Book 1 Chapter 745

745.

Leo and his party, leaving Princess Trenyconi behind, immediately used the warp gate to head to the battlefield.

The princess and her retainers were overwhelmed by Elena alone and could not utter a word until the Lumen students left.

From the beginning, Lumen's intervention was not to help Princess Trenyconi but to keep Seirun in check.

Therefore, there was no reason to curry favor with Princess Trenyconi.

Arriving at the warp gate on the battlefield, Leo's party immediately headed to the city that was the battlefield.

The city confirmed to have elves appearing on the battlefield was named Diviana.

They had heard before leaving Lumen that soldiers belonging to Trenyconi were heavily defeated there and were retreating in a hurry.

Upon arriving at their destination, a noble who appeared to be the city's commander was waiting.

Elena did not even glance at the commander and said,

"I plan to go straight to the battlefield as soon as preparations are complete. Lil, get a detailed report on the war situation from the commander. Runbar, you get the kids ready."

"Yes."

"Got it."

Lil, from a military family, spoke with the commander to grasp the war situation.

Runbar, on the other hand, gathered the second and third-year students and prepared to go to the battlefield.

In front of the warp gate, only Leo and Elena remained.

As Leo stepped out of the warp gate building, Elena followed him like a puppy.

Diviana was a major city, considered the second city after Deang, the capital located right in the center of Devian.

The city was located in the north-central part of Devian.

Both in terms of scale and geographical location, it was a crucial strategic point in the current civil war.

Outside the warp gate of such a large city, it was extremely splendid.

The first thing that caught their eye was a magnificent fountain.

Normally, water would have gushed out, but it was not operating due to the urgent situation of the city being on the verge of capture.

However, contrary to such splendor, there were no people in the city.

It was clear that troops had been deployed to defend the city walls at all costs.

Leo casually sat on a nearby bench.

Then Elena sat down next to Leo like a puppy.

As Leo tilted his head back and gazed at the blue sky,

Elena gently tapped Leo's shoulder with her finger.

When he turned his head, Elena's eyes were sparkling.

"Hey, isn't there something you want to say? Huh? Huh?"

She blatantly pointed to her head with her finger and pulled her hips closer to Leo.

Leo patted Elena's head as if pushing it away and said,

"Yes, good job. But don't you think your character has changed a bit?"

"You treat me like a child anyway, Leo-kun, don't you? Wouldn't it be better to take advantage of being younger?"

As Elena smiled, Leo clicked his tongue.

"You're like a vixen; it's overwhelming."

Despite his words, Elena didn't bat an eye and enjoyed Leo's petting.

If others had seen it, they would have been dumbfounded.

It was a well-known fact that Elena fawned over Leo.

Even so, it was unimaginable for the great Elena to act so affectionately and flirtatiously with anyone.

Elena only showed this side of herself in front of Leo.

Her innocent, childlike appearance.

Though she wasn't without a slightly brazen and cunning side, and a tendency to try to climb over him whenever she got the chance.

She was similar to the beautiful princesses often seen in fairy tales.

Elena, who had read many heroic tales in her childhood, admired princesses more than heroes.

And for Elena, Leo was like the hero she had seen in fairy tales.

'A hero who can save me in a moment of crisis.'

She would rarely be in danger, but nonetheless, Elena showed the self she wanted to be, at least in front of Leo.

And that was also a side Elena had kept hidden.

"But was it necessary to go that far?"

Elena had completely crushed the Trenyconi Princess faction.

At Leo's question, Elena snorted.

"Those born to be revered are originally blind to the ways of the world."

Elena narrowed her eyes.

"They're not noble, yet they think they are. They're not great, yet they think they are. And they audaciously take it for granted, like breathing."

After saying that, Elena flashed a faint smile.

"Those who are under such delusions can't understand their place and try to recklessly equate themselves with truly great people, you know?"

"Can't you just let them be deluded?"

"No. You can't."

Elena said firmly.

"The Age of Calamity and this era are different. This is an era where those who don't understand their place can wield significant influence. I absolutely cannot tolerate such trivial beings looking down on my flawless hero."

Leo scratched his cheek, looking at Elena, who had turned serious.

"In the first place, no Lumen student would tolerate that. Leo-kun is not alone. He's our leader."

Elena poked Leo's chest with her finger.

"Though sometimes you seem to forget that."

"I'm still not used to it."

As Leo gave a bitter smile, Elena grinned.

"It's okay. Leo-kun's very existence is a powerful force. I'll take care of the flies that gather around him. That's why I'm supporting you as the vice president of the student council."

Elena, puffing out her chest, smiled brightly.

"For Leo Flov to leave his name in history as a flawless hero. That's my goal."

"Why?"

"Because it's fun."

Smiling faintly, Elena stood up, looked at Leo, and walked backward, then slightly lifted the hem of her skirt.

"Then, my hero. This maiden will take her leave to help prepare for the battlefield."

With that, Elena giggled and ran towards Lil, who had emerged from outside the warp gate.

"Cute."

