In response to my answer, Leon immediately moved to the end of the training ground and took a seat.
Leon pulled out his wand and performed a simple ritual.
Looking at that sight, I was reminded of the ceremony my father and older brother had held when I was young.
'I remember our family being separate as well.'
I knew how to do it, but I didn't really want to follow my family's example.
He nodded his head and adjusted his grip on the wand.
'…!'
Before I knew it, Leon's magic was right in front of me.
I reflexively turned the heel of my shoe and stepped aside.
Kwaaang―!
Part of the training ground wall broke off due to the attack and fell to the ground.
When I looked at that shape, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
'That's amazing.'
If it had been even a little bit later, it would have been a real hit.
I'm not the type of person to use tricks to win. I'm sure you've been attacking since my greeting, but at this speed.
It's hard to imagine how much effort it took for someone with little talent to develop this level of skill.
In fact, competing with Leon was unrealistic.
Lucus hadn't been able to use magic properly for nearly ten years. No matter how talented you are, if you don't hone it, it's like you don't have any. Even though he lacked talent, he couldn't compare to someone who had been running around like crazy for ten years, looking only at magic.
But that doesn't matter.
I'm not here to win, I'm here to get Leon on my side.
"damage?"
As if he knew this would happen, Leon surrounded them and launched an attack.
As the blue attack spread around me, I felt as if I was underwater.
"Ugh!"
I used only the bare minimum of magic power to block the attack, but some of it penetrated through the barrier and pierced my skin.
It is so powerful that it is hard to bear… .
'It feels like it hasn't even really started yet.'
Come here properly. That's when I'll blow it up.
What that kid wants is for me to use proper magic.
As long as I know the wind he is hiding, the real winner of this match has already been decided.
Boom! Boom!
I barely managed to fend off countless attacks that seemed intended to distract me.
It would have been nice to push through with power as Leon had hoped, but the time had come.
Just hold on a little longer here.
Leon said in a contemptuous voice as he only defended himself and did not use any particular attacks.
"What on earth are you doing here? Are you just going to waste time here?"
That's correct.
I didn't answer, I just smiled.
Of course, there was no need to answer, the time came quickly.
Leon rolled the wand between his fingers, lengthening it, and then struck the floor.
Bam!
Thorns and bushes came from all sides, hindering his movements. The stems wrapped around the arms of his jacket and stretched out to his wand.
Now, as if he was about to see the end, his eyes flashed again in a situation where there was no way out.
'Now will do.'
Wham!
With all his might, he pulled his arm out of the bushes and aimed his wand at the thing.
I pulled out as much power as I could from my heart. The thorns that dug into my flesh as I pulled out my arm counteracted the magical power flowing through my blood vessels.
But, the magic had already worn off.
The time it took for the jacket to tear put the brakes on his magic.
Kwaaang―!
A loud noise was heard as Leon's attack made contact. Dust flew up from the broken walls and floor of the training ground.
However….
'Shouldn't the counterattack have come a long time ago?'
No way….
As I swung my wand to clear the dust, I saw Leon lying on the floor, clutching his forehead.
"…!"
Didn't avoid it.
A faint scent of blood tickled my nose.
I burst out laughing.
'I expected it, but I didn't think you'd really leave it like that.'
The reason he summoned me in the first place was to see me use magic with all my might.
I thought he wouldn't have paid much attention to the results of the bet, but even so, he's no ordinary crazy person to have faced this directly.
"Hey, it's okay…."
"…under."
Leon slowly got up, letting out a hollow laugh.
At that moment, I quickly scanned Leon's condition. Fortunately, he seemed to be uninjured except for his forehead, which was scratched on the floor.
'It looks like my attack was almost canceled out by his attack.'
"Haha, ha… yeah, this is it. This is it!"
Leon burst into laughter, clutching his reddened forehead.
The moment I saw that face, goosebumps ran through my body.
"What…."
"This, this I can see again…. I, really… how much I've been waiting for this day…. At this rate, I won't be able to keep up with you soon. As expected, you won. You won."
The guy staggered to his feet and fell back to the floor. He kept smiling, as if something good was happening. It was a shocking sight overall.
I want to close the door and leave right now, but I can't leave this little guy here after my attack caused him to do this.
I walked closer, put my arm under his shoulder, and stood up.
"…Hey. Sorry. I think you're a little crazy. Let's go get some treatment quickly."
"No, try more. Try writing more."
'That's crazy.'
"Huh? I'll hit you as many times as you want. No, no. Please. I can't believe that what I saw was real. So, do it one more time. If I hit you just one more time, I think I'll be able to accept that this is real…."
Thud-!
I got goosebumps and dropped the guy back to the floor.
This is what happens when passion is too much.
Certainly, even in the novel, his passion for magic was extraordinary. However, I didn't know that he was so indifferent to injuries.
"Wake up. This is the result of my magic counteracting your attack. Don't you know that if you don't defend yourself and get hit like before, your life is in danger?"
He didn't care at all about my tired tone.
Leon, who had fallen to the floor weakly, muttered as he got up like a zombie.
