Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 176

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176

Combat Studies class.

During class, Leo was lost in thought.

Risinass had apparently liked him.

‘That guy never once showed me those kinds of feelings though?’

Risinass, the King of Wisdom.

The leader of the Erebos Expedition who had the noble goal of saving the world.

A noble black dragon who united the Great Heroes and brought hope to those who had fallen into despair.

In front of people, he always showed only a flawless appearance.

Of course, it wasn’t like that in front of his friends.

Especially at banquets after major battles, he often showed a relaxed side.

During those times, they would drink and talk about the future after all disasters had disappeared.

‘But even then, he never really showed signs of liking me, did he? So why is he cursing at me for not noticing?’

Leo frowned as he recalled the old days.

***

That day was also in the middle of a banquet.

They enjoyed the joy of victory in Gardstron’s plaza.

Many people blessed the heroes.

Not only were the five Great Heroes present at that gathering.

Other heroes who lived through that era also joined them.

Humans playing music.

Elves dancing joyfully to those melodies.

Dwarves cheerfully pouring drinks.

Beastmen making food.

Dragons telling heroic tales to children.

The five races gathered together, grateful for the peace they had obtained.

At least in this moment, everyone forgot about the age of despair.

Kail would watch that hopeful scene from a distance.

When he was alone like that, there were always two people who would approach him first.

The one who approached him that day was Risinass, who had drunk more than usual.

Risinass approached with a face flushed from alcohol and sat down next to Kail as if it were natural.

“Kail.”

“What.”

“What will you do after we defeat Erebos?”

Risinass had the goal of saving the world and restoring light.

Luna wanted to make flowers bloom throughout the world.

Dweno wanted to spread beauty to the world.

Unlike Arron who wanted to create a world where children wouldn’t cry, Kail had no grand goals.

“I’ll probably live wandering wherever I go. I have nowhere to return to anyway.”

At those words, Risinass turned his head to look at Kail.

“Then.”

Risinass smiled shyly.

“Won’t you live with me in the Dragon’s Domain?”

“The Dragon’s Domain? I don’t like it because it seems stuffy.”

“Then should I travel the world with you?”

“That would be nice too. But wouldn’t it be difficult?”

“Why?”

“You’ll have to help rebuild the world, won’t you? Besides…”

“Besides?”

“If I’m with you, it seems like you’ll keep nagging me. So it would be more comfortable to be alone…”

Crack-!

Risinass immediately jabbed Kail’s temple with his elbow.

“What? What? Risinass, don’t tell me you’re throwing a drunken tantrum right now?”

Luna, who had come to dance with Kail, witnessed that scene and made an intrigued expression.

“A drunken tantrum?”

“Yeah. Kail said so. He said you become violent when you drink. I didn’t believe it, but it was true?”

“I’m right, aren’t I?”

“Yeah.”

Luna nodded innocently at Kail’s words as he rubbed his temple with a grimaced face.

Risinass smiled wickedly.

“Kail.”

“Yeah? Ugh-!”

And then he suddenly delivered a drop kick straight to Kail’s solar plexus.

“Just die, you damn bastard!”

The sight of the black dragon growling while trampling on the fallen Kail was ferocity itself.

Luna, who was watching that scene, crossed her arms and nodded while going “Mm! Mm!”

“Violent. Violent.”

Risinass grabbed Luna’s hair and pulled it.

Before long, Risinass and Luna began fighting while grabbing each other’s hair.

Watching that scene, Arron sipped his drink.

“Why are those guys fighting again?”

“Leave them be. Since all three of them are insensitive fools in that regard, what can you do?”

“That regard?”

“What a bunch of four they were.”

Kail approached Dweno, who was clicking his tongue in disapproval.

“Ugh, seriously, what did I do wrong?”

“From what I can see, you deserve to be beaten.”

“What did I do wrong?”

Dweno looked at Kail with genuine exasperation.

