Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 21

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21

The Tower of Heroes at the center of Lumern.

This is where the faculty members reside.

And at the very top of the Tower of Heroes is the principal’s office.

Principal Kalian, who had been sitting at his desk with a relaxed expression, turned his head toward the window.

Whoooosh—!

Along with flames, a woman with crimson hair revealed herself.

“Welcome, Pirina.”

Kalian’s complexion, which had been gently smiling as he greeted Pirina, suddenly changed.

“Did the intruder make a move?”

Five years ago, there had been an infiltration incident within Lumern.

Since there were no casualties, it wasn’t made public, and the culprit was never caught either.

But Lumern isn’t just a simple educational institution—it’s where the Hero Record is stored.

Not only did someone break through Lumern’s security perimeter, but they also caused an incident inside Lumern and still weren’t caught.

If this incident became known to the world, it would surely cause tremendous chaos, so it was covered up.

However, they didn’t stop searching for the culprit.

That’s why Kalian asked Ellen to invite Pirina to Lumern.

There was no familiar better than a phoenix for monitoring the vast entirety of Lumern.

“It’s not that, but I’ve brought good news.”

“Good news?”

“A phoenix contractor has been born among the Lumern students this time.”

“Is that really true?”

Kalian asked in surprise.

“Did they contract with you? Or did they contract with another phoenix?”

“They contracted with my child who was just born.”

“If it’s your child, wasn’t it supposed to contract with the heir of the Runda Family?”

“That was the plan, but somehow it ended up this way.”

“Since it’s a young phoenix, they were able to form a contract… Still, to form a contract as a student! Besides Ulta, was there such a talent among the fifth years?”

Kalian naturally assumed a contractor had emerged from the highest grade level.

Except for Ulta, the pegasus contractor, all fifth-year Summoning Department students specialized in spirit magic, so he found it surprising.

“It’s not a fifth year.”

“Oh? A fourth year then? That makes sense! The current fourth-year top student in familiar summoning is quite outstanding.”

“Not a fourth year either.”

Pirina shook her head back and forth.

Principal Kalian’s expression changed subtly.

“Don’t tell me it’s a third year?”

“No.”

“…”

“A second year?”

Watching Pirina smile without answering, Kalian let out a hollow laugh.

“Are you telling me a contractor emerged from the first years?”

“That’s right.”

“Who is it?”

“Leo Flobe.”

“Hehehe. Leo Flobe, you say?”

This was the student that Albi, known for being picky, had recommended as hero material.

That’s why he had made him the grade representative despite opposition from other professors, and now that student had suddenly become a phoenix contractor.

‘Wasn’t that student majoring in Knight Studies?’

Principal Kalian stroked his beard in amazement.

‘I should meet with him soon.’

***

“Thank you for your hard work!”

After Summoning Studies ended, the first years gave energetic farewells and rushed out of the practice hall.

Before they knew it, it was late evening.

The stomachs of the students, who were in their growth period and had even taken the taming exam, were crying out for food.

All the first years headed quickly to the student cafeteria without exception.

“Young Master Leo. If it’s alright, would you like to have dinner together?”

“Sure.”

Leo was about to leave the lecture hall with Chen Xia.

“Student Leo.”

“Yes.”

“The professor is looking for you.”

Carlo approached and said.

“I guess we’ll have to eat dinner separately.”

“It can’t be helped. Then I’ll see you in the next class, Young Master Leo.”

Chen Xia left the lecture hall first.

Leo followed behind Carlo toward the professor’s office.

When Carlo arrived at the professor’s office and knocked, a brief “Come in” was heard from inside.

“Please go in.”

After greeting Carlo, Leo entered the room.

Unlike her free-spirited personality, Professor Yura’s office was neatly organized.

Professor Yura, sitting at her desk, gestured to the seat across from her.

“Sit down.”

As Leo took his seat, Professor Yura opened her mouth as if there was no need to wait.

“I’ll ask you directly, Student Leo.”

“Yes.”

“The familiar you contracted with earlier—it’s a phoenix, right?”

‘She knew after all.’

“Yes.”

Professor Yura was shaken by Leo’s answer.

Though she had expected it, hearing confirmation from Leo’s own mouth was still shocking.

“Could you show me once?”

Watching Professor Yura ask with a trembling voice, Leo put his hand into his uniform’s inner pocket.

Since Pirina said she would come to pick her up tonight, Leo still had Fiora with him.

He placed Fiora on the desk.

“To think I’d see a young phoenix in my lifetime!”

Even adult phoenixes were hard to see, so seeing a baby phoenix, which was even rarer, couldn’t help but excite even a Lumern professor.

“Ahh~! Such a magnificent bearing!”

Magnificent or whatever, Fiora was nodding off like a sick chick.

‘Does she have bad eyesight?’

“What’s its name?”

“Fiora.”

“How on earth did you discover it? I didn’t even know there was a phoenix in the Forest of Familiars.”

The position of professor at Lumern is by no means low.

They were all outstanding experts in their respective fields and also commanders with considerable authority in emergencies.

Even to such professors, Pirina’s existence was a secret.

Having heard this fact from Pirina, Leo had prepared an excuse.

“While wandering through the forest, I discovered an egg. I didn’t know why it was there, but it was a phoenix egg.”

It was a flimsy answer to believe outright.

But there was no way to explain the phoenix contract other than coincidence.

Moreover, there was no way to verify Leo’s words.

“Even so, it couldn’t have been easy to recognize that it was a Phoenix egg, right?”

The Phoenix is a legendary magical beast with almost nothing known about it despite its fame.

There’s a reason why related information is traded at high prices.

“My maternal family is related to the Phoenix, so I’ve read ancient texts about Phoenixes.”

“Where is your maternal family?”

