoot precisely at the opponent in such a large crowd. The opponent was also aware of that, and he was using the crowd as a shield.

‘He didn’t impulsively attack me.’

Luke let out a sigh.

The original purpose was to get information about the red comet. But I couldn’t even walk a few steps and my feet were tied.

‘The feeling of being alone is like this.’

Aside from being lonely, he was a Luke who could feel through his skin that enemies were everywhere and he had to protect his body.

‘Keter. You’ve lived alone in a place like this since you were a child.’

Very little, but Luke seemed to know about Keter.

‘I became a fool for thinking I wanted to leave Sephira right now. What the hell am I doing walking around this rough world alone?’

Luke targeted Keter.

The goal of becoming as strong as Keter is a long way off, but it seemed like at least one hit would be enough.

‘Although that would be the situation after solving this problem now.’

Keter must also be busy running around the liqueur looking for the red comet. Wasting time like this was like leaving everything to Keter.

Tadadadak!

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Luke, who had been walking cautiously, started running. I was thinking of escaping the pursuer. There was no time to be fighting these mysterious pursuers.

While Luke and the mercenary were playing hide and seek, what was Keter doing?

I was going around liqueur. Are they diligently searching for clues about the red comet, as Luke expected?

Keter stopped in front of the fruit seller and lifted up an apple.

“I would have told you not to grease apples with oak oil. If you eat this, you’ll get a stomach ache. If you’re going to make it look shiny, apply cottonseed oil. Didn’t you hear that I was only away for a few days?”

Give a lesson to the merchants who took a nap in the plaza.

That was Keter’s next move.

* * *

Mercenary Hansen could not stand it any longer.

Even taking a nap in the square is somehow understandable. After being attacked by mercenaries, selling the magic tools they had was a convincing action.

But after that, shouldn’t we really be looking for a red comet?

But what you’re doing is grabbing the merchants by the collar and shaking them.

“You thought I wouldn’t come back, right? Hey, it’s been a while since I overturned the table!”

“Ouch! do not be like this!”

Keter overturns the fruit seller’s fruit basket.

The fruit seller who is stumped by such a Keter looks very pitiful, but the fruit he brought was stolen or stolen from someone in the end.

“ha ha ha! Scatter them, apples!”

Hansen shouted as he stopped the apples flying at him.

“Keter! Now is not the time to be like this!”

Keter, holding the box of apples above her head, looked at Hansen.

Hansen screamed in anger, but when he caught Keter’s gaze, he felt like he was drowning in icy water.

“Boo, I will help you find the red comet. I’ve fought him before.”

Hansen, who barely spoke of his business, breathed heavily.

“What else am I talking about?”

Keter scattered the apple crate and smashed it with his foot. The apples are already gone. It was after the bystanders had all picked it up.

“Even if you put up with everything else, don’t play around with what you eat. This is the last time I’ll put up with it.”

After giving the fruit seller an ultimatum, Keter started walking the streets again.

Hansen looked at Keter as he walked away.

“My words… Didn’t you understand?”

Just because he had fought the red comet before, it was clear that he had misunderstood that he would fight together. Otherwise, there was no way he could ignore his words.

Hansen, who ran ahead of Keter, spoke calmly again.

“I just said it wrong. I tried to fight the red comet, but I belonged to the pursuit team that chased him. It sounds like you know how to find it. I’ll let you know… … .”

“Hmm.”

Keter frowned.

That would be the case, would anyone have thought there would be someone in liqueur who dared to teach oneself?

‘I’ve never had a guy like this in my previous life. Why?’

Most of the guys who got in my way were stupid people. or a scammer.

But this guy will help me.

Oh, is it like that?

“I don’t spend money on that.”

“I’m not trying to make money with commissions.”

“Do you owe me anything? It’s not. You’re not on my ledger.”

“Keter. I don’t even know why I’m doing this. To be honest, I think you’d be better off as head of the branch than Cork. So I want to actively help you. That’s all.”

“Ah, that means.”

It was also in Sephira. A knight who wants to look good for himself. Your name is probably… It was Haribo. I am doing the memory.

“I do not need. I do it myself.”

“However, the red comet is something that can be easily caught… … .”

