Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 128

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128

“Kail?”

“Was Kail a real person?”

The students showed shocked reactions.

The large lecture hall instantly became noisy.

Until now, Kail the Beginning Hero had only existed as a name in fairy tale books.

‘It was because my Hero Record didn’t remain.’

But even as a fictional character, he was an extremely famous figure.

For at least thousands of years, his name had been mentioned alongside other Great Heroes.

That’s why Hero Scholars had conducted extensive research to find the origins of the figure called Kail.

However, since there was no evidence that he actually existed, he was ultimately dismissed as a non-existent person.

In such circumstances, the name Kail was mentioned in the world of [Hero].

Amid the students’ murmuring, Artion spoke.

“Everyone, please calm down. It’s only a name that was mentioned. Moreover, it hasn’t been confirmed yet whether he’s the same person as the Beginning Hero.”

At those words, the students calmed down.

Then Chloe raised her hand.

“Yes. Student Chloe.”

“If the ‘Beginning Hero’ really existed, what would happen?”

“If that were the case, the current landscape of Hero Studies would be turned upside down. Among the hero pages discovered so far, there are pages whose owners we don’t know, right? Perhaps some of them might belong to Kail.”

“Ooooh.”

“Then there would be a Great Hero among humans too?”

The students got excited.

The five races existing on land.

Humans, Elves, Beastmen, Dwarves, Dragons.

Among these, only humans had no Great Heroes.

Therefore, they had been harboring an inferiority complex, consciously or unconsciously comparing themselves to other races.

In such a situation, if Kail existed, humans too could stand proudly before other races.

“Of course.”

Looking at Artion who smiled brightly, the students’ eyes sparkled.

‘So this is how it becomes known.’

Leo also harbored dissatisfaction about being forgotten.

Then Selia raised her hand.

“Professor. If Kail existed, would he really have been All Class?”

“The probability would be high. After all, there’s someone who is All Class at our academy.”

With Artion’s words, all the students’ gazes turned to Leo.

Even though over 300 gazes focused on him at once, which might have been startling, Leo remained calm.

“What are you looking at?”

At that reaction, the students looked back toward Artion.

“Anyway, it’s true that an interesting topic about Kail has been raised. That’s why many scholars currently studying Hero Studies are heading to Ajonia.”

“What does ‘the surviving hero’ mean?”

“The conqueror doesn’t know properly about that either. It was just said to be a name mentioned by the hero of that time called ‘Guardian of the Starry Skies,’ who was Arron’s master.”

“Arron had a master?”

“Well… there’s nothing strange about that.”

“I’m jealous. Doesn’t that mean they actually met Arron?”

“Among our first-years, the class representatives met Risinass.”

During the first semester, Kail’s page had opened here.

At that time, the class representatives had met Risinass.

“Well then, today’s class will study about [Beginning Hero] Kail. How well do you know about the Beginning Hero? Any student who knows about Kail’s representative achievements?”

At Artion’s question, everyone made troubled expressions.

Kail was a famous figure, but conversely, he was someone they didn’t know in detail since he had been treated as a fictional character.

Just the achievements of Kail mentioned countless times in fairy tale books alone were too numerous.

However, there was a student who had studied Kail purely out of love for fairy tale books.

“Yes! Beginning Hero Kail’s representative achievement is the Battle of Datepran against the Overlord King Hel Kaiser!”

Chelsea raised her hand high and answered.

“Correct. I’ll give student Chelsea 10 points.”

Chelsea clenched her fist tightly.

After that, Artion conducted a class about Kail.

Starting with the academic evaluation of the figure called Kail up to this point, and extending to views on how it might change in the future.

As befitting teaching Hero Studies at Lumern, a very interesting and in-depth class proceeded.

All students concentrated on the class.

After the class ended and break time began, Chelsea muttered while organizing the class content.

“But why would he be called the surviving hero?”

“That’s because he survived.”

To Chelsea’s question, Leo answered simply.

“He probably got that name because he was strong enough to survive many battles.”

Leo explained the reason why he had been called the surviving hero.

“Hmm! It’s somehow very simple, but for now, interpreting it literally seems right.”

Chelsea nodded.

Leo rested his chin on his hand and recalled past events.

‘Well, it’s not a nickname I liked.’

At that time, it was a nickname close to a derogatory term.

Before joining the expedition force, Kail had built his reputation by participating in many battles as a mercenary.

And while countless others were annihilated, he alone returned alive.

At first, they praised him as amazing, but when such incidents repeated several times, he later became a symbol of misfortune.

‘Thanks to that, there were no guys who wanted to be my comrades either.’

What came to him during that time was Risinass, who was then called the foolish one.

Lost in thought, Leo smiled while watching his classmates seriously discussing Kail.

‘Who would have thought the day would come when I’d study about Kail at Lumern.’

Of course, Leo had wanted this situation.

It was unfair that only his comrades were remembered when he had equally saved the world.

But now that he was actually attending such a class, his feelings were strange.

‘I’m probably the only one trying to directly spread my own achievements to future generations.’

Lamenting his own circumstances, Leo let out a deep sigh.

All the students who attended classes from the first day of the semester were exhausted.

It felt like their senses, which had been relaxed during vacation, were tightening again.

“Whew! I’m tired! So tired!”

Cal, who had finished bathing together, stretched and asked.

