Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 526

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526.

 

The place Leo stepped into was a page of history.

 

A past event unfolded through the Akasha Record.

 

The Northern Frigid Continent.

 

That place was literally a desolate land.

 

Leo stood in the middle of it, silently watching the elves cultivating the land.

 

“This is….”

 

Leo’s hands clenched as he saw the scene unfolding before his eyes.

 

These ruins were truly a symbol of despair.

 

But now it was different.

 

Hope was sprouting from the ruins.

 

The Northern Region that Leo knew, the homeland of the elves, had achieved brilliant development despite being a land of bitter cold.

 

5,000 years.

 

During those years, the elves had magnificently cultivated their new homeland.

 

And the beginning of that was the scene now unfolding before his eyes.

 

The sight of despair disappearing and hope sprouting.

 

How much had been sacrificed for this landscape?

 

How many people had risked their lives?

 

What unfolded before his eyes was the world after Erebos had been destroyed.

 

‘An era for moving toward the future.’

 

“Hey, you can’t do it like that!”

 

Whoosh-!

 

Someone brushed past Leo.

 

A familiar voice, a familiar back.

 

It was exactly the same as the appearance in his last memory.

 

‘No, has she become more mature?’

 

The immature appearance Leo remembered was gone.

 

The arrogant and dependent behavior she had only shown in front of her teachers had disappeared.

 

“You should do it like this!”

 

Now she was dignified, and because of that, she inspired trust.

 

Berkia used her strength to straighten the pillar of the building.

 

Her somehow spirited appearance reminded him of Luna.

 

“Ah! Thank you, Lady Berkia.”

 

“No, it’s something I should naturally do, right?”

 

She waved her hand to the person who greeted her with a gentle smile.

 

‘Did she have that side to her?’

 

It was a completely different appearance from the Berkia Leo knew.

 

Many elves relied on and followed Berkia.

 

In that appearance, he could glimpse Risinass’s shadow.

 

“Lady Berkia~”

 

“Play with us!”

 

Then elf children came rushing around Berkia in a crowd.

 

“I’m a bit busy, what should I do?”

 

When Berkia made a troubled smile, the children drooped their ears.

 

“Still, shall we play for just a moment?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Did she like children?”

 

This resembled Arron’s behavior.

 

After playing with all the children, Berkia returned to work.

 

She silently did her work and gave trust to others.

 

With that steel-like will, the struggling elves regained their strength.

 

That appearance somehow resembled Dweno.

 

“….”

 

“This place has improved a lot too, hasn’t it?”

 

“Bihar?”

 

At the voice heard from behind, Berkia made a bright expression.

 

“Welcome! How’s the east?”

 

“We’re not bad either.”

 

Bihar made a faint smile.

 

“It seems you’re still not showing yourself in front of people.”

 

Watching Berkia ask in a regretful voice, Bihar closed her eyes.

 

“There are still many traitors. I think someone like me, who gets covered in blood every day, is a being that doesn’t suit this era.”

 

During the Age of Calamity.

 

Kail and Bihar had slaughtered countless traitors.

 

Internal enemies were more frightening than external ones.

 

Beings that devoured hope appeared like plague, again and again.

 

And after the world was saved.

 

They enjoyed comfortable lives as if nothing had happened.

 

They hid their sins and lived shamelessly.

 

“…We won, didn’t we? The world is already peaceful. Bihar, isn’t it a waste to squander your life chasing and catching such people to the very end?”

 

“No, I cannot tolerate it.”

 

Bihar smiled.

 

“They’re living off whose sacrifice? How dare they shamelessly enjoy this peace?”

 

But what dwelt in her eyes was clear hatred and killing intent.

 

“They must pay the price.”

 

“Bihar….”

 

“Those bastards need to know that I’m always watching from the darkness.”

 

Like the moon in the night sky.

 

“They need to feel the fear of not knowing when their turn will come.”

 

Bihar had absolutely no intention of stopping.

 

Watching such Bihar, Berkia’s lips twitched.

 

“I….”

 

Actually, Berkia had the same thoughts as Bihar.

 

She too wanted to eliminate those who had corrupted this world, no. Those who would corrupt it again someday.

 

“You need to stay as you are now, Berkia.”

 

“….”

 

“You’re different from me.”

 

Bihar smiled brightly.

 

She must illuminate the world like the sun.

 

Berkia was that kind of being.

