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“Please come in.”
Dweno said calmly as he looked up at the night sky outside his office window.
The door opened and Enniha came in.
“Did those friends go to their dorm?”
“huh.”
“What about the outsiders who came first?”
“I heard they are from the same place as the people who came this time. “They said it was an advance search party sent first.”
“I guess so.”
Looking at Dweno nodding, Enniha put a stick in her mouth.
“Would you like to have a smoke?”
“I don’t bloom, right?”
“You are a very unique dwarf.”
“Enniha. “You are also a very unique elf.”
Tobacco is originally part of dwarven culture.
Dwarves, who are born artisans, often have to sit still and think deeply.
As a result, I started smoking herbs that naturally helped me turn my head, and this was the beginning of smoking.
And the elves hated the unique scent that came from burning herbs.
Therefore, the sight of an elf holding a bear in his mouth could be said to be a very unique sight.
“Whoa.”
Enniha, exhaling a long puff of cigarette smoke, walked up to Dweno’s side, looked up at the night sky, and muttered.
“really pretty. It still feels like a dream. “The fact that I can see the stars in the night sky.”
“Isn’t it time to get used to it?”
“at all. “I don’t think I’ll get tired of watching it.”
This night sky, which I had taken for granted in the distant past, was now so precious and heartbreaking.
How many people shed tears on the day they saw the starlight they thought they could never get back?
Enniha was one of those people.
“Dweno, aren’t you so emotionally barren? “You were the only one who didn’t bat an eye the day we restored the night sky.”
“no. “Even though I saw it like this, I was very moved at that time.”
“lie. “You’ve been like that since time immemorial.”
The relationship between the two goes back a long time.
Long before the Age of Calamity began.
“When I first met you, you had the world’s most prolific expression on your face. “I was wondering if there was such a thing as a dwarf?”
“When I first saw you, I wondered if there were all these elves. “What is so proud about a subject who has been exiled from his own people?”
“I’m telling you, I wasn’t exiled, right? “I jumped out with my own feet.”
“Ah, so you came to the dwarf territory that is at war with the elves and confidently asked for protection because you said you would be taken away if you were caught?”
“I told you. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
“Do you know that you can be so reckless sometimes?”
“They insulted my painting first!”
“Ugh.”
“If it was a fair criticism, I understand. But how can I accept the tyranny that is trying to make me break my brush because it is poor and does not praise my race!”
Enniha frowned.
Enniha’s crime at the time was racial treason.
The reason he was accused of racial treason was because he did not praise the beauty of elves as an artist and insisted that the art and culture of other races were equal to that of elves.
Enniha’s argument was close to a full-blown rebellion against the authority of elven society.
In addition, Enniha, who was not an elite in elven society and was just an angry babbler, was wanted for racial treason.
And to avoid the elves’ pursuit, he entrusted himself to the dwarves.
Dweno and Enniha met there for the first time.
Enniha stayed in the dwarven territory for a long time and became friendly with the dwarves.
And naturally, I learned dwarven culture.
It was during that time that Enniha, who had no talent other than drawing, learned martial arts.
She had an amazing talent for martial arts and grew into an incredibly talented person.
“It was a relief. “You, who didn’t have much talent for drawing, got the blessing of becoming an Auror and changed your profession to a warrior.”
“I’m a painter, not a warrior!”
“Didn’t you say it back then? “It’s going to be hard to make a living off of it, so get rid of it.”
“And you! “To the subject who was moved by the picture I drew!”
“… … “The last picture I painted in the village was definitely beautiful.”
Dweno burst into laughter.
“Enniha. “The sunrise picture you drew was so beautiful.”
“okay. “You burned the masterpiece of my beautiful artist’s life.”
“Thanks to you, I made up my mind at that time. “Let me control my power so as not to turn the beautiful things in the world into ashes.”
“Have you thought about that?”
Enniha widened her eyes.
“okay. Thanks to that, he also became a little interested in art.”
“for a moment! for a moment! “You’ve never said anything like this before!”
Enniha, with a puzzled expression, leaned in close to Dweno.
Dweno looked at Enniha’s face with a sour expression.
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“How long ago did you say that art is meaningless in this day and age?”
