Book 1 Chapter 823
823.
Everyone looked at Leo, who had become the King of the World, with blank expressions.
It was, in fact, an extremely strange occurrence.
The King of the World does not rule over people.
They do not ascend to the throne and wield absolute power, nor do they dominate others.
It was against common sense to acknowledge someone who suddenly became the King of the World in the first place.
But now, at this moment, it was possible.
This moment, achieved through a miraculous victory by defeating a fragment of the resurrected Erebus.
A place watched over by countless traitorous warriors who risked their lives for the world.
And a coronation ceremony performed by the leader of the great hero known as the King of Wisdom.
All of this lent legitimacy to a coronation that defied common sense.
Elena, watching from afar, narrowed her eyes.
Elena's pink eyes glowed faintly.
Along with her, those standing around Elena cried out unconsciously.
"Long live the King of Wisdom!"
"New King of the World! Long live Leo Frolov!"
Elena’s demonic charisma incited the emotions of those around her.
The atmosphere ripened with that.
The emotion that began to spread began to infect others.
The existence of the King of the World, which everyone desperately felt.
Now that everyone was ecstatic about the birth of the King of the World, the Dragon Lord, Melina, revealed herself and knelt before Lisinas.
"Great King of Wisdom. I swear to uphold your will and serve Leo Frolov, the King of Beginning, as the King of the World."
Melina's words were the nail in the coffin.
The existence of the new king was recognized here.
Then.
A pillar of bright light fell from the sky, enveloping Leo, Lisinas, and Melina.
It was Lisinas's magic.
Seeing that magic, Leo's face stiffened slightly.
"Now… it seems my time is up."
Lisinas smiled faintly.
Her body began to fade.
Her time as a spirit, maintaining her existence, had ended.
It was a lingering effect from fighting Nix, a fragment of Erebus.
Melina's face was filled with sorrow.
"…It feels good."
"What does?"
"That you make a face like that for me."
Lisinas laughed cheerfully, looking at Leo, whose eyes were wavering.
Then, she moved closer to Leo, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him.
"How was it? I practiced since you couldn't do it back then."
"…"
Lisinas smiled faintly and took a step back.
Then she said,
"Kyle, don't forget."
Lisinas said with a mischievous smile.
"You are mine. My chosen mate."
"You could have announced that fact too."
"Hmm? Would that have been better…? But…"
Lisinas smiled faintly.
"Then it would be too unfair, wouldn't it? Luna would be ridiculed by the public."
Lisinas shook her head.
"Luna is also a very, very precious being to me."
She was like a younger sister.
Back in those days.
Sharing the same time, they became beings precious beyond compare.
Literally…
"We're family, aren't we?"
Leo chuckled at Lisinas's words.
"That family said you had a poor heart or something?"
"Melina. Let's make one more announcement. That Kyle and I are married."
Seeing Lisinas speak with a stiff face, Melina tried to step out of the pillar of light, but Leo grabbed her by the scruff of her neck.
"I'm joking."
At those words, Melina showed a disappointed expression.
Leaving such a Melina behind, Leo stood before Lisinas.
And he reached out his hand.
As Lisinas, taking it as an offer of a handshake, reached to grasp it.
*Fwoosh-*
With a bright light from Leo's hand, flowers bloomed.
Magic that makes flowers bloom.
Lisinas, gazing at the profusion of flowers blooming from Leo's hand, wore a slightly dazed expression.
Seeing such a Lisinas, Leo said,
"Now that I think about it… I don't think I've ever given you flowers before."
"Hmm? Does that mean you've given flowers to Luna?"
"By chance, in the world of heroes."
Leo gave a wry smile.
Lisinas, looking at Leo with a prim expression, said,
"Are you giving me flowers made with Luna's magic?"
"You don't like it?"
"It's not that I don't like it."
Lisinas grumbled slightly and took the bouquet.
"They're pretty."
And she smiled brightly.
At that smile, Leo smiled gently.
"Kyle."
"Yeah?"
"We will meet again."
"…"
"Take care of the world until then."
*Rumble-*
As Lisinas finished her farewell, her body floated into the air.
Along with it, the pillar of light disappeared.
Everyone's gaze followed Lisinas as she ascended into the sky.
This was literally a show.
A show for dramatic effect.
"Everyone."
Lisinas's voice echoed again.
"Please take good care of this world, our descendants."
As the former King of the World.
As the leader who guided the great hero.
As the King of Wisdom who led the world to salvation.
Her final message to future generations.
It was a play to adorn a new page in history, but.
At her words, everyone on the battlefield knelt unconsciously and paid their respects to the great legend.
Lisinas, smiling faintly as she watched them, made eye contact with Leo one last time.
Thus, Lisinas disappeared with the bouquet held tightly in her arms and a radiant smile.
Melina silently watched Leo's back as he gazed up at the sky.
