Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 232

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232

“Which dormitory are you going to?”

“Wouldn’t Dormitory 1 be better though?”

“I’m going to Dormitory 2. As a Knight Department student, being in the same dormitory as Selia is definitely not a bad choice.”

When the dormitory assignments were announced on the first day, there were overwhelmingly many students who wanted to go to Dormitory 1.

However, once the other dormitory heads established their dormitories’ directions, interest in the other dormitories also increased.

It was true that Leo had been active as the grade representative and risen to the position of student council president.

But it was the dormitory heads who had been leading the students in their academic life all this time.

“I can’t understand this!”

About five days after the dormitory member selection began.

Now the outline of the dormitories was gradually taking shape.

Students with strong departmental pride chose Dormitory 2 where Selia, Chelsea, and Woreden were.

Students with strong pride in their abilities chose Dormitory 3.

And students with the will to improve together, including dual class students, chose Dormitory 1.

While they were gathering in small groups discussing dormitories, Emio Ruchan’s irritated voice could be heard from the garden.

He was confronting Avad.

“I can’t understand what you’re saying.”

Avad spoke to Emio with his characteristic gentle smile.

“That’s exactly right. I’m saying your behavior is completely incomprehensible.”

Emio crossed his arms and pointed at Iliana with his chin.

“You make offers for trash like this to enter the dormitory, but why don’t you say a single word to me? Didn’t you say you’d defeat Leo Flobe and become the best dormitory? But Dormitory 3 is only gathering riffraff.”

“Hey, who are you calling riffraff?”

Iliana’s voice turned menacing as she had been caught between the two, not knowing what to do.

“Oh? Are you confident in your abilities?”

“Can’t you see that I’m a top student in the Magic Studies Department? Confident? I could crush you right now and stuff you into that garden trash can over there.”

Iliana smiled coldly and spat out harsh words.

Usually, Iliana was clumsy due to her overly aggressive personality, but she was clearly one of the strongest students among all 2nd year students.

She wouldn’t just let remarks that belittled her slide.

“What arrogant words.”

“Want to fight right now?”

At Emio’s words, Iliana smiled coldly and lowered her stance.

Just as Emio was about to get serious and gather his mana while looking at Iliana.

“Don’t fight recklessly outside.”

“Huh?”

Leo put his hands under Iliana’s armpits and lifted her up.

Iliana was startled by Leo’s action of approaching without presence and lifting her up, hastily withdrawing her aura and mana.

“Guk?”

Emio widened his eyes and looked at Avad, seeing the staff pressed against the back of his neck.

“It’s not right to cause problems when the semester hasn’t even properly started yet, is it?”

It was the same gentle smile as usual, but his eyes were cold.

Emio clicked his tongue in annoyance and left.

“Class president. Put me down.”

When Leo put her down, Iliana fanned her slightly reddened face and said.

“You could have just stopped us, why did you surprise me by lifting me up like that?”

“Because you really would have fought otherwise.”

Whether Leo and Avad stopped her or not, Iliana was ready to gather her aura and mana and charge at any moment.

“By the way, what was that about?”

“Hmph! I’m getting invitations from everywhere, but he’s not getting any invitations from anywhere, so he’s probably jealous.”

Iliana crossed her arms and snorted.

That was exactly right.

Iliana was in a situation where all dormitories were inviting her to join.

“But why aren’t you choosing a dormitory?”

“I want to go to Dormitory 1 where the class president is… and I want to go to Dormitory 2 where Chelsea and Nella are… and I want to go to Dormitory 3 where Cal and Taide are.”

Iliana drooped her shoulders and made a gloomy expression.

The six people who were closest during their Class 5 first year were all scattered to different dormitories.

“Come to our dormitory. We need you. Most of the dual class kids came to our side too, so it’ll be a good environment for you as a magic swordsman.”

“Ah! The class president is courting me?!”

“We need you too, Iliana. Since you have talent in both magic and aura, Duran and I can help you.”

“Kugh! Even Avad is passionately courting me…! Hehe! This is the feeling! Duran too, and now the academy’s most popular guys are clinging to me!”

