Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 124

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124.

“What did you do with those kids just now?”

“Don’t worry. I simply sent them far away.”

He answered with a disinterested expression to the Heroes’ Respite staff member who asked with a flustered face, then turned around with a swift motion.

And he disappeared into the crowd.

‘Why is a dragon here?’

Dragon.

A race praised as the strongest species on land.

In the past, they lived in various places across the land, but now they were a race rarely seen outside of Dragonnia, which was called the kingdom of dragons.

‘Such a dragon is in Lumeria City.’

He was briefly interested but soon decided to lose interest.

Given that there had been quite a few issues at Lumern over the past six months, he thought it wouldn’t be strange for a dragon to visit to observe the situation.

After that, Leo continued to show Elsi around Lumeria City.

During this time, incidents similar to what happened at Heroes’ Respite occurred frequently.

Expelled students were often seen going around looking for professors, begging for just one more chance.

Some first-year students laughed at them while watching, mocking those who had been their classmates until just recently.

The contrast between those who survived and those who didn’t was becoming clearly divided.

When the sun was setting and they returned to the hotel, they could see a familiar face.

“Uncle Jis.”

“It’s been a while, Leo. Have you been well?”

“Yes, I’ve been well.”

Jis, the vice head of the Jerdinger Family, smiled warmly upon seeing Leo.

In the hotel, besides Jis, there were others who appeared to be Jerdinger knights standing around.

Since Jerdinger had rented the entire hotel, there were no other people.

The Jerdinger knights cast curious glances at Leo.

A boy who was the Lumern first-year representative and had learned Phoenix Breath, which could only be mastered by bloodline members recognized by Jerdinger.

As knights, they couldn’t help but take notice.

“So? What conclusion did the family reach?”

Selia asked with a tense expression.

‘She seems more concerned about this than I am.’

Leo burst into laughter seeing Selia, who was paying much more attention to the succession rights issue than he, the person directly involved, was.

“To get to the conclusion, Leo’s acquisition of succession rights has been postponed.”

“Ah…”

Selia let out a sigh filled with disappointment.

“Why?”

Jis smiled bitterly seeing Selia’s expression full of dissatisfaction.

“First of all, the biggest issue is that the family doesn’t know exactly what kind of child Leo is.”

“But I still can’t accept it! Leo is Lady Raina’s son and he’s skilled enough to be called a direct member of Jerdinger!”

“This was decided in a family meeting, so would arguing with Uncle Jis solve anything?”

Leo lightly tapped the forehead of the agitated Selia and asked.

“Does postponed mean they’ll judge later?”

“That’s right. It seems the decision will be made after the family members meet you directly and make their judgment.”

“That means…”

“Visit Jerdinger during winter break.”

“I understand.”

Jis smiled slightly seeing Leo nod calmly.

Selia continued to look displeased, but knowing that arguing wouldn’t solve the problem, she didn’t bring up the topic anymore.

“For now, don’t worry about family matters. What you two should focus on most right now is the second semester.”

“Yes.”

“It will be very different from the first semester.”

“Is it that different?”

“Yes.”

Jis, a Lumern graduate, looked at his niece and nephew with a meaningful expression.

“You can think of it as the real Lumern Academy starting from now.”

***

During their stay in Lumeria City, Leo and Selia spent hectic time preparing for the new semester.

And on the day of the opening ceremony.

Students gathered at the dock heading to Lumern.

Since the docks were different for each grade, there was no chance to meet upperclassmen.

“Oh my! Nice to see you! How was your vacation?”

“I had a good time! You look a bit tanned though?”

“I stayed at a villa during the vacation.”

The female students were busy chatting about what happened during their vacation.

“Heh, I did some monster subjugation during the vacation.”

“When I went back, I was swamped with party invitations. When I went to parties, even noble family daughters I didn’t know pretended to know me, you know?”

“Do you know where I went during vacation?”

