Book 1 Chapter 1016

1016.

After a commotion.

Leo asked Luna, who was sitting in front of him with her eyes wide open and clear.

"Do you have your memories?"

"No?"

*Thwack-*!

"You're shameless, after just drop-kicking someone in the chest a moment ago."

Leo's veins bulged on his forehead as he grabbed Luna's head with his hand.

*Squeeze-*!

He tightened his grip.

Despite the pain it must have caused, Luna stared at Leo's face with her large eyes wide open.

Seeing that expression, Leo loosened his grip.

'She's not lying!'

Even though it was the Luna from before Leo's time, they had spent years together.

Therefore, Leo could easily tell that Luna wasn't lying.

As Leo looked at Luna with a puzzled expression.

Luna's gaze shifted to behind Leo.

[You damn human! What? You married that con artist lizard?! You toyed with my heart!]

Adult Luna glared with fierce eyes and repeatedly punched at Leo's head with her fists.

Of course, she couldn't physically harm Leo.

Naturally, her voice didn't reach Leo.

Only the young Luna could see and hear it.

However, seeing the young Luna's gaze shift, Leo naturally recalled a certain situation.

Then, he turned his head to where the young Luna's gaze was directed.

"Luna?"

[……!]

Luna, who had been venting her frustration at Leo in a way he couldn't reach, suddenly gasped.

For a moment, it felt as if her gaze met Leo's.

Luna saw childish emotions in Leo's eyes.

A look as if he was desperately searching for something.

Luna bit her lip for a moment.

"Are you there? I bet you're really angry, aren't you?"

But then, when Leo clearly scrunched up his face, she became indignant.

[I want to hit you… just once!]

Luna cried out, swinging her fist.

Leo sighed and scratched his head.

Looking at Leo like that, Lunia asked with a puzzled face.

"What exactly is going on?"

It was Seirun who answered Lunia's question.

"It seems that not only the consciousness of young Luna but also the consciousness of Luna, the progenitor of the nebula, is present."

"What?"

At Seirun's words, Lunia's eyes widened.

"To be precise, it seems to exist as a spirit. Right?"

"Yes."

At Leo's question, young Luna nodded.

Then, looking at Lena, she said,

"And the person who created the magic circle drawn behind that child is a person named Chloe."

"That's right. The one who created the magic that can travel through time is none other than Chloe."

Upon hearing that, Elena clicked her tongue.

"From what I see, she should change her nickname. From Ice Queen to Magic Pervert."

She was well aware of Chloe's magical engineering abilities.

But she never dreamed she could create magic capable of traveling through time.

Moreover, the mages here were all top-tier mages.

Lunia, Luna's successor, as well as Elena, who was considered unparalleled in talent.

And the comet mage, praised as the greatest mage after Luna, and the hero of the beginning.

The magic circle created was at a level that even these mages found difficult to comprehend properly.

'And Luna herself is amazing for recognizing it as Chloe's magic at a glance.'

Elena's gaze turned to the young Luna.

She felt a sense of 'level' anew.

'Well, I knew that.'

She had come too far to be intimidated.

Elena smiled faintly, as usual.

"Chloe doesn't know when to stop."

Leo clicked his tongue.

"Indeed… she even created the basis for a magic formula that can travel between parallel worlds, so it's not surprising, is it?"

"Parallel worlds?"

Luna's eyes sparkled.

Seirun's eyes twitched.

"Leo. Did the child who created this magic create magic that can travel to parallel worlds?"

"Should I say she created it… or should I say she succeeded by chance?"

Leo said calmly.

Chloe's magic, which brought Leo back after he was thrown into a parallel world by Nyx at that time.

Of course, the basic framework was Chloe's idea, but the magic could only be activated due to a combination of various coincidences.

The help of Lisinas, the King of Wisdom, was the greatest, and crucially, it was possible by 역이용 (reversing and using) Nyx's power.

Adult Luna, who had forgotten her anger after hearing Leo's explanation, had her eyes sparkling.

[How amazing. Hehe. My Chloe. Indeed, indeed. She was destined for greatness from the moment I first saw her.]

Luna was genuinely delighted.

Meanwhile.

Seirun, having heard the story, clenched her fist.

'There are amazing children in later generations.'

As Seirun's eyes slightly darkened.

Leo asked Lena.

"Why did Chloe create that magic?"

"What?"

"Did she want to go to the past? Or change the past? Was there a reason like that?"

At Leo's question, Lena blinked her large eyes.

Then, she smiled faintly and said calmly.

"She said she tried making it because she thought she could do it."

At that remark, Leo chuckled.

"What can I say? If there's a reason, it's very much like her."

"She did say she wanted to see her grandfather's face one more time, but Chloe-nim didn't use it."

Hearing Lena's words, Leo closed his eyes and burst into a chuckle.

"Hmm. But, you know."

Young Luna crossed her arms and tilted her head.

"If we learn about the future, won't the future change?"

At that, everyone's gaze turned to Lena.

In response to Luna's question, Lena replied.

"When the time-returning magic activates, all memories will be erased. That's how the magic was designed from the start."

"Can it break through Leo's mental defenses?"

"Hmm… it's not magic that directly affects the mind. To be precise, it's a distortion of dimensions that makes my existence unrecognized as if it never existed."

"Oh."

Although the principle was unknown, it meant that the memories themselves would disappear.

