Book 1 Chapter 777
777.
‘Did only his soul come this way? Then what happened to me in the original world?’
Leo reviewed the situation before he came over to the parallel world.
The gate to the parallel world created by Nyx.
When he touched that gate, Leo was sucked into the entrance of the parallel world.
And…
‘The world outside the mirror seemed to have stopped in time.’
Leo fell into thought, recalling the situation before he came to the parallel world.
‘If so, is time in the original world stopped?’
He scratched his head.
Leo didn't know anything about this side either.
The fact that the situation in the original world wasn't very good also made Leo worried.
‘What time is it exactly right now?’
To check the time since he arrived here, Leo took out his pocket watch from his pocket and opened its lid.
Click-!
Leo, who checked the watch, paused for a moment.
It was already evening, with the sunset long past.
But the watch still pointed to around noon.
‘Is it broken?’
He quietly stared at the watch.
After staring for a long time, the second hand, which pointed to the second unit, moved one notch.
Seeing that, Leo thought.
‘Could it be moving according to the original world’s time?’
If so, it meant that the flow of time in this world and the original world was completely different.
Leo closed the watch lid.
“So? Did a fragment of Erebus resurrect here too?”
Arion, who was organizing his thoughts after listening to Leo's explanation about the parallel world, shook his head.
“No. A fragment of Erebus hasn’t resurrected yet.”
“Then Lysinas and Luna must be having a lot of trouble.”
Unless Kyle, who can defeat Erebus, resurrects, they would be in a similar situation to the heroes of the genesis.
“Yeah. So Lysinas tried to find your Hero Record somehow.”
“Did she try to inherit my power through the Hero Record?”
“Yes. That, but also…”
“Also?”
“Lysinas missed you a lot. She wanted to meet you.”
“What about Luna?”
“Luna thought of a way to defeat Erebus through magic. She confidently declared that she could defeat Erebus even without Kyle.”
“I can clearly see her shouting that she doesn't need someone like me.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Still, whenever news of Kyle's Hero Record came up, she'd rush over. Even though she said that, it seemed like Luna also missed you a lot.”
At Arion's words, Leo also gave a bitter smile.
Lysinas and Luna from another world.
‘I can’t imagine how they must feel…’
The two in the original world knew they were dead.
And knowing they could no longer be together, they conveyed their feelings.
At least those two conveyed their feelings to him.
But…
‘Lysinas and Luna here aren’t like that.’
His situation was the opposite of theirs.
For the two of them, they could never convey their feelings.
“This time too, Lysinas stopped Luna from coming here. The movement of the monster queen in the northern continent was unusual.”
“Silatuna is still well and strong?”
“Yes.”
“What the hell did you guys do? I vanquished not only Silatuna but also the Giant King’s son. You’re so lazy.”
“Wow! Really?! That’s amazing! As expected of Kyle!”
Arion’s eyes widened and he smiled brightly.
Looking at Arion, Leo wore a strange expression.
If it had been Lysinas, Luna, or Dweno in front of him.
If it had been one of those three, they would have reacted sharply the moment they heard they were lazy.
But Arion was busy purely praising Leo.
Realizing anew why Lysinas was especially kind to Arion, Leo said.
“You still don’t have any means to counter Erebus, do you?”
“No. But it’s okay now. Kyle is here, isn't he?”
Looking at the brightly smiling Arion, Leo fell silent.
‘I am here…’
Leo let out a deep sigh, looking at the night sky that had completely arrived.
“…”
Cafe entrance.
The 3rd-year Azonia students, whose entry was blocked by the staff, stared at Carl, who was talking with Leo.
“What on earth are they talking about?”
Lwen perked up her fox ears.
But no conversation could be heard.
It was because Leo had blocked the sound with magic.
As the other students also shook their heads, Lwen looked behind her.
“Ar. Do you hear anything…”
“I can’t forgive him. I can’t forgive him. I can’t forgive him. To monopolize Senior Carl! I can’t forgive him. I haven't even had a private conversation like that…! I can’t forgive him.”
Ar looked at Leo with eyes full of resentment.
Ar had already accumulated feelings against Leo, who had continuously molested her tail.
Looking at Ar glaring at Leo, Lwen asked Dion.
“Ar has never had a private conversation with Senior Carl?”
“Do you think the Senior would have had a private conversation when she’s scared of Ar?”
“Still… she's supposedly her most cherished junior, isn't she?”
“Even if she cherishes her, fear is fear.”
Lwen shook her head at Dion’s words.
***
Whoooooosh-
A cold northern wind blew.
On the way to Seirun’s Warp Gate.
A human girl with black hair holding a travel bag was walking through the blizzard.
Behind the girl, an elf of a similar age followed.
