Book 1 Chapter 137

"Ah, Mr. Akint! That is! This is, you see."

Luna said flusteredly, looking at Leo.

Hearing her words, Leo, who had been frozen, snapped back to his senses.

'Akint?'

Leo rolled his eyes slightly and fell into thought to grasp the situation.

"It's true I skipped class, but it was… a magic research, you could call it? That's why I skipped!"

Luna, in her younger days, hastily explained.

As Leo listened to Luna's words, stroking his chin, he suddenly looked at the wide windowpane next to the hallway.

Seeing his faintly reflected image, he understood the situation.

'I see. It's an possession-type world.'

The world of heroes has various forms.

The world of heroes Leo had entered was a type where one possessed the body of a historical figure.

This meant Leo's soul had entered the body of a person named Akint.

And fortunately, Akint was someone Leo knew.

'Akint Rubesha. He's one of Luna's magic teachers.'

He had never met him in person when he was Kyle.

By the time Kyle met Luna, Akint had already passed away.

Luna often mentioned him when she told stories of her past.

Recalling Luna's nostalgic appearance as she spoke of him as her benefactor and father figure, Leo knelt down.

He then helped stack the books Luna had dropped.

Luna's eyes widened as she watched Leo.

"Where are you going?"

"Huh?"

"Where are you going?"

"Aren't you going to scold me?"

"It's not the first time you've snuck out of class, is it?"

"Ugh."

Luna flinched at Leo's words.

Leo burst into laughter at her reaction and easily lifted the pile of books that was difficult for Luna to carry, saying,

"I'll help you."

Luna was surprised to see Leo willingly helping her, but then she happily hummed a tune, glad she wasn't being scolded.

'Simple-minded, whether as a child or an adult, it's the same.'

He chuckled at the sight of Luna from a time he didn't know.

Luna, now known as the matriarch of the benevolent Nebula.

'Benevolent? She was just a cantankerous tomboy.'

Her personality was also very simple and she had many eccentricities.

'The elves now would be incredibly shocked if they saw Luna's true appearance.'

Leo shook his head, thinking of Luna's image in fairy tales and literature.

However, her drive to rush headlong into something she was set on was immense.

The magic of stars was a product of her fervent desire to become a great mage.

Leo smiled wryly, watching Luna's retreating back as she walked with a light, bouncy step, seemingly in good spirits.

'I want to talk to her…'

But they couldn't have a deep conversation.

The current Luna was Luna long before she met Kyle.

Leo knew Luna, but she didn't know Leo.

Even though they had met in the world of heroes, Leo felt a pang of bitterness at the fact that they had nothing to share.

Before he knew it, Luna had arrived in front of a room.

The room was a dilapidated storage room.

"Here it is, Mr. Akint. Please give me the grimoire. I'll study here."

At her words, Leo handed over the grimoire he was holding to Luna.

The height of the stacked grimoires obscured Luna's vision.

Leo opened the door to the storage room.

"Thank you! Mr. Akint!"

Luna grinned and entered the room.

"Kyaaak!"

Then she tripped and fell.

Leo, who burst into laughter at the sight, closed the door.

He wanted to stay with her a little longer, but he had things to do.

'For now, it's a priority to understand the Hero Dungeon. And I need to find the three people who came in with me.'

Thump- thump-

Leo walked down the hallway.

'I'm sure I passed through the warp gate to Guardsron, but I ended up directly in the Hero Dungeon.'

Recalling the situation just before entering the Hero Dungeon, Leo narrowed his eyes.

He recalled what he had learned about the Hero Dungeon in Lumern.

'The Hero Dungeon was a phenomenon that occurred when the Hero Record went berserk, wasn't it?'

Initially, a Hero Dungeon invades a part of reality and only creates a 'gateway.'

But if the rampage continues, the Hero Dungeon distorts reality itself.

It's fine if it's conquered quickly, but a Hero Dungeon left unconquered becomes a disaster.

'Monsters from the Hero Dungeon cross into reality, and things like that happen.'

Besides that, phenomena that erode the surrounding area occur.

'This world is Luna's world.'

Although her name was erased upon entering the Hero Dungeon, it was clear.

Barharrun.

This was the name of an elven city that existed before the Age of Calamity.

'More precisely, it's a grand academy.'

An academy that only chosen elves could attend.

At this time, graduating from Barharrun meant being recognized as a High Elf.

And like Seirun today, Barharrun was also a place of learning to nurture certain candidates.

'Elf King.'

The Elf King was not succeeded by lineage, but was selected from among the excellent elves by the High Elves.

With the Age of Calamity, the position of Elf King disappeared.

And Barharrun was also forgotten in the annals of history.

'Was this around the time Luna was about fifteen?'

The period when Luna was at Barharrun was before the Age of Calamity.

'What kind of great deed did Luna accomplish at this time?'

Even as Leo, he couldn't pinpoint what great deed Luna had achieved during this period.

Luna, a genius in magic, was an elf whose very existence was a great deed.

