Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 214

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214

The five Jerdinger knight trainees sitting in the rest area kept glancing at Leo and Selia.

“You can get drinks for fatigue recovery, simple snacks, and even meals here.”

“Is it similar to our school cafeteria?”

“Not really. You don’t pay for anything, and the menu is always fixed.”

Selia shrugged her shoulders as she explained about the rest area.

Since Leo would be staying at Jerdinger’s main estate during the early vacation period, he would be using the training grounds frequently.

Leo nodded at Selia’s words and returned to where the trainees were with drinks.

Seeing Leo approach, the trainees were startled and hurriedly stood up from their seats.

“L-Leo, young master! We’ll do it!”

“Huh? It’s fine though?”

“P-please let us do it!”

“Yes! We beg you!”

Seeing them even plead, seemingly burdened by the fact that Leo was taking care of them, Leo nodded and handed over the tray.

The girl who seemed to be the leader among the trainees first set up drinks for Leo and Selia, then distributed drinks among the knight members.

“Well, even though we call it a meeting, it’s also our first time meeting, so shall we start with simple self-introductions? But before that.”

Leo spoke to Selia, who was sitting next to him drinking her beverage through a straw.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh?”

“How long are you going to stay here?”

“Are you telling me to leave?”

Selia’s face scrunched up.

When Selia, the noble direct descendant of Jerdinger and considered the family’s future, frowned, the trainees became restless.

Especially since they had trained swordsmanship with Selia in the training grounds since childhood.

They had never seen Selia make such a grimacing expression, so they couldn’t help but be even more surprised.

At Selia’s reaction, Leo made an indifferent expression.

“Why are you here? I’m having a meeting with my knight members.”

“Hey, you’re being petty! I can watch too! How can you draw such harsh lines?”

Leo stared at the indignant Selia and waved his hand dismissively.

“Go.”

“Fine! I’m going! Go! You’re really petty!”

Swoosh-! Leo chuckled as he watched Selia’s retreating figure.

“She’s sulking.”

“Um… Leo, young master… Is it… okay to send Lady Selia away like that?”

Then the girl who seemed to be the leader asked cautiously.

“She seemed very angry?”

“It’s fine. If you leave her alone, she’ll get over it on her own.”

Leo chuckled and looked at her.

“Speaking of which, would you like to introduce yourself first?”

Leo had immediately seen through the fact that this girl had the best skills among his knights.

‘That’s probably why she’s the leader.’

At Leo’s words, the girl introduced herself.

“My name is Martina Erhan. I’ve been training as a Jerdinger trainee for 5 years. I’m fifteen years old.”

Martina, who was the same age as Leo, stood up and bowed politely.

“I’m Austin Marel. I’m sixteen years old.”

“I’m Carin Rote. I’m fourteen years old.”

“I’m Julan Karibben. I’m fourteen like Carin.”

“I’m Valerie Tom. I’m also fourteen years old.”

After that, Austin, Carin, Julan, and Valerie introduced themselves in order.

Leo nodded as he memorized each of their names.

“I’m Leo Flobe. I’m fifteen.”

At Leo’s introduction, the five looked at Leo with admiring eyes.

They couldn’t help it.

Leo was one of the most famous hero candidates this year.

He was called the best student not just at Lumern, but among all Hero Academies.

Runia of Seirun.

Ar of Ajonia.

Dirdan of Demian’s.

The renowned first-years who entered this year, representing each race.

Among them, no student had achieved as much as Leo.

On top of that, he had risen to the position of youngest student council president.

He couldn’t help but be an object of admiration for his peers.

However, the knights’ eyes soon darkened.

Seeing this, Leo spoke.

“Though you’re knights assigned by the family, you’ve become my people, so I’ll fulfill my responsibilities.”

“No. We all volunteered to become Leo, young master’s knight order.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Before summer, the family recruited those who wanted to become Leo, young master’s knights.”