Eventually, the human girl stood in front of the Warp Gate, glanced at the elf who came to greet her, and sighed.
“Did you come to greet me? Or did you come to argue because you have a complaint?”
“I came to greet you.”
“That’s not the face of someone who came to greet me.”
At the words of Rhea Filly, the student council president of Lumern, Rune Orwenny, the student council president of Seirun, frowned deeply.
Rune’s intimidating expression made the students of Seirun tremble.
But Rhea didn’t mind.
It might make Seirun’s students tremble in fear, but from Rhea's perspective, it was just a tantrum.
“To twist pure goodwill. You’ve always been like this. Lysinas.”
“Rune. My name is Rhea Filly now. Your name is Rune Orwenny. How many times have I told you not to call me by my old name?”
Rhea said with a sigh.
Rhea, the reincarnation of Lysinas, said after reuniting with her friends.
She said they should have an identity as people living in this era, not as great heroes from the past.
The reason she emphasized that fact was simple.
‘We live in a different era. Let’s forget the unfortunate past and live a new era. And for the future… this time, let’s completely defeat Erebus.’
It was as Lysinas said.
The era the great heroes were to live in now was a new era, not a world that was headed for destruction in the past.
A name is a symbol and identity that represents a person.
Old names bring back old thoughts.
Old thoughts hold people back from moving forward.
Lysinas was wary of that.
‘Thinking about it, persuading them was harder than 5000 years ago.’
Lysinas let out a deep sigh.
The current era was the era the great heroes had wished for more than anyone else.
For Luna, who wanted to see the end of magic, it was a world with infinite possibilities.
Lysinas’s words to give up those possibilities and prepare for a battle with Erebus, who might resurrect at any time, didn’t reach Luna.
Arion, who was timid and desperately wanted a world where children could live in peace.
Such Arion felt fear just at the mention of fighting Erebus again.
Dweno, a self-proclaimed artist, also didn’t want to care about anything other than dedicating his life to art.
‘…I couldn’t blame them.’
Lysinas knew too well how cruel it was to say "Let's fight Erebus again."
‘Because I know everything.’
What sacrifices her comrades made in the battle against Erebus.
How terrible the pain obtained at the cost of those sacrifices was.
‘I know better than anyone.’
Because she herself had gone through the same thing.
So she couldn't say anything to her comrades who refused.
But…
‘In the end, we are heading towards the same place again.’
Infinite possibilities and safe peace.
And a beautiful world.
It was a world the great heroes wished for more than anything, but the three knew better than anyone.
No matter what they left behind, a crisis would someday befall this brilliant era.
5000 years ago.
What remained in this world that they ultimately failed to finish with their own hands.
‘Crucially…’
Lysinas’s eyes darkened.
‘We are living in this world again because Kyle did not give up.’
What they had passed on.
Who was the most struggling person at the very last moment.
The great heroes knew better than anyone.
So the great heroes reunited.
Although they are not always together as they were 5000 years ago.
Now, each has their own work to do in their own place.
The cradle of future heroes, hero candidates…
They must nurture comrades to fight with in the future at the Hero Academy.
There is something that must be done along with that enormous mission.
It is to present evidence that Kyle, the Hero of Beginnings, actually existed.
The reason Lysinas enrolled in Lumern was not simply to cultivate the power to fight Erebus.
‘To find traces of Kyle.’
Lysinas clenched her fist tightly.
When she reincarnated and heard the stories of the great heroes.
What pained Lysinas the most was the fact that Kyle, the Hero of Beginnings, was treated as a fictional character.
It felt like her heart collapsed when she heard that there was no evidence left anywhere in this world that the Hero of Beginnings had existed.
It wasn't just Lysinas.
Other great heroes also tried to prove Kyle's existence somehow.
But they ultimately couldn't find anything.
There was no story related to Kyle in their Hero Records.
Even Kyle's Hero Record hasn't been discovered.
Without evidence, no one believed that Kyle actually existed.
‘Some children in Azonia seem to firmly believe Arion's words, but…’
Even that was only a very small number.
‘The world needs to know.’
Lysinas bit her lip.
‘Because of whom this world could continue to exist…’
“Why do you keep saying to forget the past?”
At that moment, Luna said in a cold voice.
“Because…”
“Because it hurts to remember Kyle. Does that mean you want to forget Kyle too?”
“What?”
“The fact that I am Luna, the progenitor of the nebula, before being Rune, the student council president of Seirun, does not change. Likewise, the fact that you are Lysinas, the King of Wisdom, before being Rhea, the student council president of Lumern, also does not change. Yet you keep saying to forget our past names.”
Luna bit her lip tightly.
“Honestly, Lysinas. Aren't you implicitly trying to forget Kyle?”