Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 22

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22

“Hey, expulsion… isn’t that a bit harsh?”

Cal broke out in a cold sweat as he spoke, and Chloe asked.

“Worried?”

“Of course! If it’s a Lumern magic exam, the difficulty level must be no joke!”

“Surely they wouldn’t give problems beyond freshman level?”

“Lucky you, honor student.”

Cal had barely passed the entrance exam, so he was anxious about tests in general.

It seemed he wasn’t the only student feeling that way.

“Expulsion?”

“That’s too much!”

“Professors have the authority to expel students. You should all know this fact, right?”

“But you can’t expel someone without just cause!”

“Of course, expulsion without just cause is impossible.”

Professor Ren tapped the test paper with his fingertip – thwack!

“But if you can’t even pass this level of exam, you’re not qualified to learn magic at Lumern.”

Then a male student who appeared to be from another department raised his hand.

“What about students who want to take magic classes as a minor?”

“You can take magic classes other than major courses.”

“What about dual class applicants?”

“Dual class…”

Professor Ren trailed off and smiled.

“You might discover hidden magical talent in temporary classes.”

Students looked puzzled at the sudden remark.

“Because there are those who think so naively, even minor students must take this same exam.”

Flinch – several students could be seen trembling.

“Isn’t it disrespectful for someone who has never learned magic to try to stand on equal ground with those who have devoted their lives to magic?”

Professor Ren was smiling, but his eyes were cold.

Chloe nodded enthusiastically with sparkling eyes.

“The exam is out of 100 points, and you pass with 40 points or higher.”

Students sighed in relief at the generous cutoff.

When Professor Ren snapped his fingers, a giant hourglass appeared in the air.

“The exam time is one hour. Students who finish all problems should submit their papers and rest outside the lecture hall.”

Students took out their writing instruments.

“Well then, begin.”

The hourglass turned once and sand began pouring down.

Students picked up their quill pens and checked their test papers.

The test consisted of a question sheet, answer sheet, and several sheets of paper for formula calculations.

Amid the sound of quill pens scratching, Leo’s face hardened as he checked the exam questions.

‘Describe the effects produced when the following magical formulas are combined.’

He felt a headache coming on.

‘What kind of formula is this?’

Compared to his time as Kail, the ability that had changed the most was undoubtedly magic.

Magic is fundamentally a field of research.

While the basic runic language remains the same, methods of using formulas have evolved continuously through the ages.

Especially in the current era, magical formulas had developed tremendously thanks to Hero Record.

Leo, who hadn’t read any magic books since his reincarnation, was inevitably illiterate when it came to modern formulas.

Looking to the side, even Cal, who had been making a tearful face, was working through the problems.

Chloe was writing answers at a rapid pace.

‘Kids these days are smart. They’re solving these complex formula combinations through mental calculation?’

Leo, who had been making a disgusted expression, took a deep breath.

‘Right, let me at least get a rough sense of what modern formulas are like. Even if formulas differ by era, if I know the structure, I can roughly guess the answers.’

Leo steeled himself.

‘I can’t be embarrassingly kicked out from the very first class!’

He had pride as the great hero who saved the world!

Leo’s eyes flashed as he began solving formulas at tremendous speed.

‘Thank goodness! Only formulas I know appeared!’

Meanwhile, Cal, who had been working on problems, let out a sigh of relief.

Contrary to his worries, the exam wasn’t extremely difficult.

All the formulas on the test were ones he had memorized.

The formula calculations were quite complex, but as Professor Ren said, if you couldn’t solve this much, you weren’t qualified to learn magic at Lumern.

‘As expected, at her level, she just does formula calculations through mental math.’

He couldn’t help but be impressed watching Chloe write down correct answers without even showing her work.

When he turned toward Leo, he could see him moving his quill pen at tremendous speed.

But despite that speed, nothing was written on his answer sheet.

‘What? Leo said he was applying for dual class, but is his formula knowledge lacking?’

At this rate, it was obvious Leo wouldn’t be able to take magic major classes.

Cal made a disappointed expression at the fact that they wouldn’t be able to take magic classes together.

“Thirty minutes remaining.”

‘Yikes, this isn’t the time for this. Let me solve the problems first.’

Meanwhile, Leo, who had completely filled one sheet of calculation paper, stopped his quill pen.

‘What bastard made formulas this ridiculously complicated!’

Given enough time, he could definitely interpret them.

The problem was that there was far too little time.

Checking the next problem, it was also covered with unfamiliar formulas as expected.

Leo, who had been clutching his head while checking problems, stopped at the last question.

The exam had a total of 50 questions.

Questions 1 through 49 were formula calculation problems, and the last question was about interpreting a formula to find the result.

The formula itself wasn’t very complex compared to the previous problems.

Leo, who calculated the answer mentally, wrote it on his answer sheet and stood up.

Students’ gazes focused on him.

‘He gave up. Well, he couldn’t even solve the first problem yet, so anything more would be a waste of time.’

Cal clicked his tongue watching Leo hand his answer sheet to the teaching assistant.

‘Let me give up on magic classes.’

With only one problem he knew out of 50, how could he possibly take the classes?

‘I’ll have to learn through self-study or something.’

He blamed his own complacency as he left the lecture hall.

The hourglass continued to flow after that.

But no students stood up from their seats.

Even non-major students, despite coming with a casual mindset, had basic knowledge of magic since they chose it as a minor.

“Time’s up. Everyone submit your answer sheets to the teaching assistants.”

“Ugh~ that was tough.”

Cal stretched and asked Chloe.

“Hey, what was the answer to the last problem? I absolutely couldn’t solve it.”

Watching Cal shake his head as if exhausted, Chloe frowned with displeasure.

“I didn’t have enough time, so I couldn’t finish everything either.”

