Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 114

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114.

“Who is that person?”

Ar made a puzzled expression as she watched Lebaiten accompanied by knights in splendid armor.

“Must be someone important.”

“Someone important?”

“Yeah. Even in times like these, there would still be class distinctions.”

“That makes sense! But Black Rabbit, you don’t look happy?”

As Leo knew what kind of person Lebaiten was, he couldn’t view him favorably.

Agon also showed blatant disgust toward the young man.

The children fled to one side of the open field as if terrified.

“Filthy things.”

The young man who snorted, Lebaiten, approached Agon and bowed his head.

“I greet the great Guardian of the Starry Skies, Lord Agon.”

Agon only looked at him with a cold expression.

At such a reaction, Lebaiten spoke as if he didn’t mind.

“The lord is eagerly awaiting the day Lord Agon appears in the capital. In this difficult world, even the gods who have left the earth would not tolerate a great hero like Lord Agon rotting away in such cursed land.”

He spoke with force in his voice.

“How about ending your long seclusion and joining Reishar’s Hero Legion?”

“As I said last time, if the lord promises the safety of these children, I’ll consider accepting that proposal.”

“Lord Agon still doesn’t understand simple logic.”

Lebaiten made a pitying expression, then smiled gently.

“I understand, I’ll report that the Guardian of the Starry Skies is not yet ready. However.”

Lebaiten grinned wickedly.

“I have strict orders to retrieve Shatten, the sword that devours darkness.”

Shatten.

It was a sword praised as one of the strongest during the Age of Calamity.

Leo tilted his head upon hearing Lebaiten’s words.

‘Agon had Shatten? I never heard this story from Arron?’

If Agon had possessed such a sword, he surely would have passed it to Arron before departing on his journey.

“I’ve told you countless times that Shatten was broken in the battle 10 years ago.”

“Such lies!”

“Are you refusing the lord’s command for personal greed, Lord Agon?”

At Agon’s words, the knights around raised their voices.

At their words, Agon burst into laughter.

“Why would I need to lie? And even if I were lying, what would you do about it?”

Agon’s voice grew quiet.

At that reaction, not only Lebaiten but also the knights who followed him flinched.

“Are you saying you would do something to me?”

Killing intent emanated from Agon’s body.

Lebaiten’s face turned pale and the knights hesitantly stepped back.

The Hero Legion.

It was an army created by each surviving city to defend against Tartaros’ invasion.

But not everyone who belonged to the Hero Legion was actually a hero.

There was a condition for being a hero that hadn’t changed, past or present.

That was great deeds.

One couldn’t become a hero simply by calling oneself one. Whether by people or gods, one had to be recognized by others to earn the right to be called a hero.

But Lebaiten and the knights here were not such people.

When heroes risked their lives fighting Tartaros, these people did nothing but leech off their achievements from safe places under the pretext of city protection.

From Agon’s perspective, who had fought on battlefields since before the Age of Calamity, they were youngsters not even worth a sneer.

“Ah, I understand. I’ll convey Lord Agon’s will to the lord properly. Th-then, farewell!”

Lebaiten and the knights retreated in a fluster.

Watching their retreating figures, Agon let out a deep sigh.

“I showed an unseemly sight.”

“Not at all. I’m used to people like that.”

Leo said calmly.

“They’re cowards. But what’s this about joining the Hero Legion?”

“Exactly what it sounds like. It’s about joining the army to fight Erebos.”

Ar swallowed hard.

The fear that the name Erebos brought remained strong even in this era.

Moreover, in this era, one could experience that terrifying existence if they so chose.

3000 years ago, when a fragment of Erebos was revived, five heroes defeated that fragment.

Lumern, Seirun, Azonia, Demian, and Dragon Lord Granas.

Their Hero Records were perfectly preserved deep in the Land of the Dragons.

And their pages were also the only unconquered pages among the Hero Records that remained in complete form.

