[You have noticed my presence, young Phoenix Contractor?]

“Tartarus.”

[You’ve seen through my true identity? Interesting. Interesting.]

“It’s obvious what you guys are doing.”

Leo, who had fought Tartarus so many times during the Age of Calamity, knew their methods well.

“That’s good timing. I had something I wanted to ask you.”

[The hero candidate has something to ask me? … So, what are you curious about?]

“Where did that Papnir come from? It must have gone extinct during the Age of Calamity.”

[You know about Papnir too? What exactly is your true identity?]

“Do you think he’ll answer?”

[That’s true. It’s interesting. Very interesting.]

Papnir tilted his head and muttered.

[But that won’t work. As interesting as it is, I think it would be best for you to just disappear from here.]

Black energy poured out from Papnir’s body.

“If you have no intention of answering, then I have no reason to keep that unlucky bastard alive.”

Leo smirked and focused his aura.

Accordingly, the flames burning in Fiora’s body became stronger.

‘I haven’t learned it yet, but I know the principle.’

Leo remembered the technique Celia had used during the entrance exam.

‘If I were alone, it would be a technique I couldn’t use just by knowing the principle. But…’

Leo smiled and focused his aura on Fiora.

A powerful sword technique that only the direct descendants of the Gerdinger, mastered by Celia, could wield.

Phoenix Breath Bigi-Prominence. Summoning spell.

A crimson glow enveloped Fiora.

Kwaaaaaaaah-!

Papnir spat flames from his sword at Leo.

Fiora charged towards the black flames.

Hurrruk!

As if purifying, the black flames met Fiora’s flames and turned crimson.

And the flame that changed like that became Fiora’s flame.

Crunch-!

Fiora’s wings, transformed into blades by the aura, cut off Papnir’s neck.

Phew-!

Papnir’s body fell to the ground with black blood spurting out.

Just then, Fiora stretched out her leg, grabbed the hem of the unconscious Rio’s clothes, and flew towards Leo.

Hwaruk-!

Papnir’s body soon turned into black flames and disappeared.

And then, it vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed in this world.

Fiora placed Rio on Leo’s griffon and gently sat on Leo’s head.

Then, she looked at herself.

She tried out different poses, as if she were a child showing off new clothes in front of a mirror.

‘What the hell was that?’

Leo narrowed his eyes.

The appearance of an extinct demon.

A magician from Tartarus who controlled such magic.

‘And how did this guy summon that Papnir?’

Leo’s face became serious.

Whatever it was, it was clear that something was wrong.

‘Is it related to Pyrina being in Lumerin?’

Leo stroked his chin as he thought of Phoenix and Pyrina, his mother’s close friends, who were staying in Lumerin at the request of the headmaster.

‘I guess I’ll have to meet him and ask.’

Leo sighed and gathered his spiritual power.

Phong-!

Fiora, engulfed in flames, returned to her original form and landed on Leo’s head with a thud!

Beep! Beep!

Fiora pecked Leo’s crown with her small beak as if in protest.

“You want me to go back to how I was just a little while ago? That’s not even your original appearance.”

Bam-! Bam-!

Fiora bit a few strands of Leo’s hair with her beak as if she was in pain, then pulled them.

Ignoring the small phoenix, Leo spotted a black wyvern flying in the distance.

It was Professor Yura, in charge of summoning.

Leo scratched his cheek.

“How is the match going?”


“Ahh! It’s finally canceled~”

Karl, who was resting his clasped hands on the back of his head, grumbled.

The Summoning Skills Test, the Reincarnation Race, had been canceled.

Of course, since it was a test, it still had to be graded, so the evaluation was decided based on how the skills had been demonstrated.

“Why do you seem more disappointed?”

“Of course! How much money did I bet on you? I could have hit the jackpot!”

“Did you bet money?”

Leo burst into laughter as he looked at Karl, who was speaking with a truly pitiful expression.

‘It seems that the other students are not aware of the fact that Sen Liu made a contract with the Demon Beast, as Karl does not know.’

After the match, Leo, Chen Xia, Wareden, and Eliza were called to Yura.

After that, they were ordered not to tell other students about the demon.

‘It was a big deal that student Lumeren made a contract with the demon. But how did that magician hand over Papnir to Sen Liu?’

Leo left the dormitory with Karl, deep in thought.

“Come to think of it, Leo. It seems like the magic department kids have been gossiping about you lately.”

“How is that different from any other day?”

Leo chuckled.

Leo, the class representative and an unprecedented all-classman, was the most popular figure among the first-years.

Until the beginning of the semester, no one had paid much attention to Leo beyond the fact that he was in their class.

Even for dual-class students, properly handling two abilities was difficult.

‘But I excelled in all three.’

It was natural to Leo, but not to others.

Naturally, it attracted the attention of professors.

Especially the first-year department representatives, Professors Ain, Yura, and Ren.

All three professors showed great interest in Leo, trying to recruit him into their departments.

There was no way other students wouldn’t notice.

At Lumerin, getting a professor’s attention was beneficial for academic life and career progression.