 

“You don’t need to step foot in the world’s darkness. You don’t need to know filth either. You just need to stay as you are now.”

 

“Bihar, you need to know. The world isn’t entirely dirty.”

 

Bihar smiled bitterly.

 

“I’m not very good at that.”

 

“….”

 

Bihar stood up from her seat.

 

“Let’s not give up in our respective positions. Just like Teacher did.”

 

“…Yeah.”

 

“Shall we visit the grave next week?”

 

“Shall we?”

 

She returns to daily life with a bright smile.

 

Watching that sight, Leo muttered.

 

“They’ve grown so much.”

 

These are aspects of his disciples that Leo doesn’t know.

 

Before he knew it, they had grown up and were walking their own paths.

 

Whether it be a bright world or the deep abyss.

 

They advance on the paths they’ve chosen.

 

Each in their own way, they cultivate the world passed down by their predecessors.

 

They dedicate everything they have to rebuild the collapsed world.

 

‘Just as we did.’

 

In his previous life, he simply thought they would live their own lives well.

 

That’s why he never thought about how they would grow.

 

They were reliable children, so they would live well.

 

He simply thought that way.

 

But facing them like this now felt strange.

 

Aspects of his disciples that he didn’t know.

 

Is this what a parent’s heart feels like?

 

“Really… they’ve grown so much.”

 

***

 

Time flowed on.

 

Leo stayed by Berkia’s side and watched over her lifetime.

 

She rebuilt the Elven Homeland.

 

She didn’t hesitate to willingly sacrifice herself for the world.

 

She worked so that the world that had regained its light could shine even more brilliantly.

 

And…

 

Roooooooar-!

 

The Tartaros Legion spread out before their eyes.

 

After Erebos was defeated, Tartaros, which had maintained its power until now, came attacking again to destroy the world.

 

For those who were barely rebuilding the world, it was literally a calamity.

 

Traitors who had been hiding throughout the world destroyed their foundations.

 

The hope they had barely built was trampled and burned.

 

After Erebos’s defeat.

 

The Tartaros Legion that returned after spending years recovering from the damage inflicted by the Great Heroes and building their strength was formidable.

 

Many heroes had already closed their eyes during the Age of Calamity.

 

The Great Heroes were no longer there either.

 

What remained were just sprouts with the qualities of heroes.

 

They lacked power and lacked experience.

 

However.

 

“This world is our homeland!”

 

The Great Heroes had surely foreseen this situation and left hope behind.

 

“But! We have only received!”

 

Berkia, who stood at the front, shouted.

 

“Now we must protect this world that our predecessors passed down to us!”

 

The new heroes who had been in despair looked at Berkia standing at the front.

 

Those born in light who must live in darkness yearn for light.

 

But perhaps those who yearn for light even more are those born in darkness who have come to see what light is.

 

“We must protect it and pass it on! Just as they did!”

 

In the face of despair, Berkia never gave up.

 

Just as her teacher had done.

 

“Everyone!”

 

Berkia shouted resolutely.

 

“Let’s fight!”

 

“Waaaaaaaah!”

 

The miraculous victory that would make Tartaros’s offensive impossible for the next 2000 years.

 

Berkia achieved it right here, right now.

 

***

 

“So pretty. So very pretty!”

 

Berkia looked at her child in the baby crib and smiled brightly.

 

Watching such Berkia, Maid said.

 

“Whose son is he.”

 

“My son!”

 

From Berkia, who puffed out her chest with an “Ahem!”, Leo could glimpse the appearance from the time he knew her.

 

This was the side she only showed in front of Maid, her beloved companion.

 

“He’s my son too, isn’t he?”

 

“Yes. But he’s been influenced more by me.”

 

Leo sat to one side, resting his chin on his hand and watching that scene.

 

‘She looks happy.’

 

Here, Leo was an observer who couldn’t intervene in the story.

 

But even to such Leo, Berkia’s emotions were clearly felt.

 

However…

 

Leo’s face wasn’t entirely bright.

 

“Oh, has it gotten this late?”

 

Berkia hurriedly got up from her seat.

 

Watching such Berkia, Maid said urgently.

 

“Berkia.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Couldn’t you retire now?”

 

“…”

 

Berkia, who had stood up straight, looked at Maid.

 

“The world has regained peace now. We may not know it, but… surely it has recovered to some degree the appearance from before the Age of Calamity. I think the world’s peace has already been rebuilt. You’ve already accomplished so much, haven’t you? Couldn’t you start enjoying life now?”

