Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 191

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191

The next morning at dawn.

Feeling the cold autumn air, Leo left the dormitory.

In the 1st Year Dormitory garden, Lil was waiting.

“Sorry for the early morning, Leo. Shall we depart?”

“Yes.”

Leo and Lil immediately headed to the dock to catch the first boat to Lumeria City.

Originally it wasn’t time for boats to be available, but boats were prepared early in the morning for students who needed to make the most of their limited weekend time.

Indeed, besides Leo and Lil, several others were waiting for the boat at the dock.

After taking the boat to Lumeria early in the morning, Lil led Leo into a restaurant near the dock.

She ordered sandwiches for a light meal and sat across from Leo, clearing her throat.

“Ahem. I’ll tell you the reason I asked you to come to Lumeria with me like this.”

“What is it?”

“It’s because of a mission.”

“A mission.”

Mission.

Lumern students, as Hero Candidates, are often given missions that heroes must solve, such as mediating conflicts around the world or resolving mysterious incidents.

First-years had also conducted large-scale mission training previously.

However, in the case of mission training, even though it’s practical experience, most missions are at a difficulty level that students can handle.

But actual ‘missions’ rather than mission ‘training’ are different.

Since they’re only given to truly skilled students, missions are usually received starting from the third year.

Yet Lil, though a class representative, was assigned a mission in her second year.

‘She’s definitely impressive.’

“A mission starting from second year. As expected, Senior Lil is amazing.”

“Th-that! Don’t praise me like that! If we’re talking about that, Leo is more amazing! Didn’t you become student council president in your first year? It’s the first time in Lumern’s history!”

At Leo’s praise, Lil panicked and shook her head.

Watching such a Lil, Leo burst into laughter.

‘Usually someone with this level of skill would have tremendous pride.’

Currently the absolute undisputed number one among Lumern second-years.

Even though she was a female student with the nickname ‘monster’ that even upperclassmen acknowledged, she was also strangely an honor student who considered herself ordinary.

‘If she just gains experience, she’ll become an amazing Elementalist.’

Thinking about Lil’s future, Leo asked.

“So. Are you asking me to join the mission?”

“Yes.”

“There must be other upperclassmen, so why me specifically?”

“This mission is actually a solo mission given to me. The reason I requested Leo to join is because I wanted to form a party with Leo at least once.”

The server brought sandwiches and placed them in front of the two.

Lil picked up her sandwich and took a big bite while speaking.

“Though if Leo refuses, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“I’ll go with you. I didn’t have anything to do on the weekend anyway, and I’m curious about what mission Senior Lil was given.”

At Leo’s words, Lil showed a bright expression.

Lil, who gulped down the milk that came with the meal, took out a mission document from her pocket.

“Thank you! Leo!”

“So, what kind of mission is it?”

“Well, I haven’t checked the mission contents yet. It was a designated mission, and when I said I wanted to perform the mission with Leo, I was instructed to check the mission together with Leo.”

Leo nodded at those words and leaned toward Lil while eating his sandwich.

Lil broke the sealed wax on the mission document and checked the contents.

[Guide VIP at Zerodian Ruins east of Lumeria City.]

That was the end of the content.

Lil checked the back with a slightly confused face, but nothing was written there.

“The Zerodian Ruins would take half a day to reach. I see, so that’s why the mission period was 1 night 2 days. But a VIP at those ruins?”

Watching Lil make a perplexed expression, Leo said.

“The academy wouldn’t give us a strange request… Let’s prepare and depart for now.”

“We should! Hup!”

Lil enthusiastically took a big bite of her sandwich.

Puffing out both cheeks greatly, Lil quickly swallowed the sandwich and gulped down her milk.

“Come on! Leo! Let’s go quickly!”

“I haven’t finished eating yet.”

“Oops!”

Lil made a flustered expression.

“S-sorry. I got carried away with enthusiasm.”

“That can happen.”

Leo chuckled and finished his sandwich.

Then he got up from his seat, gathered his things, and said as he left the shop.

“Senior Lil has somewhat masculine aspects.”

“Hmm, I think it’s the influence of being from a military family. I’ve been playing war games with my brother since childhood.”

