Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 250

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250

“Since I’m here anyway, I wanted to do some sightseeing.”

Leo muttered as he walked through the exotic street scenery.

“It’s not good to miss classes for a long time at the beginning of the semester.”

“How about visiting our country again during this summer vacation? I’ll guide you to the tourist attractions.”

“If nothing special comes up, visiting wouldn’t be bad.”

Leo chuckled at Chen Xia’s words.

Following behind the two, Fritz adjusted his glasses.

“This exotic scenery is certainly worth appreciating. I should come again if I get the chance…”

“Don’t ever come back. Shoo- shoo-“

Jane waved her hands dismissively at Fritz’s muttering.

“Jane.”

“Y-yes!”

“You should get along well with your classmate friends.”

“This guy is a friend…!”

“Hmm?”

“…I’ll get along well with him…”

Jane, who had been getting worked up, shrank back before Chen Xia’s gentle smile.

Watching Jane like this, Fritz smiled smugly.

Seeing Fritz like that, sparks flew from Jane’s eyes.

‘I’ll beat him to a pulp when we get back!’

She clenched her fists and trembled with anger.

Meanwhile, people’s gazes were fixed on Leo’s group.

Since all four were wearing Lumern uniforms, they couldn’t help but stand out.

“By the way, which class was I assigned to?”

“Ah, you wouldn’t know.”

Having missed school, Chen Xia didn’t know much about the current 2nd year situation.

“Currently, 2nd year doesn’t have the class concept.”

“What?”

“2nd year is divided into three dormitories. It’s a structure where dormitories compete against each other.”

Hearing Leo’s words, Chen Xia’s eyes lit up.

“That sounds interesting.”

“You, me, and Chloe are dormitory heads.”

“I’m in the same dormitory as you, Leo?”

Chen Xia, who had been laughing happily, hesitated.

The moment she heard that she, Leo, and Chloe were heads of the same dormitory, she had a feeling.

“What about the other dormitory heads?”

“Selia, Chelsea, and Woreden are heads of the same dormitory, and Avad, Eliza, and Duran are together.”

“…Are those dormitories okay?”

At first glance, it seemed like a questionable combination.

Seeing Chen Xia ask with genuine concern, Leo chuckled.

“Surprisingly, they seem to get along well.”

“I see.”

Chen Xia nodded.

Meanwhile, it was time for the Lumern Warp Gate to operate.

As the four people stepped onto the warp gate, it activated.

***

Lumerne Principal’s Office.

At her desk, Riina was handling official business.

“How unexpected.”

Sedjen admired Riina’s appearance.

“What is?”

“I did recommend you as Lumern Principal, but honestly, I didn’t think you’d be this diligent in your principal duties.”

“You bastard! So that’s what you were thinking!”

Riina’s eyes flashed as she grabbed a bottle from one side of her desk and threw it at Sedjen.

Thud-!

Sedjen easily caught the bottle and placed it on the guest table.

“Anyway, I’m worried.”

“About Chen Xia?”

“Yes. Student Xia not only has top-tier abilities among 2nd years, but she’s also an elegant student with the leadership to embrace her classmates.”

Sedjen sighed.

“The other kids also have natural leadership.”

“That’s true, but they’re still immature.”

“Hmm. So arranging the dormitory heads this way was to develop their leadership through competition?”

“That’s right.”

Sedjen had the biggest influence in selecting each dormitory head.

“If we had separated Chloe, Xia, and Leo Flobe, it would have been an ideal structure. But it might have blocked other students’ growth potential.”

Though not disclosed to students or reflected in evaluation scores, there was an item that scored each class president when the 2nd years were 1st years.

Leo took first place, while Chloe and Chen Xia tied for second.

Among the 10 classes, Class 1 was evaluated as the most challenging to be class president of.

Class 1 happened to have the highest-achieving students.

Moreover, it had Selia and Duran, who came from renowned hero families and had very strong abilities and pride.

