Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 234

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234

The day after the opening ceremony and entrance ceremony ended.

2nd Year Magic Large Lecture Hall.

2nd year Magic Studies Department students had gathered and were waiting for Ren.

“Still, it’s great that we can take magic classes with the same members as in our 1st year without any changes!”

Cal said with a cheerful expression.

Although their dormitories had changed, their departments hadn’t changed.

During integrated department classes, they could gather like this to attend lessons.

At Cal’s words, Leo rested his chin on his hand and chuckled.

“Why? Is dormitory life that difficult?”

“Listen up! Leo! It’s so cutthroat I could die!”

Cal complained to Leo.

“The entire dormitory is filled with nothing but guys with strong pride! It’s like only kids with similar personalities to the dormitory heads have gathered together, you know?”

Dormitory 3.

Noble, which carried the meaning of nobility, was overall filled mainly with students from prestigious families.

Just looking at the dormitory heads, they were all successors of renowned hero families.

Naturally, students with strong pride had gathered there.

“In the end, that bastard Emio also entered our dormitory.”

Cal let out a sigh with an “ugh.”

“Anyway, there are tons of guys completely obsessed with authority consciousness. They keep looking down on me for being a commoner at every turn. Tsk!”

“That kind of place would be difficult.”

Cal wasn’t from a prestigious family and wasn’t even a noble but a commoner.

Moreover, his grades were also in the lowest tier.

He couldn’t help but struggle among the Noble students.

“Well, there are good points too.”

“What are they?”

“Everyone’s family background is solid, so their pockets are solid too, you know?”

Cal laughed “hehehe” while stroking his chin.

From Cal’s perspective, who was very interested in commerce, the Noble students with good financial situations and purchasing power were truly appreciated.

“How’s Glory?”

The name of Dormitory 1 was Glory, meaning glory.

“Already checking out the situation?”

Chloe asked while keeping her gaze fixed on a book thinner than usual.

“I’m just asking out of curiosity. By the way, what are you reading?”

At a glance, it wasn’t a textbook.

Nor was it the grimoire she always carried around like usual.

She was unusually reading a liberal arts book.

Chloe showed him the title.

“History of Shadows?”

“Yeah. I suddenly became interested in it.”

“Shadows, huh. Well, the new headmaster did boldly declare he was a shadow, didn’t he?”

Cal shook his head disapprovingly.

Shadow.

It’s not an exact designation.

Since the Age of Heroes began, those who fought against Tartaros and protected world peace are called heroes.

But that’s only for those who were active in the bright world.

Where there’s light, there’s also darkness.

And the path to peace can’t always receive only public cheers.

There are also those who live in dark places.

“A shadow becoming headmaster. The board of directors sure gave their permission well.”

“There are shadows among Lumern graduates too.”

“Still. Everyone doesn’t really want to become something like a shadow.”

Cal smacked his lips and Chloe nodded in agreement.

Shadows are also essential beings who maintain world peace like heroes.

Especially in terms of tracking down and executing traitors who betrayed the world and sided with Tartaros, their importance could be said to be no less than heroes.

It’s also shadows who hunt hero killers targeting heroes’ lives from unseen places.

Yet the perception of shadows wasn’t good.

Living in darkness meant doing a lot of dirty work.

Even if they were those who hunted hero killers targeting heroes’ lives, they were purely those whose purpose was killing people.

Therefore, people feared shadows and didn’t try to get close to them.

‘Shadows, huh.’

Leo rested his chin on his hand and narrowed his eyes.

During his time as Kail.

Leo had also done similar work.

He had rooted out and executed traitors.

He hadn’t informed his companions of that fact.

Only Risinass and Dweno knew that Kail was doing such work.

‘It was work that someone had to do.’

Risinass and Dweno had said there was no need for Kail to shoulder it alone.

But Leo had thoroughly stained only his own hands with blood.

‘There was no need for everyone to be defiled with blood.’

Leo looked down at his hands.

‘I had hoped there wouldn’t be such guys in this era…’

He wore a bitter smile.

‘Come to think of it, what happened to her afterward?’

A girl came to Leo’s mind.

Bihar.

She was a girl who had learned swordsmanship from Kail, just like the elf Berkia who was known as a disciple of Luna, Progenitor of the Starry Skies.

