Book 1 Chapter 363

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The beautiful golden liquid flowed into Leo's mouth.

The surrounding female students, who had been watching, froze.

*Gulp-*

Leo's throat moved smoothly.

A refreshing scent spread in his mouth.

Along with it, he felt his body, tired from training, recovering.

Just as Leo felt his body becoming more refreshed and was about to open his mouth,

"Don't look! Don't look at anyone else!"

Celia exclaimed, covering Leo's eyes with her hands.

"Hey! All of you, get away! Don't even think about making eye contact with Leo!"

Celia was known for never showing any flaws.

Her motto was to always be a perfect honor student as a descendant of Schrödinger.

Yet, this Celia was showing immense emotional turmoil.

"Oppa Leo! What are you doing drinking that!"

Chelsea also approached Leo with a bewildered expression.

"Go away, Shoo! Shoo!"

Celia, still covering Leo's eyes with both hands, swung her legs.

Chelsea slightly frowned at Celia's actions, which reminded her of chasing away pests, but Leo was the priority, so she took a step back as Celia said.

"Aren't you overreacting?"

"Overreacting what! You're a direct descendant of Schrödinger and our school president? You shouldn't be acting strangely!"

Celia spoke sternly to Leo, who was trying to remove her hands.

Watching this, Eliza, who had stopped her fight with Chloe, smirked.

"This should be quite entertaining, don't you think? It looks like fun, so let's see how effective that love potion or whatever it is."

"Oh my?"

At Eliza's words, Chen Xia gasped, covering her mouth.

A noble demeanor like an elegant young lady.

But her eyes were fierce.

"Is this funny right now? Eliza?"

At Chen Xia's question, Eliza averted her gaze.

"Cal, make an antidote quickly."

Chloe's words caused Cal to scratch his head awkwardly.

"There's no specific antidote. Maybe we just need to be careful for a day?"

Seeing Chloe's cold gaze, Cal quickly added,

"How about this? After all, no one here except Eliza would do anything strange to Leo, right?"

Cal smirked.

"Since it's already happened, why doesn't one person just stay with Leo all day?"

"What?"

"I think Chloe would be good. She's also the dorm leader of Glory, and we've been close since freshman year."

Cal's sly remark made Chloe's face turn red.

"Wh-what are you talking about!"

"I heard the effect only lasts for about a day anyway."

"I can take good care of Leo, too."

"I was in the same class as Leo oppa for a year, you know?"

Chen Xia and Chelsea also stepped forward.

Seeing this, Celia said,

"Don't even dream about it!"

"Hmph, if you're so unhappy, Celia Schrödinger. Why don't you take care of him?"

At Eliza's words, Celia said,

"Don't say such a dangerous thing. Leo and I are cousins."

"Celia."

Then Leo spoke.

"I'll close my eyes, so please take your hands away."

At those words, Celia nodded and removed her hands.

After that, they discussed what to do with Leo.

"Oppa Leo, why did you drink something like that?"

During their conversation, Leo asked for water, and Chelsea approached to pour it for him.

"Chelsea."

"Yes?"

When Chelsea turned her head and saw Leo, her heart sank.

His beautiful red eyes were staring directly at her.

"Wh-wh-wh-what."

Chelsea was so flustered that she couldn't even speak properly.

"Leo and Chelsea made eye contact!"

Cal exclaimed in shock when he saw this.

"Hey! Chelsea Lewallin!"

Celia shouted, her eyes blazing, and Chelsea said with a flustered expression,

"N-no! It wasn't me, it was Leo oppa who looked at me… Ah! Really!"

Chelsea stamped her feet, not knowing what to do.

And as she glanced at Leo, her face turned bright red.

Seeing Chelsea like that, Leo chuckled and patted her head.

Chelsea's eyes widened at his actions, which were no different from usual.

"It doesn't seem to have much effect."

Everyone looked surprised at Leo's words.

"Leo-doryeong, are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm fine."

"That's a relief."

Chloe let out a deep sigh of relief, watching Leo shrug nonchalantly.

"So it was a failed product in the end?"

Celia, with her arms crossed, squinted her eyes.

Cal scratched his cheek.

"It seems so."

"Hmph, it's pathetic that I was fooled for even a moment."

Eliza scoffed and turned away.

As the incident concluded, Cal let out a hearty laugh and said,

"Wow, it's a relief it was a failed product! Hahaha! Let's go stop the kids."

Chloe reached out to Cal, who was trying to smoothly move past the situation.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"Do you think you can get away with causing such a commotion?"

Chloe pulled Cal's ear, and Celia, seeing this, swept her hair back.

"How are you going to take responsibility for this ruckus?"

Chelsea made a chilling cracking sound with her knuckles and squinted her eyes.

"Are you ready for the consequences?"

"Hey! I didn't know! I really didn't know it would escalate this much!"

Cal protested with a pale face.

Chen Xia, watching this, smiled faintly.

"Everyone, don't scold him too much. We can't punish student Cal individually."

"Ch-Chen Xia!"

"We'll bring it up as an agenda item and handle it by the student council. Student Cal, you were apprehended by the student council before for manufacturing and selling illegal drugs, right? I believe it was stated then that if you caused such a commotion again, you wouldn't be spared."

Cal's face turned white.

