Chapter 51 Making the Most of Everything
After a while, Tormo still didn't seem to want to speak.
But Anderson didn't dare to move for fear of displeasing his father.
Suddenly, the guard with black veil on his face brought a young man who looked somewhat similar to Anderson.
In terms of age, she is two years younger than him.
That was Anderson's brother, Tuster.
The two looked at each other, and there was no trace of affection in their eyes.
"Father, seven of the twelve swordsmen we sent out to join the mercenaries have returned. I have recorded their respective characteristics so that you can choose from them as our family swordsmen."
"Um."
Tormo responded calmly.
But he still didn't turn around, so the two brothers stood aside and waited.
After a while, a slightly older young man came in. He was the older brother of the two and the eldest son of the family, Vitas.
He looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old and looked very smart.
He and his two younger brothers looked at each other, also without any emotion.
"Father."
This time, Tormo finally turned around and looked at the three brothers.
"Look at the bird in the cage." Tormo finally spoke, making Anderson tense up.
His other two brothers also looked serious.
I quickly followed my father's instructions and looked at the various birds.
"Look at the bird in the cage. It comes from the rain forest of Sothoryos. Look at its feathers. Aren't they beautiful?"
Following the direction of Tormo's finger, the three brothers saw a bird with emerald green feathers on its body and bright yellow feathers on its wings.
The beak is very big and looks a bit disproportionate, but the feathers are very beautiful.
"You're looking at that little white cage. It makes a beautiful sound."
Following the sound, they saw another small cage.
The bird in the cage was gray and dull, but its cry was particularly sweet.
It seems to have some kind of vibrato, like the 'vibrato' on a violin.
"Don't be fooled by the number of birds in my garden. Each has its own merits. Some may not look good, but they make nice voices.
Some have average voices but beautiful feathers."
Tormo scanned the faces of the three brothers in turn, then stopped at Anderson.
"You, tell me, what are you good for?"
"Father..." Anderson's lips moved, not knowing what to say.
"The only thing you are good at is playing with women. I thought you could handle this at least, but now you can't even do what you are best at. Tell me, are you and my birds in the same yard?"
Anderson's face turned red and white as he listened to Tormo's humiliation.
"But father, that Viserys..."
"What's wrong with Viserys? A lost dog is the reason for your failure!"
Listening to his father's accusations, he pinched his index finger hard with the nail of his thumb, trying not to lose his composure.
"Since you can't do anything right, pour some wine for me and your brothers."
Tormo pointed at Tast and Vitas with his chin and said:
"Come on, sit over here."
Tormo's move was almost like telling Anderson that he was further away from the inheritance.
But he didn't say it explicitly, as if to give him some hope.
Anderson poured sweet wine for his father and brothers, and the blood from his index finger inevitably rubbed onto the wine glass.
But the father and his two sons ignored it as if they didn't see it.
"Father, our spies in the Zayn family reported that Viserys visited Methys a few days ago."
Vitas spoke up.
"Father, that beggar king must be trying to use Zainen to fight against us!"
Anderson spoke excitedly, but was met with a look of disgust from Tormo.
"You are now a servant pouring tea. I ask you if a servant is allowed to interrupt?"
"I'm sorry, father."
Anderson quickly lowered his head and took two steps back.
His teeth were clenched, anger flashed in his eyes, and his body was shaking slightly.
Vitas, who received Tormo's permission, continued:
"According to my investigation, it seems unlikely. The Zainen family did not purchase whale oil, and it doesn't look like they are preparing to fight against us."
Tormo nodded, as if agreeing with his eldest son.
The spies they sent out had already figured out the raw materials of the soap.
It's just that the formula is not clear yet, and the people below are currently experimenting.
What they didn't know was that whale fat was not necessary to make soap.
Lard, mutton, beef tallow, even...
In order to minimize the humanitarian disaster, Brother Long Er did not tell Meisers about the "animal".
But sooner or later someone discovered that 'animal' fats could also be used to make soap.
In Tormo's opinion, the Zainen family will fall sooner or later.
There has been no healthy offspring who have grown up for nearly twenty years, and now he is still making his last struggle.
But Tormo believed that they would ask for a dignified exit.
From then on, he withdrew from the ranks of the three major families.
Therefore, the possibility of confronting yourself is not high.
Since the whale oil was not purchased, it further confirmed my guess.
As for the second brother Long, he didn't take him seriously.
He believed that the reason Viserys was able to survive until now was simply because his second son was too useless.
"Also, according to reports from our people around Aquaman, the themes of the songs this time are probably these."
Vitas took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Tormo.
Tormo took a look and said:
"Well, send it to Nightingale."
"OK."
Then he turned to look at his youngest son and said:
"Since some people can't handle this Viserys, I'll leave it to you."
Tast quickly sat up straight, like a soldier waiting for orders.
"I remember he also participated in the tournament, right?"
"Yes, father."
"Well, you decide. Since he dares to be an enemy of Frega, he must pay the price."
"clear."
Tormo is determined to become the next Sea King.
In his view, Braavos will belong to Fregar in the future.
The Ten Days Celebration is of great significance to Braavos.
If Viserys had died before the celebration, it might not have had any impact on the celebration.
But it will more or less lead to gossip.
So now that the Great Festival was less than a month away, he decided to let Viserys go for now.
...
At this time, Brother Long Er had indeed not gone out for a while.
Almost everyone knew that he seemed to have a conflict with the Frega family.
So the house was deserted, with only two maids, a groom, the brother and sister, and Kyle, six people.
Even Herpo hasn't been seen for a long time.
Brother Long Er didn't care about this as he was busy with other things during this period.
At this time, there was a basin of water in front of him, and in the water was a tadpole as small as an ink dot.
He is trying to invade the tadpole's consciousness to control it.
This would be his first attempt at becoming a Skinchanger.