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As soon as Laurene finished speaking, she fished a handkerchief out from the pocket in her dress and wiped her lips.

She then set it on fire with magic right after but Rudeus' eyes were sharp enough to catch the bit of red on it.

Before he could even say anything about it, Laurene continued speaking as she shook her head, gesturing for him not to say anything.

'Can't have mum worrying about me any more than she already is.'

The girl thought about her mother whose eyes only contained worry for her daughter as she continued speaking.

"Also, we are 'heroes' of 'this generation', and we are 'seven' in number, as evidenced by the seven symbols you know of.

Sound familiar?"

Her words resonated with all those who heard, their thoughts instantly arriving at the same answer.

"The Seven Heroes of Legend!!! You are...this generation's 'Seven Heroes'."

"Bingo!

Finally, it's so irritating, not being able to tell anyone something as basic as that."