"Sorry for making you worry so much, Luna—no, Lulu."
Seeing the Demon Emperor before her transform into Leon, the one she had missed so deeply, Luna's eyes widened in disbelief. Her heart skipped a beat, and her breath caught, as if she had just witnessed the impossible.
"Y-You... Demon Emperor!? No! How is that possible!?" Luna stammered, her voice trembling with horror and fear.
She couldn't comprehend what she was seeing. The figure she had believed to be the Demon Emperor—the one who had crushed humanity's army in the last war—was actually Leon?
How could this be?
Luna's vision began to blur from the shock, and if not for the exhaustion weighing on her, she might have thought it was all a dream.
Noticing the shock on Luna's face, Leon smiled softly, letting out a quiet sigh.
"I know it's hard to believe, but I'm really Leon, your childhood friend," he said warmly.
