The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 266

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#11 That Eldest Daughter’s Epilogue.

Miria and Aki, having heard the details of the council meeting from Rain, nodded solemnly.

“This is a real crisis.”

“Even Aki thinks it’s a big deal.”

Setsunen was in the Imperial Palace’s temple, engaged in a heated debate with a priest. It was a daily routine.

“If you have a heart that loves justice, defeating the evil within is nothing! Succumbing to temptation only means you lack a heart that loves justice!”

Of course, she didn’t know theology well, so there was no logic whatsoever.

If the priest hadn’t been someone she knew well, she would have been too ashamed to show her face.

“Father Sammy, I’m always in your debt.”

“I’m happy to do it. What a joy it is to teach the hearts of the gods to such an enthusiastic child.”

High Priest, Sammy.

Sammy, the plump trainee priest who looked even better than when they had met in the ant cave, had risen to become a high priest of the Imperial Palace in the past 10 years.

Now, they respected each other’s positions and used honorifics.

“I appreciate you saying that, but… don’t indulge her too much. She’ll develop bad habits.”

Rain apprehended Setsunen and dragged her back to the residence.

Mir was in the Imperial Library, surrounded by mountains of books, her eyes shining sharply like blades as she immersed herself in fervent reading.

Under the strict protection of Swan, the guardian knight of the Ludwig family.

“Swan, bring Mir back to the residence.”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

“You know to bring the books with her, right?”

“Of course. You two, escort the young master.”

It took two people to move Mir when she was in a state of absorption.

One person had to carefully hold Mir, while the other had to hold the book she was reading in front of her.

Otherwise, Mir’s ‘silent rage’ would explode.

Silent rage!

It meant that Mir would stare intently at the person who angered her, day and night, without saying a word.

Once you experienced it, you would know that it was more terrifying and painful than you thought, to the point where the victim would beg her to just get angry!

“Our family is in a very serious crisis right now.”

After returning to the residence, Rain spoke after waiting for Mir to finish reading the book.

“We need to enroll Setsunen in school.”

“?”

“By taking the formal exam.”

Mir suddenly stared into space, then shook her head.

“Calculation results converge to a 0% probability. The problem is a challenge of the century, no one can solve it. I advise you to give up.”

Aki nodded.

Setsunen bristled and clenched her fist.

“Ignoring my sister is evil! My sister can do anything if she tries!”

Mir stared at Setsunen, then let out a sigh and shook her head.

“Illogical statement. It is actually impossible. There is such a thing as impossible in the world. If there wasn’t, the word ‘impossible’ wouldn’t be in the dictionary.”

“If you have a heart that loves justice, the impossible is nothing! Mir lacks a heart that loves justice!”

“The exact definition of a heart that loves justice is not defined in the dictionary. Requesting an explanation; in fact, this is the 3,982nd request, but Setsunen has never provided a reasonable explanation. Therefore, it can be interpreted as sophistry.”

What incisive words!

Setsunen could defeat most opponents with sophistry, but when the opponent was Mir, she was always at a loss.

Tears welled up in Setsunen’s eyes as she looked to Aki for help!

“A, Aki will give you strength with her energy! Ooooh, your sister is giving you energy!”

“Kuhhhhh, the heart that loves justice is starting to burn! Aki’s energy is turning into Setsunen’s power!”

“Requesting a productive conversation. This is actually an emergency situation.”

Aki and Setsunen’s expressions became solemn at Mir’s words.

What a cold-blooded youngest sibling!

It was Miria who hugged the siblings tightly.

“Yes, let’s find a way by discussing it one by one like this.”

“?”

“There will come a day when neither Rain nor I can help you like we do now. Someday. At that time, you three will have to help each other.”

First, she looked at the most reliable Aki.

“Aki is skilled in martial arts.”

Then, she smiled at the second daughter, Setsunen.

“Nen is eloquent.”

Finally, she patted the youngest, Mir, on the head.

“Mir is incredibly wise. You may have shortcomings, but if you make up for each other’s flaws with your strengths, you’ll be invincible!”

The Dragon siblings looked at each other.

Rain smiled and added to Miria’s explanation.

“When you fill each other’s shortcomings, your potential becomes infinite. So let’s practice properly this time. And will you promise me?”

Extending her pinky finger to the Dragon children, who would have to walk the path of eternal life together.

“That whenever something happens in the future, you will trust and help each other.”

First, Aki hooked her finger around it, Setsunen followed, and Mir said, “Cannot guarantee,” but followed her sisters.

“You promised me here and now. I’m coming to punish you if you don’t keep it?”

That’s how Setsunen’s studying began.

Rain and Miria didn’t help at all, but it was okay.

Aki and Mir helped in every way possible.

Aki went to the market to buy Nen whatever she wanted to eat. Aki delivered it straight to her door, still warm, using her footwork so it wouldn’t cool down!

Mir analyzed the exam questions from various schools in chronological order, then extracted the types of questions that were likely to appear.

“Give up on questions with high discrimination; it’s okay as long as you get a passing score.”

Just watching them made her smile for no reason, to the point where she couldn’t concentrate on her work.

“How is it, Rain? You don’t have to worry too much, right?”

“Yeah.”

Those kids will do well.

Now, and always in the future.

Setsunen couldn’t concentrate on studying because of her ability to read other people’s minds, but it was different now.

She couldn’t read the minds of Aki and Mir, who had higher soul grades than her, and neither could Rain.

