Book 1 Chapter 733

733.

As Leo and Lisina walked down the hallway with a subtle tension flowing between them.

Melina appeared in front of them.

Melina, who stood before the great heroes not as Professor Rumeln but as the Dragon Lord, bowed her head to Leo before looking at Lisina.

Lisina's eyes widened as she looked at Melina.

Melina then tapped her right chest three times before bowing her head respectfully and kneeling.

This was an ancient dragon custom.

"I pay my respects to you, the great King of Wisdom, Lisina. I am Melina, a humble servant currently holding the position of Dragon Lord."

Although Melina usually maintained her composure and a smiling face, she was extremely nervous at this moment.

It was Lisina, the King of Wisdom, not anyone else.

Melina was a dragon who had even conquered Lisina's world and inherited her power.

Therefore, her reverence for Lisina was bound to be extraordinary.

Seeing Melina's nervousness, Leo spoke.

"The direction of your knee is wrong."

"Huh?"

Startled by Leo's remark, Melina flustered and tried to switch her knees.

However, she soon tripped over her own long hair and lost her balance, falling over.

She didn't look like a Dragon Lord at all.

She looked like a nervous child.

In reality, her appearance was that of a child due to her sealed powers, which made this scene even more pronounced.

Lisina, seeing Melina trying to get up with a mortified expression, covered her mouth unintentionally.

"Pfft."

When Melina looked up in surprise, Lisina turned her head and suppressed a laugh.

Her trembling shoulders suggested she was holding back a lot of laughter.

"I… I apologize for showing such an unsightly display."

As Melina bowed her head, Leo patted her head.

"It was quite unsightly. When I first greeted you with dragon etiquette, you called me an old man, didn't you? Shouldn't you have practiced a bit?"

"L-Leo-nim."

Seeing Melina flustered, Leo chuckled lowly.

"Ahem."

Meanwhile, Lisina, having calmed herself, bowed to Melina.

She tapped her right chest, knelt, and bowed her head.

Her etiquette was flawless, without any unnecessary movements.

Even in such a simple action, grace could be felt.

"It is an honor to meet you, Dragon Lord Melina. I am Lisina."

"Please… please treat me comfortably, Lisina-nim. I am deeply ashamed."

Melina, flustered and unsure of what to do, kept her head bowed.

Despite being evaluated as the strongest hero alive, Melina could only feel like a child in front of Lisina.

Seeing Melina like that, Lisina smiled faintly.

"Then I will treat you comfortably."

Saying so, Lisina gazed intently at Melina's face.

Under Lisina's gaze, Melina couldn't help but stiffen.

"You don't need to be so nervous. I'm just looking because it's a little fascinating."

Lisina approached and reached out towards Melina's left eye.

As Lisina's hand touched her skin, Melina felt an otherworldly sensation, not the warmth of a living being, but the distinct feeling of a spirit.

Melina understood what Lisina wanted to see and opened her closed left eye.

"Wow, it's amazing that someone else is harboring my mana. This is the power of the Hero Record."

Lisina exclaimed.

As an embodiment of the pursuit of knowledge, Lisina felt great interest in the phenomenon before her.

"Although I am humble, I have inherited Lisina-nim's power."

"Not humble at all. Rather, I am glad that a great dragon like you has inherited my power."

Melina smiled shyly at Lisina's sincere and pure praise.

"Upon hearing of Lisina-nim's descent, I and my successor have prepared a welcoming party for Lisina-nim, albeit humbly!"

"Really?"

Lisina was genuinely pleased.

"Yes. I will guide you."

Melina led the way to the place where the welcoming party was prepared.

A moment later.

En, standing at the door, bowed politely to Lisina.

"My name is Enkinas. It is an infinite honor to meet you."

Unlike Melina, who had expressed her emotions, En was so tense that she couldn't even properly express her emotions and appeared stiff.

In fact, she was so nervous that she made the mistake of tapping her left chest instead of her right.

Lisina encouraged Enkinas, who had stiffened from her mistake, and whispered to Leo.

"Kyle, why is the etiquette of the younger generation so messed up?"

