The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 105



Main Heroine Awakening

Main heroine, Isabel Luna.

I never dreamed that I would face her in the first match of the international individual competition.

It seemed Isabel felt the same, as her face was filled with bewilderment.

But we should have expected such a situation.

The opponents in the finals are ultimately determined randomly.

There was nothing strange about meeting anyone in the round of 64.

I could see Isabel taking a deep breath from afar.

Isabel also knew this fact and was regaining her composure.

How strong has Isabel become?

I hadn’t seen Isabel’s true skills since the boycott incident.

Moreover, I fled before we could have a proper match during the boycott incident.

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Isabel must have been grinding her teeth, recalling that day.

As it was the first match, curious eyes were drawn to this place.

And among them was a face I knew.

Someone who came to watch the fun again, smiling.

Baekmokgong.

Laxid Anubesia.

Even the hero of the empire had personally come to watch this international individual competition.

It seemed he had high expectations for what would be shown this time.

‘Show me.’

My gaze met Isabel’s.

At that moment, Isabel was also looking at me.

It was strange that she avoided my eyes earlier.

Now she was looking straight at me.

“You.”

Was she about to declare victory in this match?

I should choose my words to counter her.

“Are you dating Seron?”

“What?”

But after hearing her next words, I forgot all the words I had chosen.

Is that something to say in this situation?

“What do you mean?”

Isabel hesitated for a moment, unable to understand.

“…I saw you and Seron this morning.”

I thought no one was around, but she saw it.

I felt a moment of discomfort but maintained my expression.

“Yeah, but we’re not really dating.”

“Then why is Seron treating you differently than before?”

Isabel asked persistently.

Indeed, Seron’s behavior had changed a lot recently, even to others.

She was like a girl in love, treating the man she liked.

“And you too.”

Isabel pointed out my behavior as well.

Had my actions changed?

I wasn’t sure.

But I felt that this situation was not going in a good direction.

Isabel’s eyes, as I saw them, were no longer the bright sunflowers of the past.

Instead, there was a desperate clinging.

Isabel was seeing me as Lucas.

This was somewhat intentional on my part.

I had declared that I would be the moon if I couldn’t be the sun like Lucas.

“You said it yourself that day. You don’t intend to date anyone.”

But I didn’t want Isabel to become unable to stand on her own.

I believed that she would eventually overcome her anxiety and live on her own.

‘This might be my arrogance.’

Having seen dreams crumble, I knew how important it was to stand up on your own.

Relying on others to resolve anxiety is very unstable and dangerous.

She was also the main heroine of my favorite game.

I didn’t want Isabel to live such a life.

I didn’t save her from the brink of suicide just to curse Lucas.

“Isabel.”

I loosened up, tapping my toes on the floor.

“Even if I were dating Seron, what does it matter to you?”

Isabel’s shoulders flinched.

Isabel and I have a very ambiguous relationship.

From the first day of the entrance ceremony until now.

Isabel and I have been entangled in various ways.

If we were to define our relationship, we were rivals.

A relationship where we prove whose claims are right.

That was the relationship between Isabel and me.

But recently, that relationship has been shaking.

Isabel has been crossing the line that was drawn between us, unintentionally.

It was Isabel herself who was crossing that line.

Not me, but seeing Lucas overlaid, she crossed it as if enchanted.

“I remember we were in a relationship where we discussed what was right.”

My eyes met Isabel’s, which were frozen.

“…I don’t know.”

And this was the same for Isabel herself.

She muttered blankly with a dazed face.

“I don’t, I don’t know why I’m doing this either.”

Isabel’s eyes met mine.

I asked the question I had been holding back.

“Isabel, are you seeing me overlapped with Lucas?”

Her face froze completely.

She clearly hadn’t realized it herself.

“That can’t be!”

Isabel shouted.

Fortunately, we were far from the outside of the stadium, so the audience couldn’t hear, but they must have seen Isabel shouting.

Those watching the game just thought it was a provocation before the start of the match.

