I Am the Madman of This Family

Episode 21. subelectronic warfare (2)

The mansion of the Sephira family where darkness has descended.

Among them, there was a particularly bright place, and it was the office of Count Basil.

“after… … .”

Various agendas and papers urging approval were piled on the table. The most difficult of these was the request for support from archers from all over the world.

From a trivial request to be sent to defend crops from wildlife, to a military request for a company to bolster border defenses.

“You made up your mind to kill our family.”

Half of the requests for support, no, were documents requesting support that did not require a placenta. A petty ploy to disperse the family’s forces and squander its wealth.

However, their requests could not be ignored.

If the village chief’s request is rejected blindly, public sentiment will fall, and the request of a high-ranking aristocrat will be caught politically if a reasonable reason is not created.

Basil was sorting through the requests for help where they really needed help, wringing out his brain at false requests for help and writing down a phrase saying he would reject them for such and such reasons.

But there were also requests that even Basil could not help. It must be false, but it was a request that I couldn’t refuse to send.

No matter how prestigious Sephira is, it is a place that cannot be ignored. Sephira, other prestigious families, and the 4 monarchs were just that.

After struggling to sort through the support requests, Basil read an important report without a moment to catch his breath.

“Has the interest, which had subsided at all, started to soar again… … .”

In a report from a knight in charge of the family’s security, it was detailed that the level of outside interest and the activity of inside spies had increased significantly.

The main cause was Kether, of course.

‘I was prepared, but Keter is more active than I expected.’

Seeing the last phrase requesting additional reinforcements for security, Basil raised his forehead.

Even apprentice knights were dispatched to the current position due to the lack of manpower, so how else to add manpower here?

Basil, who always has to show a resolute appearance to family members, suffered a headache alone.

thump thump.

At the sound of rough footsteps, Basil let out a big sigh.

“The thing to come has come.”

The sound of footsteps led straight to Basil’s office, and soon the door was violently opened.

“basil!”

It was Elder Paneer who came in.

Basil had already prepared his mind that he would come, but when he saw him, his head hurt even more, so he raised his forehead.

“What are you doing tonight?”

“What happened? Are you asking because you don’t know that right now!”

Paneer’s furious voice echoed through the curtained windows and the darkness.

The soldiers patrolling the night outside were startled, then sighed when they recognized the owner of the voice.

“Why does Elder Paneer yell at the head of the family whenever he returns?”

“Lower your voice. Elder Panir has good ears at night.”

“Ike, let’s go.”

After the soldiers quickly left, Panir began to pursue Count Basil in earnest.

“Do you know what Keter’s asshole did in one morning!”

When Panir mentioned Keter, Basil let out another sigh as if he knew it. Paneer immediately asked.

“Can you sigh? Are you treating me like a senile old man? Basil, did Ricotta teach you that!”

Ricotta was Basil’s biological father, Panir’s younger brother, and the former head of the household.

Basil rubbed his eyelids and pointed to the sofa.

“Let’s sit down and have a cup of tea. Lower your voice. I can hear everything outside.”

“It is not something to calm down. The Keter gnome is the disaster of the Sephira family. Since it wouldn’t be enough to kick him out right now, are you asking me to have a leisurely cup of tea right now?”

“yes. We’ll serve it hot. Wouldn’t it be a little quieter if you burned your tongue?”

“This guy?”

Everyone sees Basil as a static and calm person, but Basil is also a man with a bad temper, who is only holding back for the face of the head of the household.

When Paneer showed no signs of calming down, Basil resorted to tough measures.

“This is an order from the head of the household. Please sit down. Elder Panir.”

“… … .”

Panir is a condescending, but at the same time fiercely conservative aristocrat. That’s why, when the family head’s authority is mentioned, he pretends to listen.

Paneer huffed and sat down on the sofa, and Basil poured boiling black tea into his cup and said,

“Keter’s movements were all watched by me. I said I was ignoring him, I didn’t say I was standing by.”

Basil, who poured black tea into her own teacup, sat opposite him.

“You knew that Keter had attacked Anis, but you left it unattended?”

“I haven’t heard of a surprise attack. Rather, it was fair and square, and I heard that they would officially compete again.”

Paneer’s eyebrows went up.

“Forcing the family butler to drink?”

“Altin, the chef, testified that Keter offered the drink, but he did not force it. Deacon Zach also admitted that he drank too much and voluntarily returned his salary.”