"I was wondering when you'd say that."

As Leo shook his head slightly,

Melina and En opened the door.

And upon seeing the decorated room inside, Lisina wore a troubled smile.

Leo clicked his tongue audibly.

In the center of the room, a large banner read, "[Congratulations on Your Marriage]".

At that moment.

*Bang! Bang!*

Melina and En, who were behind them, set off celebratory fireworks.

Confetti from the fireworks fell on Leo's head.

"We prepared it in a hurry, though it's humble."

Seeing Melina say this with a bright smile, Leo smiled faintly.

"We just got divorced a moment ago."

"……What?"

For a moment, Melina and En wore expressions of disbelief.

But a moment later, the faces of the two dragons turned pale.

Towards them, Lisina showed an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry to have ruined your hard work. But as this brat said, we are divorced."

Hearing this, Melina and En's faces turned ashen.

Seeing their reaction, Leo laughed with amusement.

"Are you chameleons instead of dragons?"

"We… we… Kuku… we committed a… a grave… *sob*…"

"Melina-nim!"

En urgently supported Melina, who had fainted.

"I'm fine… I'm sorry."

Lisina murmured with a sympathetic look and turned to Leo.

Leo looked at the two, deep in thought.

'What's this? Is this guy also complicated in his feelings?'

"Lisina."

"Why?"

Lisina responded to the summons as if she didn't know.

Leo then asked Lisina.

"When you turn pale like that, does your true dragon form also change color?"

"…Are you curious about such a thing?"

"I suddenly became curious."

"Just go die."

Annoyed, Lisina smeared the cake prepared by Melina and En onto Leo's face.

***

Late at night.

Returning to his room, Leo shook his head at the sight of the room, which had been cleaned except for the furniture.

Although he had hastily brought in just one bed and one sofa, the already desolate room looked even more chilling.

"Why is your room like this, then and now?"

"Thanks to someone, two problem children ran amok in my room."

Leo, sitting on the sofa, clicked his tongue.

Then he nodded towards Lisina.

"You sleep in the bed."

At that, Lisina chuckled.

"Why would a spirit sleep in a bed?"

Spirits can exert physical force, but they do not possess bodies.

Luna was an exception.

At that time, Luna had "Cometes," a vessel that could serve as a body.

Unlike then, Lisina had no vessel to serve as a body.

"It's because I'm worried about you."

After looking at Leo, who spoke so curtly, for a moment, Lisina nodded in agreement.

The sofa was large enough to sleep comfortably.

Leo took out a jet-black cloak from the subspace.

Seeing that, Lisina's eyes widened.

"That cloak is still around?"

"It's a reward for conquering the Hero Record. I heard that fellow Rumeln conquered my world to obtain it."

"Ah, that's why it's still in such good condition."

Lisina nodded.

Leo covered himself with the cloak like a blanket and lay down.

"I have a lot to talk about, but I'm a bit tired today, so let's go to sleep."

"I was going to sleep without you saying so."

At Leo's words, Lisina clicked her tongue and lay down on the bed.

A moment later.

Only Leo's even breaths could be heard.

Lisina, who had been pretending to lie on the bed, sat up.

In truth, she felt nothing.

She was merely a spirit.

Lisina floated up and flew to where Leo was sleeping.

After gazing at Leo's sleeping face for a moment, Lisina flew back to the bed.

'I wish I had a body like Luna.'

Thinking that, Lisina felt her consciousness fading.

***

Chloe's eyelids fluttered.

Chloe opened her eyes and sat up, rubbing them.

"Haaahm."

Chloe yawned lazily.

She felt like she had woken up from a deep sleep.

"Wow, Chloe yawns like that too?"

Then, hearing a voice from next to her, Chloe snapped to attention.

"Iliana, how did you get into my room…!"

"This isn't your room. According to Eliza, it's a detention room."

Besides Iliana, there were other female students in the room.

"Why are we in detention?"

Seeing Chloe flustered, Celia asked.

"Chloe, don't you remember?"

"Huh? Remember what?"

"Wow, it seems true that Lisina-nim possessed you?"