When she didn't know what to say, looking at his somewhat lonely figure.
"Leo!"
"You're awake!"
"Do you know how worried we were?!"
Friends who lived in the present ran to Leo.
Leo put on a composed expression as if nothing had happened.
"Everyone worked hard."
Watching Leo act as if nothing had changed, Melina muttered inwardly.
'Lord Leo… is indeed very strong.'
***
The enormous incident that occurred in the Kingdom of Debian shook the world.
A massive event on a scale that made the civil war over royal authority in Debian, a powerful nation in the eastern continent, seem trivial.
The King of Wisdom and the Hero of Beginning joined forces to stop a fragment of the resurrected Erebus.
And then, another romance of the century that would shake the world.
"No, what kind of person was Lord Kyle that Lisinas and Luna gave their hearts to him?"
To the horrified words of a magic student, Cal replied calmly.
"He was incredibly cool."
"Come to think of it, you saw him up close in Lord Dweño's world, didn't you? What was he like?"
"Just… incredibly cool."
Cal shrugged.
Then.
"Join the Kyle Church! The Kyle Church awaits your entry."
Iliana was handing out flyers to recruit students inside the dormitory, promoting her club.
Cal, tearing his gaze away from the newspaper, shook his head as he watched her.
Then, while turning the newspaper, he muttered.
"By the way, the King of the World…"
The newspaper had a huge article about Leo.
A few days after the incident, the Hero Records, which only contained Leo's name, was updated to read "King of Beginning," shocking the world again.
The second hero, after the King of Wisdom, Lisinas, to receive the title of King.
With the recognition of gods and the Dragon Lord, Leo's status as the King of the World became a foregone conclusion.
"It must be politically chaotic too."
Juane, a junior in the magic department, clicked his tongue.
"The rulers of each country can't help but pay attention to the situation…"
"At this point, isn't he the most successful person to ever come from our school?"
"He might be even greater than Lord Lumern."
Even Lumern did not receive the title of King.
As everyone murmured.
*Creak-*
The dormitory door opened, and students who had been dispatched this time, led by Leo, returned.
Silence fell over the once-noisy school.
"Why is it so quiet?"
Leo asked indifferently.
The students couldn't figure out how to answer his question.
Even Cal hesitated to answer.
The reason Cal hesitated to answer was not because Leo had become the King of the World.
It was because Lisinas had disappeared.
'He must be deeply heartbroken.'
Other friends had the same reaction.
Even Chen Xia and Elena, who knew Leo's identity, couldn't easily approach Leo after the incident concluded.
Lunia and Eiran, who had returned to Seirun, were the same.
They couldn't gauge how deeply Leo was grieving.
"Leo oppa!"
At that moment, Chelsea ran up to Leo.
Chelsea, standing in front of Leo, smiled faintly.
"Welcome back?"
"Yeah."
Leo chuckled and ruffled Chelsea's hair.
"Hehe."
Chelsea, who laughed as usual at Leo's touch, suddenly turned her gaze to Celia and Abad.
Chelsea frowned and squeezed between them.
"Get away! Who do you think you're flirting with! Hwihwi! Hwihwi!"
"You tiny little thing…!"
The awkward atmosphere disappeared in an instant.
As Chelsea and Celia growled at each other, the atmosphere returned to normal.
Leo, with a tired expression, sat down in a corner of the dormitory lounge.
Cal approached and sat next to him, saying,
"Welcome, Your Majesty, the King of the World."
Seeing Cal joking around, Leo said indifferently.
"Act as usual."
At Leo's words, Cal chuckled.
"Class representative! Class representative!"
At that moment, Iliana came running.
"Class representative, quickly join the Kyle Church! If the successor to Lord Kyle joins, our church will prosper!"
"Yes, yes. Miss Iliana. Leo-doryeong is tired, so let's talk later."
Chen Xia smiled faintly and pulled Iliana away.
"Cal-gun. You managed the student council well while I was away, right?"
Elena asked, sitting next to Leo with a smile.
"Of course."
"As expected of a slave."
"Excuse me? Slave?"
Cal, watching Elena nod, gave a disgusted look.
The Lumern students began to make noise again.
Leo, watching them, burst into laughter.
"You seem to be in a good mood."
Chloe, who approached, asked with a puzzled expression, and Leo nodded.
"Because it feels like I've returned."
Saying that, Leo stroked his chin.
"In that sense, let's proceed with a surprise practical exam…"
"Don't."
"Don't."
Chloe and Cal simultaneously shook their heads and said seriously.
Elena smiled and said,
"If you start something here again, I'll bite my tongue and die, you damned old man."
Leo chuckled at Elena's words, which carried resentment, and suddenly looked at a corner of the dormitory lounge.
Leo glanced briefly at the place where portraits of great heroes were hung, and then smiled faintly.