Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 265

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265

The stirring mana of Dweno soon subsided.

Leo looked down at his hand and muttered.

‘I’ll need to check this later.’

The fact that Dweno’s mana was reacting definitely meant there was something there.

‘It wouldn’t be strange if weapons made by Dweno were sleeping in Demian.’

Leo took one look at the highest point of Demian Academy before moving his steps.

He passed the statues of the Great Heroes and entered inside Demian Academy.

Demian Academy was an ancient massive castle that was 5000 years old.

It was a structure that contained 5000 years of dwarf history since the end of the Age of Calamity.

Popular architectural styles differ according to era, region, and race.

And Demian Academy was characterized by being a mixture of all architectural styles from around the world, continuously renovated whenever architectural trends changed.

Therefore, the building designs inside the castle walls were diverse in every way.

“It’s like coming to a building museum.”

Chloe said with sparkling eyes.

“Isn’t it too chaotic? It doesn’t feel harmonious.”

Chelsea tilted her head.

That was certainly true.

Being able to see architectural styles from various eras and regions at once was definitely an advantage, but having so many different architectural styles gathered together also felt strange.

“That very chaos could be called the aesthetic of this Demian.”

Someone said then.

The students’ gazes turned toward where the voice came from.

A dwarf was stroking his abundant brown beard while smiling.

“It’s been a while, Depeto.”

“Good to see you, Professor Sedjen.”

At Sedjen’s greeting, Depeto burst into hearty laughter and greeted him warmly.

“Everyone say hello, Depeto Smith here is Demian’s 2nd Year Head Smith.”

“Nice to meet you! Mr. Depeto!”

“Nice to meet you!”

“I’m pleased to meet you too, young hero candidates of Lumern. It’s an honor to see such famous hero candidates as yourselves. Now, come inside. Our school’s 2nd years are waiting.”

At Depeto’s words, the Lumern students made puzzled expressions.

‘The 2nd years are waiting?’

‘Don’t tell me we’re choosing smiths as soon as we arrive?’

The Lumern students made tense expressions as they straightened their clothes.

Being evaluated with all schools gathered together felt unpleasant.

But they couldn’t show it.

“You look nervous?”

Chelsea giggled as she looked at Cal.

“Of course. Smith exclusive contracts are very important for future school life.”

At Cal’s words, Chelsea covered her mouth and said teasingly.

“Even though your 2nd semester is on thin ice?”

“Ugh~ You’re stabbing me where it hurts again.”

Just as Cal clutched his heart and let out a groan.

“Hmph. What pointless behavior, Cal Thomas.”

A mocking laugh was heard from behind.

Cal openly stuck out his tongue with a disgusted expression, and Chelsea’s face twisted mercilessly.

The one who interrupted their conversation was none other than Emio.

“Do you think the Demian students would even glance at an inferior student like you?”

“That’s exactly why I need to at least look good on the outside, right?”

When Cal smiled slyly, Emio let out a sneer.

“I don’t understand Avad either. Why he accepted a lowly guy like you as first priority in the dormitory.”

“Right. If I had gone to Leo’s or Chelsea’s place, I wouldn’t have had to suffer from a rude guy like you.”

Cal sighed as if regretful.

Normally Emio would have been jumping mad at those words, but now he was only giving a deep sneer.

“Avad brought you into the dormitory because you’re Chelsea Rwallin’s best friend.”

“Hmph! My brother isn’t someone who picks people for such reasons! Are you that bitter about barely getting into Noble because no one else would take you?”

“Are you done talking!?”

“No! I’m not done! Why!”

Just as Chelsea was growling fiercely.

“Stop it.”

Leo stepped between the two.

“This is another school. Refrain from fighting. And Emio.”

Leo looked at Emio with cold eyes.

“Refrain from making remarks that belittle or ignore your classmates, will you?”

“Hmph, taking your friend’s side?”

“What if I am? Should we have a duel?”

When Leo smiled coldly, Emio flinched.

Then he scowled and left.

“Ugh! That damn bastard! I’m really going to catch him and beat him to a pulp!”

As Chelsea stomped the ground irritably with her foot, Cal laughed.

“Hey! Hey! Weren’t you only going to use pretty and nice words in front of Leo?”

“Oops!”

Chelsea was startled and covered her mouth with wide eyes.

Leo chuckled at the sight of Chelsea rolling her big eyes around, watching for his reaction, patted her head, and headed toward Sedjen in front.

As the year representative, he needed to stand at the front of the students.

Chelsea seemed to brighten up from Leo’s touch and giggled.

Cal shook his head at the sight and straightened his tie properly.

‘It’s frustrating but he’s not wrong. The Demian students probably won’t even look at me since I’m at the bottom of the grades.’

The Demian students would also want to choose students they could work with for as long as possible.

Since he had taken Juwen as a mentee, there was no worry about leaving school during the first semester.

‘That guy Juwen will naturally advance smoothly not just to the second semester but to the 2nd year. But not me.’

If his final exam grades were terrible, Cal’s Lumern school life would end in the 2nd year first semester.

‘Surviving to 2nd year was already a miracle.’

His initial goal was to somehow survive until the 1st year first semester.

‘It can’t be helped. I’m not Leo, Chloe, or Chelsea.’

Other students might have laughed if they heard this.

In fact, there were many students among the 2nd years who mocked Cal.

A guy who got lucky and became friends with the top students of 2nd year.

A student who barely survived to 2nd year thanks to that.

Even this time, an unprecedented lucky guy who landed Juwen, who could be called the biggest catch of the 1st year Magic Studies Department, as a mentee.

There were even 1st year students who mocked Cal.

