The warp gate of Lumeria City was crowded with students returning to their hometown.
Among them, Leo was also waiting for the warp gate leading to the Arhi Kingdom.
There were also friends heading to the western part of the same continent.
"Brother Leo! I'll stop by home and then go to the Arhi Kingdom!"
"Yes. Give my regards to the Lord Lwalin."
"huh!"
When Leo and Chelsea are talking.
"however...."
Celia, who had been waiting together, looked at Elena standing next to Leo and asked in a slightly trembling voice.
"Why is Senior Elena here?"
The Jerion family is in Lumeria City.
But I couldn't help but feel puzzled because Elena had even bought a ticket and was waiting with me.
Elena's eyes widened at Celia's words.
"You didn't know?"
"What is it?"
"I decided to marry Leo after I graduate."
Elena snapped and jumped next to Leo, linking arms with him.
"...."
"...."
Chelsea and Celia stared blankly at Elena.
"Aren't you surprised at all?"
"It's not like it's been a day or two since Senior Elena has been joking around."
Chelsea answered calmly.
While doing so, he glanced at Elena's arm, which was linked with Leo's, as if he was concerned.
Elena smiled at that gaze and pressed closer to Leo.
Exactly-!
"Do you want to be childish against Chelsea?"
Leo snapped his fingers and hit Elena on the forehead.
Elena, who was slightly apart from Leo, rubbed her forehead and made a slightly glum expression.
"Do you know that Leo secretly favors Chelsea?"
"I've never really had that happen."
"No, you definitely favor this kid."
"Why do you agree with Celia? Does Abad think so too?"
Elena smiled as if satisfied and asked Abad for his consent.
"Leo is generous to Chelsea."
Chelsea folded her arms and spoke confidently, as Abad also agreed.
"Leo oppa isn't the type of person who would show favoritism just because he's cute."
Elena tilted her head at those words.
"Is there another reason why you are favored by Leo?"
"yes."
"What is the reason?"
"That's because I'm a good student who listens well."
"Don't be ridiculous! What kind of good student are you!"
Celia was the first to snap.
Even Abad, who knew of his brother's devilish nature, could not take his side and looked embarrassed.
"Are you starting to resemble Leo? Are you becoming strangely shameless?"
Chelsea laughed bashfully at Elena's words.
"You don't have to praise me that much."
"I don't think even Leo would be this shameless."
"He was always this shameless."
Chelsea stuck her tongue out at Celia, who was meddling next to her.
Abad smiled as he watched Celia rushing in and Chelsea running away.
"No matter when I see them, Celia and Chelsea seem to get along really well."
"Do you think they look good together?"
Leo looked dumbfounded at Abaddon's words.
Abad shrugged, his expression similar to Chelsea's, who had been acting so brazenly earlier.
"Isn't that good enough?"
It was a very good thing considering the relationship between Jerdinger and Lwalin.
"At that level, we're like family."
"You and Chelsea look like siblings."
Abad burst out laughing at Leo's words.
After a while.
Celia, who had returned calmly, asked Elena again.
"Huh, so why is Elena-senpai with Leo?"
"Didn't I tell you? I got a job in the Arhi Kingdom."
"yes?"
"I'm going to check out the work environment before I head to work. Oh, it's our turn."
Elena checked the time written on the ticket and smiled.
"Okay, boss, shall we go?"
"Why the boss all of a sudden?"
"Leo, you're my employee now, right? The one who pays my salary is the boss."
"I don't really like him because he seems like a crime syndicate boss."
"Hmm? Then should I call you Your Majesty? If you think about it, isn't it closer to a king and his subject relationship than an employer and employee relationship?"
Elena, who had been smiling brightly, suddenly became serious and spoke.
"Your Majesty, it would be inappropriate to invite Chelsea L'Wallin to the palace during the vacation."
"...Just call me boss."
"I quite like the title Your Highness. Which title do you prefer? Your Highness? Or Boss? Huh? Huh?"
Leo sighed softly at the sight of Elena sticking close to him and speaking playfully.
"We're going first. Have a nice vacation."
Leo greeted the three and entered the warp gate.
Chelsea, who was watching the scene, opened her mouth.
"Brother."
"why?"
"Can't I go to the Arhi Kingdom today?"
"Your father would never allow it, would he?"
Chelsea pouted at those words.
***
"It's great to be graduating! I won't have to worry about being a student anymore."
Elena, who arrived at the warp gate of Letin, the capital of the Arhi Kingdom, stretched and said.
"I've never seen you being bothered by your student status."
"Being a student is an uncomfortable constraint in itself. Didn't you know that?"
"Is that so? Isn't that more comfortable?"
"Isn't that because Leo is an old man?"
"That's a foolish thing to say. You're an adult now, aren't you?"
"Will you treat me like an adult and tell me that?"
Leo burst out laughing at Elena, who didn't say a word.
Elena said, looking at Leo like that.
"Then, Leo. Let's go on a date to celebrate my graduation."
'With this person's personality, he wouldn't go on a date so easily, would he?'
Because Leo had a twisted side, Elena was determined to spend time alone with him no matter what.