“I thought so too. But now I’ve changed my mind. “I think we need a work of art to leave behind for future generations.”
“Dweno, where are you hurting?”
“You’re fine.”
“and… … .”
“I plan to leave many works of art to future generations with my own hands.”
“Art is not easy.”
“yes. It won’t be easy at all. But Enniha. “When I look at your drawings, I feel confident that I can do better than you.”
“this!”
Enniha hit Dweno’s forehead with her elbow.
“Are you okay?”
“not… … It’s okay… … It’s okay! “You damn pessimistic dwarf!”
Enniha gritted her teeth as she clutched her elbow and shuddered in pain.
Dweno, who was laughing while looking at Enniha, asked.
“What do you think of those children?”
“Those kids?”
Enniha stood up and smiled brightly.
“It’s so nice to see that kids these days don’t seem like that. Your eyes are different! The eyes! What should I say? Should I say I have a dream? Should I say I am hopeful? iced coffee! okay! The future seems bright! “They’re really like kids!”
“Are you saying that the children in Ivaldi are not like children?”
“no way! That and this are different! “It’s like the old kids!”
There are children in Ivaldi too.
Children born in this era.
Children who do not know sunlight, moonlight, and starlight.
Sad children who cannot see hope and future.
That was the characteristic of children born in times of disaster.
“That spiritualist. Did you say Artian? Even that adult person had a different look in his eyes than we did, right? While we protect Ivaldi, the world has regained hope! So, isn’t that why such child-like children have appeared?”
“… … .”
“It will definitely have a positive influence on the children in Ivaldi!”
“That would be great.”
“But that guy named Leo was a little different.”
“… … .”
“What should I say? Should I say it’s the same as us? The eyes weren’t childlike either. “I feel similar to you.”
“You look like me?”
“huh. “It had that unique dead fish-like look in its eyes.”
“Who says you have the eyes of a dead fish? And Enniha. You lack observation skills. That’s why I don’t think you’ll succeed as an artist.”
“what?”
“It’s true that that friend’s eyes are unpleasant, but… … It wasn’t a dead fish eye. Those eyes were clearly those of someone who never gives up.”
“is it? “I think I have a good eye for seeing people.”
Enniha tilted her head.
“Anyway, it’s true that there is hope.”
“huh.”
“So Enniha. “I will definitely show you the morning sun again.”
“huh?”
“Didn’t you say you really wanted to see it? “That’s my wish.”
“Do you still remember those words?”
“Just remember.”
Enniha said when they reunited again in Ivaldi.
‘I want to see the morning sunlight again! We’ll definitely get the morning back!’
Nearly twenty years have passed since then.
The world was falling into a place so dark that the morning sunlight could not be seen.
We have become an era in which even saying such things as useless hopes arouses the irritation of those around us.
The starlight that was seen again in such a situation allowed people to have hope again.
“I swear with everything I have.”
Dweno said, clenching his fists.
“I will definitely show you the morning sun.”
“oh? “Unlike a pessimistic dwarf, you’re very motivated!”
Enniha hit Dweno’s temple with his elbow.
“Ugh… … .”
“Is your elbow okay?”
“It’s not okay! “You stone head!”
“It’s less sturdy than you.”
“Ugh.”
“What are you going to do with that girl named Driana? Is she really planning to teach drawing?”
“huh.”
“I think it would be better to give up… … .”
“I will raise you to become a great artist!”
Dweno said while looking at Enniha, who was burning with motivation.
“I also plan to teach the child blacksmithing skills.”
“huh? really?”
“okay. “He was a talented kid.”
Dweno grinned.
“First of all, how to deal with flames.”
“If they learn from you, won’t they run away?”
“Just catch it again and that’s it. “Where can I run away from here?”
Enniha clicked her tongue at Dweno’s words.
‘That’s too bad.’
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“So I came to the conclusion that destroying the Legion’s records was the most efficient way.”
Late in the morning when everyone is asleep.
Carl sat at the campfire outside the tent and spoke to Leo.
“okay.”
“Anyway, what is this hidden mission?”
“It means that even in the world of Legion, there is overachievement.”
Overachieving.
