Editor : Amethyst00



The Clocktower Dormitory was the crystallization of spatial magic, embodying the essence of magical engineering conceived by Tina.

And at the heart of that magic was the student council president's room, located at the very top floor of the Clocktower.

The reason Leo could freely travel to any place within the Clocktower Dormitory from that room was precisely because all doors connected to the student council president's room.

'And every door that leads into the student council president's room is fundamentally locked.'

That's why it functioned as a normal door.

Without the key to the student council president's room, even exiting became a matter of randomness.

Even Tina, the one who designed the magical formula, couldn't control it without the key.

Because the formula itself had been created to operate randomly.

In the current situation, there was only one person who could have done such a thing.

'Mel.'

But Mel, being the Dragon Queen, would never do something like this.

'No matter how many times I tried the summoning ritual, I couldn't summon Lysinas.'

He had thought it was simply because his training was still insufficient.

But what if she had already been summoned?

'I need solid evidence.'

With that thought, Leo rose from his seat.

"You lot, clean this up properly."

"Yes, sir! Leave it to us, hyung-nim!"

"I mean, wouldn't it be easier to clean with magic? Why do we have to sweep and scrub with our hands…"

Lyl responded with a salute and great energy, but Elena still looked dissatisfied.

"Then it wouldn't be punishment, would it?"

"It's not like we did it on purpose?"

"So you're complaining?"

"……"

As Leo tilted his head slightly, Elena pouted.

"Wow, it's the first time I've seen Elena-sunbae unable to say a word. You really are amazing, hyung-nim!"

Lyl clapped in admiration.

Elena stepped on Lyl's foot in response.

"Ow, Elena-sunbae…"

Clicking her tongue, Elena swept the ruined floor with her broom.

["Peep! Peep!"]

["Hey! Can't you do it properly? Learn from your junior!"]

Above Elena's head, Fiora and Kiran fluttered and spun in circles.

Elena, glaring at them sideways, swung her broom like a flyswatter and struck the two mythical beasts.

Then she swept the fallen creatures into a dustpan.

["Ah! Me too, treat me like garbage! Please!"]

Watching this, Alty slid up to Elena dramatically.

But Elena completely ignored her.

["Gasp! Could this be… neglect play?!"]

Alty writhed in dramatic agony.

Though his room had become a wreck, it was still as lively as ever. Leo stepped outside and began walking down the hallway.

"Leo-nim, what's going on?"

Just then, Mel appeared, looking surprised.

"Mel. Has anything strange happened at the school recently?"

"Something strange? No, not really. Is it an enemy attack?"

"No, nothing like that. I just wondered if there was anything even slightly odd or out of the ordinary."

Mel relaxed her expression at Leo's words and thought for a moment before shaking her head.

"Nothing comes to mind. En, do you know anything?"

En, who had appeared alongside her, also shook his head.

"Other than some students from the Knight and Magic departments reporting unexplained motion sickness during the third-year mock battle, nothing in particular."

Leo stopped walking and asked again.

"Didn't they say it was mana depletion side effects?"

"Yes, but upon checking, there was no significant mana loss. It was concluded to be a case of mental overexertion."

Among the third-years—Leo's seniors—many had been pointed out by him as future heroes.

Because of that, Mel paid special attention whenever any of them were injured.

She even had En double-check minor symptoms to ensure there were no lingering aftereffects.

'Motion sickness.'

Narrowing his eyes, Leo recalled his seniors.

"Chen Xia and Chloe weren't in the infirmary, right?"

"No."

"Then it must be related to one of them."

"What do you mean?"

Mel, confused, looked at Leo as he said,

"Seems like the one you all respect so much, the Wise Queen, is hiding somewhere in this dormitory."

"What?"

"Is… is that true?"

Mel's eyes widened, and En looked flustered.

Was there anything more thrilling for dragons to hear?

Somewhere in this place—the Wise Queen, Lysinas!

"First, I need to confirm it."

Saying that, Leo climbed up the hallway railing.

His room was at the top of the Clocktower.

The spiral staircase leading up had an open shaft in the center.

Leo jumped down into it without hesitation.

Whoosh—!

