During one of his trips, Leon met a certain girl he instantly fell curious about. Trying to know more about her, he happened to know she was a target to kill by someone.

He happened to know of this by a mere accident, after a group of assassins attempted to kill her as he walked away for a moment. Coming back just in time he managed to block the attack and fight back. As he tried hard, he realized his life was in risk from the very moment he pushed himself into it.

One of the assassins cast a horrifying spell which consumes the caster's life in order to take another. In the blink of an eye, he managed to block the deadly blow with his sword, but even though the metal and spell in it countered most of the force, he was weakened, blown from the field and with a shattered sword in hands.

When everything seemed lost, the remaining assassins lunged at him in his weakened state... only to be blocked by a huge axe, shield and sword. Minari and Adriax happened to find them at the right moment. The last 2 assassins escaped and Leon and the girl were taken to safety, healing their wounds as well.

Tukuma was grateful and happened to know how to reforge swords from the rare metal Leon's sword was made of. With Leon's help and presence, the sword let itself be "controlled" and reforged. It was later on, that he realized something about Tukuma imprinted in the sword and in him, as the spells and technique used also affected his armor and the spell around it.

Leon is not sure, but it seems something else about Tukuma has affected him emotionally. Somehow, he feels stronger in mind and body too and finds a little hard to not look at her with some emotion :3

Leon, art © me