“Leo. Want to go to the store or something?”

“No. I’m going to rest a bit early today.”

“Really? Alright.”

Cal nodded at Leo’s words and headed to the store alone.

Returning to his room, Leo took Elsi out from inside his necklace.

Elsi flew to the window and looked up at the night sky with sparkling eyes.

Since coming to the modern era, looking up at the night sky every night had become one of Elsi’s daily routines.

“Elsi.”

“Yes, Leo.”

“From now on, I’ll introduce you to my summons.”

“Ah! You mean the Phoenix and Fairy you told me about.”

“Right. As I mentioned before, don’t tell those guys that I’m Kail.”

Leo sighed while thinking of the mischievous Fiora and Kirran.

The two familiars wouldn’t deliberately go around spreading personal information about Leo, their pact maker.

However, given their personalities, there was a high chance they might accidentally tell someone without realizing it.

‘Secrets should be known by as few people as possible.’

It would be disastrous if Tartaros learned that Leo was Kail’s reincarnation.

If that happened, they would certainly try to eliminate him by any means necessary before he could regain Kail’s power from his prime.

‘Even if it does get revealed, it should only happen after I’ve regained some of my strength.’

With that thought, Leo summoned Fiora and Kirran.

“Your pact maker, Fiora. I’ve come at your call.”

[Leo! You’re back!]

Fiora elegantly lifted her skirt and greeted him, while Kirran waved his hand.

Then they noticed Elsi and paused.

“Who is this?”

“A spirit I made a contract with this time.”

[I’m Elsi.]

As Elsi smiled gently and greeted them, Kirran let out an impressed “Oh?”

[A newcomer? I’m Kirran. I’m the leader among Leo’s summons.]

“I’m the leader.”

[Why would you be the leader?]

“Because I made a contract with Leo first.”

Fiora wore an expression that said this was obvious.

[The leader should be the most dignified and highest-ranked summon. Like me.]

“This fairy has lost his mind, so just think of me as the leader.”

[You pig chick!]

Leo let out a deep sigh watching the two bicker.

For Leo, the summon he had contracted with first and who was highest-ranked was none other than Elsi.

Compared to the great spirit he had contracted with in his previous life, Fiora and Kirran were still just youngsters.

[They’re lively children.]

Elsi smiled brightly, seeming to enjoy the boisterous atmosphere.

Leo shook his head at Elsi’s appearance, as if she were looking at cute younger siblings.

“That’s not being lively, that’s being immature.”

***

The students who started classes from the first day of the new semester were busy.

However, the first-years, who had been through various trials, adapted without difficulty.

After the common required courses for all grades ended, major-specific classes began.

The first major class was none other than the Magic Studies Department class.

Leo headed to the practice grounds that had been announced in advance, along with Chelsea and Cal.

“Practical training from the first class? That’s not like Professor Ren.”

Chelsea tilted her head in confusion.

Ren was a professor who valued theoretical classes.

Of course, he didn’t neglect practical application, but he was a professor who strongly believed that magic was a field based on research and exploration.

For him to hold the first class of the second semester in the practice grounds was certainly unprecedented.

The first-years gathered in the practice grounds and waited for Ren.

Shortly after, Ren appeared with Associate Professor Anna.

Ren stood in the center of the practice grounds and smiled gently.

“Everyone. Did you have a good vacation?”

“Yes.”

“Professor Ren! We missed you!”

Several female students greeted Ren with sweet voices.

Thanks to his handsome appearance and kind personality, Ren was a particularly popular professor among female students.

Of course, he occasionally went overboard, but even that was seen as charming by many since it stemmed from his passion for magic.

Ren nodded at the students’ reactions and said,

“I’d like you to submit the assignments you worked on during vacation.”

At those words, the students submitted the reports they had been holding.

Anna organized the reports the students submitted and put them into subspace.

Meanwhile, Ren began to speak.

“During vacation, I really thought a lot about how to teach you all in the second semester.”

The students looked puzzled at those words.

“As you know, your class is receiving a lot of attention from the academy.”

Ren said, looking over the students.

“So we had high expectations for the inter-department competition last semester.”

Emio raised his hand.

“That’s why the first-years defeated the Gigantes during the inter-department competition!”

While nine students had defeated the Gigantes, it was also true that the defeat wouldn’t have been possible without the other first-years.

That’s why Emio went around saying they had defeated it ‘together.’

“That’s right. But it didn’t prove the excellence of the Magic Studies Department.”

It was the achievement of all first-years, not the accomplishment of a specific department.

“Do you know this? Among the professors, the evaluation of your department seniors in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years hasn’t been good.”

“What?”

“Hasn’t the Magic Studies Department’s evaluation always been neck and neck with the Knight Department?”

Students with strong inter-department rivalry looked puzzled.

Seeing their expressions, Ren crossed his arms.

“Of course, that was the external evaluation of the departments.”

Ren’s eyes flashed.

“But the Magic Studies Department first-years haven’t won against Seirun in Lusejeon for the past three years!”

The students flinched at those words.

“The Magic Studies Department professors decided they couldn’t taste humiliation for four consecutive years. So for the second semester, we’ve prepared classes in preparation for Lusejeon at the end of the term.”

The students were surprised by Ren’s declaration.

“Starting today, you will learn ‘Hero Magic.'”

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