Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 219

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219

The streets of Lorend, the capital of Rodren, the hegemonic power of the western continent.

Befitting the capital of a nation considered the greatest human power, the streets were filled with countless crowds.

Recently, even more crowds had gathered.

It was a natural phenomenon since this was the location for the Lumern unified entrance examination.

However, bustling streets weren’t necessarily a good thing.

“Catch him!”

“Thief!”

“Stop right there!”

Urgent voices echoed through the outer streets of Lorend.

“Hah! You think I’ll stop just because you tell me to?!”

The thief grinned wickedly and quickly ducked into an alley.

Befitting the Empire’s capital, Lorend’s public safety was very good.

However, with countless outsiders flowing in, it had become difficult for the existing guards alone to maintain order.

When light is bright, shadows are also deep.

Even in an age of heroes, criminal organizations were bound to exist.

As much as they were suppressed by heroes, they burrowed even more secretly into the underworld to build their power.

The most representative of these was the Thieves’ Guild.

And the current Lorend was in perfect condition to become a target for guild thieves.

‘I’ve already mapped out this alley perfectly!’

The outer areas, not the central district, had relatively fewer guards.

As a result, thieves who had come from outside were running rampant.

Swoosh—!

At that moment, a girl stood in the middle of the alley with her arms firmly crossed.

“Huh? Move! Do you want to die?!”

The thief shouted, raising his dagger.

Looking at the thief, the girl snorted and raised her staff.

‘A mage!’

The thief’s eyes flashed as he desperately twisted his body and fled deeper into the alley.

One of the reasons he had been able to continue his thievery as a member of the Thieves’ Guild for so long was his quick situational judgment.

‘Hah! No matter how skilled a mage she is, she can’t catch me in this complex alley…’

“Hey, this is annoying. Can’t you just turn yourself in?”

“Gack?!”

The thief was startled by the voice coming from beside him.

The sky-blue haired girl who had blocked the thief’s path earlier was running beside him with a bored expression.

The thief instinctively swung his dagger.

Whoosh—!

At that moment, a gale blew.

“Kyaaaah!”

The thief, lifted high into the air, flailed helplessly before crashing to the ground.

Thud—!

“Urgh!”

The thief who had fallen onto the stone pavement from a considerable height writhed in pain.

Chelsea had used magic with just her gaze.

Whoosh—! Thud—!

“P-please spare… Gack!”

The thief who had floated into the air crashed down to the ground again.

Chelsea lightly turned her palm and tilted her head when she saw the thief wasn’t breathing.

“Mister, breathe.”

But still, the thief’s breathing had stopped.

“If you don’t breathe, should I drop you from a height that will actually kill you?”

“I-I’m breathing! I’m breathing!”

The thief bolted upright and fell to his knees.

Chelsea used magic to crumple the thief’s dagger, making it useless.

And she made him go to the guards himself.

When Chelsea brought the thief over, the guards who had responded to the report saluted her.

“Thank you for your cooperation!”

“No, I just did what was natural as a Lumern student.”

Chelsea said with a bright smile.

The gathered onlookers murmured as they watched.

“A Lumern student?”

“No wonder… her skills were amazing.”

“Is that a Lumern uniform?”

“Wait. Isn’t that Chelsea Rwallin?”

“Chelsea Rwallin?”

The murmuring onlookers recognized Chelsea and burst into cheers.

Chelsea looked at them, smiled brightly, and waved her hand.

Drawing even more enthusiastic reactions, Chelsea left the scene.

A little later, Chelsea spotted a male student wearing the same uniform as her.

It was none other than Cal.

Like Chelsea, Cal was also on his way back from catching criminals.

“How many did you catch today?”

“Five.”

Cal rubbed his shoulders and let out a complaint.

“Seriously, why don’t these damn criminals ever decrease in number?”

“All sorts of scoundrels are flocking to our country thinking there might be something to pick up, so that’s probably why.”

Places where people gather naturally see higher crime rates.

Especially this time, with travelers increasing due to the examination.

The biggest characteristic of travelers is that they have a lot of money.

For the Thieves’ Guild, they were mouth-watering targets.

Like flies drawn to food, thieves were flocking to Lorend to make a fortune by picking the deep pockets of travelers.

The measure Lumern had taken to maintain public safety was deploying students.

All 2nd year promotion students who had no special circumstances were currently in Lorend.

Chelsea and Cal returned to the Lumern Student Dormitory.

“Being dragged here during vacation to catch criminals!”

“How precious vacation time is!”

“Our school works its students too hard!”

Lumern students gathered in the luxury hotel lounge provided by Lumern were voicing their complaints.

Seeing this, Cal suddenly started giggling.

“What useless thing are you trying to do now?”

“Just watch.”

At Chelsea’s question, Cal cleared his throat and shouted.

“Professor Hallind! Hello!”

“Eek?”

“P-Professor Hallind?!”

The students who had been complaining looked toward where the voice came from in terror.

Deep fear was evident in their eyes.

“Puahahahahahahaha!”

Cal clutched his stomach and burst into laughter watching his classmates.

“Hahahahaha! Cough! Gack?!”

Of course, his end was getting beaten up by other angry students.

While Chelsea was making a disgusted expression at that sight, two male students entered the hotel lounge.

“That’s why you’re too soft, Avad Rwallin.”

“Is that so?”

When Duran spoke with a twisted smile, Avad scratched his cheek.

“Why are you picking on my brother again?”

