Mage Wife Lily

Translator : Elizabeth

Even while barely dodging the pouring magic spells, I didn't let go of the loudspeaker and shouted.

"Lily! Hey, Lily! Stop it! Are you planning to kill your husband?!"

"Husband? Huuusbaaaand? What kind of husband runs away right after the first night?! Don't make me laugh! This marriage is invalid!"

It feels strange to hear lines you'd only see in morning dramas coming from her own mouth.

"Calm down and listen for a second! There is a deep story here that even God would forgive..."

"Even if God forgives you, I won't! Die, you bastard!"

Kwa-ang! Kwa-ang!

Explosions and booming sounds erupted from all directions, even though she shouldn't be in a state to ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠move properly yet.

As the attacks continued, the Search Team Hunters began discussing whether they should define the transferees inside the fog as enemies and attack, or wait and see a bit longer.

I couldn't just watch Lily and her forces, who hadn't really committed any crime, get attacked, so I desperately tried to persuade Lily.

Setting everything else aside, she is my wife.

"Lily! Don't just get angry there, let's meet face-to-face and talk, huh? You can hit me or do whatever when we meet, so just calm down for now!"

"Huff... Huff..."

Whether my desperate persuasion moved her heart, or she just wanted to feel the impact on her hand by beating me up in person, fortunately, the persuasion worked, and Lily's attacks subsided.

I put down the loudspeaker for a moment and informed the Search Team Hunters.

"Everyone, please hold your fire. If we don't attack first, they won't necessarily strike first either. It would be best if I go and talk to them myself."

"Pardon? But looking at it earlier, it seemed like they held a grudge..."

"Ahem... She probably doesn't intend to fight to the death. I'll resolve it, so please wait here for a moment. You absolutely must not intervene."

The Search Team Hunters, having only heard fragments of Lily's words about "running away right after the first night," were looking at me with eyes reserved for a typical "pump-and-dump scumbag."

I can see my social reputation being whittled away in real-time.

Avoiding the glares of the Search Team Hunters, I moved my steps into the fog.

Lily also stopped her attacks for a moment and waited for me inside the fog, and soon, I stepped into the fog that was settled so thickly the inside couldn't be seen at all.

As soon as I entered, a landscape completely different from the outside unfolded.

Until just a moment ago, I was in the abandoned modern urban area of Icheon, but in this place where there should clearly be a field, a large-scale medieval city that was very commonly seen in Astraia stood.

It seems not only the people were transported, but the entire region was transported as well.

There was a towering tower in the middle of the city, and as soon as I entered, perhaps the transfer had completely finished just in time, people finally regained the freedom of their bodies properly and began to examine their situation.

People were bewildered, not knowing what was going on, then discovered me and jumped in surprise.

"Ha, Lord Hans?!"

"It's really Lord Hans! The Hero has returned!"

"Lord Hans! Where have ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠you been all this time?! Do you know how much Lady Lily looked for Lord Han—"

"Hey!!!!!"

However, the citizens' words were blocked by a tremendous shout that seemed like it would tear the sky apart.

Simultaneously with the shout, the ground surged up around me, trapping me inside, and something like a lump of lightning jumped down from the top of the tower at incredible speed and slammed into the earthen prison.

A very beautiful young woman wearing a robe with long natural blond hair fluttering.

A member of the Hero's Party that saved Astraia, the strongest Archmage in the world, and my wife, Lily Amarua.

As soon as Lily saw me, she made an expression that was hard to describe with words, a mixture of all kinds of emotions like gladness, affection, anger, and betrayal, and then rushed at me violently.

"Hans!"

"My real name is Jung Hyun-soo, though! Long time no see, Lily! Nice to—"

Pue-eok!

And as soon as we met, I was hit with a serious gut punch and collapsed.

"Keuheok... What... is this..."

"What is this? What is this?? That's what I want to ask! Disappearing right after the first night as soon as we got married, and you ask 'what is this' after getting hit once? The emotional wound I received from you can't be healed by something like this!"

Lily threw punches and kicks at me while I was down, cursing wildly.

"You son of a bitch! It's been 3 years, 3 years! 3 years have passed since you disappeared! Do you know how embarrassed I was when rumors started circulating that the husband ran away on the first night of the honeymoon?! I didn't even know where you went or your whereabouts! Even mobilizing all my magic, I couldn't even grasp a clue! You made me a living widow and now you shamelessly shove your face in?! How dare you eat and run?!"

"S-Sorry! I never imagined such a thing would happen back then either! I opened my eyes and I had gone to another world, and I didn't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠know how to return..."