She had been saved by the great heroes and used to follow along when Kail went hunting traitors.

‘Did Bihar end up walking a different path from Berkia?’

Unlike Berkia, who had worked hard for world reconstruction as an elf leader, Bihar hadn’t left her name in world history.

Leo let out a small sigh while thinking of the disciple whose name didn’t remain even in the Hero Record.

“So, did you find out anything about shadows?”

Usually hero candidates don’t pay attention to shadows.

Students are all those who dream of becoming heroes.

They had no great interest in shadows, which could be said to be at the opposite end from heroes, and didn’t try to learn about them.

“Yeah. The most powerful shadows are supposedly possessed by the hegemon of the Eastern Continent. The Shan Empire.”

“The Shan Empire…”

Cal stroked his chin.

Along with the Rodren Empire, it’s one of only two empires of the human race.

“I know the Shan Empire has many problems too?”

“Right. There was that incident 100 years ago when the emerging hero kingdom of Trihan was destroyed by shadows dispatched from the Shan Empire.”

“The Kingdom of Trihan. In the end, they were indeed traitors.”

“Yeah. But the problem was destroying a country based only on suspicion without any evidence.”

Hearing Chloe’s words, Cal clicked his tongue.

“Does being a hegemon nation like an empire mean you can do whatever you want?”

“Maybe it’s possible because it’s the Shan Empire?”

Shan isn’t simply the hegemon of the East.

It was also a country boasting a distinguished history of 4000 years.

“Leo, what do you think?”

“It was indeed too much to destroy a nation based on mere suspicion.”

It was while the three were discussing the shadows.

Creak-

The large lecture hall door opened and Ren appeared.

Beside him, Anna followed carrying the attendance book.

Step- Step- Step-

With the students’ gazes focused on him, Ren stood at the lecture hall desk and looked over the students.

“Good to see you all, everyone.”

Ren flashed his characteristic charismatic smile.

“Following last year, I’m Ren, who will be teaching your magic theory classes again this year.”

“Professor Ren~”

“Good to see you!”

“Please take care of us this year too!”

The students sent enthusiastic cheers.

Young and capable, Professor Ren was a very popular and renowned professor among the Magic Studies Department students.

Nodding at the students’ reaction, Ren received the attendance book from Anna.

“I’ll now call attendance. Chloe Muller.”

“Yes.”

“Cal Thomas.”

“Yes! Professor!”

“Leo Flobe.”

“Yes.”

‘Student Leo!’

Ren covered his mouth and made a moved expression.

Of course, the other students couldn’t see that expression.

‘How much effort I put in to be able to study with you…’

Anna, who was watching Ren’s expression in real time, looked up at the ceiling in dismay.

In fact, the selection of the 2nd year department supervising professor this time had been very fierce.

That was because all of Lumern’s major professors wanted to teach the 2nd years, who were evaluated as a golden generation that could be counted on one hand in history.

And Anna had seen everything Ren had been up to.

After much trouble, he had obtained the position of 2nd year major supervising professor.

All of it was to guide Leo.

While it was a situation where Ren couldn’t help but be moved, from Anna’s perspective, who had to suffer because of Ren, she just wanted to cry.

‘Should I quit?’

While seriously thinking about submitting a resignation letter, Ren, who had finished calling attendance, spoke.

“Before class, everyone.”

Ren looked around at the students.

“Is there anyone who would like to discuss what the strongest spell among existing magic is?”

At those words, the students began to murmur.

There are countless powerful magics in this world.

Various answers could come out depending on the mage’s disposition, main attribute, and affiliation.

“What do you think?”

“Well.”

“It’s difficult.”

The students discussed among themselves.

Then Chloe raised her hand.

“Yes, Student Chloe.”

“The strongest existing magic is Star Magic, Terminus.”

At those words, Ren nodded.

“Correct.”

Ren looked around the lecture hall and spoke.

“At first glance, it might seem like a subjective answer could come out, but there is no magic in this world more powerful than Terminus. Whether it’s power or mana efficiency. Decisively, even the magic’s casting time is short.”

Ren smiled.

“Terminus is a perfect work of art created by the Progenitor of the Starry Skies.”