Students who could be class president anywhere they went.

Class 1 could have collapsed if Selia and Duran’s rivalry had gone wrong.

But Chloe perfectly served as a mediator between them.

She naturally gained recognition as Class 1’s leader.

Chen Xia was no less impressive.

If Class 1 was the most challenging class, Class 10 was the most difficult.

Class 10 had many students with rough, hot-tempered personalities.

Students who threw punches first when angry.

It was a class with many so-called problem students.

Chen Xia pacified the wild Class 10 in just one week.

And their class average was 3rd place.

Naturally, excluding Classes 1 and 5, it had the highest 2nd year advancement rate.

All of this was possible because Chen Xia was there.

“So-called big sister leadership… something like that?”

“Something like that.”

Though she looked young, Chen Xia was the oldest among 1st years and had a mature, precocious personality.

As a result, even students with bad tempers surprisingly couldn’t act up in front of Chen Xia.

In fact, some Class 10 students called Chen Xia “big sister” or “elder sister.”

“In Knight Studies or Summoning Studies classes, she mediated between Selia and Duran, Woreden and Eliza.”

Sedjen chuckled.

“Indeed. Even among 1st years, with that level of leadership, she’d naturally lead the others.”

Selia, Chelsea, Woreden, Avad, Eliza, Duran.

These six students are specially regarded at Lumern.

Sedjen wanted these six to actively demonstrate leadership as well.

“They’re definitely rivals, but putting them together can create synergy.”

“I see. But you’re reluctant to mention Leo Flobe?”

Riina tilted her head.

At that, Sedjen’s face turned grim.

“Leo Flobe… Leo is on a different level.”

He proudly elevated Class 5, which had been the lowest-ranked class, to the final 2nd place among first-year classes.

And not a single student was expelled in the process.

Most people think it was due to Hallind’s strict educational policies shining through, but Leo’s influence was actually greater.

“I know he’s on a different level. But specifically, how is he different?”

“Right. Leo stimulates the students around him.”

“Stimulates?”

Sedjen narrowed his eyes.

“He’s always standing ahead of others. Always one step ahead. Just when you think you’ve caught up, he’s another step ahead.”

He let out a deep sigh.

“It wouldn’t be strange for those chasing him to feel despair that the gap never closes.”

“Certainly.”

“But Leo’s overwhelming skill makes other students yearn for more.”

“Yearn?”

“Right. That back of his stimulates students while also comforting them. Sometimes it seems to say ‘you can do it too.'”

“Why would that be?”

“Because he always challenges what seems impossible.”

“Oh.”

Riina exclaimed in admiration.

“Leo always challenges his limits. And he achieves beyond those limits as if it’s natural.”

“Indeed.”

Riina nodded her head.

Such a person would inevitably be admired.

Being able to see such a person in the same generation is an incredible blessing.

“But why do you dislike Leo?”

“Do you know how annoying he is during class? He’s even more annoying because he’s so elegant!”

Just as Sedjen was venting his frustration.

Knock-knock-

“Come in.”

The headmaster’s office door opened and a professor entered.

“What’s the matter?”

“The 2nd year student Leo and the 1st year students Fritz and Jane who went to assist him have returned.”

“Already?”

Hearing the news that they had completed their mission and returned in just one day, Riina’s eyes widened.

“So? What about Chen Xia?”

“Chen Xia has also returned.”

“He really convinced that completely stubborn person.”

Riina let out a hollow laugh.

Sedjen, who heard the news, crossed his arms.

Then he made a sullen expression and muttered.

“Elegant as always.”

***

“Sia! Welcome back! I was so worried!”

Chloe wore a bright expression as she firmly grasped Chen Xia’s hands upon her return to the dormitory.

It wasn’t just Chloe.

All the students had come out to the dormitory lounge to welcome Chen Xia’s return.

“I was surprised when I heard you suddenly received a mission.”

Oh- oh- Iliana exclaimed in admiration.

