Book 1 Chapter 607
607.
“It seems like everyone had a decent day.”
Celia, who was the first to arrive at the meeting place and was waiting for her companions, murmured as she watched them return.
At her words, Avad, who was sitting on a bench, smiled faintly.
“And it seems a little smoother than yesterday. It looks like the hardships were worth it, doesn’t it?”
Since Gerdinger’s knights and Ruwallin’s mages were peers, they could easily become close if only given an opportunity to bond.
Celia and Avad, who had been skeptical about its effectiveness, were surprised.
“Did those two also get better?”
At Celia’s words, Avad’s face clouded slightly.
Niel and Marchel.
Celia and Avad were most worried about the two people they trusted the most.
“The ones who haven’t arrived yet are Chelsea and Leo. And Senior Marchel and Niel?”
As Avad looked puzzled, four people appeared in the distance.
“You’re late.”
Celia narrowed her eyes as she looked at Leo, who had arrived in front of her.
“Sorry, sorry. Something came up this morning, so I was a bit preoccupied.”
“What happened?”
Leo glanced behind him.
There, Niel and Marchel stood with their heads turned away from each other.
“They stayed in the same lodging last night. There was a bit of an incident then.”
“Ugh? Did those two have another big fight?”
“They made up, so don’t worry. They’ll get along from now on.”
“If so, that’s a relief, but…”
Celia looked at the two, between whom a cold wind seemed to blow fiercely.
“It seems even colder than yesterday?”
Celia tilted her head.
Leo glanced at the two.
‘Young Master Leo. Please keep what happened today absolutely secret from Young Lady Celia.’
‘How can I keep it a secret?’
‘What happened today was a mistake due to alcohol. So…!’
‘For a mistake, you had to have very good chemistry to do that.’
‘Young Master!’
Recalling his conversation with Niel, Leo chuckled.
‘Well, even if they said they hated each other to death, they ultimately couldn’t shake off their lingering feelings. So, it’ll be just as quick for them to get close again.’
Leo, who decided to keep Niel and Marchel’s matter a secret for a while, said,
“Everyone seems to be here. Shall we go then?”
In front of them, Retin’s government building was visible.
Behind it, a grand palace stood.
The royal palace of the ancient Tungkun Kingdom.
Decades ago.
When it was destroyed by Tartaros’s invasion, the gates of Tungkun’s royal palace were also firmly closed.
“It’s sealed.”
Avad, who had come to Leo’s side, murmured softly as he looked up at Tungkun’s royal palace.
“Considering the power sealing the palace, it’s clearly the power of a spirit.”
“But they used a magic spell formula in the method of utilizing the power. I’ve seen it in books before, but it’s amazing to see it in person.”
Chelsea exclaimed, continuing Avad’s words.
Hearing the two speak, Leo said,
“It certainly is amazing.”
Celia, who was listening to the three, tilted her head.
“If it’s about combining spirit magic with magic spell formulas, isn’t that Wareden’s specialty? Is that really so amazing?”
“That Wareden guy just uses it simply. It’s an incredible ability, you know.”
“What?”
“Even a Spirit Mage, a dual-class that uses both magic and spirits, can’t use magic purely with the power of spirits.”
“Don’t mana and spiritual power inherently possess the characteristics of mana?”
“That’s right. Mana amplified into magical power and mana resonated into spiritual power. Both powers, unlike processed aura contained in the body, retain the characteristics of mana. So, at first glance, it’s easy to think they’re similar powers, but amplification and resonance have fundamentally different wavelengths.”
“So, a spirit summoned by spirit magic, being resonated and summoned by the summoner’s spiritual power, means that a magic spell formula cannot be activated with the summoned spirit’s power? Because the wavelengths are different?”
“Exactly.”
“Then what about Wareden?”
“Wareden re-amplifies the spiritual power that has been resonated.”
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
True to her nature as an honor student, Celia quickly grasped how technically unstable Wareden’s ability was from Leo’s simple explanation.
“That’s why Wareden is amazing.”
The basis of an extraordinary ability is the ability to awaken mana.
Depending on the user’s nature, mana is divided into aura, magical power, and spiritual power.
Occasionally, there are those who can awaken mana into other forms, and that is a dual class.
However, making an already awakened ability similar to another form is an entirely different matter.
It’s an ability that, if mishandled, could cause a mana rampage.
Celia once again marvelled at Wareden’s ability, which he had been using as if it were natural since his enrollment.
“Is it an ability you can’t do either?”
“I can. And it’s not just me. Those who have the ability to amplify spiritual power to match magic spell formulas are rare, but they definitely exist. It’s just that the efficiency isn’t like Wareden’s.”
It’s an ability only Wareden can achieve.
Even Lysianas, whom Leo knew as the strongest summoner and one of the top mages, would find it difficult to imitate Wareden’s spirit magic.
‘Indeed, he’s a monster who made a contract with a Great Spirit since his second year.’
Leo’s contract with the three great mythical beasts might overshadow it, but unlike Leo, who reincarnated, Wareden made a contract with a Great Spirit purely through his own power.
‘If nothing else, if I hadn’t been here, the strongest in our school in the same year would have been Wareden.’
“So? I understand that activating magic spell formulas with the power of spirits is difficult. Then what exactly is that sealing magic on the castle?”
“That’s a case where a spirit used a magic spell formula.”
“What?”
Celia looked surprised.
“The Great Spirit of Fire, the Spirit of Purity, is famous among summoners and mages as a magic-using spirit. Well, since it hasn’t appeared in the world for so long, those not interested in this field don’t know much about it.”