One of people’s greatest aspirations was to conquer the heroes’ pages.

Knowing this fact, Ar couldn’t help but swallow nervously.

Ar felt her heart pounding as she spoke.

“Uncle, you must be strong enough for such a great legion to want you!”

“Everyone knows the Guardian of the Starry Skies.”

Then the elf girl, Ria, who had been watching the situation, smiled bitterly and said.

“Guardian of the Starry Skies?”

“Don’t you know about Uncle Agon?”

“Of, of course I know! Th-the Guardian of the Starry Skies, Lord Agon!”

Leo sighed deeply.

‘It’s obvious he doesn’t know.’

Not knowing the Guardian of the Starry Skies in this era was impossible.

Everything had to be carefully considered within the Heroes’ World.

Even such trivial things could derail the strategy.

“Then wouldn’t it be good to join the Hero Legion?”

“That’s impossible.”

At Agon’s words, Ar was flustered.

“What?”

“If I join the Hero Legion, there would be no one to take care of these children.”

“Orphans would naturally be taken care of by the state…”

Agon let out a deep sigh.

“Reishar doesn’t take care of these children. Rather, they would abandon them.”

“Abandon them?!”

It was Agon who answered the indignant Ar.

“Sacrificing the few for the many. Isn’t that natural in times like these?”

“What’s natural about that! How can someone who calls themselves a hero think like that?”

Ar was genuinely angry.

Agon stared at the genuinely angry Ar and said.

“How very strange.”

“What?”

“Are you really children born in the Age of Calamity?”

Ar’s body trembled with a start.

“To be able to cling to such dreamlike ideals disconnected from reality.”

Ar’s values were certainly different from those of the Age of Calamity.

Agon saw through that fact precisely.

‘Oh, what should I do! I got too excited!’

It was when Ar was panicking, thinking things had gone wrong.

“What if it’s a dream-like ideal? If it’s right, then it’s natural to go down the right path. That’s why you’re taking care of these children too, isn’t it, Agon?”

Agon stared intently at Leo’s face.

‘These are children who look to be only fifteen or sixteen at most.’

Compared to Agon, who had been active on battlefields for a long time, they were nothing but green youngsters.

‘But what is this depth?’

He could feel the depth of someone who had endured trials as much as himself… no, even more than himself.

“What are your names?”

“My name is Ar! And this black rabbit is Kail!”

“Kail… That must be difficult. Having the same name as the ‘Surviving Hero.'”

“Well, I’m used to it now.”

Leo answered calmly with a smile.

In contrast, Ar showed a surprised expression.

“Surviving Her… huh?”

Leo quickly grabbed Ar’s swishing tail where Agon couldn’t see.

If she said anything more unnecessary, the strategy could really go awry.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing.”

Watching Leo speak calmly, Agon said.

“Yes, you’re right. Even if it’s a dream-like ideal, if it’s the right path, then going down that path is correct.”

Agon showed an expression that seemed somehow relieved.

“You two, what’s your reason for coming to Reishar?”

“To meet Arron.”

“Then stay here until that guy returns. Though that disciple of mine has been out of contact for half a year… this is his home. He’ll come back someday.”

“Thank you.”

Leo, who had been granted permission to stay here, bowed in gratitude.

“Come on, kids. Let’s finish cleaning up.”

“Yes!”

At Agon’s words, the children began cleaning up after breakfast with bright faces.

“Tails are sensitive! Why did you suddenly grab it!”

“Because you were about to say something unnecessary without reading the room.”

“Even so, grabbing a lady’s tail? I’ll get revenge!”

“If you want revenge, then grab mine too.”

Leo held out his tail with an indifferent expression.

Seeing this, Ar hesitated and shouted with a reddened face.

“How could I embarrassingly grab that! Before that! How long are you going to keep holding it! Let go!”

Ar struggled to pull her tail from Leo’s grip.

