499.
Under the faded gray sky.
Five people were sitting in front of a bonfire.
The sun is about to set.
The world today is gloomy during the day, but it is even more terrible at night.
No matter how familiar they are with expeditions, it is not easy to move carelessly at night.
Luna took off her shoes and socks in front of the bonfire and wiggled her toes while basking in the fire.
This is because a lot of demon blood got into the shoes during the previous battle.
Luna said, flapping the soles of her feet to dry them quickly.
“Kyle, I want to eat meat. “Cook me some meat.”
Kyle frowned as he watched Luna preparing a meal at another campfire with her head tilted back.
“What kind of meat do you elves say like that?”
Contrary to popular belief, elves also eat meat.
However, it is very rare to find and eat it like that.
“I think this elf is a pseudo-elf.”
Luna snorted as she looked at Dweno talking while sitting in front of the bonfire.
“joy! “An elf is an elf, but what is a pseudo-elf?”
Then they clapped with the soles of their feet.
Meanwhile, Lysinas, who had gone scouting with Aron, returned.
“There is no sign of demons or monsters in this area.”
“I guess I can rest easy tonight.”
Kyle sighed softly and put the wood into the fire.
So evening came and the five people sat around the campfire and had a meal.
“What kind of life would we be living if Erebos never appeared?”
At that time, Aron asked with a puzzled look.
Kyle said while looking at Aron.
“There are no what ifs. “Why worry about such useless things?”
Aron’s ears drooped at the blunt words.
But no one agreed with that statement.
“No. Aron’s words are not useless.”
Dweno said, putting down his spoon.
“What we would have been like if Erebos had not appeared. “Isn’t that what we will be like in the future after defeating Erebos?”
“I agree with Dweno.”
“I thought it would be fun?!”
Lisinas smiled and nodded, and Luna’s eyes sparkled.
Imagination.
It is one of the great forces of living in this world that is heading towards destruction.
Because imagination of a distant future soon turns into hope.
That is difficult to achieve… … Even if it is a delusion that has absolutely no meaning right now.
If it made one look to tomorrow, it was an act of great significance.
“Aron, what kind of life do you think you are living?”
Aron’s eyes widened at Dweno’s question and he scratched his head.
“Because I am strong. “Wouldn’t we follow in Master’s footsteps and create an orphanage and live peacefully by farming?”
He smiles shyly and talks about his simple dream.
Even if it seems simple to the four of you.
It was an unimaginably gigantic dream for those born in a time of disaster.
Ordinary daily life has long been taken away, and the generation of disaster lived in a world filled with only sighs.
“It’s definitely a good dream.”
Lisinas smiled joyfully.
For a dragon with a grand dream of saving the world, Aron’s daily life was one of the things he most wanted to regain.
“Dweno, what about you?”
“Isn’t it natural for me? “He must be gaining a reputation as an incredible artist.”
Luna chuckled as she looked at Dweno, who spoke as if it was no big deal.
“no. “I’m sure he was on the wanted list for saying perverted things to the royal families of various countries.”
Dweno hit the head of Luna, who was laughing, with his thick fist.
Dweno looked at Lisinas, ignoring Luna, who was holding her head and letting out tears.
“What about you?”
“I am… … .”
Lisinas lifted his chin and laughed.
“Couldn’t they have been quietly protecting world order in the dark?”
Lishinas is a black dragon.
A person who protects the order of the world in the dark.
However, no one agreed with Lisinas’ words.
“The light you have is not something that can be hidden just because you can.”
“huh. “Surely Lysinas would have done great things even if Erebus wasn’t there!”
“It must have had a high reputation.”
Dweno, Aron, and Luna then denied Lysinas’ words.
Lisinas, the savior of the world and the brilliant light, lives in the darkness.
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I couldn’t imagine it.
Lisinas scratched his cheek at the words of his colleagues.
“Ahem! “Then it’s my turn!”
Luna opened her chest wide.
“I would definitely have been the greatest archmage in history and have a greater reputation than I do now. Because I could only focus on magic research! Surely all wizards would kneel before me and bow down?”
Seeing Luna with a proud expression, Aron clapped absently and Lisinas burst out laughing.
Dweno shook his head.
But he did not deny what he said.
If it were Luna, it would have been okay.
“What about Kyle?”
Luna asked with sparkling eyes.
“He must have been doing mercenary work somewhere.”
Lisinas and Dweno laughed bitterly at Kyle’s pitiful words.
“I guess Kyle was doing something great too?”
Aron tilted his head.
But Kyle chuckled.
“at all.”
After answering that, Kyle concentrated on eating.
Afterwards, the five people started talking about the future in which they defeated Erebos.
A big dream that each of us wants to achieve.
This is what I want to do when the era of peace comes.
We talked about countless things.
