Chapter 137
“M-Mr. Akint! I-I can explain…!”
Luna hurriedly addressed Leo, her words stumbling out in a rush.
Leo, taken aback by her reaction, tried to make sense of the situation.
‘Mr. Akint?’
He furrowed his brow, puzzled as he tried to piece together what was happening.
“I must have missed class, but…! Research methods, right? That’s what I’m missing!”
Luna, flustered, offered a hurried excuse.
As Leo stroked his chin while listening to her stammering, he noticed a wide window in the hallway.
The dim light revealed his reflection, and he quickly grasped the situation.
‘I see. I’m possessing someone right now.’
The circumstances under which somemone could enter the Hero’s Worlds could take on many forms.
At present, Leo was in was one where his soul had entered the body of a historical figure.
So now Leo inhabited the person once named Akint.
Fortunately, Akint was someone Leo recognized.
‘Akint Rubesha. One of Luna’s sorcery teachers.’
Although Leo had never met him personally while he lived as Kyle, Akint was a figure Luna often spoke of in her stories.
Leo, recalling Luna’s fond memories of Akint, felt a pang of nostalgia.
He knelt down and helped Luna gather the books she had dropped.
Luna’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Where are you going?”
“What?”
“Where are you going?”
“Aren’t you going to scold me?”
“It’s not normal for you to skip class.”
Luna flinched at Leo’s words.
Leo laughed at her reaction and lifted a heavy stack of books.
“I’ll help you.”
Luna, initially embarrassed, soon relaxed and hummed with relief at not being scolded.
‘Some things never change, whether you’re young or grown up.’
He laughed at the sight of Luna, the way she used to be as a child.
Now a renowned figure known as the Poet of the Stars, she was just as simple and straightforward as she had been back then.
‘If the modern day elves saw Luna in real life, they’d be shocked.’
Leo shook his head, imagining Luna as described in fairy tales and literature.
Yet, her unwavering dedication was impressive.
The Sorcery of the Stars stemmed from her pure desire to become a great sorcerer.
Leo smiled wryly, watching Luna walk with a light step, clearly in a good mood.
‘I want to talk with her, but…’
There was no opportunity for deep conversation.
Luna was still the Luna from before she met Kyle.
Though Leo knew her well, she didn’t recognize him yet.
He felt a pang of regret at their meeting, given that they couldn’t share a true conversation.
Soon, Luna arrived at a shabby warehouse.
“Thank you, Mr. Akint. If you’ll set down my books, I’ll study here.”
Leo handed the books over to Luna, who took them eagerly.
The stacks of books towering over her head obscured Luna’s view.
Leo opened the door to the room.
“Thank you, Mr. Akint!”
Luna beamed as she entered the room.
“Ack!”
But then she tripped over her own feet and fell.
Leo couldn’t help but laugh at the sight before closing the door behind him.
He really didn’t want to leave so soon, but he knew he had a task to complete.
‘My priority now is to understand this Hero Dungeon and find the others who came with me.’
Step, step, step
Leo walked down the corridor, deep in thought.
‘I came through the Warp Gate to Godthron and ended up right in the Hero Dungeon, correct?’
Leo squinted as he recalled the moments before he entered the Hero Dungeon.
He remembered what he had learned about Hero Dungeons during his time at Lumene.
‘Wasn’t it said that a Hero Dungeon forms when stray pages of the Hero Records go awry?’
Initially, a Hero Dungeon only consisted of an ‘entrance’ that invaded a part of reality.
But if the disturbance continued, it would distort reality itself.
If left unchecked, the Hero Dungeon could cause disasters.
‘The monsters from the Hero Dungeon could even cross into the real world.’
Additionally, the Dungeon could encroach upon the surrounding area.
‘This world is Luna’s Hero’s World right now.’
Although the name of the boss was obscured upon entering the Hero’s World, it was clear to him.
Barreharlune.
An elven city that existed before the Age of Disaster.
To be more precise, it was better known for hosting an academy for elite elves.
Graduating from Barreharlune was a mark of becoming a High Elf.
Similar to Seiren today, Barreharlune was also a center for training exceptional candidates.
‘Elven Kings.’
The title was given to the most outstanding High Elves, elected rather than inherited.
But the title disappeared during the Age of Disaster, and Barreharlune eventually faded into history.
‘Didn’t Luna come here when she was 15?’
Luna’s time at Barreharlune was well before the Age of Disaster.
‘What exactly did Luna achieve here?’
Even Leo wasn’t entirely sure of Luna’s accomplishments at this age.
As a sorcery prodigy, Luna’s very existence was remarkable.
‘She spoke of her school achievements with such pride.’
