I Became the Younger Brother of the Female Protagonist in the Novel

The lock part of the safe was destroyed in an instant.

kiik-

Kayneth opened the creaking safe door and checked inside.

“As expected, the fastest way to get gold coins is… … .”

The interior of a vault full of gold coins.

He hurriedly swept the gold coins into the subspace pocket, then put the artwork and magical tools in Vesta’s bedroom into the subspace pocket as well.

Then, sitting on the luxurious queen-sized bed, I gulped down a bottle of water and took control of my mind and body for a while.

“… … Ha, did I take it too lightly?”

How could the main characters in the novel kill others so easily? Was there a driving force in his heart that made him think lightly of the act of murder? Or just correct the main character?

Keynes smiled self-deprecatingly, closed her eyes, and let out a deep sigh.

“… … It will be difficult to get used to.”

The act of taking someone’s life was a truly terrible feeling.

I tried to put up with that feeling somehow, but it must be quite difficult for him now.

Keynes was alone for about 10 minutes, and then went down to the basement of the building.

rattle.

“drug… … !?”

He took out a handkerchief and quickly covered his nose.

The inside of the warehouse was full of food and drugs.

“… … After all, we are a legitimate organization.”

He burned all the drugs and food with fire magic.

And the flames that began to rise from the underground quickly spread to the ground.

When Keynes came out, the entire building was already engulfed in flames and a huge fire broke out.

Bubbly.

“I, really… … .”

It was none other than Fade who greeted Keynes.

Hiding in an alleyway hundreds of meters away from Celtrocell’s headquarters, he trembled for a moment at the cold look on Kayneth’s face.

“The boss of Celtrocell, Vesta, and all the bugs in the headquarters have been dealt with. Now direct me to the branch.”

Is it because I was too surprised? Fade nodded, not even realizing that Keynes had stopped talking.

“Ah, I see.”

Eight Celtrocell branches located in Districts 11-12.

It was a place where only about 10 gang members were active, but Keynes destroyed all eight places while destroying the building itself.

If possible, he wanted to go inside the building and get something of value, but Kaynes didn’t have the courage to go inside.

‘… … damn.’

Bodies in my mind.

Thinking that they would see the corpse again, they immediately turned and returned to Ardennes, and soon conveyed the story of Celtrocell’s collapse to Albert.

When Fade, who had been with Keynes, volunteered to be a witness, Albert nodded in amazement.

“These are the contracts found in Celtrocell’s warehouse. After showing it to the members of the organization, incinerate them all.”

“All right.”

“I will stop going back.”

Keynes left Arden’s building with a cold face.

Unlike Keynes just a few hours ago, Albert stared at Fade, tilting his head at the sight of him who had cooled down in an instant.

“To me… … What happened? expression… … .”

“… … I don’t know the details, but he’s been like that ever since he came out after burning Keltrocell’s headquarters.”

However, Fade, who had been active as a soldier for several years, had one hypothesis in his head.

When he himself went to war, he had a look like that.

The first war in my life.

He had no choice but to get used to the act of killing someone in a place full of slaughter.

Of course, as I got used to the war, the pain became dull… … .

‘… … .’

He let out a small sigh and chatted with Albert for a while.

* * *

fluff.

Returning to the mansion, I collapsed onto the bed as soon as I entered the bedroom.

The sight that comes to mind vividly.

Strangely, the smell of Vesta’s burning still lingered in my nostrils.

I had to frown for a while, but I immediately covered the blanket and fell asleep.

Jump!

“ha… … . ha… … .”

I’ve been plagued with nightmares for days.

And whenever that happened, I tried to rely more on the maids.

Wow!

“Oh, did you have another nightmare?”

“… … huh.”

The maids warmly embraced me.

If I hadn’t changed my appearance, I probably wouldn’t have depended on anyone.

The maids must have rejected me. like in the original.

The thought made my heart pound and broke into a cold sweat.

but… … .

“Currently, all members of the organization have moved into the headquarters building and started living. and… … .”

When visiting Ardennes, I always maintained an expressionless appearance.

‘I am the head of the organization. I can’t be ashamed of them.’

It would be better to act as we are now, at least until we are trusted by them.

And at some point, I came to use short words to the members of the organization.

When was it?

My memory was hazy, but I nodded my head narrowing my eyes at Albert’s report.

Episode 15

15. Ardennes (4)

“not bad.”

Unlike the shabby exterior, the interior of Arden has been transformed into a very clean and neat interior.

In addition, new furniture was installed in the living space of the members, and a huge restaurant was built on the first floor to accommodate many people.

“Please pay as much attention as possible to the members’ families.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Most of the members’ families took on chores at Arden Headquarters.

I was able to improve my quality of life by receiving a small salary from him, but some of the members of the organization focused on swordsmanship training, while others focused on acquiring knowledge to run a business.

“First of all, we have to set up the simplest restaurants.”

“A restaurant… … .”