"Then, is there any problem with telling us who your granddaughter is? You've been calling everyone Grandma, haven't you?"

At Elena's words, Lena pondered and then said.

"Alright, my grandmother is."

"Wait, you're revealing it all of a sudden?"

Lunia was flustered.

"She's Lunia."

"What?!"

Lunia's eyes widened.

"I, Leo and I? That's impossible! Ah, no. It's not that I don't like it or anything… but for Leo, Luna-nim… that's… well…"

Lunia's face turned bright red, and her eyes spun around.

"Me and Leo… are we doing *that*?"

Lunia, who had lowered her head, muttered to herself.

"Hoo-! What are you doing?"

"Eek?!"

Elena, who had come right next to her and was whispering in her ear, made Lunia jump.

"No, that is…"

"She's just teasing."

Elena squinted at Lena.

Lena covered her mouth and giggled.

"You… you!"

Lunia's face turned extremely red, and she flicked Lena's forehead.

"Ouch."

"That's what you get for teasing!"

Lunia, shouting with a flushed face, made eye contact with Leo and quickly turned her head away.

Then she fanned her face.

"I can't tell you the details about future events. Even though the memories will disappear due to dimensional distortion, there will still be an impact."

"Is that so?"

Elena licked her lips as if disappointed.

"If the story is over, shall we continue the previous one?"

Leo said, looking at Lena.

"What are the chances that the guy who went to the past can create magic to return to the original timeline?"

"None. He stole the magic to come to the past in the first place. I was trying to stop him."

Lena's eyes darkened.

"No one could have imagined he would have such dangerous thoughts. I'm sorry, Grandfather. You worked hard to pass down this world… and I've put it in danger again like this."

Leo looked at Lena, who had a guilty expression, and said.

"Your name is Lena, right? Come here for a moment."

"Yes?"

Lena approached Leo with a puzzled expression.

Leo patted Lena's head.

"What do you have to apologize to me for?"

Lena's eyes widened.

"You're doing your best to stop that guy, aren't you? I heard you've been looping, haven't you?"

"……."

"That must be incredibly painful. Yet you didn't give up."

Leo tapped Lena's forehead with his finger.

Lena rubbed her forehead and looked at Leo.

"So, you don't need to apologize to me."

"……Yes."

Lena smiled brightly.

"Anyway, if it's impossible for that guy who went to the past to return to the original timeline… then there's only one reason he went to the past."

Leo sighed deeply.

"Erebus."

Luna continued Leo's words.

"The future me said that Erebus, who devoured Velian, is plotting something."

"Yes, that's the only possibility. He must have gone to the past to change that past."

Leo clicked his tongue.

He thought Velian could use Erebus, but instead, he was used by Erebus.

"What should we do?"

Lunia asked with a serious expression.

"Lena, can you also go to the past?"

"No. The entity with the magic to go to the past was Velian, so I have no way to go to the past either."

"This is bad."

As Lunia gritted her teeth, Leo chuckled.

"What are you worried about?"

"What?"

"Don't we have the progenitor of the nebula and the comet mage with us right now?"

"Ah…!"

Lunia's face brightened.

"……."

Seirun's eyes darkened after hearing Leo's words.

"Yes. We have Luna-nim with us now."

Seirun smiled bitterly and said to Luna.

"Luna-nim, would you please lend your great abilities to your inadequate descendants?"

"Of course, I will. she says."

Luna conveyed the words of her adult self.

Seirun smiled brightly at that.

"……."

Leo clicked his tongue as he watched Seirun.

'This one also has a story.'

***

That evening.

Leo went to Luna's room.

*Knock knock-*

"I'm coming in."

After knocking, Leo entered.

Upon entering the room, he saw Luna lying on the floor with magic books spread out, looking up at Leo.

"Are you deciphering Chloe's magic?"

"Yes, welcome."

[Welcome my foot! Chase away that damn married man!]

Unlike the young Luna, who welcomed Leo's visit, the adult Luna was raging.

Of course, Leo couldn't hear her.

"She says the married man should leave?"

"I came because I think we need to clear up that misunderstanding."

[Misunderstanding what! He toyed with my pure heart!]

As the young Luna tried to convey that, Leo said.

"I think I know what you're saying, so you don't have to tell me."

"……."

Leo sighed deeply and spoke towards the empty air where young Luna was looking.

"I, and Lisinas…"

"He's not over there."

"Why were you looking this way?"

"I saw a fly."

"……Then where is he?"

"Here."

Luna pointed to the opposite side with her finger.

As Leo turned around, Luna said.

"Actually, it's a lie. I was looking that way originally."

Leo lunged at the young Luna and pinched her cheek.

"I'm sorry."

Seeing Luna sincerely apologize, Leo sighed and spoke while looking at the spot he originally saw.

"I am not married to Lisinas."

[How dare you lie? You didn't deny it earlier, and now you're going to make excuses?!]

"I was fooled too."

[…….]

Upon hearing Leo's words, the indignant Luna paused.

"I'm a victim too."

[…….]

At that remark, Luna fell into thought.

[That lecherous, lustful lizard, he's capable of that.]

Then, she soon accepted Leo's words.

The young Luna, watching the two of them, thought.

'What kind of dragon is this Lisinas?'

She couldn't know the details, but one thing was certain.

'He seems like a con artist.'