Book 1 Chapter 730

730.

The Clock Tower Dormitory was a crystallization of spatial magic, embodying the essence of techno-magic conceptualized by Tina.

And at the heart of the magic was the student council president's room on the top floor of the Clock Tower.

The reason Leo could freely move to any part of the Clock Tower Dormitory from his room was because all doors connected to the student council president's room.

'And all doors leading to the student council president's room are locked by default.'

That's how they functioned as ordinary doors.

Without the key to the student council president's room, exiting was also random.

Even Tina, who designed the magic array, couldn't control it if a key didn't exist.

This was because the array itself was designed to be random.

In the current situation, there was only one person who could do something like this.

'Mel.'

However, Mel, the Dragon Lord, wouldn't do such a thing.

'Even after using Soul Summoning to the best of my ability, I couldn't summon Lisinas.'

He thought his training was still insufficient.

But what if he had already been summoned?

'I need concrete evidence.'

Thinking thus far, Leo got up from his seat.

"You two, clean this up properly."

"Yes! Leave it to us! Brother!"

"No, it would be easier if you cleaned it with magic. Why do we have to sweep and wipe it with our own hands…"

Although Lil answered vigorously with a salute, Elena was still dissatisfied.

"Then it's not a punishment."

"Did we do it on purpose?"

"So you're complaining?"

"……"

When Leo tilted his head slightly, Elena pouted her lips.

"Wow, I've never seen Elena-senpai unable to move before. As expected, you're amazing! Brother!"

Lil clapped his hands in admiration.

Elena stomped on Lil's foot.

"It hurts, Elena-senpai."

At Lil's words, Elena clicked her tongue and swept the ruined floor with a broom.

"Peep! Peep!"

[Hey! Can't you do it properly! Learn from your juniors!]

Fiora and Kirran flapped and spun around above Elena's head.

Elena, looking at the scene with a sideways glance, swatted the two summoned beasts with her broom as if catching flies.

Then, she swept the two beasts that had fallen to the floor into a dustpan.

"Ah! Do the same to me! Treat me like trash!"

Watching this, Atti slid in front of Elena with a slip.

But Elena completely ignored Atti.

"Huk! Could this be neglect play?!"

Atti twisted his body in agony.

Leo, leaving his room, which was still noisy despite being in ruins, walked down the corridor.

"Leo-nim, what's going on?"

Just then, Mel appeared, asking with a surprised expression.

"Mel. Has there been anything strange happening at school recently?"

"Anything strange? No, there hasn't. Could it be an enemy attack?"

"Not exactly. I was wondering if there was anything you couldn't understand or different from usual."

At Leo's question, Mel, his expression relaxing, pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"I can't think of anything in particular. En, do you know anything?"

En, who had appeared with Mel, shook his head.

"Other than the third-year mock battle where knights and mages complained of unexplained motion sickness, there wasn't anything in particular."

At those words, Leo stopped walking and asked again.

"Was it a side effect of mana depletion?"

"Yes, but as far as we checked, there wasn't much mana depletion. The conclusion was simply mental strain."

Among Leo's peers in the third year, many were those whom Leo had identified as future heroes.

As such, Mel paid special attention if they were injured.

He even had En reconfirm whether the symptoms were worsening or if there were any serious aftereffects, even for trivial matters.

'Motion sickness.'

Leo narrowed his eyes, recalling his peers.

"Chen Xia and Chloe weren't in the infirmary, right?"

"Yes."

"It must be related to one of those two."

"Related to what?"

Seeing Mel's bewildered look, Leo said,

"It seems the King of Wisdom whom you all admire has been hiding in this dormitory."

"What?"

"Is that true?"

Mel's eyes widened, and En looked flustered.

As dragons, could there be more heart-pounding words than these?

Lisinas, the King of Wisdom, is somewhere here!

"I need to confirm it first."

Saying thus far, Leo climbed onto the corridor railing.

Leo's room was at the very top of the Clock Tower.

The circular staircase leading up had a large opening in the center.

Leo jumped down without hesitation towards it.

Hwaak-!

"Oh my god! What do I do! What do I do!"

Mel clasped his cheeks and stamped his feet, not knowing what to do.

"Lord. Now is not the time to be like this."

"That's right!"

