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‘Do you think this world is worth saving?’
‘What do you mean?’
‘It’s exactly what it says.’
Elsie looked straight at Leo with an expressionless face.
‘Is there a reason for this world to exist?’
‘well.’
Kyle scratched his head.
‘Wouldn’t it be okay to get it first and then think about it?’
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I remembered something from a long time ago.
When Kyle first met Elsie, the Erebos subjugation team had taken on the form that people remember.
After Lisinas drags Kyle into a seemingly impossible journey.
Luna, Aron, and Dweno joined in turn, forming a group of ‘great heroes’ known to the world today.
And not long after, the group encountered Elsie.
There were three members in the Great Hero’s party who had the qualities of a summoner.
Kyle, Lisinas, Luna.
Among them, Luna had no talent as an elementalist.
Kyle could handle both phantom beasts and spirits, but he was not as good as Lishinas.
So they expected Elsie to sign a contract with Lisinas.
Moreover, since Lisinas was a black dragon, it would have been clear that he would be the best contract for Elsie, a shadow spirit.
However, contrary to everyone’s expectations, Elsie chose Kyle.
‘I never heard why they asked that question before signing the contract or why they chose me.’
Kyle and Elsie’s contract did not last long.
This is because Elsie disappeared in a battle with the Demon King and Hell Kaiser shortly after signing the contract.
“Black rabbit! “What are you doing standing still?”
Ar approached and asked with a puzzled look.
“No, it’s nothing.”
‘We should talk slowly later.’
It wasn’t a good time to talk to Elsie right now.
And the story of Kyle meeting Elsie takes place a year from now.
Leo isn’t even Kyle.
An elf girl who appeared to be the eldest handed over a bowl of porridge, and Leo and Ar accepted it.
“Could you please give me one more bowl?”
“yes?”
“I think you need to eat something too.”
“yes!”
At those words, the elf girl smiled brightly and handed her another bowl.
As Ar reduced his share, Leo also added food to Agon’s bowl.
“mister. “You too, eat it!”
Ar approached Agon and handed him a bowl.
At those words, Agon looked at the bowl and then at Ar.
“Why are you doing this?”
Agon smiled bitterly, looking at Ar who was slightly embarrassed.
“It is nothing.”
Agon took the bowl and sat down on one side of the clearing, and Leo and Ar also sat in front of him.
“You guys came from outside.”
Ar paused for a moment at those words.
‘To be exact, it came from the future.’
Since he couldn’t say something like that straight away, Ar nodded his head obediently.
“yes.”
“Then you better leave this city quickly.”
“yes?”
Ar’s eyes widened at the sudden words.
“I know that you are not just refugees. “If you have that level of skill at that age, you will be treated well wherever you go.”
Agon, who saw through Leo and Ar’s skills, made a confused expression.
“There are still many places other than this city that will appreciate your skills.”
The era of disaster was a time when people were desperate for talented people who had stronger power than they do now.
This was inevitable because strong power was essential to defend against Tartarus’ attacks.
“You can’t do that.”
“Why?”
“I told you. “Aron sent us here.”
Looking at Leo talking while eating porridge, Ar perked up his ears and tail.
“So, you said Aron sent you here, right? “Where is he now?”
“Don’t you know where Aron is?”
“do not know. That stupid disciple. “There has been no news for half a year already.”
Ar’s eyes widened at Agon’s words.
‘student?’
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To Ar, Agon’s words were a shock.
What is recorded in the hero record is only the achievements as a hero.
So little is known about the great hero’s past story.
As all of the great heroes were people from 5,000 years ago, it was also difficult to find literature on their previous actions.
Therefore, saying that Agon was Aron’s teacher was enough to excite Ar.
This is because it is a moment to learn new history that was unknown until now.
“mister! Were you Aron’s teacher?”
Agon sighed deeply as he looked at Ar asking with sparkling eyes.
“Yes, that ugly bastard’s teacher.”
“How great Aron is!”
“what?”
This time, Agon was taken aback as he saw Ar’s eyes sparkling.
“You raised such a noble, great, and courageous person, but you turned out to be ugly…” … “It’s not good to be too humble.”
Seeing Ar smiling brightly and praising Aron, Agon made a dumbfounded expression and Leo cupped his face.
“I think the young lady is mistaken.”
“yes?”
“My student is not noble. But that doesn’t mean it’s great or brave.”
Ar opened his mouth.
“Of course, he has great strength befitting his age.”
Agon sighed deeply.
“You are a coward whose strength is not worthy of your power. “The reason Aron left Raysar was because he was afraid of fighting.”
Ar said, embarrassed by the cold reality.
“Ah, I understand! “The Aron and your disciples that I know are probably different people!”
Ar hurriedly took out Aron’s photo from his arms.
“Your disciple doesn’t look like this, does he?”
Agon said while looking at the photo.
“No, you are definitely my student.”
“lie.”
“what?”
Ar took a step back.
“Well, that can’t be possible. That can’t be possible! Aron! There’s no way that Aron is a coward!”
Howl and cry! Agon asked as he watched Ar running away.
“Why is your friend like that?”
“He’s a kid who fantasizes about Aron.”
‘but. ‘Is it worth being shocked?’
Aron has been the pride and pride of the beastman race for thousands of years.
To the beastmen, Aron was a great brave man and a symbol of courage.
A person so respected that there is a tradition of praying to Aron when risking one’s life in battle.
It must have been a huge shock to Are, who had been dreaming of becoming a hero, to hear that such a person was a coward in actual history.
Moreover, the world of heroes is real history itself.
Because he painfully knew that fact, he denied reality and ran away.
“I had a vision of Aron. “It’s unusual.”
“You are saved. To your disciple.”