To forget the despair in front of us and see the distant future.
Kyle also enjoyed talking with us, often criticizing others or giving affirmations.
But in the end, he didn’t talk about what he wanted to do in the future.
“Kyle is.”
After the meal is over.
Luna, who was in charge of today’s dishwashing, asked while washing the dishes with fellow team member Lisinas.
“What kind of dream am I living with?”
Lishinas paused at Luna’s question.
“well.”
Rattling.
Rishinas laughed bitterly as he washed his spoon.
“Isn’t there one?”
“what?”
Luna opened her eyes wide.
Five heroes chosen by Lisinas.
They are five people with different races, ages, thoughts, beliefs, and ideologies.
Perhaps, if there had not been a special situation called the Age of Disaster, there would have been no such thing as moving together as one.
It’s already been half a year since the five of us got together.
We don’t know much about each other yet.
Even so, Luna knew that these five heroes had a strong bond.
That is, I want to move into the future.
It also meant that there was a future I wanted to see.
Luna thought that Kyle had a future in mind, even though he didn’t talk about it.
Therefore, Lisinas’ answer was surprising.
“Kyle is different from us.”
“You mean different?”
“You, Aron, and Dweno willingly participated in my expedition. “But it wasn’t Kyle.”
“You said you behaved very crooked at first, right?”
“huh.”
“If it was difficult to persuade you, couldn’t you just come to me, the guardian of the Changcheon, or Dweno?”
“I thought about that, but… … Chasing after Kyle made her even more confident.”
Dalkak-
Lisinas said while looking at the face reflected in the spoon.
“The first button is Kyle.”
“Because of Kyle’s mana characteristics?”
“no.”
Lisinas shook his head calmly.
“From the moment the time of calamity among us began until now. “Isn’t Kyle probably the only person who has continued to fight on the front lines?”
Surviving hero.
It is not a title earned simply because one survives alone while all of one’s companions die.
Kyle has always lived as a mercenary on the front lines.
As if that place was his place.
Always on the front line against Tartarus.
What it meant was simple.
Losing countless colleagues.
Watching those fighting on the same battlefield die.
It means that we have seen the continued defeat with our own eyes.
Rishinas waited for the right time to save the world.
Luna worked hard to protect her hometown.
Aron grew stronger in the shadow of his teacher.
It was clearly different from the Dweno that wandered the world and fought.
“Kyle may be the only person who watched the world fall apart in real time.”
Everyone would have died or broken and run away.
But the heroes who survived were different.
Even if you hand it over to someone else, there is no one to point a finger at.
Even if you run away, there is no one to laugh at or blame.
“But for some reason, he always felt like that was his place. “Kyle was on the front lines.”
Lisinas thought of Kyle’s back.
“I knew it when I saw Kyle fight. Oh, if this person gives up, the world will truly end.”
When Kyle held out his hand to save the world, he laughed at Lisinas.
It’s a lie.
The world says salvation is wrong.
‘It was actually a lie. The probability of this world being saved is close to zero. but… … .’
Lisinas recalled Kyle from God’s Throne.
Ironically, the sight of Kyle fighting on the front lines confirmed Lisinas’ lies.
“Kyle was cool back then.”
Her cheeks blushed slightly and she smiled.
A fresh feeling that is not typical of Rishinas.
Luna, who blinked as she looked at Lisinas, said.
“Are you sick? “Her face is red.”
“what?”
Lisinas was embarrassed, but soon calmed down his expression.
And he looked at Luna’s expression to see if his feelings had been revealed.
But Luna was truly worried.
‘Thank goodness I’m an idiot.’
To quote Kyle, Luna was a magic idiot who only knew magic.
“In any case, isn’t it because Kyle’s heart has faded due to many difficult experiences?”
“huh?”
“It might be hard to even think of the path you want to take. So I guess I’ll keep looking. “Do what you want to do.”
What the flames of disaster take away from the surviving heroes will not only be their dead comrades and the world.
The future would have been burned and only a pile of ashes would have remained.
“It’s like this damn sky.”
Faded gray sky.
“joy! “I can’t stand being gloomy.”
After finishing washing the dishes, Luna snorted and jumped up from her seat.
“What are you going to do?”
“Kyle said he was looking for something he wanted to do, right? “Then she will allow me to come aboard this grand dream of mine.”
Luna smiled proudly.
“He’s a wizard too, so once he hears about my grand plan, he’ll be hooked.”
Luna confidently ran to Kyle, wondering where this confidence came from.
Lisinas laughed while looking at the back.
‘Not bad.’
I am a wizard myself.
I become interested in Luna’s dream.
‘Shall I join in after the world is saved?’
***
“Kyle!”
A little bit outside the campsite.
Kyle, who was sitting alone on a rock, glanced at Luna, who was smiling brightly next to him.