“What kind of mission was it? Taking even freshmen along?”

“It’s a secret since it was Chen Xia’s family matter.”

“Ugh! Don’t be so petty and tell us!”

Despite Iliana’s whining, Leo remained silent while sitting on the sofa.

Iliana, who had been making a sullen expression while looking at Leo, approached Chen Xia.

“Sia! Why did you come so late after the vacation ended?”

Everyone looked at Iliana.

Knowing it was a family matter, it was something they usually wouldn’t ask about.

On the other hand, since everyone was curious about it, they also paid attention to Chen Xia’s words.

At Iliana’s question, Chen Xia smiled slightly.

“My family told me to withdraw from Lumern.”

“Whaaaat?”

“What kind of nonsense is that!”

Everyone made shocked expressions at the unexpected words.

“That was the original condition. If I didn’t become the top of my year during my first year, I would withdraw.”

At those words, everyone looked back and forth between Leo and Chen Xia.

Everyone knew Chen Xia’s abilities well.

If there was a student she couldn’t beat in terms of skill, Leo was the only one.

“Even so, that’s too much! Do you know how difficult it is to enter Lumern, yet they tell you to withdraw if you can’t be the best! What kind of family tells their eldest daughter to withdraw!”

One large male student got angry.

He was a spirit knight student from Class 10.

“The Shan Imperial Family.”

“Even if it’s the Shan Imperial Family, such nonsense… Huh?”

“The, the Shan Imperial Family?”

Everyone made shocked expressions.

Chen Xia smiled brightly and nodded her head.

Chloe asked urgently in surprise.

“Sia, you… were a member of the Shan Imperial Family.”

“Yes. I’m the heir to Shan, for now.”

Everyone’s jaws dropped at the unimaginable status.

They wondered if she might be joking.

Everyone looked at Leo.

Under the gaze of his dormitory classmates, Leo nodded indifferently.

“Wow… so you were a Shadow.”

“Lumern students are Hero Candidates.”

“Shh. Don’t talk about Shadows or heroes.”

Confusion arose among the students.

It was inevitable.

For thousands of years, the Shan Imperial Family had been Shadows.

If she was the next emperor of Shan, it made sense that she was urged to withdraw.

Since it must be a sensitive issue for Chen Xia, everyone watched her reaction.

Then Chloe stepped forward.

“The family matter was resolved well, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s a relief.”

Chloe smiled brightly.

Looking at Chloe, Chen Xia made a bright expression.

“Thank you for worrying about me, Chloe.”

Chen Xia, who had said that, spoke.

“As you all think, I was a Shadow. But I entered Lumern because I wanted to become a hero. So it might be difficult, but I hope you’ll continue to treat me as Chen Xia, the Lumern student you’ve known until now.”

At those words, the students who had been looking at each other said.

“Right. Chen Xia is Chen Xia.”

“What’s wrong with being a Shadow? Sia has helped us so much.”

“Besides, without Sia, we’d fall behind in competition with the other dormitory students!”

“We don’t care about your identity!”

“Thank you.”

Chen Xia smiled brightly.

‘She’s decided to go with a frontal breakthrough.’

Watching her, Leo chuckled inwardly.

It seemed she had already shaken off her worries about her identity.

Then Leo and Chen Xia’s eyes met.

‘Yes, that’s all that matters.’

When Leo nodded, Chen Xia smiled even more brightly.

“Oh right. Come to think of it, Chloe. Is there a personal workshop in the dormitory suitable for alchemy?”

“Hm? Of course there is.”

“There’s nothing the dormitory doesn’t have! It’s in the basement! I’ll show you around!”

Iliana gave a thumbs up.

Then she tilted her head.

“But Sia. Do you also know how to use magic?”

“No.”

“Then why do you need the alchemy workshop?”

“I want to manufacture poison, and it’s better to make it with safety-verified equipment.”