Lisinas appeared beside Leo.

"Are you happy? Having so many kids who blindly follow you like that."

"Happy, my foot."

Lisinas sat beside Leo and stared intently at his face.

Then she smiled faintly.

"I'm glad."

"What?"

Leo looked at Lisinas with a puzzled expression.

In response, Lisinas looked at the blue sky and replied,

"I'm glad it's you who was born in this era."

"What are you talking about, all of a sudden?"

"It's just, if it had been me who was born… if it had been us, I don't think we could have done as much as you."

Lisinas smiled faintly.

"Kyle. In my eyes, you are already a perfect hero."

A hero to save the world.

Perhaps that was the hero Lisinas herself had dreamed of.

"I think you guys would have done much better than me?"

"Would it be possible to defeat Erebus without the power of purity?"

"Even without it, we would have found the answer somehow."

Leo said indifferently.

"If Arion had been resurrected, his sword would truly have reached the realm of the gods. Then he might have reached a state where he could cut through Erebus's flames."

Last time.

In the battle with a fragment of Erebus, Arion's supersensory truly glimpsed the future.

Arion, who had stepped into the realm of the gods, gained divinity thanks to it.

If Arion had been reincarnated, his sword might truly have reached the realm of the gods.

If so, there's no telling what miracles he might have performed.

"If Luna had been resurrected, she might have completed the White Flame."

Magic that could oppose Erebus.

Although it remained incomplete, after 5000 years, that pure white flame was passed down to Lunia.

If it had been Luna who was resurrected, she might have completed that magic.

"If it were Dweno, he might have created a sword that could cut Erebus."

Leo subtly brushed his hand over Posteritas at his waist.

Dweno would have been capable of it.

"You would have led the new heroes better."

What Leo was doing was, in the end, an imitation of Lisinas.

And even in his own eyes, he couldn't keep up with Lisinas.

Perhaps the talents of the hero candidates would have blossomed even more.

The time of Arion, Luna, Dweno, and Lisinas had inevitably stopped.

Even if they reappeared on this land, unlike him, the four of them could not move forward.

If the flow of time were allowed to his friends as it was to him,

There's no telling what miracles they might perform.

"And what do you mean by a perfect hero? If so, I wouldn't have raised the kids in the first place."

Leo snorted.

"…"

At those words, Lisinas closed her eyes.

'Yes. Kyle is right.'

There is no such thing as a perfect hero.

'Kyle and me. And our other friends too.'

Didn't everyone have flaws?

They complemented each other's flaws, striving for perfection.

'I want to live the future with Kyle.'

This was her lingering attachment.

A lingering attachment that could never be fulfilled.

Yet, a foolish, utterly foolish lingering attachment she couldn't give up.

Lisinas looked down at her palm.

'Let's pursue something else.'

She thought of something that could help Kyle now.

And she remembered.

Lisinas stood up.

"I'll go meet the children of Seirun."

"What? Why?"

Leo showed a bewildered expression.

"Just. I wanted to see them. Those children who are descendants of Luna."

She had seen the Lumen students, descendants of Kyle.

She had also met the dragons, her own descendants.

All of them were people worthy of the names "Hero of Beginnings" and "King of Wisdom."

So naturally, she became curious.

What were the descendants of the progenitor of the nebula like?

'Though they might have a slightly foolish side, like Luna.'

They would surely be children who shone brightly, like Luna.

She became curious about what kind of appearance the children who would become allies to the Hero of Beginnings, Kyle, her chosen greatest hero, would have.

"I'll go meet them."

Smiling faintly, Lisinas disappeared.

Seeing her, Leo wore a slightly worried expression.

'When Lisinas gets too enthusiastic, she has a tendency to subtly cause trouble.'

Normally calm and collected, but when she gets emotional, Lisinas is surprisingly full of gaps.

And her personality wasn't particularly good either.

It wasn't for nothing that Dweno rated Lisinas and Luna as beautiful in appearance but bad in personality, placing them on the same line.

The only difference from Luna was that she was good at hiding her true nature.

While Leo was thinking that,

The Lumen students, who had finished their preparations for the battlefield, emerged from the warp gate.

Just then, Chen Xia approached Leo.

"Young Master Leo. Do you know where Lady Lisinas went?"

Leo replied to her question,

"She said she wanted to test the Seirun students and left?"

Chen Xia's eyes widened.

"Really?"

Leo gave a strange look at Chen Xia, who was beaming brightly.

"You seem rather happy?"

"It's unfair if we're the only ones who suffer!"

Leo clicked his tongue, looking at Chen Xia, who spoke as if it were obvious.

'She pretends not to be, but her insides are subtly twisted, just like Biharu.'

"By the way, among the Seirun students, there's a female student called 'The Witch of Corpses'."

Leo made a strange face at Chen Xia's words.

"What? What kind of ignoble title is that, like a subordinate of the Necromancer King?"

"I wonder? They say she grabbed the corpse of a recently deceased knight and shook it around wildly?"

"What? Who's that crazy elf?"

Leo frowned.