Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 109

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109.

At Berga’s question, Leo momentarily showed a surprised expression.

‘Someone who knows Mother?’

After pondering for a moment, Leo decided to be honest.

“Do you know my mother?”

“Indeed! You really are Raina’s son!”

Berga laughed heartily.

“I’m an old friend of your mother. Son of Raina. She and I used to compete in skill as Lumern’s grade representative and Ajonia’s grade representative. You must have heard plenty of stories about me! Berga Tune from your mother, right?”

“No. She never said a word about it.”

“Th-that can’t be! Raina and I were such close friends!”

“Mother didn’t really tell us stories about her school days.”

At those words, Berga hesitated.

Then he let out a deep sigh.

“I suppose that could be the case.”

Then he muttered with a somehow melancholic expression.

“How strong and magnificent your mother was, like a single flower… you don’t seem to know.”

“…”

At Berga’s muttering, Leo made a serious expression.

‘If it’s Berga, he must be a famous hero among the beastmen, right?’

Leo had also heard the names of highly renowned heroes at least once.

Among the beastmen who pursue strength, the hero with high fame for his unstoppable actions was precisely Berga.

In fact, just moments ago, all the admission candidates’ eyes had lit up when they saw Berga.

Of course, Leo wasn’t among them.

‘Does he have a problem with his head?’

Leo was seriously worried about Berga.

A single flower?

‘That doesn’t suit Mother at all, does it?’

According to what he heard from his uncle Jis, Raina’s nickname during her prime was ‘Flame Witch.’

If Mother, who wasn’t even a mage, was given the title ‘witch,’ he could tell what her actions must have been like without even hearing about it.

“Ellen… if only that foolish bastard hadn’t…!”

Veins bulged on the back of Berga’s hand.

Watching Berga gritting his teeth, Leo said.

“She didn’t tell us old stories, but Mother never regretted her choices.”

“…!”

Hearing Leo’s words, Berga’s eyes wavered.

“Hehe. Yes! That’s just like Raina Jerdinger! Huhahahaha!”

Then he suddenly burst into laughter.

Leo began to seriously worry about this person who claimed to be Mother’s old friend.

“Yes! There’s no need to dwell on the past! I saw your power clearly at the Beast Carnival! It was so powerful it reminded me of Raina from our school days! I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s entrance ceremony too, son of Raina!”

“I have a name called Kail, you know.”

At those words, Berga laughed with a “Hoot!”

“I’ll call you by your name once you pass tomorrow’s entrance ceremony!”

At those words, Leo nodded and left the waiting room.

‘Raina. Even though you lost your flame, you must still be beautiful and magnificent.’

Berga looked out the window with an expression lost in memories.

‘I tried to become a man worthy of you, but… by then you had already lost your flame and disappeared.’

Berga, who had been wearing a bitter smile, clenched his fist.

‘Though the paths we took were different, Raina! Don’t worry! I’ll make your son into the greatest hero!’

Making a vow to the woman he once had unrequited love for, Berga made a firm resolution.

‘If my daughter and your son are together! It won’t be impossible to surpass even Lumern’s current first-years who are called the strongest generation! Watch over us! Raina!’

Berga, completely unaware that Leo was Lumern’s grade representative, raised his fist while shouting to defeat Lumern.

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Arriving at his assigned dormitory, Leo immediately went into the shower room attached to the dormitory.

He had been feeling uncomfortable due to the beast blood and flesh he was covered in.

“Still, the dormitory is nice.”

This colosseum was originally used as a fighting arena, so it was a place designed to provide maximum convenience to the gladiators who participated here.

‘In the Beastman Kingdom, you can gain great fame by being active as a gladiator, right?’

There were five colossiums officially recognized by the beastmen.

And he knew that the champions who ruled those colossiums enjoyed power comparable to a king of a nation.

Naturally, all those champions were heroes or fierce warriors approaching that level.

And participating in the colossium every year was said to be one of Ajonia’s academic schedules.

‘Anyway, they’re a race that has loved combat since ancient times.’

Swoooosh-! Squeak-! Squeak-!

Leo turned off the shower that was producing hot water and picked up a towel.

While drying his hair, Leo let out a hollow laugh at the rabbit ears that got in the way.

‘I just can’t get used to this.’

Though he was currently disguised as a rabbit beastman, these rabbit ears still felt unfamiliar.

‘Then shall I research more about the hydration phenomenon that happened earlier?’

Though he hadn’t overcome the aftereffects from aura enhancement, if he could feel the hydration phenomenon with his body, he might find a clue to overcome the aftereffects and supplement [Hero’s Breath].

It was when Leo was about to seriously generate aura.

“Hm?”

Sensing a presence, he turned his head toward the window.

Along with that.

Click!

“Black rabbit! I came to uncover your secret… Why are you undressed!”

“Undressed, what do you mean. I’m just taking off my top.”

“Still!”

“And this is my room, you know? Whatever I’m doing, it’s my freedom, isn’t it?”

At Leo’s words, Ar, who was covering her eyes, didn’t know what to do.

Watching such Ar, Leo sighed and put on his top while saying.

“I’m dressed now, so open your eyes.”

At those words, Ar cautiously opened her eyes.

The sun was already setting dimly.

