Book 1 Chapter 734
734.
[The King of Wisdom, Lysinas Reappears!]
The Lumerne Clock Tower Dormitory was in a frenzy from the morning because of the newspapers distributed by the Newspaper Club.
Perhaps it wasn't just Lumerne.
It was clear that the entire world, having received the news, must be astonished.
“Wow! Awesome! The King of Wisdom! It's Lord Lysinas! Lord Lysinas!”
“To think that Lord Lysinas has reappeared after Lord Arion and Lady Luna… Everyone except Lord Dwayno has come into the present world.”
Everyone gazed at the newspaper, marveling at the arrival of an age of cataclysm where great heroes revealed themselves.
It was at that moment, while everyone was trembling with excitement at the news.
“Extra! Extra!”
A Newspaper Club student urgently began to run over.
Seeing that, Elena shook her newspaper.
“Don't make a fuss. I'm already looking at it.”
As Elena spoke indifferently to the head of the Newspaper Club, a fifth-year classmate, he gasped for breath and said.
“It's not news about Lord Lysinas! It's news about Lord Dwayno!”
“Huh?”
Elena took the newly printed second newspaper of the day.
And upon seeing the headline, her eyes widened.
“The Divine Blacksmith, the Reappearance of Lord Dwayno?”
At the sudden news of two great heroes reappearing, Elena's mouth fell open.
“Is that true! Senior Elena?”
Lil ran over, her eyes wide with surprise.
At the news of Dwayno, which once again swept through all of Lumerne, students quickly read through the newspaper.
And a moment later.
Exclamations of astonishment erupted.
“Subjugation of the Giant King?!”
“What kind of situation is this?!”
“So…! Lord Dwayno subjugated the Giant King and then disappeared, you mean?”
“When? When on earth did that happen?!”
“Why did we not know at all?”
All the students who read the newspaper wore astonished expressions.
They huddled together around the students holding newspapers.
“Wait! I haven't seen it yet!”
“Quickly turn to the next page!”
Cries of protest erupted from all over.
Celia, who was reading the newspaper with a serious face, suddenly realized something and handed the newspaper to the student next to her.
“Oh oh!”
“Give it to me! Give it to me!”
Then she approached two classmates who were busy eating, paying no attention to the newspaper.
“The timing of the Giant King's subjugation overlaps with when you two went on a mission with Leo? Do you happen to know anything?”
At Celia's question, Illiana crossed her legs, folded her arms, and put on a triumphant expression.
“Know anything? Lots! What are you curious about? Lord Dwayno's appearance not recorded in history? Or perhaps the great heroes who, though also not recorded in history, dedicated themselves to saving the world? Or maybe my exploits in subjugating the Giant King?”
“Gasp! What? You met Lord Dwayno in person?”
“You fought the Giant King?”
“Tell us the story!”
“If you're curious, worship this Illiana Raden!”
Illiana's nose was so high in the air because of the students gathered around her that her head was almost tilting backward.
It wasn't just Illiana.
Students gathered around those who had gone on the mission with Leo at the time, and the second-year students pestered Luke.
“Luke, tell us!”
At Jueun's words, Luke became flustered.
“Ah, no. Aina and Habidden are also here, so why only me?”
“Because Aina is boring and Habidden is unlucky.”
Shasha smiled faintly and explained the reason.
Amidst the commotion that had broken out since morning, Duran stated succinctly.
“It was Leo Flobe who fought directly against the Giant King with Lord Dwayno.”
At his words, the students wore expressions of understanding.
“Indeed. If it's Leo, he could do that.”
“Didn't he also fight alongside Lord Arion and Lady Luna when they descended?”
“By now, isn't Leo already a living legendary hero?”
“Looking at his achievements so far, it's more than enough.”
“Why else would he be the successor to the Hero of Beginnings?”
In a new generation that connects from Great Heroes to Heroes of Creation.
Outwardly, the successors of other great heroes are also already rising to the ranks of heroes.
Among them, Leo was more exceptional than anyone else.
“But why isn't Leo visible?”
They wanted to hear what happened directly from the person involved, but he was not to be seen.
“Now that you mention it, Chen Sia isn't visible either?”
As the knight academy students wore puzzled expressions.
Celia answered that question.
“As for Leo, he went to Lumeria City for student council business. Chen Sia followed to assist.”
***
Lysinas, having disembarked at Lumeria City pier, took a deep breath.
“It's refreshing.”
Lysinas, smiling faintly, exited the pier.
And seeing the street spread out before her, her eyes widened.