Standing with military precision, Lil walked briskly like a disciplined soldier and asked.

Indeed, Lil’s way of speaking was also precise.

“Thanks to that, other people often say my speech and behavior are strange.”

“I think it’s charming.”

“Oh, thank you, Leo.”

Lil smiled brightly and walked away from the shop with Leo.

“Hooh.”

Flap-!

At that moment, a man sitting in one corner of the shop folded his newspaper.

Then he narrowed his eyes.

“2nd year representative Ril Ruche and 1st year representative Leo Flobe.”

Creak- Clink.

“This should be interesting.”

The man who stood up placed a few coins on the table, pressed down his hat, and followed the two.

***

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“Isn’t he the first among first-years? The guy who boldly declared he’d stay overnight with a female student?”

From morning, the 1st Year Dormitory was focused on one topic that drew everyone’s attention.

It was none other than rumors about Leo and Lil.

Hearing the story, female students flocked around Selia.

“Selia! Selia! Is it true that 2nd year Senior Lil and Leo are dating?”

“It’s not true, right? It’s a lie, right? Right!”

Watching her classmate friends ask with tears welling up in their eyes, Selia made a displeased expression.

“How would I know? But why are you all so excited?”

“Why! We’re Leo’s fan club!”

“…Leo had something like that? As expected, being student council president is different. Even fan clubs are formed.”

Selia made an amazed expression.

‘You have one too, you know?’

‘She’s surprisingly dense about this kind of thing too.’

The Class 1 students nearby looked at Selia with incredulous faces.

For reference, while Leo’s fan club was formed recently, Selia’s fan club had existed since the beginning of the semester.

At that moment, Duran, who was eating in front of Selia, snorted.

Currently, the Class 1 students were gathered in groups discussing the Lusejeon selection tournament.

The Class 1 students were currently gathered together, discussing the selection tournament for the Lucé War.

Class 1 had been maintaining first place in class averages since the beginning of the semester, making them one of the most active classes in this Lusejeon representative team selection.

Duran wore his characteristic arrogant expression.

“Hmph, whoever Leo Flobe is dating, is that really worth making such a fuss about? Don’t you think so, Chloe?”

Duran curled up the corners of his mouth and asked Chloe, the Class 1 representative, as if seeking agreement.

“What?”

Chloe’s blue eyes flickered coldly.

Seeing this, the surrounding Class 1 students flinched.

However, Duran, who didn’t even look toward Chloe, curled up the corners of his mouth and said.

“Whoever that guy dates doesn’t matter as long as he doesn’t neglect his training.”

Hissssss-!

“Hiiiek?”

“Chloe? Chloe?”

As the temperature around Chloe dropped rapidly, the Class 1 students panicked and moved away from her.

“If it’s Senior Lil, she’s a well-known honor student, so dating her would be very helpful for Leo Flobe. They seem like they’d suit each other quite well. If that bastard rises to a higher position, he’ll be even more worth defeating…”

Crackle-

“Hey! Stop it! Read the room!”

Finally, as the area around Chloe began to freeze, Selia couldn’t stand it anymore and rushed over to cover Duran’s mouth.

Duran grimaced at Selia and shook off her hand.

“What are you doing?”

“Duran, look over there.”

Howl sighed and pointed toward Chloe.

Duran’s body trembled as he spotted Chloe with an ice-cold expression.

Even Duran, famous for his terrible temper, had to back down – Chloe’s current atmosphere was that ominous.

“Why is she acting like that?”

“It’s because of you! Because of you!”

“What did I do wrong?”

“Ugh! You’re so clueless! Clueless!”

Selia made an exasperated expression.

Just then, Chen Xia entered the cafeteria.

“Chen Xia!”

“Today’s the day I’ll recruit you to our club!”

“Yaaaaah!”

The Knight Department students who spotted Chen Xia rushed toward her.

Seeing this, the surrounding students made amused expressions.

Chen Xia, who had the best physical combat abilities among all first-years, was literally a desired talent for sports clubs.

Although she wasn’t affiliated with any club since she was involved in student council activities, sports clubs constantly targeted Chen Xia.

