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She seemed to realize that Leon was an ordinary person by looking at the clothes he was wearing.

Leon sighed inwardly at the thought that he would become tired.

“Hello, my name is Leon and I work at the Old Magic Library.”

Even with the most polite tone, her expression did not soften.

“Why are you here, making a fuss? If a normal person didn’t want to die, they wouldn’t come to the wizard area and make a fuss.”

The commotion started when you came.

Leon gave her a bug-like expression and gave up explaining.

Because most wizards knew that magical supremacy was rampant.

“Stop.”

Her mouth stopped moving after she heard Leah’s cold mumbling.

“If you don’t disappear from my sight right now, I’ll be prepared for the next sparring match.”

The red-haired woman paused for a moment, then crossed her arms and snorted.

“Do you think I’d be scared if I did that? Where are you bragging about winning last time by luck?”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Leon grabbed Leah’s arm and turned her around.

I felt like only the person dealing with it was losing out.

She didn’t follow Leon.

Leon could hear mutterings like “arrogant… petty…” and so on, but he closed his ears.

Only after they had gained some distance did Leon ask.

“Who are you?”

“Rowen, she was really popular before she came out because she had 6 attributes. She always came to me and said things like she wouldn’t lose to me and that she would accept me as her rival.”

If you are a carnivore, you have incredible talent.

Because it is a talent that has all attributes except light and darkness.

Only then did I begin to understand to some extent why she acted like that.

I wonder if he developed an inferiority complex because all the people he had supported before Leah came turned against him.

That doesn’t mean it’s good, though.

***

The subspace pouch Leah gave me was very useful.

Now, I felt much more at ease because I could just put my magic book and spacetime orb in my subspace pocket without having to worry about hiding them somewhere no one could find them.

Running errands for Arpina became easier once I got used to it.

Since I only had to borrow books and return them, I had a lot of time left.

During that time, Leon practiced his magic a little while reading a magic book in front of Arpina’s laboratory.

Her lab took up an entire floor, so no one was coming and going.

There is no need to hide it since it has already been revealed to Arpina.

I was having a good time doing quests like that.

If there was anything that bothered Leon, it was the presence of Rowan, whom he encountered every time he went to and from the Magic Tower.

Today is already our fifth encounter, excluding the first day.

It just so happened to be my last day of work, but I was so lucky from the morning.

“An ordinary person like you is helping Arpina-nim with her research… … .”

“Then you apply.”

When Leon answers indifferently, she explodes.

“This is real! Do you think we’re friends after meeting a few times?”

Leon watched her furiously with indifference.

I have come to realize that he is a man of few words, but never causes any trouble on the rooftop.

“Don’t follow me, it’s annoying.”

“Who is following whom!”

Leon waved his hand at Rowan and went up to the floor where Arpina’s lab was.

Lewen’s words about waiting and seeing were not properly conveyed to Leon.

Leon arrived in front of the lab and looked around the door for a moment.

Judging from the fact that the books I read yesterday weren’t thrown out, it seemed like I hadn’t finished reading them yet.

Leon sat down and took out the magic book from his subspace pocket and read it.

The magic he is currently practicing is ‘Magic Concealment Magic.’

Leon, who was on edge because of Arpina’s incident, spent all his savings to borrow a magic book from the old magic library. It was a magic book that could reveal realms.

The reason why this magic book came to the old magic library was obvious with just a little bit of examination.

First of all, the effect of concealing magic power is useless against level 1.

Concealment is possible from level 2, but this only covers level 1, and it is not possible to make it look like a normal person.

Also, since you always have to memorize this concealment magic, if you are a wizard who places a high importance on memorization, like an apprentice wizard, you will end up wasting memory on useless things.

Unless you’re an unusual case like Leon, you don’t need to learn it.

Leon wouldn’t have learned this magic if there was a better way, but he had no choice because this was the only countermeasure he could use right now.

I was thinking of learning it in preparation for when I reached level 2.

It’s a first-class thing, so unless you pay attention and look through it like Arpina, it’s unlikely you’ll get caught.

Leon, who had been reading intently for a while, suddenly felt someone around him and raised his head.

Arpina was staring at him in front of the lab.

“Oh, is there anything you want me to do?”

“No, I was going to tell you that you could just return the books and leave work… … .”

She crossed her arms, tapped her cheek with her finger, and opened her mouth.

“What will change if you just read magic books like that all by yourself?”

She muttered as if talking to herself, then opened her mouth.

