Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 155

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Following Riben, they arrived at the top of the clock tower in the center of Lumeria City.

‘I never knew there was something like this inside the clock tower.’

With a surprised expression, he climbed up the stairs.

‘Is it some kind of watchtower?’

The countless spells covering the clock tower dazzled Leo’s eyes.

‘They’re all made of dragon language magic. Mages would flip their lids if they saw this.’

Leo examined the magical formulas composing the clock tower with interest.

Though Leo had encountered and become familiar with various magical formulas of this era, there was still one magical system he hadn’t encountered.

That was dragon language magic.

Dragon language magic could only be used by dragons.

In that it couldn’t be used by other races, it was similar to star magic.

But there was something fundamentally different between the two.

Star magic was a magical system optimized for elves.

While it could be used regardless of race if one had the magical sense to convert formulas tailored for elves into human format, dragon language magic was different.

‘Formulas made of dragon language are hard to properly interpret. And even if you interpret them, there’s the biggest problem.’

That was mana.

To activate dragon language magic, the mana emitted by a dragon heart was necessary.

Only with the unique mana characteristics that dragons possessed could one activate formulas made of dragon language.

Therefore, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that dragon language magic was the exclusive domain of dragons.

Since it was rarely encountered normally, any mage would yearn to study dragon language magic.

Thud- Thud-

Riben, who had been climbing the stairs ahead, stopped walking.

There was a small door in front.

Creak-

Riben opened the door and stepped inside.

“Come in.”

At Riben’s words, Leo entered the room.

Inside the room, a different space unfolded.

‘Is it spatial transfer magic?’

Leo examined the interior of the room.

What spread before his eyes was a desolate room.

Crystal floors and walls without a speck of dust caught his eye.

There were no other furniture or decorations that would normally be found in a room anywhere.

Leo’s eyes widened as he looked up at the ceiling.

A mural of a dragon filled the entire ceiling.

“Risinass.”

“The true form of the King of Wisdom wouldn’t be famous among other races. You recognize it immediately?”

Leo turned his head.

What was there was a throne.

A massive throne, the only one in the vast space.

And sitting there was a girl who appeared to be about ten years old.

The girl’s appearance was strange.

Her long hair that reached the floor was disheveled, and black hair scattered here and there among the silver strands caught the eye.

Though she had a beautiful face, her closed left eye and the bulging veins around it created an eerie atmosphere.

Leo could easily tell that the girl before him was a dragon.

‘Not just any dragon either. An extremely high-ranking dragon.’

As Leo was surprised by the mana he felt from her.

Riben, who had paid his respects to the girl, spoke to Leo.

“Lord.”

At those words, Leo showed a surprised expression.

Though he knew Riben was a dragon, he never expected to be guided to a Dragon Lord.

But the surprise was brief.

Leo tapped his right chest three times toward the Dragon Lord, then politely bowed his head and bent his knee.

It was the dragon greeting etiquette.

The reason Leo knew dragon etiquette well was simple.

There was someone who had taught him until his ears were sore.

‘Why do you tap the right chest three times?’

‘Because the dragon heart is located in the right chest. It means letting them hear the sound of the dragon heart’s beating.’

‘Oh, really? But why do I have to learn dragon etiquette?’

‘You’ll have many occasions to use it after subjugating Erebos.’

‘I don’t think there will be any at all? And even if there are, why should I follow dragon etiquette? And if that’s the case, shouldn’t those guys sprawled out sleeping over there learn it too?’

Kail, who couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night and was learning dragon etiquette that wasn’t in his destiny, spoke irritably.

Risinass made a dumbfounded expression at Leo’s reaction.

‘You’re in the second-highest position in the expedition force after me, aren’t you? Of course you should place more importance on etiquette! You’ll have many occasions to meet me and dragons later!’

‘Why are you annoyed?’

‘Shut up. Stop complaining and learn properly! Bend your knee more! The angle is wrong!’

‘Please! Let me sleep! Sleep!’

He recalled Risinass, who had forcibly held him down despite his protests and tormented him under the guise of teaching etiquette.

Of course, he never had occasion to use it in his lifetime.

‘I’m using it in my next life.’

Leo’s posture was perfect, having been drilled by Risinass.

And seeing this, both the Lord and Riben’s eyes widened.

At their reaction, Leo made an awkward expression.

‘What? Did the etiquette change over 5000 years?’

If so, what would become of those days when he couldn’t sleep and was tormented by Risinass every night?

“Puhup!”

Then the Lord covered her mouth with both hands and burst into laughter.

“Puhehe! Puhup! Keke-!”

“Leo Flobe. Where did you learn that greeting?”

“I learned it from a book. Is it wrong?”

“It’s not wrong. Rather, it’s perfect. But….”

“Puhehe! You’re like an old geezer! Ahahahahaha!”

Finally unable to hold back, the Lord clutched her stomach and laughed hysterically.

“It’s an old ancient etiquette. It’s a greeting that the late predecessors often used. It’s a greeting that’s rarely used nowadays, so it’s fascinating that you use it.”

Looking at Riben who wore a fascinated expression, Leo relaxed his posture.

‘What was all my effort for in the end?’

Seeing Leo sigh deeply, the Lord cleared her throat with an ‘Ahem!’

