Jio to Ougon to Kinjirareta Mahou 27

Very liberal translation, because I feel like it.

[1]

Title: Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic
>> Now I realise that perhaps 'banned' magic would be a better translation...

though I still like the sound of 'forbidden' better.

Box 1: The battle was said to be extremely grim.

[2-3]

1: The battle between the man who would later be called the Demon King for his deeds,

2: And the young boy who would become the world's top magician,

3: Fought out in the sky city.

Top left: Chapter 27: The other Jio

Bottom right: Kirihata Ayumi
Title: Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

Slanted: The serialisation begins once more! // The grand first chapter!!

[4]

Box 1: And then, five hundred years passed.

[5]

SFX: wham
1: Gold!

Text: Jio Rehuetas, otherwise known as just 'Jio', the world's top magician. // There are hundreds upon hundreds of stories out there, tales of his mysterious life and his accomplishments... // However, all the stories about him ended the same way.
>> lit: career and life

SFX: pow
2: Gold!

SFX: kick
3: Gold!!

[6]

Text: The world's best magician, Jio, obtained true Gold, and...

1: So if I'm the grandson of that Jio who obtained that gold,

2: Why the heck am I broke?

[7]

1: Hey,
2: don't you think so too?

3: 'Sides, there's nothing better than brawling with Jio's grandson.

4: We ain't fighting with you because you're Jio's grandson...!

[8]

1: It's cuz you piss us off!!

SFX: Heh...

2: Must be because my charm makes me the target of jealousy and envy of all.
3: My bad...

4: I said, it's 'cause...
5: There there, let's just call it a day here.

6: Oh yeah, the fee for today's fight please.
7: Selling fights as always, huh? // No wait, buying fights as always?

[9]

1: And then, all magic vanished from the world. // As though it had been made forbidden...
>> See what I mean by 'banned'?

2: Scraped by without needing to sell the mantle or the necklace.
>> in case you're wondering, he's wearing the mantle around his waist

3: It's been about five hundred years since magic disappeared from the world today, // And the magic research institution, Elzion, is looking at the possibility of reviving magic...

[10]

1: If not for this mantle or the necklace, I won't have any proof that I'm Grampa Jio's- or just 'Grampa' for short- his grandson, huh.
2: Not that I care.

3: Ah...

4: There's my name, too, Jio Aria Rehuetas. // You can't advertise it anymore

blatantly than that.

5: Aria's girly, and it's a name that makes it tough to introduce myself.

6: And one more thing...

[11]

1: You're just imagining it.
2: Moreover, according to inside sources, Elzion has made using magic a reality, succeeding in developing magical tools, but Elzion denies such--...

Box 1: This is the fifth hundred year since magic vanished from the world, and there are many who wish to see magic revived.
Box 2: Perhaps because this year marked another landmark milestone in history, people still clung onto their yearning for magic.

Box 3: People still wish for magic even though Science has progressed this far?

[12]

1: I understand how they feel.
2: It'd be fun to use magic.

3: What's more, there's no meaning to being Grampa's grandson if I can't use magic, is there.

4: Appear, flames!

5: As if.

6: ...

7: Come out...

8: Jio.

[13]

1: You must be Jio Rehuetas, // ...am I right?

2: Who // are you people?

[14]

1: The Magic Research Institution, Elzion.
2: We would like to request your assistance, as the grandson of the top magician in the world, Jio.

3: Assistance?
4: With what?

[15]

1: The details will be discussed at another location. // Of course, we'll also reward you as a token of our appreciation.

2: Reward?!
3: I'll come, I'll come!
SFX: perk up

4: I'll go---

5: ----by which I mean.
SFX: leap

6: Getting away!!

[16]

1: After him,
2: Don't let him get away.

3: This is real fishy.

4: Well, they might use guns, but---...

SFX: dooom

[17]

SFX: creak...

1: Ah yes, use the magic tools as well.

2: Wha,
SFX: dooom
3: Hey!
SFX: dooom

4: If he looks like he's about to get away,

[18]

1: Kill him.

2: What the heck's all this about----?!

[19]

1: There's no one else around here with more magical power than me besides Jio, is there?
2: Yessir.

3: Though... there are limits to what we can see, both during the preliminary investigation and now.

4: There's room for improvement, even for these magic true-sight cams.

5: Whatever. // We'll just have to get rid of anyone who possess more magic

than I do in that million-in-one chance.

6: Thanks to this era where magic cannot be used, as long as they don't own magical tools, there's nothing to be afraid of, no matter how powerful their magical abilities are.

[20]

1: Die, Jio.

2: Inheritor of Gold.

[21]

1: If you die,

2: I'll become the world's top magician.

Text: Jio, targeted! // His fate is sealed?!

Box: Continued in chapter 28