Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 16

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16

The next morning.

After finishing breakfast at the dormitory cafeteria, Leo headed straight to the Hall of Beginnings, the first-year classroom building.

Today’s first major class was Knight Studies.

As befitting a temporary class, not only Knight Department students but also many students from other departments participated.

With so many people, the class was divided into sections.

The section Leo entered had Chelsea and Cal in it.

Cal was actively utilizing the temporary class to get acquainted with the Knight Department students.

Chelsea said she planned to take Knight Studies as a minor since she aspired to be a battle mage.

The students gathered in the training ground and waited.

Soon, Professor Ain appeared.

“I’ve already introduced myself, so I won’t do it again. This is my vice professor, Claria Rivaceda.”

Claria bowed her head lightly.

Vice professors could only be those from Lumern who were chosen by a professor.

They assisted professors in conducting classes and sometimes taught classes in place of the professor when necessary.

Naturally, being from Lumern, she was an elite with guaranteed skills.

Professor Ain looked around at the students.

‘Leo Flobe, Selia Jerdinger, Duran Moira.’

Professor Ain wore a satisfied expression.

With two student representatives and two top students coming to attend the class, he couldn’t help but be satisfied.

“Those among you who are Magic Studies and Summoner Studies students, raise your hands.”

More than half the students raised their hands.

Professor Ain nodded and pointed to Claria.

“You go to the vice professor. She will lecture on how to apply mana and spiritual power to martial arts.”

Ain gathered the Knight Students separately and spoke.

“Today is the first class. So let’s talk about aura, which is the most fundamental aspect of Knight Studies.”

The students’ eyes lit up at Ain’s words.

“Among the three powers derived from mana—aura, magical power, and spiritual power—aura has the most difficult characteristics to handle. Does any student know the reason for this?”

From the very first question, the first-years were at a loss for words.

The characteristics of aura?

Hardly anyone was interested in such things.

What knights usually worried about was how to better sense mana and manifest more powerful aura.

Of course, not all students were without the correct answer.

Selia raised her hand.

“I’m Selia Jerdinger.”

“Yes, Student Selia. Please answer.”

“It’s because aura loses the characteristics of mana during the conversion process.”

“Correct.”

Magical power is a force created by amplifying mana, and spiritual power is a force that resonates the user’s will with mana.

As such, they don’t lose the characteristics of mana in its natural state.

However, aura is a force created by absorbing mana and processing it to suit the body.

In that process, it loses its natural fluidity and becomes fixed.

That’s why it becomes difficult to handle.

“Then, is there a student who can explain in what form we use the aura accumulated in our bodies?”

This time, even Selia was flustered.

In what form do we use it?

‘How do you explain the form of usage?’

‘You just… use it when you exert force, right?’

They simply used it as they were taught, following the flow of Orus Martial Arts through intuition.

There was no way to explain the form in which it was used.

Of course, Ain hadn’t asked the question expecting an answer.

What Ain was talking about was basic theory of aura studies, a subject that didn’t exist in Lumern until last year.

It was content that had only been taught at Ajonia Hero’s Academy, which Ain was trying to introduce to Lumern this year.

So it was only natural that the first-years wouldn’t know.

When Ain was about to give an explanation, someone raised their hand.

Professor Ain wore a satisfied expression at the student who courageously stepped forward.

There were few professors who disliked students who presented confidently, even if they were wrong.

“I’m Leo Flobe.”

“Yes. Please answer.”

“We use the power of aura in the form of combusting mana.”

Ain showed a surprised expression.

“Correct. Then do you also know what’s most important when combusting aura?”

“Physical strength.”

“Amazing, Student Leo. Have you ever studied aura studies?”

“No.”

“Then how did you know such things?”

“Because it’s the most basic essence of aura.”

People sometimes neglect the essence of the power they use.

Of course, not knowing the essence or principles poses no problem in using aura.

However, there’s a big difference between knowing and not knowing the characteristics of the power you use.

Especially aura has a tendency to resist movement compared to magical power and spiritual power.

Imagery became a good means of controlling such power.

“Excellent. I’ll give Student Selia 5 bonus points and Student Leo 10 bonus points.”

Envious gazes from their classmates turned toward the two.

“As Student Leo said, we use the power generated when combusting mana.”

Professor Ain spoke seriously.

“Starting this year, I plan to teach you first-years by incorporating aura studies into the curriculum.”

“Professor! What is aura studies?”

“It’s the study of aura. It’s one of the required subjects at Ajonia Academy.”

The first-years’ eyes lit up at hearing about this new field of study.

“Then, since today is the first class, let’s learn how to utilize aura. Today’s lecture content is aura step.”

Aura step is a technique that concentrates aura power in the legs to maximize jumping ability.

‘Aura step.’

Leo’s eyes lit up.

It was a technique with a concept that didn’t exist in the era when Kail lived.

“Anyone who possesses aura can learn aura step. However, the effects vary dramatically depending on proficiency.”

