Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 106

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106.

“An Ajonia admission recommendation letter?”

“Yeah. Mom helped Ajonia when she was young. At that time, she was forced to receive an admission recommendation letter, you could say.”

Raina scratched her head vigorously and said to the fairy.

“My son is already attending Lumern, so he can’t enroll in Ajonia.”

[I see.]

The fairy nodded as if understanding.

[Please sign the admission notice and come to Azrek in three days.]

“It’s not getting through.”

“It’s a messenger fairy after all.”

“Right, it’ll only deliver what it was ordered to.”

“But how did they know I turned fifteen and select me as an admission candidate?”

“When I received the recommendation letter, I made something like a contract with the fairy. According to the blood-sealed contract, they must have known you turned fifteen.”

Leo clicked his tongue while watching Raina grumble.

“You shouldn’t make contracts carelessly.”

“Did I know it would turn out like this?”

Leo chuckled at Raina’s complaints and examined the letter from Ajonia.

Then he stroked his chin.

“So this is the qualification to attend Ajonia’s entrance ceremony?”

“That’s right. Well, you can just ignore it. If you don’t register, they’ll find another recommended admission candidate.”

Leo spoke while watching Raina shrug her shoulders.

“It sounds interesting though.”

“What?”

Raina looked at Leo with surprised eyes as he smiled.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s a rare opportunity.”

“With your skills as Lumern’s grade representative, you’d definitely pass the entrance exam, right?”

“This is also experience. If I withdraw midway and come back, the admission will be canceled anyway. And I just won’t reveal that I’m Leo Flobe.”

“I was hoping to spend the vacation well with my son for once.”

Raina grumbled.

“I’ll go to Azrek in three days.”

At Leo’s words, the messenger fairy nodded and disappeared from the spot.

It had canceled the summoning and returned to its contractor.

‘Ajonia, huh. I’m curious about what the beastman hero candidates will be like.’

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Azrek, the city of sea and desert located at the southernmost tip of the continent, was one of the largest cities on the continent.

This was because all trade between the west and east passed through here.

Naturally, the city became wealthy.

It was a major city that wielded influence as powerful as Lumeria City, known as the largest among human cities.

The difference from Lumeria City was that various races resided here permanently.

Leo, who arrived in Azrek through the warp gate, smiled as he walked through the city streets.

‘How peaceful.’

For Leo, seeing such a vibrant cityscape was one of his pleasures.

This kind of liveliness was proof that Kail and his companions had saved the world.

Walking through the streets, Leo arrived at the Central Square.

Many people had gathered in that Central Square.

They were all offering flowers to a werewolf statue in the center of the Central Square.

Sharp eyes, protruding fangs.

With claws extended and roaring with a brave face, he was all too familiar to Leo.

‘Arron.’

Hero Arron.

The racial hero of the beastmen and one of the Great Heroes who saved the world in the past.

Leo burst into laughter seeing Arron roaring.

“What’s that? It doesn’t suit him at all.”

In this era, Arron was recorded as a very brave person.

Since the gods called Arron a ‘hero,’ there was nothing strange about it.

Leo bought flowers from a nearby merchant and went to his friend’s statue.

In front of the statue was an inscription dedicated to Arron.

In honor of the hero Arron, who possessed indomitable courage

‘Indomitable courage my ass. He trembled with fear in every battle.’

Leo chuckled and offered the flowers.

Arron, who was more cowardly than anyone, was braver than anyone when it came to his friends, and seeing that, the Great Heroes could gain courage.

‘Guys… *cough*. Don’t cry. It was my role to protect you. And I’m sorry… for not keeping my promise to protect you until the end.’

Leo smiled bitterly, remembering Arron who apologized until his dying moment.

After offering flowers to his friend’s statue, Leo left the Central Square.

Then he moved to find the dormitory where Ajonia Academy student candidates stayed.

‘The exam starts in three days, right?’

The admission notice came two days ago.

If he didn’t register as an admission candidate by tomorrow, the admission would be voided.

‘Where should I go?’

After pondering, Leo decided to go where there were the most kids his age.

Azrek was the testing location.

Since free lectures were held by various beastman countries, the place where admission candidates naturally gathered was the registration site.

As expected, there was a place where many people who appeared to be Ajonia student candidates had gathered.

And Leo showed a momentarily dazed expression upon seeing that building.

‘A colosseum?’

The place the students were heading to was Azrek’s Colosseum.

“Move aside, half-breed.”

Leo ignored the voice he heard from behind.

He thought it wasn’t directed at him.

‘Why a colosseum of all places?’

Thud-!

“I said move!”

But when someone irritably shoved his back, he frowned and looked behind.

There stood three werewolf beastmen around Leo’s age.

Leo asked, looking at them with sticky sneers.

“What did you just say?”

“I said half-breed. Are you offended?”

“Derkin. Stop it. The half-breed listening might feel bad. Hehehe.”

“You’re even worse!”

At the boy in the middle’s words, the werewolf boy and girl on either side giggled.

Seeing this, Leo was about to pick his ear with his pinky but stopped.