“It’s true that an alchemy workshop is safe for making poison… What did you say you’re making?”

Iliana looked at Chen Xia with a shocked expression.

Seeing that look, Chen Xia smiled slyly.

“I didn’t use it when I was hiding my identity, but now that it’s been revealed. Aura skills using poison.”

Everyone gulped nervously.

“Besides that, poison is utilized in various other Shadow techniques.”

Everyone slowly backed away from Chen Xia.

‘Let’s never mess with Chen Xia from now on.’

Everyone thought the same thing.

Leo covered his face with his hand.

‘Even so, that’s being too honest.’

***

“Hey, Jane. You already went on a mission practicum?”

“And you went with the Student Council President!”

“Fritz! Tell us! What kind of mission was it!”

1st Year Classroom Building Auditorium.

Among the ten classes gathered, there were those at the center of attention.

They were Fritz and Jane.

The fact that they had gone on a mission practicum with Leo, the Student Council President, despite having enrolled not long ago was enough to draw the attention of all the freshmen.

“It wasn’t that big a deal.”

Jane smiled at her classmates.

“It’s nothing special, so focus on your studies.”

Fritz also answered with his characteristic expressionless face.

“Tch. They probably can’t talk about it because it’s nothing special.”

Some students sent envious remarks.

This was when the freshmen’s competitive spirit toward each other was at its peak.

Then Jane and Fritz, who were sitting far apart, made eye contact.

Both of them simultaneously snorted with disdain.

“Wow… I’m jealous.”

Luke muttered while looking at Fritz and Jane from afar, and Juwen crossed his arms.

“I’m not jealous, not jealous at all!”

Just when the entire auditorium was in an uproar over Fritz and Jane’s matter.

Thud-

Someone appeared on the platform.

Even then, the freshmen were busy chattering.

“If you don’t quiet down within 10 seconds, I’ll have you all expelled.”

The freshmen flinched at the ominous voice.

And realizing that Hallind was now standing on the platform, they turned pale.

“Hey! Be quiet!”

“Professor Hallind is here!”

“Shut up!”

The new students who were still chattering without reading the atmosphere were forcibly silenced by others.

“Last year’s second-years had some sense and would quiet down just from my appearance.”

Hallind muttered in a bored voice.

At those words, the freshmen flinched and trembled.

Seeing the freshmen’s shoulders droop, Hallind clicked his tongue.

“Pathetic. Are you getting discouraged just because you were compared once?”

“B-but Professor Hallind. The second-year seniors are the golden generation.”

“You seem to have too much fear of the second-years.”

It couldn’t be helped.

Having been unilaterally hunted during the entrance exam, it was natural to be intimidated.

“They call them the golden generation, but in my view, those guys are just yellow chicks like you.”

‘Though there is one monster among them.’

Hallind said, recalling Leo whom he had taught last year.

“This works out perfectly. Then I’ll arrange an opportunity for you to become friends with the second-years you so admire as the golden generation.”

The freshmen looked puzzled at Hallind’s words.

“I’ll announce the first semester final exam assignment.”

Everyone looked shocked at the sudden announcement of final exam topics from the beginning of the semester.

“Of course, this isn’t your exam assignment but the second-years’ exam assignment.”

“What?”

Why would he announce the second-years’ exam assignment here?

“Starting tomorrow, the second-years will become your mentors.”

“Mentors?”

“What’s that?”

“Are the second-year seniors going to teach us?”

“You will have no withdrawal recommendations due to low test scores until the end of the first semester.”

Everyone’s eyes widened.

“However.”

Hallind smiled coldly.

“After the first semester final exam, those below the cutline in the comprehensive evaluation will be eliminated. In addition to that…”…”

***

Same time.

Second-Year Classroom Building.

“If the freshmen you’re in charge of receive withdrawal recommendations, you’ll also have to withdraw.”

“Whaaaaaaat?”

At Sedjen’s sudden bombshell announcement, all the second-years fell into panic.

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