Countless people came and went on the street, brimming with vitality.
As it was Lumeria City, known as the center of the world.
Besides humans, elves, dwarves, and beastfolk were sparsely mixed in.
The scenery, at first glance, brought to mind the appearance of Gardsron.
Gardsron was also a place where countless people and all races gathered.
However, there was still a fundamentally different point.
“It's peaceful, isn't it?”
Chen Sia approached Lysinas and said with a faint smile.
At her words, Lysinas's lips curved into a gentle arc.
“Yes, it is.”
Even after answering, Lysinas gazed endlessly at the street scene.
Leo, who was watching her, took out a watch from his pocket and said.
“Stop getting lost in sentiment and let's move.”
At his indifferent words, Chen Sia looked at Leo with a reproachful gaze.
“Why is your expression so rebellious?”
Leo pinched Chen Sia's nose with his finger.
“Why are you bothering the child?”
Lysinas frowned and slapped Leo's hand with a 'slap'.
Seeing Lysinas like that, Leo grumbled.
“No time. Move quickly.”
Having said that, Leo walked into the crowd.
“He's probably in a bad mood because of the fight yesterday, so please don't take it to heart, Lord Lysinas.”
Chen Sia, rubbing her nose and speaking in a slightly nasal voice, cautiously looked at Lysinas.
And seeing Lysinas looking at Leo's back with a gentle smile, she wore an expression of surprise.
“You're not upset?”
“Were you worried I might be upset? Who are you so cute like?”
Lysinas hugged Chen Sia up like a doll.
And genuinely enjoyed herself, rubbing her cheek against Chen Sia's head.
‘I can't breathe.’
Chen Sia felt a little distressed by the dragon's strong grip, but she smiled as if nothing was wrong.
Lysinas, releasing Chen Sia, said.
“Even if he acts like that, he's caring.”
“Huh?”
“He wants to show you a little more of this world. Even if he acts like that, he's subtly kind.”
“Certainly.”
Chen Sia marveled, recalling the fact that Leo cared in his indifferent way.
“You know young master Leo well.”
“I can't help but know him well.”
Lysinas said as if bored.
“He's my oldest partner, after all.”
Having said that, Lysinas followed behind Leo.
Chen Sia followed behind Lysinas, muttering inwardly.
‘Partner.’
Chen Sia looked at Leo's back as he walked far ahead.
‘Could I also someday have such a relationship with young master Leo?’
***
Swoosh-!
“You are so beautiful!”
Chen Sia said, marveling.
At her words, Lysinas, who had emerged from behind the curtain, smiled faintly and adjusted her attire.
The place the three had come to was none other than Breathleger, a professional tailor for Lumerne's school uniforms.
The reason they came to the uniform shop was precisely to get Lysinas's school uniform tailored.
Nera, the tailor of Breathleger, also looked at Lysinas with admiration.
“Why did I not know there was such a person in Lumerne?”
Hair as black as the night sky and eyes that sparkled like obsidian.
Skin like white jade, contrasting with them.
Nera had operated Breathleger her entire life, seeing countless students.
Among them were those who had risen to the rank of heroes.
But undeniably, no one possessed an atmosphere as beautiful, dignified, and noble as Lysinas.
It was to the extent that one might think, ‘If there were a goddess from the age of gods, wouldn't she look like this?’
As Nera, who did not know Lysinas was the King of Wisdom due to recognition-hindering magic, she could only lament the fact that she had not known such a student until now.
“We hope you will visit our shop again.”
Lysinas, having gotten her uniform tailored, hummed a tune and walked out onto the street.
And she looked at her clothes from various angles.
“I used to be envious every time I heard stories about Luna's school days.”
Unlike Luna, who attended school as a child, Lysinas learned the qualities of a Black Dragon in the darkness.
“How does it look?”
As Lysinas looked at Leo and asked, Leo smiled faintly.
“It suits you well.”
It was just as Leo said.
Her appearance was set to late teens.
Lysinas, set to be Leo's peer, was like the embodiment of beauty.
Chen Sia also admired her.
‘Lady Luna was certainly beautiful, but…’
It was a fundamentally different charm from Luna.
If Luna gave a friendly impression, Lysinas exuded an inaccessible dignity.
Chen Sia glanced at Leo.
The man who received the love of the King of Wisdom and the Progenitor of the Nebula.
‘If he's the man who saved the world, then certainly, such exalted figures would love him.’
As Chen Sia slightly recoiled her neck.
“Acting childishly and making a fool of yourself for your age.”
