Chapter 312 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: Ace
Chapter: 312
Chapter Title: A Fairy Sighting
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Leo stared at the crystal orb sealing Kiruan's wings, lost in thought.
'So, that was the source of the mana he used for that ridiculous slime ability.'
Kiruan.
The Fairy Prince.
A Royal Fairy, next in line to be the Fairy King.
However, due to his excessive mischief, the current Fairy King, Silroad, had stripped him of all his wings as punishment and banished him from Fairy Land.
He had managed to find one pair, but two pairs of wings were still missing.
And one of those remaining pairs was right here.
Leo thought of Kiruan.
The Isle of Phantasmal Beasts, situated in Lake Lumeria.
Kiruan had taken up residence there and was reportedly playing all sorts of pranks on the first-year students of the Summoning Department.
Of course, the source of this information was Piora, Kiruan's sworn enemy.
'Well, it seems he's not pulling any extreme pranks.'
As Leo was thinking to himself.
Chloe was engaged in a heated debate with Tina about magical theory.
"Hmm. So this is your unique magic formula? It's magnificent."
Tina was admiring the magical formula for Chloe's unique magic, [Ice World].
"Yes. So for this midterm assignment, I plan to apply [Ice World]."
"You're going to apply field magic to familiar magic? What an interesting idea."
Tina's eyes sparkled.
"Student Leo, what are you planning to do for your exam assignment?"
"I'm thinking of applying spirits."
"Spirits? Their versatility is certainly a plus."
Tina smiled faintly.
"By the way, there's something I'd like to ask."
"What is it?"
"Where did you get that?"
Leo pointed at the crystal orb.
Looking at him, Tina smiled meaningfully.
"You have a good eye."
Tina reached out, brought the crystal orb over, and placed it on the desk.
Seeing it, Chloe tilted her head.
"What are these wings inside?"
"They're a fairy's wings."
Chloe's expression turned to one of surprise.
Looking at Chloe, Tina then turned her gaze to Leo.
"Did you react so sensitively to the fairy's mana because you're an All Class?"
"That's right."
"So, do you want them?"
"Are you offering?"
When Leo asked with a smile, Tina grinned back.
"Would you do me one favor?"
"What would that be?"
"I'd like to examine your body, every nook and cranny."
"M-My body, every nook and cranny?"
Chloe looked momentarily flustered.
Noticing her expression, Tina spoke with her characteristic impassiveness.
"I was merely expressing my interest in the abilities of an All Class. What on earth were you thinking?"
"N-No. I mean, I…"
"Were you perhaps imagining me stripping him naked or something…?"
"No! It's not like that at all!"
Chloe waved her hands frantically, her face beet red.
"So? What do you say? Care to entrust your body to me?"
At Tina's question, Leo shook his head.
"I'll have to decline."
"What a shame."
With a languid smile, Tina returned the crystal orb to its original spot.
"Come find me anytime if you have questions. And if you're interested in dissection, you're more than welcome."
Tina, who had escorted the two of them to the door of her office, slid back inside without a sound.
As they walked down the hallway in silence, Chloe spoke up.
"Leo, just so you know. I wasn't imagining anything like that."
"Like what?"
"You know. That… Ah, it's nothing! Let's hurry up and get dinner!"
Chloe cleared her throat and walked on.
Following behind her, Leo let out a small chuckle and followed.
***
That evening.
In his dorm room, Leo summoned Kiruan.
*Woong-*
Kiruan popped his head out of the summoning circle.
[What's up, Leo?]
Following Kiruan, Elsie and Ati also entered the room from beyond the summoning circle.
"I've found one of your pairs of wings."
[What? Really?!]
Kiruan's eyes widened, and with a whoop of joy, he began to spin around the room.
With every flap of his wings, a fine silver powder scattered about.
Piora, who had taken on a human form thanks to Kiruan's magic, narrowed her eyes while munching on a cookie.
"Don't kick up dust, you stupid fairy."
[The Binix is saying something weird.]
"Binix? Are you an idiot? I'm a phoenix."
[Yep. An obese phoenix. Short for Binix. Are you trying to get fat as a pig by eating all those cookies again?]
"Who are you calling a pig!"
An incensed Piora pulled a flyswatter from her pocket and swung it wildly at Kiruan.
*Swat- Swat-*
-You think you can catch me with such a pathetic attack?
Kiruan performed an acrobatic flight, effortlessly taunting Piora.
Watching the scene, Ati approached Leo.
"Master."
"What is it?"
"Could you also condemn me as a pig and swat me with a flyswatter?"
Leo clutched his head as he looked at Ati, who was writhing as she spoke.
"Ati."
"Yes, Master."
"I really didn't want to say this, but…"
"Yes."
"You're a pegasus, aren't you?"
"That's right."
"The phantasmal beast I was contracted to in my past life was a pegasus."
Leo gave Ati a somewhat skeptical look.
"He was always serious. I'm not saying you have to be serious all the time, but could you at least stop making such perverted requests every time you see me?"
At Leo's words, Ati's face stiffened.
"...Does that mean… compared to your previous contractor, my requests are excessively vulgar, and I am more unsightly than that pegasus?"
"I didn't go that far."
"I see. So I have been a disappointment to you, Master."
Ati hung her head low.
Her body began to tremble slightly.
Seeing this, Elsie wore a worried expression.
[Even so, Ati tries her best and is a great help in battle. That was a little too harsh.]
At Elsie's words, Leo looked indifferent.
"Don't you think she's even more harsh for getting happy after hearing something like that?"
[Pardon?]
Surprised by Leo's words, Elsie flew over to look at Ati's face.
