Knight and Wand

Chapter 177 Magic Wand
Entering the Mage Tower was a new experience. Leon didn't feel surprised that he hadn't seen her come out so many times.

"Lola~! Are you there?"

As he called out, he walked up the stairs, preparing to go to the upper floors to look for Miss Mage or the Neti card that the other party was staying with.

Things are different now. Avalon is now his territory. Even if Lola happens to use the card to slow down the magic of the earth veins, Leon will have plenty of time to wait for her to come out in the tower.

Even if you are bored and tired, just go to Ms. Aphrodite's room and take a nap.

I think the magician has been resting for a thousand years, so taking a nap on a big bed that has been unused for thousands of years should not be considered an offense.

As he passed the second floor, Leon was thinking this, but the sound of the door lock sliding stopped him in his tracks.

Of course it couldn't be Aphrodite who opened the door.

The mage lady, dressed in snow-white, opened the door from the bedroom and stared at Leon on the stairs with her golden eyes.

".I'm here~, stop shouting."

"Were you sleeping in there just now?" Seeing his little teacher and benefactor, Leon instinctively felt happy and quickly apologized embarrassedly: "Sorry, did I disturb you again?"

Laura rolled her eyes at him and said, "I've told you so many times, I'm a spirit that relies on magic to stay awake, why do I need to sleep? I just happened to be in the regression card in her room last time."

After saying that, she did not leave the room. She turned around and went back into the house and said, "Don't stand outside like an idiot. Come in and tell me why you came to see me this time."

Leon hurriedly followed.

He walked into the room and smiled at Laura who was sitting back on the bed, "I have good news. The fortress outside the tower now belongs to me. Of course, I mean to the outside world. I have no intention of occupying Ms. Aphrodite's inheritance."

"It doesn't matter. This small fortress itself doesn't have much value and meaning to Aphrodite. It doesn't matter whether it is given to the descendants of her guards or to you." Laura shook her head.

Leon sat down on a chair nearby and looked around the huge room. "When we move to this fortress, I will come here every day to take classes and chat with you. I always see you staying alone in the tower, and I am really afraid that you will get bored."

boring?

Laura raised her eyebrows slightly. Although she could withstand the passage of time, these days with him were far from "boring".

"You are quite confident. Do you think I am bored in the tower? Why don't you think coming to the tower every day will disturb me?"

"Really? Then I'll try to come less often?" Leon was a little embarrassed.

Laura frowned and pointed her finger: "Don't even think about it, you are already my direct disciple. If you still neglect your studies like before when you have time, I will not forgive you."

Leon could only smile awkwardly. He thought of something and asked, "Besides me, if my friends run into trouble in the future and I'm not around, like Olivia and Corvis come to the tower to seek your help, will you feel bothered?"

Laura shook her head: "Those kids? It doesn't matter. After all, helping you is also helping myself."

After that, she raised her hand and beckoned to Leon: “Come here.”

Leon was stunned: "What?"

Laura blinked and said calmly, "Of course it's a routine check to see if you're lazy. Let me see the efficiency of the magic circulation in your body."

Leon had no choice but to get up and walk over.

But he was still frightened by the lesson he had learned last time. Laura's hands looked slender and delicate, but he didn't expect that they were just as strong as Olivia's when pinching people's faces. They were like a pair of small pliers.

"Please don't pinch me again this time. Although I am a stupid student, I have not dared to slack off on my studies during this period. I have made a lot of progress. If you don't believe me, I will demonstrate it to you." Leon was frightened when he saw the wizard lady reaching out to his face again.

Laura sat on the bed and said unhappily: “Okay, come over and squat down, do you want me to fly up on my own initiative?”

“Oh.” Leon had no choice but to move forward and handed his head over obediently.

But he was a little confused. The last time he entered the tower, he clearly took a look at him and knew his magic progress, so he directly pinched his face and punished him.