"Oh my gosh! What do we do! What do we do!"

Mel clutched her cheeks and stamped her feet, panicking.

"Queen! Now's not the time for this!"

"You're right!"

"We must help Leo-nim find Lysinas-nim—!"

"No! We must prepare a grand welcome! En, come here!"

"I will help Leo-nim find Lysinas-nim."

Mel stared at En for a moment, then smiled.

"Nope."

"Huh? But I must support Leo-nim—"

"It's Lysinas-nim we're talking about. Do you think we can help Leo-nim find her?"

"……"

"You think I don't know you just want to meet her sooner?"

Grinning, Mel saw right through En's thoughts and pulled him along to start preparing the welcome.

"What kind of welcome party should we prepare?"

Mel hummed happily while En looked puzzled.

"But… why is Lysinas-nim hiding? I thought she would've wanted to see Leo-nim right away…"

"Hm… maybe she's a little shy?"

"Is that so?"

"Yes. I think so."

Mel, unaware that Lysinas was filled with the desire to prank Leo somehow, kept thinking positively about everything.

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The first thing Leo did after descending into the dormitory was search for Chelsea's group, who had burst into his room earlier.

'If the motion sickness symptoms are side effects from Lysinas's memory-sealing magic, there should be traces left.'

Had he not paid attention, he might have missed it.

But now that Leo was determined to find it, locating the magical traces Lysinas left behind was no problem.

Finding the group that ran off with the stamp wasn't hard either.

Even without fine-tuning his extrasensory perception, the sounds of scuffling in the distance made their location obvious.

Leo took a step forward.

Whoosh—!

Running through the hallway at incredible speed, he soon encountered Abad.

"Leo?"

"Stop right there! Butter!"

Behind a puzzled-looking Abad came Celia's sharp voice.

Fwoosh—

As Celia's flame aura flared, Leo extended his hand.

Thud—!

"Urk? What… Leo?"

Celia's eyes widened as she saw Leo holding her sword, having blocked her attack.

"Celia, just a moment."

Leo tapped Celia's forehead with his finger.

Celia flinched slightly as Leo's mana swept through her body, but then relaxed and accepted it.

A moment later.

Leo let go and smiled.

"All done."

"What did you do?"

"Just needed to confirm something."

Celia rubbed her forehead, looking puzzled.

Abad showed Leo the stamp he held and asked, "Leo, what are we doing about this?"

"Oh, that?"

Leo glanced at the students who had been chasing and said, "Continue what you were doing."

As soon as he said it, Abad tossed the stamp into the air.

Waiting nearby, Chelsea caught it with style.

It was a brilliant play by a pair of siblings with years of synergy.

"Catch her!"

"Hey! Don't make so much noise! The professors will come!"

The students rushed after Chelsea in a pack.

Now alone, Leo placed his hands on his hips.

"Well then. Time to find that damn lizard."

As Leo activated his extrasensory perception, his awareness spread throughout the entire Clocktower Dormitory like a spiderweb.

Countless pieces of information poured into his mind.

Students whispering quietly.

Secret movements.

Professors on patrol.

And… someone moving stealthily.

"I've been discovered!"

Through his heightened hearing, he heard Chen Xia's startled voice.

Leo gave a small impressed grunt.

So Chen Xia had also mastered extrasensory perception.

She was clumsy at first, but now she seemed well-trained.

'If Eiran specializes in hearing… then Chen Xia's sixth sense must be sharp.'

Aaron, who created extrasensory perception, and Leo, the first to learn it, had all their senses enhanced.

But their successors had different specialties.

Eiran in hearing.

Chen Xia, it seemed, had enhanced intuition.

The fact that she noticed Leo's presence invading her perception range was proof.

'She's improved a lot.'

Normally, he'd be praising her.

'Judging by what she said, she knows about Lysinas's presence.'

Feeling a twinge of betrayal, Leo took a step forward.

Whoosh—!

Arriving at incredible speed, Leo blocked the startled Chen Xia's path and folded his arms.

"Where is she?"

"What do you mean?"

"Playing dumb, are we?"

"Hehehe."

"Don't try to act cute. You're not."