'She always boasted about how amazing she was when she was in school.'

Leo recalled the great deeds of Luna's school days that she proudly talked about.

Each and every one of them was so magnificent that it made his head even more muddled.

Leo scratched his head vigorously.

'First, I need to rendezvous with Lunia, Elena, and Hardin.'

Just as Leo possessed Akint's body, the other three would have possessed someone else's body.

'If that's the case, it will be difficult to find them because their appearances are different.'

"Mr. Akint! What are you doing here?"

"Huh?"

Leo turned his head at the sound of someone rushing towards him.

And seeing a male elf in his early twenties standing there, he said,

"Who?"

"It's not a time for jokes! You're late for class! All the students are protesting and causing a commotion!"

At his words, Leo scratched his head.

'Come to think of it, I'm a teacher.'

He had forgotten due to his mind being preoccupied with thoughts of the Hero Dungeon.

'To properly conquer the world of heroes, I must also be diligent in fulfilling the duties of the person I possess.'

In a possession-type world of heroes, one must become the possessed person themselves.

As such, as a teacher at Barharrun, he could not afford to be lacking in any way.

If even the slightest thing went wrong, the conquest of the world of heroes would be impossible.

'Compared to the other worlds I've experienced, this one is complicated in many ways.'

Sighing, Leo followed the elven man who had come to fetch him towards the classroom.

The place they arrived at was none other than a vast training ground.

Elves were lined up in formation on the training ground.

"I apologize for being late."

At Leo's words, an elf who seemed to be the representative expressed dissatisfaction.

"Being late is not an explanation! Mr. Akint!"

At that shout, the other elves nodded.

"We are all candidates for the Elf King! We stand here with the pride of our families and races! Yet, our teacher is so negligent! How can we trust and follow our teacher!"

At that strong outcry, Leo asked,

"So, what do you want?"

"We want the teacher to be replaced!"

"We want it!"

As he shouted as the representative, the other students echoed his cry.

Leo wore an expression of disbelief at their reaction.

'They want to replace the teacher just because they were a little late for class? Are these guys sane?'

Moreover, according to Luna, Akint was a very excellent teacher.

"What's your name?"

"…? That's a strange question. It's Hirkyan Vesron."

'Hirkyan? This scoundrel?'

Leo's eyes turned cold.

He hadn't met him.

But he was someone Kyle knew.

An elf notorious for his infamy in the Age of Calamity.

'Hirkyan Vesron, the kinslayer.'

Vesron was a distinguished elven family that existed before the Age of Calamity.

It was a family that had produced many Elf Kings for generations and wielded immense influence in elven society before the Age of Calamity.

'The Vesron family became the calamity for the elves.'

Barharrun did not disappear from elven history simply because it was old.

It was because the surviving elves hated Barharrun.

'Not only did they carelessly destroy the powerful elven forces during Tartarus's first invasion, but later Barharrun itself surrendered to Tartarus.'

The High Elves, who proudly proclaimed their own pride, were the first to betray their race and the ground, turning their blades against their own kin.

'Not all High Elves betrayed them, of course.'

There were also High Elves with strong pride, led by the Fairy Knights, who defended their race to the end.

But the fact that the High Elves, who could be called the pride of their race, had abandoned their race was a shocking event.

As a result, the name High Elf became a derogatory term among elves during the Age of Calamity.

The position of Elf King also became a target of ridicule.

Ultimately, as a consequence, Barharrun and the Elf King disappeared into the annals of history.

The one who stood at the forefront of that betrayal was standing before him.

He, who was full of pride, was trying to manipulate even the teachers of Barharrun, relying on his family's background.

"I don't understand replacing a teacher just for being a little late for class."

Leo said coldly.

"What's the real reason?"

Hirkyan flinched at Leo's chilling voice.

But he soon raised his chin as if unwilling to lose.

"Because we believe that Hirkyan teacher lacks the qualifications as a proud teacher of Barharrun."

"What's the reason?"

"He shows favoritism towards 'Luna Rubynance,' who can be considered a disgrace to the race."

Malice flickered in Leo's eyes.

From Leo's perspective, who had saved the world, the words "disgrace to the race" regarding Luna were absolutely unacceptable.

Especially when the one making the statement was Hirkyan, it was even more so.

'Hero Dungeon or whatever, I'll tear it all apart…'

Just as Leo gritted his teeth.

"How dare you call someone a disgrace to the race?"

A voice filled with malice echoed.

All eyes turned to one male student.

The student, small and frail, exuded a murderous aura incongruous with his appearance.

"How can an elf utter such nonsense! Do you know who that person is!"

Seeing the student instinctively unleash intense anger, Leo immediately knew his identity.

This era was long before Luna became a great figure of the elves.

Yet, to react like this…

'Lunia… No. That Hardin, the third-year student from Seirun?'

***

A tower located on the outskirts of Barharrun.

A man in a high place called the Tower of God gazed at the sky with a bored expression.

"How fascinating."

His bored face came alive.

"Souls blessed by the gods."