Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 281

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281

It was nearly evening when all the parties had been formed.

Unlike Leo, who had formed his party relatively smoothly, other students had many ups and downs.

Cal scratched his head as he watched other parties causing trouble from the start.

“This looks like other parties will struggle with harmony among party members, regardless of mission difficulty.”

Surprisingly, troubles didn’t only occur between Seirun students and students from other Hero Academies.

“That’s why! First, we should gather information in the city!”

“What’s the point of that? We can just search Erdien Mountain, can’t we?”

“Ah! Really! You don’t listen! Who would’ve thought you’re not just a simple-minded beastman!”

A Lumern Female Student and an Ajonia Male Student were confronting each other.

The Damian Male Student stood back a step with a somewhat cynical attitude, watching the situation, and surprisingly, it was the Seirun Female Student who was mediating.

The Seirun Female Student was restlessly trying to stop the two, but it wasn’t enough.

Cal, who had come to check the atmosphere of other parties, clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘Isn’t there anywhere with a good atmosphere?’

Cal, who had assessed the situation of other parties, returned to his party.

‘At least our party has a good atmosphere, which is fortunate.’

Cal returned to his party with a somewhat lighter heart.

‘No matter what anyone says, we have Leo who keeps us centered!’

Cal returned to his party with a bright smile, only to discover Runia and Ar standing face to face, glaring at each other, and he slumped down on the spot.

“C-Cal! What’s wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?”

Eiran hurriedly approached and tried to support Cal.

“I like peace. Sob sob sob.”

Eiran was flustered seeing Cal in despair.

Cal, who had been despairing, got up and said.

“Why are they acting like that?”

“Both of them are fighting over who gets to be the leader.”

As soon as those words ended, Runia crossed her arms and said.

“I’m the party leader.”

Looking at Runia, Ar placed both hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, and snorted.

“What are you talking about! I’m the leader!”

Cal, who had been listening to both of them, looked at Leo.

“Leo, won’t you do it?”

“The ones who want to do it should do it.”

Leo smiled and took a bystander’s attitude.

Cal was scratching his head vigorously when he saw this.

‘Leo really has no desire for the leader position.’

It was the same when he was class representative in first year.

Even when he became student council president, it wasn’t because he particularly wanted it.

It just felt like it happened naturally.

‘This must be what a natural-born leader is. He naturally embraces those around him.’

Outstanding people naturally want to become leaders.

Especially in Cal’s view, the top students of Lumern’s 2nd year had not only talent but also tremendous charisma.

‘They’re all born with leadership qualities.’

Yet Leo is recognized as the leader of the 2nd years.

Even the Noble dormitory heads who aim to defeat Leo don’t deny Leo’s leadership.

‘Those prideful bunch acknowledge him.’

Probably even now, if Leo had stepped forward to be party leader, this situation wouldn’t have occurred.

‘What exactly is he trying to see?’

If Leo didn’t want the party leader position, friction was inevitable.

Both Runia and Ar were strong candidates for the next student council presidents of Seirun and Ajonia.

In Runia’s case, things became ambiguous after she rebelled against the teacher this time, but she was still Seirun’s top honor student.

Therefore, both of them couldn’t yield the party leader position due to their pride.

“Then let’s decide by vote.”

“Your friend is here! That’s unfair!”

“What a complaining cat.”

Runia, who had been squinting, curled up the corners of her mouth.

“Then shall we decide cleanly with a sparring match?”

“Oh? That’s a good suggestion for an elf.”

Ar grinned and cracked her knuckles – crack crack.

“I’ve always been curious how amazing the Seirun year representative is.”

“I also wanted to know the skills of the Ajonia year representative.”

Whoooosh-!

Hot energy flowed from Runia’s body.

Ar was already emitting a sharp aura that seemed like it would cut if touched.

‘She’s said to have the beast transformation ability that the hero had, right? That’s why she’s one step ahead of me.’

Runia glanced at Leo.

‘I’ll prove that thought is wrong.’