As Leo sneered coldly, Lysinas launched a dropkick at Leo's face without hesitation.
A beautiful, unadorned body movement.
But its power was savagery itself.
“Let's go, Chen Sia.”
Lysinas scoffed and took Chen Sia with her.
Seeing that, Chen Sia seriously pondered.
‘How does he receive the love of both of them?’
“Why on earth does she like that idiot?!”
Grind-
At the chilling sound of Lysinas grinding her teeth, Chen Sia thought.
‘Ah, everyone thinks the same way.’
Of course, neither of them had any idea that Luna had also thought similarly.
Leo, dusting himself off and getting up, sighed and followed the two of them.
‘It's the same now as it was then.’
Thinking that nothing had changed, Leo looked at Lysinas, who was laughing and talking with Chen Sia.
Meanwhile, Chen Sia said.
“Lord Lysinas.”
“Why?”
“Please don't be too angry with young master Leo. Even if he acts like that, he reserved an entire high-class restaurant just for you, Lord Lysinas.”
“Does he have a lot of money?”
“Even if he looks like that, he's the king of a nation.”
“He's risen in the world.”
Lysinas scoffed.
“Still, he reserved it to quietly enjoy a meal with Lord Lysinas…”
“That guy didn't reserve the entire restaurant to eat quietly.”
“Huh?”
At Lysinas's words, Chen Sia wore a puzzled expression.
Chen Sia realized Lysinas's meaning only when dinner time was almost over.
“I ate well.”
Lysinas elegantly wiped her mouth with a napkin and murmured.
Chen Sia stared blankly at the stack of plates piled up in front of her.
She heard the staff murmuring quietly as they cleared the dishes, saying, ‘Lumerne students truly are different.’
‘No, Lumerne students don't usually eat this much.’
Lysinas had almost single-handedly depleted the restaurant's ingredients.
Leo sipped his coffee as if accustomed to it.
“Does it suit your taste?”
“Yes. It was delicious.”
Lysinas, propping her chin, smiled faintly.
As a dragon, Lysinas was inherently a big eater.
Especially, just as Luna couldn't resist alcohol, Lysinas loved delicious food.
She maintained her dignity even while eating a large meal.
Gazing at the sunset sky, Lysinas murmured.
“It feels like a dream.”
Lysinas gently closed her eyes.
Shopping peacefully and eating delicious food like this.
A normal everyday life.
‘No. At least for me, it wasn't ordinary, was it?’
A world she had yearned for and admired.
In this unbelievable reality, Lysinas opened her mouth.
“In the end, I just passed it on.”
“What?”
“Saving the world.”
‘We will save the world.’
Those words that Lysinas had always embraced like a conviction.
‘Sorry… for making you bear it alone.’
But in the end, at the last moment, she could only convey apologies.
“Do you know? When I first extended my hand to you. In truth, I wasn't confident that we could save the world.”
Back then, she spoke as if they could save the world.
Looking back, she only told lies to win Kyle over then.
“And in the end, I couldn't even keep my first promise.”
Her promise not to make him a surviving hero was ultimately unkept.
“It wasn't us who saved the world in the end. It was you.”
Lysinas said, looking at the world that had regained peace.
“Thank you, Kyle. It's all thanks to you.”
As Lysinas spoke with a smile, Leo said.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Did I do it alone?”
“Huh?”
“As I said then, I didn't do it alone. I did it. You did it. We did it.”
Leo looked at Lysinas.
“Was our journey so easy that it could succeed just because of one person like me? If so, I wouldn't be going through all this hardship after being resurrected.”
The sunset illuminated Leo's white hair.
“And I knew from the start. That you, who spoke as if confident that you could save the world, were actually lying.”
“What?”
Lysinas was genuinely flustered.
“Then why did you take my hand?”
“I was deceived.”
Leo clicked his tongue.
“I knew you were trying to trick me. But listening to you, at some point, I started to wonder. In the end, I unknowingly came to believe that it might actually be true.”
Leo answered indifferently.
Lysinas wore a blank expression.
“In the end, you turned your lies into truth, didn't you? That's all that matters.”
Leo took his gaze off Lysinas and looked at the sunset.
“So look at it until you're tired of it. The world you saved with your lies.”
A faint smile was playing on his lips.
A smile of relief that Lysinas could see this scenery.
“Because turning the lies you uttered into truth was incredibly difficult.”
‘Haa, seriously… this guy…’
Lysinas propped her chin with a slightly sulky face.
‘I can't hate him, no matter how much I try.’