Why do we need such close contact this time?
Laura didn't care about what Leon was thinking. She just looked at the other person's face so close to her, and she was stunned when she realized something in her heart.

She stretched out her hands and gently stroked Leon's eyebrows with her fingers. The white-haired girl's golden eyes were slightly absent-minded.

Changing. Still changing.

Feeling the gentle caress of the Mage Lady and not being punished by her, Leon felt relieved: "Did you find anything?"

Staring at Laura who was so close in front of him, being touched by a beautiful girl like this, the other's cold and soft fingers made Leon feel a little inappropriate throbbing in his heart.

His mind quickly recalled Olivia's charming appearance in white clothes and blue skirt. Thinking that he already had a beautiful woman to entrust his life to, Leon calmed down his beating heart.

"Nothing was found during the examination. The magic energy circulation is good." Laura smiled.

But she thought of something, and suddenly put away her smile. A slight look of anger appeared on her face, and she pressed her fingers hard on Leon's forehead to push his head away.

"You just don't know how to control yourself and indulge in excessive sexual activities! Be careful or you may shorten your life." The wizard lady scolded in a serious tone.

Leon was pointed at by the finger and fell back. He took two steps back before standing up, half believing and half doubting.

"What? You can tell from this? It will shorten your lifespan? Is that true?"

Laura rolled her eyes at the little pervert.

She still remembered what the other party said to Olivia. Save the precious night for the day of signing the contract in the future. But this bad guy clearly hadn't tried a few more moves on Olivia's considerate child except the last step?

How is this creating beautiful and romantic memories?

Leon didn't dare to doubt the French lady's judgment and planned to look in the mirror later to make sure he didn't show signs of being "addicted to women" without realizing it.

After learning from his mistakes, he decided to abstain from sex for a while. Now he has a happy life with a beautiful woman by his side and brothers behind him. It would be a great loss if he lost a few years of his life because of his indulgence.

Bending over and sitting back in his chair, he turned to Laura with a serious expression and talked about business: "There is one more thing I want to tell you. During this period of time, I heard that there is news that the army that occupied Rolandal may have withdrawn for some reason. I plan to go to the east to find out soon.

I'm sorry, I've been delayed by various things. Now it's time for me to fulfill my promise to you.

However, I am not sure if this is true. If Rolandar is still occupied by the Kantardars, it may not be easy to get in. Will you come with me this time? Or wait for my exact news in the tower?"

Laura had already followed his vision and knew the information. She had also confirmed many things she wanted to know about him recently, so she didn't plan to continue to sneak up on him.

"Let's go together. It's good for you to take a look."

Leon nodded, but when the time came, he hesitated for a moment, and he couldn’t help asking: “Laura, can I ask a question? Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t say it, I will still fulfill my promise.”

"Go ahead and ask, I also have some questions for you." Laura nodded.

After receiving his consent, Leon expressed his doubts and asked tentatively, "Since you are the Holy Prophet Ilarial mentioned in the church's records, are you going back to the place where your body is buried under the Great Temple and planning to be resurrected with your body?"

"Who knows? It's hard for me to answer this question right now." Laura spread her hands without commenting: "What to do after you go there depends on the situation. It is not ruled out that they will use my body to take some necessary measures."

"Condition?"

"Yeah, I can only hope it's not that bad."

Leon raised his eyebrows, feeling a little subtle in his heart. The subtext of these words seemed to mean that she needed to deal with some troubles.

Laura looked at Leon: “I answered your question, so now you answer mine.”

Leon nodded: "Just tell me, I'll tell you everything I know." There was no need to exchange anything. Leon didn't think there was anything about himself worth hiding from Laura.

Laura supported herself on the edge of the bed with both hands, leaned forward and asked, "Leon, it's time to talk about you. Do you mind telling me where you came from and who you were before you entered the body of the dead boy?"

A strange language that has never been heard in the communication of consciousness. A strange word that has never been seen in the book. A bedtime story that seems familiar.
Laura's five fingers moved nimbly and joyfully like tapping piano keys. Under her seemingly calm expression, her heart was churning with anticipation for the other party's answer.