"Let's hurry and help Leo-nim find Lisinas-nim…"

"Let's quickly prepare a grand welcome! En, come here."

"I will help Leo-nim find Lisinas-nim."

At those words, Mel stared at En and smiled.

"No, you can't."

"Yes? But I should assist Leo-nim…"

"It's Lisinas-nim, not anyone else. Will our helping Leo-nim contribute to finding him?"

"……"

"Don't you think I know you want to meet him sooner?"

Mel, who saw through En's inner thoughts with a bright smile, took En and began preparing for the welcome.

"How should we prepare for the welcome party?"

En looked at Mel, who was humming happily, with a puzzled expression.

"But why is Lisinas-nim hiding? I thought he would want to meet Leo-nim directly…"

"Hmm… Maybe he's a little shy?"

"Do you think so?"

"Yes. I think so."

Mel, unaware that Lisinas was full of intentions to tease Leo, began to see everything positively.

***

Upon returning to the dormitory, the first thing Leo did was find the Chelseas who had intruded into his room a little while ago.

'If the motion sickness is a side effect of the memory sealing by Lisinas. There should be traces.'

If he hadn't paid attention, it would have been different.

If Leo decided to find it, finding the traces of magic left by Lisinas would be no trouble at all.

It wasn't difficult to find the group who had run off with the stamp.

He didn't even need to hone his super senses; he could hear them fighting from afar.

Leo took a step.

Hwaak-!

At the same time, Leo ran down the corridor at an incredible speed and soon encountered Abad.

"Leo?"

"Stop right there! Butter!"

Behind Abad, who had a puzzled expression, Celia's sharp voice was heard.

Hwaruruk-

As Celia's flame aura blazed, Leo reached out his hand.

Deop-!

"Ugh? What… Leo?"

Celia, who was surprised that her attack was blocked, opened her eyes wide upon seeing Leo holding her sword.

"Celia, just a moment."

Leo touched Celia's forehead with his finger.

Although Celia flinched slightly as Leo's mana swept over her body, she soon accepted Leo's mana.

A moment later.

Leo, withdrawing his hand, smiled.

"It's okay now."

"What did you do?"

"I just checked for a moment."

Celia rubbed her forehead and looked puzzled.

Abad showed Leo the stamp in his hand and said,

"Leo, what are you going to do with this?"

"Ah, that?"

Leo looked at the other students who had already caught up and said,

"Continue what you were doing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Abad threw the stamp into the air.

Then, a Chelsea who was waiting gracefully caught the stamp.

It was a magnificent play by siblings who had been working together for many years.

"Catch it!"

"Hey! Don't be so loud! The professors are coming!"

The students rushed after Chelsea.

Leo, left alone, put his hands on his hips.

"Well then. Shall I go find that damned lizard?"

As his super senses activated, Leo's senses spread throughout the Clock Tower dormitory like a spiderweb.

Countless pieces of information entered Leo's mind.

The quiet chatter of students.

The feeling of stealthy movement.

Professors on patrol.

And… the presence of someone moving stealthily.

"I've been found!"

Chen Xia's surprised voice was heard by Leo's sensitive ears due to his super senses.

Leo exclaimed, "Hoo?"

Chen Xia had also mastered super senses.

Although she was clumsy at first, she seemed to have trained well now.

'If Airan specialized in hearing… Chen Xia's intuition has developed?'

Arion, who created super senses, and Leo, the first to learn it, had all their senses developed.

However, for later generations, the areas of extreme development varied.

Airan's hearing.

And Chen Xia's intuition seemed to have been enhanced.

This was evidence that she had perceived Leo's presence, which had invaded her super sensory domain.

'She's improved a lot.'

Normally, this would be something to praise highly.

'Judging by her words, she seems to know about Lisinas's existence.'

Feeling a slight betrayal, Leo took a step.

Hwaak-!

Leo, reaching Chen Xia's location at an incredible speed, blocked her path with his arms crossed, her expression flustered.

"Where did you go?"

"Go where?"

"Are you playing innocent?"

"Hehehe."

"Don't act cute, you're not cute."

At Leo's words, Chen Xia slightly pouted her lips.

"I trusted you."

"But how can I refuse Lisinas-nim's request?"

"Is that so? Then where is he hiding?"

