REAPER SCANS
[The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honor Student]
[Translator – Aine ]
[Proofreader – Ash ]
Chapter 0
The world was engulfed in flames.
Before the weathered figure of a gray-haired man stood a colossal black dragon, its breath ragged with exertion.
"Kyle…"
"Don't speak like that. I’ll save you, I swear!"
With gritted teeth, he cast a healing spell fueled by an overflow of raw power.
But despite his efforts, the dragon’s gaping wound remained, unwaveringly fatal.
"Damn it all! This can't be happening!"
"No, there's still hope... Kyle, carry on with my legacy, with the strength of my dragon heart."
"Enough of this nonsense! Shut up! Just hold on!"
Kyle's tone was sharp with urgency and desperation.
"What about Arron, and Luna! And Dweno! You’re a dragon! Hold on, dammit, you’re a part of one of the great races!"
"Kyle... remember when we first met?"
Kyle held his breath, memories flooding his mind.
Lysinas, his companion, wearing the same reassuring smile they had shared during their first encounter, spoke softly:
"We'll be the ones to save this world."
"That's why... we..."
"I'm sorry... for making you bear this burden alone…"
His eyelids slowly closed.
“...”
Silence descended as he watched the dragon exhale its last breath.
He looked into the darkness of the sky above.
Black rain fell upon him from the heavens.
A somber acknowledgment of the world's impending doom.
Kyle's laughter, bitter and hollow, mingled with the rain.
"Ha... fuck..."
Kyle cursed the world, his resolve unyielding.
Turning away, he tore through his comrade's chest, extracting his beating heart.
In the distance, a tower blazed.
"Erebus... I swear I will kill you, even if it means I stand alone in this forsaken world."
The ultimate hero embarked on his final quest.
And thus… the world was saved.
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"Leo, it’s storytime!"
The lady of the house of Plov.
Reina, mistress of the Plov family, called out to her one-month-old son.
From the other side of the room, a laugh rang out.
"Reina, you've read that story countless times, haven’t you? You’ll have read it over a thousand times by the time we send him off to preschool."
"But Dade, this fairy tale is about my favorite of the great heroes."
Reina gazed lovingly at her son, who was sleeping peacefully in his cradle.
"And Leo loves this one in particular. He gets so happy whenever I read it to him."
"Really?"
"Of course! Do you want to see?”
Reina approached the cradle, opening up the worn pages of the fairy tale book.
"Leo, my darling, let me read you a fairy tale. It’s 'The Heroes of the Beginning'."
Leo's eyes fluttered open,
"Once upon a time, long, long ago…5,000 years ago, specifically..."
“Hababa!”
He cooed.
"Look!"
“Haha, you weren’t kidding!”
They chuckled softly, delighting in their son's innocence.
With a smile, she continued.
‘Luna, the Elf Archmage.
Dweno, the Dwarven Master Smith.
Arron, the Beastman Warrior.
And lastly, Lysinas, the sagacious dragon.’
“And just like that, the great heroes defeated the evil Erebos and peace came to the world. The end!”
“Hababa!”
Leo swung his short limbs around.
His parents smiled proudly, their hearts full of love for their precious child.
But Leo gazed up at his parents, his plea echoing from the depths of his soul:
‘Please, no more of these damn children’s books!’
Had the Plovs known his true thoughts, they surely would have been astounded.
They could never fathom that their newborn possessed such clear desires.
Yet, even more astonishing was his true identity.
Long, long ago--5,000 years ago, specifically…
He had been one of those great heroes who rescued humanity.
Kyle, the courageous soul who vanquished the world of the ancient evil, Erebos, and saved the world from near destruction.
Though, he had also been quite unfortunate to have been forgotten by the annals of history.
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