Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 25

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25

Cal, who witnessed Leo’s special physical training, ran away immediately.

Chelsea, who trained with Leo on the first day, felt that something was seriously wrong.

But it was already too late to turn back.

Selia, who initially refused, gave up and committed to training with Leo.

Fortunately, since she had already experienced it before, it was more bearable than the first time.

“D-does this really work?”

“It does. Leo’s training is brutish but unnecessarily systematic.”

As they returned to the girls’ dormitory, Selia answered Chelsea’s question with a soulless expression.

Then she gave Chelsea a smile filled with malice.

“Welcome to hell, Chelsea Rwallin.”

That smile made Chelsea look terrified.

“You’re chatting, so it must be manageable?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You demon!”

When Leo said this with a laugh, Selia grabbed Leo’s collar with her trembling arms and shook him.

And so, what was a sweet weekend for some.

A hellish weekend for others passed, and the second week at Lumern began.

Cal asked Chelsea, who was sprawled on her desk with trembling limbs.

“Chelsea, are you alive?”

“No… I think I’m dying.”

“Here. I went into Lumeria yesterday and got you the finest muscle relief patches.”

“For me?”

“Yeah, we’re classmates after all.”

Cal handed Chelsea patches that were good for muscle recovery.

Chelsea received the patches with a slightly moved expression.

Cal then extended his palm toward Chelsea’s face.

“What does this hand mean?”

“I’ll sell them to you at a special 30% discount. Since we’re friends.”

“Go die.”

Chelsea threw the patches at Cal’s face and said coldly.

Cal chuckled and placed the patches on Chelsea’s desk.

“Still, cheer up. If you’re aspiring to be a Battle Mage, you have to do this, right?”

“Want to join? I’ll ask Leo oppa if you can train with us.”

“Ah, no. I’m fine.”

Cal smiled awkwardly, shook his head, then whispered to Leo.

“Couldn’t you go easier on them?”

“I was already going easy.”

“That was going easy?”

Cal resolved to never train with Leo again.

“By the way, what kind of person will our homeroom professor be?”

Cal sat in his chair and clasped his hands behind his head.

“I hope it’s a pretty female professor.”

Creak-

As soon as he finished speaking, the classroom door opened and a disheveled middle-aged man entered with an attendance book.

Seeing him with dark circles under his eyes, the flustered students quickly returned to their seats.

The man at the podium carelessly put down the attendance book, picked up chalk, and wrote his name on the blackboard.

Tap- tap tap.

The faces of Class 5 students who confirmed the name written on the blackboard turned pale.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Hallind Edmon, your homeroom professor.”

He was the most famous person among Lumern’s faculty.

A teacher who mainly handled upperclassmen like 4th or 5th years!

His nickname was the Wall of Wailing!

The professor who expelled the most students at Lumern!

That was Hallind Edmon.

Sensing his classmates’ unusual reactions, Leo quietly asked Cal, who sat in front.

“Is he a famous professor?”

“Not just famous – he’s been a professor at Lumern for nearly 20 years.”

Cal whispered back and gulped nervously.

“Many of his students have become heroes, but just as many seniors have been expelled. He usually takes charge of upperclassmen, so why is he teaching 1st years…!”

Hallind opened the attendance book.

“I’ll now take attendance. Cal Thomas.”

“Y-yes!”

“Iliana Raden.”

“Yes.”

Despite it being just attendance, the Class 5 students showed tense reactions.

Leo’s name was called last among the 45 students.

“Leo Flobe.”

“Yes.”

Thud-!

Hallind closed the attendance book and spoke with a tired expression.

“Some students might be wondering why I’m teaching 1st years.”

He casually stuck his hands in his jacket pockets and spoke with an unmotivated expression.

“This year’s class has higher average entrance exam scores compared to your seniors. So Lumern’s higher-ups have high expectations.”

Students who learned this fact for the first time looked surprised.

The classroom atmosphere instantly heated up at the fact they were expected to excel.

Then a female student raised her hand.

“What is it? Iliana Raden.”

“Are the other class professors also people who don’t usually teach 1st years?”

“That’s right.”

“Is homeroom professor assignment random?”

“No, each chose the class they wanted. I chose you all.”

Hallind wasn’t just famous for expelling students, but also a capable professor who had raised many excellent students.

Hearing that such a professor had chosen them, the Class 5 students couldn’t help but be excited.

“Is there a special reason you chose our class!”

“Because you have the lowest average entrance exam scores among the ten classes.”

The excited atmosphere instantly deflated.

“Do you know why I’ve expelled the most students? Iliana Raden.”

“N-no.”

“For efficiency.”

Professor Hallind looked at Iliana with dry eyes.

“It’s better to filter out students with no potential early and focus on teaching those with possibility. Don’t you think so?”

Tears welled up in Iliana’s eyes as she received Hallind’s gaze head-on – the same look that made even Lumern’s elite 5th years tremble.

When all Class 5 students except Leo were holding their breath and watching Hallind nervously.

