Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 236

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236

The three people who received a lunch invitation from Mel headed to the Freshmen Magic Hall.

Mel asked them to wait at the Freshmen Magic Hall for a moment while she prepared, saying they would eat in her research lab.

“Ahh. The Freshmen Magic Hall. Brings back memories.”

“We were taking classes here just a few months ago, you know?”

“Fresh new students! We had times like that too.”

“Anyone would think you’re graduates.”

When Cal arrived at the Freshmen Magic Hall and started making a fuss with his sly attitude, Chloe held her head and Leo burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, the freshmen who had been struggling with their textbooks at the cafe terrace in front of the Magic Hall spotted the three and their eyes widened.

“Wait. Those three people… aren’t they Leo-senpai, Chloe-senpai, and Cal-senpai?”

“Where, where?”

“It really is them!”

The freshmen looked surprised.

The Magic Studies Department students came rushing over.

Seeing this, Cal muttered.

“Oh. As expected, the top students competing for 1st and 2nd place in Magic Studies and the Student Council President are popular with the underclass…”

“Cal-senpai! Hello!”

“Senpai, good to see you~”

“What brings you here?”

The freshmen swarmed around Cal.

Cal’s eyes widened at this.

Chloe, who had stepped back, tilted her head.

“He’s incredibly popular with the underclassmen.”

“Cal was the one who approached the freshmen most friendly during the welcome party.”

“That was just to promote his products, wasn’t it?”

“Still, from the underclassmen’s perspective, Cal is easier to approach. He’s entertaining too.”

“I can’t deny that he’s entertaining, but…”

Chloe trailed off as she watched Cal chatting friendly with the underclassmen.

Leo chuckled at the sight.

“What? Are you jealous?”

“J-jealous? As if!”

Leo chuckled at Chloe who got flustered with a slightly reddened face and pointed to one side.

“There seem to be kids over there who want to get close to you too?”

Chloe looked in the direction Leo pointed.

“I-it’s Chloe-senpai…!”

“This is my first time seeing her in person.”

“I read all the magic papers Chloe-senpai wrote when she was a freshman! I want her autograph!”

The freshmen were looking at Chloe with sparkling eyes.

Leo patted Chloe’s shoulder.

Chloe cleared her throat and approached the underclassmen.

“You guys. Why are you staring like that?”

“Gasp! S-senpai?”

“If you have something to say, say it. I’ll listen.”

Chloe straightened her grip on her magic tome as always and stood upright with her back straight.

She tried to act dignified as a senior, but it looked different to the underclassmen’s eyes.

“N-no, we don’t!”

“We’re sorry for staring!”

“We’ll never make eye contact again!”

“N-no… you don’t need to go that far…”

“W-we’re sorryyyyyyy!”

The freshmen screamed and scattered.

Chloe’s hand, who had wanted to approach the underclassmen, futilely cut through empty air.

Leo approached.

“What… what did I do wrong that they’re so scared of me?”

Leo said to Chloe who was making a tearful face.

“Didn’t you freeze all the examinees during the entrance exam? Isn’t it because of that?”

“That was because Professor Hallind told me to do my best!”

“Anyway, thanks to that, you’ve got the image of being a scary senior stuck to you.”

“Ugh!”

Chloe’s shoulders drooped.

Meanwhile, Cal, who had become popular with the underclassmen, wore a smug expression.

“By the way, don’t you have anything you want to ask me?”

At those words, the freshmen’s eyes sparkled.

“We do!”

“Heh? What is it?”

“How did you become a second-year?”

“…What do you mean by that?”

“Cal-senpai said it yourself. That you became a second-year even though your skills are inferior to other students.”

“You also said your head isn’t particularly good compared to other students! So surely you must have some study-related tips or something?”

“Classes are so difficult! How did Cal-senpai understand such class content?”

The freshmen were treating Cal as a student who luckily became a second-year.

Students who had experienced Cal during the entrance exam would find it hard to say such things, but the students here hadn’t met Cal during the entrance exam.

The freshmen thought there must have been some incredible secret to Cal becoming a second-year without receiving academic probation.

“Is it perhaps because you’re close with the Student Council President?”

“As expected, you need to get close to people in power…”

Veins bulged on Cal’s forehead as he watched the underclassmen talking seriously.

“You impudent brats!”