“A being as great as a Great Spirit used magic?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“How would I know? That’s why it’s so curious.”
Spirits are extremely natural beings.
They are only interested in making the world harmonious.
And magic is a technique that twists the laws of nature.
As such, spirits are inherently not very interested in magic.
Crucially, magic is a power created by the terrestrial races to imitate the power of spirits.
Over long ages, magic has evolved beyond simply imitating the power of spirits.
But its foundation does not change.
As such, most of what magic can do, spirits can also do.
Therefore, spirits have no need to learn magic.
So, it is surprising that a being as great as a Great Spirit learned magic.
“Anyway, it’s still a hot topic of debate in the magic academic world. Whether spirits might also have magical talent.”
“They tried experiments, but most of them failed.”
“Hmm. Magical talent in spirits. That sounds interesting.”
As Avad, Chelsea, and Leo talked only about magic academic topics, Celia, who was watching, grabbed Leo’s arm and pulled him towards her.
“Why?”
“You’re a direct descendant of Gerdinger. This way the balance is right.”
Celia grumbled, perhaps feeling left out by the magic conversation she couldn’t participate in.
Leo chuckled at that.
Watching them, Chelsea said,
“Anyway, because of that magic, the Spirit of Purity was once renowned as the strongest Great Spirit. Tartaros also invaded its stronghold, here, Istara the Spirit of Purity’s home, twice because of that.”
After the first battle, Tungkun was founded, and after the second, Tungkun fell.
Hearing Chelsea’s words, Celia said,
“Once the strongest spirit, huh. The Great Spirit currently called the strongest was the Great Spirit of Water, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. Undine, the Spirit of the Deep Sea.”
Elsie, who had been listening to Chelsea and Celia’s conversation, said,
-It seems the current Great Spirit of Water has a very humble personality? For a Great Spirit to use the same name as a lower spirit.
The Spirit of the Deep Sea was famous for using the same name as a lower spirit of water.
Given that Great Spirits are generally very proud, it was an extremely unusual occurrence.
-That’s because she’s a hypocrite.
Larael, who was acquainted with the Spirit of the Deep Sea, said coldly.
-Hmm. Let’s see. The currently existing Great Spirits are Istara of Purity, the Great Spirit of Fire. Sileton of Gale, the Great Spirit of Wind. Titaum of Indestructibility, the Great Spirit of Earth. Undine of the Deep Sea, the Great Spirit of Water. Ignit of the Abyss, the Great Spirit of Darkness. And Miss Larael, right?
-Yes. Istara has a foul temper, and Sileton is ill-mannered. Undine is a hypocrite, and Ignit is sinister. As for Titaum, well. He’s relatively sturdy, but he’s the youngest Great Spirit, so we’ll have to wait and see how he turns out.
-Aren’t your evaluations of your fellow Great Spirits a bit too harsh?
As Elsie gave an awkward smile, Larael said,
-Because it’s the truth. They are too lowly riff-raff for Lady Elsie to even pay attention to.
Larael greatly respected the nobility of Elsie, who was practically an ancient senior.
-Ignit was a good spirit, though.
Elsie smiled faintly, recalling Ignit, a direct junior she had met before.
Indeed, when they first met, Ignit disliked people.
But after talking with Elsie, he stayed in Rumern and was looking for a contractor.
Hearing Elsie’s words, Larael looked at her with admiration.
-Ah, as expected of Lady Elsie. To give such a generous evaluation even to that gloomy spirit.
-You even understand a spirit with such a violent personality as yourself. If you think about it, aren’t you the one who possesses all of being foul-tempered, ill-mannered, hypocritical, and sinister?
Larael choked Kirian, who was asking for trouble.
Leo looked at the summoned creatures, visible only to him, and seriously pondered.
-What are you thinking so hard about?
‘I plan to make contracts with all the Great Spirits in the future.’
To perfectly use Lysianas’s power, contracts with Great Spirits were necessary.
‘But I’m worried if it’s okay to add more here.’
Even now, the summoned creatures are so noisy they give him a headache.
If he added more, he worried if he could handle them.
-If it’s about that, leave it to me. I’ll lead them well.
Elsie smiled brightly.
Looking at Elsie, Leo made a strange expression.
-Why?
‘No. You didn’t even acquire a single subordinate spirit 5000 years ago.’
Elsie, born in a dying world, had never had a subordinate spirit.
‘Seeing you, of all people, say you’ll take in Great Spirits now, it’s good to see.’
-Oh, come on. How could I take in fellow Great Spirits?
Elsie laughed as if it were absurd.
Then, she turned to Larael and Kirian, who were causing a ruckus, and said,
-Larael. I’m thirsty.
-I’ll gather morning dewdrops right away!
Larael disappeared in a flash of light.
-Hoo hoo hoo hoo! Thank you. Thank you.
-Stop teasing Larael. You always get caught.
Elsie patted Kirian’s head, who was clinging to her, crying.
-Me, dominating Great Spirits. That’s absurd.
Watching Elsie shake her head, Leo thought,
‘Didn’t Larael and Ignit already treat Elsie like a superior spirit?’
Larael also followed Elsie.
Elsie was already able to control the Great Spirits of Light and Darkness as if they were her limbs.
‘And she’s also commanding the three great mythical beasts.’
There would likely be no other spirit like this in history.
‘Well, with Elsie around, maybe there won’t be much of a problem?’
Among Leo’s sworn allies, the undisputed most influential figure was Elsie.