“I thought about it carefully.”
“what.”
“If you have nothing else to do but save the world, how about creating a magic school with me?”
“what?”
“I am the principal. You are the vice principal. Are you contributing to the development of magic with me? how is it? “Good idea, right?”
Kyle responded angrily as he looked at Luna, whose eyes were shining and who suddenly made an invitation.
“I’m done. bothered.”
At those words, Luna pouted her lips.
“Is there really nothing you want to do?”
“doesn’t exist.”
Luna sat down next to Kyle as he spoke clearly.
“I don’t understand. You are multi-talented, right? “I think you can be anything you want.”
All class abilities.
In Luna’s view, it was an all-round talent that allowed her to become anything she wanted to be.
“Such a waste.”
Kyle chuckled at Luna’s muttering.
“That’s right.”
“But Kyle continued to fight, right? “She will continue to fight.”
“okay.”
“why?”
Luna made a puzzled expression.
What’s the meaning of the future if you don’t have anything you want to do?
“You’re so persistent today.”
“I’m just curious. You know that? “Wizards can’t resist being curious.”
Kyle said, looking at Luna who was smiling brightly.
“There is nothing I want to do and nothing I want to be. “There is a future I want to see.”
“what is that?”
“I want to see your future.”
Kyle said with a grin.
Luna’s eyes widened slightly.
“If we defeat that damned evil from the beginning. “You will definitely become the greatest wizard in history.”
“ah.”
Luna let out an exclamation without realizing it when she saw Kyle affirming her dream.
“If that happens, I will expose how eccentric you are.”
If you think it’s funny just thinking about it, Kyle giggles.
Normally Luna would have thrown a punch right away, but the smile that had passed through her mind just moments before left her spellbound.
Even though there is nothing I want to do, the sight of him affirming my dream captures my heart.
At some point, my heart starts pounding.
Accordingly, my ears continue to twitch.
When I realized my face was red, I turned my head to the other side.
It was a feeling she had experienced for the first time, but Luna knew what the situation was.
‘We’re in big trouble. ‘I can’t see her face.’
Luna realized.
That she had fallen in love with this crooked person.
After controlling my emotions, I glanced at Kyle.
Kyle still had a grumpy expression on his face.
A person who doesn’t give up who can no longer dream.
Luna cleared her throat as she looked at the human wandering around looking for a place to go.
“I will be your future.”
“what?”
“If you can’t picture the future, I will be your unchanging dream.”
Luna, whose face was slightly red, spoke calmly.
“So that your life can lead to my life.”
Luna felt her neck turning red.
“Huh, cool. Luna. “You said you don’t like high elves, but you imitate their elegant words.”
“Huh?!”
Luna was startled by Dweno’s voice coming from behind.
“Uh, when?”
“You’ve been here since a while ago?”
Dweno smiled slyly and unpleasantly.
Luna gaped at that.
‘Anyway, you’re courting me as soon as I confirm my feelings. Luna is definitely going straight.’
Luna’s words a moment ago were words of courtship used between high elves.
Of course, even if he didn’t know that, Kyle would have felt something if he saw Luna’s mood.
‘Rishinas must be in trouble.’
It was when Dweno stroked his chin.
“Why are you suddenly imitating a high elf? “Have you been drinking?”
“what?”
Kyle said harshly.
“I know yeah… … “Don’t you know what it means?”
“What do you mean?”
puck-!
Luna stuck her fist in Kyle’s face and left, grinning.
“this… … .”
This was when Kyle held his face and tried to punish Luna.
“Kyle. “I have to say this.”
“What?”
“You are clearly dead.”
***
Luna stroked her cheek, recalling the long past.
‘I made a promise back then. I’ll make that bastard like me first.’
Luna made a sullen expression.
Of course, the plan was ruined because he confessed his feelings first in the world of heroes. However, the desire to color Kyle’s gray heart with various colors still remained.
‘Is this perhaps my regret?’
That’s what she thought, but Luna quickly shook her head when she saw Kyle walking away while talking with Eiran and Chen Xia.
‘That’s not right.’
He said he would become Kyle’s future.
It was he who entrusted his future and dreams to the subject who offered to give him a ride to his dreams.
The moment when he entrusted everything to Kyle. This feeling did not remain as a regret.
‘by the way… … ‘I miss you.’
Luna smiled as she watched Kyle chatting with the descendants of his students.
That image reminded me of a disciple.
‘I miss Berkia.’
Luna’s ears perked up as she smiled faintly.
‘Berkhia?’
The disciple I left behind first remains in my heart.
“ah.”
Luna opened her eyes wide.
“ah!”
Leo turned around at Luna’s scream.
“why?”
Luna shouted, looking at Kyle asking with a puzzled look.
“okay! “It’s Berkia!”
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