I explained the situation diligently while being beaten continuously for about 10 minutes, and Lily, exhausted after beating me to her heart's content, flopped down on the ground and started wailing.

"Uwaaaah... You son of a bitch... You should have your thing cut off..."

"No, it's scary because if you say that, it feels like you'll really do it."

I comforted the crying Lily for a long time, and Lily, who had calmed down a bit, recalled ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the words I said while being hit and asked.

"So, your real name is Jung Hyun-soo? And the name Hans was wrongly known because we couldn't pronounce your name well?"

"Yeah. This is the real world where I lived. It seems quite a lot of time has passed here since I disappeared, and although it was a bit hard at first, I've adapted again and am living. I'm working at a newly established department called the Interdimensional Transferee Settlement Support Division, and it's a job that informs and introduces things needed to live in our country to people from other worlds like me or you."

"Then you mean cases like yours or mine are common here?"

"It's not very common... but it's not entirely rare either. Right now, transfers occurred in 3 more places besides you..."

I spoke up to that point and immediately shut my mouth.

Before the fog caused by the transfer phenomenon appeared, when I saw the faces briefly caught on the broadcast camera, the leaders of the other 3 factions were also wives I was united with in each world.

If I said something like, 'Besides you, I had three more wives!' here...

'I-I'll be murdered!'

I will have to reveal the truth soon, but if I say that in a situation where she is already severely sensitive after the dimension transfer, Lily, with her eyes rolled back, might kill me.

As I returned to the original world, almost all the power I used in each world was lost, so I can't even resist now.

"A-Anyway! Because there are cases like this, I help people like you settle well in Korea. Looking at it now, it seems the city itself was transported, and people must be extremely confused. I'll help, so won't you call the people and convey the situation?"

Lily stared at me for a long time, then pouted her lips and grumbled.

"...... I don't like it."

While grumbling, she amplified her voice with magic and informed the others transported with her of the situation.

People who looked much older than her called themselves disciples and teleported in an instant, bowing their heads to receive orders, and they scattered again in an instant to convey Lily's words to the numerous citizens transported together.

Watching that, I spoke to Lily lightly to lighten the mood.

"But it's surprising? You threw everything away saying you hated taking on positions like Master of the Magic Tower or whatever. You said you wouldn't accept disciples and would live in retirement, so why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Then, Lily's mood, which seemed to be calming down, flared up fiercely again in an instant.

"What? It's because of you, you damn bastard! I woke up after the first night and you suddenly disappeared, do you know how much I looked for you! It was hard to find you alone, so I disgracefully returned and even accepted disciples and told them to search for you too! I did that for 3 years, and what? Why did I suddenly change my mind?!"

"Um..."

My attempt to lighten the mood...

Honestly, I was in an unfair position too, but since it wasn't a situation more anger-inducing than Lily's, I immediately shut my mouth.

Desperately avoiding Lily's gaze as she growled like she would devour me from the side, shooting blazing flames from her eyes, I informed her, albeit briefly, about what procedures were waiting ahead.

I doubted if Lily was listening properly to those words, but my position was too bad to ask questions in this situation.

Fortunately, Lily was the Archmage who saved the world in Astraia, and since her reputation among the people was high, the transported people gathered following Lily without much confusion.

As the fog lifted and we went outside the city, the Search Team Hunters could be seen setting up camp, and I sent a hand signal indicating the conversation ended amicably so the Hunters would lift their alert posture.

As the Hunters announced the end of the situation and prepared to withdraw, someone from the formation ran toward this side wadada and called me.

"Senior! Seniooor!"

The woman with pink hair and cat ears who ran while waving her hand diligently stuck right next to me immediately, chattering away and linking arms with me.

"Senior, I'm sorry! I should have come with you immediately, but I was in another place because of work! When I arrived, they said you had already entered and told me to wait first! Isn't that too much? Even if I haven't been working long, I'm still your assistant and someone from another world, so I could have helped enough!"

"Uh...? Charles? Thanks for coming. But the situation here is finished for now, and if you do this now..."

At that moment, I felt a sensation cooler and more eerie than ever before behind my back.

Lily's voice, which had become cold enough to give me goosebumps just hearing it, came bleakly from behind my back.

"Hey, who is this woman?"

At Lily's words, Charles opened her eyes roundly, looked at her behind me, and smiled lightly.

"Interdimensional Transferee-nim? You shouldn't just speak informally to a Settlement Support Division employee like that?"

I felt the thought that the situation was already getting hugely twisted.