“Nice to meet you. Leo Flobe. I’m called Mellina.”

“What’s the reason the Dragon Lord wanted to see me?”

“I wanted to meet you.”

The playful demeanor from just moments ago was nowhere to be found.

Though her outward appearance was that of a small girl, the being before him was the pinnacle of dragons, a Lord.

Mellina looked at Leo.

“Indeed… just as Sir Riben said.”

Mellina nodded and glanced at Riben.

“You are different from other heroes.”

Having said that, Mellina gestured to Riben with her eyes.

At this, Riben left his position.

Creak-! Thud-!

Only Leo and Mellina remained in the room.

“Leo Flobe.”

“Yes.”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Leo Flobe, a Hero Candidate from Lumern.”

“Hehe- I asked the wrong question.”

Mellina covered her mouth and laughed.

“I was quite surprised when I first heard your story.”

“Because of the All Class?”

“Yes. Unprecedented. It was the same ability as Lord Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, who exists only in legends.”

Mellina stared intently at Leo.

“You seem very interested in the Hero of the Beginning.”

“I have to be.”

Until now, Kail had been treated as a fictional character.

As such, while other Great Heroes might be different, it was rare to see anyone use honorifics when referring to Kail.

Mellina rose from her throne.

Tap- Tap-

Mellina walked barefoot to Leo and looked up at the ceiling.

“I am a Dragon Lord. One who carries on the will of the great King of Wisdom, Risinass. Therefore, I am a being who thirsts for the world’s knowledge and wisdom.”

Risinass, who had once explored all the wisdom and knowledge of the world.

Leo knew why Risinass had pursued knowledge and wisdom so desperately.

‘It was a struggle.’

To somehow find a way to defeat Erebos.

Ancient knowledge.

Divine knowledge.

He explored everything without discrimination.

But the answer he obtained was despair.

Even so, he didn’t give up.

‘And what he found was you all.’

As Leo recalled Risinass, Mellina spoke to him.

“As a result of thirsting for knowledge and wisdom, I became convinced that the Hero of the Beginning truly existed. But I couldn’t find any physical evidence. Stories remained, but proof of Lord Kail’s existence had vanished from this world.”

Mellina, who had been looking at the ceiling, lowered her gaze slightly.

Leo’s red eyes met her wise silver eyes.

Mellina’s lips curved into an arc.

“Then Leo Flobe, you appeared. And you presented evidence to this world that Lord Kail was not a fictional character.”

“It’s a coincidence.”

“That’s right. Everything can be explained by coincidence. Being born with All Class abilities is a coincidence. Achieving praiseworthy great deeds is a coincidence. Being constantly connected to the World of the Great Heroes is a coincidence. And finding evidence that the Hero of the Beginning existed can all be explained as coincidence.”

Mellina spread her arms wide and smiled brightly.

Her tone suggested that such coincidences could naturally exist.

“But how will you explain this?”

Mellina lowered her hands and took a step back.

Then she carefully opened her left eye, which had been closed.

Leo’s complexion changed when he met that eye.

As if she couldn’t control her power, that eye had the characteristic vertically elongated pupils of a dragon, unlike her ordinary human right eye.

But that wasn’t what surprised Leo.

As soon as the eye opened, the mana Mellina possessed also changed.

As if opening her eye was a signal, her mana transformed.

‘Risinass’s mana?’

“Long ago, I succeeded in conquering Lord Risinass’s world and recovering the page. As a reward for that conquest, I was able to inherit a portion of Lord Risinass’s mana.”

Mellina’s voice had become respectful at some point.

“I’ve had the great honor of handling Lord Risinass’s mana for a long time. But now that power won’t obey me. As if it has met its true master.”

Kail, as the last survivor of the expedition force, had shouldered everything from his comrades.

Among those things was the Dragon Heart that Risinass had left behind.

For dragons, inheriting a Dragon Heart also means being a ‘successor.’

Mellina smiled slightly and took something out from subspace.

It was a very old fairy tale book.

“This is a ‘Progenitors of the Starry Skies’ fairy tale book from thousands of years ago. It’s probably the last remaining fairy tale book from that era in this world.”

Rustle-

Mellina flipped through the book and showed him the latter pages.

The content was different from current fairy tale books.

Current fairy tale books end with all five Great Heroes joining forces to defeat Erebos.

The fairy tale book from thousands of years ago was identical to actual history.

It had to be.

Since it was a book from when Hero Record was intact, it would contain actual history.

What Mellina showed was none other than the moment just before Risinass closed his eyes.

“According to this book, Lord Kail inherited Lord Risinass’s Dragon Heart.”

Mellina carefully closed the book and looked up at Leo.

“I’ll ask once more.”

Mellina’s solemn eyes contained expectation, longing, and respect.

“Who are you?”

Leo looked down at the Dragon Lord who had inherited Risinass’s power.

Her eyes sparkling with wisdom somehow reminded him of a dear friend.

Leo, who had been silently watching her, scratched his head vigorously.

“Geez, what a perceptive little one.”

Mellina’s eyes widened at Leo’s words.

“It’s as you expected.”

Leo chuckled.

“My name is Kail. I’m now called the Hero of the Beginning.”

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