Chapter 569

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Starting from the entrance of Dragonia, as Leo traced back his memories, he arrived at a ruin that now recreated the ancient appearance of Dragonia from the past.

“Black Rabbit. You’re saying this ruin is a place we should visit?”

Arga entered the desolate ruins with a look of confusion.

The students of Wisdom had already returned with Enkinias.

“This place is complicated, so I’ll guide you.”

At that moment, Melina stepped forward.

“Since we’re already here in the ruins of Dragonia, how about we conduct some field study?”

“I don’t feel like it.”

Arga folded her arms.

“How about we conduct some field study?”

“That’s what I’ve been saying… I don’t feel lik…”

“Are we doing field study or not?”

“…”

Arga couldn’t help but nod her head as she saw Melina’s face suddenly appear very close to hers.

“I’m all for it! This ruin, from the Era of the Gods, is a famous spot where we can see the beautiful architecture of the dragon race!”

Driana eagerly clenched her fists.

“This is a chance to reinterpret this beauty with my own hands.”

“No matter how you look at it, stop. You might really get cursed by the dragons if you keep doing that.”

Arga seriously advised, but Driana didn’t listen.

Lunia clicked her tongue after seeing that.

“No matter how I think about it, Driana needs to meet Lord Dwenno again.”

“Meeting him again might result in Dwenno really breaking Driana’s head.”

“That’s exactly what I mean. That might be for the better.”

Lunia was quite serious.

“But, Leo. Why did you come here to this ruin?”

They had followed Leo, who said he had something to do, but they hadn’t heard the exact purpose yet.

“I’m thinking to find something that Lissinas hid in the old Dragonia.”

“Something Lissinas-sama hid?”

“What is it? Maybe some powerful divine tool? If so, that would be incredible!”

“Even if it’s not a divine tool, anything left behind by Lissinas-sama would surely be amazing!”

Lunia and Chelsea’s excited voices rose.

“What interesting conversation are you having?”

At that moment, Arga suddenly thrust her face between Lunia and Chelsea.

Upon seeing Arga, Lunia and Chelsea played dumb.

“What?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Looking at the two, Arga’s eyes narrowed.

“You guys. Are you keeping a secret?”

“Of course not.”

The fact that Leo is the Hero of Beginning is still a secret. Even Arga, cannot disclose this secret unless Leo tells her himself.

“Black Rabbit! What kind of secret are you hiding?”

“Don’t bother Leo.”

“Yeah, rather, look over here.”

Lunia took something that looked like a wild dogwood from somewhere and wildly waved it around.

“Do you think I’m stupid?!”

“Tch. It didn’t work on you.”

Lunia clicked her tongue after failing to divert Arga’s attention.

Seeing this, Arga got really worked up.

“Would I be distracted by such crummy toys…?”

Jingle-!

“!”

Slap-!

When Leo took out a bunch of keys from his bosom and shook it, Arga unknowingly swung her hand towards the key bundle.

“…”

“…”

Lunia and Chelsea looked at Arga with a look of disdain.

“For real! Don’t treat me like a cat!”

Arga growled and grabbed onto Leo, shaking him violently.

Driana, who was busy sightseeing the ruins without showing any interest in what was happening, remained engrossed in observing the building relics.

Seeing this, Melina smiled faintly.

‘Very well, these children are the future of the world.’

Melina wasn’t doubting Leo’s choices. However…

‘Is it going to be alright?’

With a slightly worried look, Melina started guiding the group inside the ruins.

*

Whistling wind!

The group had reached a highland within the ruins of Dragonia from where the entire Dragonia was visible.

It was already late in the night.

“It’s almost dawn.”

“Phew! I think we’ve circled around the place.”

“Roaming around this vast ruin through the night.”

Lunia crossed her arms and muttered under her breath.

Arga yawned while rubbing the corners of her eyes, and Chelsea shook her legs while shaking her head sideways.

