The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honor Student

Under a gray sky.

The Great Heroes, having finished their battle with the Legion Commander, panted for breath.

“I-I really thought I was a goner this time,” Arron said, his face pale.

“I agree. I never imagined one of the Legion Commanders would possess such an ability.”

Even Dweno, who was usually stoic, muttered with a grave expression as he lowered his battle-axe.

“Still, with this, we’ve defeated our second major obstacle after Gluttony King Jormungandr. Well done, everyone.”

Lysinas took a deep breath as she comforted her companions.

“Where are Kyle and Luna?” Dweno asked, looking puzzled.

“Luna took Kyle to the library in this sector, saying she wanted to check it out.”

“Tsk. The one who needs rest the most was dragged away by the one who’s perfectly fine.”

Lysinas gave a bitter smile at those words.

This particular Legion Commander had been, quite literally, a natural enemy to Kyle.

On the other hand, Luna had high resistance to the Legion Commander’s Divine Authority.

'The battle would have been truly dangerous if not for Luna.'

Lysinas felt a lingering chill run down her spine.

“But why does Luna always bring back so many magic books from the libraries in liberated cities?”

Arron, the only one in the party who was a layman when it came to magic, asked with a curious look.

“To study magic, of course.”

“Luna is already the greatest mage in the world. Is there even anything left for her to learn?”

Despite Dweno’s explanation, Arron questioned him as if he couldn’t understand.

Looking at Arron, Lysinas said, “There’s a proverb among mages. ‘Even the greatest mage has something to learn from a street fortune teller.’”

“Aha. So Luna reads other magic books to improve even further.”

“To put it simply, yes. But beyond that, Luna has a dream.”

“A dream? What is it?” Arron tilted his head.

“Luna wants to know every single piece of magic that exists in this world.”

“Isn’t that a bit absurd?” Arron’s jaw dropped.

Even Arron, who knew nothing about magic, knew one thing.

There was an infinite amount of magic in this world.

Knowing all of it was close to impossible.

“It is absurd. Magic is a field of study that explores the endless unknown,” Lysinas said with a grin. “But for a mage like Luna, learning new magic must be a joy that can’t be traded for anything else.”

Whirrr—!

A dry wind blew past.

“To Luna, a world full of unknown magic is probably heaven.”

===

“...Is this heaven?”

Having arrived at the Magic Department’s second-year library, Luna stared blankly at the countless magic books spread out before her.

With trembling hands, Luna opened a basic magic book that modern mages studied. She covered her eyes with her forearm, let out a groan, and staggered.

“I’m so happy I think I might die. No, I wouldn’t mind dying right now.”

“You’re already dead,” Leo interjected from the side, but Luna ignored him and focused on reading the magic book.

'If it’s a basic magic book, it should focus on Activation Formulas.'

It was only after entering Lumene that Leo had properly encountered the magic of this era.

And that was when he first saw what an Activation Formula was.

No matter how great a mage he was, Leo, who possessed magic knowledge from 5,000 years ago, couldn’t even properly understand what an Activation Formula was back then.

“Wow, in the future, there are formulas that activate just by memorizing them.”

However, Luna grasped the structure of the Activation Formula almost instantly after seeing it.

“I want to try using one.”

“This is the Magic Department library, so you’re allowed to use simple magic.”

“Okay then. Hup.”

Luna activated a simple magic spell using an Activation Formula.

“This is amazing.”

Luna marveled.

It was a simple Fire spell that created a small flame.

Luna soon began manufacturing Activation Formulas on the spot, transforming the Fire spell into a Fireball.

“You’re as incredible as ever.”

“Hehe. Who do you think I am? I’m the one and only Luna. The Luna.”

Luna wore a triumphant expression.

She had mastered it just by seeing an Activation Formula once.

Stopping her magic, Luna let out a small gasp.

“Could it be that my lingering attachment was not being able to see the infinite possibilities of magic?”

At those words, Leo stroked his chin.

