Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 33: You Again?

A month earlier.

In Flozenta, home to her fellow Mage’s Magic Tower, Arpina came across remnants of the Black Magic Tower.

Though not Tenelon’s Black Mages, they possessed some knowledge about the organization.

One piece of intel suggested Tenelon had a hideout near Widia.

True or not, this prompted Arpina to dig deeper into Tenelon’s activities.

There was a reason why Arpina was so cautious.

It was because of the leader of Tenelon.

Already practitioners of sinister black magic, their leader stood out as an especially unsettling figure who had reached the Insight Grade.

Acreepa, the leader of the Tenelon Black Magic Tower.

Arpina had encountered him before.

It was when she was young.

Not in Basprion, the frontier kingdom where Widia was located, but in the great Empire of Derkanthia.

In Derkanthia, there were 20 human Transcendence Grade Mages, and he was one of the disciples of those 20 along with Arpina.

She recalled the 200-year-old eccentric she had last seen before leaving the Empire.

He had an extremely quirky personality, but his magic skills were real.Acreepa was his disciple.

Although Acreepa was someone she had only seen in passing once, the gloomy face of that man was etched in her memory.

Despite knowing that one of Tenelon’s hideouts was near Widia, Arpina did not immediately take action.

She methodically gathered information.

When she was certain, she had to wipe them out all at once.Otherwise, she would lose their trail again.

That teleportation magic is especially troublesome.

A magic that lets one hide in the darkness.

Low-level Mages using it were easy to counter, but when wielded by a high level Mage, it became a real challenge.

Arpina was collecting information from various places in her own way when one day she received a report that something big had happened in Widia.Berford had stirred up trouble that required cleaning up.

Even that report was delivered late.

The ruins exploration had already ended, and all that was left to Arpina was to deal with the aftermath.

After that day, Arpina stopped gathering information and returned to Widia with Ria, who had been staying in Flozenta.

Arpina explained the situation to Ria.

That Berford had broken his promise and gone on the ruins exploration first, and that the Mages who were on the same ship were also caught up in that ruins and were on their way back to Widia after the situation ended.

From then on, Ria became noticeably anxious and urged that they should return to Widia quickly.

She couldn’t help but ask.

What happened to Leon?

Arpina had learned through separate inquiries that Leon was part of the group trapped in the ruins. He had vanished on his own, luring monsters away. However, she chose not to share this information with Ria.

It was because Ria was too anxious, and it wasn’t certain whether he was dead or alive yet.

Of course, it would be right to think he was dead, but Arpina knew that Leon was hiding many things.

So she didn’t jump to conclusions.

And as soon as she returned to Widia, she knew.The fact that Leon had returned alive.

As expected... there’s more to him than meets the eye.

He was a child with a strong tendency to try to solve things alone, but now that he had gained attention, it was rather a time when he needed someone’s protection.

Of course, it should have been herself, who had vaguely known his true value first.

But another rumor was rapidly spreading in Widia.

The Tower Master’s Personal Disciple?

Arpina was dumbfounded.

He became a Personal Disciple already?

Is the situation assessment that fast?

No, isn’t that too shrewd?

Did Laidra notice something too?

If so, it was even more regrettable.

As soon as Arpina heard the news, she flew faster than Ria to find Leon.And that’s what led to the current situation.

“The Tower Master’s disciple?”

Leon scratched his head and said with an apologetic expression.

“I couldn’t refuse when the Tower Master offered.”

Arpina knew too.

The fact that if the Tower Master offered first, he couldn’t help it.And objectively, being the Tower Master’s Personal Disciple had more advantages.

Aware of this, Arpina spoke up.The realization that she had missed her chance nagged at her.

It was a very different appearance from her usual cool demeanor.

“Wouldn’t the Tower Master not have time to pay attention to a Personal Disciple?”“Yes... He did say something like that. That there would be no support at all.”“Then, is there any need to become the Tower Master’s disciple?”“I actually think that part’s not......”

One of Arpina’s eyebrows twitched.

“No matter how good that is, doesn’t no support mean you won’t even have a chance to learn the Tower Master’s magic?”“I’m prepared for that.”

Arpina, who had been looking at Leon with no change in expression, finally forced a smile and said.

She didn’t want to say this either.

“The Magic Book I gave you. Basic Magic of the Four Elements.”“......Yes.”“It must have been useful to you. Right?”“Yes, thank you very much.”“Don’t you think there’s an advanced magic too?”

Leon looked at her for a moment and then smiled awkwardly.

“......I see. That advanced magic must be amazing.”“......”

After a brief silence, Arpina came to her senses.She swept her silver hair back coolly.

“Forget it. You’ve already become a Personal Disciple, so there’s nothing I can do. I’ll just wait to see what kind of repayment you’ll give me, right?”

Arpina’s lips trembled as she struggled to maintain her forced smile.

Leon wiped away the sweat that was suddenly rising as he watched her.