Professor Ain lifted his foot.

Silver aura flickered at his toes, and then he stood in mid-air.

The students burst into admiration.

Professor Ain walked lightly through the air as he spoke.

“Now I’ll tell you about the principles of aura step.”

Ain’s aura step lecture began.

‘The principles of aura operation aren’t much different.’

When you strengthen your body with aura, your leg strength naturally increases as well.

Aura step could be seen as concentrating that physical enhancement on the legs.

While Ain was instructing the students for a while, someone who appeared to be a messenger entered the training ground.

“Professor Ain. Professor Betes is looking for you and Vice Professor Claria.”

“Professor Betes? I understand.”

Ain nodded and spoke to the students.

“The vice professor and I will be away for a moment, so practice aura step on your own.”

After leaving those words, Professor Ain departed.

“Leo. Should I teach you Aura Step?”

Selia approached with a sly smile.

Leo asked with an indifferent expression.

“Are you going to make me call you young lady?”

“Would I really be that petty?”

Selia crossed her arms and grinned.

“My birthday is earlier than yours. So if you call me big sister just once, I’ll help you.”

“That’s so dirty and petty, I won’t learn from you.”

“What? You’re the student representative but you can’t even use Aura Step? How pathetic.”

Just then, someone interrupted their conversation.

When they turned their heads, they saw Duran Moira, the top student of the Central Examination, standing there.

Duran looked at Leo and clicked his tongue.

“To think such a guy became the year representative, I really don’t understand Lumern’s standards.”

“Are you dissatisfied that I’m the year representative?”

When Leo stepped forward and asked, Duran curled up the corners of his mouth.

“It’s not dissatisfaction. I’m just lamenting the fact that someone who can’t even use Aura Step is the year representative.”

Duran looked at the other students and spoke irritably.

“It’s not just you. To think there are more than a few who can’t even use Aura Step. I’m worried about the dignity of the entire year.”

Several students bristled at those words.

But they couldn’t easily attack him.

No matter what anyone said, he was the year’s top student.

Among the nearly 500 first-years, he was definitely one of the top ten in skill.

Leo responded to Duran’s words.

“If you’re aiming to be a hero, how about maintaining some dignity yourself?”

“Dignity? Are you discussing dignity as a hero with me, someone of heroic bloodline?”

The Moira Knight Kingdom that Duran belonged to was a country founded by the knight hero Diol Moira, who was called the Golden Sword 50 years ago.

Having pursued the path of a hero since childhood, Duran prided himself on having stronger heroic qualities than anyone else.

“What does being a hero have to do with bloodline?”

“It’s related. A hero means someone who is chosen.”

“We think differently. I think a hero is someone who doesn’t give up.”

“To think someone who claims to be the freshman representative would say such dreamlike things. How pathetic.”

“Aren’t you the one getting too cocky just relying on your bloodline?”

“Bloodline is merely supplementary to me. What I believe in is something else.”

“What’s that?”

“Skill, Leo Flobe.”

Whoosh-!

Duran closed the distance with Leo in the blink of an eye.

Other students admired that tremendous movement speed.

It was a speed that ordinary students couldn’t even dream of.

However, Leo chuckled.

“Not particularly fast.”

“It seems I need to show you what class means.”

Duran smiled fiercely.

“If you’re that confident, shall we have a contest to see who’s faster?”

“Don’t be ridiculous, Duran Moira. Do you think it makes sense to compete over who’s faster with someone who hasn’t even learned Aura Step?”

When Selia frowned and intervened, Duran spoke as if pleased.

“Selia Jerdinger. There was something I wanted to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“How did Leo Flobe become the year representative?”

“How would I know that?”

“Isn’t it because the western top students are so pathetic that this guy stood out?”

Chelsea, who had been among the minor course students who gathered wondering what was happening, stepped forward.

“Did you just say our big brother is pathetic?”

“I just stated the facts. Chelsea Rwallin. I had expectations since you’re one of the two great Renowned Hero Families of the Rodren Empire, but to think you’d give up the year representative position to such a guy. Honestly, I’m disappointed.”

Selia smiled coldly.

“You must be quite bitter about not becoming student representative? But haven’t you considered that you didn’t become student representative purely because you’re pathetic?”

“If I had been in the same position, this guy would never have become student representative.”

Duran wore an arrogant expression and spoke with a confident tone.

“This guy became year representative purely out of luck.”

“Let’s go, Leo. There’s no need to listen to such nonsense.”

“Right.”

Chelsea, who agreed with Selia’s words despite them being rivals, pulled down the skin under her eye with her left finger and stuck out her tongue, going “Bleh!”

“To think you’re in a position of being protected by women.”

The central students of the Duran faction poured out jeers.

Leo chuckled.

“I accept that contest.”

“Leo!”

Selia spoke reproachfully.

“When he’s saying that much, it’s hard to ignore him, right? And.”

Leo bared his teeth in a smile.

“Someone like this needs to be shown what class means.”

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