Book 1 Chapter 1027

1027.

Leo was walking along the top of the great wall.

"Wow, this is the Dragon Wall from the history books."

"This is the first time I've seen such an absurd wall in my life."

As Lena exclaimed in wonder, Luna, who was following her, also spoke in surprise.

The Dragon Wall.

It was a wall connecting fortresses that existed in the northern part of the continent 3,000 years ago. The Dragonia put all their efforts into creating it to imprison the fragments of Erebus in the northern part of the continent.

The wall, stretching so long that its end was not visible, was a spectacle in itself.

"Is it still standing in your era?"

"Unfortunately, it was all destroyed in the battle between the Hero of the Great Opening and the fragments of Erebus. Now, only traces of the wall's existence remain."

"What a shame. It would have made a great tourist attraction."

Luna licked her lips at Lena's explanation.

Leo looked at the Dragon Wall, listening to the two people chattering behind him.

'It's like the wall of Gardesron.'

Even compared to the enormous Gardesron, the Dragon Wall was immense in scale.

Looking inside the wall, one could see the horizon instead of the opposite wall.

Given its large size, there were no soldiers guarding it.

However, it was certainly fulfilling its role of blocking the fragments of Erebus.

If the fragments of Erebus tried to cross the wall or if Tartarus forces from the outside attacked, heroes would be summoned from the five fortresses connected to the wall.

'That's why the Erebus guy can't escape rashly.'

"Huh? What's that?"

At Luna's question, Leo turned around.

Luna, who was terrified, was pointing inside the wall.

Inside the wall, a vast winter forest stretched out.

And beyond the horizon in the direction Luna was pointing.

A gray sky spread out.

Lena also shivered, seeing it.

Rumble-!

An ominous thunderclap echoed, and dark red lightning flashed across the distant gray sky.

"It seems Erebus is passing by."

The fragments of Erebus, resurrected in the current era, were moving.

Leo fiddled with the hilt of his sword.

'Should I fight?'

After a moment of thought, Leo shook his head.

Even if he won the fight now, he didn't know how the future would change.

And if the future changed, it might be a future where he wasn't reincarnated.

'Or maybe someone else will be reincarnated, like in the parallel world I reached then.'

In any case, he had to prevent unpredictable situations.

As he thought this, Leo was taken aback by Luna suddenly burrowing into his chest and burying her face in his chest.

"Aren't you embarrassed, with a child watching?"

Luna, sensing Erebus's aura, was terrified.

Young Luna was more sensitive to the flow of mana than when Leo had known her.

Moreover, she wasn't strong enough to fight Erebus, so she was frightened by its aura.

Despite Leo's words, Luna trembled.

Meanwhile.

Adult Luna, watching the scene, shook her head.

[Is she going to cling to him just because she's scared? If it were Kyle, he would have pushed her away unfeelingly…]

Leo slipped his hands under young Luna's armpits and lifted her up.

Then, he sat her on his left shoulder, her eyes wide.

"Huh? Huh?"

"Can you see better now?"

Leo asked with a mischievous smile, and Luna scowled.

"What are you going to do by making it easier to see, not by blocking it?"

"You don't need to be scared. Your magic in the future will make that guy tremble."

At Leo's words, Luna made a sullen face.

However, the fear had disappeared.

Instead, she clung to Leo's white hair as if she didn't want to get down.

Watching this, the spirit Luna's mouth moved.

[You brat! You're not Kyle!]

"Another me is telling you that you're not Kyle."

"Then what am I?"

[Something in Kyle's form! Kyle isn't this affectionate!]

"They say you're not someone who is affectionate like this."

"I'm naturally kind to people who show me affection."

[Don't make me laugh! You didn't even know my feelings!]

"If someone had expressed their feelings well, I might have realized it."

"Oh. So if I had expressed my feelings well, we would have ended up together?"

"Would we have?"

Leo laughed and responded to young Luna's playful remark.

[Don't make me laugh! There's no way that idiot would have done that!]

Luna was just getting angry by herself.

At that moment, Lena, who had been watching them intently, spoke.

"I don't think the relationship between you two was entirely smooth."

Leo turned his head towards Lena.

"Because Lissinas was there. If Luna had been more proactive, Grandpa would have been beaten to death by Lissinas and Luna."

"You think I would just take a beating?"

"Yes."

"I'm not the type to be submissive."

"You don't even need to be submissive; if the two of you decided to beat me, do you think I could withstand it?"

"……"

Leo couldn't answer Lena's question.

After a while.

The gray sky disappeared, indicating that Erebus had completely left the area.

Even so, Luna didn't detach herself from Leo.

