Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 162

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162

Shasha showed an expression of incomprehension at Leo’s words for a moment.

It wasn’t just Shasha, but everyone around them felt the same way.

“What did you just say…?”

Looking at Shasha who asked with a bewildered face, Leo spoke.

“I said you’re an arrogant brat.”

Shasha made a dumbfounded expression.

“You… how dare you speak to Her Imperial Highness!”

Barden tried to shout in excitement, but Shasha raised her hand to stop him.

Then she stared intently at Leo with golden eyes and asked.

“Is there something about me as your lord that displeases you?”

“Pleased or whatever, why would I be your retainer? We’re from different countries to begin with.”

“Well, your maternal family is ‘Jerdinger’ after all. You may be from the Kingdom of Delaad, but you’re also a person of the Rodren Empire.”

At Shasha’s words, the students in the Great Library widened their eyes.

“Leo Flobe’s maternal family is Jerdinger?”

“Wait. Then that means he’s related to Selia Jerdinger?”

“No wonder… they’ve been sticking together, but it wasn’t because they were dating but because they’re relatives.”

The Rodren Empire students also showed surprised reactions.

“This is a scoop! A scoop!”

At that moment, a student who appeared to be from the Newspaper Club made an excited expression and rushed out of the Great Library.

‘The rumors will spread by tomorrow.’

Since it was something Jerdinger would announce soon anyway, there wouldn’t be any particular problem.

‘That said, it’s not pleasant to have someone’s personal matters exposed like this. And so what if my maternal family is Jerdinger? What am I supposed to do about it.’

Leo still looked at the princess in front of him with indifferent eyes.

The princess, who had lived at the pinnacle of the massive power group called the empire, naturally considered herself to be Leo’s lord.

Snap-!

Shasha, who had taken out a red fan from her bosom and unfolded it, narrowed her eyes.

“Hmm- I see.”

“What now.”

“I haven’t shown my value as a lord to Leo-senpai yet.”

Shasha nodded as if she understood and smiled with her eyes.

“You want me to prove it, right? That I have value as your lord.”

Snap-!

Shasha, who had closed her fan, curled up the corners of her mouth.

“Wonderful. Certainly, to accept an unprecedented all-class student as a retainer, I need to show my value first.”

Shasha, who had thoroughly misunderstood on her own, nodded.

“Fine. I’ll prove my value to you in this joint class. Hohohoho!”

Having said that, Shasha left the Great Library.

The Rodren Empire students also hurriedly followed behind Shasha.

Once Shasha left, the entire Great Library began to buzz.

“What? So if she’s worth serving, she can later draw Leo Flobe into her faction?”

“Hmm. He’s arrogant, but if it’s that guy…”

The surroundings became noisy due to people who had completely misunderstood.

Watching this, Chen Xia smiled slightly.

“Young Master Leo will become even more popular.”

“I’d rather pass on this kind of popularity.”

***

By the end of lunch time.

Rumors about Leo and Shasha had spread throughout the entire Academy.

The students gathered in the Open Field for Summoning Studies were frantically discussing stories related to it.

Among them, the biggest commotion was about Leo’s family background.

“Hey! Leo! Is your maternal family really Jerdinger?”

“That’s right.”

“Whoa. Why didn’t you tell us?”

“There’s no particular reason to go around talking about it, is there?”

Leo shrugged his shoulders at his classmate Taide’s question.

Looking at Leo like that, Taide clicked his tongue.

‘Usually people would be dying to brag about it. Well, it’s Leo after all.’

With that thought, Taide looked around.

The Female Students were showing particularly enthusiastic reactions.

Leo was popular enough to be called a pretty boy in addition to being the class representative.

But despite his popularity, surprisingly, the Female Students hadn’t shown much interest in Leo.

It was because of Selia.

Since the beginning of the semester, there had been rampant rumors that the two were dating because they were seen sticking together.

If the competition was Selia Jerdinger, there was no hope.

Moreover, since the other Female Students he was close with were all formidable, they hadn’t even looked his way.

But now that it was revealed that Leo and Selia were relatives, the Female Students couldn’t help but have their interest surge.

“Taide! You’re close with your class president, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you happen to know what your class president likes?”

A Female Student from the Summoning Department asked in a voice mixed with aegyo.

‘Ugh! Don’t ask me that kind of thing!’

Taide shed tears of blood internally while answering the Female Student’s question.

In the midst of this, Yura appeared with Associate Professor Carlo and the Scaun Professors.

