Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 157

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157

Tap- Clack- Tap-

The sound of chalk echoed throughout the entire cafe.

Snicker- The Emerald students who had been quietly sneering gradually wore blank expressions as time passed.

Tap-

Leo, who had put down the chalk, stepped back from the blackboard.

And he looked at Sila, who was gaping with her mouth open.

“How is it?”

“Th, this kind of approach is also possible?”

Startled- Sila, who had come to her senses, hurriedly approached the blackboard.

‘What the hell is this? How did he interpret it? This magic actually works?’

Emerald Academy conducts group project research with teams of 20 students each.

And the problem Leo had just solved was exactly the group project of the team Sila belonged to.

He had solved such a project with ease.

From the Emerald students’ perspective, their jaws couldn’t help but drop.

Honestly speaking, even though they had watched Leo’s formula solving from the side, they couldn’t properly understand even half of it.

‘Damn it! How the hell did he do that!’

She could tell that the formula would activate.

But she had no idea how it would activate.

Sila, who had been staring intently at the blackboard, glanced at Leo who was calmly spinning the chalk and gritted her teeth.

She wanted to hear a detailed explanation, but her pride prevented her from asking.

“But you know.”

“Uh, yeah?”

“Instead of approaching it this way, I think it might be possible to activate the magic more efficiently?”

“What?”

Leo, who smiled brightly, erased all the content on the blackboard and began writing down a new formula.

“The magic from earlier is a magical formula to obtain a lot of output using little heat magic, right? Since heat means fire-type magic, fire formulas have to be included a lot. But that increases mana consumption. So we use wind magic for compression.”

Leo began writing down the magical formula on the blackboard.

The Emerald students who saw it had their jaws drop.

Complex magic that was even difficult to understand.

‘How is that supposed to be more efficient!’

‘My head’s going to explode!’

“If you compress with wind formulas like this, you can increase the firepower even more. Then you can also reduce mana consumption.”

Leo shrugged his shoulders.

“Wait! Wait! If you do it this way, you can definitely reduce mana consumption! But efficiency isn’t just about that! Things like the time it takes for magic and simplicity are also considerations!”

At Sila’s criticism, Leo chuckled.

“There’s a good thing called activation formulas in the world now, isn’t there?”

“Converting this complex formula into an activation formula isn’t an ordinary task, you know?”

Sila opened her eyes drowsily.

Looking at such Sila, Leo chuckled.

“It’s not that difficult.”

“What?”

Leo activated the magic he had just interpreted on the spot.

Flames flickered in Leo’s hand, then were compressed by wind and transformed into an energy mass.

Seeing that, Sila’s jaw dropped wide open.

“It still lacks practicality for real combat, but with a little more research, I think we could get pretty decent results?”

As Leo dispelled the magic and shrugged his shoulders, Sila’s body trembled.

Then she soon spoke as if she understood.

“I, I see! You were also researching this kind of magic? Right! As expected of Lumern! To think you were already researching magic in this direction.”

Sila burst into an awkward laugh.

“Ahahaha! How embarrassing to have copied what Lumern was researching.”

“Lumern doesn’t particularly do this kind of research though?”

“What?”

“Lumern does research various experimental magic theories, but not at the school level. Rather than developing new magic, Lumern mainly specializes in adapting existing magic for combat or applying it.”

Leo shrugged his shoulders.

That was certainly true.

The ultimate goal of Lumern’s Magic Studies Department was hero cultivation.

As a result, they mainly researched applying existing magical formulas and using them in actual combat.

Although Professor Ren emphasized an academic approach, that didn’t make it mainstream.

As a result, such unique experiments were rarely conducted at Lumern.

“W, wait. Then how did you interpret this formula and how did you convert it into an activation equation? You did it on the spot right here?”

Sila’s eyes widened.

“Yeah.”

When Leo nodded calmly, Sila stepped backward.

The other Emerald students also began murmuring.

“Don’t be ridiculous! You just looked at it briefly and solved the interpretation, didn’t you? Unless you already knew the content, that wouldn’t be possible… Wait. It would be possible if you did it by mental calculation, but that’s impossible…”

“I did it by mental calculation though.”

“…!”

Freeze-

The faces of all the Emerald students, including Sila, hardened.

“That’s a lie… That’s a lie! There’s no way a person could do such a thing! Waaaaaaah!”

Shocked, Sila fled from the cafe as if running away.

“Hey! Team leader, where are you going!”

“L, let’s go together!”

“Hiiiiiek?”

The Emerald students who were hurriedly running away following Sila made eye contact with Leo and were terrified.

Looking at the Emerald students who were staring at him as if looking at a monster, Leo scratched his cheek.

“Was I a bit too harsh?”

***

Gathering time had arrived.

All 600 visiting students gathered in front of the dock to go to Lumern.

“I heard all the students who came this time are first-years?”

On the dock bench, with Leo in the middle, Selia sat on the left and Chelsea sat on the right.

“Selia. Didn’t you have any kids picking fights with you while walking around Lumeria City?”

“Picking fights? Not particularly.”

“Chelsea, what about you.”

Chelsea, who was sitting on the bench swinging her legs while looking at the Emerald students, shook her head.

“I didn’t either. Why? Were there some foolish kids who picked a fight with Leo?”

“Yeah.”

“Those kids really have bad luck. Of all people to mess with, they messed with you.”

Selia said indifferently.

Looking at such Selia, Leo crossed his arms.

“Why me?”

“There are already many kids in our school who despair when they see you, so they got discouraged before the joint classes even started.”

Looking at Selia shrugging her shoulders, Chelsea covered her mouth and giggled.

At that moment, the supervising professors appeared at the dock.

Ain, Yura, Ren.

Seeing the three professors, Chelsea spoke with a serious face.

