Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 290

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“What an honor… to be able to visit the great hero’s house!”

Cal said in a nervous voice.

“Sh-shouldn’t we buy some kind of gift?”

“We should, right? Is there anything worth buying?”

“But we’re completely broke.”

Eiran, Ar, and Runia also wore tense expressions.

Watching the excited group, Driana said.

“Kail isn’t even there anyway.”

As she spoke, Driana pulled out a sketchbook from her chest.

Leo narrowed his eyes.

“What are you going to use that for?”

“If there are any portraits or such in Kail’s house, I’m going to try drawing them.”

“With your hopeless skills, wouldn’t Kail dislike it if you drew something like that?”

“Leo, unlike someone as emotionally barren as you, Kail will understand my artistic sensibilities.”

“That’ll never happen.”

Leo answered with a grimace.

Watching the group, Depeser smiled broadly.

“You seem to respect Kail very much.”

“I respect Luna the most though.”

“Heh. Arron is definitely the best.”

“No matter what anyone says, Dweno is the greatest hero.”

Runia, Ar, and Driana spoke in turn.

And they glared at each other.

At their words, Depeser chuckled.

“Many children respect those people just like you do. They have no choice but to. They are the ones who showed that there is hope in the world during this age of despair.”

Hearing Depeser’s words, Eiran carefully asked.

“Could you tell us stories about Kail’s heroic deeds?”

Though she recalled Depeser’s menacing appearance from earlier, Eiran mustered her courage.

Eiran’s eyes, who loved heroic tales, were already sparkling brightly.

For her, just being able to hear stories of Kail, who could be called an unknown great hero in Eiran’s era, was great joy.

“Kail’s heroic deeds…”

Depeser smiled broadly.

“I like the story of him fighting alone against the legion of death led by Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief, the most. But it’s too famous a story.”

“The story of fighting alone against the Commander-in-Chief’s legion…? You don’t mean the Battle of Deriollana, do you?”

When Eiran asked with wide eyes, Depeser nodded.

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Huh? The Battle of Deriollana was Luna… Eek?!”

Eiran, who had been making a puzzled expression, was startled and looked to the side.

Leo, who had approached her side at some point, had poked Eiran’s ribs.

When Eiran’s eyes met Leo’s, she realized her mistake.

In the current era, the Battle of Deriollana was known as a battle where Luna was active, but in reality, it was a battle Kail had fought alone.

In the Age of Calamity, it was one of Kail’s most famous achievements.

In such a situation, bringing up Luna’s story would surely arouse unnecessary suspicion.

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I also love that heroic tale, so I’d like to hear it again.”

“Heh. Then I’ll tell you the story.”

The dragons of this era sometimes took on the role of conveying the achievements of heroes they had witnessed directly to people.

When Depeser’s story began, all party members except Leo focused on the tale.

Runia, who was listening to the story while comparing the differences with the Battle of Deriollana she knew, carefully asked.

“You speak as if you saw it directly… Did you also witness this battle firsthand, Depeser?”

“Yes.”

At Depeser’s words, everyone held their breath.

‘It was an even more tremendous battle than what appeared in the storybooks.’

“After annihilating the Skeleton King’s legion in one strike, Kail shouted like this: ‘This place will be your grave, Commander-in-Chief.'”

At Depeser’s words, Leo let out a hollow laugh.

‘I didn’t say it like that though.’

It seemed that when telling heroic tales to children, he had packaged himself and his friends well with well-intentioned lies.

Leo was feeling grateful to Depeser anew and chuckling when.

“That’s not right. He said, ‘Today I’ll kill you completely, you bone bastard.'”

A somewhat sulky voice was heard from somewhere.

Everyone who had been focused on Depeser’s story turned their heads with surprised expressions.

At some point, the group had arrived in front of a house made of logs.

And in front of the clearing that was so barren it would be embarrassing to call it a garden, an elf girl was standing by a chair.

“Oh my, I was so focused on the story that we arrived before I knew it.”

At Depeser’s words, Cal scratched his cheek.

“This is Kail’s house? It’s a bit different from what I imagined.”

Cal, who was looking at the all-too-ordinary family home, looked at the elf girl and asked.

“But who is she?”

“That’s Berkia, Kail’s disciple.”

“Gasp!”

“Huh!”

Everyone widened their eyes and stared at the elf girl.

After the end of the Age of Calamity.

The great racial leader who had led the elves.

Everyone was shocked by the appearance of such an unimaginably important figure.

“Depeser. What are those guys? Are they the ones who invaded the fairy territory this time?”

“That’s right, Berkia. And they’ll be staying at Kail’s house for a while.”

At those words, Berkia’s eyes stirred.

“Why are they staying at Master Kail’s house? There should be plenty of other places to stay.”

“I don’t know the reason either. It’s just Dweno’s orders.”

“Dweno’s?”

Since she couldn’t disobey Dweno’s words, Berkia made a sulky expression but didn’t resist further.

“Well, since it’s getting late, please rest comfortably. I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow.”

Depeser bowed his head and left.

That’s when only Leo’s group and Berkia were left alone.

“You have your own house, don’t you? Go on home.”

At Leo’s words, Berkia said.

“I need to clean up Master’s house.”

“Clean up?”

‘What is there to clean up in the house?’

At Berkia’s unexpected words, Leo felt puzzled but headed toward the entrance.

‘Home…’

Leo felt strange emotions as he entered his own house that had disappeared in the distant past.

Creak-

Leo opened the door and entered the entrance, looked at the interior of the house that was messy like a pigsty for a moment, then turned his gaze toward Berkia.

“Wow… this is a bit severe.”

