Book 1 Chapter 67

A chilling silence descended.

The Lumern students looked at Leo with puzzled expressions, while the Seirun students glared at Leo with stern faces.

"The interpretation… is wrong? What does that mean? Student Leo Froob."

Herdium asked with a smile.

But his eyes held a chill.

Leo, scratching his cheek at the sight, said,

"That magic won't activate."

"Of course. This is an unfinished spell, so it wouldn't activate anyway."

"Huh?"

Leo was flustered.

He then realized the unfavorable gaze of the Seirun students, including Herdium.

'He's an auror and summoner major, what does he know about magic to be saying that?'

Runia also looked at Leo with an expression of disbelief.

"Ha! You're getting arrogant because you can use something similar to star magic! This magic is the legacy of our progenitor that cannot be deciphered! Countless elf mages have restored it to its current form, and you say it's wrong?"

An elf male student, who had been beaten by Leo, shouted indignantly.

'Ah… this was a lost magic?'

Leo realized his mistake and made a sheepish expression.

Meanwhile, Runia was taken aback by the male student's words.

'Wait? Magic? Didn't Leo use auror and spiritual energy?'

"Student Leo seems to have a good grasp of star magic. It's interesting. To see how star magic appears in human eyes."

Herdium said in a cold voice and offered a piece of chalk.

"If our elf interpretation is wrong, would you show us your interpretation?"

'Sigh. I can't refuse to show it now.'

He hadn't expected that a basic magic among star magic would still be undeciphered.

'Right. It's possible he wouldn't know. This magic was created by Luna when she established the magic system after star magic was created.'

What elves use in this era is star magic, but its foundation is different from what Luna used.

That's because the only one who fully inherited the essence of star magic was Kyle, not the elves.

'I died before I could pass that essence to other elves.'

It's no exaggeration to say that the direct lineage of star magic was cut off with Kyle.

The star magic the elves currently use is merely a copy restored based on the spell patterns of star magic remembered by Berkia, Luna's disciple, and the magic books left by Luna.

'It's amazing they managed to implement this much with something incomplete.'

In such a situation, it's not strange that they wouldn't know about magic considered a basic spell.

It was basic magic from Luna or Kyle's perspective.

From the elves' perspective, it was a completely lost and forgotten magic.

Leo blamed himself for his mistake and got up from his seat, approaching the blackboard.

Meanwhile, the Lumern students who saw him were aghast.

'Ugh! Oppa Leo, why did you do that!'

'It's a big deal if you, the class representative, are disgraced!'

'Gasp! Professor Halind's eyes are shooting lasers!'

Halind, who was observing from behind, also sent a menacing gaze at Leo.

Leo's actions were incredibly disrespectful.

The students of Class 5 clutched their heads in agony, while the Seirun students glared at Leo as if to say, 'Let's see how well you do!'

Herdium crossed his arms and took a step back, watching Leo begin his interpretation.

The sound of chalk quietly echoed.

*Tap!*

Leo filled in the missing parts of the broken spell.

In the process, it was natural to use star magic spell patterns that were not passed down to the elves.

'What kind of interpretation is that?'

'It looks like star magic, but the interpretation is unfamiliar.'

'It's a completely bizarre interpretation!'

The Seirun students looked puzzled by Leo's interpretation.

Even Runia, who boasted the best magical skills, had a bewildered expression.

'Does such a spell exist?'

None of the Seirun students at the moment understood how important what Leo was writing on the blackboard was to them.

Rather, their eyes were about to spin from the increasingly complex magic patterns.

Only one person, Herdium, was trembling as he looked at the blackboard.

*Tap!*

Finally, Leo put down the chalk and stepped back.

"I'm done."

Halind crossed his arms and stared intently at Leo.

Halind, who knew little about star magic, couldn't evaluate Leo's magic patterns at that moment.

Halind shifted his gaze from Leo and looked beside him.

Then, he looked at Herdium and his expression turned surprised.

Herdium's body was trembling.

The progenitor's magic that countless elf mages had tried to decipher for thousands of years, but failed.

Thus, it was considered an unfinished spell.

And Herdium, who had dedicated his life to researching this magic, fully understood Leo's spell patterns.

So he could know.

'The magic has been perfectly solved!'

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"Student Leo Froob. How on earth did you do it?"

Herdium led Leo and Halind into a small room next to the grand banquet hall and immediately asked.

