Book 1 Chapter 278

As Lunia arrived at the grand hall, Eiran was already in the midst of learning about the magic of the "Sword of Animus" from Leo.

"Eiran. If you were going to leave first, why didn't you tell me?"

"Lu, Lunia? Why are you here?"

"What do you mean? We agreed to go together earlier, didn't we?"

Seeing Lunia's dumbfounded expression, Eiran flinched and shivered.

"Th-that's right! We agreed to go together! I completely forgot!"

Lunia, who had been staring intently at Eiran's awkward smile, said.

"Eiran, you're not imagining strange things again, are you…"

"Wah!"

Eiran, blushing, grabbed Lunia and covered her mouth.

Lunia, shaking Eiran off, teased her with a mischievous smile.

"Why? What were you thinking again? Were you thinking about Leo and…"

"Lunia! Leo-nim might misunderstand! I wasn't thinking that! I wasn't!"

Eiran, with a tearful face, covered Lunia's mouth and shook her head frantically.

"Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!"

Eiran covered not only Lunia's mouth but also her nose with her hands, and Lunia struggled wildly.

However, there was no way Lunia, a summoner, could physically overpower Eiran, a sword master.

"You won't say strange things, right? Okay? Okay?"

Eiran, not understanding Lunia's state, closed her eyes tightly and shook her head, putting more force into her hands that were blocking Lunia's airway.

Leo, watching them intently, said.

"Eiran."

"Yes, yes! Leo-nim!"

"You're going to kill her like that."

"Huh? What… Ack?!"

Eiran, finding Lunia's body completely limp, was horrified.

"Luniaaaaaa!"

Leo muttered, watching Eiran scream and shake Lunia violently.

"You're on good terms."

***

"Hoo…"

Lunia waved her hand, looking at Eiran kneeling before her with her ears drooped.

"Don't worry too much. It was my fault for teasing you."

Then she looked at Leo.

"If you were teaching Eiran first, would you like to join the same class for review?"

"It's okay. You and Eiran will learn different magic."

"Different magic?"

"Yes."

Leo explained to Lunia what he had explained to Eiran.

As she listened to the story of the Shan Empire, Lunia narrowed her eyes.

'What exactly is this guy's identity?'

Leo always unraveled the secrets of the world that no one could reach for a long time.

'Even things related to Luna-nim.'

Looking at what Leo had accomplished, he had already surpassed what a hero candidate could do.

As Lunia looked at Leo with complex eyes.

"I'm going to teach you the magic left by the progenitor of the nebula, not just End."

"Magic left by the progenitor?"

"Yes. It was magic recorded alongside the Sword of Animus."

"I'd like to see that grimoire once."

"Unfortunately, I was allowed to view it at the Shan Empire, but not to take it out."

He had lied, saying the magic recorded in Luna's magic was a legacy of Shan.

Shan was a vast empire holding countless secrets.

As such, it was convenient to vaguely make excuses like this.

'This is really convenient.'

Leo smiled inwardly.

Although Lunia looked at Leo with some suspicion, she couldn't ask further questions when he mentioned the Shan Empire.

"Yes. What kind of magic will you teach me?"

Lunia glanced at Eiran.

Her face held envy.

'I can't believe Erquinte is still around.'

Erquinte.

It was a legendary sword whose existence was known through the Hero Record, but its actual object could not be found.

It was made by the divine blacksmith Dwenno for Luna, the progenitor of the nebula, and Luna passed it down to her disciple, the Fairy Knight Berkeia.

However, the genuine article was believed to have been lost during the Age of Catastrophe, and it was only passed down to the Arsart family as a Hero Weapon, a reward for conquering the hero's world.

Therefore, it was an ancient sword with almost no recognition even among elves.

Of course, those who have deeply researched the deeds of great heroes know of its existence.

That legendary sword had returned to the successor of the Arsart family.

This would cause shockwaves throughout elven society.

'Is Leo perhaps viewing Eiran with a bit of special consideration?'

Thinking about it, it was Leo who made Eiran, who had been refusing to go to school, return to school.

Her personality was also quiet and gentle, unlike her own, and most importantly, she was cute.

While Lunia was lost in thought.

"Flame magic."

"Flame magic?"

"Yes."

Leo unfolded his magic palm and drew a magic circle of one of Luna's Origin magics with threads of mana.

"The name of the magic is the Flame Emperor."

Leo said earnestly, looking at Lunia's burning eyes.

"In theory, it's a flame that will never go out."

Lunia's eyes widened.

Not just Lunia.

Eiran also looked surprised.

Unquenchable flame.

She knew very well what that meant.

The primal evil.

A terrifying disaster that had driven the world to the brink of destruction.

Erebos's sword flame was famous for being an unquenchable flame.

'Luna ultimately died without overcoming that flame.'

Luna's final moments, unknown to people now.

Only Leo, who was there, knew of his friend's death.

[Magic to make flowers bloom] was the magic Luna truly wanted to create.

[Stella Radius] was the magic symbolizing Luna herself, and [End] was magic filled with the will to destroy everything obstructing her path.

And [Flame Emperor] was magic created by Luna to counter the hateful black flame that had taken so much.

'Although she couldn't finish it in the end.'

It was magic created by Luna, but it did not suit Luna.

'If Dwenno had learned the magic of the stars, he might have been able to learn it.'

As far as Leo knew, aside from Erebos, Dwenno was the one who used the most powerful flame.

'It didn't suit me either.'

It was magic that even Kyle, who inherited Luna's mana and Dwenno's flame, could not complete.

