Book 1 Chapter 795

795.

Click.

The door to Leah's room opened.

As Rune entered the room, Leo followed behind him.

"Excuse me."

Chelsea, who followed nervously, muttered in a small voice.

Of course, no one responded.

The owner of the room was not present.

"Hooah… My heart is pounding."

At that moment, Iliana entered the room and muttered.

"Is it that much of a big deal?"

To Lunia's question, Iliana nodded.

"Of course! I told you! This is a sanctuary for Lumen students!"

Iliana, who entered the room, said with a fuss.

Then, upon seeing the bleak interior of the room, she made a slightly disappointed face.

"Ah, what is this? It's ordinary?"

"What were you expecting?"

Chelsea asked with a look of pity, and Iliana replied.

"Aren't people who are perfect on the outside, like Leah, often messy in their personal space?"

"Do you think Leah is as messy as you? By the way, don't you think your character has changed too suddenly?"

At Karl's remark, Iliana put her hands on her hips.

"From now on, I've decided not to lose my true self!"

"Thinking about it, don't you think the second year was better than the first year?"

"At least it wasn't noisy."

Karl whispered, and Chelsea nodded.

Seeing the Lumen students chatting like that, Airan smiled softly.

"The Lumen students always seem to get along so well."

"You don't have time to worry about the Lumen kids right now. Did you forget that Rune-senpai said he would scold you?"

At Lunia's words, Airan made a sad face.

While the students were talking.

Leo looked at Leah's room.

It was structured more like a house than a room.

The living room and kitchen were connected, and there were three rooms.

It was a considerably large space to use alone.

Leo also received the largest room in the Clock Tower dormitory.

Of course, Leo's dormitory room was excessively large.

"The room is big."

"Huh? It's no different from the rooms the Lumen students use?"

"Are other students sharing rooms?"

"Of course, it's a private room."

"……"

"Leah ran the school wonderfully. She paid a lot of attention to students' convenience."

At Rune's words, Leo let out a hollow laugh.

It seemed she had taken care of various things to provide a comfortable dormitory environment.

'Well, Lissinas always paid a lot of attention to welfare even when she was in Guardsron.'

Even in a difficult environment, Lissinas never forgot to hold a small festival after a major event.

"Well then, it's time for the kids to sleep."

Rune began to push the students into the rooms.

"The girls will sleep in Leah's room. And Karl Thomas? You sleep in the study."

"Um… is it okay to sleep here?"

"It doesn't matter. She's not the type to be petty about something like this."

Rune smiled and answered Karl's question, then sent all the students into their rooms.

Then he used a light sleep spell.

A moment later.

After confirming that the students were asleep, Rune approached Leo, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Did you have to put the kids to sleep like that?"

"They must have been tired. And from now on, it's just for adults to talk privately, right?"

Rune winked and sat on the sofa.

"We're finally alone."

"Yes."

"Kai from a parallel world… it's kind of strange. How did you come over to this side?"

Looking at Rune, who sat in front of him, Leo told him the story of how he crossed parallel worlds.

After hearing the whole story, Rune fell silent.

"…In your worldline, we didn't reincarnate?"

"Yes."

"…How cruel."

"It is."

Rune smiled bitterly.

Then he made a puzzled expression.

"What kind of magic were Chelsea and Iliana using? It looks like magic I created, no matter how I look at it."

He didn't think Kai would have created that magic.

No matter how much Kai researched the magic of the stars, his disposition wouldn't change.

He didn't create the magic of the two people, but it was clearly made by another version of himself.

To Rune's question, Leo said calmly.

"I was able to bring you guys into reality for a short time through the Hero Record."

"Is that possible with the Hero Record?"

"Yes. In your case, the second time you were summoned to this world was through your heroic spirit."

At those words, Rune's eyes widened.

"Me as a heroic spirit?"

"Not just me, but Lissinas too."

"No, what lingering attachment did I and that guy have to the world?"

Rune made a look of disbelief.

Did he have any lingering attachments to this world when he died back then?

"Even thinking about it now, I felt a bit wronged, but I don't think I had enough lingering attachment to remain a heroic spirit."

Seeing Rune's perplexed expression, Leo said.

"Worry about Berkia."

"Huh?"

"Your lingering attachment was worry about Berkia."

When his disciple's name was mentioned, Rune smiled sadly.

"If it's worry about Berkia, it might be."

"And it's probably because of me too."

Rune, who had been smiling bitterly at Leo's words, became serious.

"Kai. I'm being serious."

"What?"

"I'm sorry for leaving the burden to you back then. It's true that I suffered because you couldn't reincarnate. But I can say with certainty that I didn't have lingering attachment because of you."

Rune looked at Leo and gave him an outright smirk.

"Why would I have lingering attachment to someone as ill-tempered and morally bankrupt as you? If it was out of guilt towards Leah… that is, Lissinas, then maybe."

