Chapter 278

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When Lunia arrived at the Great Hall, Eiran was already deep into learning the techniques of “Anima’s Sword” from Leo.

“Eiran. If you were going to leave first, you should have at least told me.”

“Lu, Lunia-sama? Why are you here?”

“What are you talking about? We agreed to go together just a while ago, didn’t we?”

Lunia, whose expression indicated her disbelief at Eiran’s act, caused Eiran to flinch and shake his shoulders.

“U-Um, yes! We did agree! I completely forgot!”

Eiran laughed awkwardly and tried to evade the subject, but Lunia stared hard at him and spoke.

“Eiran, did you start imagining things again…?”

“Whoa!”

With a red face, Eiran grabbed Lunia, covering her mouth.

After getting free from Eiran’s grip, Lunia giggled mischievously and teased him.

“Why? What are you thinking about? Maybe something… with Leo…?”

“Lunia-sama! Lord Leo might misunderstand! I haven’t thought such things! I haven’t!”

Looking upset, Eiran clamped Lunia’s mouth shut.

“Ugh!? Ugh! Ugh!”

When Eiran covered not only her mouth but also her nose, Lunia began struggling fiercely.

But there was no way Lunia, a summoner wizard, could overpower Eiran, a sword mage, purely by brute force.

“Don’t say weird things! Do you understand? Do you?”

Unaware of Lunia’s state, Eiran tightly gripped Lunia’s airway even more while closing his eyes.

At this, Leo, who had been observing, spoke.

“Eiran.”

“Yes, Lord Leo!”

“If you keep that up, she really will d*e, you know?”

“Huh? What… Huh-?!?!”

Eiran froze when he noticed Lunia’s already slumped body.

“Luniaaaa!”

Eiran shook Lunia violently while screaming. Meanwhile, Leo muttered upon seeing the scene.

“They really get along well, don’t they?”

*

“Huff….”

Lunia waved off the kneeling Eiran with a drooping ear.

“Don’t worry about it too much. I was just teasing you.”

She then turned her gaze toward Leo.

“If you were teaching Eiran first, then I’d like to review the same lesson to understand it better.”

“It’s fine. You and Eiran will be learning different types of magic anyway.”

“Different types of magic?”

“That’s right.”

Leo explained to Lunia the same thing he had explained to Eiran.

While listening to the story of the Shan Empire, Lunia narrowed her eyes.

‘What exactly is his identity?’

Leo always uncovers secrets of worlds no one else can reach after a long period of time.

‘Just regarding Lady Luna, that much is evident.’

Witnessing Leo’s achievements, it was clear that he had surpassed the level of a hero candidate.

At the moment Lunia looked at Leo with a complex gaze, Leo spoke.

“I plan to teach you something as well—legacy magic from the founder of the Star Cloud, not just ‘End.'”

“Legacy magic from the founder?”

“Yes, magic recorded alongside Anima’s Sword.”

“I would like to see that magic book.”

“Unfortunately, while I was permitted to read it at the Shan Empire, I was not allowed to bring it out.”

The magic recorded in relation to Luna’s magic had been labeled a Shan inheritance as a lie.

Shan, the Great Empire, holds many secrets.

Thus, this kind of vague explanation suited perfectly.

‘This is actually quite convenient.’

Leo inwardly smirked.

Lunia’s gaze subtly filled with suspicion but, mentioning the Shan Empire, she couldn’t ask any further questions.

“Alright, then what kind of magic will you teach me?”

Lunia glanced at Eiran.

Her expression carried a tinge of envy.

‘Could it be Erquent still exists?’

Erquent.

The legendary sword known to exist through the Hero Record, yet never physically found.

It was forged by God’s Blacksmith Dwenno for the founder of the Star Cloud, Luna. Luna then left it to her disciple Fairy Knight Berkiya.

However, the genuine article was reportedly lost during the Era of Catastrophe, with the only trace being in the Hero Weapons received as a reward for conquering the Hero’s World.