“That could be it.”

“Hehe. Yes. My desire to explore magic was very strong.”

“You always did look at new magic books with such greed.”

“You have a very strange choice of words. Do you think ‘greed’ suits someone as pure and elegant as me?”

“It suits you perfectly.”

Luna punched Leo in the ribs.

His face contorting in pain, Leo clutched his side and said, “Anyway, you can look at magic books as much as you want later, so let’s stop for now.”

“But I want to read them now!”

When Luna spoke while clutching the magic books to her chest, Leo clicked his tongue.

“There’s someone you need to meet.”

“Someone I need to meet?”

At Leo’s words, Luna blinked a few times.

===

[Ah...]

The Fairy King, who had lived through 5,000 years, trembled as he looked at his past Oathbound before him.

[This... isn’t a dream, is it?]

“You’ve really grown, Silload. Well, I suppose it has been 5,000 years.”

[Luna!]

Silload flew toward Luna, who was smiling through his tears.

Clinging to Luna’s hair, Silload’s shoulders shook as he sobbed.

“Yes. You’ve done well. So well.”

Luna smiled as she gently stroked Silload’s hair with the tip of her finger.

Tears were welling up in her eyes.

Watching them, Leo gave a bitter smile.

'To think I’d see Luna and Silload together again in this era.'

Luna had been there at Silload’s birth, and the two had become Oathbound ever since.

Though they were Oathbound, the two were also like family.

'One of Luna’s lingering attachments might have been failing to keep her promise to Silload.'

Before leaving on the final journey.

Luna had promised Silload.

That she would definitely return.

But in the end, she had closed her eyes without being able to keep that promise.

If that remained as a regret...

Then this reunion would certainly help Luna.

In the Fairy King’s residence, the three who had tried to save the world during the Era of Calamity shared their stories.

“So, who did Velkia marry?”

“She married an ordinary Elf youth. Surprising, isn’t it?”

“An ordinary Elf youth?” Luna’s eyes went wide.

This was also the first time Leo had heard this story.

“Didn’t that girl go around saying she’d never marry a man weaker than herself?”

“Yes. She certainly did.”

Luna also looked fascinated.

“He was ordinary, but he was a simple and kind young man. He was the kind of person who suited the new era.”

Silload recalled the past as if reminiscing.

“He was an Elf who gave off a sense of comfort just by being near him. Perhaps that’s why Velkia chose Maid.”

“Chose him for that reason?” Luna tilted her head.

“At the time, Velkia was very exhausted.”

Silload let out a small sigh.

“Reconstructing the world wasn’t easy. A new order had to be established over the ruins. The order of Guardslone that Lysinas had built turned into chaos after she disappeared.”

If the Great Heroes who had saved the world had lived, things might have been fine once peace was found.

But they had all vanished in the process of subjugating the final Erebos.

The Great Heroes were certainly the saviors of this world.

But before that, they were also its deterrent.

Not everyone was righteous.

Some had good natures, while others had twisted ones.

However, when the world was on the brink of destruction, a twisted nature was a shortcut to leading the world to ruin.

Lysinas did not tolerate such people.

'I dealt with the ones who operated in the shadows.'

[Even among the residents of Guardslone, there were many who turned into villains driven by their desires.]

“I can’t believe it. Everyone in Guardslone was definitely good.”

Luna wore a bewildered expression.

[Thinking back on it now, I wonder if everyone was just suppressing their true nature.]

The Great Heroes and countless Heroes who sacrificed themselves for the world.

Because they set an example, the world on the brink of destruction was, in a sense, a very good and orderly world.

Many people put others before themselves.

“Are you saying they hid their true natures because they were afraid of our power?”

At Leo’s mutter, Luna fell into thought before speaking seriously.

“I don’t think that’s all of it. Maybe they just wanted to live a meaningful life because it was a world that could have ended at any moment?”

Luna gave a bitter smile.