"……"

Leo, who had an expression of disbelief at Rune's words, said.

"I will become your future."

The moment Leo heard his words, Rune's face hardened.

"If you can't draw a future, I will become your unchanging dream. So that your life can continue to my life."

Rune's shoulders began to tremble.

A long, long time ago, he had proposed to Kai.

Those words that the person in front of him hadn't understood at the time.

Those proposal lines were now coming out of Leo's mouth.

It wasn't difficult to guess what kind of situation this was.

"Why propose with such cheesy words?"

"You… you… When did you know?"

"Does that matter? That you liked me. No, that you still like me is what matters."

Rune's face turned bright red.

"And what else did I say? Was it something like, 'I fell for your wonderful never-give-up spirit'?"

"What? I never said anything like that!"

"It's what you said yourself in the Hero Record."

"No! It's not! That was just spouting nonsense!"

"I even announced that I liked you after revealing my identity to the world?"

"Aaaahhhh!"

Rune covered his ears and screamed, drowning out Leo's words.

Shame crept up from the depths of his chest.

He definitely hadn't done such a thing.

But what if he really was in that situation?

'Damn it! These are actions I would actually do!'

Rune said, covering his face and trembling with sobs.

"If you tease me any more, I'll kill you."

Despite his frail appearance, his words were very 살벌.

And if he teased him any further, it would be really dangerous.

"I should tell you this story, so I'll tell you about Berkia."

"Silod told me. He said you met a good partner and lived happily."

"…There's more to the story."

"…?"

Leo smiled bitterly and told Rune about Berkia's life.

"Berkia as an undead?"

After hearing the whole story, Rune's face darkened.

A moment later.

When Leo's story ended, Rune wore a sad expression.

"…I didn't know you would be burdened with such a thing."

He muttered, and Rune asked cautiously.

"What happened in the end?"

"…Those damned things called me dad."

"Dad?"

"Yes. They told me to hang in there. Damn things."

"Haha. What can I say? It's so like Berkia."

After hearing Leo's story, Rune let out a sigh of relief.

If the absurdity of calling him "dad" in their final farewell was like Berkia, then it was like Berkia.

'Well, Kai is dad. And I'm mom.'

Hmm, hmm! Rune nodded, then paused.

"Wait a minute."

"……?"

"You said 'things'? Did Bihard also call you dad?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

Rune narrowed his eyes, sensing something was wrong, and Leo said.

"Well, Bihard was also taken in by me from a young age."

"…Still, aren't you just a mentor and student?"

"Apparently not. That guy considered Lissinas as his mother."

"Wait, wait, wait."

Rune waved his hands around as if he couldn't organize his thoughts.

"If he considers Lissinas his mother, then why are you Bihard's father?"

"That's because…"

Seeing Rune's inability to understand, Leo felt that something was wrong.

'…Come to think of it, Luna didn't know that Lissinas liked me.'

What if she still didn't know that here?

"Don't tell me… Lissinas also has feelings for you?"

"Um…"

"You do! That scamming lizard! You played dumb every time I asked!"

Rune's eyes narrowed sharply.

Seeing that, Leo thought.

'If he knew I was tricked by that scamming lizard and even signed a marriage contract, he'd really go wild!'

Thinking that far, Leo looked back at Rune.

"Liar! Sinister lizard!"

Leo nodded, seeing Rune about to breathe fire from his mouth.

'I have to keep it a secret until the end.'

***

Delan, a border kingdom in the western continent.

As a small kingdom, most of its territories were peaceful countryside without much disturbance.

Among them, the territory of the Plov family.

Rumble!

The villagers tending to the grapes felt the ground suddenly shake.

"The ground is shaking?"

"Is it an earthquake?"

"That's strange. Is this an earthquake?"

The villagers looked on with curiosity at the natural phenomenon they had experienced for the first time.

A small but clearly felt vibration.

But after a moment.

Rumble!

"Aaaah!"

"Oh my!"

The vibration grew stronger, and it began to shake so much that standing still was difficult.

Although no houses collapsed, the furniture inside them toppled over.

People crouched down in surprise at the sudden situation.

Eventually, the shaking stopped.

A moment later.

Birds simultaneously flew up from a large mountain that occupied a part of the territory.

Seeing that ominous sight, a villager said urgently.

"Shouldn't we inform the Lord?"

"That's a very bad omen! Let's go quickly!"

The villagers began to move in a hurry.

At that time, the ecosystem in the mountains was also in chaos.

All the birds moved away from the mountain, and other animals fled the mountain in a hurry.

Plants let out silent screams.

Tap- Whoosh-

At that moment, black flames ignited in the center of the mountain.

The black flames, which gradually took on the form of a burning person, slowly disappeared from the mountain.