Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 12

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12

Lumeria City.

This great metropolis located in the center of the continent is called the center of the world not only for geographical reasons but also for symbolic meaning.

One of the warp gates in Lumeria City emitted light.

-Dear passengers, you have arrived at Lumeria City. Please check for any forgotten belongings and disembark from the gate.

Along with the announcement, Leo stepped off the gate.

The warp gate was installed on the highlands outside Lumeria City.

The moment he exited the gate entrance, the panoramic view of Lumeria City spread before his eyes.

Whoooosh-!

Leo’s white hair fluttered in the wind.

The scenery of an advanced, massive metropolis.

And in the distance, a lake so enormous it could be mistaken for an ocean came into view.

The lake, which would normally be shrouded in thick mist, was remarkably clear.

Thanks to this, he could see the massive castle at the far edge of the lake, Lumern Academy, albeit very faintly.

‘I’ll be going there in two days.’

A month had already passed since taking the entrance exam.

Like every year’s entrance exam, it had created many talking points.

Among them, the most talked about was the western region exam that Leo had taken.

It had been noisy for a while thanks to recording only 40 successful candidates.

‘Not my concern.’

Leo had been busy preparing for enrollment.

And today, after finishing a month of preparation, he had come to Lumeria.

No one from the Flobe Family had come with him.

Lumern’s entrance ceremony could not be observed by outsiders.

‘Go and learn many things.’

‘Son, you won’t be disappointed that we’re not going, will you?’

Leo smiled as he recalled Daid and Raina who had come to see him off.

His parents were nobles but had personalities that didn’t favor luxury.

‘They’re the type who would rather spend money on territorial welfare than waste it meaninglessly on warp gates.’

Of course, Leo also agreed with his parents’ opinion.

After exiting the warp gate, Leo entered Kurazhu Street, which could be called Lumeria City’s downtown area.

‘She said she’d wait here?’

“Leo! Over here, over here.”

Selia, with her waist-length black hair tied in a ponytail and wearing elegant, active outdoor clothes, waved and approached him.

Drawing the attention of people around her, she came up to Leo and smiled brightly.

“How have you been?”

“Nothing to complain about. By the way, congratulations on being valedictorian.”

“I’m not entirely pleased since it’s a tie with that butter, but still, valedictorian is valedictorian.”

Saying that, she elegantly swept her hair to the side.

“Now look at me with more respect in your eyes.”

“I saw you retching, so respect might be difficult?”

“Hey!”

Selia shouted with a bright red face.

“Ugh! Really! I never win a single argument!”

Selia, who had been glaring at Leo, let out a deep sigh.

“Where’s Uncle Jis?”

“He said he’d come in the evening. I was planning to shop on Kurazhu Street until then.”

Kurazhu Street sells things needed for Lumern.

It’s a place where uniforms, textbooks, materials needed for each department, as well as weapons, staffs, summoning catalysts, and more are distributed.

“You haven’t bought your uniform and textbooks yet, right?”

“Right.”

“You can buy them today. Follow me, I’ll specially accompany you.”

***

The first place Selia led Leo to was a large clothing store on the main street.

Lumern uniforms were displayed in the glass showcase visible from outside.

The brand name [Blessriger] was visible.

“Looks expensive.”

“Of course, it’s a shop that’s been making Lumern uniforms for 1000 years.”

There are three main types of clothing needed for Lumern.

Formal wear for ceremonies.

School uniforms for classes.

Practice clothes for practical training.

And all clothes have minimum specifications.

To meet those specifications, ‘mana cloth’ imbued with mana was necessary, and according to Selia’s explanation, the quality of uniforms was divided based on the mana cloth.

“That’s why Blessriger is famous as a luxury brand. I also had mine tailored here.”

After finishing her explanation, Selia entered the store.

Ding-a-ling- Ding-a-ling-

“Welcome to Blessriger.”

An employee waiting at the door smiled warmly and opened the door for them.

Upon entering, they could see several customers.

Among them were children who appeared to be Lumern incoming students.

While looking around the display cases, a middle-aged woman appeared from inside.

“Hello, Miss Selia. It’s an honor to have you visit our store again.”

After greeting them elegantly, she carefully spoke up.

