Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 334

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334

The coldest place in the cold northern continent. There lay the territory of the elves.

Among the elven territories, the city considered most important.

Langen.

In the distant past.

It was the hometown where Seirun Tingel, the Comet Mage who inherited the will of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, was born.

The Progenitor of the Starry Skies, the Fairy Knight, the Comet Mage.

Among the three great elven figures, Luna and Berkia were from 5000 years ago, so their hometowns were unknown.

But since the Comet Mage’s hometown was clear.

Langen was treated as a ‘holy land’ among the elves.

Called the reincarnation of the Progenitor and one of the heroes who saved the world from yet another crisis, Seirun’s hometown was worthy of being called a holy land.

The massive castle in the center of such Langen.

In the highest room of that castle, an elf who had been gazing at the panoramic view of Langen in its bitter cold weather turned his gaze to the letter in his hand.

‘Please write a recommendation letter so that Leo Flobe can go to Seirun as an exchange student.’

The current head of the Tingel family, Tion Tingel, folded the letter his younger brother had delivered and made a puzzled expression.

‘He said he was going to Lumern as a visiting professor… why is he making such a request?’

Placing the letter on the table and walking thud- thud- to sit in his office chair, Tion took out a quill pen.

The Tingel family had long been regarded as the most prestigious elven family, but had refrained from political activities.

The Hero Academy established by the Comet Mage.

As the power structure of the elves was reorganized around Seirun.

The Tingel family could have reigned as the king of the elves without any problem.

Considering that elves were the most united race among all races.

The Tingel family could have reigned as the sole king of the elves.

However, due to a single statement left by Seirun, the Tingels could not become royalty.

‘Elves need no king.’

It was unknown why Seirun left such words.

But following these words left by the great Comet Mage, the Tingels naturally distanced themselves from the elven council.

Even so, their influence remained formidable.

Seirun had no system for exchange students.

But if it was the will of the head of the Tingel family, creating a non-existent system to accept exchange students was entirely possible.

Even if it was ‘Leo Flobe,’ who had recently become a hot topic in elven society.

After writing a letter to the acting principal of Seirun, Tion sent that letter to Seirun Academy using a messenger beast.

Tion reached for the newspaper in his office.

‘All-class like the Hero of the Beginning.’

Reading about this recent achievement in the newspaper, Tion curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘I’m curious what kind of performance he’ll show at Seirun.’

***

“Exchange student?!”

One week after the exchange student commotion, in the morning.

Leo, who had received confirmation from Seirun through Tina, informed Selia of this fact.

Selia, who was having a meal together, asked in surprise.

The attention of the bustling Lumern 2nd year cafeteria instantly focused on the two of them.

“Is it that surprising?”

Leo, who was stirring his soup with a spoon, asked with a grin, and Selia downed her milk in one shot.

Then she wiped her mouth and said.

“Of course I’m surprised when you suddenly say you’re going as an exchange student! Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It wasn’t definitively decided whether I’d go or not. It was decided this morning.”

“You really are…!”

Just as Selia was making an exasperated expression.

“Exchange student? What do you mean by that?”

Iliana, who had been eating, rushed over with sparkling eyes and sat next to Leo.

Besides her, several others they were close with gathered around Leo.

To his friends’ reactions, Leo spoke as if it was nothing special.

“Professor Tina suggested that I try going to Seirun as an exchange student.”

Leo continued speaking while tearing and eating bread.

“I thought it would be nice to try going once, so I decided to go.”

Hearing that story, Chelsea tilted her head.

“Are you going alone, Leo?”

“Yeah.”

“Is someone coming from Seirun too?”

“Seirun doesn’t seem to have plans to send a student.”

“Aw, what? How boring.”

Chelsea pouted and grumbled.

Cal crossed his arms and asked.

“When are you going and when are you coming back?”

“I’m going today and coming back in a month.”

“A month?”

Cal made a dismayed expression.

The other students also looked surprised at the unexpectedly long schedule.

“Oho! So the class president is going to conquer Seirun too?!”

Iliana shouted with sparkling eyes.

“I’m just going to see how they study at Seirun and what kind of students are there, then come back.”

Leo said with a grin.

‘There’s no way Leo would just quietly study and come back.’

‘He’ll definitely get caught up in some incident again.’

‘If it’s Leo, he’ll surely do something amazing and come back.’

Even while receiving his friends’ confident gazes that said it couldn’t be otherwise, Leo just calmly continued his meal.

***

That evening.

Leo packed his luggage to go to Seirun.

And before departing, he took some time to head to the training ground behind the 1st year male dormitory.

Luke was staggering around the training ground.

Luke’s daily routine as Leo’s mentee was simple.

He woke up earlier than any other 1st year student and did physical training at the training ground.

Then after attending classes, he did physical training until the latest hour again.

He always wore artifacts on his wrists and ankles that added burden to his body.

“Ugh!”