***

“…”

Leo made a strange expression as he recalled that incident.

Thinking about it, there had been quite a few occasions like that.

Each time, Dweno would look at Leo with lukewarm eyes as if he were truly pathetic.

‘No. I’m still wronged. If that was the case, why didn’t he just say it directly?’

“Student Leo.”

“Yes. Professor Sedjen.”

“Do you not like my Combat Studies class?”

Sedjen’s eyes trembled.

Sedjen was currently teaching Combat Studies passionately at the training ground.

Moreover, this was a joint class with all 10 sections gathered together.

Sedjen was chosen as the representative professor for this joint class.

Since midterms were approaching, all students were focused on the lesson, but only Leo was lost in other thoughts.

“I was listening attentively.”

“Oh? Then explain what I just covered about party composition and role assignment as a 5-person party leader.”

“The composition changes depending on what class the leader is. In my case, since I’m an all-class, I can handle any role. So…”

Leo explained the content without difficulty.

After hearing all of that, Professor Sedjen took out a handkerchief and bit it.

“Kugh-! So annoying! But so elegant! That makes it even more annoying!”

“Professor. I think you just said your inner thoughts out loud as well.”

“Groooooar!”

Among the first-year students, Leo was the only one who spoke so freely to professors.

Since he was a student who didn’t even shrink back in front of Hallind, the first-years were used to Leo’s behavior.

After a moment, the class continued.

“Let’s end the theory lesson here. Since today is a joint class, we’ll play Bastera.”

Bastera, the traditional sport of combat studies.

While they had formed teams by class before, they had never mixed classes to form teams, so everyone’s eyes sparkled.

“Teams between different classes? That sounds fun!”

“I can finally form the team I’ve been thinking about!”

The students began moving around fluidly.

Among them, the most popular were naturally the top-ranking students.

Leo’s popularity was especially fervent.

“Leo! Let’s team up!”

“No! Team up with me!”

“You guys already have a full front line. You don’t need Leo then, right?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! Leo’s all-class! He can handle any position!”

Leo let out a light sigh watching the students from other classes bicker.

Bounce- Bounce-

Chelsea tilted her head while bouncing the Bastera ball on the ground.

“Leo oppa has been a bit strange these past few days?”

“What’s strange about Young Master Leo?”

“Oh my!”

Chelsea was startled seeing Chen Xia suddenly stick her face close.

The two smallest female students among the first-years standing together was surprisingly eye-catching.

“Chen Xia, what brings you here?”

At Cal’s question, Chen Xia smiled brightly.

“I was thinking of teaming up with Young Master Leo. But has Young Master Leo been strange these past few days?”

“He has been spacing out a bit.”

“Right. The class president is always flawless, but lately he seems to have gaps?”

Taide approached with crossed arms, and Iliana also made a curious expression.

Selia and Chloe, who had been approaching to team up with Leo, also joined the conversation after hearing this.

“I felt it recently too. Getting scolded during class.”

Selia looked at Leo with a displeased expression.

“Does he have worries?”

Chloe showed a slightly worried expression.

“I don’t know! Anyway, now’s our chance! Chelsea! Give me the ball!”

Iliana made a mischievous expression.

“What for?”

“If not now, when else will I get to hit the class president’s head with a ball!”

Giggling, Iliana stealthily approached behind Leo.

And she threw the ball straight at the back of Leo’s head, who was busy with team participation requests.

Thud-!

Leo caught the ball with one hand without even turning his gaze toward Iliana.

And still without turning his gaze, he accurately hit Iliana right in the face with the ball.

“Puhup?!”

“That idiot.”

“No matter how spaced out he is, would he fall for something like that?”

Cal and Taide looked exasperated at Iliana, whose face had turned red from the ball mark.

“Chelsea! They’re calling me an idiot!”

Iliana clung to Chelsea with a tearful expression.

“You are an idiot.”

“That’s too much!”

Iliana made a pitiful expression.