Ren spread both arms wide and said.

“Seeing how she defeated the Monster Queen during the recent Lusejeon made me even more convinced of that thought.”

Hearing Ren’s words, the Magic Studies Department students gulped nervously.

How could they forget?

Although the exact reason why the legendary hero appeared hasn’t been revealed, everyone here had directly witnessed that miracle.

The great mage that everyone in this world had only encountered in stories.

The greatest genius in the history of magic.

Everyone here had been together at that scene where the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, Luna Rubinance, descended.

And they had witnessed the ‘Terminus’ she used with their own two eyes.

“But Terminus is a difficult magic to use.”

Ren walked step- step- toward the blackboard.

And he picked up chalk and began writing about Terminus’s magic formula.

Complex and abstruse formulas filled the blackboard.

“Powerful might, excellent mana efficiency, and even short casting time. It’s a perfect spell if you can use it, but to use this, you need to understand all the complex magic formulas created by the Progenitor.”

The students who saw the magic formula made disgusted expressions.

Then one student raised their hand.

“Activation formulas have been developing recently. Wouldn’t it be possible to simplify the formula using activation formulas in the distant future?”

“Simplifying Terminus’s formula is very easy.”

“Excuse me?”

“This is the result of that.”

Ren smiled broadly.

‘That’s the simplified version?’

‘That’s impossible!’

‘Even though the formula is written out, I don’t understand it at all!’

The students held their heads.

“This is the result of elves who learned Star Magic in later generations simplifying the formula themselves. If simplified further than this, the magic itself won’t activate. Therefore, simplifying it as much as activation formulas can be considered impossible. Decisively, just simplifying the formula won’t make the magic activate. The most important thing is that you must learn Star Magic.”

The students nodded.

Star Magic.

Only after learning the elves’ unique magic could one finally learn Terminus.

“We’ll never have occasion to learn Terminus in our lifetime.”

“Sigh. I tried Star Magic too but… it didn’t work.”

Several students shook their heads.

Star Magic is the elves’ unique magic.

Of course, it’s not that other races can’t learn it.

But one’s wavelength must match Star Magic, and exceptional magical talent and sense are required.

Seeing the students shake their heads, Ren grinned.

“Certainly, until now, Star Magic has been in the realm of talent and sense for humans. But you all know this too. The fact that last year Senior Ain distributed the Hero’s Breath to Knight Academy students in Ajonia.”

At those words, the students made puzzled expressions.

And a moment later, understanding the meaning behind those words, they looked at Ren with ‘surely not’ faces.

“S-surely…”

“Did you succeed in increasing Star Magic’s versatility?”

Making Star Magic versatile for distribution had remained in an incomplete stage for a long time.

Although it was modified from the magic formula left by the Progenitor so elves could learn it, other races couldn’t even attempt it.

By now, it was treated as elves’ unique magic, and the academic world had determined it impossible for other races to use.

“During this winter break, a groundbreaking and miraculous magic thesis came out of Lumern.”

“T-that’s impossible!”

“Who on earth could have done such a thing?”

“Could it have been our graduated senior Torua…?”

“No! It could be senior Elena!”

“Or maybe it was one of the other professors who accomplished it?”

The entire student body fell into excitement.

They couldn’t help it.

Star Magic?

To be able to directly use the Progenitor’s magic that had been blocked by the wall of race for so long!

What could be more thrilling than this for a mage?

“Huhuhuh. You must be curious about who the author of that great thesis is!”

The students held their breath.

“The co-author of the thesis is right here in this very place!”

Ren raised his hand up.

The students’ gazes turned toward his fingertip.

And what was at the tip of his finger was…

“Huh? Me?”

Hearing this story for the first time, Leo had no choice but to ask Ren back.

“Huhuhuh. Student Leo. I was certain from the moment I first saw you last year. That you would leave a great mark on the world of magic in a short time.”

“So… me?”

“Huhuhuh. As expected, you are the greatest talent in the history of Lumern’s Magic Studies Department.”

“…”

Looking at Ren who only said what he wanted to say no matter how much he asked, Leo made an expression of disbelief.

“When did you write such a thesis?”

At Cal’s question, Leo made a reluctant expression.

“I’ve never written such a thesis though?”

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