“what?”
“It’s not just that kid.”
Leo put down the porridge bowl and looked at Agon.
“Of course Aron is a coward. “I know that better than anyone else.”
I thought of a friend who was trembling in front of a fight.
“But you have saved many people in places you don’t know. I am also the person he saved. So you can be proud of your student.”
Although from Agon’s perspective, it is a story from a distant future.
Aron saved the world.
“That kid… … “You mean you’ve grown that much in the past six months?”
Agon was surprised.
A look of pride appeared on his face.
Even though he said bad things about him, Aron was like a son to Agon.
He couldn’t help but be happy to hear such praise from his son.
“I don’t think I can leave it alone, so I’ll bring it to you.”
Leo got up to bring Ar.
A little far away in the clearing, Ar was looking at Aron’s photo and muttering.
“I can’t believe Aron was a coward. “Something is wrong.”
“Can’t Aron be a coward?”
“Huh?”
Ar jumped up and down like a startled cat and shouted.
“Wow, you were surprised!”
“It’s not that surprising.”
“Black rabbit! “Don’t you have any idea that Aron was a coward?”
“at all. Things like that happen, too.”
To Suin, the word “coward” is like an insult.
Moreover, calling a deified hero a coward was tantamount to insulting all beastmen.
Even if the actual history is like that, people tend to get angry when they hear a story that differs from their common sense.
But Ar’s reaction was strange.
His face was somehow deeply disappointed, as if he had lost his way.
Ar, who was confident, looked somehow intimidated.
“Should we be so shocked that Aron was a coward?”
“Because Aron’s story gave me courage.”
With his tail hanging down, Ar looked at Aron’s photo.
And, somehow, he spoke in a voice filled with melancholy.
“I was a very timid coward when I was young.”
“It doesn’t suit me at all.”
“Don’t sprinkle ashes when you’re emotional!”
After glaring at Leo once, Ar fell into reminiscence again.
“I was a very timid coward when I was young.”
‘Are we starting again from there?’
Leo burst into laughter as he watched Ar regain his emotions.
“My father always emphasized that to me.”
‘You must be the best! ‘Ar, my daughter!’
“Every day was a series of horrendously difficult days.”
I thought of Suin, a cat I had briefly met who had enormous muscles.
“I’m sure he must have been very strict.”
“I told you not to sprinkle ashes when you’re feeling emotional!”
Ar, who was bristling the fur on his tail and ears, sighed deeply.
“I always wanted to give up. Every time that happened, my father told me. “My name is taken from the name of the hero, Aron.”
A name taken from the name of the greatest hero.
“When I heard those words, I gained courage without knowing why. So he tried to be like Ar-on.”
So as not to be ashamed of the name brave.
“Noble, great, brave… … Let’s be like the proud Aron, who never feels intimidated in any situation.”
All the little girl knew of Aron was what she saw in fairy tales.
As he remembered the old days, Ar’s tail swayed gently again.
“But Aron was such a coward… … .”
Leo chuckled as he watched Ar droop his tail again.
“It’s simple.”
“How simple! “It’s a complicated problem for an adolescent girl!”
Kyaaa! Leo said while looking at Ar who was shouting.
“That coward saved the world.”
“… … !”
“It might be different from a storybook. But I don’t think that’s a reason to be disappointed?”
Leo talked about Aron he had seen.
“That coward showed his courage the most when everyone else was in despair. That’s why the gods call them brave.”
Leo laughed.
“Shouldn’t we respect it more?”
Ar opened his eyes wide and looked at Aron’s photo.
The dignified appearance in the photo was clearly created by people of later generations.
However, the fact that Aron is a brave man and accomplished great feats does not change.
Ar’s ears perked up and his tail swayed gently.
“I think I like Aron even more after hearing that!”
Leo clicked his tongue as he looked at Are shouting with a blushing face.
“You’re so cute.”
“I told you not to throw ashes on a girl’s emotions!”
evil! Leo returned to the clearing, leaving the shouting Ar behind.
In the vacant lot, children were cleaning up after themselves.
Leo’s face darkened slightly when he saw that.
‘Now that I think about it, are all these kids dying from the plague?’
This vacant lot that Leo remembered was a huge graveyard.
This is because all of these children under Agon’s care had died from the plague when Kyle and his group arrived.
For Leo, who knows history, it was painful to see this place.
Leo, who had a bitter expression on his face, suddenly felt strange.
‘for a moment. plague?’
If you look at the timeline, it will be a month later that Kyle, Lisinas, and Luna will arrive at Raysar.
‘By the time we arrived in Raysar, everyone living in the area had already died from the plague except for the guardian of Changcheon.’
No matter how strong the plague, it was strange that so many children would die within a month.
As Leo thought about that, an incident from the past came to mind.
‘Changcheon’s guardian doesn’t persuade you any more?’
‘huh. He’s already lost his will.’
‘Will can bring life back to life. ‘It’s a shame to leave someone like him behind.’
‘Luna. As you said, a broken will can be revived. but… … .’
Lisinas made a dark expression.
‘People who harbor hatred cannot save the world. ‘Let’s find someone else.’
After that, I met Aron, and Agon blessed the future path of the punitive force.
So I just passed on what he said at that time.
‘Could it be that there is something there?’
It was when Leo made a stern expression.
“This is it. “It’s still a dirty place.”
It sounded somehow arrogant.
Leo turned his head.
And when he saw the face there, he crumpled.
Leo also knew this person.
A man who later refused when the punitive force asked for help before the battle against Tartarus.
However, when the punitive force was on a roll, they joined in as if they had never done so, and pretended to be heroes, coveting achievements.
Lord of Raysar,
‘Leviton.’
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