Book 1 Chapter 994

It was about ten minutes after that before Seirun emerged from the ice.

Since she had already been discovered by Leo, there was no point in enduring any longer.

Seirun, having made up her mind, broke the seal and came out.

As soon as Seirun emerged from the ice, Leo pulled scissors from his subspace and lunged at her.

*Snap-!*

"Wait! Stop! Please stop for a moment!"

Seirun quickly grabbed Leo's wrist.

"Why? Are you going to say goodbye to your hair?"

*Click- Click-*

Leo laughed ferociously, making scissor motions in the air.

Seirun's face was filled with fear at the ghastly sight.

"Kyle-nim. It's true I said harsh things to you, but if you are righteous, you don't need to be angry…"

"Bring your head here."

"Aah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I won't do it again!"

Seirun, desperately trying to salvage the situation, ended up begging for forgiveness.

"Um…"

At that moment, Lunia, who had been watching the situation, cautiously asked.

"Are you Luna-nim?"

Leo snorted and put away his scissors, and Seirun let out a sigh of relief, looking at Lunia.

"You…?"

"It is an honor to meet you, Seirun, the comet mage. My name is Lunia El Lunda, and though I am humble, I am an elf who follows in your footsteps."

Lunia bowed politely with elven etiquette.

Looking at Lunia, Seirun recalled the time she briefly returned to the real world with Leo's help.

Recalling that Lunia was one of the students who had caught her eye then, Seirun's expression brightened.

"I remember! You were that child from back then? Nice to meet you!"

Lunia's eyes widened slightly as she saw Seirun's clear smile.

"Huh? Why?"

"No… your smiling face resembles Luna-nim so much…"

At Lunia's words, Seirun's lips twitched.

She was pleased to be told she resembled Luna, and her lips loosened.

"You also resemble Luna-nim a lot."

Feeling pleased, Seirun complimented Lunia.

For elves, there was no greater compliment than resembling Luna.

Leo, who had been listening to their conversation, interjected indifferently.

"Yeah, yeah. All three of you have the same terrible temper and foul mouths. Why are you happy that being like Luna is a compliment?"

Seirun felt a surge of emotion at his words, but having done something wrong, she couldn't dare to retort.

However, Lunia did not hold back.

"What's wrong with Luna-nim's personality! What's wrong with it!"

Agitated, Lunia grabbed Leo by the collar and shook him violently.

Seirun cheered inwardly, watching the scene.

'Good job! My junior!'

While cheering Lunia on internally, Seirun's eyes met Leo's, and she quickly turned her head in surprise.

Leo looked at the unconscious elf girl lying on the floor, thinking they were truly a fitting predecessor and successor.

'It's definitely Luna.'

The only strange thing was that she looked younger than any appearance he knew of Luna.

She looked younger than Luna during the Barharun era, whom he had seen in Luna's world before.

'Is she at the beginning of Barharun?'

Leo knelt beside Luna and reached out, gently stroking her cheek.

"So?"

After tidying Luna's hair, Leo looked at Seirun.

"Why are young Luna and you in the real world? And sealed in ice yourself?"

"It's complicated to explain. First of all, Luna-nim here won't have any memories of Kyle-nim. She's Luna before meeting Kyle-nim."

"Indeed. Luna from a world within a hero's world?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Lunia, who had been listening beside them, asked with a puzzled expression.

"When I went into Rodia's world before, I conquered Lysinas's world within that world."

"Ah…"

"It's the same with Luna here."

"To be precise, a page that I hadn't conquered opened."

Seirun reached out her hand.

The Folium, which Leo had delivered on Luna's behalf before, appeared in Seirun's hand.

"The first page of Luna's record. I couldn't open that page before. But it reacted to this Folium, and the page opened."

This meant that a possibility that had never been realized in reality had opened in the hero's world.

Leo looked bewildered at her words.

The hero's world, no matter how real it seemed, was ultimately fake.

And the existence of another fake world realized within that fake world had crossed over into reality.

Seirun's world had likely been corrupted by Erebus's flame.

In the process, Luna's world, realized in Seirun's world, was also affected and turned into a hero's dungeon.

An existence within a hero's dungeon had crossed over into reality.

Realizing anew how absurd the Hero Record was, Leo said,

"Then how many worlds has this Luna crossed?"

Seirun's expression turned serious.

"Fortunately, it seems the fragment of Erebus hasn't discovered my world."

"No, he probably knows your world has become a hero's dungeon."

"Yes?"

Seirun's eyes widened.

"Then he wouldn't be inactive!"

"I met him a few months ago when we closed the worlds of Azonia and Demian."

At Leo's words, Seirun and Lunia gasped.

"At that time, he could have come out sufficiently, but he returned to the hero's world without doing anything."