The male students were bragging about their heroic tales from vacation.

“Seeing this makes the new semester feel real.”

It was when Selia was brushing back her hair with a bright smile.

“Leo! Selia!”

“Chloe!”

From far away, Chloe approached with a bright smile.

“Did you have a good vacation?”

“Yes! How about you?”

“I was swamped with family matters.”

As the class president and vice president of Class 1, the two were best friends.

“How about you, Leo?”

“Well, I spent it ordinarily.”

“Ordinarily? You call attending Ajonia’s entrance ceremony ordinary?”

“Ajonia’s entrance ceremony?”

Chloe made a shocked expression.

“I’ll tell you the details later.”

Leo answered with a smile.

“Yo! Leo! Chloe! Selia!”

Then Cal, who spotted the three, approached with a smile.

Seeing him, Selia made an expression of amazement.

“It’s amazing to say. Seeing that Cal survived until the second semester.”

“Heh. Isn’t this all skill?”

Cal, who had been making a meaningful expression while putting his hand to his chin, chuckled.

“But actually, I’m also amazed that I survived.”

It was true that he worked hard during the first semester, but there were limits.

Honestly speaking, even now he felt bewildered to be in this place.

“Anyway Leo, the class kids are gathered over there, so let’s go that way.”

“Got it.”

Leo nodded and said to Selia and Chloe.

“See you in a bit.”

“Okay. Take care.”

“Huhahaha! In the second semester, I’ll take the first place class position!”

When Cal laughed and provoked them, Selia crossed her arms and made a ridiculous expression.

“Not a chance.”

Class 1 and Class 5 had developed a strong rivalry with each other, subtly influenced by Sedjen and Hallind.

As Leo and Cal headed toward where Class 5 was located, female students greeted them from here and there.

“Oh! It’s Leo!”

“Leo, hello~”

Cal smiled bitterly as he watched the female students giggling and waving when Leo smiled back at them.

“You have good grades at school and you’re popular with the female students too?”

“I don’t really feel it.”

“You came in 3rd place in the 1st year male student popularity vote during the first semester, you know?”

Cal grumbled.

“Who on earth conducted such a vote?”

“Who else? I did.”

He explained that he had conducted a popularity vote among female students while doing business with all the first-year students.

“It’s unofficial, but it still has considerable credibility. Hehe.”

“Why did you investigate something like that?”

“I was thinking of making and selling photo albums or something.”

Leo let out a hollow laugh as he watched Cal chuckling.

‘Still, I am curious about the rankings.’

“Who was 1st place?”

“Avad Rwallin.”

Avad, who was certainly handsome, always kind to those around him, and always wore a gentle smile, was bound to be popular.

Moreover, he was also the heir to the renowned hero family, the Rwallin Family.

Skill, appearance, personality.

He was a man who lacked nothing in any aspect.

“Who was 2nd place?”

“Duran.”

Cal made an annoyed expression.

“His personality is terrible, but his appearance and skills are good, and he has high pride. Most importantly, he’s a prince.”

As a prince of Moira Knight Kingdom, even though he wasn’t the eldest son, he was already designated as the next king of Moira due to his overwhelming abilities.

“And you’re 3rd place. It was a very close difference with Duran.”

“That’s interesting. I didn’t really feel it.”

“Of course you couldn’t. Avad and Duran receive confessions or letters every week, but you haven’t received anything.”

Cal shrugged his shoulders.

“Why is that?”

“…Think about the people around you.”

“The people around me?”

Leo, Cal, and Chelsea were already famous as best friends within the school.

So wherever Leo was, Chelsea was almost always there.

Additionally, Nella, the vice class representative of Class 5, was one of the most beautiful girls in the school.

She was always with him during class events.

As a bonus, Iliana, who often helped with class duties, also had looks that wouldn’t lose to anyone.

Besides them, he was also very close with Chloe and Chen Xia, who were class representatives of other classes.

