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She cautioned, “Child, I must remind you that there was a reason I listed Origin Magic as taboo in the first place: it can irreversibly turn a person into a heartless stone.”

Zicomo was aware of this, having already witnessed the appearance of the two Origin Magic Masters.

"Please rest assured, I will find a way to solve this problem. Moreover, I will not force mages to choose any particular school; I simply hope to unify the mages' views and ensure that they treat every school equally," Zicomo replied.

In fact, the fact that Origin Magic was initially listed as taboo was also due in no small part to the instigation of other magicians, who regarded the Origin faction's practice of gathering magicians into a sphere as a nightmare.

This was truly a nightmare for a mage who had chosen the Origin school of magic without really understanding what was happening. They were inexplicably turned into part of a stone sphere, stripped of their own emotions, left only with a thirst for exploring the origins.

Zicomo could foresee that even if he reopened the faction, it would still be the one with the fewest students until he found a way to completely resolve the issue.

Fortunately, he already had a clue about the matter.

Zicomo drew inspiration from Seren's Source Stone, believing that as long as a protective barrier is placed on the soul or an anchor point for return is left, there is no need to fear getting lost in the origin and becoming a stone devoid of emotion.

“Now that you’ve made your decision, go for it. My darling daughter, come and chat with your mother,” Rena said.

After saying that, she led Lani to a corner, clearly intending to give Zicomo and Serenity some space.

Lena La didn't say a single word to Seren from beginning to end, mainly because she didn't know what to say.

It was she who ordered Serenity to be expelled from the magic academy. Although everyone has now tacitly accepted that the matter is over, the two still feel very awkward facing each other.

As for asking her to apologize to Serena, that's even more impossible; her pride as queen wouldn't allow her to do so.

Serena clearly understood this, which is why she chose to stand behind Zikomo and remain silent throughout. This was to show that she was working for Zikomo, not for Kalia.

Seeing Renara leave, Seren also breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at Zicomo and said, “My apprentice, thank you for your support. I will immediately begin the process of reclaiming the Academy. Perhaps I am a little hasty, but this is proof of my loyalty to the Academy. Its name is Glorious Stone Clis. Please accept it.”

After saying that, she took out a short sword with a golden hilt and a bright silver blade and handed it to Zicomo.

Zicomo took the sword and examined it closely. The wavy blade of the short sword resembled a Malay sword from the real world. Its combat technique involved launching Radiant Stone Shards with this sword while simultaneously launching a thrusting attack along the trajectory of the Shards.

Overall, it is a sword whose symbolic significance outweighs its practical function.

After seeing that Zicomo accepted the gift, Seren continued, "My disciple, although I hope you can stay in the academy, I know that's impossible. You also have your own things to do. But I hope you remember that no matter what storms you face outside, your teacher will always be your strongest support."

Zicomo nodded emphatically upon hearing this. He then gave Serenity a hug.

That's why he was so good to Teacher Seol-ryeon; she gave him all her gentleness and treated him well without reservation.

“Alright, alright, you’re going to be the King of Elden, you can’t show this kind of attitude,” Seren said.

“So what if I become the King of Elden? Aren’t you still my teacher?” Zicomo retorted.

Upon hearing this, Serian chuckled and said, "Yes, you will always be my dear disciple. There will always be a place for you here with your teacher."

After discussing with Serenity how to reclaim the magic academy, Lani also caught up with Renara.

Zicomo and Lani left together. Before leaving, Zicomo told Seren the locations of Yazler and Luther.

He knew what Professor Seren was pursuing; the stone sphere formed from the bodies of the two Origin Mages would surely bring him closer to the Origin. Besides, he had already prepared a backup plan, so there was no need to worry about Professor Seren turning into an emotionless stone.

Of course, Serenity couldn't do that in the short term. After all, she had promised Zicomo she would help him reclaim the academy.

After leaving, Zicomo returned to the Round Table Hall for the first time in a long while.

He came to find a special girl named Fia, nicknamed the Sleeping Girl.

"Dead Sleep Girls" isn't just a nickname for Fia; it's more accurately described as a professional group. They share beds with heroes, absorbing and storing their life force to later resurrect great figures.

However, Fia received the power of blessing before she could restore the great man's life, and was subsequently banished from her homeland to the Hall of the Round Table.

As a result, she also lost some of the abilities of the Sleeping Girl.

Ordinary sleep maidens absorb and store the life force of heroes within their own bodies until they are able to resurrect great men.

However, Zicomo once tried to hug Fia, and after the hug, his life energy did decrease.

But after crushing the bed curtains given to him by Fia, the portion of his life force that he had lost returned to him.

In other words, Fia can only temporarily obtain life energy and cannot actively preserve it.

Even so, she still wanted to be a girl in a death sleep.

Zicomo came to her to fulfill her wish.