"Lisinas-nim is hiding…"

Tok- tok-

"Huh? Leo? Siya? What are you doing there?"

Just then, Chloe's voice was heard from the other end of the corridor.

To Chloe, who had a puzzled expression, Leo said,

"I was just asking Chen Xia something."

"Hmm? What were you asking about?"

"It's personal."

Leo replied as if it were nothing.

Chloe, no, Lisinas approached Leo, who answered so casually.

Leo didn't know that Lisinas had possessed Chloe's body, so he treated Chloe as usual.

'Anyway, she's quick-witted in these matters.'

He thought this game of tag was finally over.

'Well, it seems like the room burned down while she was sleeping, and she's been teased enough.'

While thinking this, Leo, who had been interrogating, pulled Chen Xia's cheek.

'…She looks happy.'

Lisinas's eyes darkened slightly.

After possessing Chloe's body, she heard various stories from the students.

The most frequently heard and asked about was the story of the Great Hero.

And among them, the most talked-about were the stories related to the Hero of the Beginning and the Progenitor of the Nebula.

The story of the Progenitor of the Nebula, who appeared on this land, declaring that the one she loved was Kyle, and then left.

Thus, the fact that Kyle and Luna were lovers became a foregone conclusion for later generations.

In her fragmented memories, one image surfaced.

'How is it? Much better than Lisinas, right?'

'…You're good.'

The conversation between Luna and Kyle after Luna kissed him.

'You're damn bad.'

Conversely, the way she spat out grumpily while wiping her mouth after kissing me.

Lisinas's hands trembled slightly.

'He looks a bit old?'

Various bothersome words came to mind one by one.

If she spoke now, saying she wanted to surprise him with a smile, Leo would laugh it off as he had until now.

But the words that would have been brushed off with a punch and a shake when she was alive made her insides twist.

"Leo. I suddenly became curious."

"About what?"

"Between Lisinas-nim and Luna-nim, who do you like more?"

Leo glanced at Lisinas.

Chen Xia's eyes widened, and she looked at Lisinas, then began to panic.

Lisinas was smiling.

'You should answer carefully!'

"I don't really like either of them."

Leo, thinking it was Chloe, answered playfully as usual.

"Yes. I see."

Lisinas's smile deepened.

'Ughhh.'

Chen Xia screamed inwardly and said,

"Leo-doryeong, you always said you liked both of them?"

"When did I ever?"

Seeing Leo skillfully twisting the situation, Chen Xia said urgently,

"Still, there must be someone you like more. Don't you like Lisinas-nim more?"

"Right now, I like Luna more. Why are you asking that?"

Chen Xia looked up at the ceiling and lamented.

Seeing that, Leo muttered inwardly,

'Looks like she's eavesdropping somewhere.'

Leo, with a slightly tilted expression, looked around.

"Hey."

"Huh?"

Hwaak-!

Only when Leo saw Chloe's small, delicate fist blocking his vision did he finally realize.

'Chloe was Lisinas?'

Kwang-! Jjuh-jeok-!

As Lisinas's fist struck Leo's face, the surroundings froze over.

Leo, flung into the darkness, rolled down the stairs at the end of the corridor.

Lisinas, growling, lunged towards where Leo had flown.

"What is this! You damned scamming lizard!"

"Shut up!"

The voices of the formidable Great Heroes began to be heard from the darkness, and then…

Kwang-! Kwagagagang-!

A fierce battle sound began to echo.

Every time Leo heard something break, Chen Xia instinctively squeezed her eyes shut.

"If you like Luna, why didn't you just marry Luna!"

"Say something sensible! I didn't even know she liked me!"

"That's something to brag about! You idiot!"

The conversation from the darkness gradually faded.

Finally, as the fierce sounds of the Great Heroes fighting were faintly heard from afar, Chen Xia cautiously opened her eyes.

And she murmured blankly,

"Is this… a marital dispute…?"

***

Meanwhile, Mel and En were busy preparing a welcome party for Lisinas in an empty room.

Then.

As Mel pondered over the welcome message, En carefully spoke to him.

"Lord."

"Yes."

"The two of you only have a marriage contract… You haven't had a formal ceremony, so how about us, your descendants, creating an event to celebrate your marriage?"

At those words, Mel's eyes widened, and he clapped his hands and smiled brightly.

"That's a great idea, En!"