Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 237

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237

Drip- Drop- Whoooooosh-!

Patter- Patter- Rain began to fall.

Corpses were scattered throughout the Rural Village.

In the middle of it all, a Girl was walking.

Cold spring rain washed down the ground.

Drip- Drip-

Red droplets fell from her body.

“Kugh- Cough!”

A figure cloaked in black was coughing up blood.

Looking down at him, the only survivor, Chen Xia spoke.

“I execute you for the crime of conspiring with Tartaros.”

“Kuhehe- How vicious.”

The man with near-fatal wounds spat out a sneer.

“I wonder what difference there is between you Shadows and us. For such a young Girl to be this cruel.”

“At least we don’t betray the World for our own greed.”

“Stop your pretentious babbling! In the end, you’re nothing but failures who can’t gain recognition from The Gods.”

A mocking smile appeared on the man’s face.

Slash-!

At that moment, a silver flash flew from behind Chen Xia and severed the man’s neck.

Splurt-!

Blood spurted.

Chen Xia’s body, which had been washed clean by the rainwater, was stained with blood again.

Chen Xia turned her head.

“Your Imperial Highness. Please do not dirty your ears with the vain words of evil ones.”

“Yes.”

Chen Xia answered calmly and turned around.

This marked the end of the traitors who had hidden in this village.

‘It’s a sensation I haven’t felt in a long time.’

Other Shadows who had revealed themselves were mutilating the corpses as if confirming their deaths.

Watching this scene, Chen Xia let out a deep breath.

‘My classmates would have frowned if they saw this.’

There was no telling what unexpected situations might arise from Tartaros’s black magic.

For Shadows, this level of confirmation killing was natural.

But it was definitely not a noble act.

However, this sight wasn’t unfamiliar to Chen Xia.

Rather, she accepted it as if it were natural.

It was a scene she had witnessed since childhood.

For the past year, she had simply been in Another World.

Trudge- Trudge-

Chen Xia began walking.

Chen Xia and the others were Shadows of the Shan Empire.

Shan Empire.

A great eastern nation boasting a long history.

Such Shan Empire had one epithet: the land of Shadows.

Great Heroes saved the World.

The age of heroes began.

After 2000 years had passed since the end of the Age of Calamity.

After calamity returned and the power of Hero Record became known to the World, it was heroes who came to lead the World’s affairs.

Many people admired and yearned for heroes.

They praised the great achievements of heroes and dreamed of becoming heroes themselves.

Hero Academies were established, countless Renowned Hero Families were born, and nations founded by heroes came into being.

Many countries made efforts to produce heroes.

‘But not the Shan Empire.’

The Shan Empire did not cultivate heroes.

It wasn’t that heroes weren’t born, but Shan valued Shadows more highly.

‘Since before this nation was founded… no, since before the age of heroes, we have been fighting.’

The official founding period of Shan was 4000 years ago, but Shan’s Shadows had existed since before 5000 years ago.

Since the Age of Calamity.

Throughout that long time, they had protected the World without even leaving their names in Hero Record.

‘More noble than anyone… and more wicked than anyone.’

Trudge- Trudge-

Having to live thoroughly in darkness, Shadows carry out their own justice.

Chen Xia stopped walking.

And upon discovering young Siblings hiding in an Alley, her eyes widened.

Perhaps due to the cold spring rain, the Siblings were shivering.

Step- Step-

“Are you okay?”

At Chen Xia’s question, the Siblings hugged each other tighter.

“Are you very cold? Come with big sister…”

“Eek!”

Chen Xia reached out her hand to help the children.

Then the Boy hugged his Girl tightly and squeezed his eyes shut.

At that scream, Chen Xia’s hand stopped in mid-air.

After hesitating, Chen Xia soon smiled bitterly and said.

“Sorry. I seem to have frightened you.”

She straightened her crouched body.

“There won’t be any scary things from now on. So don’t stay here and go home. You’ll catch a cold if you stay here.”

Saying that, Chen Xia left the Alley.

“Brother, the pretty lady was trying to help us…”

“Shh! Hurry and follow me. That person is a witch!”

The Young Boy covered his sister’s mouth and quickly hid deep in the Alley.

‘You saw it. Me hunting.’

Chen Xia looked down at her hands.

They were the same clean hands as usual.

But just moments ago, they had been soaked with blood.

It was familiar.

Killing others.

It was familiar.

Being an object of fear to someone.

But the stirring in her heart…

‘For the past year… I must have dreamed deeply.’

It seemed she had been temporarily blinded by that dazzling year.

‘Right.’

Chen Xia clenched her fist tightly.

‘This place is where I belong.’

She closed her eyes.

The faces of friends she had studied with for a year came to mind.

Finally, the image of one Young Boy appeared.

Someone who seemed born to become a hero.

A pure white person whose surroundings are always filled with light and hope.

‘I… can never become like Young Master Leo after all.’

Their birth origins are different.

Thinking this, Chen Xia disappeared into the darkness.

***

“Phew.”

Riina let out a deep sigh.

“What a headache.”

Wearing her uniform, she grabbed the necktie around her neck and loosened it.

“An incident breaks out in the first month of my term.”

With an annoyed expression, Riina took out a bottle of alcohol from the cabinet next to her office table.

She poured it into a glass and fell into thought.

‘So they’re going to do things their way after all?’