“But what brings you here…? Perhaps the tailored uniform wasn’t to your liking?”

“No, today I came to have a male uniform tailored.”

Selia smiled and pointed to Leo.

“He’s enrolling with me this year.”

“Ah, I see. I thought Miss was the only one from Jerdinger enrolling this year. There was another young master as well.”

The tailor, covering her mouth and exclaiming, politely greeted Leo.

“I’m called Nera. I work as a tailor at our store Blessriger.”

Leo saw through that she was a mage.

‘Well, you’d have to be a mage to handle mana-imbued cloth. Still, a mage working as just a tailor… the world has gotten better.’

“Young master, I’ll take your measurements.”

Nera took out a measuring tape from her pocket and measured Leo’s dimensions.

“You’re applying for the Knight Department, correct?”

“Yes.”

“What attribute is the aura you use?”

Aura is divided into attributes according to the characteristics of aura cultivation methods.

And depending on the aura’s attribute, the composition of mana cloth used varies.

Whether to increase defense against opposing attributes.

Or to enhance the power of the same attribute.

Of course, mana cloth couldn’t produce dramatic effects, but even small effects were helpful in the infinite competition of Lumern.

“Please use non-attribute mana cloth.”

“Pardon?”

Nera showed a slightly perplexed expression, and Selia, who had been watching with a bright smile, furrowed her brow.

Leo smiled slightly and spoke again.

“Non-attribute, please.”

Non-attribute mana cloth.

Literally referring to plain cloth that doesn’t possess any attributes.

Of course, no customer wants something like this.

“Understood.”

But if the customer wants it, it must be done.

After taking measurements and receiving information, Nera entered the tailoring room.

“Why neutral attribute all of a sudden? You’re going to learn our family’s aura, so wouldn’t it be better to weave the uniform with fire-attribute mana cloth?”

“Just, I have something in mind.”

‘Neutral attribute also means it can become anything.’

Of course, he would learn the Jerdinger aura technique.

But he had no intention of making that his only focus.

“By the way, I don’t have money.”

“Would I be so petty and cheap as to ask you to pay? Father heard your story and decided that the Jerdinger Family would support all the expenses needed for your school life.”

At those words, Leo recalled what Raina had said.

‘It’s okay, it’s okay. Big brother may be a penny-pincher, but he has lots of money. And if he acts petty, I won’t just stand by either.’

These were the words she said when father Daid was worrying about Leo’s admission fees and the costs for uniforms and textbooks.

According to mother, all the personal assets she had while at the Jerdinger Family were left behind.

Even though she left the family, since it was wealth accumulated separately from the family, she could claim ownership or something like that.

‘With mother’s personality, she’d go to Jerdinger and turn everything upside down.’

The Family Head knew this fact well, so he provided the support.

A moment later – befitting a first-class tailor, Nera quickly made a custom uniform and brought it over.

After trying on the clothes, simple size adjustments were completed.

About an hour later, Nera, who had perfectly completed the uniform, bowed her head.

“The uniform will be delivered to the dormitory.”

Following the staff’s guidance, they finished payment and left Blessriger.

“Now, shall we go buy textbooks next?”

Selia led Leo toward the large bookstore.

What they needed to buy were required textbooks that all students take and major textbooks.

Leo swept up not only knight studies major books but also magic studies and summoning studies major books.

“Are you already preparing for duels? How thorough of you?”

Watching Selia nod her head while exclaiming “Oh- Oh-” in admiration, Leo muttered to himself.

‘I’m going to learn them.’

Of course, he didn’t say it out loud.

If he did, it was obvious she’d look at him like he was crazy.

Finally, they bought all the necessary materials.

After that, they toured Lumeria.

Lumeria was a large city, and there were many sights to see accordingly.

Sightseeing was enjoyable, and buying and eating street food was also fun.

Leo chuckled as he watched Selia make a happy expression while eating ice cream.

‘Seeing that, she’s still a child.’

Though Selia had always been conscious of others’ gazes as a daughter of the Jerdinger Family, spending time with Leo, who was the same age, she showed many girlish sides.

It was only when dinner time came that Leo and Selia returned to the dormitory.