Leo remembered Luna’s stories of her school days, which only added to his confusion.
He scratched his head, trying to make sense of it all.
‘First, I need to find Lunia, Elena, and Haddin.’
Just as Leo had taken over Akint’s body, the others must have inhabited different characters in the Hero’s World.
‘If that’s the case, it will be difficult to find them due to their changed appearances.’
“Mr. Akint! What are you doing here?”
“Huh?”
Leo turned at the sound of someone approaching.
An elf man in his early twenties stood before him, looking concerned.
“Who are you?”
“It’s not the time for jokes! You’re late for class! All the students are in an uproar!”
Leo’s head spun with the new information.
‘I forgot I’m a teacher here.’
The complexities of the Hero Dungeon momentarily slipped his mind.
‘To properly navigate the Hero’s World, I need to stay true to the character I’m inhabiting.’
In a Hero Dungeon scenario, the possessed person must fully embody their role.
If Leo faltered even slightly, it could disrupt the stability of the Hero’s World’s storyline.
‘This one is much more complicated than any Hero’s World I’ve encountered so far.’
With a sigh, Leo followed the concerned elf man to the classroom.
There, he was greeted by a large gathering of elves.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”
One elf, clearly acting as the representative for the group, expressed his discontent.
“It’s unacceptable to be late, Mr. Akint!”
A chorus of their peers elves nodded in agreement with his outburst.
“We are here with the pride of our families and our entire race! But how can we trust and respect a teacher who can’t even manage punctuality?”
Leo, taken aback by the harsh response, asked, “So, what exactly do you want?”
“We demand a new teacher!”
The representative’s cry was echoed by the other students.
Leo stared at them, bewildered.
‘You want to have your teacher replaced just because I’m a little late? Are you all out of your minds?’
Moreover, according to Luna, Akint was an exceptional teacher.
“What’s your name?”
“…? That’s a strange question. I’m Hirkian Bethron.”
‘Hirkian? This kid?’
Leo’s eyes narrowed.
He had never personally met him.
However, he had heard of Hirkian Bethron during his past life as Kyle.
Hirkian was notorious from the Age of Disaster.
‘Hirkian Bethron, responsible for the lives of countless elves.’
The Bethron family had a dark reputation before the Age of Disaster.
They had produced many Elven Kings and wielded significant influence over elf society.
‘The Bethron family became a blight on the elves.’
Barreharlune’s disappearance from elven history wasn’t merely due to the passing of time.
The surviving elves despised Barreharlune.
During Tartaros’ first invasion, Barreharlune had surrendered, failing to protect their people.
Therein, the proud High Elves, instead of defending their kin, had betrayed their own kind.
‘But not all High Elves turned traitors.’
Some High Elves, led by the Fairy Knights, fought valiantly to protect their race.
But it was shocking that such a proud faction had abandoned their own.
As a result, the title of High Elf became derogatory, and the title of Elven Kings was mocked.
Eventually, Barreharlune and the Elven Kings faded into obscurity.
And now, standing before Leo, was the man who spearheaded that betrayal.
He was arrogantly relying on his family’s reputation to control a Barreharlune teacher.
“I don’t understand why a teacher should be replaced just for being late once,” Leo said coldly.
“What’s the real reason?”
Hirkian flinched at Leo’s icy tone.
But he soon straightened his posture, unwilling to back down.
“Well, sir. I believe that you may be a proud teacher of Barreharlune, but you lack the necessary qualities.”
“Why is that?”
“Isn’t it disgraceful that you favor ‘Luna Lubinence,’ who dishonors our clan?”
Leo’s eyes narrowed further.
From his perspective, having known her as someone who had saved the world, it was utterly unacceptable to label Luna as a disgrace.
It was even more appalling coming from Hirkian.
‘Here, in the age of this Hero Dungeon, using such slander against her is intolerable….’
Leo clenched his teeth, seething with anger.
“Who are you to speak of disgrace to our race?”
A clear, commanding voice cut through the tension.
All eyes turned to a boy standing among them.
He was small and seemingly delicate, yet his presence exuded a fierce determination that contrasted sharply with his appearance.
“How can an elf with such blind arrogance speak like that! Do you know what kind of person Luna is?”
Leo recognized immediately that this was a time long before Luna became an esteemed elf.
Still, the reactions were intense.
‘Is that Lunia—no, is that Haddin from Seiren’s third year?’
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On the top of a tower located on the outer edge of Barreharlune.
Atop the place known as the Tower of God, a man gazed at the sky with an air of boredom.
“Quite remarkable,” he muttered, his expression unchanging.
“Those souls are indeed blessed by the gods.”
