The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 238

The group, having left Sun City Vala, journeyed through the southern mountainous region of Solond, heading further south.

“It’s hot…….”

Rem whined, sticking his tongue out for what felt like the 158th time.

“It’s hot, I tell you…….”

“Seriously, how can you whine so much without even a break? Look at Miria. She’s holding Aki, who’s practically a walking furnace, and she’s not making a peep.”

“Shut up! That’s because she’s a mom. My mom never said a word, even when I whined a thousand times!”

“Only on paper.”

Miria drew a line in the sand, so to speak.

Of course, it would be nice if she were *just* Aki’s mom, but making that happen legally… that was a whole other story.

“Anyway, don’t you know this sunlight is the enemy of women? My skin is getting so dark!”

*Is* it that hot?

Rein was honestly amazed at how his constitution was changing, making him less sensitive to the heat.

Everyone else was complaining, but he and Aki, who carried the Flame Orb, were full of energy.

“How much further do we have to go? How much further until we reach the territory?”

“There’s a saying that all roads lead to [one of the seven great cities]. If we just keep walking, we’ll get there.”

The Red City was one of the seven great cities and the economic heart of the Adrion continent.

More importantly for the group, the Red City bordered the ‘flowing desert’ to the south.

In short, it was a key transit point they had to pass through to reach .

“Our current location is here.”

Miria pointed to a spot on the continental map she’d received from Obin.

“. It’s better here than further in. The Shuriganakus Mountains are a volcanic zone, so it’s incredibly hot.”

“Sigh, we’ve been walking forever, and there’s still so much further to go.”

“It can’t be helped. The Solond blockade across the continent is still in effect. We had no choice but to cross the mountains.”

Bart stated the facts, hitting Rem’s complaints head-on.

“Shut up! Do you even know how I feel right now? I’ve gone through all sorts of hardships, but the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy, so I can’t even get paid…….”

“Are you really that obsessed with money?”

“And at night, some cheater is creating such a lovey-dovey atmosphere that I can’t even sleep…….”

“Lovey, lovey, lovey, lovey.”

“A cheater spreading love? I was on night watch yesterday, and nothing like that happened—”

Miria, about to retort that he was talking nonsense, twitched her eyebrows, then glared at Rem with a flushed face as if she wanted to kill him.

“I don’t think it’s a good habit to link everything to relationships. There are other relationships between men and women besides romantic ones, and if you start thinking like that, is there anyone in this world who wouldn’t feel wronged?”

While Miria was making excuses, Bart and Rein exchanged puzzled glances, not understanding what she meant.

‘Was there an enemy attack?’ Rein wondered.

‘It seems Rem and Pipi defeated an enemy spreading love!’ Bart thought.

It was then, when Miria was in trouble all alone because of one clueless idiot, that…

Rustle. The bushes parted, and sturdy men who looked like they could pack a punch appeared from all directions.

Everyone knew someone was watching, but these guys were such amateurs they couldn’t even recognize the opponent’s strength.

“Hehehe, young man, if you quietly leave everything you have, I’ll spare your wife’s life.”

Wife?

Miria frowned, displeased. Well, it was true on paper, but still…

At that moment, Aki, who was sleeping in Miria’s arms, squinted open her eyes.

“Aki, have we come to the village?”

“No.”

“Then I shall sleep again.”

Ultra-fast sleep!

Even in this tense situation, her ability to fall asleep instantly was truly dragon-like!

Seeing her unhidden presence, the one-eyed man who seemed to be the leader of the bandit gang licked his blade ominously.

“No, the daughter and wife look expensive too. I’ll get top dollar for both of them. I’m not interested in the men.”

“There’s an archer here, and she’s a woman too?”

“?”

“?”

“I don’t need her. She looks too tough, so her market value is low.”

Rein didn’t understand the Central-Southern dialect the bandits were speaking, so he poked Miria in the side.

“What are those guys jabbering about?”

Miria’s narrowed eyes, already scowling, seemed to glare even more intensely.

“You’re asking even though you understand everything, right?”

“What?”

“So, those guys are…….”

Miria sighed, rubbing her temples in resignation.

“If you want to live… we’re going with the usual development in this kind of situation. Do I really have to spell it out? If you have that kind of brain, Rem, who can only whine all day, is thousands of times more useful than you.”

“What, you jerk?”

“No, why are you getting angry at me?”

But at the same time, she deployed a magic circle from her palm! The sudden flames scorched the one-eyed man’s beard and hair black!

“Ugh, ugh!”

Rein’s eyes, glaring at the one-eyed man clutching his face in pain, were extremely cold!

“I don’t know what you said, but you deserve to die a hundred times for drooling over Aki.”

Bart nodded repeatedly.

“That’s something you could kill him a hundred times over for, and it would still be justified.”

The one-eyed man, writhing on the ground in the pain of the burn, began to gesture wildly.

“Kill them all! Kill everyone except the woman and the kids!”

The moment the bandits drew their swords all at once, a clear voice shook the leaves of the palm trees.

“Can’t you stop!”

The voice came from above, and someone was standing on top of the palm tree in a cool pose.

“The Witch of Justice, Shirin, has arrived!”

The red robes of the young girl fluttered 멋지게 [coolly/stylishly] in the hot breeze.

“The Witch of Justice?”

“A witch, a witch?!”

“Someone so young?!”

As if satisfied with everyone’s attention, Shirin struck a cool pose and shouted.

“You beings of evil who defile this world! Receive the hammer of justice from the Witch of Justice, Shirin!”