The first-year students who had been chattering among themselves quieted down upon seeing this.

“Ahem. Is everyone here?”

Seeing her display an uncomfortable mood, the first-year students murmured.

“Why is the professor like that?”

“Isn’t it because it became known that Leo’s maternal family is Jerdinger?”

“True. Then the probability of him choosing the Summoning Department would decrease.”

“Well, it’s true that Class 5’s president’s skills as a summoner are impressive, but compared to what he’s shown as a knight or mage, the impact is lacking.”

At those words, Yura’s eyes twitched.

‘What do you mean the impact is lacking! He’s the guy who made a contract with a Phoenix on his first day of enrollment! Ugh! If we’re comparing impact, even if a knight or mage grandmaster came, they’d have less impact than summoning!’

Suppressing the urge to shout that, she spoke.

“Before class, there’s an announcement. It’s about the duel evaluation.”

Yura crossed her arms.

“The duel evaluation starts next week. Duel opponents will be decided through duel lottery as previously announced.”

At those words, tense expressions appeared here and there.

Most students hoped they wouldn’t encounter students with high rankings.

“Now. That’s the end of announcements for Lumern Students. Shall we start class now?”

At Yura’s words, the Scaun students made tense expressions.

Lumern’s summoning class.

How much had they been looking forward to it?

While everyone made tense expressions, Yura crossed her arms and spoke.

“The classes we’ll conduct during the joint class period starting today will be very helpful not only for Scaun but also for current Lumern students.”

At those words, everyone made puzzled expressions.

“I called someone to help with today’s class.”

“Greetings, students of Scaun.”

As soon as Yura finished speaking, a magnificent voice echoed.

Everyone looked around with surprised faces.

Meanwhile, only Leo and Yura accurately pinpointed the location of the voice and looked up at the sky.

Crack! Rumble—!

Suddenly, thunder and lightning struck.

Through it, a man riding a Pegasus descended to the ground with an intense presence.

Thud—!

Seeing Ulta appear riding his Pegasus, not only the Scaun students but also the Lumern students wore expressions of shock.

Pegasus.

For summoners, it was one of the three legendary dream beasts.

There’s a saying that even if you live your whole life, it’s hard to see one of the three legendary beasts.

Having seen a Pegasus directly, the Lumern students couldn’t help but be moved.

“That’s Senior Ulta’s Pegasus that we’ve only heard about!”

“What incredible luck!”

While most students were admiring, Yura asked with an annoyed expression.

“Why did you make such a flashy entrance?”

“To emphasize an important point for summoners. Namely, love.”

At Ulta’s words as he dismounted from the Pegasus, Yura let out a deep sigh.

With a voice that seemed somewhat resigned, Yura said.

“This guy’s name is Ulta Regression. He’s an amazing fellow who made a contract with a Pegasus while still a student.”

At those words, everyone began murmuring.

“From today, there’s one thing you’ll all learn. How to summon and contract with ‘powerful summoned beasts.'”

At Yura’s words, the Scaun students looked puzzled.

Summoning and contracting with powerful summoned beasts.

That was the ultimate goal that summoners pursued.

It was natural for the Scaun students not to understand why something they were already learning at Scaun was being presented as a special lesson.

Then a girl raised her hand.

“Professor. I have a question.”

A female student from Scaun.

Seeing her face, Yura’s eyes lit up.

‘Shasha. She’s an admission candidate for Lumern next year who originally had the skills to enter Lumern directly, but went to Scaun because she wanted to experience their classes too—a rather unique princess, wasn’t she?’

She was a girl with absolute confidence in her own abilities.

As such, she was a promising prospect that Lumern was also paying attention to.

‘If that girl enrolls next year too, the Summoning Department couldn’t ask for more.’

“Yes, what is it?”

“Isn’t commanding powerful summoned beasts a given?”

Looking at Shasha speaking in a somewhat dismissive tone, Yura grinned.

“Right. It’s a given. But what I’m going to teach today isn’t simply how to command powerful summoned beasts.”

Yura crossed her arms and made a meaningful expression.

“It’s how to contract with summoned beasts that exceed your capabilities and handle those summoned beasts.”

At those words, all the students looked surprised.

“Among you, there’s someone who particularly needs this kind of lesson, right?”

Yura looked at Shasha and smiled.

“Like the Pegasus of the Roden Imperial House, for instance.”

The Roden Imperial House had possessed a Pegasus that made pacts with the family for generations.

At Yura’s words, Shasha smiled brightly.

“That sounds interesting.”