“You’re back?”

“Uncle!”

Jis was waiting at the dormitory.

“How did it go?”

Jis ruffled the hair of Selia, who asked with an anxious face, then approached Leo.

“Leo, have you been well for the past month?”

“Yes.”

“The family meeting results are out.”

After the entrance exam ended, Jis had proposed to the family that Leo be allowed to learn [Phoenix Breath].

Whether Leo, who was an outsider despite being blood-related, could learn the secret technique that only recognized family members could master was quite a sensitive matter.

The related meeting lasted a whole month, and the results came out today.

“Permission has been granted for you to inherit [Phoenix Breath].”

At those words, Selia smiled brightly and said to Leo.

“Congratulations, Leo!”

Selia, who had trained and taken the exam with Leo, thought Leo was someone who suited Jerdinger.

But the thoughts of the family’s high-ranking members could be different.

So she had been anxious, but permission was finally granted.

“Although you left the family, the fact that you’re sister’s son, and also….”

Jis smiled broadly.

“The elders highly valued the fact that you passed the Western exam.”

The infamy of the Western exam, where only 40 people could pass, was already famous worldwide.

Jis handed Leo a red key.

It was a subspace key.

“Open it.”

At those words, Leo inserted the key into the air and turned it, opening the subspace and a book popped out.

He opened the book, but nothing was written in it.

‘It’s sealed.’

He understood the seal structure without difficulty.

“Drop your blood there.”

Leo bit his finger to draw blood, then applied it to the page.

Then letters appeared.

“From now on, that book is one that only you can see.”

“Yes.”

“Admission is the day after tomorrow… but how about trying to learn it once before then?”

“Is that alright?”

“Of course. If you can awaken aura before admission, nothing could be better.”

Jis smiled meaningfully.

“Though it won’t be easy, of course.”

***

Leo, who received [Phoenix Breath], entered his room.

“Why did you come?”

“You’re going to practice aura from now on, right? If there are parts you’re stuck on, I’ll help you.”

“Willingly?”

“Of course, you’ll have to say ‘Please help me, Miss.'”

“The one who lost to me and went ‘Young master, young master.'”

“Hey!”

Selia threw a cushion at her cousin who mentioned her dark history.

Of course, Leo just annoyingly dodged it.

Watching Leo sit on the bed and open the book, Selia made a thoroughly annoyed expression.

“Geez! I really won’t help until you ask politely!”

Watching Selia turn her head away sharply, Leo smiled slyly and checked the book’s contents.

‘Indeed.’

It was befitting of a Renowned Hero Family’s aura technique.

It was a very complex yet powerful aura technique.

Watching Leo concentrate and read through [Phoenix Breath]’s mana operation method, Selia snorted.

‘It can’t be easy.’

With Leo’s current skill level, he would probably master ordinary aura techniques very easily.

‘Aunt said Leo has reached the mana resonance stage.’

If you know how to do mana resonance, which can be called the greatest obstacle of aura techniques, then you’ve already learned more than half of aura techniques.

However, Phoenix Breath was different.

Not only mana resonance, but mana manipulation must also be added.

Only when you create ‘flames’ through that manipulation can you say you’ve passed the first gateway.

Even Selia, who was called a genius, took a whole week to ignite flames.

Soon he would be stumped by the mana manipulation method and feel troubled.

Selia grinned wickedly.

‘I’ll repay the debt for making me work like a maid. I should make him call me Miss for about two days~’

She was thinking about getting revenge for her past humiliation.

Whoosh-

Flames ignited on Leo’s body and soon enveloped his entire form.

The flames seemed to take the shape of wings behind Leo’s back before scattering away.

“As expected, it’s not easy.”

The initiation into [Phoenix Breath] involves creating wings of flame using aura.

It had taken Selia two weeks to reach that stage.

‘But this guy… this guy…’

“Hey Miss. I’m stuck on this part, don’t you have any tips to make it easier?”

Watching Leo point to a passage in the book and ask in a completely impolite tone, Selia…

“Hey you crazy bastard! Even if you’re going to do it, you should do it in moderation! Where in the world is there a lunatic who can pull that off after just glancing at it once!”

…couldn’t help but scream.

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