Runia’s red eyes flashed.

Ar also swished her white tail back and forth.

‘The black rabbit has been hanging around with this elf a lot these past few days.’

Ar’s lake-blue eyes sparkled.

‘I want to play with the black rabbit too!’

Ar bared her fangs and extended her claws.

She looked exactly like a cat ready to pounce at any moment.

Seeing this, Cal covered his face and Eiran didn’t know what to do.

“Hmm. The atmosphere is bad.”

Driana was calmly taking a bystander’s attitude when.

Jingle-

A bell sound was heard.

Along with it, a ball of fur with a bell rolled in front of Ar.

Smack-!

Ar instinctively stomped on it with her foot.

“…”

Ar, who had been silent, glared and rushed at Leo.

“Don’t play with people like thaaaat!”

Ar grabbed Leo’s clothes and shook him vigorously with an angry face.

“You act like a cat, so I do this.”

“This is instinct!”

Runia sighed seeing Ar screaming as if in agony.

“How deflating.”

Looking at Runia, Leo said.

“I have someone I’d like to recommend as party leader.”

At Leo’s words, both Runia and Ar flinched.

Driana made an expression that she didn’t care who it was, and Cal also looked like things would finally be settled.

“If it’s a party leader that Leo recommends, I’ll follow!”

Eiran smiled brightly.

Actually, Eiran didn’t care who became party leader either.

Only Runia and Ar had tense expressions.

‘The person Leo recommends here.’

‘That means they’re the most outstanding, right?’

The two girls glanced at each other and then turned their heads away sharply.

They showed an attitude of having no particular interest, but Runia’s pointed ears and Ar’s cat ears kept twitching restlessly.

The two listened to Leo’s words more than anyone else.

It was when Runia and Ar’s insides were burning with anxiety.

“Cal. I’d like you to be the leader.”

“Huh? Me?”

Cal made a dumbfounded expression.

Eiran smiled brightly.

“I’m in favor.”

“No, think carefully. If Leo said so, you’d agree even if he brought a random passing puppy and called it the party leader.”

“Th-that’s not true?!”

Eiran protested with a slightly reddened face at Cal’s words.

“Hmm. So the despair man becomes party leader? That’s not bad either.”

“What’s with ‘despair man’ again?”

“It’s a name I gave you because your despairing appearance is a masterpiece. Do you like it?”

“This weird perverted dwarf with strange speech…”

A vein popped on Cal’s forehead as he looked at Driana calling him by a strange nickname.

But Cal couldn’t bicker with Driana any longer.

‘They’re glaring, glaring intensely.’

Because Runia and Ar were now staring intently at Cal.

It was a predatory gaze like beasts targeting their prey.

Cal broke out in cold sweat and avoided their gazes.

Then he scratched his head with an awkward laugh.

“Hey, Leo. That’s quite a joke. With you here and the grade representatives from Seirun and Ajonia, isn’t it strange for me to become party leader?”

“Right! Right!”

“Yes! Yes! Exactly!”

Runia and Ar nodded as if satisfied.

“I think you have enough qualities to lead this party.”

At Leo’s words, Runia crossed her arms.

“Leo, you must have your reasons for choosing this kid as party leader. But I find it a bit hard to accept.”

“I agree with her.”

Ar narrowed her eyes.

“The party leader should be the most outstanding person. Black Rabbit, if you had been the leader, I would have had no complaints. But no offense to your friend, I don’t think he has what it takes to become party leader over me or the Seirun representative.”

“Very reasonable words.”

Cal also nodded obediently.

“Of course, you both have sufficient qualifications as leaders of a group.”

Leo said while looking at Runia and Ar.

“But as the leader of this party, Cal is more suitable than you two. This party doesn’t need a leader who leads from the front, but a leader who supports the party members from behind.”

Leo hadn’t recruited Cal first to the party simply because he specialized as a supporter.

From when the party idea first came up, he had planned to gather these members.

Each one was personnel worthy of being called the best, and Runia and Ar were leading the 2nd year students of Seirun and Ajonia.