Acting too casually at the freshman welcome party had been the root of the problem.

Especially Lumern students, many of whom were nobles.

Given an inch, they were taking a mile with Cal endlessly.

‘Chloe has problems because they’re too scared of her, and Cal has problems because they look down on him too much.’

Leo, who had been shaking his head, paused.

‘Hmm.’

He swept his gaze across the entire Freshmen Magic Hall.

‘An unpleasant gaze.’

He could feel someone watching.

Being in a position where he drew attention wherever he went, he was used to gazes.

But…

‘I don’t particularly like being watched while hiding and observing.’

Leo curled up the corner of his mouth.

***

“Hmm. So that’s the famous Leo Flobe?”

5th floor of the Freshmen Magic Hall.

A freshman female student holding binoculars from a position where she could see the entire entrance of the Magic Hall opened her mouth wide and tore into some bread.

“From the outside, he just looks like an ordinary pretty boy?”

A male student standing in a proper posture in one corner of the room answered the female student’s muttering.

“Don’t judge by appearances. He’s the man who became Student Council President in his first year.”

The male student spoke calmly.

“He’s the most likely hero candidate to carry the next generation following the Sword Saint. He might be someone we’ll have to risk our lives for in the future, so observe him well.”

The female student looked at the male student and let out a scoff.

“Well, as someone affiliated with Lumern, you might be someone I’d have to risk my life to protect. But that has nothing to do with me.”

“Indeed, didn’t they say Shan’s shadows only move for Shan’s sake? Dogs that follow only their master’s orders without any justice or beliefs.”

“Hmph. I’d rather be a dog following my master’s orders. What you call justice and beliefs look like mental illness to me.”

The two glared at each other coldly.

It wasn’t the kind of aura hero candidates should have.

A sticky, cruel killing intent that bound people.

Just as both were lowering their stances simultaneously.

“Students caught fighting face disciplinary action.”

The male and female students were startled by the voice from beside them and swung their arms simultaneously.

Thud-! Thud-!

Leo caught both students’ arms with his hands.

“Oho.”

Leo let out an exclamation as he looked at the two students.

The male student relaxed and became docile.

But the female student didn’t.

Swoosh-!

With her arm caught, she lifted her leg to strike down on Leo’s arm.

Thud-!

Leo grabbed the female student’s ankle with his remaining hand as she tried to strike down.

Then he stomped on the female student’s foot with his own.

“Ugh!”

The female student rolled on the ground clutching her foot.

Looking at Leo who had easily subdued her, the female student shed a few tears and gritted her teeth as she muttered.

“H-how did you get in here?”

“Through the door.”

Leo said indifferently and crouched down in front of the female student.

“Fighting on the first day? How spirited.”

“Y-you were fighting just now too!”

Leo chuckled as he looked down at the female student groaning while clutching her ankle.

“I wasn’t fighting, just disciplining my juniors.”

Saying that, Leo looked at the male student.

The tall, thin male student adjusted his glasses and politely greeted Leo.

“I’m Fritz Edgon from the first-year Magic Studies Department. Leo Flobe-nim.”

Leo scratched his cheek as he watched Fritz bow elegantly like a butler.

“What’s with the ‘Leo-nim.’ Just call me senior.”

“I’m more comfortable with this.”

Saying that, Leo looked at the female student.

“You don’t seem to be from the Magic Studies Department.”

“Knight Department.”

The female student said as she stood up limping.

“My name is Elle Jane.”

With black hair and black eyes, she was clearly from the Eastern Region.

“Right. What’s your reason for watching me?”

“Watching? I was just gazing at the face of the Leo-senior I admire from afar~”

Leo chuckled as he watched Jane clasp her hands together and speak in a coquettish voice as if acting cute.

“Oh, really? Then let me ask you one thing. Why hasn’t Chen Xia returned?”

“Huh? Why are you asking me about her?”

“I asked because you’re learning the exact same aura technique as Chen Xia.”

At those words, Jane froze.

She slowly released her hands and looked at Leo with narrowed eyes.

This time Leo looked at Fritz and said.

“You two don’t seem to be from the same organization, so why did shadows from different organizations enroll as students?”

Fritz looked surprised.

“How do you know that…?”

“I can tell by looking.”

Among the existing students, there were none with the same aura as these two freshmen.

‘Except for Chen Xia, that is.’