Leo stood a bit away from the group, silently gazing at the overall scenery of Dragonia.

“What are you thinking about?”

Melina cautiously asked by approaching from the side.

“Memories from the past.”

Leo gazed upon the once-prosperous Dragonia.

“5000 years ago, when I first came to Dragonia, this place was literally hell.”

“…”

“The first time Lissinas showed any weakness was back then.”

“Dragons love their homeland.”

Melina understood how Lissinas must have felt at that time.

“So I promised Lissinas. No matter how long it takes, I’ll help in the reconstruction of Dragonia.”

Leo smiled bitterly.

“Well, in the end, we did nothing. But seeing this flourishing Dragonia now, the kid would surely be happy.”

“Even if not for the Great Heroes, there wouldn’t be the world we have now.”

Melina firmly said.

Hearing this, Leo nodded his head.

“But anyway, I didn’t expect it. Given Lady Luna’s free-spirited nature, I thought she’d go adventuring in the world once peace returned. But she settled down in Dragonia?”

Leo incredulously replied to Melina’s curious query.

“Isn’t it expected? That crazy hairball couldn’t possibly settle down in Dragonia, right? She had the duty to revive the elves after all. Initially, she would have most likely dumped most things onto Berkiya and traveled around instead?”

“Indeed.”

While nodding at Leo’s comment, Melina suddenly felt a strong doubt.

“Isn’t it said that you, Leo-sama, helped Lissinas-sama with the reconstruction of Dragonia?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then, weren’t you alone in Dragonia and Lady Luna traveling around the world?”

Leo nodded his head.

‘What? Though Leo-sama has a lover’s relationship with Lady Luna, why isn’t he together with her?’

Melina showed a perplexed expression.

‘Both of their personalities are very free-spirited, so is that why? But even so…’

If Leo’s words are true, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say that Leo and Lissinas are the ones in a lover’s relationship?

When Melina showed a troubled expression,

Leo, who had been silently observing the ruins, muttered after seeing the rising sun.

“Ah, I remember now.”

“Hmm?”

“The position of Lissinas-sama’s home. I just remembered.”

The place Leo arrived at was a small house.

Since this is a reconstruction based on the surviving blueprints of Dragonia from the Era of Catastrophe, it is unknown who lived here.

Creeeeak-!

Leo opened the door and entered.

Pitter-patter…

The others followed in one after another.

Although there was no furniture, it was a small and cozy room.

This was a history restored precisely as it was from the Era of Gods.

“Is this…?”

Chelsea looked surprised, and Melina, after glancing at Leo’s back, answered.

“This is presumed to be the house where Lissinas-sama lived as a child.”

Hearing this, everyone widened their eyes.

“Is this where the King of Wisdom lived as a child?”

“Amazing!”

“To think that this place still exists! Dragonia lives up to its name!”

Looking at the excited students, Melina smiled.

“Yes. Although it is restored using the materials left after the Era of Catastrophe, this is not actually the house where Lissinas-sama lived. But it is true that there was a house in this position, and it was built in the same way as back then.”

While explaining patiently, the truth was that Melina was currently the most excited person.

‘Even though I must preserve my dignity… oh my.’

Melina looked nervously inside the house.

This was the place where all dragons highly respected the King of Wisdom lived in his childhood.

While everyone else was busy sightseeing the house, Leo entered one of the rooms.

Recalling the ruins from his distant memories, Leo knelt in the middle of the room and swept across the floor.

‘Is this it?’

A faint magical power could be felt, only noticeable to Leo.

Leo invoked his magical power.

A magic circle appeared on the floor.

Originally, it would be an unbreakable seal unless it were Lissinas.

However, the seal reacted clearly to Leo’s magical power, which was imbued with Lissinas’s mana essence.

Startled by the sudden magical reaction, the group rushed into the room.

“Black Rabbit, did you find something?”

Arga asked excitedly.

Leo inserted his hand into the magic circle.

He grabbed a small wooden box from the space beyond in the pocket dimension.