Pudeuk.

A vein stood on Paneer’s neck. Her lips were also trembling, like a ticking time bomb about to explode.

“What happened at the smithy of Vulcan? Am I wrong? He took the amaranth. Demon Palace Amaranth! I heard that it was sealed, but what happened? Make an excuse!”

“… … .”

Basil fiddled with the handle of the teacup and withheld an answer. Then, Paneer shook his butt and shouted.

“He’s a spy! I don’t know how he knows about our family’s curse, Amaranth, but he stole it! We must retrieve Amaranth and interrogate him immediately!”

Pudeuk.

The handle of the teacup Basil was holding broke. From that point on, the gazes of Basil and Paneer met in the air.

While both of them were staring at each other for a long time without making any concessions, Basil spoke first.

“Elder Panir is outside the family, but he doesn’t know everything.”

“Because I love and cherish my family more than you.”

“There is a degree to that. What the hell are you doing outside?”

“hahahaha! Are you going to doubt me? What are you doing outside? Do you not know that there is no time for the soles of your feet to dry in order to turn the hearts of the nobles?”

“Why did you meet my family and the Marquis of Turbine, who have already been developed? That too secretly.”

“… … !”

Paneer’s hips, which were ready to jump up at any moment, became heavy. At the same time, his eyes softened.

“Did you spy on me, gaju?”

“Elder Panir. Why did you record and document what happened in your family?”

Basil’s atmosphere also changed to a chilly one.

‘There is a traitor in the family.’

Since learning this, Basil has secretly put an eye on the elders. I wanted to believe it was an overreaction, but Paneer was caught behaving suspiciously.

It is true that he goes out to persuade nobles. However, it was captured that he also met a noble who had nothing to do with the Sephira family.

Even secretly and informally.

There is no reason not to meet secretly if you are proud of your chimney when there is no smoke.

Basil chose Panir as the most likely candidate as a traitor to the family.

Of course not sure.

And I didn’t even want to believe it.

Although it is true that Paneer gets angry over trivial matters and acts harshly, it is true that he cares for and loves the Sephira family.

But too much of anything is poison.

Swoop.

Basil leaned forward and glared at Paneer.

“He stopped by not only the Turbins, but also the Zephyruses. Isn’t this family also contributing to the downfall of the Sephira family?”

“… … .”

Paneer, who was so angry and talkative, kept his mouth shut. Basil began to question the silent Panir further.

“We all know that he ordered Deacon Prosciutto to send Catherine to Keter.”

Paneer slowly rose from his seat.

he said lowering his voice.

“Listen, are you doubting me?”

Basil did not stand up and looked up at Paneer. In response, Paneer said what he couldn’t say at the end.

“Do you think I betrayed the Sephira family?”

“Sit down. The story isn’t over yet.”

“I have nothing more to say.”

Let Paneer turn his back and head towards the door-

Basil stood up. The cloak he was wearing instantly transformed into a bow and arrow.

A ‘doppelganger’, the treasure of the Sephira family that can transform into any object.

Sensing that he was being targeted by his doppelganger, Paneer screamed without looking back.

“Who are you aiming your bow at? Basil, I! The master who taught you archery!”

“therefore-“

Basil protested. Contrary to his voice, the corners of his eyes were trembling.

“Let’s make an excuse. Why did you do those things?”

“… You weren’t originally like this. what made you this way? Didn’t you say you believed in me? if-“

Paneer clenched his fists tightly and said.

“Keter, is it because of him? Are you baring your teeth to me to protect that illegitimate child?”

“What does this have to do with Keter?”

“Then trust me. Everything I do is for the Sephira family. The same goes for trying to kick Keter out of the family. He is the cause of the discord. If he hadn’t come to our family… ! Nothing like today would have happened.”

“You mean you’re not going to explain it to the end.”

“There is no reason to be treated as a criminal in my family. And it’s you who have to explain, not me.”

Basil put down his bow. The bow and arrow revert back to Basil’s mantle-

Right.

Basil snapped her fingers. Then the door opened and two knights entered. They were the royal knights of the Sephira family, Rual and Taron.

Rual and Taron stood on the left and right of Panir.

Basil sighed and said.

“Until a reasonable explanation is given, I will forbid you from leaving the house, Elder Panir.”