“Kail doesn’t seem to be someone who cleans up.”

“Still, it’s kind of fascinating that he has such a human side.”

Cal stuck out his tongue and Eiran laughed awkwardly.

Runia smiled brightly.

“Oh my. Master Kail is also a problem. Making such a mess of the house.”

Berkia crossed her arms and entered the house with a look of exasperation.

“Since we have guests, there’s no choice.”

Berkia said, placing her hands firmly on her hips.

“You’re going to be staying in this house too, right? Won’t you help clean up together?”

“Yes, understood. Lady Berkia.”

Eiran bowed her head respectfully.

Eiran kept glancing at Berkia’s face with a nervous expression.

A great ancestor she respected was right before her eyes.

For Eiran, who had grown up hearing heroic tales of Berkia and respecting her, this was more nerve-wracking than ever.

Just as Eiran was about to start cleaning the house.

Leo raised his hand to stop Eiran.

Then he stared directly at Berkia and said.

“Hey.”

At Leo’s words, the entire party was horrified.

“Hey! Leo!”

“How rude!”

“That’s Lady Berkia! The Black Rabbit!”

“Refrain from such disrespectful speech.”

Cal urgently tried to stop Leo while Runia glared at him.

As Ar and Driana were also flustered, Leo said.

“Clean up your own mess.”

“Th-this was all messed up by Master Kail!”

“Kail?”

Leo narrowed his eyes and picked up something among the clothes scattered on the floor.

“There are clothes here that don’t match Kail’s gender?”

“G-give that back!”

Berkia rushed at Leo.

She reached out her hand, and Berkia’s face turned completely red as if embarrassed by the item in Leo’s grasp.

When Leo threw it with a whoosh, Berkia frantically ran over and hid it behind her back.

“And that’s clearly not a book Kail would read? Secret intimacy in the forest…”

“Aah! Aah! Aah!”

Berkia screamed with her face completely flushed.

“Should I call Dweno and Arron? What do you think they’d say seeing the state of this house?”

At Leo’s words, Berkia’s ears drooped.

“I’ll clean it up.”

Berkia’s grand plan to use the guests to clean the room she had thoroughly messed up was ruined.

Looking at Berkia starting to clean with her ears drooping, everyone except Kail wore dumbfounded expressions.

The 3 Most Respected Elven Heroes in elven history.

Progenitor of the Starry Skies Luna, Comet Mage Seirun.

And Fairy Knight Berkia.

Having witnessed the disgraceful behavior of one of them, Runia covered her face with both hands and muttered as if sobbing.

“My imagined Lady Berkia has been tainted.”

“Clean.”

Leo said mercilessly.

Then he glanced at Eiran.

Eiran seemed a little surprised.

But somehow looked at Berkia with warm eyes.

“You seem surprisingly unshocked.”

When Ar asked while swishing her tail, Eiran smiled awkwardly.

“Yes. It’s certainly different from what I knew… but somehow? I think I’ll like her more. She feels familiar somehow.”

“Familiar?”

“Yes.”

“You do resemble each other a lot.”

Leo chuckled and crossed his arms.

“Really? In what way?”

When Eiran asked with a bright smile, Leo said.

“Like making your room as messy as a pigsty or having strange delusions.”

Eiran made a tearful face and rushed at Leo to cover his mouth.

While stopping Eiran, Leo looked at Berkia.

‘Right. She used to come home and make a mess before leaving.’

As Leo let out a bitter laugh recalling past memories.

“By the way… it’s excessively bleak. So much so that you can’t feel any human warmth.”

When Driana said while looking around the room, Cal said.

“Looking at this mess, that doesn’t seem right?”

“But that’s Lady Berkia’s doing, isn’t it?”

Driana glanced at the furniture in the room.

“There’s only the minimum necessary furniture. Everything else is organized so dryly it’s almost empty.”

“Now that you mention it, that’s true. It seems a bit different from just being neat.”

When Ar tilted her head, Driana stroked her chin.

“Perhaps he hasn’t attached his heart to this space.”

“Why? It’s his own house, isn’t it?”

“…Maybe he always keeps everything neatly organized because he never knows when he might lose his life.”

At Driana’s muttering, Leo made a bitter expression.

‘Even the kids can feel that.’

Whenever Leo left Gardstron, he always cleaned everything thoroughly.

Because he was always thinking he might never be able to return.

‘I had nothing worth leaving to anyone.’

Leo looked at the bleak room scenery.

Those who had many things to leave behind… and plenty of things they wanted to do had forcibly pushed everything onto him and left first.

‘Come to think of it, I’m still the only one left alone.’

As Leo was making a bitter smile.

“Um… Lady Berkia. Shall I help you a little?”

“Really?”

Runia said cautiously.

Though she had declared she would become a delinquent at Seirun, Runia was still the top honor student.

No matter what, she couldn’t just watch a hero of the great race cleaning pitifully alone.

“I-I’ll help too!”

“Will you really help?”

When Berkia asked with perked ears, Eiran smiled brightly.

“Yes!”

As Berkia was about to make a sinister smile looking at the innocently smiling Eiran.

“Don’t help her, it’ll spoil her.”

When Leo said mercilessly, Berkia made a fierce expression.

“Who are you to say that! Are you Master Kail or something?”

Instead of answering, Leo responded to Berkia with a flick to the forehead.

“I’m going to tell Master Arron everything tomorrow!”

“Go ahead and tell.”

Leo, who didn’t even blink, hit Berkia’s head once more.

Watching this scene, Cal clicked his tongue.

“That guy is really amazing sometimes, I tell you. Even so, how can he treat a historical figure so casually like that?”

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