In this tower, she has the ability to read the other person's soul directly, but if possible, Laura would never want to do that.
Hearing the wizard lady's direct question, Leon couldn't help but shudder.

Well, it’s such a heavyweight question right at the start, but Leon has been waiting for this day for a long time.

"It's a long story, well, or maybe it's a short story." Leaning back in his chair, Leon shrugged.

If he had not been in a hurry due to various trivial matters, he might have taken the initiative to tell the other party his true origins during the conversation.

After all, Laura knew from the beginning that he was not the real hunter's son "Leon", so there was nothing to hide from her.

Especially now that he had learned from the magic book that there had once been an intelligent race in this world whose entire clan had "traveled through time" and left, Leon felt that his situation did not seem to be anything special in the eyes of Wizard Lorelit.

You know, in the catalog of the magic book, there is a subject under Necromancer with the clear title of "Alternate Dimension".

"My hometown is a world that is similar to this place but completely different. Where should I start? I don't even know if it is in the same 'universe' as this land.

Oh, that is, in your knowledge, it is similar to the concept of 'void star world'. In my hometown, the four directions and the up and down are called Yu, and the past and the present are called Zhou."

Roughly describing the small blue star in the universe where he lived in his previous life, Leon talked about his ordinary life in his previous life.

".Just like you guessed, I am just an ordinary person. One day, I opened my eyes for no apparent reason and came to your world. I lived in the body of this young boy with you, and you know the rest." After Leon finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a pity that he had expected to see surprise and curiosity on Laura's pretty face.

But even though she emphasized and proudly talked about her hometown's science and technology, its hustle and bustle, its skyscrapers, its megacities, its guns and nuclear weapons, and its aerospace, he did not see any particular fluctuation on the wizard's face.

The change in my mood wasn't as great as the last time I discovered that I was slacking off on my magic progress.

He felt a little regretful that he had failed to show off secretly, but after explaining everything to the wizard lady in front of him, Leon felt inexplicably relieved, as if he had let go of something.

Although the importance he attached to this life had long surpassed his nostalgia for his previous life, he could not help but miss his parents when the night was quiet. He even missed the little girl who grew up in the family with quarrels and fights.

Laura listened quietly to the other person's narration. She raised her eyes thoughtfully and looked at the paintings in the room with an unfocused gaze.

".Have you ever heard of the names 'Ilaril' or 'Mosera' on the planet you came from?"

Leon was puzzled by Laura’s question and had to shake his head: “In my hometown, there are indeed religions and mythological worship similar to the Holy Sun Religion, but they are definitely completely different from the beliefs of the Western Continent.

I have never heard of the names of Ilaril and Moserah in the world, but I cannot guarantee it. After all, I was just a small citizen in the city in my previous life, not a well-read scholar. "

"."Lola didn't seem to be bothered by this.

She withdrew her gaze from the portrait on the wall, smiled gently at Leon, and ended the topic.

"You must have something else to do this time? What do you plan to get from me?"

Seeing that Laura did not continue to investigate, Leon remembered the weapon problem that had been bothering him for some time.

"Lola, can you forge weapons? I've been through some battles recently, but I'm not proficient in the use of magic, so I'll destroy my weapons if I'm not careful. And with the training you gave me, I'm getting stronger and stronger, and ordinary weapons feel particularly useless."

"You want me to help you make some enchanted weapons?"

Laura recalled that when Leon saw the long sword in the knight-errant's hand, he felt envious.

"Yeah, even if it's not an enchanted weapon, it would be better if it's as sturdy and durable as the 'dwarven steel' sword of the Thorn Flower family." Leon nodded expectantly.

Laura waved her hand. "Dwarven steel is strong enough and generally adaptable to magic. Aphrodite doesn't have any in stock. The long sword that Garron passed down to his descendants should be the reward he received after completing the trial of the Sun Guard when he was young."

