Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 190

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190

Leo carefully ran his hand over the surface of the longsword.

Dragon bone was one of the materials called the finest among weapon crafting materials.

It was an incredible material that would excite alchemists and blacksmiths just by hearing about it.

“Th-this is dragon bone…!”

Indeed, Cal was wiping drool from the corner of his mouth beside him.

“What is it?”

“What’s going on?”

“Leo received a sword made from dragon bone!”

“What?”

“Does that make sense? Who would gift something so precious?”

“Didn’t Leo’s family send it?”

“He’s from a frontier kingdom noble family, isn’t he?”

“His maternal family is from Jerdinger though.”

“Come on, even if it’s Jerdinger, a sword made from dragon bone would be difficult.”

Murmuring sounds spread among the first-years.

The upperclassmen also turned their gazes with puzzled faces as the first-years’ murmuring grew louder.

“What’s happening?”

Hallind approached.

Then the first-years who had been chattering among themselves instantly fell silent.

It was a terrifying Hallind effect.

In the midst of this, Chelsea raised her hand high.

“Professor Hallind! They say Leo received a sword made from dragon bone as a gift!”

“Dragon bone?”

Hallind furrowed his brow.

The professors had also expected Leo to receive many gifts at this banquet.

‘But dragon bone is too excessive an item.’

Weapons made from dragon bone had very high value not only for their performance but also due to their rarity.

Literally an item that dragons only give to those they acknowledge.

It was literally a priceless item imbued with a dragon’s magic power.

It was definitely not something to send just to make a good impression.

“Who sent it?”

At Hallind’s question, Leo looked at the letter and said.

“The letter only says it’s a congratulatory gift for becoming student council president, but the sender isn’t written.”

“Hmm.”

Hallind furrowed his brow.

“Among the people you know, is there anyone who could send something like this?”

At that question, Leo naturally thought of Dragon Lord Mellina.

Among the people Leo knew, she was the only one who could send such an item.

‘But it’s not Mellina.’

Leo glanced at the longsword.

If it were Mellina, she would have let Leo know she sent it in a way he could recognize.

“There isn’t anyone.”

Hearing Leo’s words, Hallind fell into thought.

‘An excessive gift from an unknown source.’

It would have already been inspected when entering Lumern, but one never knew.

‘Until just last year, we didn’t know Tartaros spies had infiltrated Lumern.’

In that case, it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.

“Leo. Just to be safe, I’ll hold onto the sword for now.”

As fame grew and attention increased, there could be those who would try to cause harm secretly.

At Hallind’s words, Leo nodded.

“Yes.”

Leo put the sword back in the box and handed it to Hallind.

As the atmosphere became excited due to the gift delivery.

Among the professors, Sedjen, who was sitting at the head table, tapped his wine glass.

Clink- Clink- Clink-

The soft glass sound echoed throughout the main auditorium.

The students who had been enjoying themselves talking among each other stopped their conversations and looked at Sedjen.

“Everyone. From now on, there will be words from the headmaster. Please pay attention.”

At those words, the students put down the food they were eating and straightened their posture.

As Sedjen sat down, Kalian stood up.

“Everyone worked hard taking the exams. Autumn has returned again this year, and now only a quarter of the semester remains.”

Kalian smiled gently as he looked at the students.

“I hope the fifth-year graduating class will have a meaningful school life until the end, and I hope it will be a time for the underclassmen to see off their graduating seniors well.”

At Kalian’s words, the fifth-years smiled with somehow bitter expressions.

“And starting next week, ‘guests’ will be coming from outside.”

At those words, the students began murmuring.

“Guests?”

“We just had joint classes with the Top 3 Class Academy not long ago…”

“Is it okay for guests to come when Lusejeon isn’t far away?”

Seeing the students’ bewildered reactions, Kalian continued.

“I know what you’re worried about. But there’s no need to worry about that. In some ways, it might be of great help for Lusejeon.”

Kalian, who smiled slightly, raised his wine glass.

“Finally, I’ll make a toast with the hope of victory in Lusejeon, which is a month away.”

At those words, the students raised their glasses.

“So we can definitely win this year!”

“Cheers!”

Clap clap clap-!

As Kalian’s banquet speech ended, applause poured out.

The banquet began in earnest, and the students had an enjoyable time relieving their fatigue from the exams.

Since tomorrow would be a holiday, they could even go out to Lumeria City for overnight stays.

