Book 1 Chapter 720

720.

Chloe stood in front of the mirror in the room.

She stared intently at her reflection in the mirror.

She carefully traced her cheek with her fingertips.

A warm, soft sensation spread through her fingertips.

“Look how soft this cheek is.”

Chloe, no, Lysinas, pinched her cheek at the addictive sensation.

Pain spread across her cheek.

Lysinas released her hand, rubbed her cheek, and examined her reflection in the mirror from various angles.

“So this is a human body.”

Even for Lysinas, the King of Wisdom, it was the first time moving the body of another species.

An alien sensation, similar to polymorphing but slightly different.

Of course, the sensation wasn't bad.

Like a flower just beginning to bloom.

The vibrant image of the girl in the mirror captivated her eyes.

Platinum blonde hair that seemed to have a subtle cool shimmer.

And bright, clear blue eyes.

The girl named Chloe, seen through the eyes of the King of Wisdom, was sparkling with countless possibilities.

Unconsciously, she let out an exclamation of awe and spun her body around.

Like a girl trying on new clothes.

Lysinas, who had been examining her body from various angles, placed her hand on her chest.

“……”

This unfamiliar sensation probably wasn’t just because she was in a human body.

Lysinas, who had been silent, smiled faintly.

“Yes. She’s a beautiful child.”

Trying to ignore the unfamiliar sensation, Lysinas clasped her hands together and murmured softly, as if asking for forgiveness.

“I’m sorry. I’ll only stay for a few days.”

Feeling a great sense of guilt for becoming a spirit and entering another’s body, Lysinas sincerely apologized to Chloe, who was dormant in the subconscious of the body.

‘Normally, I wouldn’t have done something like this.’

Lysinas’s face slightly clouded.

‘I wouldn’t have done it…….’

Lysinas’s shoulders began to tremble slightly.

‘That bastard!’

Leo’s image flashed through her mind.

Lysinas herself couldn’t remember exactly when she had come to reside in Leo as a spirit.

Until recently, Lysinas hadn’t had a clear consciousness.

As if simply drifting in the sea of consciousness.

Her memories were blurry, as if she had been in a deep sleep.

She did have memories, but they were fragmented, like shards.

However, she could guess when she had come to reside in Leo’s spiritual power.

‘That time. The item now called the Hero Record in this era.’

Lysinas gathered information from the fragments of her memory.

‘When Kyle met my past self through it.’

She had encountered her past self from the time she was called ‘the Foolish One,’ and with the help of her past self, she was able to talk with Leo.

That must have been it.

‘When Kyle inherited my mana as a reward for conquering the Hero Record, I must have become a spirit and resided within it.’

A spirit is a trace etched in the memory of mana.

After 5000 years, such traces are bound to fade.

But Leo had gained a vivid memory of mana through the Hero Record.

‘Seriously!’

Lysinas covered her face.

Lysinas, whose ears had turned red, was at a loss.

‘I must have been crazy!’

The memory of kissing him first, thinking it was the last time, came back to her.

At the time, she thought it was very moving, but now that this situation had arisen, she regretted it to death.

‘What’s more!’

Lysinas, recalling Leo from her fragmented memories, gritted her teeth.

‘He’s living quite the good life!’

Having stayed by Leo’s side.

Even with fragmented memories, Lysinas had glimpsed Leo’s current life.

And those memories were resurfacing one by one.

After Leo seriously began training in spirit magic and using summoning magic.

Lysinas gained consciousness.

But even then, her ego was faint.

Instinct took precedence over reason.

That was also why she had been so badly defeated by Chloe in chess.

As Leo gradually adapted to spirit magic, she began to regain consciousness.

And just now.

The word ‘mixed bathing’ became the signal, and she completely regained her consciousness.

‘It must be nice to be popular.’

Lysinas pressed her temples.

Actually, she didn’t intend to say anything about it.

His personality was eccentric, that’s true.

But as a human, he was plausible.

To be honest, hadn’t she also fallen for him?

‘Especially in the eyes of teenage girls in their prime, he must seem cool.’

Various incidents came to mind, but they didn’t particularly anger her.

Because the Leo Lysinas knew was someone who knew how to maintain boundaries.

From his perspective, his distant juniors would appear cute.

What made Lysinas’s stomach churn and gave her anxiety.

It was none other than her best friend, Luna.

She knew Luna had feelings for Leo.

Even to Lysinas, Luna was beautiful.

She was cheerful, bright, and had the power to make those around her smile.

A charming woman who naturally drew attention.

Moreover, her relationship with Kyle was also unreserved, like siblings.

Despite being very threatening, she was actually a little relieved on one hand.

‘Because that bastard is an idiot!’

Fortunately for Lysinas, Leo didn’t realize Luna’s feelings.

‘……Wait.’

Lysinas paused.

On second thought, since he didn’t know her feelings either, it wasn’t a good thing.

‘In ancient tongue, in common tongue! Even in draconic! An inexpressibly idiotic bastard!’

Lysinas, who had poured out a bucket of insults on Leo, fumed.

In any case, Luna’s pride had also been somewhat cracked, leading to a strange ongoing relationship.

One more fortunate thing there was that Luna was a bit of a fool outside of magic, so she hadn’t noticed her own feelings?

‘If she had known my feelings, Luna’s attitude would have been different.’

While that strange state continued.

In the end, neither she nor Luna could convey their feelings and closed their eyes.

The problem was now, 5000 years later.

This situation where they could appear in the current era through the Hero Record.

Because she was post-mortem, Lysinas tried to convey her feelings for Leo more actively.