All Fia knew was that after she received the blessed power, her ability as a Sleeping Maiden mutated, and she could no longer preserve the life force of the hero who shared her bed.

But what she didn't know was that her power also had the ability to repair runes. Of course, this was limited to runes related to death.

Zicomo happens to have half of such a rune, while the other half is deep underground beneath the Golden Tree, on the body of the dead Prince Godwin.

Those are the curse marks that are etched when a demigod or god-man dies for the first time. However, there were two initial demigods, so the death curse mark was split in two, one half on Lani's former corpse and the other half on the dead prince whose soul had already died.

There are ten Greater Runes in the border region, and Zikomo has already collected six. Several of these Greater Runes are not yet fully formed, and Zikomo's seventh target is this Greater Rune related to death.

At the border, everyone has their own mission, and Fia's mission may be to repair this rune.

Zicomo went to the side room of the Round Table Hall, where Fia was sitting quietly on a bed.

Upon seeing Zicomo's arrival, she said, "It's you, my hero whom I haven't seen in so long. May I embrace you one more time?"

Zicomo shook his head and refused, saying, "I'm here to help you complete the mission of the Sleeping Maiden."

"Oh? It seems you know something," Fia said thoughtfully.

Laya's attitude was somewhat unexpected by Zicomo; she seemed to already know what her mission was.

How did she know?

Zicomo suddenly thought of someone: the unfortunate magician Roger.

Roger aspires to be a scholar and is searching for the truth behind the conspiracy of the night of Gold Godwin, so he gathers evidence and researches everywhere.

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Roger discovered a mask of the Dead Prince underground in Stoneville. Although he didn't know why the Dead Prince's mask was there, that didn't matter.

The crucial point is that the unfortunate Roger triggered the power of death there, and his spine was snapped in two by the thorns of death. He then fled back to the Hall of the Round Table.

Zicomo guessed that Fia learned about it when Roger asked her for a hug.

After all, Roger must have collected a lot of information from various sources.

Then Fia continued, "Now that you know the truth about the birth of the dead, are you still willing to help me?"

The "dead being" she speaks of is a person reborn after death, that is, a so-called undead.

If we compare the border area to a computer, then this thing in the border area is like a virus, which would be rejected by ordinary people.

That's why Fia asked this question.

Zicomo nodded and said, "Of course, I have things I want too."

Fia suddenly realized that if it weren't for self-interest, who would help her?

"In that case, please return this item to its rightful owner."

As she spoke, Fia took out a broken short sword, its surface covered in corrosive damage. Zicomo sensed the power of death emanating from it. If an ordinary person carried it for an extended period, the corrosive power would erupt, taking the wearer's life.

Zicomo took the dagger, turned, and left.

Upon reaching the main hall of the Round Table, Zicomo tossed the broken sword directly to D, who was sitting in the hall.

This knight, clad in twin armor of gold and silver, is a staunch believer in the Golden Law, and he is the owner of the broken sword.

Ever since the emergence of the Deadborn, beings who defy the law, these believers have hunted them down. It can be said that the followers of the Golden Law and the Deadborn are natural enemies.

Fia is clearly on the side of the Deadborn, so she needs to get rid of this person who will hinder her from completing her mission.

Zicomo and the followers of the Golden Law had nothing more to say; they threw the broken sword at him and left the Round Table Hall.

Although D didn't know where Zikomo got the broken sword from, it was indeed his, so he accepted it.

Zicomo left a sensing spell on the broken sword so that he would be aware of the corrosion once it started.

That will be the time to launch the next step.

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On the shore of the Black Lake at Hogwarts, Zicomo was enjoying the pleasures of a fisherman.

Hermione quietly studied the tasks Professor McGonagall had assigned her, occasionally asking Zicomo a few questions.

Lani also took a fishing rod and sat down next to Zicomo.

In her own words, she wanted to experience the activity that her king was so obsessed with.

The group enjoyed the peaceful afternoon.

It has to be said that third grade was definitely the most uneventful year for Zicomo in the past three years.

There was no Mr. Voldemort trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone, nor was there any Tom Sawyer trying to possess a corpse and control the Basilisk to kill people.

The entire plot of that year was resolved by Zicomo very early on.

Peter Pettigrew is probably on the run in Albania right now, and it's unknown whether he's encountered Voldemort. Of course, he definitely hasn't encountered Dumbledore, otherwise the newspapers would have already reported his recapture.

Sirius Black, meanwhile, was busy taking over some of the Black family's former businesses. Fudge, unable to withstand the pressure from those powerful families, had to return most of the Black family's assets that he had previously taken over.

Speaking of Fudge, he took back the Dementors surrounding the school after a joint appeal from the parents of Hogwarts students.

Fudge suffered a double loss. Not only did he incur the wrath of the wizarding world, but he also failed to please the Dementors.