Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 282

(EP-282.1) King #1

282 – Bandit King #1

As I sat in the carriage, lost in thought, someone suddenly poked me in the side.

“Theo, what are you thinking about?”

It was Narmi. It seemed that Narmi and Mirna had indeed switched places. I shrugged my shoulders casually.

“Nothing much. I was just wondering if we’d reach Big River before evening. I heard it should appear if we follow this river.”

“I see! I thought you were thinking about that Tefer from earlier. The missing ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) archmage girl, I mean.”

The missing archmage girl.

It was certainly an intriguing story, but I figured that the White Mage Tower would already be handling the situation, so there was no need for me to intervene.

They mentioned that the White Mage Tower was in Big River, where we’re headed. Once in the city, it would be enough to simply check in and hear a report about the situation.

“But do you really think that Tefer was taken down by bandits? A Rank 5 Archmage would be practically invincible to bandits, right?”

At Narmi’s curious question, I glanced out at the river stretching alongside us, deep in thought.

Rank 5 mages were few in number, with less than 20 in the world. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

Naturally, the individual strength of each of them would be strong enough to be counted in the double digits if limited to mages.

In contrast, bandits were a joke compared to mages.

They were weak, vile people, which was why they resorted to banditry.

Normally, even if a large group of bandits gathered, it would be difficult for them to stand a chance against a genius archmage of the 5th rank...

As I was deep in thought, Stella added a comment.

“Fighting isn’t something you can quantify with numbers or calculations. Especially when it comes to survival, there are countless variables. With those variables, even an archmage can lose to bandits.”

“And what kind of variables are those?”

Narmi’s bold question seemed to catch Stella off guard for a moment. She crossed her arms with her eyes closed, and after a brief pause, responded lightly.

“The most classic variable would be having someone to protect. Or perhaps the bandits, being the cowards they are, took a hostage. The mages of the White Mage Tower are kind-hearted, after all.”

A hostage, huh.

That certainly made sense.

“By the way, this is Narmi-yang, right? You’re quite different from your sister, Mirna-yang. I wonder if you take after your mother, Alana, rather than Aleister seonbae?”

“You know my mom? And calling my dad ‘seonbae’? Isn’t the Professor older?”

Narmi’s innocent question made Stella chuckle lightly as she responded.

“The way elves and short-lived humans calculate age is different. I suppose if I were to compare myself to an average short-lived human, I’d be around 23 years old now.”

Was that so?

It reminded me of how people often said, “A 15 year old dog is 80 in human years.”

Maybe elves calculated their age similarly.

Narmi giggled at this.

“Then, if I calculate my age the elven way, I’d be about 120 years old! Theo, I’m 120 years old!”