“Because I know your appeal well. Just talk back. If it was the same as before, I would go out with my fist first, uhhh.”

Keter’s appearance is that of a young man in the middle of adolescence, and his actual age is eighteen, having not even undergone a coming-of-age ceremony.

But inside, there is a veteran who has experienced 50 years of life. The high-blooded days of throwing fists at anything that bothered him have long since passed.

It wasn’t that he had a lot of patience, it was just that he was tired of beating him so much.

Knowing that reckless violence ultimately diminishes the quality of fun, the self-respecting Keter beckoned to Hansen.

“Go when you feel like it.”

“… I get it.”

Hansen quickly moved away. I didn’t want to risk my life to help Keter.

Seeing Keter so far away, Hansen let out a deep sigh.

“How on earth are you trying to find the red comet… … .”

Hansen was very curious about Keter’s inner thoughts.

“Eh, I can’t stand it because I’m curious.”

Hansen began tailing Keter. Rather than tailgating, it was just following.

Hansen, who had fought the red comet, was very curious. How will Keter find him and how will he fight?

‘Who is the strongest among the 5 madmen of liqueur?’

These are the words that always come out of the mouths of liqueurs. However, the votes are not focused on one person.

Opinions are divided. Some say that Maran, who possesses special abilities, must be the strongest, and many say that Balt, the swordsman who defeated the 6-star grandmaster, is the strongest. Bomb Horse Ragnon and Scythe’s Jenny also have quite a few supporters.

However, there are almost no people who say that Keter is number one.

It used to be said in unison that Keter was a ‘difficult one’, far from being strong.

In the end, the strongest among the madmen was Maran and Balt. The real Balt fought the Red Comet on equal terms, but eventually lost.

But what if Keter succeeds in catching the red comet?

“That must mean Keter is stronger than the Sword Demon.”

Of course, dealing with monsters and dealing with humans would be a different story, but it would certainly be meaningful for Keter to succeed in what the Sword Demon had failed.

Hansen skipped meals and followed Keter all day. And, it wasn’t until late at night that I realized it.

“Keter… I have no desire to find a red comet!”

* * *

Hunters Guild, Liqueur Branch.

A young man trudged through the already open door.

Unlike the mercenaries, the hunters glanced at the young man and turned their gaze elsewhere.

“here… Hunters Guild, right?”

An exhausted Luke looked around and said.

It took three hours to get here. It wasn’t because we were far away, but because we were dealing with raiders who kept appearing out of nowhere.

Fortunately, although there were signs of being attacked, there were no injuries sustained. It was thanks to the automatic activation of the ability to reflect the received attack.

But Luke’s mental strength is completely exhausted. He waited patiently for an answer. But there was no word coming back.

ignore.

Everyone was ignoring him.

“I came because I wanted to know about the red comet.”

Originally, Luke would explain the story starting with the fact that he was a knight of Sephira, but since he was exhausted, he started talking about the main topic.

The hunters showed interest in Luke only then.

“Who are you to find the red comet?”

one got up Like Luke, he was a middle-aged hunter who seemed to be using a bow.

“Has Kether ever been here before that?”

“The fixer didn’t come here.”

“My name is Luke. This is Sephira’s article. Do you know about the red comet?”

“He’s a different madman this time. Why is the knight of Sephira looking for the red comet?”

Luke took it as a sign of optimism when his opponent showed up. This man must have known about the red comet.

But I couldn’t explain it in detail from beginning to end. There was such an eye.

“It’s hard to tell you the details, but I’ll catch him.”

“You have to sound sensible. Why did Sephira, a prestigious family, come to Liqueur to hunt named monsters? He said he would sleep with honor and never go back.”

Luke scolded himself as an idiot for habitually introducing himself as a Sephira knight. I don’t know about other places, but it was something you shouldn’t say in liqueur.

“Iknow, right. Somehow it happened. Now some information about the red comet… … .”

After evading it, he took ten gold coins out of his pocket and held them out.

The middle-aged man who saw the gold coin laughed.

“Funny. A knight from Sephira came to our guild alone and asked for information about the red comet. Even a prophet could not foretell such a thing.”

The middle-aged man took the gold coin, put it in his pocket, and turned his back.

“Follow me. Let me tell you about the red comet. What a great thing that is, kuhkuk.”