After saying that, she looked at the other person with amusement: "Besides, do you really think I'm a blacksmith?"

Leon scratched his neck a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, I'm asking too much. I just asked casually."

The wizard lady stood up from the bed, put her hands on her hips and sighed slightly.

"It's not impossible. You are my student now. I really can't do anything to you."

Leon was delighted when he heard this: “Ha, I knew it, it must be Teacher Laura who cares about her disciples.”

Laura raised her chin in satisfaction, but then turned to admonish her, "But at least you should have some awareness of being a Lorelit wizard. You need a wand that suits you more than a sword."

"Magic wand."

In Leon's mind, he recalled the five magic wands he had seen so far, as well as the famous preface in the magic book that gave an overview of magic wands.

The magic wand is an indispensable tool for qualified spellcasters. It can store spells and magic power to assist in casting spells, and when necessary, it must also be used as a handy close-range weapon to smash the enemy's skull.
From this perspective, it seems that the Northern Warlocks have inherited the Gulorelite Mage's view on the weaponization of wands very well, while the wands of the Atias people are more inclined to assist in spellcasting.

"It's a pity that this one in my hand is just a manifestation of the Neti card. Others can't use it, otherwise it would be fine to give it to you." Laura summoned her golden staff, shook her head, and said to Leon: "The materials are limited. I think you will need Neti cards in the future. If you can't use those high-level materials, then you can only use ordinary things as the main materials to make it."

"It doesn't matter, as long as it can handle combat. It's best if it's made of steel." Leon didn't have high requirements.

"Don't worry, I will certainly consider its sturdiness for you. Do you have any requirements for its appearance? After all, you are a warrior, and I guess you would like it to have the function of a weapon. However, the quality of the material is limited. Under the premise of ensuring the practicality of the carrying capacity, I do not recommend compressing it into the length of a sword."

"You can customize this? Let me think about it. If it has a long handle, then I'd better make it into a spear. This will also make it more convenient for me to fight on horseback."

Also a long gun
Laura silently clenched the golden staff in her hand. However, magic wands made into spear-like shapes were quite common in the past.

"It's a small matter. Since I am the one making it, I will not be perfunctory. Give me some time. Even if I use ordinary iron, I will make you a wand that is worthy of the name of Ilarial."

Seeing that the other party used her name to guarantee it, Leon’s face became more expectant: “Then I’ll leave it to you!”

But in the midst of his excitement, his shoulders slumped and he felt extremely ashamed again: "Alas, Laura, you are so good to me, I really don't know how to repay you. Is this the only thing you need help with in returning to Rolandal? Do you have any other unfulfilled wishes?

I don't just owe you two lives now. I owe you the favors along the way, and I'm afraid I can never repay them even if I go through fire and water in this lifetime."

".wish?"

Laura's eyes flickered.

She looked at Leon in front of her and suddenly walked over.

"You, since you are my disciple, then you should live well and live for yourself in this life. This is one of the few wishes of your teacher." The girl raised her fair palm and rubbed the other's fluffy and smooth black hair, her eyes smiling, revealing a bit of attachment.

"Oh." As a grown man, the delicate little girl rubbed his head like an elder. Although it was a bit embarrassing, Leon did not want to dodge.

In his previous life, he was just a young man in his twenties. I don't know how old Miss Laura is, but Mette is about 180 years old. Miss King of France is probably...
Besides, Laura is her mentor, and given their seniority, a pat on the head is nothing.

With Leon's departure, the Mage Tower became quiet again.
The wizard lady stood in front of the window and waved her sleeves at Leon who was waving at her from under the tower.

This time, the faint smile on Laura's face was brighter than ever before.

As they saw each other off and passed through the magic curtain, their figures moved further and further away, but the wizard lady's eyes remained fixed on them for a long time.

".That's true. With your personality, how could you possibly leave offspring?"

(End of this chapter)