While everyone was chatting happily, Hallind, who had left the banquet, gathered the Magic Studies Department professors.

“So this is the sword that an unidentified person sent to student Leo.”

Ren looked at the ordinary-looking longsword with his arms crossed.

“Right. I wanted to ask for your opinions on whether there might be a curse or something on it.”

At Hallind’s question, Ren reached out and carefully ran his hand over the surface of the longsword.

“It’s definitely dragon bone. I can’t tell exactly what the content percentage is though.”

Ren, who muttered quietly, spoke to the professor beside him.

“Professor Lu. Could you tell?”

The middle-aged female professor called Professor Lu nodded and took out a monocle from her pocket.

Professor Lu, an alchemy professor, was someone who boasted the greatest knowledge about precious materials in Lumern.

“Let me see.”

Professor Lu, who was carefully observing the surface, exclaimed in admiration.

“It’s 100% pure dragon bone. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen something like this.”

Professor Lu, who removed her monocle, made a puzzled expression.

“It’s definitely too excessive an item to send as a gift.”

“Heh. It’s proof that whoever sent this recognized student Leo’s value.”

Professor Ren made a proud expression.

Just as the Magic Studies Department professors were about to conduct a detailed examination of the sword, completely ignoring Ren.

“Let me take a look.”

Everyone’s gaze turned to one side.

Albi was approaching from that direction.

“Oh, if it’s Professor Albi, he should be able to easily investigate this sword.”

Albi’s eyes, called the Mage of the Arcane Eye, had the power to see through all kinds of magic.

That included the curses and dark magic of Tartaros.

When Roo stepped aside, Albi stood before the sword and activated his arcane eye.

Kiiing—!

Golden light and fairy magic formulas appeared in Albi’s eyes.

After a moment.

Albi, who had withdrawn his arcane eye, spoke to Hallind.

“There are no traces of Tartaros. And there’s no magic that would particularly harm the user either.”

“Is that so?”

“However.”

“However?”

“The sword itself is something difficult for an ordinary knight to use.”

“What does that mean?”

“This sword is a magic sword.”

“A magic sword?”

“Yes, looking at the formula structure engraved inside, it contains magic for spell power boost, user mana increase, casting assist, and more.”

“Not only the sword’s material but the formulas are impressive too. These are formulas that would be believable even for a decent magic staff.”

Ren admired it and then laughed with a “Hoot—!”

“To give Leo such an amazing gift! I don’t know who has such insight, but they have the eye to accurately see through Leo’s value!”

“That would be right. This seems like something sent from Seirun after all.”

Crack—!

Ren’s face hardened.

“Seirun?”

Hallind made a puzzled expression.

“Yes. The formulas are engraved with ‘Star Magic’. So these formulas here won’t be of much help to human mages. It’s essentially a weapon exclusive to Star Magic users, simply put, elves.”

Albi let out a light breath.

“However, with Leo Flobe’s skills, it’s something he can handle sufficiently.”

Leo uses Star Magic, which can be called elven magic, as if it were natural.

It was natural since the one who taught Leo Star Magic was none other than Luna, its creator.

Currently, there’s no one in this world who understands Star Magic as well as Leo.

“Among elves, only Seirun can create something of this caliber, so we can conclude that someone high up in Seirun sent a gift to Leo Flobe.”

“Indeed.”

Hallind nodded.

“Hehehehe… hehehe. Hehehehehe. Ehehehehe.”

Then Ren burst into laughter.

Seeing this, the surrounding professors flinched and trembled.

Ren stopped laughing abruptly and spoke in his usual manner.

“Let’s throw it away.”

“Do you think it makes sense to carelessly dispose of a student’s gift?”

“Senior Albi. This is a cowardly scheme by those sinister pointy-eared bastards. It’s a filthy conspiracy to win Leo’s favor by sending such a measly gift.”

Ren crossed his arms.

“So this is a dirty object. Something to bewitch Leo’s eyes! Therefore, it must be thrown away!”

“Drag him out.”

When Hallind spoke mercilessly, the surrounding professors grabbed Ren and dragged him away.

“Professor Hallind! Please listen to me! That sword must be thrown away immediately…! Mmph! Mmph!”

Ignoring Ren who was being dragged away with his mouth covered, Hallind said.

“If there are no major problems, we can return it to Leo.”

“Are you sure that’s alright?”

“What do you mean.”