Sitting on her office desk, Riina’s eyes fell on an envelope containing a letter sent from the Shan Empire.

The content of the letter was simple.

It was a letter stating that Shan’s princess Chen Xia would be withdrawing from school.

‘It must be the Emperor’s will not to let Shan’s talent leak to the outside.’

Shan’s imperial family lives thoroughly shrouded in veils.

Only the Emperor can reveal himself to the world.

Even the person who will become the next Emperor cannot reveal themselves to the world until they become Emperor.

Shan’s tradition that has continued for thousands of years.

And among Shan’s imperial family, those with talent who don’t become Emperor live their lives as Shadows, not heroes.

That was Shan’s tradition.

‘I just don’t understand that country.’

Riina had also lived half her life as Lumern’s Shadow.

Initially, she too had been a Lumern student.

But when Riina was about to graduate, Lumern’s Shadow faction made her an offer.

Accepting that offer, she came to live the life of a Shadow.

‘If it were me, I wouldn’t make my child do dirty work and would let them live in bright light!’

If the Emperor were right in front of her, she’d want to give him a piece of her mind.

It’s not that she regrets her life as a Shadow.

She too had walked a bloody path, but she never thought it was wrong.

Even if she went back to the past, she would live the life of a Shadow.

But…

‘I wouldn’t deliberately push children down that path.’

Looking at just her first-year grades, Chen Xia is an excellent Hero Candidate.

To push a talent who could walk the path of a hero onto the path of Shadows.

‘That country is definitely not in its right mind.’

Riina let out a deep sigh.

‘The biggest problem is that Chen Xia herself seems willing to quit being a Hero Candidate.’

She couldn’t forcibly bring someone who didn’t want to come.

Moreover, the other party wasn’t just any Renowned Hero Family, but the Shan Empire’s Imperial Family.

And her status is that of a princess.

‘For now, I have no choice but to go see her myself…’

Just as Riina was thinking this.

Knock knock-

“Come in.”

The door opened with the knocking sound.

Seeing who had come to the Headmaster’s Office, Riina made a puzzled expression.

“What brings the Student Council President here at this hour? You should have classes.”

“I skipped them.”

“They say you’re the best honor student in Lumern’s history, but you have surprisingly delinquent aspects?”

“Headmaster, you’re also drinking from midday.”

At Leo’s words, Riina, who had been swirling her glass, set it down with a thud.

“I have my reasons for that.”

Riina got down from her office desk and pointed to the guest sofa.

“Sit. The Student Council President must have a reason for coming to see me.”

Leo sat on the sofa.

“So. What’s your reason for seeking me out?”

“It’s about Chen Xia.”

“Chen Xia.”

Riina, leaning back against the sofa, said.

“You heard from Dormitory Supervisor Sena, right? That she might withdraw due to family circumstances.”

“Yes.”

“Then there’s nothing you can do even as Student Council President. Lumern isn’t special. As an educational institution, we teach students who are qualified. We cannot teach students who are unqualified.”

“Does that qualification refer to one’s will? Or does it refer to one’s disposition?”

“What do you mean?”

“I get the feeling that Chen Xia wants to withdraw because she’s a Shadow.”

“…”

At Leo’s words, Riina’s expression changed subtly.

“Did Chen Xia tell you?”

“No. I just vaguely got that feeling.”

“Amazing. The youngest Student Council President really is different.”

Riina stroked her chin in admiration.

“Then I understand even less. You know well that heroes and Shadows have the same goal, but ideologically can never mix, don’t you?”

Riina smiled deeply.

“There are many Hero Candidates who dislike Shadows.”

That was true.

Among Hero Candidates, those with obsessive tendencies included students who despised Shadows.

Because what Shadows do is far from heroic.

“The extremists are especially problematic. They don’t hesitate to torture, massacre, and such. Under the pretext of completely rooting out traitors, they often harm innocent people.”

Riina, letting out a sneer, looked at Leo.

“In my view, Leo Flobe. You’re someone born to become a hero.”

Riina propped her chin and crossed her legs.

“Is your interest in Chen Xia because she’s a friend? You don’t need to get involved in Shadow-related matters. Just remain a noble hero.”

“A noble hero…”

Leo made an amused expression.

“For someone who says that, you’ve done well accepting Shadow candidates into Lumern.”

Riina’s cold gaze reached Leo.

“I noticed during the field trip. That several underclassmen were being raised as Shadows.”

Riina chuckled.

“Extremists exist among heroes too. There are many heroes who massacred innocent people. It’s just a difference of whether there was justification or not. To me, they look the same.”

“The same?”

Riina made an interested expression.

“Yes. Heroes or Shadows. What’s different about them?”

“Interesting way of thinking.”

Riina chuckled.

“Right. From the perspective of fighting Tartaros, heroes and Shadows are the same. But…”

Riina’s eyes narrowed.

“There’s a crucial difference between the two.”

“A decisive difference?”

“That’s right.”

Riina rose from her seat, picked up the wine glass that had been placed on her office desk, and poured its contents into her mouth.

Then she looked at Leo and said.

“No matter what great feats the Shadows accomplish, they can never have their names recorded in the Hero Record.”

Riina let out a deep sigh.

“God bestows praise upon the deeds of heroes, but does not bestow praise upon the deeds of Shadows.”

Thud-

Riina set down her wine glass with a bitter smile.

“It means that Shadows are beings abandoned by God.”

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