Iliana trembled with delight.

Leo, who had been staring at Iliana revealing her dark intentions, said to Avad.

“You guys take her.”

“We don’t need her either.”

Having finished their conversation, Leo and Avad left.

Iliana flinched at their behavior.

“Okay! I’ll decide! I’ll go with whichever side talks to me first!”

But the two didn’t look back.

In the end, Iliana hurriedly ran after Leo.

“Wait! Class president! I’ll enter your dormitory! Stop!”

For Iliana, who was a magic swordsman, going to Dormitory 1 where Leo was would be most ideal.

But Leo never looked back, and eventually Iliana grabbed Leo’s ankle and begged desperately.

“I’m sorry for being cheeky! Class president! I’ll enter your dormitory, so please forgive me! No! Please let me enter! Class president! Leo-nim! Student council president! Please!”

***

Dormitory 1, which had been completely empty on the first day, was now full of vitality.

Students’ belongings began to occupy spots here and there in the previously desolate dormitory lounge, one by one.

That’s when it happened.

Knock- Knock-

A small knocking sound was heard at the dormitory’s front door.

“Who is it?”

A Knight Department student opened the door with a puzzled expression.

And upon discovering who was standing at the entrance, he showed a surprised expression.

“Associate Professor Sena?”

Sena, who had been in charge of Class 5 first years under Hallind, was standing there.

“Nice to see you, everyone from Dormitory 1.”

Sena, who entered the room, greeted the students.

“Associate Professor Sena!”

“Nice to see you!”

“What brings you here?”

When the Class 5 students, led by Iliana, greeted her with bright faces, Sena covered her mouth and laughed softly.

“From today, I’m Sena Tilia, who will be serving as the dormitory supervisor for Dormitory 1. Please take care of me, everyone.”

“Ooh!”

“Please take care of us!”

Sena was popular among students from other classes too.

She was beautiful and had a good personality.

Most importantly, since she always accompanied Hallind, students who were scolded by Hallind received a lot of help from her.

That’s why they showed a welcoming reaction upon hearing she would be the supervisor.

“Please take care of me for the year, everyone.”

“We should be the ones asking you to take care of us!”

Sena cleared her throat with an “Ahem!” at the students who were smiling brightly.

“Then I’ll announce some notices. First, since the dormitory members have been decided, I’d like you to decide on a dormitory name.”

“The dormitory name?”

“Yes. Calling it by numbers feels so stiff, doesn’t it? So we’re going to come up with a cool name that can represent the dormitory.”

“Ooh…”

“And you all know that tomorrow is the entrance ceremony, right? It’s finally the day you become upperclassmen.”

The students showed excited expressions at Sena’s words.

Upperclassmen!

What a heart-fluttering word this was!

During the past year, they had received help from upperclassmen and ran errands for them.

To the first-years, the upperclassmen were objects of admiration.

They had become Hero Candidates first and had overcome the difficult academic life.

So they couldn’t help but feel respect for their upperclassmen.

“Heh. Finally an upperclassman.”

“I’ll have to dote on the underclassmen a lot!”

“So this is how the third-year upperclassmen felt.”

Sena smiled softly as she watched the students showing excited reactions.

“With that in mind, there will be a welcome banquet after the entrance ceremony tomorrow.”

The students hesitated at those words.

Had there been a welcome banquet during their own entrance ceremony?

There hadn’t been.

In fact, many students hadn’t even managed to say a word to an upperclassman until the end of their first semester.

The senior-junior relationships at Lumern had a strong authoritarian tendency.

Especially in places like Summoning Studies, discipline between upperclassmen and underclassmen was strictly maintained.

But a welcome banquet for the underclassmen?

“The first-years are already sufficiently afraid of you all because of what happened during the second-year entrance exam, aren’t they? Plus, there will be familiar faces from the joint class period last year. Is there really a need to insist on rigid senior-junior relationships? The new principal’s wish is for you all to warmly welcome them and guide them well so the first-years can adapt better to school life.”