Leo narrowed his eyes as he thought of his friend.

Even when he went to guide the freshmen, he had already noticed several students besides these two who gave off a different aura.

And he also knew they were ‘shadows.’

“Well, you were caught so easily because you’re inexperienced.”

“I’m overwhelmed that the great hero candidate is pointing out our inexperience.”

Jane said sullenly.

“You don’t like shadows enrolling in this academy, do you? Ask the principal about the reason. And about Chen Xia-nim…”

Jane glared fiercely at Leo and said.

“I have no obligation to tell you!”

Saying that, Jane stormed out of the room with a whoosh!

Leo watched her leave and looked at Fritz.

Fritz bowed politely.

“I also cannot explain the reason without orders from the principal.”

“Alright. Got it. I’ll ask directly later.”

Leo stood up from his seat.

‘I can just ask Mel anyway.’

***

Bubble bubble-

Stew was boiling in the pot.

Lumerne professors usually decorate their offices to suit themselves.

Usually, Magic Studies Department professors have items needed for magical research on one side of their offices.

But Mel’s office had a kitchen prominently positioned.

“It’s a hobby.”

Mel explained with a kind smile to the surprised Chloe and Cal.

When Chloe and Cal sat down, Mel used magic to bring the dishes to the dining table.

The two opened their eyes wide at the feast spread before them.

“Isn’t this too much?”

Cal asked, breaking out in a cold sweat, and Mel’s eyes widened.

“You’re teenagers in your prime growing years. You need to eat a lot to grow big and strong.”

Saying that, Mel personally served food to both of them.

Cal muttered as he looked at the food piled high on his plate.

“It’s like seeing my grandmother.”

“Me too.”

“Professor Mel! How old are you, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“It’s rude to ask a lady’s age. Hohoho.”

Cal scratched his cheek as he watched her cover her mouth and smile warmly.

Chloe put a meatball in her mouth with her fork and her eyes widened.

“It’s delicious! Really delicious!”

“Really? Let me try…”

Cal also tried the food and was amazed.

“Wow! This tastes even better than the restaurant food in our academy!”

The two, excited by the delicious food, began eating enthusiastically.

Mel chuckled softly as she watched them.

“Ugh… I feel like my stomach’s going to burst.”

“Me too… I need to go on a diet… Cal, won’t you make me some kind of weight loss pill? It would sell really well.”

“The female students in our dormitory were saying the same thing to me yesterday.”

“So what did you tell them?”

“I told them that if they eat weight loss pills like they eat snacks, they’ll get fat.”

Cal looked at Chloe with lukewarm eyes.

“I’ll tell you the exact same thing.”

“You got beaten up by the girls in your dormitory for saying that, didn’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“Then why can’t you think that you’ll get beaten by me too?”

Chloe, with veins bulging on her forehead, started hitting Cal repeatedly with a book.

Cal asked while defending against Chloe’s attacks with his arms.

“By the way, Professor Mel. Why did you invite us to dinner?”

“Hm? There’s no particular reason. I was just feeling lonely eating alone.”

Looking at Mel who was resting her chin on her hand and smiling brightly, Cal thought.

‘She really gives off a grandmother-like feeling, doesn’t she?’

“By the way, Cal is very interested in elixirs and Chloe is very interested in grimoires, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s right.”

Mel smiled brightly and approached the bookshelf in her professor’s office.

Then she pulled out a book.

Drrrrrk-!

The bookshelf opened like a sliding door, revealing a huge space inside.

There was a secret space inside.

Mel brought out a potion bottle and a grimoire from that place.

Thud-

Mel smiled as she placed the two items on the desk.

“It’s a grimoire written with dragon blood and dragon language magic.”

“Gasp!”

Cal’s jaw dropped.

Chloe also opened her eyes wide.

“You can’t take them out, but you can look at them as much as you want in my research lab.”

“Ooooh!”

“Thank you!”

The two with bright expressions received the potion bottle and grimoire from Mel.

While their attention was focused there, Mel handed Leo a note.

“Leo. This is the information about Sia that you requested.”

Leo, who received it, unfolded the note where the two couldn’t see.

Then he checked the contents inside and his eyes twitched.

“Is this information true?”

“Yes.”

Mel sighed bitterly.

“Due to family circumstances, Sia is going to resign as a Hero Candidate.”

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