“Class 5 is always entertaining.”

Chen Xia smiled brightly and stroked her chin.

“But really, why is he acting like that?”

“Well, for a boy our age, it’s obvious.”

Cal crossed his arms and nodded confidently.

“I don’t like thinking of Leo oppa and Cal on the same level, but… let’s hear it.”

“A girl.”

At those words, Chelsea, Chloe, and Chen Xia made strange expressions.

Selia crossed her arms.

“He doesn’t seem like the type to space out over something like that?”

“How could a girl understand the heart of an adolescent boy?”

“Your showing off makes me strangely want to hit you.”

Selia narrowed her brow watching Cal act smug.

“That guy would probably suit someone older, don’t you think? He’s mature. He’s been hanging around with Senior Elena lately too.”

When Taide joined the conversation, Cal nodded.

“I think so too. In that sense…”

Swoosh- Cal looked at Chelsea with a truly pitying expression and shook his head.

“A childish girl like you has no hope… Kuhuk!”

Chelsea delivered a kick to Cal’s ribs without hesitation.

It was during this noisy team formation.

“By the way.”

Professor Sedjen spoke up.

“Today is the practical exam for the combat studies midterm.”

In an instant, the atmosphere among all first-years became ice-cold.

“What?”

“W-wait a minute! Professor! A practical exam all of a sudden!”

All the first-years looked flustered at the unexpected announcement.

Since it was exam period, having a practical exam wouldn’t be strange.

But they couldn’t help being bewildered by such an unannounced sudden situation.

Sedjen, who usually cared for students and wore a kind smile, curled up the corners of his mouth watching the panicking students.

“You are Lumern. First-year students.”

Sedjen crossed his arms.

“If you aim to be heroes, shouldn’t you be able to respond to unexpected situations anytime, anywhere?”

The first-years gulped nervously seeing Sedjen’s overwhelming presence, completely different from usual.

Watching this, Woreden asked with his characteristic expressionless face.

“So, are our opponents fellow first-years?”

“Hm. Student Woreden. You are quite elegant indeed.”

Sedjen smiled with satisfaction at Woreden’s attitude of trying to analyze the situation calmly.

“There’s something I need to tell you all. This midterm exam consists entirely of ‘relative evaluation’ except for written tests.”

Sedjen crossed his arms.

“This is opposite to the first semester of first year, which had many absolute evaluation items. Do you know why?”

When students hesitated at those words, Selia raised her hand.

“Please answer, Student Selia.”

“Isn’t it because all the mediocre students have already been weeded out?”

“Elegant.”

Sedjen nodded.

“Sorry to the students who received withdrawal recommendations in the first semester, but… up to the first semester was a process of ‘filtering out’ heroic material. You all must have felt it, right? How completely different you are from the first semester. It means only students with great potential among the incoming class remain.”

Everyone looked at each other and nodded at those words.

“If the first semester was about selecting students with growth potential, the second semester evaluates the value of their potential.”

“How do you evaluate potential?”

This time Duran asked.

At that question, Sedjen curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Potential is revealed the moment you hit your limits.”

Everyone wore tense expressions.

“If you’re a student of Lumern… if you’re one who dreams of being a hero, you must be able to stand ‘beyond your limits.'”

When the Academy’s motto came up among the professors, it meant tremendous trials awaited.

“Your opponents in Basterra are not fellow first-years.”

“Then who?”

Tweet-!

Sedjen lightly blew his whistle.

Along with that, someone revealed themselves on the training ground.

The first-years’ faces hardened when they saw this.

“Haha. N-no way.”

“Come on. That can’t be right. They’re just observing, right?”

They laughed awkwardly in denial.

To them, Sedjen coldly thrust reality forward.

“Your opponents are none other than the ‘fifth-years.'”

At those words, the first-years wore expressions of shock.

Ris, standing at the front, looked at his juniors and smiled broadly.

“Please go easy on me.”

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