When he was young, he was praised as having some talent, but now he knew.

That he was just an ordinary person not much different from others.

‘Being among real geniuses makes me feel it even more keenly. But since I’ve come this far.’

Cal took out a mirror from his pocket, fixed his hair, and smiled.

‘I’m still curious how far I can go.’

Cal put the mirror back in his pocket and assumed a neat appearance.

Meanwhile, the Lumern students arrived in front of a massive door.

From inside came thumping sounds and noisy, bustling voices.

Sedjen opened the door.

Crash!

“We are the glorious descendants of Dweno! Raise your cups!”

“Raise them!”

“Let’s enjoy this moment! Raise your cups!”

“Raise them!”

Wahahahahahaha-!

Inside, a boisterous party was in full swing.

In the massive hall, there were four long tables that looked like they could seat hundreds of people.

The tables were laden with food.

Among them, at the table where a flag embroidered with Demian’s symbolic anvil and hammer pattern hung from the ceiling, dwarves who appeared to be Demian students were already noisily enjoying the party.

They climbed onto the tables, stomping their feet while dancing and singing with each other.

The festive excitement of the market district filled the entire hall.

True to dwarf nature, alcohol seemed essential as the Demian students enjoyed the party while raising beer mugs full of beer in their hands. When they spotted the Lumern students who had entered through the entrance with dazed expressions, they pointed and shouted.

“Look over there! The Lumern friends have arrived!”

“Waaaaaaah!”

“Welcome to Demian!”

The dwarves gave an enthusiastic welcome greeting.

“Wait, didn’t they call us here to evaluate us?”

“What is this…?”

While several Lumern students wore confused expressions.

Several dwarves approached them.

“Professors, please go ahead. We’ve prepared seats for you.”

“You must be tired? Shall we take your coats?”

“We’ll carry your luggage.”

Demian’s uniforms were incomparably more formal than those of Lumern, Seirun, and Ajonia.

Black robes with white shirts. And neat black neckties with black pants.

Finally, black graduation caps were the key point.

“Aren’t graduation caps worn at graduation ceremonies?”

“That’s Demian’s uniform.”

“Wow, doesn’t that feel stuffy?”

“Well. Instead, they hardly ever wear uniforms normally. This is actually my first time seeing them.”

Many Demian students wore their uniforms carelessly.

The graduation caps they wore on their heads were piled up in a corner of the Demian seating area, rolling around on the ground.

Then one male student approached.

Short stature, true to dwarf nature.

But his face had no beard.

His face was also quite neat and had a cute impression.

“Oh my, doesn’t that dwarf look quite handsome and cute?”

“Right! I thought all dwarves were bearded misters.”

The female students squealed excitedly.

The male students muttered while looking at the Demian female students who were cheerfully drinking alcohol.

“Aren’t they quite cute?”

“How should I put it, they have a unique dwarf charm.”

“Clank- Clank-“

“Hey! It’s not clank clank.”

The male students giggled.

“Nice to meet you! My name is Dignass. I’m a 2nd year top student at Demian. You’re Leo Flobe, right?”

Dignass extended his hand to Leo with a handsome smile.

“I’m Leo Flobe. Nice to meet you too.”

Leo also smiled and clasped hands with him.

“Please take care of us for the next two weeks! Your seats are over here!”

Dignass cheerfully smiled and guided the Lumern students to their seats.

It was a place with a flag embroidered with Lumern Academy’s symbolic Knight Department sword, Department of Magic staff, and Summoning Department amulet crossed together.

“Hey! What do you mean by taking care of us for two weeks?”

“Are you talking about the Smith Contract?”

“How does it proceed?”

The Lumern female students seemed to have a favorable impression of Dignass as they asked with giggles.

“You’ll find out tomorrow. Today we held a welcome banquet for you, so we hope you enjoy it.”

Cal muttered while watching Dignass leave with a charming smile.

“I thought all dwarves were rough and tough machos, but there are cheerful guys like that too? But he seems like the type who would make several women cry?”

At Cal’s words, Chelsea tilted her head.

“He seems like a good person, what’s wrong with him?”

“Yes, yes. A little miss wouldn’t understand.”

“We’re only one year apart, are you going to keep treating me like a child?!”

Chelsea kicked at Cal, but Cal quickly dodged.

Meanwhile, the door opened and Ajonia students entered.

The Ajonia students momentarily hesitated when they saw Lumern.

Lumern was the same.

An awkward atmosphere flowed between the two schools, but it was only momentary.

The Demian students warmly smiled and guided them to their seats, just as they had done for Lumern.

Knowing that Demian had gathered the hero academies to evaluate the three Hero Academies, Ajonia showed a similar reaction to Lumern.

But soon the atmosphere changed to an enjoyable one.

“Nice to meet you, Professor Sedjen. I’m Tigwan from Ajonia.”

“Nice to meet you, Instructor Tigwan. I’m Sedjen.”

Sedjen and Tigwan shook hands.

The two were meeting for the first time today.

“I apologize again for the unpleasant incident this afternoon.”

“Kids can be like that. Our elegant students don’t mind that either.”

Sedjen said with a hoot! laugh.

Tigwan laughed heartily at that.

“It’s been a while, Ain.”

“You came, Berga?”

Ain exchanged greetings with his old friend, Berga, an instructor from Ajonia.

Ain exchanged greetings with his old friend, Berga, an instructor from Ajonia.

“Ain. I have something to tell you regarding Raina’s son, Leo Flobe.”

“Regarding Leo?”

Ain made a puzzled expression looking at his friend who suddenly brought this up.

“What is it?”

“Send Leo Flobe to our school as an exchange student.”

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