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“It’s a demon sword.”

Kito, who had come to Leon’s side and was looking at the wooden sword with him, spoke softly.

“Demon Sword?”

“I can’t examine it closely, but there’s a strange flow of magic energy flowing around that sword… … It’s nothing but a magic sword.”

Leon’s face stiffened when he heard those words.

When Leon thought about it, most weapons called magic swords had a negative effect on their owners.

Making you crazy for blood… … Making a contract with your soul… … .

As Leon frowned and stared at the wooden sword, the light brown surface of the wooden sword, which was completely split, fell off.

And what was revealed was… … a darker brown wooden sword.

“… .”

Leon, who had been staring blankly, tilted his head to the side.

Should I call this feeling disappointment or relief?

I looked at Kito with a strange sense of emptiness, and Kito turned away from my gaze and said.

“… The magic sword is correct.”

“… .”

“The main body hasn’t been revealed yet. Pick it up.”

Leon approached cautiously and stopped to pull out the wooden sword himself, but just in case, he touched the wooden sword with his basic psychic ability.

“Huh?”

I tried it because I was reluctant to touch it, and the wooden sword that had not moved at all before floated in the air according to Leon’s will.

‘I guess something has changed.’

Leon put his wooden sword back into the ground and unleashed his emotional magic.

But there was no ability to figure it out with emotional magic.

‘It’s not that I have no abilities… … but is it that emotional magic doesn’t work on me?’

I guess that was a reasonable inference.

“… … It’s definitely a demon sword.”

Leon looked up with sudden confidence, and saw Kito shaking his head, covered in gray feathers, from side to side.

“How can you be sure?”

“Just now, when you… stuck your sword into the ground. I felt an unusual wave of magical power.”

“Wave?”

“A very unpleasant feeling… … I don’t know the exact ability because it’s stuck in the ground… … .”

Kito muttered with a serious expression, as if weighing something.

Leon, who had been listening to those words quietly, pulled out his wooden sword again and let it float into the air.

And then he slowly brought the wooden sword closer to Kito.

“… What are you trying to do?”

“I don’t know exactly.”

“So you’re saying you’re going to experiment on this body?”

“There’s no way. Wouldn’t you be able to know for sure if you put it against your body? It’s a wooden sword, so that’s okay, right?”

Kito looks at Leon quietly.

Leon’s curiosity was abated by those eyes.

“If you think it’s dangerous, then you can’t do it.”

You have no choice but to find out by trying it yourself.

In a critical situation where you encounter an enemy, you may be able to use a weapon whose capabilities you don’t even know.

“Good, I was just feeling frustrated at how lacking your spirit was. If I tell you to pick it up, just pick it up. Why are you so suspicious… … .”

“That’s what you were complaining about? Isn’t the ending too long?”

“That’s not for you to say.”

There was no significant change in Kito’s face, but if he were a human, he would have clicked his tongue.

Leon looked at Kito’s flushed face for a moment.

“I said it was an unpleasant feeling, but it’s not enough to threaten my body, so it’s okay to touch it for a little while.”

Leon, who was staring at the face that seemed somehow proud, without hesitation, put his wooden sword against Kito’s body.

“Huh… … .”

Kito’s massive body twitched.

But there was no further reaction, so Leon stabbed the wooden sword again.

“Ugh… Stop it.”

“… .”

Leon pretended not to hear and aimed the tip of his wooden sword at Kito again.

“Didn’t I tell you to stop!”

“… .”

Kito eventually raised a giant body.

But it was extremely difficult to avoid the wooden sword with that huge body.

Kito must have felt it too, because for a moment, Kito’s entire body flashed and was engulfed in light.

And then that huge light began to rapidly diminish.

It has become infinitely smaller, to a size that would be about 30cm.

The small light quickly dodged the wooden sword and approached Leon.

Soon the light faded and Kito’s true form was revealed.

Leon muttered blankly.

“Female… … ?”

“Hahahahaha! You just figured it out.”

Kito, who was clearly thought to be a monster, had now transformed into a female body with long gray hair.

The hand on his waist was clearly human, but if you tilted it slightly, you could see the gray feathers covering the back of his arm.

The front part of the body clearly resembled a small, fairy-like female figure, while the back part resembled a half-human, half-beast creature with feathers.

Kito flapped his gray wings and flew around frantically in front of Leon’s eyes.

Leon felt betrayed.

“You could use magic?”

Kito’s movements suddenly stopped.

“… … Are you saying that you were slacking off after your body fully recovered?”

When Leon nodded, Kito snorted.

“You haven’t found the core yet, have you? Polymorph is a magic that is naturally realized when a spirit is possessed by a creature like us.”

“Anyway, that means I can use magic now.”