In the sunset light coming through the window, Ar’s blue eyes sparkled.

“So? What secret of mine did you come to uncover?”

Since she said she came to uncover a secret, Leo couldn’t help but be concerned.

Anyway, if she had also aimed for admission to Ajonia, there was no law saying she shouldn’t investigate Lumern, a competing school.

The fact that Lumern’s grade representative Leo and Ajonia’s recommended admission candidate Kail resembled each other would be something anyone interested could easily know.

‘And she’s been watching me since earlier. She said she had something to ask too.’

While Leo was slightly tense, Ar spoke.

“I saw it during the Beast Carnival earlier! You! You can hydrate at will, can’t you?!”

Watching Ar point and ask, Leo felt slightly relieved.

‘Father and daughter both really know how to surprise people.’

Leo, recalling Berga from earlier and clicking his tongue, sat in the chair at the desk in one corner of the room and said.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“It was really true?!”

When he honestly admitted it, Ar was the one who ended up surprised instead.

“In history, the only beastman who could hydrate at will was Lord Arron?!”

“What’s the point of you asking and then questioning it like you’re confirming it?”

Leo asked with an expression of disbelief.

“C-could you show me?”

Looking at Ar who asked cautiously, Leo activated his aura.

The first thing to change were his eyes.

Leo’s pupils, which had been the same as a human’s, narrowed vertically and became snake-like.

Fluffy fur grew on his hands like gloves.

His teeth became even sharper.

Leo, who had finished his transformation, lightly clenched and unclenched his hands.

“Oh my… it was real.”

With a moved expression, she approached Leo closely.

Perhaps curious, she held her tail at medium height and swished it gently while circling around Leo.

Like a kitten satisfying its curiosity, she carefully reached out and lightly touched the back of Leo’s hand.

“Ohhh…”

Watching Ar’s admiration, Leo released his transformation.

“Can’t you maintain it for long?”

“It’s not that, but it’s tiring.”

To be precise, just maintaining it caused him to suffer from muscle pain due to aftereffects.

Leo answered indifferently and picked up a quill pen from the desk, spinning it above his hand as if his hands were restless.

“So? What are you planning to do now that you know I can transform?”

“…”

“Hey?”

“Huh?”

Ar, who had been staring intently at the quill pen spinning above Leo’s hand, blinked her eyes.

“What’s your reason for asking about transformation abilities? Do you want me to teach you?”

“No.”

At Leo’s question, Ar firmly shook her head.

“It would be rude to ask such things carelessly, right? It could be your special ability, or it could be your family’s ability. I just wanted to prove something.”

“Prove?”

“Yes! That there could be beastmen with the same abilities as Lord Arron!”

Ar said while watching the quill pen with her cat eyes.

“The fact that Lord Arron could freely transform is only recorded in literature. So there are many impudent people who doubt that fact.”

When Leo spun the quill pen again, Ar’s hand twitched.

“But now, thanks to you, it’s proven that free transformation is possible. Of course, I’ll keep your transformation a secret! It would obviously become troublesome if it got out, right?”

As if her purpose was purely to satisfy her curiosity, Ar promised secrecy while winking one eye.

“Hmm.”

Leo fell into thought and spun the quill pen with a whir.

Then Ar unconsciously reached out her hand like a cat.

A moment of silence passed.

When Leo shook the quill pen as if playing with a cat, Ar went “Ooh!” and followed the quill pen before shouting.

“Don’t treat me like a pet cat!”

Whoosh-!

“Got it!”

When Leo threw the quill pen to the floor, she struck down with her palm, then screamed “Ack!” and threw the quill pen away.

Watching that scene, Leo chuckled and organized his thoughts.

‘Arron wanted to pass on his breathing technique to the beastmen.’

But only Kail had fully mastered the breathing technique.

‘Not just anyone can do it even if they learn. But it’s also true that there needs to be someone to inherit Arron’s techniques.’

Someone was needed to follow in Arron’s footsteps.

‘Because we’ll need all the strength we can get in the upcoming fight against Tartaros.’

If there were qualified individuals, Leo planned to pass on his friends’ techniques to each race.

‘That might be the reason I was reincarnated in this era.’

Even if he couldn’t finish it this time around, it might be the world’s will for him to leave behind someone to carry on the legacy.

Leo had attended Ajonia’s entrance ceremony to see if there were such talents.

And Ar seemed to have potential.

‘Her personality doesn’t seem bad either.’

“Should I teach you?”

“Huh?”

Not understanding for a moment, Ar blinked her eyes.

“How to transform. Should I teach you?”

At Leo’s question, Ar’s eyes widened.

“C-can you really teach me?”

“There’s no reason I can’t. Though there are conditions.”

“Conditions? What are they?”

Ar perked up her ears.

“You just need to prove yourself.”

“Prove what?”

Looking at Leo’s grinning face, Ar suddenly felt an inexplicable thrill.

It was similar to the wild instincts she possessed as a beastman.

‘This guy.’

Feeling her fur standing on end, Ar swallowed dryly.

‘He’s looking down on me.’

“Whether you’re truly worthy of becoming a hero or not.”

‘From a very high place.’

“I’ll be looking forward to it. Ar Tune.”

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