"Cal intended to make it and report it to the student council properly. Even if Cal is the cause of this commotion, he can't be called the ringleader. Please don't scold him too much."

"Leo! You're the best!"

Cal looked like he was about to cry, seeing his friend defend him.

At Leo's words, the female students also looked as if they agreed.

"By the way, why was it a failed product?"

"Because it's Cal."

Chelsea, with her arms crossed, answered as Chloe tilted her head in confusion.

And so, the incident concluded.

As Leo returned to his room, he muttered.

'Cal made it properly.'

Leo looked down at the potion bottle.

'People think the same way now as they did 5,000 years ago. Thinking it's for drinking.'

Leo chuckled.

The love potion made by Dwenno.

It wasn't meant to be drunk.

Leo recalled an event from 5,000 years ago.

***

*Click-*

That day was after the meeting about future matters in Gardesron had ended.

As the five great heroes sat in the conference room, Dwenno placed a small bottle containing a golden liquid on the table.

"What is this?"

Ricinous asked with a puzzled look.

"It's a love potion."

Ricinous, Arion, and Kyle looked at Dwenno with bewildered expressions.

"Some fool kept pestering me to make it, so I made it. It only lasts for a day, but its effects are certain."

At Dwenno's serious words, Arion's eyes widened, and he asked Kyle,

"Who do you think it was?"

"That's what I'm saying. Who is that idiot who had such a foolish idea? If you like someone, you should just confess."

"Kyle, I completely agree with your thoughts, but it's unacceptable coming from an idiot like you."

"Why is this damn dwarf picking a fight all of a sudden?"

Kyle scowled.

Ricinous stared intently at Luna.

Luna looked away, pretending to be unaware.

"It's surprising that you're putting effort into making such a strange thing."

At Ricinous's words, Dwenno said,

"I had no intention of making it. But upon thinking about it, isn't love a truly beautiful emotion? As someone who praises beauty, it's an emotion I couldn't overlook. That's why I made it."

"I'm not even curious how you interpreted it with such a perverted perspective."

At Kyle's words, Luna stood up abruptly.

"Since it's already made, let's test it, Kyle."

"Why."

"Drink it."

"…"

Kyle scrunched up his face and looked at Luna.

"Why should I have to drink this strange, unknown potion?"

"Because you're the perfect candidate."

Luna smirked and approached Kyle with the bottle in hand.

"Here, ah! Open wide."

"Get that away from me, you idiot."

"I said drink it!"

"As a leader, I can't let a party member drink something so strange. Luna, throw it away immediately."

"Hmph!"

Luna opened the bottle and tried to force-feed it to Kyle.

Kyle snatched the bottle from Luna's hand and force-fed it into Luna's mouth.

"Gulp? Gulp?"

Luna, with wide eyes, struggled to push it away, but Kyle tightly embraced her back and squeezed his hands.

Luna, held in Kyle's arms, initially struggled, but soon, with her ears turning red, she completely relaxed.

Ricinous's mouth gaped, and Arion's eyes widened.

"You drink it. Don't try to feed it to others."

"Hooong-!"

Luna, letting out a strange moan, closed her eyes tightly and pulled away from Kyle.

"How could you give Luna something like that!"

"Then should I just meekly accept it when you try to force-feed it to me with magic?"

"That's true, but…"

While Ricinous and Kyle bickered, Luna fluttered her eyelashes and cautiously looked at Kyle.

Her face seemed somewhat tense.

But Luna looked at Kyle with slightly flushed cheeks.

Kyle approached her and leaned in.

"How is it? Do you think you'll fall for me?"

"Kyle…"

"Luna! Wait a moment—"

It was when Ricinous urgently tried to dissuade Luna.

"What are you doing! You damn brat!"

*Thwack-*!

Luna headbutted Kyle in the face.

"This wildcat really…"

Kyle clutched his face and moaned.

Leaving Kyle behind, Luna retorted to Dwenno.

"What is it! Nothing's happening! It's a complete failure!"

At Luna's words, Dwenno looked at her with a pathetic expression.

"There is no such thing as failure in my dictionary. Especially not for art."

"What?"

"Thinking of feeding it to someone is quite low-level. Of course, it does have the effect of recovering a tired body if you drink it, but the true method of using the love potion I made is different."

"What is it?"

As Luna squinted her eyes, Dwenno glared at her.

"You spray it! The moment you spray the potion on your body, you return to your form when you were born!"

"…"

Luna, unable to comprehend for a moment, was stunned, and Ricinous also looked as if he was thinking, "What is he talking about?"

Arion, who was listening to the story, blushed and asked,

"Does that potion melt all of one's clothes?"

"You got it right! Arion!"

"What kind of perverted potion is that to be called a love potion!"

Luna, her ears turning red, shouted furiously.

"You don't understand! Imagine a beautiful man and woman in the same room, seeing each other's beautiful forms! And that too, with everything they're wearing melting away all day! Wouldn't love naturally blossom?"

"Did you make such a vulgar potion and call it a love potion, you perverted dwarf!"

Luna shouted as if possessed.

"As expected, you don't understand art at all."

Ricinous covered his head and let out a deep sigh.

"These are the hopes that will save the world."

***

'Well, I'm the only one who knows about its effects.'

Leo shrugged.

'Cal won't try to make it again, either.'