Act 119. educate
The young man was visibly frightened by the flames on Fina's fingertips, but he continued to speak.
"Do you really dare to do it? I know that if you mages use magic to kill people at will, you will have all magic abolished and exiled to the desolate half-plane! ā
Mages are people with power, and if they are used arbitrarily, it will naturally cause chaos, so the Magic Association has strict control over the actions of mages outside, and killing people at will with magic is the biggest taboo, which is well known even in Sur Town.
Moreover, these young people are not minors, so they are more protected, and it is impossible for Fina to make a move against them, unless she is willing to bury her future for them!
Hearing the young man's words, Fina hesitated, she didn't care at all about them insulting her, but if it involved the people around her, especially Reiner, she felt angry and unusually angry, so she would behave like this.
"Hehe, waste!"
The young man sneered when he saw that Fina had stopped what he was doing, and wanted to reach out to push her down, but the hand was blocked.
Reiner couldn't stand the disgusting brain-dead behavior of the other man, and he grabbed the young man's hand and made a slight force that caused the other to let out a groan of pain.
"You let go!"
The other two men tried to help, but a pale blue flame had already ignited in Reiner's other hand.
"You're also a mage!?"
The man who was dragged by Reiner had a look of surprise on his face, but then it cooled down again.
"You don't dare touch me, I'm the mayor's son!"
"Really?"
Reiner smiled, and the force in his hand was a little heavier.
"You probably only know that mages who use magic to kill people at will will have extremely serious consequences, but you don't know the details, right?"
Hearing Reiner's words, the two who originally wanted to do it suddenly chuckled in their hearts and were a little panicked.
"What do you mean?"
The young man who claimed to be the mayor's son was also apparently shocked by Reiner's words, and his face began to gradually become infected with panic.
"What this law means is that 'mages' use 'magic' to kill people 'at will', and no matter which point it is, there is a lot of room for interpretation."
Reiner said quietly.
"Aside from the identity of a mage, if I don't use magic, just break your hand with brute force, or punish you for insulting my reputation, these explanations can evade this law, at least reduce the guilt to a situation that can be dealt with with money, what do you think I will do?"
What Reiner said is also true, after all, mages sometimes encounter situations where they have to use magic to defend themselves, and if you take 10,000 steps back, the trial involving specific cases, unless the evidence is conclusive like Piram before, it will take a lot of time to confirm, and the longest time is even decades.
"Y-You!"
The mayor's son retorted, but his body was already shaking, and he looked at his two friends as if asking for help, but the two were already frightened by Reiner's words and did not dare to take a step closer.
"Of course you can think I'm scaring you, and you can bet I don't dare hurt you here, but maybe it's your life that loses."
Reiner said lightly, the flame in his hand turned into a blue fireball and roared towards the mayor's son.
Bang ā
The sound alarmed everyone, and several men in the prime of life ran over with hoes and shovels, but when they saw the charred marks on the ground, they could not take a step further.
"You, you, you, you ......"
The mayor's son felt the burning heat that had just passed over his ears, and he turned his head slightly to look at the bombardment marks that were not more than a stone's throw away from him, and realized that Reiner was not joking, but was warning him very seriously.
There was a damp heat in his lower body, and he was incontinent uncontrollably.
"Children, the next time you come out to do something bad, you'd better study the law first."
Reiner patted the other man on the shoulder, then said to Fina.
"Let's go."
Fina was still distracted at this time, she had never seen Reiner like this, and the thought of Reiner standing up to protect herself, Fina felt a certain warmth flowing in her heart, which was an unprecedented feeling.
She was stunned for a moment before she caught up with Reiner's steps, and glanced at the young man who had been regarded as a nightmare by her in the past, causing the other party to shiver.
Maybe for many years, this guy will stay away from Fina and never dare to offend her at will.
Fina was a little happy and a little emotional.
It turns out that it takes nothing complicated to regain dignity, just a little courage and a little wisdom.
"What kind of mayor's son is that guy?"
Reiner asked as he walked, that kid just now really didn't look like he had received a good education, a gangster of this level would definitely not survive a chapter in a novel.
"Well, his name is Cassin, and his father is the mayor of Sur."
Fina nodded, this town is very closed, most people inherit the family business, the blacksmith's son will become a blacksmith in the future, the cook's son will become a chef in the future, and similarly, the mayor's son will become the mayor in the future, and the mage's daughter will inevitably become a witch.
Since childhood, the boy named Casin has been bullying Fina with the others, and has been more or less connived at by his own father, and in this small town, the mayor is the king of a country, and he is a noble prince, and all the young people naturally look up to him.
"It seems that his authority in the future cannot be guaranteed."
Reiner smiled, most of what he had just said to the young man was nonsense, but he was very reasonable, and the people here were stupid, so no one could read Reiner's words.
The big fireball that deliberately missed was also to deter others, Reiner didn't know if it was because they had seen too few mages, or if the Fina family was too easy to bully, and he had the responsibility to help these ignorant guys reshape their three views, the most important of which was not to provoke a mage.
"Well, thank you, Principal Ian Gray."
Fina smiled shallowly, Reiner rarely saw such an expression on her face, which made him think that the schoolboy seemed to be quite cute.
"You should laugh more, it's not good to keep a straight face."
Reiner guessed that Fina probably got into the habit of being a child, and that most of the feelings would not be written on her face, but now that it was not in the past, she should have more smiles.
"Also, just call me Reiner in the future, or Mr. Reiner, I'm always yelling at Ian Gray, I feel like I'm getting older."
"Hmm......"
Seemingly shy of Reiner's words, Fina looked away a little embarrassed.
"IāI know, Reiner...... Mr. ā