Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 264

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264

“I heard there was a commotion with the Ajonia students.”

That evening.

Before heading to Demian, Ain called Selia, Chen Xia, and Duran to have a conversation.

“Of course, Ajonia was the first to take Chloe Muller away. But couldn’t you have handled it more wisely?”

Selia responded to Ain’s words.

“I think if we had informed the professors, it could have ended without major friction.”

“So you fought with Ajonia knowing that fact? Don’t you think it was a hasty decision? Although they provided the pretext, if things had gone wrong, it could have led to conflict between schools.”

The four great Hero Academies share the same origin.

They were created by the Heroes of the Cataclysm, the founders, to nurture heroes for future generations.

While their directions differed due to each founder’s personality, characteristics, and race, their ultimate goal was one.

The complete subjugation of Tartaros.

Therefore, all Hero Academies were in cooperative relationships.

However, as many years had passed, friction between them was inevitable.

Even with the same goal, their approaches were different.

For this very reason, there had been large-scale wars not only between Hero Academies but also between races.

The most recent was the war between humans and elves.

The Lusejeon between the two schools, which began as a matter of pride, also started as a friendly match for ‘harmony between races.’

Due to the influence of that war, even now it’s difficult for humans and other races to freely enter elven territory.

And between humans and elves.

The war between these two races began with conflicts between Lumern and Seirun students.

Duran responded to Ain’s words.

“The reason we went to rescue Chloe Muller ourselves without informing the professors was to solve student problems among students.”

“Besides, the Ajonia students were targeting Young Master Leo. Since they used extreme methods for that, we thought a warning was necessary. A warning that we wouldn’t stand still if they touched our school’s students.”

“I think if we had solved the problem through professors, they would have looked down on us. They might have used even more extreme methods.”

Ain, who had been emanating a cold atmosphere, smiled with satisfaction.

She was pleased with her students’ confident attitude despite her interrogation.

Clap clap clap-

“Elegance! Elegance!”

At that moment, Professor Sedjen burst in with an moved expression, clapping his hands.

“For comrades! For friends! Not tolerating injustice! That is truly Lumern’s chivalry! Excellent! Student Selia! Student Chen Xia! Student Duran!”

“Professor Ain! I think these students should receive rewards, not punishment! 50 points each in attitude scores for the three…!”

“Professor Sedjen. It’s troublesome if you give points freely just because they were your class students in first year.”

“Ain! Do you see me as such a narrow-minded professor who would give points for such petty reasons!”

Sedjen was indignant, but his great affection for students he had managed was already famous.

“The points Professor Sedjen mentioned are excessive, but your actions deserve rewards. I’ll give you each 10 additional points.”

“Ain, you’ve been doing Hallind’s bidding so well lately that you’re becoming more and more stingy like that fellow.”

Ain sighed softly at Sedjen’s words.

“Go and prepare to leave for Demian.”

“Yes.”

The three who answered simultaneously left.

After the three students left, Ain asked.

“What was Ajonia’s reaction?”

“They officially apologized. We also received a promise that such incidents won’t happen again.”

“It’s noisy from the start.”

“It can’t be helped. It’s different from Lusejeon.”

Lusejeon is an annual event between Lumern and Seirun.

As such, they prepare every year and Lumern and Seirun students are familiar with each other.

But this time was different.

Demian had gathered all four Hero Academies in one place.

With different races come different values.

Also, as hero candidates representing their races, their pride is strong.

Such people had suddenly gathered in one place.

The four great Hero Academies are basically in cooperative relationships, but their academic schedules rarely overlap.

Moreover, entire grades living together in one place for two weeks is even rarer.

Furthermore, this generation of second-years is special regardless of which school.

“We might be witnessing heroes who will lead the world in the future gathering in one place.”

Ain burst into laughter at Sedjen’s words.

“If that’s really the case, there would be no greater honor as a Lumern professor.”

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After sunset, the Lumern second-years headed to Demian.

The massive mine attached to Dwelonia was the entrance to Demian.

As the huge, long mine shaft spread out, complaints arose among the female students.

“Ugh! I wore my outing uniform specially, but it’s going to be ruined~”

“Why is the entrance to Demian like this!”

At those complaints, Cal, with his hands clasped behind his head, muttered.

“They’re already making a fuss. Anyway, I’m worried, really worried.”

“About what?”

Chelsea tilted her head at Cal’s muttering.

“An incident broke out between us and Ajonia less than an hour after arriving in Dwelonia.”

Cal clicked his tongue.

“But all four Hero Academies have gathered in one place. How many incidents and accidents will there be?”

“Is that so?”

At Chelsea’s indifferent reaction, Cal shrugged his shoulders.

“That’s right. Besides, this time it’s supposedly an invitation, but it’s practically like Demian calling other Hero Academy students to evaluate them.”

“That’s a bit annoying.”

“Well, for us and Ajonia, it’s just slightly annoying.”

Cal shook his head.

“Seirun might really cause a huge fuss. Seirun kids are united in thinking they’re the best among the four Hero Academies, right?”

At Cal’s words, Chelsea recalled the Seirun students.

“That’s certainly true.”

During the first-year school trip, Seirun students looked down on Lumern students.