“Yes...... Thank you for waiting.”“If that repayment isn’t to my liking, then at that time......”“Leon!”

As Arpina was muttering quietly, Ria came running.

She glanced at Arpina who had disappeared first, then immediately approached Leon.

“What happened? And what happened to your arm......?”

Seeing Ria’s tearful face, Leon made an even more embarrassed expression than before.

“It’s fortunate enough that I only got injured this much.”“It must have been really dangerous if you got hurt like that.”

Ria muttered with her head bowed low.

“If someone... had taken... If only I could have been there with you.”

Even though she was muttering he could hear it all.Was she saying it for him to hear?Leon looked at Arpina nervously and said.

“On the contrary, if you had been there, it would have been dangerous.”“I know, I know I’m still lacking, but still......”

Ria glanced at Arpina once more.

Arpina, who had been lost in thought for a moment and noticed that gaze, couldn’t even manage a hollow laugh.

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How did I end up being treated like this?

***Three months passed after Leon became the Tower Master’s Personal Disciple.

He used the same Training Room as the general disciples.

Every time he came and went, he could feel the general disciples treating him very awkwardly, but Leon couldn’t help it.

There really was no other support.

The only Training Room Leon could use comfortably was the general disciples’ Training Room.

They were cautious because the Tower Master’s Personal Disciple was intruding on the space used by general disciples, and Leon was cautious because he had no choice but to use this Training Room.

A very uncomfortable situation for both parties.

I don’t go out much anyway.

He just had to endure the very awkward situations that arose when he occasionally left the Training Room and encountered a general disciple on his way to his personal room.

In the middle, Rowen came to visit and handed over a high-grade healing potion.With that, he was able to treat the burn on one of his arms.

It was during his intense training regimen—20 hours in reality and 10 in the Magic Orb—as he strived to truly reach the Early Arcane Grade.

Shortly after turning 14 years old.

[Progression Assistant]• General Quest▶ Training (Completed)• Reward▶ Magic Book (Change)Leon received today’s reward.

He had been alternately receiving Artifacts and Magic Books as rewards.

[Progression Assistant]▶ You have acquired the light magic 'Brilliance of Creation (SSS)'“Wow...?”

Leon, who had been under the impression that S was the highest grade, couldn’t close his mouth at the brilliantly shining grade before his eyes.

Apart from the breathtaking joy, Leon finally became certain.

That this being his 300th reward was no coincidence.

With a pounding heart, Leon picked up the book with the yellow cover and felt a moment of puzzlement.

The reward Leon received this time was clearly a Magic Book.

If it was a good grade Magic Book, it was often the case that it was another high-level Mage’s unique magic.

But this Magic Book had no name attached to it.

Come to think of it, he had always assumed that Transcendence Grade corresponded to S-rank.He hadn’t even considered the possibility of a higher grade.

What is this?

There’s no way this Magic Book can be a ‘natural’ occurence...

As Leon opened the Magic Book and started reading, he fell into an even bigger confusion.

I don’t understand what this means......

It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand because it was a high-dimensional Spell Formula.

The structure of the Spell Formula was in fact fundamentally different from anything he had seen before.

But wait... I have seen this before.

Leon recalled the memory of seeing a similar Spell Formula structure.

It was recent.

Leon hurriedly took out ‘Secret of Creation (Advanced)’ from the makeshift library in the Magic Orb.

Over the three months, Leon had also lightly skimmed through the basic and advanced Secret of Creation.

It is similar indeed.

It was similar to the Spell Formula structure that appeared in the advanced version.

This was also the reason why Leon had only lightly skimmed through the Secret of Creation.

In the advanced edition, not only the Spell Formula but also many parts of the text itself were incomprehensible.

Leon vaguely knew that those letters were ‘Runic Script’.

Was the text of the Brilliance of Creation translated on its own?

There were no Runic Scripts in the text of the Brilliance of Creation itself, but it completely matched the structure of forming Spell Formulas with Runic Scripts in the advanced edition of the Secret of Creation.

I heard that Runic Script was abandoned long ago......

Runic Script, which was called the language of the gods, was said to have never been used since ancient times.

He knew that when it was realized that the power of magic that could be drawn out with Runic Script was limited, it was naturally phased out when the system of modern magic was established.

Though I don’t know much about such old history.

Leon only knew the very basic history through the Introduction Book and a few books he had read in the Old Magic Archive.

I wonder if there are books about Runic Script in the Central Library?

Despite Runic Script’s supposed extinction, Leon realized he needed to understand it to use magic effectively. This knowledge was especially crucial for mastering the advanced Secret of Creation.

Judging by how people have been treating me so far, they probably won’t block access to the Central Library.

Leon got up from his seat for the first time in a while and left the Training Room.

As he entered the Central Library, people only glanced at him, but no one blocked his way.

Leon, who had been looking for books for a long time with ease, soon frowned in frustration.

There are... no books about Runic Script?