Book 1 Chapter 121

It was coincidental that a sudden visitor came to the Flov family on the day Leo attended the Azonia entrance exam.

"My lady."

Reyna, who was leisurely enjoying tea in the mansion garden, looked at the maid who approached her with a puzzled expression.

"What is it?"

"A guest has arrived."

"A guest?"

Rustle-

Reyna flipped through the morning newspaper with a puzzled expression.

Visitors were rare at the Flov family.

Although they were a prestigious family in Delad, the head of the family, Daed Flov, did not show himself in high society, and Reyna rarely attended social parties.

Of course, after Leo became famous, requests for meetings increased significantly.

However, since they had continuously refused meetings, the news of a visitor would not have reached Reyna.

"Who is it?"

"They say they are one of the young master's school friends."

"Really? Then could you bring them here first?"

"Yes."

Currently, both Daed and Leo were absent from the Flov mansion.

Reyna was the only one available to receive a guest.

Although she should have formally welcomed the guest.

'If they said they were Leo's school friend without revealing their family name, it means they truly came to visit out of pure interest.'

It would be burdensome to be overly polite to someone who wasn't making a formal visit.

So, Reyna decided to welcome the guest as a friend's parent.

'Visiting so casually must mean they are close to Leo. I wonder what kind of child they are?'

Reyna hummed a tune at the thought of her son's school friend visiting.

A moment later, she saw a girl in a white dress approaching with the maid.

Chelsea, a girl with sky-blue hair, stood before Reyna and bowed her head.

"Hello, I'm Chelsea, a classmate of Leo oppa."

Chelsea, who greeted her politely, looked at Reyna with a slightly nervous expression.

This was because she knew Leo's mother was from Zerdinger.

Reyna also looked a little surprised, seeing Chelsea, who was clearly from the Lewalyn family.

'It's the kid who teamed up with Leo during the entrance exam.'

Reyna smiled faintly, recalling Chelsea being threatened by Leo at the time.

"Welcome. Would you like to sit here?"

"Yes!"

Chelsea, smiling brightly, sat down in front of Reyna.

"Ah, this is a gift I brought."

Chelsea handed over a cake and refreshments she had bought before leaving.

It was from a famous maker in the capital of the Rodren Empire.

"It's been a while since I've seen this shop too."

"Um… please speak comfortably!"

"Shall I then?"

Reyna said with a faint smile.

"By the way, my son has been away from home for a few days… I hope I'm not making you wait in vain."

"It's okay! I was planning to stay in Delad for a few days during summer vacation anyway."

"Is that so? Heh heh. That's a relief. By the way, how is our son doing at school? He doesn't tell me even the little things."

"He's a complete honor student! Leo oppa is truly amazing!"

Chelsea smiled brightly and talked about Leo's school life.

Reyna smiled faintly, watching Chelsea happily talk about Leo with sparkling eyes.

"Heh heh, listening to your stories makes me recall my school days."

"Were you also a Lumern student, Reyna-nim?"

"Yes. Your father, Cheid Lewalyn, was my senior by two years, so we knew each other well."

"You went to school with my father!"

Chelsea's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes."

"When I go back, I should ask my father about Reyna-nim's school days!"

'He probably won't say many good things.'

Reyna chuckled.

Indeed, thanks to Reyna's wildness during her school days, Cheid Lewalyn, who was her senior by two years, had suffered considerably.

"Chelsea. This aunt is really enjoying talking with you. If it's okay, why don't you stay at my house until Leo comes back?"

"Is that okay?"

"Of course."

"Then consider this your home and stay comfortably."

"Yes! Thank you!"

Chelsea smiled broadly and expressed her gratitude.

Reyna looked at Chelsea as if she found her cute.

***

Leo, who had returned to the Kingdom of Delad, looked surprised to see Chelsea chatting with Reyna at home.

"Chelsea? When did you get here?"

"I came two days ago."

"We must have missed each other."

"It's okay. It was very enjoyable listening to Reyna-nim talk about school stories from the past!"

Leo looked at Chelsea, who said this with a smile, with a pleased expression.

Reyna seemed to like the cheerful and affectionate Chelsea quite a lot.

The relationship between Zerdinger and Lewalyn was not an obstacle for Reyna either, as she had abandoned the name Zerdinger.

"You came earlier than expected, Leo."

"Yes. There was a slight matter."

"A matter?"

"I'll tell you later."

"Alright. Go up to your room and rest for now."

"Yes, let's go, Chelsea."

"Okay."

Chelsea bowed to Reyna and followed Leo upstairs.

"Where did you go during the vacation?"

"I went to Azrek for a while."

"Azrek? Why there? Ah! Did you perhaps go to watch the Azonia entrance ceremony?"

"No, I went to participate in the entrance ceremony."

"What?"

Chelsea's eyes widened.

Leo told Chelsea, who was surprised, the whole story.

"Wow, Leo oppa, you're having a spectacular vacation too?"

"I guess so."

Leo burst into laughter and opened the door to his room.

Chelsea paused in front of the door.

'Leo oppa's room.'

