Chapter 1
The world was burning.
A gigantic black dragon was struggling to breathe in front of the gray-haired man.
-Kyle.
“Don’t talk. I’m going to save you, no matter what!”
Kyle gritted his teeth and used healing Magic.
A massive surge of Mana erupted.
But the gaping wound in the dragon’s belly didn’t heal.
“Damn it! Damn it! I can’t lose you too!”
-No… I’m done for, Kyle. Take my [Dragon Heart] and move forward.
“Hey, quit saying crazy things like that and shut your mouth!”
Kyle snapped.
“Don’t die pointlessly like Arron, Luna, and Dweno! You’re a dragon! Endure like the great race you are! You damned lizard!”
-Kyle… do you remember when we first met?
He swallowed.
Lysinas gave the same smile as back then.
-We will save the world.
“So let’s…”
-Sorry… for leaving it all to you.
Slowly—his eyelids closed.
“……”
Staring at the lifeless black dragon, Kyle looked up at the ashen sky.
Black rain fell.
Death rain that consumed life.
Proof that the world was rushing toward destruction.
“Haha… damn it all.”
Kyle cursed, not even thinking to take shelter from the rain.
He dug into his comrade’s chest and pulled out the heart, turning his head.
In the distance, a burning tower stood.
“Erebos.”
He spat his nemesis’s name like a curse.
“I’ll kill you. Even if I’m the only one left.”
The last great Hero headed for the final battleground.
And… the world was saved by a single human.
* * *
“Leo~ Mommy will read you a storybook.”
Mistress of the Plov family.
Reina Plov approached her one-month-old son and spoke softly.
Watching her, Deid Plov burst out laughing.
“Reina, you’ve read that storybook over a hundred times, haven’t you? If you count when you were pregnant, it’s got to be over a thousand times.”
“But Deid, this is my favorite story about the great Heroes.”
Reina gazed lovingly at her son, sleeping soundly in the cradle.
“And Leo loves this storybook the most. He’s always happy when I read it to him.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Want to see?”
Reina stepped up to the cradle and opened the storybook.
“Leo~ Mommy will read you the [Heroes of the Beginning] storybook.”
Leo’s eyes snapped open.
“Once upon a time, a very long time ago. To be specific, 5,000 years ago…”
“Abu! Abubu! Addd!”
“See?”
“Ha, it’s true!”
Deid Plov looked amazed as their son babbled and squirmed.
Smiling brightly, Reina continued reading.
Luna the Elf Archmage.
Dweno the Dwarf Master Smith.
Arron the Beastkin Warrior.
And lastly, Lysinas the wise dragon.
“And so, the great Heroes defeated the evil Erebos, and peace returned to the world. The end!”
“Abu! Agggg!”
Leo swung his tiny arms and legs wildly.
The couple smiled with pride as they watched their son.
Watching his parents, Leo shouted inside,
‘For the love of god, please stop reading that damn storybook already!’
The Plov couple would have been shocked if they knew.
Their newborn son had such clear thoughts!
But what was even more shocking was his true identity.
A long time ago, specifically 5,000 years ago.
He was one of the great Heroes who saved the world.
Kyle.
The man who defeated the primordial evil, Erebos, and saved the world.
But in the history of the world, he was the unfortunate man who had been forgotten.