“Whenever Guardslone was in crisis, everyone helped each other. There was definitely no lie in the things we saw.”

Hearing Luna’s words, Leo thought back to the past.

To the reincarnated Leo, it felt like a very long time ago, but to Luna, it was as vivid as yesterday.

“How ironic. People in a world facing destruction had kinder natures.”

“That’s probably why the world was able to survive,” Luna replied seriously to Leo’s words.

“So, she ended up with a man she met while reconstructing the world and establishing order?”

[Yes.]

“Was she happy?”

When Leo asked bluntly, Silload gave a soft smile.

[She looked very happy when she was with Maid. Just like when she was with the two of you.]

“That’s a relief, then.” Leo chuckled.

“What’s this? After all that bickering with Velkia? You’re the one who made that absurd remark about how she needed to meet a weird man and suffer a bit to grow up, so why are you suddenly worrying about your disciple?”

“What do you think of me?”

“A personality disaster.”

Luna replied without hesitation with a bright smile.

Leo clicked his tongue at her.

“I worry about the ones left behind too. Besides...”

“Besides?”

“It seems she thought of me like a father.”

At those unexpected words, Luna’s eyes went wide.

“You... like a father?”

“Yeah.”

“How do you know that?”

“She said so herself. I heard it in the Hero Record.”

At that, Luna stared at Leo before bursting into laughter.

“Pfft!”

“It actually kind of suits you.”

'It certainly did feel like a nagging dad and a rebellious teenage daughter.'

Luna, still giggling, wore a slightly excited expression.

“Then would I be the mom?”

“Mom, my foot. You two were on the same level when it came to messing around, so she probably thought of you as an Unni at best.”

Luna kicked Leo in the rear.

Of course, Leo dodged it.

As Luna huffed, Silload said with a smile, [Velkia thought of the two of you as parents.]

“See! I thought of Velkia like a daughter too!”

Luna crossed her arms with a triumphant expression.

“If you thought of her as a daughter, you should have disciplined her. She became more arrogant by the day because you spoiled her.”

Luna covered her ears and ignored Leo’s grumbling.

Leo clicked his tongue at her and then spoke to Silload.

“Silload, let’s talk for a moment, just the two of us.”

[Yes.]

“What secret talk are you planning?”

“It’s about Vihar.”

Leo and Silload walked to a corner of the Fairy King’s residence.

Leo crossed his arms and said, “You said the world was in chaos after we died?”

[Yes.]

“I’ll ask you point-blank. I have a guess, but what kind of life did Vihar lead?”

[...]

At Leo’s question, Silload closed his eyes.

Then, he spoke with a heavy voice.

[She lived a life of purging those who brought harm to the world. It was as if she couldn’t tolerate them even enjoying life. Everywhere she appeared was always a sea of blood. So, people feared Vihar more than the Demons.]

“I see. That girl Velkia. She thought of me and Leo like a mother and father?”

The morning they left for the expedition.

She recalled the disciple who had come to see her.

'Fortunately, you lived a happy life.'

'I will never let anyone tarnish my masters’ names. And if there are ever those who tarnish my masters’ names again, I will never forgive them.'

'We’ll definitely come back, Velkia.'

'Even so! There will be people who secretly badmouth my masters even after you return, won’t there? I will never, never, never forgive people like that!'

Velkia’s words came back to her.

'What a shame. It would have been nice to know sooner.'

Luna’s eyes grew hazy.

'I really wanted to see Velkia being happy.'

Even though she knew Velkia had lived happily, she wasn’t satisfied.

Instead, the knowledge left her with deeper regret, like a thirst that only grew stronger after being touched.

Feeling the lingering attachment of not having seen Velkia’s happiness with her own eyes, Luna spoke.

'But really, this is nice.'

The world they had saved was truly beautiful.

Magic had advanced.

Though she had only lived in it for a few days, it was a truly happy world.

'I’m in trouble.'

Luna looked at Leo.

'I think I’m going to develop a lingering attachment.’

***

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