Of course, even by the end of the trip, a considerable number of students hadn’t withdrawn that gaze.

And during Lusejeon too, most Seirun students sent looks that showed they believed without doubt that they were superior.

“From the moment they heard Demian would evaluate Lumern, Ajonia, and Seirun on the same level, their pride took a huge hit. Those noble Seirun students.”

Cal clicked his tongue.

While Chelsea, being one of the top three in the Department of Magic, received relatively more recognition from Seirun students, Cal didn’t.

From the moment they heard Cal’s grades, they openly looked down on or ignored him.

‘It makes our school’s noble kids look cute in comparison.’

“Don’t worry too much. No matter how arrogant they are, they’re invited guests, so would they openly commit rude acts?”

At Leo’s words, Cal sighed with an “Ugh!”

“That’s true, but. I heard the person currently serving as Seirun’s interim principal is really incredible.”

“I heard the principal would change too, but has an interim principal been decided?”

Chelsea tilted her head.

“Yeah. It changed just recently. It’s hot news that almost no one in Lumern knows about. The problem is the person who became principal.”

Cal made a serious expression.

“Rhagen Li Creo.”

“Huh?”

Chelsea openly frowned.

“Who’s that.”

“Leo oppa. You don’t know Rhagen? He’s a famous elf hero, isn’t he?”

“I don’t know much about modern heroes.”

“Ah, that’s right. Leo oppa was never really interested in that stuff, were you?”

Chelsea nodded her head.

Usually, heroes are objects of admiration, so any hero candidate would have at least one or two active heroes they respect.

But Leo only knew about ancient heroes he learned about in Hero Studies classes at Lumern.

He had no interest in heroes living in the present.

From Leo’s perspective, both past and present heroes were nothing more than distant juniors.

“He’s a hero who calls himself a ‘Progenitor’s Knight.’ He’s a fanatic of the Progenitor.”

Cal clicked his tongue.

“He’s famous for being an extreme racist. He’s even someone who openly disrespects heroes of other races.”

At Cal’s words, Leo furrowed his brow.

“That’s completely despicable, isn’t it?”

“He is despicable.”

“Even for Seirun, it’s strange to put someone like that as headmaster, isn’t it?”

The elves’ racist tendencies were already famous even before the Age of Calamity.

That said, not all elves had such tendencies.

Luna was also an elf who was far from elven authoritarianism.

‘Though she was problematic for being too much of a tomboy who didn’t care about such things.’

Excessive authoritarianism rots a race.

The elves surely weren’t unaware of this either.

As such, the position of Seirun’s headmaster suited a wise person with broad perspective.

‘The high-ranking elves wouldn’t be unaware of this either, would they?’

In such a situation, a person with strong racist tendencies had become headmaster.

Leo couldn’t understand it.

“The Monster Queen’s invasion of Seirun was the problem.”

“That was the problem.”

“Right. And the Progenitor descended there.”

For unknown reasons, the descent of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies and Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, was being talked about by many as a miracle.

The ultimate technique of Star Magic.

The sight of defeating the Monster Queen with Terminus was witnessed by everyone at Lumern and Seirun.

“The elves designated that day as the Day of Miracles. In addition, there are even talks of relocating Seirun itself to preserve it as it becomes sanctified.”

“That’s excessive.”

“Yeah, but that’s not what’s important.”

Cal sighed.

“Due to the miracle of the Progenitor appearing in the present world, the voice of racists among the elves has grown stronger.”

At Cal’s words, Leo frowned.

‘The elf racists of this era are mostly fanatics of Luna, wasn’t it?’

Those who praise Luna, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, as the greatest among the Great Heroes.

Among the extreme ones, there are even those who claim that only Luna is a true Great Hero.

The image of Luna flashed through Leo’s mind.

‘That fool who was always overconfident.’

Luna was an elf who easily became arrogant and easily got discouraged.

She used to boast that someday she would be praised as a great figure among the elves, but…

‘She wouldn’t have wanted to be worshipped in this way.’

Thinking of his friend, Leo smiled bitterly.

Meanwhile, they had exited the tunnel.

And seeing the massive castle before their eyes, the Lumern students burst into exclamations of admiration.

The wide-open fortress gate.

And in front of it, four massive statues could be seen.

Statues carved as if they would come alive and move.

“So these are Demian’s famous attraction, the statues of the Great Heroes.”

Someone muttered in admiration.

And next to those statues, a new statue was being created.

The face wasn’t properly carved yet and they were still roughly shaping the form, but the Lumern students could tell who this statue was of.

There was only one hero who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the four Great Heroes.

“It’s a statue of Kail, the Hero of the Beginning.”

“Wow! I’ve never seen Lord Kail’s face!”

“I really want to see it when it’s completed!”

Exclamations burst out among the students.

While everyone was captivated by the statues.

Leo was looking up at Demian’s towering courtyard.

The highest peak.

Thump-

Feeling his heart beat, Leo looked down at his hand.

‘This feeling… could it be calling me?’

Mana was reacting.

But it wasn’t Leo’s mana.

Dweno’s mana flowing within Leo’s body.

Dweno’s flame that had awakened due to Pibua’s divine power last time was reacting.

‘To its creator?’

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