As someone with a bright personality, Chelsea had many friends around her since she was young.

Although she had visited friends' houses a few times, she had never visited a male friend's house.

So, even though it was a school friend's room, she felt a strange flutter of excitement in a boy of her age's room.

Chelsea followed Leo in and looked around the room carefully.

She wondered if there would be anything special, given that he was an unprecedented all-class student and the top honor student in the school, but there was nothing unusual.

"Do you talk well with your mother?"

"Of course! Didn't I tell you? She'd find me cute!"

With a smug expression! Heh heh! Chelsea smiled and tilted her head.

"But Leo oppa, what about your homework?"

"I'm doing it. What about you?"

"I finished it all at once."

Chelsea shrugged.

She explained that she finished her homework early in the vacation and spent the rest of the vacation comfortably resting.

Of course, the amount of Lumern homework was vast, but Chelsea was also one of the top honor students in her first year.

She had finished her homework quickly with her unique drive.

"Shall I show you?"

"If I copy it, the professors will spot it like ghosts."

"True."

Chelsea nodded.

"By the way, how was the Azonia entrance ceremony?"

"It was chaotic. The world of the Hero of Arion opened."

"What? During the entrance ceremony?"

Chelsea was startled.

"Yes. Among them, the entrance candidates entered the world of Arion, so the desert crossing marathon was postponed by one day."

"Amazing! So? What happened to Lord Arion's world?"

"The entrance candidates conquered it."

"Wow! The Azonia kids are no joke either. Conquering the world of a great hero!"

Leo was about to say he conquered it, but then he closed his mouth.

Ain and Yura had strictly warned him not to tell others.

"Ugh! The vacation is now half over."

Chelsea stretched.

"It feels like time is going by fast… but also not."

Recalling the hectic first semester, Chelsea tapped her leg.

"Anyway, play with me for a few days! Take me to some good restaurants too!"

"Okay."

Leo nodded with a smirk, and Chelsea happily hummed a tune.

***

Late that night.

Leo held the Orb of Light in his room.

Inside the Orb of Light, the presence of Elsy, the shadow spirit, was clearly felt.

'What in the world is going on?'

So far, Leo had received rewards that he shouldn't have been able to receive by conquering the Hero's World.

However, Elsy, a being from the past, coming into reality from the Hero's World was a completely different story.

'Is this happening because… I am Kyle?'

He pondered deeply, but nothing came to mind.

'First, I need to check Elsy's condition.'

Leo raised his spiritual power to wake Elsy, who seemed to be sleeping deeply and unresponsive.

Uuuung-

The Orb of Light momentarily turned black.

The black light then escaped the Orb of Light and gathered on Leo's palm.

It looked like a shadow wriggling as if alive.

A moment later, as the small darkness receded, Elsy, the size of a palm, appeared.

Elsy's closed eyes fluttered.

[Where is this…?]

"Are you awake?"

[Huh? Where did my rabbit ears go?]

Elsy tilted her head, looking at Leo.

Hearing this, Leo realized that Elsy, whom he had met in Arion's World, had come to reality as she was.

"What in the world."

[I feel strangely suffocated! I can't exert my full strength.]

Elsy looked suffocated, as if trapped in a narrow space.

Leo assessed Elsy's condition.

'As expected, she's not in her complete state.'

Elsy's power was so weak that it couldn't be called that of a great spirit.

Of course, she hadn't lost her power.

Elsy still had the power of a great spirit latent within her.

However, Elsy could not fully utilize her abilities.

She needed Leo's help as the contractor to draw out her power.

'Am I bound to her?'

Leo looked at the back of his hand.

Elsy was completely bound to Leo.

She was like a spirit embodied in a specific object.

She would perish if the contract with Leo were to be dissolved.

Literally, Leo's existence was keeping Elsy, a spirit from the distant past, present in modern times.

'Haha. I never thought there would be such a power hidden in the Hero's World.'

The power to manifest abilities from the distant past in the current era.

Surprisingly, spirits and mythical beasts were also included in that category.

As Leo was shocked, Elsy, who was flying around with a suffocated expression, looked out the window.

And she stopped, finding something.

[Huh?]

Elsy looked flustered.

Countless luminous particles, unlike anything she had seen before, were visible in the night sky.

Elsy, who was staring intently at them, pressed against the window, turned back to Leo excitedly.

[Kyle! The moon isn't red! There are strange luminous particles in the night sky! What are those? Like! Like starlight, which I've only heard of in stories!]

While pointing at the night sky with one hand and waving the other as if trying to explain something, Leo said to Elsy.

"Those are stars."

Elsy's eyes widened.

"Listen carefully, Elsy."

Leo took a deep breath.

"You might not believe it… but you're in the future now."

[What?]

"It's the world 5000 years after Erebor was defeated."

Elsy looked incredulous.

[Is that possible? If so, it means you brought me to the future… Kyle, who are you?]

"My name is Leo Flov now."

[Leo Flov?]

"Yes, and in the era of calamity 5000 years ago, I was called Kyle, the 'Hero Who Survives'."

[…!]

"I defeated Erebor and have been reincarnated in this era."