It had been some time since Leon had gotten any heartfelt praise from anyone outside the adventuring party, so Akihiko's words only caused him to brighten further. Of course it would take most people much longer than a few days to craft a spellbook, but Leon was always revising his old ones and writing up new, more powerful ones along their journey. This was actually several steps backwards, though it worked well enough for him here.

The boy nodded at the mention of the fire. Any traumatic notes to the story weren't missed, but he didn't dwell on them, since he was more focused on trying to figure out how that might have fit into the grand scheme of things. "No, that's still wouldn't be far back enough. I mean, it's possible that something was tampered with at some point, whether in relation to this dark hour or not, that affected multiple timelines - even past ones, but it's also possible that the phenomenon was caused by something else on a grander scale connects some of the other patients here." He shook his head now, sighing. "But then this still only covers one country on a single planet."