After Leon pulled Grey back to the base, he discovered that Magna, Luck, and Gauche had already returned.
Magna saw Leon pulling Grey and froze for a moment.
Then he walked up with a grin and draped an arm around Leon’s shoulder.
“What gives?
You actually brought a strange girl back to the base.
I thought you only had eyes for your research.” Seeing Magna’s smirk, Leon knew he had misunderstood again.
He slapped his own forehead and helplessly repeated his earlier explanation to the three of them.
It went something like this, and like that.
After the explanation, Magna slapped his palm in realization.
Then he suddenly pointed at Grey in shock and shouted, “What?!
You’re saying she’s Grey?
That chain-smoking fat guy?!” Luck arrived in front of Grey in a flash of lightning.
He looked at her with a smile and said, “Eh~ Are you really Grey?
Want to fight?” In the end, Leon reached out to stop Luck, which let Grey escape her shyness.
As for Gauche, he would not have shown the slightest interest in Grey even without the explanation.
His eyes were only for his sister Marie.
Just as Leon was about to take Grey to do some research, Yami returned.
The first thing Yami said was, “Is everyone here?
It’s payday.” Hearing about payday, Leon thought thoughtfully, “I didn’t realize a month had passed already.” Then Yami noticed Grey behind Leon and asked curiously, “Who’s this?” Leon had no choice but to explain to Yami once more that this was Grey’s original appearance.
Although he really did not want to explain again, Grey’s shy personality meant she would likely just cower in a corner trembling if she had to do it herself.
So, even though Leon was very reluctant, he had no choice.
After all, Grey was using her original appearance because of him.
After the explanation, Yami just said, “Oh,” and then called everyone over to collect their pay.
Leon also received a full bag of yul.
Although these yul were of no use to him, he could mail them to the church to help improve the priest and the others’ lives.
After distributing the pay, Yami said to everyone, “Since you’ve all been paid, no work is scheduled for today.” Upon hearing this, everyone instantly became excited.
Asta said, “Alright!
Time to train!” Magna said, “Thanks, Captain Yami!
What a wise decision!” Vanessa said, “Then let’s drink until we pass out~” Charmy said, “Breakfast 2.0, here I come!” Finral said, “I’m going to hit on girls!
Ocean girls, mountain girls, all the girls!” Grey said, “Tha…
thank you, Captain Yami!
Ugh~ saying that is so embarrassing.” Watching the happy crowd, Yami said to Gauche, who was on the side drooling over a photo of Marie, “By the way, Gauche, you took down a big gang yesterday.
Good work.” Gauche asked, “Today is my sister’s birthday.
Can I take a break until her next birthday?” Yami replied, “No.” Luck waved his fists in the air from the side and said, “I’m bored out of my mind.
Is anyone going to attack the Royal Capital?…
Eh!
How about I attack the Royal Capital!” Yami said, “That’s even more of a ‘no’.” Watching the noisy crowd, Leon felt a bit out of place.
He could only cover his face and sigh, “Sigh, Captain Yami, I’m going upstairs to research magic.” Yami replied, “Sure, just don’t blow up the house.” After pulling Grey upstairs, Leon went straight to his Secret Base.
He had specifically asked Henry to help him build this Secret Base for his weapon research.
Mainly because if he kept researching in his room and something became unstable, he would not have a place to live.
Upon arriving at the Secret Base, Leon turned on the lights and told Grey to find a seat.
He took a blank notebook out of the cabinet.
Subsequently, Leon looked at Grey and said, “Grey, try to see if you can change my appearance using Transformation Magic.” Grey replied, “Eh??
O…
okay.” Seeing Grey agree, Leon stood still and let Grey use her magic on him.
As Grey’s grimoire shone with light, Leon felt a strange magic power changing his body’s structure, but the next second it vanished.
Accompanying this was Grey’s confused look.
Grey said, “Eh?
Why did my magic fail on you?
It felt like…
it was eaten.” Hearing Grey’s description, Leon asked her to stop her magic.
He asked Erha in his mind, “Erha, was that Devour Magic triggering just now?” [Hmm…
It seems like because of the unknown magic power injection, Devour Magic started autonomously.] After getting confirmation, Leon stroked his chin and fell into thought.
“So, you mean as long as there is magic power injected into my body, it will trigger Devour Magic and eat that magic power?” [More or less…
yeah…] Leon said, “What do you mean ‘more or less’?
Isn’t this your magic?
How come even you don’t know?” [Well…
although Devour Magic is my magic, I’m still in my nascent form.
How could I have such a deep understanding?
Besides, didn’t you mistake your own magic for Metal Magic before?
And you’re lecturing me…] Leon really could not refute what Erha said.
After all, he had used his own magic as Metal Magic for several months, only discovering something was wrong recently when he used Construction Magic.
However, the function of Devour Magic to consume unknown magic power also brought Leon a different kind of surprise.
But this feature also had a downside.
Although Leon had not tested it, it would most likely eat recovery magic as well.
That meant from now on he would no longer fear mental control magic or magic directly injected into his body.
On the other hand, he also would not be able to receive healing from recovery magic.
If he got injured, he could only rely on his own healing ability.
This meant he had to be even more cautious from now on, unless he could awaken healing magic or construct items that could heal himself.
It was a mix of joy and sorrow.
However, Leon had not come away completely empty-handed.
Based on the feeling he experienced when Grey used her magic, her magic could indeed change the structure of the human body.
After recording everything in his notebook, Leon said seriously to Grey, “The following experiments might be tiring, so you can refuse if you want.” Seeing Leon’s serious expression, Grey also said earnestly, “I agree!” After speaking, Grey paused and her face instantly turned as red as an apple.
But even though she was this shy, Grey still looked at Leon earnestly.
Seeing Grey like this, Leon smiled.
He reached out to the top of her head, petted her gently, and said, “Then I’ll leave it to you.” His fingers lingered a moment longer, brushing lightly through her soft hair as he admired how her flustered blush made her look even cuter and more inviting.
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📢 Author’s Update Black Clover: Bound to a Hungry Demon is now officially Part 1 completed with 100+ chapters!
Follow Leon and his hungry demon companion as they carve a unique path through the world of Black Clover.