But the same was true for Luna.

From Lysinas’s perspective, Luna was a bulldozer.

The image of Luna, who had appeared as a spirit a little earlier than herself, remained in Lysinas’s memory.

Furthermore, Luna’s appearance, actively expressing her feelings, even letting go of her pride which could have been a weakness, was enough to make Lysinas feel anxious.

Crucially…

‘Seriously! Both of them in one room!’

Nothing more had happened.

An accident created by Dweno’s love potion.

But…

‘Envious… No, it’s disgraceful!’

Lysinas stomped her feet with a thud-thud!

‘Who are they calling promiscuous?! That brazen hussy!’

Even though she had drifted in the sea of unconsciousness, the memory from that time remained strangely vivid.

In fact, by current era standards, neither Lysinas nor Luna were promiscuous or brazen.

They were just proactive.

But unfortunately, Lysinas had lived 5000 years ago.

Even a Black Dragon who upheld wisdom and norms.

By Lysinas’s standards, her act of surprisingly stealing Leo’s lips was unimaginable, and Luna’s actions were disgraceful beyond words.

It was as Lysinas took a deep breath and firmly pressed her temples.

Knock-knock-

“Chloe. Are you in there?”

At the voice from the door, Chloe was startled.

‘This voice…’

Recognizing the voice from her memories, Lysinas approached and opened the door.

*Bang*-

The door opened, and Chelsea appeared.

‘This child…’

She was in Lysinas’s memories.

‘The girl who had visited her in her unconscious state some time ago.’

‘Her name was… Chelsea, wasn’t it?’

A bold little lady who somewhat reminded her of Kyle.

“You skipped all your classes today, so I thought you were sick, but you’re perfectly fine, aren’t you?”

Chelsea tilted her head.

“Faking it? No way. Chloe wouldn’t fake being sick.”

Lysinas, who had been staring intently at Chelsea, who kept tilting her head, reached out her hand.

“What are you doing!”

Chelsea reacted sharply to the hands that pinched both her cheeks.

‘She called me ugly, didn’t she?’

*Crack*-

It was then that a vein popped on Lysinas’s forehead as the memory from that time resurfaced.

“Why are you being mean? I went to all the trouble to bring you food.”

Chelsea grumbled, rubbing both her cheeks.

*Whoosh*-

With that, the meal tray Chelsea had brought flew towards Chloe.

Perhaps thinking she was sick, there was warm soup and soft bread. And steamed meat and vegetables, among other things.

They were easy-to-digest foods.

“Did you bring all this because you were worried about me?”

“Yeah, there’s a mock battle with the Knight Department tomorrow. We need you to win.”

Chelsea, who spoke as if it was nothing, crossed her arms.

“I thought you were really sick and worried a lot, but it looks like I didn’t need to.”

Even so, she kept glancing over.

Even though her words were a bit blunt, it was clear she was worried about her friend.

‘What kind of adorable creature is this?’

Lysinas, with sparkling eyes, hugged Chelsea.

“Aww~ How commendable!”

“Puhok?”

Chelsea, whose face was buried in Lysinas’s embrace, instinctively struggled.

Lysinas rubbed her cheek against Chelsea’s head.

“Why, why are you like this? Are you really sick?”

Chelsea, who had barely escaped from the embrace, made a flustered expression.

Lysinas smiled faintly at Chelsea and said.

“I’m fine. I had something to focus on and think about, so I couldn’t attend class today.”

“You’re a bit different from usual… You haven’t gone crazy from too much magic research, have you?”

“Hmm… I guess there’s a bit of that feeling, isn’t there?”

“Anyway, the mock battle tomorrow won’t be a problem, right?”

“Yes. Let’s definitely win tomorrow.”

“Alright! Celia Gerdinger and Duran Moira! Let’s flatten those unlucky guys’ noses!”

Lysinas nodded, watching the enthusiastic Chelsea.

Lysinas, who had received the tray and entered the room, placed it on the desk and began eating.

And she examined various parts of the desk.

‘This… looks like a diary.’

Lysinas, who found a diary while checking the drawer, carefully put it back in its original place.

‘…She’s a very diligent child.’

Besides that, Lysinas admired her, seeing her study notes and a journal recording her magic research.

And she recalled Chloe’s appearance that she had seen through their chess matches over the past few days.

Based on the knowledge and information she had gained, she considered how to act without raising suspicion.

‘I may not be able to perfectly portray Chloe Müller.’

Still, it shouldn’t be to the point of looking strange.

‘…? Research on parallel worlds and multi-world interpretations? Wow, this kid must be really smart.’

Lysinas’s eyes sparkling as she saw the interesting research topic.

It’s not that Lysinas had a fanatical obsession with magic like Luna.

But her yearning for knowledge was incomparably stronger than Luna’s.

This was because, as the King of Wisdom, she possessed a thirst for knowledge befitting that title.

Lysinas, who had gained a certain understanding of Chloe as a person, *thumped* the book shut.

And she looked at the photo frame on one side of the desk.

It was a class group photo taken when Chloe was a first-year student.

‘There are a few familiar faces.’

She saw those whom she had grown familiar with, unconsciously staying by Leo’s side.

‘Hero candidates, huh…’

Lysinas, resting her chin in her hand and holding up the frame, shifted her gaze to another album.

There were a few photos of Leo, which Kal sold.

Lysinas pouted her lips.

‘I should get him back.’

*Thud*-

Lysinas, who had knocked over Leo’s photo with her finger, made a slightly mischievous expression.

‘I’ll give him a surprise.’