“Jerdinger.”

Professor Yura was surprised.

‘Well… if it’s Jerdinger, that makes sense. The source of the aura flames they use is the Phoenix’s power.’

If one had talent as a summoner, there would be no more perfect conditions than being a Phoenix contractor.

‘Still, for a mere fifteen-year-old kid to make a contract with a Phoenix.’

Professor Yura’s eyes lit up.

There were still some doubts remaining, but what was important now was Leo’s talent – making a contract with a Phoenix as a student, and on just his second day of enrollment at that.

“I understand. Thank you for making time. You can go now.”

Professor Yura escorted Leo to the entrance of her office.

And before opening the door, she spoke seriously.

“Student Leo.”

“Yes.”

“It would be best to keep the fact that you’ve made a contract with a Phoenix secret for now. If that fact becomes known, it will cause quite a commotion.

“I understand.”

“Good. Then have a delicious dinner and I’ll see you in the next class.”

Professor Yura patted Leo’s shoulder twice and closed the door.

Then she went to her seat and sat down, deep in thought.

‘How on earth should I teach this gem?’

Professor Yura was filled with dreams.

A summoner with unprecedented talent was her student!

She wanted to raise him to be the greatest summoner by any means necessary.

‘Should I even have him skip grades? Having a talented student is also a worry!’

Thinking of her student who would make a name for himself as a great summoner in the distant future, Yura fell into happy worries.

She was prepared to give Leo private lessons if he wanted them.

Professor Yura didn’t doubt for a moment that Leo would choose Summoning Studies as his major.

Wasn’t it obvious? How could someone with such talent going to another department make any sense?

‘Hehe, for the next 5 years, the best major department will be our Summoning Department!’

Professor Yura didn’t know.

The fact that Leo had no such thing as a main major.

***

The next morning.

Leo headed to the Magic Hall with Cal to attend magic class.

“Oh! Chloe!”

Cal spotted Chloe walking ahead with a magic textbook tucked under her arm and waved his hand.

“Hello, Leo, Cal. Yawn.”

“Why are you yawning so early in the morning?”

“I was reading magic books late into the night yesterday.”

“Really? Then how about this?”

Cal grinned and pulled out a small bottle from his pocket.

“Cal Trading Company’s fatigue recovery potion! Just 5 shillings.”

“It’s not something weird, is it?”

“Look, the label has all the ingredients and certification marks on it.”

“Hmm.”

After checking the label, Chloe nodded and bought the fatigue recovery potion.

While drinking it, she glanced at Leo.

“You’re really attending magic class?”

“I said I would.”

“This guy even attended Summoning Studies yesterday!”

At Cal’s words, Chloe looked at Leo with curiosity.

“What class did you take yesterday?”

“I’m aspiring to be a pure mage, so I didn’t have classes yesterday. That’s why I studied at the library.”

“Wow, you’re really a model student.”

The three of them arrived at the Magic Hall while making small talk.

Today’s classroom, the [Large Lecture Hall], was a huge circular lecture hall that could accommodate up to 500 people.

Seeing the lecture hall, Cal grinned.

“The prime seats in the very back are still available! What are you guys doing? We need to hurry!”

“What are you talking about? The prime seats are in the front.”

“It seems like you and I are going different ways.”

Cal tried to cut ties with Chloe without any regret.

But Chloe was faster in grabbing Cal’s ear.

“Ow ow ow?!”

“You were planning to sleep in the back, weren’t you? If you’re a magic student, you should listen to class diligently.”

“Hey hey! Let go of this and let’s talk, okay? Hey!”

Chloe stubbornly made Cal sit in the very front row of the lecture hall.

“If I do this, I’ll doze off and get marked by the professor!”

Chloe smiled at Cal’s anguished cry.

“On the contrary, if you study hard, the professor will think well of you.”

Cal looked at her with resentful eyes, but Chloe didn’t care and just opened her textbook.

Leo, who ended up sitting in the front as well, stifled his laughter.

Just then, a man stepped onto the lecture hall platform.

Step- Step- Step-

Wearing a neat suit with pomaded hair, he was a man who suited the description of handsome.

As several female students exclaimed in admiration, he stood in the center of the platform and smiled.

“Nice to meet you, first-year students. My name is Ren Horses. I’m the professor who will be teaching you Magic Theory for one year.”

Applause poured out at Ren’s introduction.

“Any students with questions before class?”

A barrage of questions from female students poured out.

“Professor! Do you have a girlfriend?”

“How old are you?”

“What’s your ideal type!”

Useless questions unrelated to class poured out.

Even so, Professor Ren kindly smiled and answered them all.

“A handsome professor. The female students must be head over heels. But Ren Horses? That’s a name I’ve never heard before. Chloe, do you know him?”

Cal placed his pen above his upper lip and clasped his hands behind his head as he asked, and Chloe shook her head.

“I’ve never heard of him either.”

When the personal questions ended, Professor Ren spoke.

“Today we’re scheduled to have a class on the introduction to magic theory. But before that!”

Snap-!

Professor Ren snapped his fingers.

Flutterrrr-!

Papers began flying throughout the entire lecture hall.

The bundles of paper reached precisely in front of the students.

“Before we begin the lesson, we’ll have a simple magic theory test.”

“Whaaaat?”

“A test from the very first day~ Professor, that’s too much~”

Complaints poured out from here and there.

There were also female students whining cutely.

“For reference, students who fail to meet the minimum standard will not be able to take any magic major classes going forward.”

“…!”

The light atmosphere instantly turned cold.

In the midst of this, one student cautiously raised their hand.

“P-Professor. What if a Magic Studies Department student fails the test?”

“Well, naturally.”

Professor Ren answered lightly as if wondering why they would even ask such a thing.

“Expulsion.”

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