Becoming a direct bloodline’s knight was a great honor.

Moreover, it was also a path to holding high positions within Jerdinger.

Being a knight of Jerdinger’s direct bloodline also meant having many opportunities to raise one’s reputation.

Therefore, becoming a direct bloodline’s knight was an enormous opportunity for Jerdinger trainees.

“I personally watched Leo, young master’s entrance exam.”

Martina said with a shy smile.

During the previous entrance exam.

When Selia visited the Flobe household, Martina had come along as an apprentice knight.

“Leo, young master’s appearance facing that monster without using aura was amazing.”

Martina said he was like a hero from a story who made the impossible possible.

So when she later heard the news that Leo would become a direct descendant, she was apparently the first to say she wanted to become Leo’s knight.

The other trainees also volunteered to become Leo’s knights for their own reasons.

Hearing that story, Leo nodded.

“Really? Then you guys chose me?”

Leo grinned.

But Martina’s face wasn’t bright.

Seeing this, Leo made a puzzled expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry to say this, but we’re all planning to resign from our positions as Leo, young master’s knights.”

At those words, Leo furrowed his brow.

“Why?”

At Leo’s question, Martina hesitated.

Instead of Martina, Austin spoke carefully.

“Because we all think we’re far too inadequate to be Leo-nim’s knights.”

Austin’s explanation was as follows.

Martina, Austin, Carin, Julan, Valerie.

All five people were only at mid-level among Jerdinger family’s current training knights.

In Martina’s case, she was upper-mid level, but even so, her skills were insufficient to be selected as a direct descendant’s knight.

At those words, Leo rested his chin on his hand.

“Then how did you become my knights?”

“Well, you see…”

Carin glanced around nervously, then carefully opened her mouth.

“When we were recruiting for Young Master Leo’s knight order, the competition wasn’t that fierce,”

Leo nodded understandingly at Carin’s words, spoken in a subdued voice.

“I see.”

When Leo’s knight order was first being recruited, Leo wasn’t famous except for being the all-class and grade representative.

Moreover, there were quite a few who looked unfavorably upon Leo, who had suddenly appeared within the family and made it onto the list of direct heir candidates.

In such circumstances, the top-tier trainees all hesitated to apply to be Leo’s knights, thinking that becoming Leo’s knight wasn’t a particularly good choice.

Thanks to that, the current five people became Leo’s knight order.

But starting with the Inter-Department Competition that occurred in the first semester, then the conquest of Luna’s World in the second semester.

On top of that, rising to the position of youngest student council president, Leo’s evaluation had completely reversed 180 degrees from before summer.

Already within the family, there wasn’t a single person who looked unfavorably upon Leo.

‘So that’s why other Jerdinger trainees have come to covet my knight positions?’

Leo chuckled inwardly.

And he looked at his knights.

‘Probably not one of these is from a good family.’

Lower nobility family origins.

Or there might even be trainees from commoner backgrounds.

Fundamentally, Jerdinger trainees are equal.

But even so, they couldn’t help but be influenced by skill and family background.

For those who were mid-tier in skill and didn’t receive family support, bullying from other trainees would be quite an ordeal.

“There are many trainees superior to us. So… I think resigning would be the right thing to do.”

Martina and the other trainees hung their heads low.

Seeing them clench their mouths shut and tighten their fists, Leo spoke.

“Why go through such troublesome things?”

“Pardon?”

Leo propped his chin and said.

“You can just be my knights.”

At those words, Martina was flustered.

“B-but Young Master Leo. We lack skill, don’t we? We’ll surely tarnish Young Master Leo’s reputation.”

“Skills can be developed. And you don’t particularly need to worry about my reputation.”

Leo looked at the five trainees and smiled broadly.

“You each chose me from the beginning for your own reasons. That’s enough.”

Seeing the surprised knights, Leo stood up.

“If you think your skills are lacking, how about training with me starting tomorrow?”