Lunia looked flustered at Leo's words.

"Why?"

"He must have a plan."

Leo had defeated fragments of Erebus several times already.

Of course, this was possible because it had only been a short time since the seal was broken.

However, unlike the defeated fragments, Erebus within the world of creation had been burning repeatedly for thousands of years.

And at some point, it began to erode the Hero Record.

It was bound to be incomparably stronger than the fragments Leo had faced so far.

But…

'He probably can't guarantee a perfect victory either.'

Just as Leo couldn't guarantee victory against the fragment of Erebus.

Erebus would also not be able to guarantee victory against the current world.

That's why he was waiting for the right time with a plan.

'But it wouldn't be a good situation for him if his fragments were being defeated, right? What exactly is his intention?'

No matter how much he thought about it, Leo couldn't guess Erebus's intentions.

"Regardless… for now, there's no need to worry about the fragment of Erebus. So relax."

Leo said, looking at Lunia's anxious expression.

"As I said before, you are doing well enough. Don't be impatient, just prepare for the approaching danger."

"…Okay."

Lunia nodded.

'She's far.'

Since the era of heroes began, perhaps no elf hero had achieved growth as rapid as Lunia.

But the path ahead was still long.

She had to catch up to none other than Leo Phlove.

Moreover, the sense of distance was not only from Leo.

Lunia's gaze turned to Seirun.

Seirun was calm, despite hearing about a story where she might have to fight Erebus immediately.

'No, it's not calmness. She's prepared.'

Because she was prepared, there was not the slightest waver.

It was truly a different level.

'… I seem to have gotten a little conceited recently.'

She seemed to have mistaken herself for something great because people around her praised her.

Taking a deep breath, Lunia slapped her own cheek.

'Snap out of it. Now is not the time to be intimidated.'

Recalling what she carried, Lunia steeled her resolve.

Seirun smiled as she watched Lunia.

"I intended to comfort you, but it seems you don't need it."

Just by seeing her compose herself, Seirun could guess what kind of elf Lunia was.

"As expected, you are Luna-nim's successor chosen by Kyle-nim."

"I wasn't the only one chosen."

"Huh?"

"She's also recognized as a successor by Luna."

"Indeed."

Leo, leaving Seirun nodding behind him, looked at Luna lying on the floor.

"Is she possibly hurt?"

"She's not hurt. However, since the world itself was swept up in black flames and collapsing… she seems to have suffered a great mental shock."

Seirun had created an ice seal with star magic and imprisoned herself to protect Luna.

In that state, as the hero's world turned into a hero's dungeon, she was ejected into reality.

Leo, checking on Luna, was relieved to confirm there were no major problems.

"Seirun."

"Yes, Kyle-nim."

"We have some time, so can you teach Lunia?"

Even if Leo taught Lunia, there were limits.

However, Seirun's teachings, as a successor of Luna's magic from a later generation's perspective, would undoubtedly be of great help to Lunia.

"Yes, of course. It's natural for a senior to take care of their junior, isn't it?"

Seirun smiled faintly.

At that moment.

"Ugh…"

Luna let out a groan.

Her eyelids fluttered and opened.

Her golden eyes met Leo's gaze.

"Are you awake?"

Leo asked with a slight smile.

Luna blinked several times with wide eyes, as if surprised, then looked at Leo's ears.

"Hu… man?"

Luna muttered in surprise, then quickly got up and pushed Leo away.

"Who do you think you're looking down on, inferior race."

Seirun and Lunia's mouths gaped at the words that came out of Luna's mouth.

"In… inferior race?"

"Yes. There were elves in the Age of Gods who called humans that."

"Ah, even so, how could you say such harsh words… No, more importantly, why would Luna-nim say such harsh words…?"

Seirun and Lunia were shocked.

"Well, considering Luna's environment when she was young, it's not strange."

Leo, who was the target of the verbal abuse, wasn't too shocked.

Leo didn't know about Luna at this age.

However, considering the environment surrounding Luna, he thought such a reaction was quite possible.

But.

"So. Are you calling me an inferior race?"

"Of course. Are your ears bad? How did an inferior race get into Barharun?"

Even so, he had no intention of letting go of someone who spoke so arrogantly.

Even if it were Luna.

"I couldn't hear you well because my ears aren't long like you elves. Can you say it again?"

"What inferior race… Aaaaaaaah! I, I'm sorry!"

Leo grabbed Luna's ear as she was about to say "inferior race" again.

Screaming in immense pain, Luna apologized.

"Huh? What? I can't hear you well."

"You heard me just fineee!"

"I'm sorry, but inferior races have bad hearing."

"Liiieeeesss! Ah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Young Luna, unable to resist properly, was tormented by Leo's hands.