As a result, it was an ancient sword with almost no recognition within the Elf society.

Of course, those who deeply studied the deeds of the Great Hero knew of its existence.

The legendary sword found its way to the heir of the Ersaar family.

This was an event that would turn the Elf society upside down.

‘Perhaps Leo holds Eiran in slight regard?’

Reflecting on it, the one who made Eiran, who refused to come to school, return to class again was none other than Leo.

Her personality differed from his own, meek and quiet, and above all, cute.

While Lunia was deep in thought, something occurred.

“Fire magic.”

“Fire magic?”

“That’s right.”

Leo extended his palm and with magical threads, he drew one of the magical circles from Luna’s Origin magic.

“The name of the magic is ‘Emperor of Flames.'”

Leo stated seriously while looking at Lunia’s intense eyes.

“In theory, it’s a flame that will never d*e.”

Lunia’s eyes widened.

Not only Lunia but also Eiran showed a shocked expression.

An eternal flame.

They knew exactly what it signified.

The Primordial Evil.

The horrifying catastrophe that brought the world to the brink of destruction.

Erebus’ black flame was famously a flame that would never d*e.

‘Luna ultimately couldn’t overcome that flame and lost her life.’

The final moments of Luna’s life are unknown to people today.

Only Leo, who was there, knows about the d*ath of his friend.

[Flower Bloom Magic] was the real magic Luna wished to create.

[Stella Radius] was the magic that symbolized Luna herself, [End] symbolized the will to repel everything blocking her way.

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

‘She ultimately couldn’t complete it though.’

A magic that didn’t suit Luna but was created by her.

‘Perhaps Dwenno, if he had mastered the Magic of the Stars, could have managed it.’

To Leo’s knowledge, the person who used the most powerful flames besides Erebus was Dwenno.

‘It didn’t suit me either.’

Kyle, who inherited Luna’s mana and Dwenno’s flames, couldn’t complete this magic.

Even to Leo, who inherited Dwenno’s might, Dwenno’s flames were a double-edged sword.

Dwenno’s flames were potent.

Once they surpassed a certain temperature, they could burn even the wielder himself.

This was because Leo was incapable of possessing innate flame resistance like Dwenno.

Lunia observed the magical technique of [Emperor of Flames].

“This magic… it’s incomplete, isn’t it?”

“You’re correct. Just like the Anima’s Sword I’m teaching to Eiran, the completion will have to be left to you.”

Luna had only created the framework of the Origin.

Though the magic was nearly perfect in structure, it wouldn’t activate with just the framework.

The one who has to activate it is the person learning it.

The final form of [Innocent] magic was completed by Leo.

“Perhaps it might be even harder to master than ‘End.’ It might even be dangerous.”

No one knew better than Leo how perilous uncontrolled flames could be.

Having stored the magical technique, Leo looked at Lunia. In response, Lunia smirked.

“That’s fine. If Lady Luna created a flame that would not d*e, then I, an elf, would be the one to best understand what that means.”

Lunia also grasped Luna’s intention.

“If this is an incomplete magic, it means Lady Luna’s wishes weren’t fulfilled.”

Lunia took a deep breath.

“Leo, you restored the Flower Bloom Magic, a desire of Lady Luna, and handed it back to us Elves. She would have been overjoyed if she were alive.”

Lunia’s red eyes burned brightly.

“Therefore, I want to fulfill Lady Luna’s intention.”

Lunia opened her chest dramatically.

“We are the descendants of the great founder of the Star Cloud. It’s our responsibility to fulfill her intentions.”

Hearing that, Leo smiled gently.

“Perhaps Luna would have been extremely happy to hear those words.”

“Hmph! Of course she would be!”

Lunia shyly answered while slightly blushing.

“So! Shall we start with deciphering the magical technique?”

“No, there are two types of magic you need to master first.”

“What are they?”

“You need to learn the Flower Bloom Magic.”

Flower Bloom Magic.

