312 Grimoire Making 3 (1/2)

\”Argh!\” Zero screamed in frustration.

In theory, everything worked out in his head. However, the truth was that none of the papers wanted to listen to him. The book couldn't be bound and not even his mindscape assistants knew what was wrong. It was as if every single piece of paper crafted from the barks and leaves of the Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge had their individual personality. He didn't think that crafting the grimoire using unique materials could pose such a huge problem.

It was at this point that Zero felt his stomach protest loudly. Disoriented, the teen looked up and smelled something delicious coming from outside his door. The young doctor didn't have much time to get up before the door opened. Merlin was seen with Bib carrying a tray of what looked like breakfast.

\”Have you been up all night again?\” the wizard asked and Zero's tongue felt heavy. He didn't know how to react now that his teacher had started talking to him again. Was he not going to scold him or punish him for what he did at the Spring of Vitality?

Merlin noticed how tense his student looked. Zero didn't appear to be in a good physical condition either and the wizard casually cast a rejuvenation spell over his overworked student. It worked better than those vitality pills that Zero often ate.

\”You shouldn't skip meals no matter how busy you are,\” Merlin fussed and Zero felt like crying over the show of concern.

\”Are you not angry?\” Zero asked meekly, making Merlin stop for a moment.

The wizard sighed. He knew that he was acting immaturely before but the fact that his student felt so afraid of him made him feel horrible for what he had done. Still, the magician had his pride and wasn't willing to apologise. At least not verbally. Merlin decided to bring breakfast up personally as a form of apology but his student only made him feel worse.

\”No, I'm not. I've come to help you with the grimoire, you look like you're still struggling.\”

Zero smiled and sniffed away the unshed tears. Merlin was back to normal and that was all the young doctor wanted.

As Zero ate, Merlin decided to look at the materials Zero had gathered as well as the formation he was using to create the grimoire's spirit. It was a commonly seen summoning circle written out using runes that would have worked for any other ordinary grimoire. Merlin remembered using something similar for his very own grimoire too but he modified the perimeters of the summoning. This was something he didn't tell Zero and felt slightly bad that he forgot about it until now. If he told Zero about it sooner, would the teen have succeeded in creating his grimoire without him?

\”Zero, we need to go shopping for some better materials. This thread, glue and leather cover will not hold your pages.\”

The young doctor tilted his head to a side in confusion. \”Did I get it wrong?\”

Merlin laughed. As brilliant as Zero was, his inexperience still hindered him. \”No, it's not wrong. However, not everything should be done according to the book. Have you not noticed how your pages wouldn't cooperate with each other? When using powerful materials such as the barks and leaves of those two trees, you should find something of equal power or more to suppress them.\”

The frown on Zero's forehead was adorable. \”But sir, where can I find something more powerful than the plane guardian of Heaven and Hell?\”

Merlin hummed. His student brought up a very good point. Then, he remembered the perfect thing that could suppress both trees. A power greater than magical trees is a magical beast that can tear them down, preferably something with fire.

\”Zero, let's go on a trip after you're finished with breakfast.\”

Startled, Zero couldn't help but ask where they were going.

Merlin grinned. \”To the moon.\”

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The moon was nothing like Zero had expected it to be. According to the books from the reading device, the moon was a gravelly place with no signs of life. It often revolved around a planet and was basically a rock of some sort with gravitational pull in the solar system.

For a rock hanging in space, the moon was a rather cool place to be in. The grandiose of the palace before him did not pale in comparison to the architectures of Heaven. Zero didn't know why this reminded him greatly of Buddha's pagoda but kept the thoughts to himself.

They were greeted by many white rabbits hopping around and Zero figured out that they had landed in somebody's garden. The palace could be seen from behind the garden walls and that only showed the scale of how big that was.

\”Who is it?\” a lady's voice called out and Merlin smiled.