Even though Leo inherited Dwenno's power, Dwenno's flame was a double-edged sword for Leo.

Dwenno's flame is powerful.

Beyond a certain heat, it burns even oneself.

This was because Leo did not have innate resistance to fire like Dwenno.

Lunia looked at the magic formula of the Flame Emperor.

"This magic… it's unfinished."

"That's right. The Sword of Animus that I'm going to teach Eiran is the same. You have to complete it."

Luna only created the framework of Origin.

It was almost perfect magic, but the magic wouldn't activate with just the framework.

The one who has to activate it is the person who will learn it.

Innocent magic was also ultimately completed by Leo.

"It might be harder to learn than End, and it might be dangerous."

Leo knew best how dangerous uncontrollable flames were.

Leo withdrew the magic formula and looked at Lunia.

Lunia scoffed at him.

"It doesn't matter. If Luna-nim created an unquenchable flame, I, an elf, know best what that means."

Lunia also read Luna's intentions.

"If this is an unfinished magic… it means Luna-nim couldn't achieve her wish."

Lunia took a deep breath.

"Leo, you restored the magic of blooming flowers, which can be called Luna-nim's wish, and returned it to us elves. If Luna-nim were alive, she would have been incredibly happy."

Lunia's red eyes shone as if they were burning fiercely.

"So, I also want to fulfill Luna-nim's wish."

Lunia spread her chest wide.

"Because we are descendants of the great progenitor of the nebula. We have a duty to fulfill her will."

Leo smiled at her words.

"Luna would have been incredibly happy if she heard that."

"Heh! Of course."

Lunia replied coyly, her face slightly blushing.

"So! Shall we start with interpreting the magic formula first?"

"No, there are two magics you need to learn before that."

"What are they?"

"You need to learn the magic of blooming flowers."

Magic of blooming flowers.

At first glance, it seems to be just a magic that makes flowers bloom.

'In reality, it's a magic with a simple effect that ends there.'

However, in terms of difficulty, it is the most difficult among the magic of stars.

It is literally magic containing Luna's essence.

"There isn't anyone among the elves who can use the magic of blooming flowers yet, right?"

"Yes. There isn't."

Eiran drooped her ears.

The reason why the magic of blooming flowers is difficult.

It is because it is magic that enters the realm of "birth."

It is literally magic that makes the life form of a flower bloom in a place with nothing, without any restrictions.

A miracle beyond magic.

It is no exaggeration to say that one has half-stepped into the realm of gods.

'The fact that the effect of magic that reaches the realm of miracles, with such genius, is merely making flowers bloom, reveals her eccentricity.'

Leo said, thinking that if Luna heard this, she would grab him by the collar and shake him wildly.

"Once you can use the magic of blooming flowers, you will be able to learn any magic of the stars. That magic is literally the essence of star magic."

At Leo's words, Lunia recalled Leo modifying the secret magic of the Rundoa family to suit her.

'Even if it's secret magic, it's still star magic. That's why this guy clumsily imitated my magic.'

Feeling that a question was being answered, Lunia said.

"Then, until then, are we postponing learning the Sword of Animus and the Flame Emperor?"

"No. You can practice separately. Eiran, learn how to control fairy mana from this guy."

Leo snapped his fingers.

Then a summoning circle opened, and Kirian appeared.

[I, appear.]

"Kirian-nim, it's been a while."

[Oh! Long time no see! Lewd elf!]

"Wh-why am I a lewd elf!"

[Why? You think that just because Leo and that ill-tempered elf went into the same room, they did this and that…]

"Wah! Wah! Wah!"

Eiran grabbed Kirian and shook him wildly.

[Ughhhh!]

Kirian, who was held, flailed in Eiran's hands as if he were in a threshing machine.

"That fidgety fairy is still the same."

Lunia glanced at Kirian and said with a proud expression.

"She should be elegant and dignified like our Fiora. So, Leo. What about me?"

"You need to become more familiar with fire. Wouldn't it be best to start with training to get used to Fiora's flames?"

Saying so, Leo summoned Fiora this time.

"…"

Lunia looked at Fiora, who appeared on Leo's palm, with a dazed expression.

Peep-!

Fiora raised one wing as if happy.

Peep-! Peep!

Lunia was imprinted in Fiora's mind as someone who gave her delicious things.

Therefore, as if wanting something, she chirped loudly and flapped her wings to fly to Lunia, jumping off Leo's palm.

Flap-! Flap-! Thump-! Rolo-ro-ro-!

And she couldn't fly, fell straight to the floor, and rolled to Lunia's feet.

Peep-! Peep!

"What did you do to our Fiora!"

Lunia glared and grabbed Leo by the collar.

Leo said.

"Let me be clear. I did nothing wrong. Did I know she would go around getting snacks from the students in our school's summoning department?"

Fiora was currently so overweight that she couldn't even fly properly.

Peep- Peep-!

Lunia covered her head, watching Fiora, who had become a fat chick and was rolling like a ball.

Fiora, who had been struggling, regained her balance and stood up, chirping loudly at Lunia's feet, asking for a snack.

"Fiora, don't worry. I'll definitely put you on a diet."

Kirian, escaping Eiran's grasp, muttered, watching Lunia hug Fiora tightly and make a vow.

[If you leave her with me for about a week, she'll be 1.5 times bigger.]

At that, Leo sighed.

'Obese phoenix, fairy prince chased away by a fairy king for playing pranks, perverted Pegasus. Why are all my summoned beasts like this?'

Leo thought it was fortunate that Elsi was relatively normal.