Halind also looked at Leo with surprised eyes.

Under their gazes, Leo hesitated for a moment about what to say.

'It's best to just say I interpreted it purely.'

That he was Kyle.

Or that he learned magic directly from Luna. Such things would not be believed, nor should they be said.

"I have a great interest in star magic and have been researching it deeply for a long time. Therefore, I have been researching that magic for a long time as well."

"It's not a magic that can be interpreted simply by having an interest in star magic."

Herdium adjusted his glasses and asked sharply.

It was Halind who answered the question.

"Student Leo Froob is not just a student with a talent for star magic."

"Then?"

"This student is an actual user of star magic."

Herdium's expression turned surprised at Halind's words.

"Star magic? A human? Ah, no. It's not that humans or other races can't use it… but at such a young age?"

Star magic is a magic system created by Luna.

After a long time, it was adapted to suit elves, and compared to other magic systems, it had the disadvantage of being difficult for other races to use.

Even if they could use it, they needed a high level of mana proficiency, making it difficult to use at a young age, and its power would be halved if they did.

'And yet, this student uses star magic in a human body at the mere age of fifteen?'

"But even if you are a user of star magic, interpreting that magic… can you explain the process of how you interpreted it?"

To Herdium's question, Leo began to explain the magic interpretation on paper.

As Herdium watched Leo's interpretation, his eyes were increasingly filled with astonishment.

'Perhaps if the progenitor had interpreted it, this is the kind of interpretation that would emerge?'

Leo's interpretation was so natural and perfect that he thought so.

Finally, when Leo finished the interpretation, Herdium, who received it, trembled.

"Student Leo Froob… what kind of magic is this…? Have you used it before?"

'I haven't used it myself, but.'

Leo scratched his cheek and said,

"It was magic that made flowers bloom."

"Flowers?"

Halind and Herdium looked puzzled.

"Yes."

"Th-that's surprising. To think that this magic, from which countless elemental spells have branched off, was simply a spell to make flowers bloom."

Herdium muttered in an astonished voice at the progenitor's eccentricity, and Leo used the magic.

A warm light bloomed from Leo's palm, and soon a single flower bloomed in his hand.

"It's not simply magic to make flowers bloom. During the age of disaster, flowers were almost wiped out."

Herdium looked at the flower that bloomed in Leo's hand.

"To make flowers bloom, you need fire, wind, water, earth, and light."

Leo chuckled as he looked at the flower blooming in his hand.

"For the progenitor of the Nebula, flowers must have been something special, right?"

'See! See! Kyle! I've finally completed the magic that makes flowers bloom!'

'What kind of magic are you making?'

'Why flowers? They're pretty, aren't they? I want to regain a world where flowers bloom everywhere someday. Want to learn too?'

'No thanks.'

Looking at the flower in his hand, Leo recalled the past.

Although he was reluctantly taught by Luna, he had no use for it.

'I'm using it in my next life.'

The magic Luna loved and cherished the most.

A magic that blooms flowers, imbued with the essence of all the magic he had built up, as it was a basic spell.

'I wonder what expression the elves would have if they knew that the reason Luna created star magic was to complete this magic?'

As Leo recalled the past, remembering Luna's bright smile.

"Indeed! This magic may even contain Luna's deep intention of loving nature."

'No. That guy just liked flowers.'

Leo shook his head, watching Herdium interpret it as he pleased.

"In any case, student Leo. I need to have a brief conversation with Professor Halind, so will you be studying on your own like the other students?"

"Yes."

'It passed without any major issues.'

Leo felt relieved inwardly and went outside.

"Our student was rude. I apologize."

"Not at all. Professor Halind! Rather, we are grateful! To think that the progenitor's magic, which was considered unfinished, was actually a completed magic like this! This is a great discovery!"

Seeing Herdium's pure joy, Halind smiled wryly.

"So, I'm asking just in case…"

"…?"

"Does student Leo Froob perhaps have any elves among his ancestors?"

"At Lumern, we don't really pay much attention to who our ancestors were, so I don't know about that."

"I see."

"Why do you ask?"

"As Lumern's class representative, it may be presumptuous of me to say this, student Leo Froob…"

"…?"

"Do you have any intention of transferring student Leo Froob to our school?"

"…."

Halind could only stare at Herdium with a look of disbelief at the unprecedented transfer proposal.