“Ren was talking nonsense, but he wasn’t wrong. This looks like Seirun testing Leo Flobe.”

Albi was right.

Lumern, which is evaluated for potential in the Heroes’ World.

Ajonia, which proves skills through desert crossing marathons.

Each Hero Academy has its own unique entrance examination system.

And Seirun’s entrance exam is how well one can handle ‘Star Magic’.

This magic sword is one that produces greater power the more skilled the user is with Star Magic.

In terms of evaluating Star Magic proficiency, it was very similar to Seirun’s entrance exam.

Seirun’s intention was too obvious.

At Albi’s words, Hallind chuckled.

“Surprising. Albi, to think you’d take such great interest in school affairs.”

“I am a professor at Lumern, after all.”

Starting this year, Albi began teaching and frequently participated in school affairs.

Originally, he wouldn’t have attended such banquets either.

Knowing what kind of change of heart he had experienced, Hallind thought it was a positive change.

“Whatever their intention, there’s nothing we can do about it. And let them try if they want to.”

Hallind curled up the corners of his mouth.

“No matter how hard Seirun tries, Lumern won’t lose any students.”

Hallind spoke confidently.

“Because Lumern is the best school.”

***

The evening after the banquet ended.

The first-year male dormitory was bustling.

“Freedom!”

“Let’s leave Lumern for the weekend and have fun!”

Everyone had been drained right after the exams ended, but after the banquet and evening came, they regained their vitality with the unique stamina of boys.

It wasn’t just the first-year male dormitory, but all dormitories were the same.

They were frantic with overnight stay applications.

“Leo! Aren’t you going to Lumeria City!”

“Well. I’m thinking of relaxing leisurely at school.”

“Don’t you get tired of school?”

Cal asked with an incredulous face.

“Wait. Now that I think about it, kids are going to ask you to hang out anyway, right? Don’t you have any date requests or something?”

“No.”

When Leo chuckled and answered Cal’s question.

“Hey, Leo. You have a visitor.”

“A visitor?”

A male student from another class came to call Leo.

“Oh~ As expected of Mr. Popular.”

Cal mischievously poked Leo’s ribs.

“Who is it.”

“It was Senior Lil, the 2nd year representative.”

At those words, Leo got up with a puzzled face.

Cal also followed behind Leo, seemingly curious.

When they went outside the dormitory, Lil was indeed waiting.

“Hello, Leo. Congratulations on becoming student council president. Who’s the friend next to you?”

“I’m Cal Thomas, Senior Lil!”

“Ah. The one who makes fatigue recovery potions? I’m using them well.”

Lil bowed her head politely.

Cal was slightly taken aback by Lil’s attitude.

Lumern upperclassmen were usually quite domineering toward their juniors.

But Lil, despite being a 2nd year representative, showed the same courtesy to Cal, a 1st year, as she did to others.

“Thank you, Senior Lil. But what brings you all the way to the 1st year male dormitory?”

Lil hesitated at Leo’s question.

“Well… I know this might be a bit presumptuous to ask, but Leo. If you don’t have any plans this weekend, could you come with me to Lumeria for a 2-day, 1-night trip?”

“Hmm. I don’t have any particular plans, so that’s fine with me.”

At Leo’s words, Lil brightened up and smiled.

“Yes. Then I’ll come pick you up tomorrow at 6 AM.”

“Okay.”

Leo nodded readily.

Lil turned and left.

Cal watched her go with his mouth agape.

“A 2-day, 1-night date with a 2nd year female senior?”

“It’s not a date, more like counseling for her concerns.”

“What kind of counseling takes 2 days and 1 night!”

“It could happen. Anyway, I need to wake up early tomorrow, so I’m going to bed early.”

Leo headed straight back to the dormitory.

“Huh? Cal! What are you doing standing there blankly?”

Just then, Iliana, who had been walking through the garden, spotted Cal and approached him.

“Hey, want me to tell you about an amazing incident?”

“What is it?”

“This weekend, Leo is going on a 2-day, 1-night trip with Senior Lil.”

“What?”

Iliana’s eyes widened.

“Amazing! Amazing! Totally amazing! A 2-day, 1-night date?”

“He said it wasn’t a date though.”

“Come on! When a guy and girl spend 2 days and 1 night together, that’s a date!”

“Right?”

The two, with the characteristic imagination of adolescent boys and girls running wild, began to get excited.

Thanks to this, the rumor spread throughout the entire 1st year dormitory in no time.

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