If not, I could have just run away from the moment I was tied up in chains.

“Ah, I suddenly used magic and my head is spinning… … .”

As Kito flapped his wings and tried to land on Leon’s shoulder, Leon dodged his shoulder.

His face was so bright as he said those words.

‘Well, if I just sleep for 40 years, my face will get better too… ‘

I didn’t feel jealous.

In some ways, being able to enjoy leisure time without any worries was a blessing, but that wasn’t the case for Leon.

If you were to be lazy in pushing yourself to become this strong, then there was nothing I could say to you even if I sent you back to your original world and made you unable to use your legs.

‘But it’s annoying.’

Leon looked at Kito with cold eyes.

Kito floated before my eyes again and spoke.

“Ahem, aren’t you curious about the magic sword’s abilities?”

“What is it? Tell me.”

“The ability to disrupt the flow of magical power.”

“Disturb?”

“ This means that the magical power of the opponent who touches this wooden sword will be shaken. If you are a magician, you will be interrupted when you cast your spell. ”

Leon was troubled by his unexpected abilities.

Because a method that could be used as a weapon immediately crossed my mind.

***

Arpina was sitting in one of the uppermost seats in the huge circular arena.

Next to her was a bald wizard, positioned slightly closer to the center than her.

While the tower lord was away, a bald man named Berford acted as the tower lord.

It’s been like this ever since he gave up his training and came back.

The difference in level between Berford and Arpina was not great, but since Arpina was reluctant to take on such a role, the authority was readily passed on to Berford.

Berford accepted this as if it were a given.

“I lost… … .”

Berford sighed softly.

“It’s strange that I won.”

Arpina said nonchalantly.

It was an ambiguous tone of voice, as if he was talking to him or to himself.

For twenty years after Arpina settled here, the Vidhya school always ranked fourth or fifth among the eight schools.

It was natural, since Raidra was only engrossed in her own training.

Among the eight leading schools, none of them could be said to have overwhelmingly superior skills.

They were all at a similar beginner level of insight.

However, while other tower owners gave up and focused on their own work, Ride still has not been able to give up his obsession.

It was natural that people were drawn to the Magic Tower, where insight-level magicians constantly revised their magic books and published research on the latest magic.

Berford, who agreed with this, was not without responsibility.

“Big… … It’s only the first day, so there’s no need to be discouraged… … .”

Berford, who pretended not to hear Arpina’s words, muttered as if he still couldn’t give up his anticipation while watching the stadium where various sparring matches were taking place.

It might have been strange for a mystery wizard to be so excited about a duel between a mere apprentice wizard and a sorcerer, but no one around him found his attitude strange.

This is because the benefits gained the moment you become number one are that great.

‘The priority for exploring the ruins is certainly attractive.’

But Arpina had already given up.

Looking at the other disciples, who were increasingly losing, except for Rowan and Leah, I could already see the results of the sparring that would follow.

‘If the winner of the duel had continued the duel, things would have been different.’

According to the rules of the competition, disciples of each school could only compete once, and could only compete again if the school they were competing against changed.

In this way, each school had a duel once and the rankings were determined.

Arpina was amazed at Leah’s overwhelming talent, which had never been defeated until now, and naturally led her to think about Leah’s childhood friend.

‘If he had been there, would we have won a few more times?’

I heard that he is confined to the training room.

Arpina shook her head.

‘I’m sure they’ll find it themselves.’

Even with the talent of a three-membered body, it was not easy to consistently devote oneself to training.

Even if there is some hidden method.

‘I’m sure I should feel special.’

Arpina was not the type of person to turn away from such sincerity.

But, why do I feel like it’s somehow annoying?

Arpina recalled Leon’s eyes, strangely filled with confidence.

The look in your eyes when you have a firm sense of direction.

‘have…….’

“Arpina.”

Arpina was awakened from her reverie by the call of the female wizard who had been sitting quietly next to her.

“What is it?”

“Are you ready for the meeting?”

“That’s Berford’s job.”

“Ah, I heard you quit training, but I guess you’ve completely followed through.”

“You must have enjoyed your self-satisfaction enough so far, so now is the time to suffer a little.”

“But isn’t there something you want to say? About the noisy Black Tower these days, or something like that… .”

Arpina thought carefully and said.

“We turned Ridera upside down once, so it’s not really… … .”

“Is that so?”

The woman muttered as if she understood, but there was still an unresolved question on her face.

Arpina also noticed this and asked.

“Why are you like that?”

“No, no. I have information that the black magicians of Teneron have set up shop near Widia. But since you said that Rydra has come forward, I guess it was information that came out late.”

Arpina frowned at the strangely lingering feeling of unease upon hearing those words.

‘Did you say you dealt with the Teneron guys…?’