I Became a Flashing Genius at the Magic Academy [158-362][English Translation]

Episode 265 Chapter 50: Noble Soul (18)

Noble Soul (18)

The garden of the spirit Leafanel was always filled with silence, her breath being the only sound in the space.

A forbidden area where no living being was allowed entry. She had lived here alone for a very long time.

Her own world.

A place that was not cozy but rather cold and desolate, where no one could come, and no one did.

Leafanel remembered the moment she was born. This was what set her apart from other beings.

'Well done, little tree.'

Right after her birth, when she opened her eyes and faced the world for the first time.

There was one person who greeted her.

He was a wizard dressed in pure white robes.

When Leafanel was very young and not yet aware of herself as a divine being... just a tree imbued with sacred energy in those ancient times.

That wizard, who existed in the distant ancient era, called out to her in a gentle voice.

But no matter how hard she tried to recall, his face remained shadowed and unclear.

'...Who are you?'

Even though present-day Leafanel asked, trying to converse with a memory itself made no sense to begin with.

Nevertheless, strangely enough, he answered.

'I am... a wandering adventurer. Nowadays, I'm called a wizard. It's a rather unfamiliar title.'

Leafanel's heart sank. The white-robed wizard looked up at the sky and twisted his lips into a smile.

'It's time to go. I hope you have sweet dreams under the warm sunlight, little tree.'

With those words, the wizard turned and disappeared, and the memory ended there.

The flow of memory did not stop there and quickly fast-forwarded through Leafanel's growth.

A long time ago, or perhaps recently, a certain day's memory surfaced.

The day Leafanel became a spirit.

Unfortunately... just when she was awakening as a spirit, the barrier weakened, allowing a woman to sneak in.

She remembers.

'Oh my, how lucky〜'

If she had been in perfect condition, she could have easily subdued the intruder with her divine power. But the problem was that she encountered the woman during the process of fully shedding her physical form and cleansing her soul to awaken as a spirit.

Leafanel could do nothing.

Unable to resist, she helplessly had her heart stolen.

That...

That sense of loss.

No one could understand.

Because of her nature as a plant, Leafanel couldn't move a single step out of this garden, and listening to Ha Tae ryeong and Florin's stories during their occasional visits was her only solace.

She dreamed.

To one day move on her own two feet and step outside into the world. To freely roam this vast and beautiful world.

Whenever Ha Tae ryeong visited after tiring from adventures, he would share his grand tales of adventure.

'Hey, look at how amazing I am!'