At Leo's words, Chen Xia pouted.

"I trusted you."

"But how could I refuse Lysinas-nim's request?"

"Oh really? Then where is she hiding?"

"Where Lysinas-nim is hiding…"

Step—step—

"Hmm? Leo? Xia? What are you doing there?"

From down the hallway came Chloe's voice.

Leo turned and said, "I was just asking Chen Xia something."

"Hm? What were you asking?"

"It's a personal matter."

He responded casually.

Unaware that Chloe's body had been possessed by Lysinas, Leo treated her as usual.

'Seriously, he's always so sharp about this kind of thing.'

She figured this game of hide-and-seek was finally over.

'Looks like he got burned in his sleep or something. I've teased him enough.'

While she mused, Leo grabbed Chen Xia's cheek.

'…He looks like he's having fun.'

Lysinas's gaze dimmed slightly.

Since possessing Chloe's body, she had heard many stories from the students.

Most of them were, of course, about the Great Heroes.

The most talked-about were stories of the Hero of Beginning and the Poet of the Star.

About how the Poet appeared and declared that the one she loved had been Kyle before vanishing.

Because of that, Kyle and Luna being lovers became an accepted fact to the later generations.

In her fragmented memories, a scene surfaced.

'How's that? I'm way better than Lysinas, right?'

'…You're good.'

Luna kissing Kyle and the conversation that followed.

'Terrible.'

Contrast that with how Leo had wiped his mouth in disgust after kissing her.

Lysinas's hand trembled slightly.

'You look kind of old.'

Annoying remarks began resurfacing in her mind.

If she just walked up smiling and said she was joking, Leo would laugh it off.

But the things he'd said—the things she would've smacked him for if she were alive—began to twist up her insides.

"Leo. I'm suddenly curious."

"What?"

"Between Lysinas-nim and Luna-nim, who do you like more?"

Leo glanced at Lysinas.

Chen Xia, wide-eyed, looked back at Lysinas and began to panic.

Lysinas was smiling sweetly.

'You better answer well.'

"I don't really like either of them."

Thinking she was just Chloe, Leo replied playfully.

"Hmm. I see."

Lysinas's smile deepened.

'Ughhh.'

Chen Xia screamed internally and said, "Leo-doryeong. You usually said you liked both!"

"When did I ever?"

As Leo masterfully made things worse, Chen Xia tried to steer it back.

"Still, there must be someone you like more. Isn't Lysinas-nim better?"

"Right now I like Luna more. Why do you ask?"

Chen Xia looked up at the ceiling in despair.

Watching her, Leo murmured inwardly, 'She must be listening from somewhere.'

Just as he looked around suspiciously with a crooked smile—

"Hey."

"Huh?"

Whoosh—!

Leo saw the small, slender fist of Chloe—no, Lysinas—coming toward him and finally realized.

'Chloe was Lysinas?'

Wham—! Crackle—!

As Lysinas's fist smashed into Leo's face, everything around them froze.

Leo was sent flying into the darkness, tumbling down the stairs at the far end of the hallway.

Growling, Lysinas charged after him.

"You bastard! You damn cheating lizard!"

"Shut up!"

From the darkness, the deadly voices of two Great Heroes rang out.

Boom—! Crash!

A fierce battle broke out.

Each time something broke, Chen Xia flinched and shut her eyes tightly.

"If you liked Luna so much, why didn't you marry her!"

"Be realistic! I didn't even know she liked me!"

"What a brag, you idiot!"

The sounds of fighting and yelling gradually faded into the distance.

Eventually, only faint echoes of the Great Heroes' battle remained.

Cautiously, Chen Xia opened her eyes.

And murmured blankly,

"…Is this… a married couple's quarrel…?"

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Meanwhile, Mel and En were in an empty room, busily preparing a welcome party for Lysinas.

At that moment—

While Mel pondered the wording for the welcome banner, En carefully spoke up.

"Queen."

"Yes?"

"The two only formed a marriage pact… They haven't held a formal ceremony. So how about we prepare a celebration to honor their union, as their descendants?"

At those words, Mel's eyes widened. She clapped and beamed.

"That's a wonderful idea, En!"