Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 687

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687.

“Isn’t this a bit strange?”

That night after completing the reconnaissance mission.

Eliza, who had finished resting and gotten up to eat, furrowed her brow and spoke.

Seeing this, Chelsea tilted her head and asked.

“What is?”

“We’ve finished exploring most of the areas inside the Wall of Constraint.”

“That’s right.”

“But we still haven’t found the entrance to the Legion’s World. Forget the entrance, we haven’t even encountered the Giant King’s legion.”

“Now that you mention it, that is definitely strange.”

Chelsea made a serious expression.

She recalled the Giant King’s legion that had attacked this place.

An overwhelming pressure that sent chills throughout her entire body.

‘Could we have stopped them if Dweno and Leo weren’t there?’

With such thoughts, she gulped nervously.

“Could it be well hidden?”

When Luke asked cautiously, Duran spoke up.

“That’s possible. But in this case… there’s also a good chance it’s inside this fortress.”

“Inside the fortress?”

When Luke looked surprised, Driana said.

“That’s nonsense.”

Driana wagged her finger and said proudly.

“Have you forgotten who the commander of this city is? It’s Dweno! Dweno!”

“Driana’s right. If it’s Dweno, he would have been the first to grasp the situation inside the fortress.”

Ar also nodded as if agreeing.

Cal, who had been listening to the conversation, asked.

“Leo, what do you think?”

“Well.”

Leo, with a fork in his mouth, fell into thought.

The dungeon entrance was inside this fortress.

And Leo had an idea of where it might be.

But what Dweno had said made him hesitate about conquering the dungeon.

‘I want to take them a little bit into the future. That much… isn’t that kind of wish allowed to come true?’

It wasn’t a wish for Dweno himself, but a wish to show the people of Isvaldi the future.

Moreover, it wasn’t about making the people of Isvaldi live in the future.

He just wanted to show them a completely peaceful world.

Just as they had been granted the starry night sky.

He just wanted to show them beautiful sunlight too.

‘Of course, it’s nonsense.’

Taking beings from the past into the future.

It was an absurd wish.

But the one who wished for it was someone who deserved to fulfill that wish more than anyone else in this world.

Not only Leo, but this entire world owed a great debt to Dweno.

Because Dweno was someone who didn’t hesitate to devote and sacrifice himself for a peaceful future he couldn’t enjoy.

Thinking of Dweno’s wish that was both small and absurdly grand, Leo moved the fork in his mouth back and forth several times before speaking.

“They might have hidden it well, but… I think there’s also a good chance it’s inside.”

Having said that, Leo stood up from his seat.

“Black Rabbit, where are you going?”

“To the city wall.”

“Ooh! I want to go too!”

Arga stood up and quickly followed behind Leo.

‘I thought Leo would have caught some clue.’

Watching their retreating figures, Cal tilted his head.

‘Well, whatever. It’s not like Leo is some omniscient god.’

Cal, who had been thinking that, tilted his head.

‘Wait. Come to think of it, isn’t he almost like a god?’

He had a track record of saving the world and was trying to save the world once again.

Moreover, he was a human that even gods worshipped.

‘At this point, he might actually be a god…?’

Cal, who had been seriously thinking such nonsense, noticed Chelsea staring intently in the direction where Leo and Arga had disappeared and smiled slyly.

“Are you bothered by Leo and Arga going on a date?”

“Does that look like a date to you?”

Seeing Chelsea’s expression of disdain, Cal looked embarrassed.

Chelsea sighed lightly and stood up.

“Cal, come with me for a moment.”

“Why?”

“I have something to talk about.”

Dragging Cal along, Chelsea arrived at a quiet place with no signs of people.

She sharpened her senses and looked around to confirm no one was there before speaking.

“About Leo. Doesn’t he seem a bit strange?”

“Leo?”

At Chelsea’s words, Cal crossed his arms and tilted his head.

After thinking for a while, Cal shook his head.

“He didn’t seem particularly strange to me. Why?”

“No. It’s like Leo has a lot on his mind? He seems subtly different from usual.”

“Huh. You can distinguish even that?”

“Of course! I’m always watching Leo.”

“That’s almost like being a stalker…”

“Hm? What did you say?”

“Please spare me.”

Cal raised both hands at Chelsea’s staff pressed close to his cheek.

Looking at Cal, Chelsea narrowed her eyes and withdrew her staff.

“If it were the usual Leo, he would have caught a clue by now with this much reconnaissance progress. Isn’t that strange?”

“That’s true. But Leo isn’t an omniscient god, right? When faced with a puzzling situation, it’s natural for it to take some time, isn’t it?”

“That’s true, but.”

While accepting Cal’s words, Chelsea seemed to have some lingering concerns and asked after a moment of thought.

“Leo went to your side during the day, right? Did anything happen?”

“Anything happen? Hmm! Well. He came to the orphanage estate, used flower-blooming magic once, and then went straight to sleep, so nothing really happened.”

“That’s all?”

“Yeah. I barely saw Leo’s condition since I only saw him briefly.”

“What do you mean by that? Tell me in detail.”

“Leo didn’t come straight to the orphanage. He came after being at the workshop with Dweno.”

“With Dweno?”

“Why?”

“You mean Dweno saw the flower-blooming magic?”

“Yeah. The orphanage kids had drawn flower pictures and showed them to Dweno, and seeing that, Leo used flower-blooming magic.”