After 5000 years, due to being preserved in a pocket dimension, the wooden box was still exactly the same as Leo remembered.

“Lissinas-sama’s legacy?”

“A magic book? Is it a magic book?”

“Quick, open it, Leo!”

“Alright, everyone, calm down.”

Seeing the crowd of girls gathering around Leo, Melina smiled gently.

Of course, she too wanted to urge Leo right away, but she firmly suppressed that urge.

Leo opened the wooden box.

Click!

Inside the wooden box was a thin fragment resembling black onyx.

Seeing this, Chelsea blinked her eyes.

“What is this?”

“This is… a dragon’s eggshell, from a black dragon… Can it be?”

Melina widened her eyes.

“Lissinas-sama’s eggshell?”

“Geez?”

“Can it really be… it still exists?”

If that’s true, it would be an incredible discovery.

While everyone was in shock,

Leo picked up the shell and turned it over.

Then he smiled faintly.

‘So, there it is, the contract of servitude.’

A mischievous and somewhat wickedly smile came to his mind as he recalled the figure of Lissinas writing down names back then.

“Hmm. In eldritch script?”

“What is written?”

“The names of Kail-sama and Lissinas-sama in eldritch script. The handwriting seems to indicate that Lissinas-sama’s name was written by Lissinas-sama himself.”

Lissinas, having left a lot of knowledge to future generations, is relatively well-known for his handwriting.

“Then this must be written by Kail-sama?”

Just as Driana tilted her head looking at Kail’s name, she heard a voice.

“Th, this…?”

The trembling voice of Melina was heard.

All eyes turned towards Melina.

Seeing the shocked face of Melina, Lunia asked.

“Melina-sama, why are you reacting like this? Is this some incredibly special object?”

“T, truly special… Yes! To us dragons… it’s… exceptionally… exceptionally special.”

Melina’s voice trembled.

She looked at Leo with a gaze filled with indescribable feelings.

From that reaction, Leo raised an eyebrow.

“What is it?”

“The act of writing names on the shell from which one hatched… That’s a contract binding those who will be together for life.”

Upon hearing that, everyone fell silent.

Chelsea hesitated for a bit and then asked.

“T, that means… Therefore… This is…?”

“I, if it’s the real thing… this is the marriage contract of Lissinas-sama and Kail-sama.”

Everyone’s face was clouded with shock.

“What nonsense is this. Claiming this is a marriage contract?”

“Black Rabbit! Where did that bad habit come from, addressing Melina-sama like that!”

“Hey, why so overly excited?”

Arga and Driana were astonished as they reprimanded Leo.

“It is our dragon tradition. Passed down from the Era of Gods, even before the Era of Catastrophe.”

Upon that answer, Arga said.

“Just a moment! Didn’t Kail-sama have a lover’s relationship with Luna-sama? Why is there such a thing? Could it be a triangle relationship?! Did Kail-sama have two lovers?”

“Hmm… If that’s true, Kail-sama was certainly someone disreputable.”

Driana, with her arms crossed, mumbled thoughtfully.

Not long ago Luna, the progenitor of the star cloud, declared her love for Kail, the Hero of Beginning.

And now, there’s a marriage contract between the King of Wisdom and the Hero of Beginning.

This reality that surpasses imagination is enough to stimulate any girl’s curiosity.

“Wait. If there’s a marriage contract, does that mean… Luna-sama is the second?”

“d*e! You dimwitted cat! How dare you utter such nonsense about someone being second! Should I completely fry your brain right now?”

“B, but! This is strange! What’s going on here?”

As things get more convoluted, Melina was looking towards Leo with a complicated gaze.

In those eyes filled with respect, there was now a hint of distrust.

Leo looked at Lunia and Chelsea.

Their gazes were not much different from Melina’s.

Leo stared at the contract in his hand, trembling slightly.

‘Hey, you crazy little lizard. If you’re going to deceive people, why pull something like this?!’