However, Leo monopolized the attention of three key professors, drawing jealousy from his peers.

Leo understood that, too.

‘Of course, that doesn’t mean I’ll treat them kindly.’

Understanding others’ jealousy and responding to it kindly were two different things.

If someone openly talked behind his back right in front of him, he would punish them without hesitation.

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“It’s not just for a day or two. But what’s bothering me is that the guys Chloe hangs out with are openly gossiping about you these days.”

“Chloe’s gang?”

“Yeah. You know, those guys who hang out with kids from prestigious magic families.”

“I don’t think they’re the type of people Chloe would hang out with.”

Chloe was from the Northern Tower, but her family was not well-known within the Tower.

Because of that, Chloe also had a bad relationship with the so-called prestigious family group at the beginning of the semester.

“That’s what I’m saying! They used to gossip about you and Chloe too, right? But recently, during exams, they’ve been acting friendly towards Chloe. It seems like they’re trying to use Chloe to create a faction.”

“Chloe isn’t the type of girl to be swayed by those guys.”

“That’s true, but I’m worried because you and Chloe are competing against each other, and you’ve been drifting apart from us lately.”

Carl took a deep breath.

Meanwhile, the two arrived at a two-story building between the boys’ and girls’ dormitories.

It was a reading room that first-year students could use to study separately.

Leo and Carl, having packed their things to study, entered the room at the end of the second floor.

There was a long study table in the room, with long chairs on either side.

Chelsea, who had taken one of the chairs, was lying down, looking up at the ceiling, with her legs crossed, holding a book in one hand and eating a snack in the other.

“Huh? Are you here?”

Chelsea greeted the two of them with a long stick of candy in her mouth.

Odok odok-

Carl whispered to Leo as he watched Chelsea nibble on the cream-coated sticks, leaving the rest of the sticks in her hand.

“Leo, I originally had a fantasy about noble ladies. You know, you know? The feeling of an elegant lady.”

“However?”

“I entered Lumerun, and everything was broken.”

As Carl spoke sadly, a notebook flew towards him.

“Can you hear me?!”

“I don’t know what you said, but I did say something rude, right?”

Chelsea stood up from her seat, exclaiming, “Hoit-!”

Sitting down in front of him, Carl looked at the snacks piled on one side of the desk and asked,

“You haven’t eaten dinner?”

“Did you eat?”

“What is that snack?”

“Dessert.”

“This is dessert? You’re going to turn into a pig if you do that.”

“Unlike Carl, I work out hard~”

Chelsea got up from her seat, humming a tune.

“So, why did you insist on meeting me tonight?”

“As I said earlier, the reason we gathered here is to present our own unique magic in advance of the practical exam for the Magic Department tomorrow and to help each other improve upon it.”

“That’s the intention, but in reality, you’re asking us for help?”

Chelsea said teasingly, crossing her arms.

At those words, Carl clasped his hands together and lowered his head.

“That’s right! The spell isn’t working properly because of one magic spell! So give me some good ideas! Please! Brother! Sister! I beg you!”

“I can’t help it.”

Chelsea sat down quietly, laughing.

Carl praised Chelsea with an exclamation of “Oh!” at her dignified appearance, befitting a young lady from a family of magical heroes.

Chelsea smiled brightly at the sight of Carl and clapped her hands.

“Snack.”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you hear? Cookies.”

“What are you talking about out of the blue?”

“You’re not planning on asking me, the youngest of the L’Wallin family, for advice for free, are you? My advice is usually expensive, but since we’re friends, I’ll take it as a treat.”

Chelsea said as if ordering.

“Go to the cafe on the first floor and buy all kinds of snacks.”

“… Excuse me, Miss Chelsea? Aren’t there still a lot of cookies left here?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Damn it! This devil!”

All the sweets sold at the Lumerun Cafe were as expensive as they were delicious.

Chelsea smiled brightly as she watched Carl go buy some snacks while shedding tears of blood.

“Come to think of it, Leo, you never told me what kind of original magic you created, did you?”

Carl created an original magic of the alchemy lineage that allowed one to freely manipulate metal.

In Chelsea’s case, she was naturally creating original wind-related magic due to her family’s influence.

“You really made something amazing, didn’t you?”

“It’s a type of magic based on attributeless magic power.”

“A magic system based on attributeless magical power?”

“Yes. I created a magic formula system that allows you to use magic of all attributes without penalty.”

All wizards have special attributes.

In Chelsea’s case, she specialized in wind-attribute magic.

Of course, it’s not like you can’t use magic of other attributes, but there is a penalty.

The most common penalty is that when using magic with opposing attributes, its power is halved and the amount of magic consumed is doubled.

Leo said he would create a system of spells that would allow him to cast magic without such penalties.

“Is that possible?”

Chelsea expressed her doubts.

Leo spread out his palms as he looked at Chelsea.

Wheein-!

A magical system woven with magical threads was implemented on the palm of his hand.

Chelsea opened her mouth in a daze as she saw the technique.

“… If you do well in the magic practical test, Leo will be in first place.”

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