Iliana’s savior was a woman in her mid-twenties wearing glasses who entered the classroom.

“Oh my! Professor Hallind. How can you scare the students on the first day!”

She sighed deeply and stood next to Professor Hallind.

“Hello, Class 5 everyone! I’m Sena Tilia, your assistant homeroom teacher.”

Professor Sena, with light brown hair and a bright personality, was clearly the opposite of homeroom teacher Hallind.

“Everyone! You don’t need to think Professor Hallind is too scary! Even though he talks like this, he actually cares deeply about his students…”

“Sena Tilia. Follow me outside.”

Professor Sena, who had been reassuring the students, was called out.

“You haven’t changed since you were a student. How many times have I told you to fix that frivolous personality?”

“I’m sorry! I’ll correct it! I won’t do it again!”

Through the slightly open classroom door, they could see Sena’s pale face as she frantically bowed her head.

“I like our assistant homeroom teacher.”

“Me too. Even if she’s just an assistant, she needs a good personality for us to breathe and live.”

When Chelsea said this with a smile, Cal nodded as well.

The other students seemed to feel the same way, and the atmosphere relaxed a little.

After a moment, the two professors returned to the classroom and stood in front of the blackboard again.

“Earlier I said I was assigned as your homeroom teacher because you had the lowest average entrance exam scores, right?”

“Yes…”

When the students answered in dejected voices, Professor Hallind made an indifferent expression.

“At Lumern, entrance exam grades become meaningless within three months.”

The students’ eyes widened.

“No matter what education you received before entering Lumern, Lumern teaches beyond that. That’s why Lumern first-year grades tend to fluctuate severely. It’s common for top students’ grades to hit rock bottom, and the reverse is equally true.”

Professor Hallind slammed the podium with a bang!

“By the midterm exams, one of you could become the top student of the year.”

The entire class atmosphere stirred.

“But you must remember this fact. Conquering the Heroes’ World is certainly a privilege of hero cadets, but it’s also an obligation. Does any student know why it’s an obligation?”

Chelsea raised her hand.

“Chelsea Rwallin, answer.”

“Because you could lose your life.”

“Correct.”

Professor Hallind said coldly.

“In my 20 years of teaching at Lumern, I’ve attended many students’ funerals.”

The sound of gulping dry saliva could be heard from various places.

“As long as you’re Lumern students, you cannot refuse to conquer the Heroes’ World. That’s a matter of risking your lives. I only want to send students who have the ability to survive there. Students who can’t do that…”

Professor Hallind said forcefully.

“I will expel them before they die a dog’s death. This is why I took charge of you, who have the lowest average scores.”

Having said that much, Professor Hallind handed the attendance book to Sena.

“That’s all I have to say. We’ll start combat studies class now, so change into your gym clothes and come out to the training ground.”

Professor Hallind left the classroom briskly.

“Well then, everyone! See you at the training ground!”

Sena smiled at the students before leaving the classroom.

The students got their gym clothes from the lockers at the back of the classroom and headed to the changing rooms.

“He doesn’t seem to be just scary.”

Cal spoke up as he entered the boys’ changing room.

“Right. When you think about it, Professor Hallind is also one of the most respected professors at Lumern.”

A classmate walking beside him said.

‘His name was Taide, right?’

While Leo recalled the name, Taide continued speaking.

“He has the lowest student mortality rate.”

The number of students who die at Lumern each year is not small.

It’s not because the academy drives them into danger.

Rather, Lumern prioritizes student safety above all else.

But the reason deaths still occur is because the path students pursue is that of heroes.

A hero is one who leaps into trials to save people.

Conquering the Heroes’ World and hero dungeons.

Plus solving incidents that occur around the world.

Life at Lumern Academy inevitably has dangers lurking at all times.

“Professor Hallind scared the students from the start probably to remind us of that fact. So let’s all work hard from now on.”

When everyone was nodding seriously at Taide’s words.

“Oh my? You’re the type who looks skinny when dressed?”

A soprano-toned voice came through the open window.

The chattering voices of female students could be heard.

Come to think of it, the girls’ changing room was right next to the boys’ changing room.

At the voice coming from outside the window, the male students made solemn expressions.

And they gathered in the middle of the changing room and lowered their voices.

“Who do you think looks skinny when dressed?”

“Iliana?”

“No, that was Iliana’s voice just now.”

They held a discussion with an incomparably more serious atmosphere than before.

“It might be Nella.”

When Cal mentioned the slender beauty Nella Caven, the male students gasped in admiration.

“That makes sense!”

“Right! Nella seems like she’d have surprising charm.”

Leo shook his head at the completely pointless but serious conversation of the adolescent boys.

‘Are these guys really hero cadets?’

Anyone would wonder what kind of hero candidates these were.

But Leo knew someone who would seriously discuss such topics even in life-or-death situations.

A hero.

And not just any hero, but a great hero at that.

None other than [God’s Blacksmith] Dweno.

‘Why is that kind of guy respected and still remembered while I’m forgotten?’

Leo felt wronged once again.

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