As the seniors became increasingly blatant in their approaches, Chen Xia declared to her department seniors:

‘If there’s anyone among my peers who can land a hit on me in combat, I’ll join that club. Come at me every weekend morning.’

After she said this with her characteristic gentle smile, these ambushes became a weekend morning cafeteria routine.

Of course, not a single student had succeeded even once so far.

Thanks to this, first-years who were receiving hellish training from their club seniors were desperately trying to somehow land a hit on Chen Xia.

Flutter-

Chen Xia lightly brushed off her hands.

Crack!

“Gueek?!”

Thud-!

“Kuhek!”

Snap!

“Kyaaah!”

Chen Xia dodged attacks with almost divine movements while delivering merciless counterattacks.

Getting punched and flying away, kicked and rolling around, joints getting dislocated, and so on.

Watching Chen Xia deliver brutally fierce counterattacks with a smiling face, a first-year spectator muttered.

“Doesn’t it seem like her attacks are harsher than usual today?”

“Yeah…”

Whoosh-! Thud-!

“…Yes.”

The spectator broke out in cold sweat watching a classmate who had flown sideways and crashed.

“Chen Xia is really scary today.”

The classmates trembled, saying her usual smiling face was frightening.

“Why are they being so hysterical from the morning?”

Chelsea, who was having breakfast with the Class 5 students, spoke in a listless voice.

“Aren’t you bothered?”

Taide asked with a puzzled expression.

“By what?”

“Leo and Senior Lil going on a date.”

At that question, Chelsea smiled slightly.

“I’m always close to Leo oppa, but I’ve never once seen Senior Lil have any romantic connection with Leo oppa, you know?”

“Really?”

“Yeah. And if Leo oppa dates someone else, then he dates someone else.”

“…”

Chelsea casually shrugged her shoulders and put a spoon in her mouth.

Watching her, Taide turned his gaze to one side.

Cal and Iliana, who had teased Chelsea this morning, were lying in miserable states in one corner of the cafeteria.

Nella was healing them with healing aura.

The two had paid dearly for teasing Chelsea, who was in a bad mood from the morning.

‘Leo, hurry up and come explain yourself.’

Taide called out to his classmate inwardly and sighed deeply.

***

Leo and Lil left Lumeria City and arrived at the Zerodian Ruins after half a day’s journey.

Leo tilted his head as he looked at the ruined castle site.

‘It certainly doesn’t feel like there would be the distinguished guest that Lumern mentioned.’

This place was a fortress that existed in the central continent 300 years ago.

The castle site where Zerodea, who was the principal of Lumern at the time, single-handedly blocked a legion commander’s advance.

She was famous for summoning endless spirits to block the legion commander’s advance.

As such, this place was like a sacred ground for elementalists.

Before entering the castle ruins, Lil straightened her uniform.

As a student of Lumern, and also as an elementalist.

When visiting this place, there was reason to pay respects to the great hero of the past.

Leo also followed Lil’s lead, straightened his clothes, and entered the castle ruins.

“Look at that, Leo. Those are the traces where Lady Zerodea summoned the great spirit of wind to block the legion commander’s dark magic!”

Lil got excited as she pointed to the scars carved into the massive castle wall.

“I hope I can summon the great spirit of wind like Lady Zerodea someday too.”

Just as Leo chuckled at the sight of the girl whose eyes sparkled as she was filled with dreams.

Whoooosh-!

Wind began to blow.

Leo’s eyes stirred.

Lil also paused in the same way.

Whooooosh-!

A fierce cutting wind struck Leo and Lil.

Leo quickly dodged the attack, straightened his posture, and narrowed his eyes as he watched the wind taking shape.

The summoned wind fairy was emanating killing intent toward Leo and Lil.

“I don’t know who it is, but this prank has gone too far.”

Lil made a displeased expression as she raised her spiritual power.

“Come out! Elementalist!”

Whooooosh—!

Powerful winds swirled around Lil.

Seeing this, Leo looked at the wind fairy.

‘This isn’t a fairy summoned by an elementalist.’

Leo also raised his spiritual power.

‘It’s a fairy receiving orders from a higher fairy.’

And the fairy before them was a considerably high-ranking fairy.

If it’s a fairy that can give orders to a fairy of this level…

‘A Great Fairy.’

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