Ati's lowered face was flushed, and her eyes were filled with ecstasy.
"A vulgar and unsightly pegasus… Oh! Who in this world would ever say such harsh words to me…!"
Elsie covered her face and sobbed.
Leo sighed as he looked at her.
"...Are you crying?"
[I'm so embarrassed that these people are my comrades.]
"Ahng!"
Hearing Elsie's words, Ati clutched her heart and collapsed to the floor.
"Even Lady Elsie is berating me… I love it so much."
'She's getting worse and worse as time goes on.'
Leo was sighing at the perverted pegasus when it happened.
[Hahaha! Binix! Binix!]
"Stay right there!"
Kiruan, who had been flying wildly through the air in a dazzling acrobatic display, turned toward Elsie.
Piora, her eyes glaring, raised her flyswatter and swung it at Kiruan.
*Swish-! Thwack-!*
[Huh?]
"Ah?"
Piora's flyswatter struck Elsie.
Elsie fell to the floor and went silent.
Piora instantly hid the flyswatter behind her back, and Kiruan hid behind Ati.
Then, they shouted in unison.
"It's that fairy's fault!"
[It's that phoenix's fault!]
Elsie got back up.
A dark glint flashed from between her black bangs.
'She's angry.'
Leo clicked his tongue internally.
Piora, Kiruan, and Ati had never seen it, but Leo knew this side of her well.
This wasn't the Elsie of now, but the Elsie of a distant past.
A time when she had lost everything and burned with hatred.
A side of herself that even Elsie didn't know had awakened.
*Swoosh-!*
Using Leo's spiritual power, Elsie grew to the size of an adult and reached out her hand.
In an instant, a shadow swallowed the flyswatter from Piora's hand.
After snatching the flyswatter, Elsie used it to mercilessly beat Kiruan.
[Keok? W-Wait! Gack?]
With an expressionless face, Elsie beat Kiruan to a pulp before turning to Piora.
"Present your calves."
"I did nothing wrong! And my own mother has never hit me…"
"I said, present your calves."
Piora, on the verge of tears, rolled up her pant legs.
Elsie held the flyswatter upside down and struck her calves repeatedly.
Having instantly subdued the phoenix and fairy—the darlings of summoners—Elsie spoke in an icy voice.
"Know this: if you act childishly again, I will not let it slide."
[Y-Yes, ma'am…]
"Yes…"
Kiruan, twitching like a mosquito squashed by a flyswatter, and Piora, sniffling as she clutched her calves, answered in barely audible voices.
Faced with Elsie's chilling aura, the young phantasmal beasts couldn't utter a peep.
Watching the scene, Leo turned to Ati, who was hiding behind him.
"Why don't you ask her to punish you too? You like that sort of thing, don't you?"
"I have no desire to be punished by that version of Lady Elsie."
Leo let out a small sigh at the needlessly perceptive perverted pegasus.
***
[So some elf has my wings?!]
Kiruan's face was alight with excitement.
Having lost his power, Kiruan had long wanted to reclaim his wings.
He needed to recover all of them to return to his original state and reclaim his status as the Fairy Prince.
In such a situation, Leo's news that he had found one of the missing pairs was more than enough to excite Kiruan.
[Then what are we waiting for! We have to go right now!]
"It won't be easy to find them. After all, the current owner is that visiting professor."
[Hmph! I am the owner of those wings! Why would that elf be the owner!]
Kiruan placed his hands on his hips, his eyes blazing.
"In any case, Professor Tina is the one who has them in her possession."
[Hmph! It would be helpful to you too if I regained my power, so why are you being so timid?]
Kiruan scoffed, spread his wings wide, and flew towards the window.
[Just you watch! I'm going to get my wings back!]
Leo propped his chin on his hand as he watched the confidently shouting Kiruan.
"It won't be that easy."
[What kind of person is this Professor Tina?]
Elsie, who had returned to her usual palm-sized form, asked with a curious expression.
"She's an eccentric."
[Hmm. I can't quite imagine. Kiruan won't get into any trouble if he gets caught, will he?]
Elsie asked while stirring sugar into her tea with a spoon as long as she was tall.
"Who knows. She might try to dissect him."
At Leo's words, Elsie let out a deep sigh.
'I hope nothing bad happens.'
***
The next day.
The 2nd-year dormitory cafeteria.
Most of the second-year students had their breakfast here.
As such, it was the start of the day.
A place where all the dormitory students gathered.
That day, Leo was eating breakfast alone.
He noticed that there were fewer students eating breakfast than usual.
"Leo! Good morning!"
Chelsea, holding a tray, greeted him cheerfully and sat down in front of him.
"Sleep well?"
"Yep!"
Dormitory 1, Glory.
Dormitory 2, Harmony.
Dormitory 3, Noble.
These three dormitories were fundamentally in competition with one another.
Because of that, while they might interact after class or in the evening, it was rare for the dormitory heads to eat together during breakfast, when all the students were gathered in one place.
Even Celia had never had breakfast with her cousin Leo or her best friend Chloe.
But Chelsea often ate breakfast with Leo or Abad.
"Mmm~"
Chelsea cupped her face, a blissful expression on it, as if the strawberry jam served that morning was delicious.
Then, as if she had just remembered something, she said.
"By the way, Leo, did you hear the story?"
"What story?"
"They say a fairy appeared around the 2nd-year dorms last night."
At those words, Leo looked up at the students eating their meals.
He had thought the numbers were low, but he now saw that the number of students from the 'Summoning Department' was practically zero.
"There wasn't just one or two witnesses, either. It's a huge commotion right now."
At Chelsea's words, Leo covered his face with his hand.
'That idiot, really.'
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