“I was merely correcting Avad Rwallin’s hopelessly soft judgment.”

“What? What’s wrong with my brother’s judgment!”

When Chelsea reacted sharply, Cal, who had been lying down, stepped in.

He put his hands under Chelsea’s armpits and lifted her up.

As Chelsea struggled with her feet off the ground, Cal said.

“Whoa- whoa- calm down. Has our country’s prince’s foul mouth been a problem for just a day or two?”

“You’re always rude, Cal Thomas.”

“People should be consistent.”

Cal grinned smugly.

One was the heir to the Duchy of Moira.

The other was a commoner from that same Duchy of Moira.

In a way, they were from opposite ends of the social spectrum, but while Duran and Cal’s relationship might be bad, it never reached the point of complete breakdown.

The Kingdom of Moira was a knight duchy, and since the country itself wasn’t large, it was a nation that highly valued talent.

It was a country where anyone with ability could be treated well, regardless of their status.

And Hero Academy students were the finest talents.

Whatever the reason, Cal had successfully advanced to 2nd year.

Duran recognized Cal in his own way.

So even when Cal acted smugly toward him, he didn’t cause him serious harm.

“So? What’s going on?”

When Cal tilted his head and asked, Avad smiled with his characteristic gentle expression and said.

“There were a bunch of admission candidates outside. They came to greet us, saying they wanted to make a good impression on their future seniors. They brought lots of gifts too.”

“Gifts?”

“What kind of gifts?”

“There were tons of sweets and snacks.”

The female students let out cheers.

Most of the Lumern female students went crazy for desserts.

“Hoho! What well-mannered juniors!”

“This is why being a senior is so great~”

The female students tried to go outside the dormitory with excited voices.

Watching those female students, Avad added with a bitter smile.

“Right now there’s no one there because Duran chased them all away.”

“Why did you chase them away when they came to greet us?”

When a Class 1 female student who had been in the same class during 1st year grumbled, Duran snorted.

“Those guys don’t have the right to call us seniors yet. And yet you want to receive gifts from those arrogant bastards who dare to call themselves juniors?”

“Still, there might have been some among them who could become proper juniors, right?”

“In my opinion, there wasn’t a single one who could pass the entrance exam. With that level of skill, they dare to call me senior. Utterly rude creatures.”

“Sometimes when I look at him, he really does seem like a prince.”

“Wow… that arrogance that only royalty can have. Nobles couldn’t even imitate it.”

The Class 1 students who were somewhat friendly with Duran whispered among themselves.

Then when Duran looked at them, they acted innocent as if nothing had happened.

Like that, the students who had gone on patrol returned one by one.

The Rodren Empire students were also spending their vacation here.

Not only were their school friends here, but they could also work together on the murderous vacation homework.

“By the way, where are Selia and Chloe?”

“They haven’t come back yet?”

“Are they going to eat dinner outside?”

The Class 1 students were making puzzled expressions about their class president and vice president who hadn’t returned.

Selia and Chloe entered the dormitory.

But they weren’t the only ones who came.

The students doing homework on the first floor looked surprised when they saw the three people who came with them.

They were also wearing uniforms, but not Lumern uniforms.

Runia, Eiran, and Ruka, whom they had seen during the Lusejeon.

The Seirun grade representatives had come to visit.

“They came as guests today to observe Lumern’s entrance exam and stopped by to say hello.”

At Chloe’s explanation, Runia stepped forward and smiled beautifully.

“Hello, Lumern students. I’m Runia El Runda.”

“Nice to see you! Seirun grade representative!”

“How is Seirun?”

“Is the restoration finished?”

The Lumern students rushed over in a crowd.

Eiran, who was on the timid side, was startled and hid behind Runia.

Ruka burst into laughter seeing that.

“Yes. Thanks to all of you, Seirun has returned to its original state. At that time, we were too busy to properly express our gratitude… I wanted to thank you all.”

Runia smiled beautifully and bowed her head.

“Thank you for fighting for Seirun.”

“Lumern and Seirun have been rivals for a long time, but in other words, we’re friends who compete in good faith, right?”

“Right! And it was Tartaros’s invasion, wasn’t it? Of course we should join forces!”

“It’s nothing to be thanked for!”

At the sight of beautiful Runia, the male students cleared their throats and acted dignified.

“Anyway. Those guys can’t think straight whenever they see a pretty person.”

“By the way, I thought this before too, but Seirun’s 3rd place… how should I put it, isn’t he incredibly cute?”

“Yes! He’s the type you want to protect.”

The female students looked at Ruka and chattered excitedly.

“How are you guys any different from them?”

Cal, who made a disgusted expression at the female students, looked at Runia.

Runia was perfectly acting like an exemplary Seirun student.

But Cal knew.

That Runia was actually a scary elf like a thug.

As Cal shuddered remembering her true nature.

“C-Cal! Have you been well?”

“Oh, Eiran.”

Eiran spoke to Cal, with whom she had the deepest friendship among the students present.

While exchanging friendly greetings, Eiran glanced around nervously and asked.

“Um… well… Cal. Where is Leo?”

“Leo isn’t here because of family matters.”

At those words, Eiran’s ears drooped.

‘Leo! You lucky bastard!’

Cal shouted inwardly.

As the Lumern students’ dormitory became noisy with the Seirun students’ visit.

“Come out right noooow!! Leo Flobe, you braaaaaat!”

An tremendous sound that seemed to tear eardrums echoed.

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