It was when Ar barely managed to free her tail from Leo’s hand.

[Strategy Objective: Meet Arron, who will return home in three days.]

‘So coming to find Agon was the right answer after all?’

Leo smiled slightly.

Actually, looking at just the strategy objective, Arron’s page prologue wasn’t particularly difficult content.

‘The problem is that the person we need to find is Arron.’

Agon believed that Arron had left Reishar half a year ago, but that wasn’t actually true.

‘That guy hasn’t taken a single step outside of Reishar.’

This could be seen just from the fact that the permitted range for Leo and Ar was Reishar.

Reishar at this time was conscripting all those eighteen and older who could fight for reasons like the establishment of the Hero Legion.

Arron at this time was exactly eighteen years old.

Scared of going to the battlefield, he had simply gone into hiding.

Even if he was cowardly, Arron’s skills hadn’t gone anywhere.

‘Even for me, finding someone who’s determined to hide would be difficult.’

Because Leo knew about the relationship between Arron and Agon, he could easily achieve the strategy conditions, but it would be impossible for anyone else.

“Black rabbit! Black rabbit! The strategy objective has changed! We can see Arron in three days!”

It was when Ar was speaking excitedly.

[Strategy Objective (Hidden): Save Agon, Guardian of the Starry Skies.]

‘A hidden objective?’

Leo looked at Ar in surprise.

But there was no particular sign from Ar.

She was purely happy about the fact that she could see Arron.

‘Did the strategy objective not appear for Ar?’

“Black rabbit! I’m going to ask Uncle Agon more about Arron!”

As if wanting to satisfy her curiosity about Arron that she didn’t know about, Ar approached Agon.

Left alone in the open field, Leo fell into thought.

‘In Heroes’ World, changing what actually happened counts as an over-achievement.’

Achieving an over-achievement grants greater rewards.

The problem was the content.

‘When we came, Agon’s will was broken. Saving Agon means helping so his will doesn’t break.’

When he first met Agon, he had thought it was natural.

Heroes with broken wills were common in the age of calamity.

Even if he was a Guardian of the Starry Skies, losing fighting spirit to the power of Erebos and Tartaros wasn’t strange.

No, rather, he thought Agon would have despaired even more because he had been fighting them for so long.

But Agon before meeting Kail’s party was different.

He might have been tired, but his will wasn’t broken.

‘And another fact I didn’t know. The Reishar Government is saying that Agon possesses Shaten.’

Shaten, the sword that devours darkness.

It was a famous sword that had cut down countless monsters of Tartaros.

If their claim was true, it was natural for Lebaiten to covet it.

‘But Shaten should have disappeared three years ago from now?’

It was when Leo was frowning.

Someone appeared before Leo.

‘Elsi?’

The past Pact Maker stared intently at Leo, then smiled brightly.

Leo was flustered by that smile.

‘Elsi smiling like this?’

The Elsi that Leo remembered was a very gloomy spirit.

“You. You know I’m not human, don’t you?”

Watching Elsi ask so directly, Leo, who had been pondering, nodded.

“Yes, you’re a spirit.”

“As expected, you’re an amazing Spirit Mage. And an All Class at that.”

As befitting a great spirit, Elsi accurately saw through Leo’s abilities.

“It seems you really are ‘Kail the Surviving Hero.'”

“I might not be Kail.”

“Don’t try to deceive me. Besides being All Class and possessing the ‘Jewel of Light,’ there would be no one else except that fool, Risinass’s companion.”

Leo fingered the Jewel of Light he had received from Luminous during the Inter-Department Competition.

‘To think Elsi would mistake me for Kail because of this.’

While Leo let out a hollow laugh feeling strange, Elsi said.

“I heard a rumor. That Risinass left Gardstron with the Surviving Hero Kail to subjugate Erebos. So I was thinking of going to find you.”

“Why?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

Swishing her black hair, Elsi smiled confidently.

“To help save the world!”

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