“That, can’t be possible…”

The strength in Isabel’s voice weakened.

Her pupils trembled violently.

She began to realize her own condition in response to my question.

“Then, we will now begin the round of 64 in the international individual competition!”

At that moment, the announcer declared the start of the match.

There was no more time to talk with Isabel.

Cheers erupted from the people anticipating the match.

However, Isabel seemed not to hear any of it, staring at me with wide eyes.

“Isabel.”

I raised my hand.

Isabel was seeing Lucas in me.

If that’s the case, I must break that thought today.

I may become the moon.

But I can never be the sun that Isabel desires.

Because I am not Lucas.

“I am not Lucas.”

At the same time, a coldness completely different from Lucas exploded from my body.

Crack!

In an instant, the arena began to freeze over from the cold.

At the same time, my right eye, which had been closed, opened, revealing a gleaming yellow lizard eye.

The remnants of the ancient dragon that had been dormant until now awakened.

“!”

Eve, who had been watching from among the main contestants in the distance, stood up in surprise.

It was only natural.

She never thought I would use the ancient dragon’s magic in the main match.

Those who wield the ancient dragon’s magic become dragonkin.

Therefore, those who wield the ancient dragon’s magic are sentenced to death.

This is a law stated not only in the Empire but also in other kingdoms.

Sharin, from afar, sighed while covering her forehead.

“Hmm?”

“That.”

The laypeople cheered, but those connected to magic seemed to recognize what I had just activated.

Though they weren’t certain yet, confusion spread among them.

The murmuring of the wizards grew louder.

And among them.

Only one person was banging on their chair, laughing incredulously.

It was Baekmokgong, who had applied the Hero Special Law to me.

Even among the ancient dragons, he was a mystery.

So.

‘Since it’s come to this, please save me one more time.’

I had other tricks up my sleeve, but to resolve this matter swiftly, Baekmokgong was the best.

‘I never intended to hide it forever anyway.’

So I decided to make it clear to Isabel this time.

Unlike Lucas, who wielded the flames of determination, I dealt with the chilling frost of the ancient dragon.

“You, you.”

Isabel showed her bewilderment amidst the spreading frost.

“Why.”

A smirk appeared on my lips for the first time in a while.

“Do I look a bit different from the Lucas you know?”

I often provoked Isabel.

Hearing my long-awaited taunt, Isabel bit her lip hard.

The chilling frost crept up to her feet.

It was clearly different from Lucas’s heat.

“…You really are.”

But thanks to that, the wavering look in her eyes changed.

Isabel had always wanted to defeat me, setting aside her overlapping view of me and Lucas.

That determination was firmly engraved in this match.

“…After this match is over, there’s something I want to ask you.”

Isabel gripped her sword tightly.

At the same time, a white light that I had never seen before spread from her.

“So, no matter what happens, I’ll do it with all my might.”

As soon as I saw it, a smile appeared on my lips.

You’ve reached it.

Flap-

Behind Isabel.

Wings of pure white, never seen before, bloomed.

Those who were murmuring with the magic of my ancient dragon all widened their eyes.

Their faces all showed the same astonishment.

The wings Isabel spread were an entirely unexpected result.

The wings of a goddess.

In the distant past.

A warrior woman who imprisoned the evil lord in the underground palace.

It is said that she had wings imbued with a divine aura on her back.

After sealing the evil lord, the warrior woman left these words.

“Someday, when the evil lord bares his fangs at the world once more, someone with wings like mine will appear.”

The day the evil lord threatens the world.

The wings that bloom on someone’s back.

Those were the wings of the goddess in the legend.

And now.

Such wings of the goddess bloomed behind Isabel.

The reason I had to save Isabel at all costs, and the reason she was the main heroine of the Flame Butterfly arc.

The goddess’s warrior who will destroy the evil lord.

Isabel Luna.

This was the moment she truly awakened.

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The magic of the ancient dragon.

The wings of the goddess.