They walked for a long time until darkness fell.

The Dragon Wall was so long that Leo and his party had no choice but to camp on the wall.

"It's inconvenient not being able to use the warp gate."

Leo and his party's current objective is to kidnap Seirun from the current era.

Therefore, they couldn't use a gate that would leave a trace.

That wasn't all.

Using spatial magic on top of the Dragon Wall would be detected by the surrounding fortresses.

As for Seirun in the current timeline, they could kidnap her and lock her up.

'The problem is Rodia.'

Rodia wasn't an easygoing dragon.

If they left the fortress through a warp gate or spatial magic, she would find it suspicious.

Even if Seirun vouched for their identities, if Leo and his party, whom she had never seen before, made suspicious movements, she would eventually become suspicious.

Since they had to hide the fact that they were from the future, they had no choice but to travel on foot.

It was a daunting distance, but if Leo decided to run, he could cover it in a day.

However, considering the stamina of Luna and Lena, who were traveling with them, they decided to camp partway.

"Why didn't you just leave us behind?"

Luna said while eating the stew Leo had made.

"Rodia is perceptive. If you show even the slightest gap, she'll immediately notice something is wrong?"

Luna and Lena were still inexperienced.

If they said something while Seirun wasn't paying attention, she would notice something strange.

Ultimately, the best way to completely deceive Rodia was to separate them.

Lena nodded in agreement with Leo's words.

Thus, Luna and Lena settled down for sleep in sleeping bags taken out of pocket dimensions.

Crackling- crackling-

Leo sat in front of the blazing campfire and closed his eyes.

As dawn approached.

Lena woke up.

In a daze, Lena looked towards the campfire and suddenly froze.

She saw an elven woman sitting next to Leo, who was sitting by the campfire with his eyes closed.

'Huh?'

As Lena rubbed her eyes, the woman disappeared.

'Did I see it wrong?'

As Lena tilted her head.

"You're awake?"

"Yes."

At Leo's question, Lena nodded and got out of her sleeping bag.

"I'll take over the watch. You sleep for a bit."

"Don't worry about it and sleep."

At Leo's reply, Lena sat by the campfire.

And she shivered once while warming herself by the fire.

Leo watched Lena with one eye open.

'My granddaughter.'

To be honest, Leo was bewildered by Lena's existence.

He had only recently begun to think about the period after defeating Erebus and reclaiming world peace.

However, he had never once thought about descendants.

For Leo, it was hard to imagine loving someone and leaving the proof of that love in the world.

"You said your name was Lena?"

"Yes."

"Are you really my granddaughter?"

Lena blinked her red eyes and replied to Leo's question.

"Yes."

"Then who is your grandmother?"

"It's a secret."

"A secret? Could it be that your grandmother is…"

Leo hesitated, unable to finish his question.

"You're asking about my grandmothers… Lissinas and Luna, aren't you?"

"Yes. The dragon etiquette you use is the same as what Lissinas taught me."

"……"

"And you have elven blood in you too. So, I'll ask directly. Is your mother perhaps born between me and Luna?"

If Lissinas and Luna were resurrected in the future, everything would make sense.

Why Lena used dragon etiquette.

And why she had elven blood.

"Unfortunately, I don't inherit Luna's blood. Of course, not Lissinas's blood either."

"……"

"However, you can't say there's no connection."

"What?"

"My mother told me not to tell you, Grandpa… but since the past has been so distorted, it can't be helped. You're not the type to change the future, so I'll tell you about the future."

Leo focused on Lena's words.

"After Grandpa completely defeated Erebus, he ushered in a new era. In this new era that began, two things disappeared."

Lena held up two fingers and showed them to Leo.

"One is the legacy of the gods. And the other is the heroes chosen by the gods."

He recalled what Velian had said: that the world had regressed because the teachings and legacy of the great hero were not passed down to later generations.

"So the Hero Records disappear in the future?"

"Yes. They are objects that don't exist in the future."

"Well, they were ripped apart and many were lost. It's not unreasonable for them to be completely annihilated."

"No. The Hero Records could have been passed down to later generations."

"Then why did they disappear?"

"Grandpa destroyed the Hero Records."

"……"

Leo understood why Velian had accused him of being the one who broke the legacy of the great hero.

"Why did I destroy the Hero Records?"

The Hero Records benefit the world.

Leo couldn't help but be puzzled that he had destroyed them with his own hands.

"To be precise, Grandpa used the Hero Records for personal reasons."

"What?"

"My mother was raised by Lissinas."

"Does that mean…?"

"Yes. After defeating Erebus, Grandpa used the Hero Records to resurrect Lissinas."