“Really? Well, it was damn difficult.”

“What about Leo?”

“From what I glimpsed, he couldn’t solve even one problem?”

‘So that’s why he left.’

She nodded and stood up from her seat, walking toward someone.

Cal felt curious and followed behind Chloe.

“Big brother! This problem is also correct, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right!”

“Yes!”

The place Chloe headed to was where Avad and Chelsea were.

“Chelsea, hello.”

“Huh? It’s Cal? Who’s that girl?”

“This is Chloe Muller.”

“The northern top student?”

Chelsea’s eyes widened.

“Nice to meet you, Avad Rwallin. Did you happen to solve the last problem?”

“I couldn’t solve it due to lack of time. How about you?”

“Same here.”

Chloe took out her test paper.

“I’m curious how much difference there is between my solution and yours. Could we compare?”

“I was just curious about that too, so this works out well.”

Chloe’s test paper was densely filled with formula solutions for the last problem.

Avad’s test paper was no less impressive than Chloe’s.

Cal stuck out his tongue.

‘As expected, the top students are different. If they just had more time, they would have solved it all, right?’

“What about Leo?”

“After he left earlier, he seems to have left the Magic Hall entirely and hasn’t been seen. It looked like he couldn’t solve any of the problems.”

“Well, these aren’t problems a knight could solve.”

Chelsea, who knew Leo as an outstanding knight, nodded.

Then Professor Ren went back up to the platform and students quickly returned to their seats.

“You all worked hard taking the exam.”

Professor Ren smiled neatly.

“The assistants will finish grading soon. Until then, I’ll briefly explain the magic theory class I’m in charge of.”

Professor Ren’s class began.

While listening to the class, students couldn’t help but be amazed.

Professor Ren’s lecture content went straight into their ears.

They could intuitively tell they had met the best professor.

‘To think we’ll be able to attend classes by someone like this!’

Students were filled with anticipation.

As Professor Ren’s words were ending, one male assistant came up to the lecture hall.

“Professor. The exam results are out.”

“Shall we all check the exam results?”

Other assistants brought a bulletin board with exam rankings written on it to the front of the lecture hall.

“Actually, this exam consisted of forty-nine 1-point problems and one 51-point problem.”

As students murmured, Professor Ren continued his explanation.

“This exam is also the core of my class, before selecting students to take magic major courses.”

“In recent hundreds of years, magic formulas have progressed rapidly. Thanks to that, formulas that originally required perfect understanding to use can now be used just by memorizing the activation conditions.”

When Professor Ren opened his palm, a formula woven with mana was activated.

Professor Ren clenched the formula tight!

The formula was destroyed and fragments of mana scattered in all directions.

“Such development of formulas has caused mages to regress!”

Students were startled by the sudden outcry.

“The recent trend among mages is to memorize more formulas! It’s certainly an easy way to use magic… But! That cannot be called a true mage! The essence of a mage is not memorization but exploration and understanding! But what are young mages doing now? They’re busy clinging only to memorization while neglecting formula understanding! The development of formulas has brought about the regression of mages!”

Professor Ren spread both hands above his head.

A vast amount of magic formulas unfolded in the air.

“This is the essence of magic formulas I created. Not activation formulas that anyone learns, but my own formulas that I created from beginning to end. Are there any mages these days who research their own formulas?”

That was literally the essence of an individual’s original magical world.

To a mage’s eyes, Professor Ren’s magical world appeared very beautiful.

“The battle between magic and magic is also a fight of who can understand and counter the opponent’s formulas faster, before it becomes a battle of mana. You cannot reach high levels with just activation formulas, so!”

Swoosh!

Professor Ren’s magic formulas disappeared.

“I will conduct classes that improve your understanding of magic formulas! So that you can be reborn as true mages!”

Professor Ren spoke passionately to the students.

Students moved by that passion began to clap.

The words “true mage” were enough to stir the hearts of young students.

Professor Ren, who nodded at the enthusiastic response from students, pointed to the bulletin board.

“Check your scores and rankings. And students with 40 points or below, unfortunately, please leave the lecture hall. That’s all!”

Students gathered in front of the bulletin board.

The male assistant approached Professor Ren, who was watching the students with profound eyes.

“Professor.”

“Why are you calling me? Associate Professor.”

“There’s a student who got problem 50 correct.”

“There’s a 100 points?”

Professor Ren was genuinely surprised.

‘Such talent has entered! Avad? Chloe? Ah! Am I finally getting a lifelong disciple?!’

“It’s not 100 points.”

“It’s not 100 points?”

Professor Ren’s face changed strangely.

A student capable of solving the last problem would surely find the previous 49 problems not too difficult.

But it’s not 100 points?

“Ah. They must have skipped a few problems while solving the last one.”

“That’s not it either. Everything except the last problem is blank. Look here.”

The associate professor handed the answer sheet to Professor Ren.

Professor Ren, who was checking the pure white answer sheet, asked with a serious face.

“…Who is this student?”

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Chloe, who checked the bulletin board, naturally looked toward the top rankings.

And she ended up being flustered.

2nd place. Chloe Muller, Avad Rwallin. (49 points)

3rd place. Chelsea Rwallin (48 points)

No matter how she looked at it, Chloe and Avad were tied for 2nd place.

And the name at the very top was.

1st place. Leo Flobe. (51 points)

Chloe, who was checking the rankings with a stiff face, looked at the front seat where Leo had been sitting.

There was the problem sheet Leo had been working on.

She rushed over and checked the problem sheet.

‘Wh-what the heck is this?’

Chloe, who saw the formula solution for the first problem that Leo had worked on and given up, couldn’t help but have a shocked expression.

‘Leo Flobe… what the hell is this guy!’

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