Having heard up to that point, Chelsea’s face became serious.

Cal looked puzzled at this.

“What’s wrong?”

“Cal. What if. What if, you know.”

“Huh?”

“When you and Leo oppa went to Dweno’s world, maybe… Dweno has those memories?”

“What?”

Cal made an expression of disbelief.

“Luna and Arron said they had Leo oppa’s memories.”

Chelsea spoke while recalling the cases of Luna and Arron that she had heard from Leo.

“No way? This isn’t the Heroes’ World, it’s the Legion’s World.”

“Right. It’s the Legion’s World. But originally it was Dweno’s world.”

At Chelsea’s words, Cal made a serious expression.

Cal, who had been crossing his arms and thinking seriously, asked.

“What’s your basis for thinking that?”

“What was Dweno’s reaction when he saw the flower-blooming magic?”

“I’d say he seemed a little surprised?”

“Just a little surprised and that was it? Doesn’t that seem strange?”

Chelsea spread both her hands.

Then a magic formula appeared above them.

It was none other than the magic formula for flower-blooming magic.

“Cal. Since you’re also a mage, you know. How absurd the flower-blooming magic is.”

The essence of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, Luna Rubinance.

“Flower-blooming magic is more advanced than any other magic. No. It’s already magic that has entered the realm of miracles.”

The result is merely blooming flowers, but the process is unimaginably complex and difficult.

The realm of miracles that ignores the laws of the world, even touching the domain of creation.

“This magic is one that becomes more shocking the deeper your understanding of magic.”

Whoosh-!

The magic formula that had appeared above Chelsea’s hand scattered.

“And Dweno’s ability to understand magical formulas is tremendous.”

Though limited to the field of magical engineering, Dweno is also undeniably a mage.

Cal’s face became serious after hearing Chelsea’s explanation.

‘Certainly.’

When Dweno saw the flower-blooming magic, he was surprised, but that was all.

‘From Dweno’s perspective, it must have clearly been magic close to an incomprehensible miracle.’

Having thought that far, Cal made a flustered expression.

“B-but! Why would Dweno hide the fact that he has memories? Did he only reveal that fact to Leo?”

“Leo oppa didn’t know either, maybe he found out today?”

“I understand even less! If Leo found out, why is he hiding that fact?”

“He might be hesitating because of Dweno.”

“What?”

“Think about how Dweno treats the people of Isvaldi. You said it too, Cal. That it’s quite different from how he was in Gardstron.”

Even in Cal’s eyes, Dweno from the future timeline was different from the current Dweno.

The current Dweno felt colder.

But the current Dweno didn’t treat the people of Isvaldi as simply people to protect, but treated everyone in Isvaldi like family.

The residents of Isvaldi were the same.

They treated Dweno like a father, like an uncle, like an older brother.

“Dweno promised the people of Isvaldi that he would show them the sun.”

Cal had seen Dweno talking about such things several times.

“B-but if it’s Leo… If Leo found out…”

The Leo that Cal knew was someone who would do anything to save the world.

An ideal hero who might appear in fairy tales.

It had to be that way.

Leo was one of the great heroes who could be called the archetype of all heroes existing in this era.

The perfect and flawless Hero of the Beginning.

That was Leo.

“Cal. You said it earlier.”

Chelsea bit her lips tightly.

“That Leo oppa isn’t an omniscient and omnipotent god.”

“…”

“Leo oppa is also human. A person who laughs when happy and cries when sad.”

His emotions had simply worn down from experiencing many things.

She didn’t think Leo was cold-hearted enough to turn away from the wishes of a close friend who was like family.

“Leo oppa is someone who earnestly wishes more than anyone that the great heroes could live in peaceful times like himself.”

At Chelsea’s words, Cal covered his face with his hands.

“Hah… Then what should we do? If Dweno and Leo don’t want to attack even though they know the location of the entrance because they want to show the people of Isvaldi even a little of our era? What exactly should we do?”

“…I don’t know.”

‘…Arron. What should I do?’

Arron, who had told her that Leo was Kail, had left a request to be Leo’s strength.

She wanted to be a strength to Leo, who might be conflicted.

‘What should I do.’

It was when Chelsea was biting her lips tightly.

“Hmm? So. You’re saying you came from the future?”

At that moment, Chelsea and Cal were startled by a voice from above and looked up.

Ennitha was looking down from atop the city wall, holding a brush.

“H-how?”

Seeing the flustered Chelsea, Ennitha smiled and pointed to her ear with her finger.

“I’m an elf. I’m sensitive to the movement of wind.”

It meant she had avoided the magic after seeing Chelsea come here and deploy detection magic.

“Let me summarize your story – that dwarf has memories of the future. And that Leo kid is that dwarf’s friend.”

Ennitha put her brush in the brush holder and jumped down from the city wall, landing lightly between Chelsea and Cal.

“That dwarf doesn’t want to attack even in a crisis situation, right? Because of us.”

Ennitha scrunched up her face.

“That damn dwarf, really. Does he think of us as some kind of baggage? Taking people to the future or whatever? How presumptuous.”

“W-well, the conversation we had was…”

“It’s not beautiful! As an artist who pursues aesthetics, I absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of thing!”

“Huh?”

Ennitha looked at Chelsea and Cal and said.

“Let’s find that entrance.”

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