***

Almost all students listened to Yura’s lesson with tremendous concentration.

The one assisting Yura’s lesson was none other than Ulta.

Ulta, who had contracted with a Pegasus in his third year, was a summoner who was the very example of someone who had contracted with a summoned beast that exceeded his capabilities.

Of course, the lesson proceeded with Yura interpreting Ulta’s characteristically cryptic explanations from the side.

Naturally, not everyone showed passionate interest in the lesson.

In the case of Leo, Woreden, and Eliza, while they concentrated, they didn’t listen desperately.

Leo was a contractor of Phoenix, and Woreden and Eliza, though not quite at that level, were also people who had contracted with powerful summoned beasts that exceeded their capabilities since childhood.

Since they were experiencing it firsthand, this lesson wasn’t particularly interesting to them.

“To conclude, love alone is insufficient.”

“…It means there are some parts where you have to risk your life.”

While interpreting Ulta’s words, Yura grabbed her head as if it was throbbing.

“Now that you’ve all heard the explanation, let’s try a practical lesson.”

“Practical?”

“You’ll proceed with contracting with Ulta’s Pegasus.”

At those words, everyone’s eyes widened.

“Is, is that really okay?”

A Scaun student asked in an excited voice.

Looking at him, Ulta smiled.

“Of course.”

“But if we succeed in the contract by any chance…”

“Then you would become Eirya’s pact maker.”

Ulta gently stroked the Pegasus’s nose and smiled.

“Of course, if that’s possible.”

Rewriting the pact of a summoned beast that already had a pact maker also meant being a summoner superior to the existing pact maker.

Skills that could easily overwhelm the existing summoner.

Overtaking the Pegasus’s pact maker and rewriting the pact was nearly impossible not only for students but even for masters who had reached heroic status through summoning.

Students gathered around Ulta like that.

“Leo, come here for a moment.”

“Yes?”

“This lesson would be meaningless for you, right?”

“That’s right.”

For Leo, who was Phoenix’s pact maker, it was a lesson without much meaning.

“Then take care of that girl.”

Leo pointed to Shasha, who was fanning herself with an indifferent expression as if uninterested in the Pegasus.

“As you know, the Roden Imperial House are pact makers of Pegasus. At first glance, they seem similar to the Runda Family, but looking deeper, they’re different. If Runda was a form where the contracted Phoenix arranged contracts with other Phoenixes, the Roden Imperial House has been contracting with one Pegasus for generations.”

All past Roden emperors were pact makers of Pegasus.

It was a blood contract made through bloodline.

However, not all past Roden emperors could summon the Pegasus.

Even if they had a contract, if they lacked the capability to summon the Pegasus, they couldn’t summon it.

“It’s a kind of preliminary contract state. So your know-how will be needed.”

“Understood.”

Leo nodded and approached Shasha.

Looking at Leo approaching, Shasha smiled.

“Hello, Senior Leo. What brings you here?”

“Professor Yura asked me to help you out.”

“Me?”

“Right. You’re already a pact maker of Pegasus, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“She asked me to help you be able to summon that Pegasus.”

“Oh my. I’m overwhelmed by the professor’s consideration. But how could Senior Leo help with summoning a Pegasus?”

The fact that Leo was Phoenix’s pact maker was a secret.

Therefore, Shasha looked at Leo as if finding it ridiculous.

‘This guy is arrogant about everything.’

“I can help. It’s not a Pegasus, but I’ve contracted with a powerful summoned beast.”

“Hmm. So it’s a 1:1 lecture. I can definitely feel that even Lumern’s Summoning Department is paying attention to me, a candidate for next year’s grade representative.”

Shasha smiled confidently and curled up the corners of her mouth.

“But I don’t want to become a spectacle in front of everyone watching.”

“Then I’ll tell the professor that you don’t need my help.”

“Senior Leo really is an arrogant man.”

Shasha frowned.

“Fine. Considering senior’s sincerity, I’ll accept senior’s help.”

“It’s not my sincerity, it’s the professor’s sincerity.”

“Senior is curious too, aren’t you? Whether I’m a person of value.”

“I’m not curious at all.”

“But I don’t want to become a spectacle here, so please give me special tutoring at night. I’ll tell the professor myself.”

Leo let out a small sigh watching Shasha decide and act on her own.

‘She keeps doing whatever she wants.’

It seemed this princess really wouldn’t be satisfied until she heard him call her master.

Unfortunately, Leo only knew one way to make this type of person listen.

‘I’ll need to educate her a bit.’

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