Elena was about to open her mouth as she watched Leo, who was lost in thought for a moment.
"good."
"huh?"
"What should I do?"
Elena blinked her large eyes at Leo's nodding appearance.
"You'll go on a date with me?"
"huh."
"Just like this, obediently?"
"no?"
"No, it's good, but maybe I should say that he listens too obediently?"
Leo held out his hand as he looked at Elena, who had a suspicious expression on her face.
"Can you give me some time, my beautiful lady?"
"...."
Elena smiled shyly as she took Leo's hand, which he extended to her politely.
"gladly."
***
Leo and Elena walked down Letin's street.
Letin, famous for its hot springs, attracts countless tourists from all over the world in the winter.
'Even for something like that, it seems like there are a lot of people?'
Leo, who tilted his head at the strangely excessive number of people, spoke to Elena, who was walking with him.
"I'll buy you something to drink. What do you want to drink?"
"I like everything Leo buys me."
In response, Leo approached a street vendor selling hot drinks and asked for his order.
"There seem to be too many people. Is there a reason for this?"
"Ah, you're a foreigner too!"
The old-looking street vendor smiled cheerfully.
"It's all thanks to the King!"
"Your Majesty?"
"Yes! Our King has become the leader of the newly established Hero League."
The leader of the Hero League, a force never seen before in history, and a hero who will take responsibility for the fate of the world.
"They all came here just to see the King's face even once!"
There will be many who try to get to know Leo in some way to pursue their own personal interests.
Power, fame, strength.
The Leo of today was an unprecedented hero who possessed all of these things.
At the street vendor's words, Leo unconsciously stroked his face.
Leo's face is already world-famous.
It's just that people are unaware of it now because there's a perception-lowering spell in place.
If I hadn't used magic, there would have been a huge uproar.
When Leo returned with two drinks, Elena was sitting on the bench with a slightly annoyed look on her face.
"Why are you feeling bad?"
Elena answered as Leo sat down next to her and handed her a glass of drink.
"No, I just realized that Leo is the world's hope."
"Why is that?"
"There are so many flies here."
Elena narrowed her eyes and pointed at something with her finger.
It was an expensive, upscale cafe, and on the terrace were sitting noble women from some country.
"They say that the most beautiful woman in the world, Elena Zeron, is by King Arhi's side... Is she really that beautiful?"
"Haha. I don't know about that. After all, photos in newspapers can be manipulated in any way."
"Still, there's no denying that she's quite a beauty."
"But since he does rough work, I don't know if he'll be attractive as a woman."
Elena said, having heard the conversation between the noble daughters.
"That would be great, there are a lot of women who want to marry Leo, right?"
"I didn't know you cared about that kind of thing?"
"Don't worry. There are countless things targeting the man I like. He's even reached the pinnacle of the world now."
Elena, who had been clicking her tongue, looked Leo up and down and said.
"Well, of course it's natural since he's the guy I like."
"Does that sound like you're saying that if I didn't have anything special to offer, you wouldn't even bother?"
"Wouldn't that be better? I could just take him, feed him, and put him to bed."
Leo looked dumbfounded at those words.
Elena asked Leo a question.
"What will Leo do after defeating Erebos?"
"Have you ever thought about it?"
"That's Leo-kun's style."
Elena looked a little sad at the sight of him being so obsessed with defeating Erebos.
"Leo is a person who lacks imagination to draw the future."
Elena knows that behind the glamour of being a hero who saved the world, there is a darkness of being a surviving hero whose power was taken away.
Leo Plov is a man with an empty heart.
'Perhaps only two people can fill that void.'
I know.
That he couldn't replace those two people.
Still, Elena hoped for a future where Leo's heart would be filled even a little.
Leo chuckled as he looked at Elena, who looked at him with pity.
"You don't have to look at it that way. But I'm curious about the future...."
"Huh? What kind?"
Elena showed interest.
Leo raised his hand and stroked his heart.
To be precise, it's a small hairpin in the inside pocket of a coat.
A piece of the future that only he remembers, that existed but is now gone.
When I think about the future that must be reclaimed, a natural curiosity arises.
"I wonder what my child will look like."
Elena's eyes widened at those words.
And then he burst out laughing.
"Somehow. He said something was strange."
Elena reached out and took Leo's hand.
"For some reason, he agreed to go on a date so easily."
"What are you talking about?"
"Hey. You don't have to be a jerk."
Elena got up from her seat and helped Leo up.
"I shouldn't have said anything. Should we book a room over there?"
Elena points to a luxury hotel with her hand.
"Just wait ten months. I'll answer your question."
"...."
"Where should I register my family? Hmm. But I guess it would be best to register my first child with the Plov family?"
"It's a little scary because it doesn't seem like a joke."
"Leo, you too. There's no way you could joke about something like this."
Elena laughed out loud and slapped Leo on the shoulder.
"Come crawl up whenever you get a chance."
"Isn't that what you meant?"
"no."
"Tch."
Elena stuck out her lips and clicked her tongue.
"Why are there no normal people around me?"
"That's because Leo himself isn't normal. Normally, people just stick together."
Leo was unable to respond to Elena's sharp criticism.