“Hmm.”

“I definitely found the second-year upperclassmen too scary when I was a first-year.”

“Being revered like the upperclassmen would be nice, but getting close with the underclassmen seems like it would be fun in its own way.”

“Right. There were quite a few decent ones during the entrance exam, weren’t there?”

The students showed understanding expressions.

Meanwhile, Sena recalled the principal’s words.

‘If the first-years come in as usual, probably half of them won’t be able to endure and will end up withdrawing, right?’

At the faculty meeting, Riina had said matter-of-factly.

‘The current second-years have a reputation that’s way too big. On top of that, their skills are incredible too. Which generation gets directly compared? The year above and the year below.’

Riina had rested her chin on her hand.

‘The years above are in a relatively good situation. They’re upperclassmen, after all. But the underclassmen aren’t. If they’re constantly compared, many kids will become frustrated. So unlike usual, I think it would be good if they built friendships overall.’

Hearing Sena’s words, Leo chuckled softly.

‘I don’t know who the principal is, but they’re wise.’

“So when you see the first-years tomorrow, please welcome them warmly. That’s all.”

After delivering the announcements, Sena called Leo and Chloe.

“And Leo and Chloe, please come with me somewhere for a moment.”

At those words, Leo and Chloe followed Sena out of the dormitory with puzzled faces.

In the dormitory garden, Sena spoke.

“The reason I called you aside like this is because of Chen Xia.”

“I was curious about that too. When exactly is Sia coming back? It’s been a whole week since school started, so why isn’t she coming?”

At Chloe’s question, Sena smiled awkwardly.

“It seems Chen Xia’s family situation is more complicated than expected. The school has been trying to contact her continuously, but there’s been no response.”

At Sena’s words, Chloe showed a flustered expression.

“Since Chen Xia might withdraw on her own, I think you should consider other Knight Department dormitory head candidates.”

“What?”

Chloe’s eyes widened.

Leo frowned.

‘Withdraw?’

***

Swoooosh-!

The regular ship traveling between Lumern and Lumeria City was cutting through the lake as it moved forward.

New students were aboard the ship.

Various foods from different cultures were laid out buffet-style on the deck.

The noble students were enjoying the food.

“As expected of Lumern.”

“Hehe. It seems an extraordinary school life awaits us.”

The noble students overall showed satisfied expressions.

Students who had lived their entire lives enjoying privileges took all of this for granted.

“By the way, that person who’s supposed to be a Lumern instructor.”

“She’s a complete unknown with no reputation at all, so how did she become a Lumern professor?”

“Could she be a parachute appointment?”

Several students blatantly looked at the woman sitting on one side of the deck, smiling gently.

She was a woman with brilliant silver hair and beautiful features.

The only flaw was that she wore an eyepatch over her left eye.

Just as the new students were whispering that she was a suspicious woman with no reputation other than being a Lumern professor, the woman stood up.

“Is everyone enjoying the boat trip?”

“Not bad.”

“I think it’s an event that suits us.”

Several students spoke arrogantly.

Watching them, she smiled gently.

“That’s fortunate. Before that… I have an announcement.”

All the students looked at the Lumern professor with puzzled faces.

“Originally, Lumern has top students representing each region: Central, Western, Eastern, Southern, and Northern. But as you all know, this time it was conducted as a unified exam. So there are no top students.”

The new students nodded.

“Naturally, no freshman representative was selected either.”

At those words, several students who hesitated looked at a few particular students.

They were students with the reputation and skills to become class representatives.

“What are you trying to say, Professor?”

Juwen, who was from the Southern Magic Tower and a strong freshman representative candidate, asked with a combative smile.

“So I thought we’d select a freshman representative starting now.”

Murmur murmur-!

Commotion arose among the new students.

“How exactly do you plan to select a freshman representative here?”

“The freshman representative should definitely be decided by skill. You understand, right?”

“Wh-what…?”

Raising her index finger, the Lumern professor smiled brightly.

“Starting now, fight each other.”

“Now fight each other.”

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