“Yes, first of all, select and hire people who are good at cooking from among the poor, and open restaurants in various parts of the city. And recruit technicians such as craftsmanship and blacksmithing to build a factory.”

“You mean the factory?”

When Albert questioned me, I nodded.

In this world, there are magic tools that play a role similar to machines.

Magic tools used to mass-produce goods.

“First of all, we need to prepare a building that will be used as a store. And produce and sell simple daily necessities such as kitchen utensils and cleaning products. Reduce margins to 5%, and find the manpower needed for the factory in the slums.”

“In the ghetto… … .”

Albert put his right hand to his forehead as if struggling for a moment, then nodded.

“Through interviews, we will elect those who work diligently and can be trusted to some extent.”

“Yeah, if they got into trouble, I wouldn’t mind firing them arbitrarily.”

“Please leave it to me.”

It is the basic common sense in this world to take a 10-20% margin for daily necessities.

However, stores that have just entered are in a state of being pushed out of market competitiveness, so they should first secure customers through price competitiveness.

“Find a store, secure raw materials. And purchasing the site for the factory, constructing it, etc… … . Anyway, it is a situation where you have to invest for a while. so… … .”

Too-wook!

I met Albert’s eyes as I put the money bag I had put in the drawer beforehand on the desk.

“Five platinum coins. This should last for at least a few months.”

“… … ?!”

Albert’s eyes widened at my remark.

A huge amount of money worth 5 billion won in Korean currency.

“… … Remember, I am not entrusting you with this money because I am stupid.”

A cold tone flowed out at the thought of embezzlement and corruption, but Albert lowered his head as he hardened his expression.

“I have already given my life to you from the contract. But even so, if I offend you, you can take my life right now. But as for my granddaughter… … .”

“Sometime after the guilt-by-association system was abolished… … . don’t worry. Even if your son dies, I won’t hold your granddaughter accountable. Rather, I will give you at least one place to get a job so that you can stand on your own. But what… … . If your grandfather is the general manager of a large trading company, wouldn’t he be able to live more comfortably than others?”

So please don’t commit embezzlement and corruption?

At my story, Albert nodded with a small smile.

“I will keep that in mind.”

* * *

Albert, the governor of the Ardennes, was deeply indebted to Keynes.

After leaving his daughter Ariel in his care, the child immediately ran away somewhere. That leaves a huge debt behind.

While living with his granddaughter, Albert lost all his property to a creditor, and from that moment he walked the path of downfall.

Albert ended up on the street. It was none other than her granddaughter Ariel who gave him hope to live on.

and… … just a few days ago.

Poo-!

“Quaaagh!”

“Hey, old man. Your unpaid debt is now 80 pieces of silver! How long are you going to put it off!”

Albert was beaten by thugs as he ran into huge debts.

Albert borrowed dozens of silver coins to feed his granddaughter.

He couldn’t afford the rapidly rising interest.

And the rice cakes beat Albert as if they were going to kill him, saying they couldn’t stand it any longer.

Meanwhile, the granddaughter Ariel, who was watching the scene, immediately ran out of the house and ran into the rice cake stand.

“Grandpa, don’t bully me!”

Ariel bit the back of her hand on a rice cake stand.

“This asshole X!”

He shook his hand roughly and shook her off.

next… … .

f*ck!

He swung the stick in his right hand and hit Ariel’s small head, a girl who was only 7 years old.

“Oh, no!”

Ariel falls to the floor and spills blood.

Albert hurriedly took off his clothes to cover the wound despite the cold winter weather, saying he would try to cover the torn hair part somehow.

However, his clothes quickly turned red.

“Please, please stop.”

As soon as the death of his granddaughter, who was the only reason for his life and his hope, approached right in front of his nose, Albert’s body began to tremble violently.

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food.

“Well, you should have paid back the money you borrowed. Why would you hurt an innocent granddaughter? No, are you going to die now? It’s a pity, I’m going to die.”

Let’s say the rice cake with a fishy smile, Albert shakes his head! I turned around and opened my eyes.

Then he rushed towards the rice cakes, but Albert was far behind them in terms of physique.

The odds of him winning are close to zero.

Rolling on the cold floor, Albert held his granddaughter’s hand while crying.

“please… … Please take the life of this insignificant old man and save the life of this child.”

Albert earnestly prayed to a god he had never believed in in his entire life.

And did God really grant his earnest prayer?

that buck… … . that buck… … .

“Would you like to sign a contract with me? In that case, let’s try to save this girl.”

A boy wearing a cape stopped in front of Albert and reached out.

Albert had no choice but to hold on to the little palm outstretched as if tempted by the devil.

That’s how he swore to give his life to the boy in the cloak.

And through a strange potion called potion, the granddaughter was able to save her life, and now she was living with more laughter than in the past.

back to the present… … .

Albert walked straight to his living room after Kayneth left Arden’s headquarters.

The current time is 12:23 PM.

When I entered the living room, I saw my granddaughter, Ariel, lying on the sofa.

“Ariel, should I sleep in the bed?”