Leon's family was definitely not as rich as Jonas Nolan's family.

But it was still more than enough to support him who wanted to become a blacksmith and he had been living here ever since he was young.

He was an ordinary person.

Before the sudden transmigration, Leon had never even left the island where he lived. It was a small community but everyone was warm and helpful to each other, which was very comforting for Leon.

He liked living here and never thought about moving.

So the sudden transmigration made him confused.

But he still wanted to live.

Leon was a bit different from other returnees who were going to Afirer Kingdom because he stayed rather low key and probably more similar to Riya. The two of them were quietly training in their own way and only joined the association to get more resources.

Once they could get more resources easily through the association, the two of them become even more lazy to get out. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

In this way, no one knew Leon.

It was also because of this that Leon managed to stay hidden after his return to the Green Planet and no one knew about him in the slightest bit.

He was not famous.

Leon also didn't meet with other returnees when he was in Afirer Kingdom, so there was no chance for them recognizing each other after coming back to the Green Planet.

To be honest, it was not impossible for Leon to stay hidden for his entire life.

But…

It seemed that something or someone wanted him to appear.

To be honest, Jonas Nolan was not that comfortable. But he couldn't exactly stand by and watch everyone around him die when he clearly could do something. So he still choose to come up and took out the weapons.

Unlike Jonas Nolan who really couldn't fight, Leon still has more training to fight against the magic beasts.

In this way, the people in the island managed to survive long enough until the military came over and helped them. Of course, Leon's position also changed because they put more importance on him after finding out about his ability and the fact that he's also a returnee.

Leon sighed when he thought about those days.

Looking at Claire who had already finished crying, he felt rather distressed, but he couldn't help much.

Every returnees have their own goal and aspiration.

For Leon, he just wanted to live an ordinary life and providing some weapons for the higher ups was something that he was willing to do in order to protect everyone.

As for what other returnees would do…

Leon couldn't control it.

He didn't even know what those people were thinking or what they wanted to do until the very end.

When he came to, he realized that many people had left.

The mana fluctuation from outside told him that there were only three returnees left.

Ruth…

Even though they said that she was still alive, Leon could tell that her mana signature almost disappeared and it never got better. With time, the mana would dissipate into nothingness.

So that leave only three of them.

After helping Claire to make arrangement to visit Continent Z to see her friends, Leon came out and met with the other higher ups. To be exact, he met with the commander who was in charge of this location and paid a visit.

"Speak frankly." Leon nodded at the commander in front of him calmly.

He knew very well that with the grand magic beasts' tide over and most of the returnees leaving the Green Planet, his status and their treatment would become different.

Perhaps he would be able to live a more peaceful life had he refrained from appearing.

But Leon didn't want that.

He still wanted to appear upright and live the life he truly wanted.

Besides…

Even if Leon is definitely not as strong as the other returnees, he was still much stronger than many other people on the Green Planet.

"Mr. Leon, it's like this… we would like you to continue helping us to make the weapons…." They gave out a lot of favorable condition for Leon.

Such as allowing him to operate the business and so on.

But in the end, Leon knew that they wanted him to continue producing valuable and strong weapons.

Because in the war against the magic beasts, most of the weapons were scrapped due to resisting the magic beasts' attack.

They were also not strong enough to repair it.

Even though Leon did share some blacksmithing tips…

It was one thing to make ordinary weapon and another matter altogether to make a magic weapon.

"Sorry, but I refuse." Leon shook his head after hearing their terms.

"But, Mr. Leon…"

"First of all, the materials to make the magic weapons are not that easy to find. Most of the materials have been exhausted for the sake of the grand magic beasts' tide before." Leon was calm and composed as he faced these people.

He knew that many people coveted his skills…

But he didn't want to give it out to them.

"And even with the materials, making durable and strong weapons are not that easy. Even before, my speed has never been that fast," Leon added.

He did make some weapons and shared it with the soldiers so that they could defend against the magic beasts.

But the number was limited.

First was the materials' shortage.

The metals and various other things from the Green Planet were simply far from comparable to the things that Leon used when he was still in Afirer Kingdom. While it was not impossible to use it, the end result was definitely a much weaker weapon.

And those greedy people would definitely not feel satisfied in the slightest bit.

Leon didn't want to be forced to sign some kind of contract and work hard with these people were pulling the string behind the back.

It's better to refuse upfront from the very beginning.