"…I could write it. I wasn't wrong. Adults wouldn't believe me, and since 10 years had passed, I thought maybe I was just mistaken. Everything is the same as that day."
"...."
Now that I think about it, I said something like, 'I can't believe I'm seeing this again' earlier.
In the original work, this was a story that was not told to anyone until the end, and was only told to the main character… .
'Can you say this to me directly?'
It seemed like he was so excited that he didn't even know what he was saying.
Or maybe it really doesn't matter.
Just in case, I guess I can try stopping it once.
The moment I was about to sit down next to him, he burst into laughter.
"What is this? The rumor that you belonged to Pleroma was also a lie, right? If the rumor were true, there's no way you'd let me live right now. So, you… how many years have you been listening to such rumors…?"
The bastard's voice began to tremble more and more.
Because of that, I also became bitter.
It was even more so because it was the words of someone who started magic because of me. Even though I was clearly not Lucus, I felt exactly what Lucus felt.
Leon, who had been muttering while looking at the floor, suddenly raised his head with completely different eyes than before.
There was madness in his eyes.
"What do I have to do to make you show me that magic again? If I attack you again…!"
"tight."
This isn't even a pillar.
The excitement I just felt has completely disappeared.
It didn't seem to lose any strength even when I dropped it on the floor, so I just fired a magic shot at the back of its neck as it wished.
I plopped down next to Leon, who was asleep.
I think I should rest for a bit before moving you to the treatment room.
Through the transparent training room ceiling, I could see the pitch-black night sky. As expected, everything had been similar up until now, but the sky was also the same as the one in the world I lived in.
Just now, I was using magic and thinking back to the world I used to live in, and I just laughed in vain.
I don't know how I ended up in this world and having to stop extras from dying… .
"This is the end."
I've managed to get the person who will be most helpful to me on my side.
'If you think about it, it's not like they're on my side yet.'
Since he wouldn't act normally after seeing me use magic anyway, there was no problem telling me in advance that I succeeded.
Rather, you should be worried that it will become a nuisance.
Of course, even that is welcome to me.
Now that I've recruited Leon, it's time to start leveling up my skills.
Of course, you shouldn't practice magic openly.
This is just an advertisement saying, "Please kill me as soon as possible."
But….
'But that doesn't mean I can just sit still.'
As I cannot move myself right now, I have no choice but to utilize the people around me 200%.
And, I've already figured out how to use this guy.
Leon looked in the direction where the stairs were.
He was sleeping soundly with no sign of tension on his face, perhaps because he had been freed from the stress of ten years.
'Sleep well without knowing the future.'
Let's become closer in the future.
I laughed out loud.
• * *
I had a dream when I was young.
A dream where the same magic appears in the same situation every time.
But today was different.
'… The magic seemed more splendid than usual dreams.'
When I opened my eyes, pure white sunlight covered my vision.
At this point, it definitely wasn't morning.
Leon turned his head and squinted, one side of his forehead pulled up.
"Ugh…."
"Are you awake?"
At Lucus' short question, Leon rolled his eyes, glanced to the side, and then closed his eyes weakly.
"…dream…."
"no."
"Then that's all I remember…."
"It's true."
Leon sat up and scanned Lucus. Then he clicked his tongue.
"Tsk."
What the heck is that?
Judging from the fact that his eyes are still backwards, it seems that the human distance hasn't narrowed much.
As Lucus was wondering how to react to that expression, Leon frowned and opened his mouth.
"…I have so much I want to say, but I don't know where to start."
"Take it slow. You've already missed class, so you have plenty of time."
There was silence for a long time.
Leon took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
"You don't eat blood."
"If you drink it, it will be so disgusting that you will throw up."
"The rumor that you can't use magic because you can't drink blood was fake. That's… that's the kind of excuse the Pleroma guys always make. It has nothing to do with you."
"That's right."
"The rumor that Askanien's second son was born with poor qualities as a wizard was also wrong. I knew this was wrong a long time ago, because I saw it with my own eyes."
Lucus nodded.
Leon, who had a complicated expression on his face, furrowed his brow.
"The magic you used yesterday wasn't ordinary magic. Absolutely not. You know that, right?"
"know."
Lucus answered simply.
Honestly, if you saw it with your own two eyes and don't know, you're an idiot.
Of course, I was surprised at first. My instinctive thought was, 'Hyung, you'll never be able to sit in the head seat,' so I said it all.
"Why on earth haven't you used magic until now?"
"...."
Leon's voice grew louder as Lucus just stared at him.
"Why did you give in to such a rumor? Why have you lived like that until now with these qualities?!"
"Want to hear?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
Lucus let out a small laugh at Leon's sharp answer.
Yeah, it should come out like this.
Yesterday, I was so excited to learn that I could use magic properly that I focused only on the magic itself, but now that time had passed and I was able to think calmly, it was time to dig into the essence of the problem.
Lucus brought his body, which had been leaning against the backrest, closer to Leon.
"Then promise me. You won't tell anyone. This is a matter of life and death."
Okay, now come over.
From this moment on, the original story will be completely twisted.
Of course, in a good way.