"Lisina-nim? Ah!"

Chloe was startled as she recalled her last memory before losing consciousness.

A moment later.

*Creeeak-*

The door opened, and Melina entered.

"Professor Mel?"

"Huh? Who's Professor Mel? I am Melina, the Dragon Lord."

The fact that Mel was the Dragon Lord was public knowledge.

However, everyone had pretended not to know because she consistently denied it.

Therefore, it was natural for the students to be surprised when she officially revealed herself as the Dragon Lord.

Amidst this, Melina spoke.

"I didn't bring you to the detention room because you did something wrong."

Melina smiled faintly, reassuring the female students.

To Melina, Eliza asked.

"Is it because of Lisina-nim?"

"That's right."

Melina smiled brightly.

"For the past few days, Lisina-nim has been borrowing Chloe's body."

At those words, Chloe's mouth gaped.

"Are you saying we shouldn't reveal that fact to the outside?"

To Celia's question, Melina shook her head.

"No, the fact that Lisina-nim descended will be officially announced. Although, if it becomes known that Lisina-nim is staying in Rumeln, it might cause a stir, so officially she will be staying in Dragonia."

"What do you mean, she will officially be staying?"

As Iliana tilted her head in confusion, Chelsea said.

"It means she's staying somewhere else unofficially. For example, Rumeln."

"Aha!"

Iliana nodded as if she understood.

During Luna and Arion's time, as great heroes of the elves and beastmen respectively, there was no justification to control their races, so their existence was hidden.

They couldn't allow great heroes who wanted to enjoy the present era quietly to be bothered by people.

However, Lisina was a great hero of the dragons.

In Dragonia, people wouldn't come looking for a pilgrimage.

"But what if dragons come to Rumeln for a pilgrimage?"

As Iliana asked with a puzzled expression, Melina smiled faintly.

"Let them try if they want to."

"……"

At those words, the students were reminded that the being before them was the pinnacle of dragons.

"Ah, and I didn't call you separately to talk about this."

"Then…?"

"You know who Lisina-nim likes, right?"

"Yes! I even counseled her!"

Iliana puffed out her chest proudly.

Seeing Iliana like that, Melina smiled.

"Don't tell anyone else about that."

"What? What if I accidentally tell someone?"

"If you do, I'll scold you a lot."

Iliana hunched her neck.

Indeed, in a way, it was a sensitive topic as it concerned the honor of great heroes, so it was not something to be spoken of carelessly.

"I've also told the male students who know this secret."

"Who among the male students knows?"

"Kal-gun, Abad-gun, and Leo-gun know. So, everyone."

Melina put a finger to her lips.

"Do you promise to keep it a secret?"

***

*Chirp chirp-*

The chirping of birds tickled his ears, and along with it, sunlight bothered his eyes, so Leo reached out to cover his face with the cloak he had been sleeping under.

However, the cloak was nowhere to be found, and he felt something heavy on top of him.

'What's this now?'

Reaching out to touch the object that felt warm, Leo scowled at the softness he felt through his palm.

'Human skin?'

It wasn't his own skin.

Thinking that far, Leo opened his eyes and lifted his head.

And he saw Lisina sleeping with her head on his chest, and his expression turned serious.

'Why is she wearing nothing like this?'

As he thought that, Lisina's eyes fluttered open.

And she met Leo's gaze.

Lisina, with her mouth agape, sat up.

Her long, straight hair flowed down her body.

Lisina, perched on top of Leo, examined her body before murmuring, touching her cheek.

"Kyle! I have a body."

"It seems my cloak played a role similar to Luna's Cometes."

Indeed, as it was made of Lisina's leather, it could serve as a medium for Lisina's physical form.

"Kyle!"

Lisina, beaming, wrapped her arms around Kyle's neck and clung to him.

"Hey, I know you're happy, but this is a bit awkward for me."

"Ah…"

Lisina blushed and then detached herself from Leo, running to the bed.

And she hid herself under the covers.

Seeing that, Leo looked away and muttered to himself.

'I understand now why that pervert was obsessed with modeling after Lisina and Luna.'