Looking at the middle-aged man walking away with a self-deprecating smile, Luke was a little worried.

‘Does it work out too easily?’

This place is none other than liqueur, how many fights and pickpockets I had to go through before coming here.

But how can you give information so easily? Even naive Luke couldn’t help but suspect.

But now, there was no choice but to follow. If you can’t get information from the hunter’s guild, where the hell do you get information from?

Although Luke was already exhausted, he raised his awareness once again and followed the middle-aged man.

“Now, this is the information about the red comet you want. feel free to see However, you cannot take it out. Read here and leave.”

What Luke was worried about didn’t happen. It wasn’t a trap. The middle-aged man obediently handed over a thick booklet with information about the red comet.

It was neither fake nor fraudulent. It was a detailed journal of the pursuit of the red comet.

“thank you.”

“I am more grateful.”

“… … ?”

The middle-aged man said something incomprehensible and left.

Left alone in the room, Luke ignored the middle-aged man’s words and began to read the journal intently.

It was hard to read because there were a lot of hunters’ slang words, but I was able to read it by analogy.

The time and place were meticulously written in the journal, and there were parts to be interpreted, so it took a considerable amount of time to read through.

It was just before it got dark outside.

Luke covered the last page.

Then he stared blankly into space.

The journal was genuine and informative. So a bigger problem arose.

“It is impossible to catch a red comet in two days… … .”

The red comet tracking team recorded in the log was a whopping 50 people, and each one was a veteran. It took them two months to find the red comet.

Trial and error could save a lot of time, but it was impossible to find it within two days.

“I need your advice. Those who have done it once will know a better way.”

Luke also learned about the unprecedented strength of the red comet, but he thought that it would be somehow possible with Keter’s Amaranth and Magic Bullet.

More than anything, wouldn’t there be a chance to fight once you find it.

Luke, who came out to the lobby, went straight to the middle-aged man.

“Are you finally out? It’s time to close the door anyway. scram.”

“Wait. The journal is a good read. But it took too long. Is there any way to compress time? You’ve already done it once, aren’t you a veteran?”

“Did you really intend to catch the red comet?”

“of course.”

“Kuh-kuh-kuh, you’ve come this far, so let me tell you in particular. give up on that! Because it is impossible.”

“I am not asking you to fight. Just help me find it. I will give you any amount of money.”

“It doesn’t make any sense. Even if you spend tens of thousands of gold, no matter who comes, you won’t be able to find the red comet.”

“What do you mean? Can’t find it, as if it’s gone… … .”

“You are as naive as you look. Did you really think you could buy information about the A-class named monster, the Red Comet, with 10 gold?”

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The middle-aged man’s words were full of ridicule. The other hunters also shook their heads in amazement.

Luke’s heart raced. I don’t want to believe it… I had to realize what Izai was talking about.

“That means, no way.”

“Yes, the red comet disappeared without leaving a trace after the first subjugation failed. Do you think we would have given up on the wounded red comet? I tried dozens of times to find it, but the result was the same. Do you understand now? Why did I give you information about the red comet for 10 gold?”

“Because it is impossible to find. It didn’t matter.”

“Would you like to leave now? Our hunter guild can’t help.”

“I see.”

Luke obediently left the guild. There didn’t seem to be anything to be gained by swarming here.

“I did get the information… … .”

Only more reasons why Keter had to lose were added.

“You know you can’t find it the usual way. That’s useful information.”

Even when I tried to think positively, only negative emotions prevailed.

After tonight passes, the time left is at most one and a half days. You need to find the red comet in it.

It’s quite frustrating, but I had to find Keter and tell him the information I found out.

‘Keter didn’t come to the Hunters Guild. It must be that there is a corner to believe in?’

It doesn’t matter if Luke subdues the red comet or if Keter fails to compete in the southern sword tournament.

Even though they are partners and friends, they are first of all strangers. It was even more difficult to watch because Keter, the party to the incident, was so relaxed.

‘So is it? I’ll be more anxious and work harder.’

It was late at night, and there was nowhere to get more information. Luke made his way to Keter’s office.

And, someone followed Luke like that. It was a tailing that Luke’s sense of unhappiness couldn’t catch.