“Sometimes I don’t understand our school. Those three professors cause incidents and accidents when put together, so why do they always assign them to big events like this?”

The three professors, who caused chemical reactions when two were together and even bigger chemical reactions when all three were together, often moved together.

Hearing Chelsea’s words, Selia made an expression of agreement.

“All instructors, gather here.”

At Ain’s words, ten students stepped forward.

The curious gazes of the three academy students were fixed on them.

“Yes, she’s pretty.”

“Lady Selia…! She’s beautiful!”

“That’s Chelsea Rwallin, right?”

“Who’s that girl from the Magic Studies Department?”

“That small girl is from the Knight Department?”

“The heir of the Herginn Family seems hard to approach.”

The male students stared blankly at the Lumern female students.

However, the reaction of the Lumern female students was lukewarm.

Selia brushed her hair back as if uninterested.

Chelsea crossed her arms and made a sullen expression.

Chloe was reading a magic book as usual, showing no interest, and Eliza didn’t even glance over, organizing her fingers.

Only Chen Xia smiled brightly and waved her hand.

Meanwhile, the female students had similar reactions.

“Wow… he looks like he came out of a painting.”

“Wow. He’s incredibly handsome.”

“He, he looks scary.”

The conspicuous Avad, Duran, and Woreden were monopolizing the attention of the female students.

“That white-haired boy is Leo Flobe, right?”

“All-class!”

“How should I put it. He’s a cute-looking pretty boy. I thought he’d be more rugged.”

Then the sound of several female students squealing could be heard.

Instantly, Chelsea, Chloe, and Chen Xia looked in that direction.

Meanwhile, Selia crossed her arms and said.

“What’s so good about that butter that they’re making such a fuss.”

“Why is my brother butter!”

Chelsea flared up.

“Be quiet.”

Ain said coldly.

Seeing such an Ain, the students from the three academies instantly shut their mouths.

“These students may be students like you, but they are serving as instructors. So follow their control well.”

At Ain’s words, one female student raised her hand.

“Professor! We like that instructor! We’d like that instructor to lead us!”

The one who raised her hand was none other than a female student from Knight Academy Icot.

Pointing at Avad with her finger, Ain looked at her and said.

“Avad Rwallin is from the Magic Studies Department. He has nothing to do with you from Icot.”

At those words, the female student laughed.

“What does that matter? We’re all Lumern students anyway, right? What if the departments are a bit different?”

The Lumern students widened their eyes and looked at that female student.

Those who seemed to be students following her also crossed their arms and nodded.

Even Duran gaped his mouth open.

Throwing a tantrum and rebelling against a legitimate professor’s words at Lumern was an impossible thing.

Especially if it was Professor Ain!

“Wow… incredible.”

“She must want to die.”

At Chelsea’s admiration, Eliza curled up the corners of her mouth.

However, Yura and Ren made expressions as if they had expected this.

“You, what’s your name?”

“Sirina Pia! I’m the princess of Chea Kingdom!”

Sirina puffed out her chest and made a proud expression.

Chea Kingdom.

A kingdom located in the eastern part of the continent, it’s a fairly large-scale kingdom.

At Sirina’s words, Ain said.

“Student Sirina. This is a warning. If three warnings accumulate, you’ll have to pack your bags and return to school immediately, so keep that in mind.”

Professor Ain, who spoke calmly, was about to discuss the schedule.

“Wait a minute! Why exactly should I receive a warning? And pack my bags! Do you know who I am!”

Sirina flared up.

“Second warning. Don’t get a third one!”

“No! Really! Why exactly should I receive a warning!”

Sirina made a hysterical expression.

Lumern is a school that everyone admires.

Although it’s called a joint class, receiving lessons at such a place is an incredible thing.

But at the fact that she would receive warnings and have to leave school before even taking those lessons, Sirina threw a tantrum.

“Third warning. I’ll process your expulsion.”

Ain took out a list from his pocket.

“Hey! No matter how much you’re a Lumern professor, you don’t have the right to kick me out as you please!”

The excited Sirina pointed at Ain and approached him.

Seeing that sight, Yura muttered.

“She’s crossing the line.”

“There have always been students like that. But this year is a bit more severe.”

Ren sighed.

Grab-!

“Huh?”

“Listen well. Sirina Pia. Whether you’re the princess of Chea Kingdom or the princess of any kingdom. I don’t care one bit.”

At Ain’s cold voice, Sirina’s face turned pale.

“This is Lumern, and at Lumern, a professor’s words are absolute. Icot might be different, but such petty power doesn’t work at Lumern at all. So get out of my sight.”

Whoosh-!

“Kyaaaah!”

Splash-!

Ain, who threw Sirina into the water, spoke to the students from the three academies who were frozen.

“I’ll warn you. This is Lumern, not Icot, Emerald, or Scaun. A student’s status is nothing more or less than a student, and there’s no hierarchy among each other. From this moment on, I’ll treat you equally with Lumern students. So if there’s anyone who wants to flaunt their petty family background, get out of here right now. That’s all.”

At Ain’s words, the students from other academies held their breath.

Seeing that, Chelsea muttered.

“It seems worse than what we heard.”

“What is?”

When Leo made a puzzled expression, Chloe, who was beside him, closed her magic book and said.

“Students from the 3 Major Elite Class Academies don’t have their hierarchy determined by ability like at Lumern.”

“What?”

“Many children of high-ranking people from each country enroll. Of course, our school is the same, but they tend to have strong influence from those in power.”

Chelsea crossed her arms and clicked her tongue.

“That’s why I heard there are tons of immature brats who have no real ability but act arrogant relying on their families. I even heard that professors have to read the room?”

At those words, Leo muttered.

“It’s going to be noisy for a few days.”

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