Basil winked at Rual and Taron to take him.

“I will go home.”

When Rual tried to grab Paneir’s arm, Paneer slammed Rual’s hand and said,

“Let go. I am proud, so I will go on my own.”

It was Paneer who left the office without even glancing at Basil.

After the three of them passed through the dark hallway. In the middle of the silent corridor, a shadow wriggled from behind decorative armor, and a person appeared.

he said whistling.

“My father has a temper, too. It was also a non-electronic war.”

Keter, who happened to overhear the conversation, smiled faintly.

* * *

Falling asleep at night isn’t just because you’re tired.

No matter how much there are candles or lamps that light up the darkness, if you rely on limited lighting, work efficiency is extremely low, so you sleep until the sun rises.

But there are places in the world where common sense works in the opposite way. A place that only reveals its true face at night.

‘Lawless city liqueur.’

The liqueur of the face is just a facade. The liqueur of the night is the real liqueur.

The night of liqueur is filled with all sorts of colorful lights, dazzling everyone’s eyes.

This splendor does not mean that it is as bright as the face. Rather, it confuses the vision, making first-time visitors complain of dizziness and motion sickness.

Kether grew up, roamed, and dominated in that liqueur chaos.

Naturally, he was not a person who felt sleepy or uncomfortable just because night had come.

“The boundary level is terrible. Even if there is not enough manpower.”

The Sephira family mansion was dark. All the sparsely visible lights belonged to soldiers patrolling.

Kether walked from place to place without a small candle, with both interlocked hands on her head.

I didn’t sneak out of the room for any particular reason. From the beginning, I slept short, and there were many times when I was awake at night.

However, sitting still was not my temper, so I walked around the area like this to make sure there were no incidents or accidents.

“There’s no tension in the soldiers’ eyes, no tension.”

Keter, who habitually kills people, deliberately revealed his presence faintly. Then, in that state, he starts walking around the family.

Ignored whether there was an expense or not. No, on the contrary, he even went through the guard openly.

Then, when he found a servant doing night shifts, he sneaked up on him and poked his finger in the back of his neck.

“Who, who! Someone stabbed me in the neck!”

“Kyaaa”

There was no one who could stop Keter from approaching unpopularly and poking at the scruff of the neck.

The family, where silence had descended, became tumultuous. After receiving a report that they had seen a ghost, the soldiers who were dispatched searched the surroundings and strengthened their vigilance, but to no avail.

Keter even showed off his boldness by stabbing soldiers in the neck.

‘No matter how much I know the structure of the mansion, the security is too lax.’

It was only when the knights arrived that they could barely sense Keter’s presence, but they quickly missed even that once Keter decided.

In this way, Keter took advantage of the chaos and penetrated the guards of the main building where the householder was staying.

The security of the main building was rather weak compared to the outside. But there were good reasons.

‘I don’t think the strongest head of this family needs security.’

Keter practiced stealth with all her heart. I wanted to test whether stealth worked on Basil.

Stop breathing and stop heartbeat. Even Aura and Mana went into hibernation, completely erasing themselves from this world.

The ultimate stealth technique that only top-notch assassins practice. It couldn’t last as long as they did, but it was enough for a while.

Keter, avoiding the eyes of the guardsmen, stopped in front of the office door. It was because he had a strong instinct that he would be caught if he approached any further.

Best of all, I didn’t have to go all the way to the door. Paneer’s voice came through the door and could be heard very well in the hallway.

“Panir, that noisy inspiration is suspicious.”

Keter stroked his chin.

I was going to visit Paneer sometime around tomorrow and try it out, but my father hit the ball first.

‘First of all, my father was aware of the traitor’s existence… … .’

Looking at it now, it seems like they’ve found the traitor, but they couldn’t avoid the family being destroyed.

In other words, Basil has not solved the traitor problem… … .

‘It’s going to be a story about finding the traitor but not being able to avoid the ruin.’

There were many questions, but it seemed that there was no need to go and question Paneer right away.

‘Father will take care of Elder Paneer. If not, then it’s not too late.’

Keter muttered as he looked at the back of Paneer, who had passed without being aware of his existence.

“If it comes to my turn, you’re really out of luck.”

There was no emotion in Keter’s eyes as he looked at Panir.

“Well, that is it. Should I do it or not?”

It was Keter who was trying to add tension to the slack Sephira night.