“If you’re a three-member family, aren’t you talented? Why don’t you try to learn properly?”

“… … I don’t want to tell you yet.”

“What a funny guy. Didn’t I already find out?”

At those words, Leon jumped up from his seat and bowed.

“Please keep it a secret.”

“… … If a guy who was always scheming bows his back like that in an instant, would you think he’s sincere?”

At those words, Leon straightened his back and spoke with a serious expression.

“I’m serious about asking you to keep it a secret. If you keep it a secret, you’ll make a powerful ally later.”

Did those words bother you in some way?

The corners of her lips, which had been raised, suddenly dropped.

Her expressionless face was quite sharp.

“You’d better take that back. Don’t bring up Leah for your own gain.”

“… .”

Leon’s expression became blank for a moment as he didn’t understand.

And then belatedly she realized that the powerful ally she had spoken of was Leah.

“That… strong ally is what I am talking about.”

“… .”

She closed her mouth for a moment, but then burst out laughing.

“Poo-ha-ha!”

She laughed nonstop for a long time.

Is that really that funny?

Leon’s expression became pale.

“You are my strong ally? Huh… Puhahahaha!”

“No, a little… .”

“Something.”

“No.”

She wiped away the tears forming at the corners of her eyes.

“That was the funniest thing I’ve heard this year.”

“If you think it’s a bluff, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Don’t you know what kind of wizard I am?”

Leon’s words were not intended for her.

This is a statement made with the expectation that one will become stronger in the future.

So it didn’t matter what kind of wizard she was.

Leon shook his head calmly and said.

“There will definitely come a day when you will receive help.”

“… Really?”

She looked thoughtful for a moment, then opened her mouth, still laughing.

“Oh, that’s interesting. Come in.”

She called Leon into her lab.

She approached a study crammed with books on one side, snapped her fingers, and a book popped out of the study.

The book floating in the air came straight to Leon.

“Take it. I’m giving it to you.”

Leon hurriedly caught the book that fell from the air and examined its cover.

‘Arpina series basic 4 element magic.’

“To be exact, to you who will be of help later.”

Hearing her laughing voice, Leon tightened his grip on the book.

It was because, unlike the way it looked when it was thrown around, I could tell how precious this magic book was.

“You know that I’m not saying that I’m taking you as a disciple, right?”

“I know. But thank you anyway.”

“I don’t know who your master is, but seeing you looking through a trashy magic book by yourself, I think you’re a mediocre wizard. It might hurt your pride quite a bit.”

The corners of her mouth turned up to one side, as if she was mocking Leon’s teacher.

‘You have a bit of a grumpy personality.’

But it didn’t matter to Leon, who didn’t have a teacher.

*****

After work, Leon did not head straight to the dormitory, but instead headed to the public service exchange.

Arpina said that she worked hard and gave 50 more public service points.

Leon wondered if it was okay to abuse public service like this depending on his mood, but it wasn’t something he had to worry about.

With this, the total public service value is 120.

Even after being assigned a private room, there are still 20 left.

I applied for a private room at the public exchange office and returned to the dormitory.

“Lulu~”

In fact, it was true that Leon had some purpose in bringing up Arpina as an ally.

Of course, I wasn’t planning on getting her unique magic book, I was just thinking of asking her a few questions.

Water, wind, earth. It was easy to memorize the basic magic for each element, but I was at a loss as to how to use these three attributes in harmony.

But I didn’t know it would continue like this.

Leon returned to the dormitory and immediately opened the book he had received from Arpina.

‘Arpina series basic 4 element magic.’

Although the magic wasn’t given a name, having a series meant that it was a unique magic that he had created.

According to Leah, Arpina was a mystery-level magician.

A high-ranking wizard who has reached the pinnacle of mystery in the wizarding realm that leads from Apprentice – Secret Arts – Mystery – Insight – Transcendence.

The four elemental magic she created were fire, water, wind, and earth.

Since it covers all four elements, all the basic magic for them is included.

Fire was an attribute he did not possess, but everything else matched.

You don’t have to worry about how to obtain high-level magic books until you become a secret magician.

Moreover, this book also contains the answer to the question of how to harmoniously handle the various attributes that I was concerned about.

The magic of the Arpina school. No, the unique characteristic of the Widia school was ‘harmony’.

As it was the unique magic of a high-ranking magician of the Widia school, it was only natural that he had to deal with harmony.

Leon began to read this magic book all day long.

After a week of being assigned a private room, Leon began his training in earnest.

Half a year passed like that.