But even if she couldn’t read their minds, she could definitely know their sincerity. Miria, for one, had words and thoughts that matched perfectly…

“We will now begin the exam. Everyone, take your seats.”

Studying for a whopping five months!

Complex letters crawled across the exam paper, and noisy voices were heard from all directions, but Setsunen concentrated.

And…

“You passed, Nen! Oh my gosh, you did so well!”

Miria proudly hugged Setsunen, and Setsunen grinned.

“If you have a heart that loves justice, this is a piece of cake!”

“Do not forget that you barely passed the passing score.”

“Unnecessarily pointing that out is evil! Mir lacks a heart that loves justice!”

Mir gave Setsunen a deadpan look, then opened the book she was reading and headed to the library.

At that time, the corners of Mir’s lips were slightly, very slightly (only those who had always watched Mir could barely distinguish it) raised.

Meanwhile, Aki grabbed Rain’s hand as he watched Miria lift Setsunen high into the sky and laugh.

“Dad, Aki will go to .”

Aki hadn’t grown as explosively as she had during the days of constant battles, but she had grown steadily over the past five years and was already showing signs of becoming a young woman.

“…”

Rain looked back at Aki with a bewildered yet slightly sad look, never expecting the day would come when she would say she was leaving for that place with her own mouth.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Nen is brave, but she is much weaker than Aki and Mir, and Mir is smart and strong, but her body is weak, isn’t she?”

“That’s right.”

“I will become stronger and protect my siblings. Just like Dad always protected Aki.”

The smile when she said that.

Every gesture of placing her fist over her heart.

It was so lovely and admirable that it made her heart ache, and the story of her growth since she was a child was superimposed on that smile.

“Aki, my treasure that I love the most in this world.”

He collapsed to his knees.

He hugged her warm body tightly, like the spring sunshine, and buried his face in her hair, which smelled of firewood.

And he brought out the affection that he had always held deep in his soul.

“Being able to meet you, and being able to watch you grow, has been the luckiest thing in my life.”

* * *

“Nen, then your sister is going.”

Setsunen seemed to have cried a lot on the day her sister left.

Her sister, who had grown up in the five years since coming to the Akrad continent, was now close to a fully grown dragon in both mind and body, and even had horns growing.

That meant that her sister had to go to , where the Red Legion was stationed.

“When are you coming back?”

“As soon as the training is over? Don’t cry; it’s not like we’re separating forever.”

“Okay.”

“Nen has to protect Dad now, but you can’t keep sniffling like this. Wouldn’t that be evil in Nen’s eyes?”

“Okay.”

“Take good care of Mir as her older sister. Mir, don’t mess with your sister.”

“I’ll try. Cannot promise.”

Akirea smiled as she warmly pressed her forehead against Setsunen and Mirngardea’s foreheads in turn.

Her sister often conveyed her feelings like this, and at this time, no words were needed. Because she could know what she was feeling now.

It wasn’t just Akirea who was leaving. Miria said she was leaving too.

“I’m going to talk to Friede and Pipi about this and that. And take care of Aki so she doesn’t get lonely.”

Soon, Akirea, transformed into a dragon in an explosion of flames, disappeared into the night sky, seen off by one person and two dragons.

In fact, she also wanted to leave with them, to a place without humans.

Setsunen had to attend the Imperial educational institution according to her dad’s words, because she could meet so many different types of humans there.

[If I become friends with this kid, I can get on Yonghyun’s good side…]

[If I treat this child especially well, His Excellency the Prime Minister will praise me directly, right?]

[Like this, connections…]

Setsunen, who had a wish-fulfilling orb made by combining the souls of a dozen wyverns [a type of dragon], had abilities different from other dragons.

That was telepathy.

She could see into the minds of other living beings. Because she could see their dark intentions, Setsunen couldn’t like people or the world.

There were ways to befriend the children of the great nobles, who were of equal status, but she didn’t like the arrogance they held in their hearts either.

“Wow, I heard you beat up the young master of the Serman family this time?”

At least Rain’s few friends, who occasionally visited the Imperial Capital for special task force mission reports, had words and thoughts that didn’t differ.

“You deserve praise. With that momentum, knock down all the nobles in this world.”

“Hehe★ Is it because he resembles the Young Master that he’s already special? Did the Young Master tell you the story of how he flattened the nobles’ noses in the past?”

“Justice execution in Griffin Valley!!! I want to hear it again!”

“Hmph, did I also mention that it was this Wibert who made the decisive blow in that victory back then?”

“I haven’t heard that, I haven’t.”

“What?! Are you kidding me! Don’t whistle and look away! I remember saying it so many times!”

“Wibert, Nora, you have to point these things out…”

Lilian Karain sighed and calmed the two’s childish antics.

“If you only make enemies with others like that, you’ll end up with no one on your side. There might really be someone on your side somewhere.”

“Being enrolled in school is evil! Everything is evil! There is no one anywhere who can be on the side of justice!”

“Nen… Still, the Imperial Integrated Educational Institution was pushed forward by your dad despite the nobles’ opposition.”

“…”

“You have to do well there so your dad can save face. Is making your dad lose face justice or evil?”

Setsunen lowered her eyes and couldn’t answer, so Nora said.

“Lily, let’s go. The chief is calling★. Nen, bye~!”

“Nen, see you next time.”

When she complained to her dad, who was always overworked day and night, about her studies, her dad, who was stamping documents in his office, chuckled.

“That’s why you have to go to school, Nen.”