There were no ears where ears should originally be.

A little higher up on his head, ‘rabbit ears’ were attached.

Currently, Leo was perfectly disguised as a mixed-blood beastman.

He had polymorphed into a mixed-blood beastman with Kirran’s help.

In the process, his white hair had become black hair.

If you asked why it had to be a rabbit, the reason was simple.

It was Raina’s preference.

Thinking of his mother, Leo sighed and said.

“How about watching your language?”

“What?”

Seeing Leo who wasn’t intimidated at all, the large wolf beastman boy on the left had his eyes twitch.

“A cowardly mongrel rabbit has quite the guts? But you picked the wrong opponent to rebel against!”

Grab-!

“We’re attending the Azonia entrance ceremony, you hear!”

The large beastman boy grabbed Leo’s rabbit ears and glared with wide eyes.

Azonia admission.

This alone was a very impressive thing among beastmen.

Because they had earned qualification by breaking through those difficult hell-like open lectures.

“So what?”

However, Leo’s reaction was indifferent.

To a Lumern grade representative, Azonia examinee qualification wasn’t particularly impressive or threatening.

“What?”

“So what if you attend the entrance ceremony? Does that make you Azonia students?”

The boy was flustered by Leo’s question.

“You’re not even Azonia students yet, so what are you bragging about?”

“This bastard…! Kugh!”

The boy who was provoked by Leo’s words raised his fist.

Of course, before the punch could fly, Leo’s foot was buried in the boy’s stomach.

The large beastman boy’s body bent into an ‘L’ shape.

Leo struck down with his elbow on the bent boy’s back.

Leo, who had simply knocked down the wolf boy, muttered.

“If this is the skill level of Azonia admission candidates, it’s a bit disappointing.”

“This damn mongrel!”

The atmosphere became hostile.

The two students who had revealed themselves as Azonia admission candidates unleashed their aura.

Curious gazes pierced from the surroundings, wondering what was happening.

“What are you guys doing right now?”

Then a clear girl’s voice was heard.

A girl with white cat ears and tail hurriedly squeezed between Leo and the wolf beastmen.

Then the girl among the wolf beastmen shouted.

“Who are you!”

“My name is!”

“Isn’t that Ar Tune?”

“From the Tune Family? Now that I look, her features match perfectly.”

“She’s a recommended candidate this time, right?”

As the surrounding beastmen murmured, Ar, who was about to introduce herself, stopped speaking and perked up her ears.

Ar, who made a cat-like expression, swished her tail as if pleased that people around recognized her.

But that was only for a moment.

Looking at the three wolf beastmen, she raised her white tail high as if displeased.

“Three people attacking one person, don’t you think that’s cowardly?”

“No, this mongrel started by attacking my friend first…”

“I saw who started the trouble first, you know? And.”

Ar’s eyes turned cold.

“You call your own kind ‘mongrel’?”

Contempt appeared in Ar’s eyes.

Seeing that, Dergeon flinched and stammered, then shouted ‘I, I just remembered something urgent!’ and hurriedly left the scene.

“L-let’s go together!”

The girl also followed with a frightened face, dragging the fallen large boy.

Mockery poured from the surroundings.

Seeing that, Ar snorted.

“I don’t know how they passed the open lectures.”

As the crowd that had gathered for the fight dispersed, Ar approached Leo.

“You’re also an admission candidate, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Heh-heh-hmph! You’re a spirited guy! Not backing down against three opponents!”

Ar seemed pleased as she puffed out her chest, put her hands on her hips, and nodded.

“Is there any reason I should back down?”

Even if Ar hadn’t helped, he could have easily beaten those three.

“I was worried there would only be boring kids, but this worked out well! You’ll pass the entrance ceremony! Black rabbit!”

Ar’s eyes, which had been making a cat-like smile, momentarily changed to cat-like pupils.

That gaze turned toward a desert butterfly fluttering around.

Ar instinctively swung her left hand to catch that butterfly.

However, the desert butterfly avoided her touch.

Ar, with her tail raised high, chased the butterfly while saying.

“Well then, I’ll be going!”

Watching her chase the butterfly like a cat, Leo chuckled.

“Still races faithful to their instincts.”

Other races might think Ar’s behavior was silly, but the other beastmen looked at Ar with very serious eyes.

The admission candidates’ gazes were largely divided into two types.

Awe and competitive spirit.

‘It’s different from Lumern or Seirun again.’

To humans, Lumern students were objects of admiration, longing, and support.

To elves, Seirun students were respectable people who carried on the great Progenitor’s will.

And beastmen…

‘Objects of worship.’

Heroes were powerful and great beings before being entities that brought about change.

As such, beastmen’s attitudes toward hero candidates were also largely divided into two types.

Fighting spirit to defeat the strong and worship showing respect to the strong.

‘Definitely unique.’

Leo, who had crossed his arms, had his eyes shine.

It was a completely different atmosphere from Lumern.

‘I did well to come.’

Chuckling, Leo headed to the student candidate dormitory building to register for the entrance ceremony.

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