“Training with Young Master Leo?”

“That’s right.”

‘Sword training together with the Lumern student council president…’

‘Th-this might be an opportunity…!’

The five trainees looked into each other’s eyes and then nodded.

“We’ll do it!”

At Martina’s words, Leo smiled.

“Really? Then I’ll speak to Master Jerko separately.”

If Selia had seen this, she might have dissuaded the trainees from doing it.

“That you’ll be training with me starting tomorrow.”

But unfortunately, Selia wasn’t here.

***

Lumern’s courtyard, with the students gone, was very quiet.

Meanwhile, a faculty meeting was being held in the Tower of Heroes.

“Then this agenda item is related to the entrance examination.”

At Hallind’s words, who was in charge of overseeing this entrance examination, the professors focused their attention.

“The entrance examination is coming soon. But we plan to proceed differently from previous entrance examinations.”

Lumern was at a time to face change.

The Sword Saint, who had long been the center of Lumern, had left.

On top of that, last year there was even a situation where spies had infiltrated Lumern.

It was a time to be more cautious in selecting new students.

At Hallind’s words, Ain asked.

“When you say proceeding differently… are you referring to the ‘joint examination’ you mentioned before?”

“That’s right.”

Hallind nodded.

Until now, Lumern entrance examinations were conducted by region, left to each examiner’s discretion.

But this year was different.

“We plan to send official documents tomorrow.”

“Then where will the examination be held?”

When Professor Yura asked with a puzzled expression, Hallind said matter-of-factly.

“The Rodren Empire would be good.”

At those words, the professors nodded.

There aren’t many countries that can handle crowds gathering from all over the world at once.

Among them, the most suitable is naturally Rodren, the western hegemon.

“Naturally the examination content will be unified too?”

“That’s right.”

Hallind was flipping through documents without even giving the other professors a glance.

“What’s the examination content?”

At Ain’s question, Hallind answered matter-of-factly.

“Fighting against current students.”

“Pardon?”

The professors wore blank expressions.

For a moment, they wondered if they had misheard.

“Fighting against current students?”

“That’s right. Current students will ‘hunt’ the prospective new students.”

“…”

The professors’ faces changed strangely.

“Even so, isn’t that too harsh?”

Professor Yura asked cautiously.

At that, Hallind looked up with an expressionless face.

“Do you think I would give an unreasonable examination?”

‘If it’s Professor Hallind…’

‘Wouldn’t that be more than possible?’

The fact that not a single student recommended for withdrawal came from Class 5 of the first years he was in charge of this time was being called a miracle by both current students and professors.

But his true nature is actually the Lumerne Wall of Lamentations, who reigns as terror among students.

He was a professor of terror who would mercilessly recommend withdrawal for students without qualifications.

“The students to be deployed in the examination are second years.”

“Ah, if it’s second years, that’s somewhat fortunate.”

“Professor Yura. Please call the students on this list to the Rodren Empire.”

Hallind handed the list to Professor Yura.

Professor Yura’s face hardened with a crack as she received the list.

“Chloe Muller, Duran Moira, Selia Jerdinger, Leo Flobe, Chelsea Rwallin, Avad Rwallin, Eliza Herginn, Woreden Tairn, Chen Xia?”

As the nine names were mentioned, the professors’ faces also hardened.

“W-wait a minute. Are you really thinking of calling these kids?”

“That’s right.”

Hallind turned his attention back to the documents and said.

“If they can’t survive even against mere second years, filtering them out would be the answer.”

‘No, they’re only 2nd years!’

Yura screamed inwardly at Hallind’s words.

The other professors’ reactions weren’t much different either.

But no student dared to voice that out loud.

For the professors too, Hallind was terror incarnate.

Thus, the professors sent sympathetic looks toward this year’s prospective freshmen and let out deep sighs.

The professors were certain that this year’s exam would be of unprecedented difficulty.

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