In such a situation, if he gave the leader position to one of them, it could create a rift in the party.

‘It wouldn’t matter if I took the party leader role, but… it would be a waste of this opportunity.’

Humans, elves, beastmen, dwarves.

This was a party of the best talents from the same generation of these four races.

This too was an opportunity for growth.

That’s why Leo chose Cal as leader.

‘He has good social skills. Good observation skills. He reads the party’s flow well.’

Cal wasn’t leader material.

But he had sufficient ability to harmonize party members with strong leadership qualities.

That’s why Leo selected Cal as the core of this party.

“You’ll have a lot to learn from Cal.”

At Leo’s words, Runia and Ar stared intently at Cal.

“Leo, if you say that much, I’ll trust him once.”

“Me too. There must be a reason why Black Rabbit says that much.”

Runia smiled slightly.

But her eyes were observing Cal intently.

Ar looked at Cal like a cat wary of strangers, swishing her tail.

It was a gaze as if she would watch Cal, who had been acknowledged this much by Leo.

‘Why do I have to receive the jealousy of these scary girls all at once?’

Cal, who had become the target of the Seirun and Ajonia grade representatives, felt like crying.

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After the party leader was decided, the group immediately headed to Tarcam through the Warp Gate.

After arriving in Tarcam, they immediately looked for lodging.

In that situation, Cal said.

“Should we have a simple dinner at a restaurant first?”

“Why do we have to go to a noisy restaurant?”

“Let’s eat in a quiet place.”

Runia and Ar shook their heads.

Eiran tilted her head.

“Why are we eating at a restaurant?”

When Eiran asked with a purely curious voice, Cal shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s easy to gather information.”

“Ooh.”

Eiran exclaimed in admiration.

A prestigious family among the prestigious elf families.

Eiran, the heir of the Ersarr Family, was definitely naive about worldly matters.

“I read about it in books! So it’s really done! To make contact with information guilds lurking in restaurants!”

“…No, it’s just to hear rumors people are chattering about. You can’t easily meet information guilds.”

“What? But in the books, surely…”

“Books aren’t the truth of the world.”

Eiran made a shocked expression.

Just as they decided on a restaurant for information gathering and were about to enter, Leo stopped walking.

And he stared intently at the alley next to the restaurant and said.

“I’ll go somewhere briefly and come back.”

At those words, Ar said.

“Where? I’ll come with you.”

“I’m going to the bathroom.”

“Uh… Okay, go and come back safely.”

Ar, who quietly turned her head, pretended not to care as if embarrassed.

Leo, who had distanced himself from the party members, entered the back alley.

When he stopped, Mel appeared in front.

“Hello, Leo.”

Mel, who bowed politely, said.

“I have something to report regarding Dweno’s legacy, so I called Leo like this…”

“Mel. Before that, I want to ask about the rumors in Tarcam this time.”

“Are you talking about the giant monster that appeared in Tarcam? Isn’t that just a simple rumor?”

Mel tilted her head.

Seeing that, Leo sighed.

“Seeing that even you, a Dragon Lord, treat it as a false rumor. That bastard really thoroughly concealed his existence for 5000 years.”

“…Could it be?”

Mel’s face turned slightly pale.

“That’s right.”

Leo spoke with a tone full of conviction.

“There’s a high probability that Gias the Giant King moved. In this world, he’s the only creature with a size large enough to cover half of Erdien Mountain.”

Hearing Leo’s words, Mel showed a bewildered expression.

“If the Giant King moved, why did he suddenly move? Could it be because the Monster Queen was defeated?”

“I wonder. He had an extremely cautious personality even during the Age of Calamity. He’s not the type to move just because a comrade died.”

Leo narrowed his eyes.

‘Those eyes I saw when I came to Erdien Mountain through the Heroes’ World during the freshmen’s entrance exam. That was definitely Erebos.’

Leo made a serious expression.

‘Just what the hell is on that mountain?’

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