 

“…”

 

Berkia closed her eyes and smiled gently.

 

“Yes, that’s certainly true. The world has surely regained its light.”

 

The world had already prospered.

 

It was sufficiently bright and beautiful.

 

The scars left by the Age of Calamity had now almost disappeared.

 

“But there must surely be more I can do for the world.”

 

In this era, Berkia had risen to a position equal to the Great Heroes of the past.

 

She had led the rebuilding of the world.

 

She had saved the world that was about to collapse.

 

It wasn’t something Berkia accomplished alone.

 

However…

 

‘It was possible because Berkia was there.’

 

Leo stared intently at his disciple.

 

“I want to create a somewhat brighter world.”

 

Berkia placed both hands on her belly and smiled gently.

 

“Just as the Great Heroes… just as our teachers did. I want to pass on an even brighter light to our first child… and to our second child who will be born… to those who will live in the future. I can work a little harder. Don’t worry, Maid. I’m Berkia, after all.”

 

Berkia, who winked with one eye and spoke confidently just like her teacher, left the room.

 

“…”

 

Leo silently got up from his seat and followed behind her.

 

“Berkia….”

 

And just before passing by Maid, who was worriedly calling Berkia’s name.

 

Leo stopped briefly and said.

 

“Thank you.”

 

For staying by his disciple’s side.

 

It was gratitude that would never reach him.

 

But he absolutely wanted to convey it.

 

If it hadn’t been for Maid, Berkia would have collapsed long ago.

 

Leo left the room.

 

And looked at Berkia’s back as she walked down the corridor.

 

Those frail shoulders were carrying the world.

 

Of course, that was something Risinass and the other Great Heroes had done too.

 

But….

 

‘It’s different from our time.’

 

The weight of a world on the brink of destruction and a world that had regained peace and grown larger were different.

 

And that world was crushing Berkia.

 

***

 

Bang-!

 

“How can you only think of the Dwarves’ interests!”

 

“That’s not something a human corrupted by greed should say!”

 

“What!”

 

The Grand Council.

 

A gathering where leaders met to discuss the future of the world.

 

In the early days, it wasn’t a place where they raised their voices at each other.

 

For the reconstruction of the world.

 

And they fulfilled their mission for prosperity.

 

But as the leaders became power holders, it had now transformed into a place where they fought for each other’s interests.

 

Even those who were originally noble had tasted power and changed.

 

Or many who had accomplished nothing and simply inherited their positions to attend these meetings were now visible in large numbers.

 

“….”

 

From the highest seat, Berkia let out a deep sigh.

 

‘It’s changed.’

 

For Berkia, she couldn’t understand those who pursued their own greed while neglecting harmony.

 

The current world was one where power had disappeared and then taken root again.

 

Those who had never seen power and couldn’t properly understand it had become too intoxicated by that force.

 

Yes, she couldn’t understand it.

 

Because she was still noble.

 

“Stop it.”

 

Berkia said quietly.

 

Misfortune might have been a predetermined ending.

 

“I’ll mediate.”

 

The power that noble she possessed was too great and still fair and just.

 

And too pure.

 

To those blinded by greed, Berkia had now become an obstacle blocking their desires.

 

It might have been natural for ugly malice to be directed at Berkia.

 

‘We can no longer stand by and watch the Fairy Knights control the world as they please!’

 

***

 

War broke out.

 

Berkia was shocked.

 

How could war break out between races?

 

They had fought together against destruction just a few decades ago, and now war!

 

For Berkia, who had never experienced war, nothing could be more shocking than this.

 

To stop the war, Berkia urgently stepped forward.

 

She ended the war single-handedly.

 

She avoided the worst possible ending.

 

But countless deaths had occurred.

 

Trudge- Trudge-

 

Walking under the bright starlight, Berkia looked up at the sky with a bitter smile.

 

“…It’s hard, Teacher Luna.”

 

Standing still in place and looking up at the night sky, Berkia slapped both her cheeks.

 

“If it were Teacher Kail, he would have kicked my butt for making weak sounds. Yes! Let’s cheer up. Let’s think about ways to prevent war.”

 

Berkia clenched her fists with determination and opened a warp gate to return to her manor.

 

Whoooooosh-

 

A burning manor greeted her.

 

And standing there was.

 

“Hello? It’s been a while.”

 

The Monster Queen, Silatuna, waving her hand with an eerie smile.

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