Setsunen, who was out of his mind from the heat, looked at Shirin with shining eyes. The reason is unknown.

On the other hand, the bandit gang, who had been blankly looking up at the self-proclaimed witch, burst into laughter all at once.

“A witch, my ass!”

“You silly girl, if you’re a witch, then we’re heroes!”

“Kekekekekekeke!”

In Rein’s eyes, it looked like the witch named Shirin was furious at the sarcasm. Suddenly, she put her hands together and began to chant a long incantation.

“Oh, power of fire dwelling in nature. Oh, work of fire illuminating the world, element hotter than sunlight and brighter than moonlight, burn my enemies according to my command!”

No matter what conversation they had been having, Rein couldn’t help but recognize that spell.

‘A spell that ranks in the highest realm of fire magic……!’

It was a spell that Rein had a deep connection with in both his past and present lives.

It was Freede’s main spell 300 years ago, and he had directly experienced the original version of that spell in Harbadonia.

At the moment when Kasena Page was on the verge of death, when he first met Alakish.

“Drqutos (Dragon’s Breath)!”

As the incantation ended, a huge fireball was born. The flame was so powerful that it would burn everything within a radius of three steps.

“Take this!”

The bandits, terrified by its power, scrambled to run away.

“Uwaaaaaaaak!”

“Run awaaaaaay!”

But that was it.

Perhaps some part of the incantation had failed, or perhaps the control of the spell was insufficient, the fireball flying through the air suddenly disappeared with a cute ‘poof’ sound.

“?”

“?”

“?”

The bandits who had been trying to escape turned around and laughed again. The Witch of Justice, her face flushed red, shouted.

“I, I’ll do it again!”

Again, the Witch of Justice covered her face with her right hand and struck a cool pose. As if she had just appeared, as if what had just happened was actually a dream.

“You beings of evil who defile this world! Receive the hammer of justice from the Witch of Justice, Shirin!”

Then the bandits exchanged glances as if they felt sorry for her, and awkwardly repeated the previous lines.

“A, a witch, my ass?!”

“You silly girl, if? You’re a? Wi, witch? Then? We, we’re heroes?!”

“Kel? Kel? Kel? Kel? Kel?!”

Rem, unable to grasp the situation, looked at Miria.

“What are they doing now?”

“I don’t know, don’t ask me…….”

“Eeeeevil(惡)?”

Setsunen shouted, clenching his hands tightly. I don’t know what he’s saying either.

“Oh, power of fire dwelling in nature. Oh, work of fire illuminating the world, element hotter than sunlight and brighter than moonlight, burn my enemies according to my command!”

“……!”

“Drqutos (Dragon’s Breath)!”

This time it was a success.

However, the bandit gang, who thought it would fail again, couldn’t avoid it.

The birds cried and fled, and the fireball burned everything in the forest and headed towards the bandit gang…….

“Ah, no way……?!”

…In an instant, just as it was about to surge forward, it was blocked by flames that suddenly sprang up from the ground. A hot gust of wind swirled with the explosion.

“Hey, you don’t even know the meaning of moderation?”

It was Rein’s magic.

The young witch, understanding the situation, blinked repeatedly.

“Helping the bandits… so you were evil(惡) after all!”

“These idiots are definitely human trash, but there are also guys who turned to banditry because it’s too hard to make a living. It’s okay to give them a chance.”

As Miria translated those words, the bandits who had collapsed to their knees shed tears of gratitude and grabbed Rein’s pant legs.

“We will follow you as our boss for life!”

“Boosssssss!”

“Let go! Who’s your boss!”

The witch, as if she was about to come down from the tree on a broom, fell to the ground from a height of 2 meters because she was clumsy at riding the broom.

“Ggack!”

She was really young up close.

Maybe in her early teens? The funny thing was that her attire was similar to Freede’s.

The pointed hat was also crimson, and the robe and boots as well… not only the color but also the overall style was quite similar.

“Fake? Fake? Fake?”

Pipi, impressed by that point, landed on her head and tilted her head repeatedly.

“Huh?”

At that moment, Miria, who had noticed something strange, raised her eyebrows.

“The emblem on her chest is a triangle… she’s not a witch, she’s a mage.”

“!”

“But why did you say you were a witch? You’re far from being a witch.”

The self-proclaimed Witch of Justice tried to say something, then clenched her fist and mumbled strangely.

“It’s because it’s cool! Justice always has to be cool!”

“How can you be so brazen after lying?!”

While they were talking, the situation was quickly settled by Rem and Bart.

“What’s the jurisdiction here? Where should we hand these guys over? Is there an adventurer’s branch nearby?”

Shirin, who had been staring at Rein, impressed by how quickly he subdued the bandits, widened her eyes for a moment.

“O, o, oooo, oooooot?!”

“What, do you speak the Imperial language?”

“That bamboo hat, co, could it be… are you a disciple of Toureina-nim [an honorific suffix in this world]? Did you come to help me according to her orders? My distress signal reached you!”

Toureina.

Her heart ached at the faint tremor that those four syllables held, but she didn’t show it.

“You know Toureina?”

“I don’t know her personally, but…….”

Shirin’s expression became serious.

She didn’t look serious at all because of the dirt on her face and hair, but anyway.

But the words that girl spat out in that state were something that couldn’t be taken as a joke.

“This is a big secret, but I’m actually a disciple of Freede-nim. Strictly speaking, you could say I’m Toureina-nim’s junior sister.”