At first glance, it’s just a magic that blooms flowers.

‘In reality, it’s a very simple effect involving only the blooming of flowers.’

But in terms of difficulty, it’s considered the hardest star magic.

It’s the essence of Luna’s magic, truly.

“Isn’t there already an Elf who can use the Flower Bloom Magic?”

“Yes. There is none.”

Hearing this, Eiran’s ears drooped.

The reason Flower Bloom Magic is difficult lies in the fact that it belongs to the ‘Birth’ realm.

In other words, it’s a magic of creating life, flowers, without any constraints, in an empty spot.

A miracle beyond magic.

It’s such a great magic it can almost be considered stepping into a god-like realm.

‘But the stark contrast between its genius creator and the simplicity of merely making flowers bloom reveals that person’s quirky nature.’

Thinking about how Luna would grab him by the collar and shake him madly upon hearing this, Leo spoke.

“Once you can use Flower Bloom Magic, you will be able to master any Star Magic. That magic is, after all, the essence of Star Magic.”

Hearing Leo, Lunia reminisced about how he tailored and utilized the secret magic of the Lunia family to fit himself.

‘The secret magic can also ultimately be traced back to Star Magic. Therefore, that boy was clumsily mimicking my magic.’

Feeling a mystery unraveling within her, Lunia spoke.

“So, does that mean we put learning Anima’s Sword and Emperor of Flames on hold until then?”

“No. You can practice them separately. Eiran, you should learn how to control Fairy Magic from this one.”

Leo snapped his fingers, and a summoning array opened, revealing Kiran.

[I have arrived.]

“Kiran-sama, it’s been a while.”

[Oh! It’s been a while! Lewd Elf!]

“Why, why am I ‘Lewd Elf’?”

[Well, you and Leo did this and that… in that room with the ill-tempered Elf… so I just assumed…]

“Wha- Wha- Wha-!”

Eiran held Kiran tightly and shook him vigorously.

[Ahhhhhhh!]

Grappled by Eiran, Kiran flailed around like grain in a thresher.

“That troublesome fairy is the same as ever.”

Kiran, glanced at by Lunia, grinned smugly.

“We should be elegant and dignified like our Fiora. So, Leo, what about me?”

“You need to become more familiar with fire. First, it would be good to start by getting used to Fiora’s flames, wouldn’t it?”

After saying that, Leo summoned Fiora.

“….”

Lunia stared blankly at the appearance of Fiora who appeared on Leo’s palm.

Tweet!

Fiora, delighted, flapped her little wings upward.

Tweet! Tweet!

Fiora’s mind had imprinted on Lunia as someone who gave her delicious things.

Therefore, making sounds like she was asking for something, she fluttered her wings frantically, jumped down from Leo’s palm, and attempted to fly toward Lunia.

Flap! Flap! Thud! Tumble tumble tumble…

However, unable to fly properly, she fell to the ground and rolled toward Lunia.

Tweet! Tweet!

“Why have you done this to our Fiora!”

Lunia, glaring with wide eyes, grabbed Leo by the collar.

Leo responded.

“To clarify, I did nothing wrong. Did I know that this one would go around receiving snacks from the students of our summoning department?”

Fiora was currently so overweight she could barely fly.

Tweet! Tweet!

Looking at the chubby chick rolling like a ball, Lunia held her head in her hands.

The struggling Fiora then stabilized herself and stood up, incessantly tweeting by Lunia’s feet, asking for snacks.

“Fiora, don’t worry. I’ll definitely put you on a diet, little sister.”

While making a determined promise while tightly holding Fiora in her arms, Lunia was heard by Kiran who had escaped from Eiran’s grasp.

“Leave her with me for about a week, and she’ll probably swell to 1.5 times her size.”

At this remark, Leo sighed.

‘An obese Phoenix, a Fairy Prince banished for joking with the Fairy King, and a perverted Pegasus. Why are all my familiars like this?’

Leo privately thought it was fortunate that at least Elshi was normal.