Because of these two appearances, the arena was in an uproar.

The ones who were most in an uproar were the nobles.

The aristocrats who lead the world are naturally well-versed in history.

As such, they knew very well what the wings of the goddess meant.

Separately, the wizards were in an uproar over the dragon’s magic.

Knowing the dangers of the dragon’s magic, they shouted that the match should be stopped immediately.

“Be quiet.”

“Silence.”

At that moment, two figures silenced the uproarious aristocrats and wizards.

A woman with white hair, revealing charismatic eyes as she brushed it aside.

The greatest hero in the world and the highest-ranking figure in the empire, second only to the emperor.

Baekmokgong

Raksid Anubesia

At her words, not only the empire but also the nobles of other kingdoms fell silent.

On the other side was a middle-aged man wearing a blue cloak.

Underneath hair as blue as the sky.

At the warning of this man with extraordinary eyes, all the wizards fell silent.

The greatest tower of the empire and the world’s greatest tower, the Blue Tower Lord

Emperadion Sazarith

The two people who could be called the pinnacle of aristocrats and wizards silenced everyone.

No one dared to open their mouths in front of them.

Baekmokgong and the Blue Tower Lord’s eyes met once.

They were defending different people.

Baekmokgong was defending Isabel Luna.

The Blue Tower Lord was defending Hannon Airey.

They controlled the situation so that the two hot potatoes of this match would not be unnecessarily embroiled in confusion.

Baekmokgong lightly leaped and approached the Blue Tower Lord.

It was a very frivolous action, but no one dared to criticize her.

Only her attendant quietly sighed and adjusted her skirt.

“Blue Tower Lord boy.”

“How long do you intend to call me a boy?”

“Hahaha! In my eyes, no matter how old you get, you’re still a boy.”

The wizards were aghast at the audacity of calling him a mere boy.

But the Blue Tower Master seemed quite accustomed to it.

“What do you think of the magic that impudent boy wields?”

At the White Woodworker’s question, filled with interest, the Blue Tower Master watched the match with cold eyes.

“That boy is controlling his magic to determine the outcome.”

The wizards simultaneously widened their eyes.

The power of the ancient dragon’s magic was unmatched by any other.

To wield such magic meant the birth of an immense force.

“And I can guess who is involved in this.”

The Blue Tower Master shifted his gaze towards the participants.

There stood his adopted daughter.

A daughter who possessed ‘Mirinae,’ something even the Blue Tower Master did not have.

It was clear she was involved.

As long as his daughter was involved,

The Blue Tower Master could not allow Hanon to be executed, whether he liked it or not.

If he did, Sharin would also be implicated and taken away.

“Good. If the Blue Tower Master boy joins us, we can be a bit more brazen with the Emperor.”

“Was this your plan from the beginning?”

The Blue Tower Master expressed his displeasure.

“Hmm, he’s a young hero under the special hero law. If I don’t protect him, who will?”

Even so, she had a slightly displeased look.

“Of course, that boy calculated all this and did such a thing.”

The White Woodworker’s lips curled up.

“As an adult, we should praise the boldness of a child rather than underestimate it.”

It was indeed great boldness.

“Above all, it reminds me of the old days.”

The White Woodworker smiled nostalgically.

“There was a madman who tampered with the ancient dragon’s magic before.”

As soon as the Blue Tower Master heard those words, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Because she realized who she was talking about.

The Sage of Transcendence, Jerion.

The one who mastered all magic in history and established not only celestial magic but also the magic of ancient dragons.

However, that is only what the history books say.

There are no records left to prove that he truly mastered the magic of ancient dragons.

“You’ve gone too far.”

“Heh heh, indeed. Compared to the Sage of Transcendence, that boy is nothing but a fledgling. But.”

The eyes of the White Woodworker shone brightly.

“Even the Sage of Transcendence, Jerion, was once a fledgling.”

Indeed, what path will the boy take?

The White Woodworker smiled as if he was already looking forward to it.