“Most importantly, Selia. The fact that you two are cousins is a secret, right? Because they don’t know that, quite a few students mistakenly think you two are dating.”

Since they had been together since the entrance ceremony, it wasn’t unreasonable for people to think that way.

“So other female students can’t bring themselves to approach you.”

Cal grinned.

“How about it? Doesn’t it feel good to know you’re popular?”

Leo let out a hollow laugh as he watched Cal tease him by poking his ribs.

“If it becomes known that you and Selia are cousins, you’ll probably shoot straight up to 1st place, right?”

“Jerdinger said they’re going to announce it publicly soon.”

“Really? The school students’ reactions should be interesting.”

Cal grinned.

“There are quite a few guys who subtly look down on you for being from a remote kingdom, which has been bothering me. There are still many who talk behind your back.”

Cal was indignant about the fact that his friend was being looked down upon.

Just as Leo chuckled at Cal’s reaction, it happened.

“Oh! It’s the class representative!”

A cheerful voice was heard.

When he turned his head, Iliana was waving her hand.

“Leo, have you been well?”

“Welcome back, Leo.”

Taide and Nella also greeted him warmly.

Overall, the atmosphere in Class 5 was very good.

That was natural since Class 5 was the only class among the ten classes, along with Class 1, that had not a single dropout.

Unlike other classes, their unity was exceptional.

They were greeting each other and talking about what happened during the vacation when it happened.

“Everyone’s in a good mood, so fresh. I can feel the youth.”

Someone spoke with a voice amplified by amplification magic.

Accordingly, the first-year students’ gazes turned toward where the voice came from.

What was there was none other than a black-haired man.

“Who is that? I’ve never seen him before.”

“Is he a professor?”

“No, there wasn’t anyone like that among the professors in charge of first-years, was there?”

All the students looked at the mysterious man with puzzled faces.

‘That dragon from back then.’

The man spoke in a languid voice.

“Full of motivation and vitality. Meanwhile, I’ve just gotten old. Sigh.”

‘What, what’s with this person?’

The first-year students made bewildered expressions as they watched the man who showed no motivation whatsoever and was just complaining.

“Nice to meet you, everyone. My name is Riben. I’m the vice principal of Lumern.”

The students’ eyes widened.

Professor Riben, the vice principal of Lumern.

He was a professor who had been away from the Academy for the past five years.

Thanks to that, even the fifth-year students didn’t know much about the vice principal.

Since such a vice principal had suddenly appeared, the first-year students couldn’t help but be surprised.

Riben took out a student roster from his pocket.

“This year’s incoming students total 440. Of those, 346 students survived until the second semester.”

That meant 94 students had dropped out.

At first glance, it seemed like many students had been expelled, but considering Lumern’s standards, more students had actually survived compared to other years.

Every year, by the end of the first semester of the first year, an average of nearly 200 students are expelled annually.

Especially this year, thanks to Albi, the Mage of the Arcane Eye, being in charge of the western entrance exam, the number of admitted students was smaller than other years.

Considering that, 94 dropouts was a very small number.

“The world calls you the golden generation. You all know this, right?”

At those words, the first-year students made proud expressions.

“So Kalian, the principal, personally asked me. To become the supervising professor for the first-year second semester.”

The students murmured at Riben’s words.

“But you know, it’s bothersome.”

He spoke with a languid face.

The students were flustered by his words.

“I understand that you’re excellent. But I’m not sure if you’re at a level worth teaching. So I’d like you to prove it.”

Riben pointed toward Lumern with his finger.

“From now on, you will head to Lumern Main Gate.”

The students wore expressions of confusion.

Having already experienced the kraken attack during the entrance ceremony, they had anticipated that the opening ceremony wouldn’t be easy either.

But suddenly being told to head to the Academy’s main gate?

“Fair warning—it won’t be easy.”

Riben, who had been muttering in an unenthusiastic voice, curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Maybe no one will even make it there.”

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