In the world of heroes, this can be achieved by achieving feats greater than those achieved in actual history.
Literally, special rewards are given.
A glorious achievement given only to those who make the impossible possible.
Carl cautiously asked Leo what he said.
“What happens to Ivaldi in real history?”
“Dweno is the only survivor.”
“ah… … .”
Carl’s face stiffened slightly at Leo’s words.
“What about the invading demons?”
“Gias, King of Giants.”
“… … also.”
Carl bit his lip.
A bad relationship in Dweno’s world came to mind a while back.
“Just like Luna has a bad relationship with the Demon Queen. “Dweno has a bad relationship with the Giant King.”
Until this time, the world’s best weapon maker was Geas.
In front of the weapons made by Geas, ordinary weapons just broke helplessly.
However, the weapons made by Ivaldi were different.
The only place that can produce weapons that can counter the most terrible and powerful weapons in the world.
That’s why Ivaldi was special.
Lisinas also desperately hoped that Ivaldi’s blacksmiths would join Guardron.
However, Ivaldi was eventually destroyed and Dweno was the only survivor.
“Did Dweno overcome that pain and become a blacksmith who could surpass the Giant King?”
“okay.”
“But what can I say? “The atmosphere is different from when I saw you before?”
Carl tilted his head.
“He was a very warm person back then, but now he feels a little cold. “Has your personality changed a lot since you joined the Great Hero Party?”
“No, Dweno was a bright guy from the moment we first met.”
An eccentric artist who cried out for hope that there was a future and insisted that beauty be left to future generations.
From the moment they first met, Dweno had been laughing and asking Lisinas to be his nude model.
Therefore, the current appearance of Dweno was one that even Leo did not know.
‘Because he didn’t talk about his past.’
At the time, I had no intention of inquiring into Dweno’s past.
Because Dweno was Dweno.
Because I knew that I had suffered enough.
I didn’t do that because I felt like I was hurting my wounds for no reason.
I just thought he was born with an indomitable personality.
“Your gray color… … “It reminded me of my past.”
The first time Dweno told his story was just before his death.
And in that conversation, Deweno said that he hated Kyle because he reminded him of his past self.
Dweno was the one who understood him best among his colleagues.
There were many times when he wondered how Dweno, who was his complete opposite, could understand him that way.
‘That question has now been resolved.’
Kyle smiled bitterly.
‘It looks so much like me.’
“But to overachieve… … “Isn’t eliminating Mr. Dweno an overachievement for them?”
If Dweno dies here, history will change.
To a history where the world can never be saved.
That alone is an overachievement for Tartarus.
However, this hidden mission is the capture of Dweno.
Sometimes capturing something alive is more difficult than killing it.
Especially if it’s a great hero like Dweno.
Leo said, looking at Karl who had a puzzled expression.
“The Legion record is a rewrite of the Legion record on top of the hero record. “It’s something that’s being used now, not in the past.”
Leo’s red eyes glowed fiercely as he looked at the bonfire.
“That means they can make the best situation for themselves out of the current situation.”
“Best situation?”
“It would be a disaster for us if the hero dungeon went on a rampage and encroached on the world. The world of Legion is the opposite of the world of heroes. by the way.”
Just- growling-
Sparks flew from the bonfire.
“Is it really a loss from the Legion’s perspective if this dungeon explodes and erodes the world?”
“… … !”
“In a sense, it is a door connecting the era of disaster and the present era. And in the era of disaster, it was a time when all kinds of demons and monsters were rampant. “Both those of that era and those of today have one goal.”
“… … The destruction of the world… … .”
Carl swallowed dry saliva.
“that’s right. From their perspective, there is no loss if this dungeon is maintained. It’s actually the best situation. “The biggest obstacle for those guys is this fortress.”
Most of the monsters that emerged from the dungeon and came out into reality are being annihilated in this fortress.
An obstacle that literally blocks the entrance.
“Dweno’s capture will be the condition that will allow this runaway world to last forever.”
“then… … “What should I do?”
“Nothing changes. There’s only one thing we have to do. “To protect Ivaldi so that history from 5,000 years ago does not repeat itself.”
Leo clenched his fist.
“Changing history. “That’s what we have to do.”