Luke, who was running while staggering, covered his mouth.

His stamina had been depleted long ago.

What was moving his body was tenacity and mental strength.

Luke, who barely avoided a terrible state, squeezed out his stamina and ran.

Eventually, having achieved his goal, he stopped running and collapsed spread-eagle on the spot.

Step-

“You don’t need to push yourself that hard.”

Leo said as he approached the collapsed Luke.

“L-Leo senior.”

Luke hurriedly got up.

Looking at such Luke, Leo grinned.

“Just the training I designed for you is already making you work your body hard enough.”

Training to obtain a strong body.

On top of that, there was mana awakening training and studying to use magic.

For Luke, it was a brutally difficult schedule.

Even so, Luke was pushing himself harshly.

Luke gritted his teeth and bowed his head as he spoke.

“…What if Senior Leo gets expelled because of me.”

The harsh penalty of the mentor also being expelled if their first-year mentee received withdrawal punishment in the first semester final exams was enough to pressure Luke.

In fact, the voices he heard from other freshmen were enough to make Luke anxious.

His mentor Leo was in the same all-class as Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, and was an unprecedented first-year student council president.

And he was a student evaluated as possibly becoming the strongest in Lumern’s history.

Luke, who was the mentee of such a Leo, was suffering from mockery as the worst failing student in Lumern’s history.

“Even if that happens, it’s not particularly because of you.”

Leo chuckled.

“It’s a matter of my choice. You don’t need to feel burdened. It’s my responsibility.”

Looking down at Luke, Leo continued speaking.

“And I trust my judgment.”

Luke was reflected in Leo’s red eyes.

“You can become a hero.”

What a hero needs is neither talent nor great achievements.

Much less did they need people’s praise or the gods’ recognition.

‘It was much simpler in the old days when there was no Hero Record.’

Leo chuckled as he recalled his friend’s words.

‘A hero, you see.’

Risinass said with a grin.

‘Means someone who doesn’t give up.’

Recalling his friend’s words, Leo said.

“You need to have more confidence in yourself.”

“Confidence?”

“Yes. If you can’t believe in yourself, then believe in me who chose you.”

Luke’s eyes widened.

Luke took a deep breath and stood up from his seat.

“I’ll run a little more.”

“Alright.”

“Oh right! You said you’re going to Seirun as an exchange student? I’ll work hard while you’re gone!”

Looking at Luke whose eyes sparkled with newfound motivation, Leo nodded.

Leaving behind Luke who started running again, Leo headed toward the warp gate.

The mentor-mentee relationship between Leo and Luke was strange.

Other second-years taught their mentees academic know-how, exam information.

Or they guided them in combat methods and such.

But Leo had none of that.

He simply set training schedules and conveyed those schedules to Luke.

‘Everything needed as a hero can be learned at Lumern.’

A place of learning optimized for raising heroes.

That was exactly what the Hero Academy was.

Leo simply created a vessel that could contain it.

In that process, he didn’t extend a hand or provide help.

He simply watched.

When Luke seemed about to fall, he caught him to prevent the fall, then pushed his back again.

‘Strength has value only when seized with one’s own hands.’

Leo glanced at Luke.

Only Luke himself could change the gazes around him.

And Luke was working several times harder than others.

“The final exams should be interesting.”

***

“I cannot accept this!”

In Seirun’s second-year conference room.

There, Lebere, who was in charge of second-year oversight, showed a reaction close to a fit.

“Leo Flobe! To accept that arrogant and insolent delinquent student from Lumern as an exchange student!”

Bang-!

Lebere roughly slammed the table.

Deep anger was brewing in his eyes.

Leo Flobe.

Lebere thought he had been humiliated by Leo in the previous Smith exclusive contract incident.

In the situation where he was reprimanding Runia who had awakened as a delinquent student, Leo had embarrassed Lebere.

The image of Leo waving the Polium obtained as a reward for conquering Luna’s World in front of his eyes while sneering was still vivid.

With blood vessels bulging on his forehead, Lebere said.

“Moreover! Student Runia has recently been reformed again and is becoming a proper honor student of Seirun!”

At Lebere’s outcry, Herdium let out a deep sigh.

“Teacher Lebere. I have one question… Does that reformation class… really have any effect?”

Herdium, who had been in charge of Runia since her first year, knew Runia’s personality better than anyone.

From Herdium’s perspective, Runia didn’t need reformation classes or corrections.

‘Of course, she does tend to have aggressive speech and behavior… but Student Runia is sufficiently capable of self-control and has leadership qualities that care for surrounding students.’

There’s no such thing as a perfect honor student that adults desire in this world.

In addition, Herdium, who had guided many students, knew well that the image of honor students that adults desire isn’t necessarily good.

He also knew that the honor student Lebere spoke of meant an honor student tailored to the standards of elf supremacists.

‘Moreover, the content of those classes conducted under the pretext of supplementary lessons.’

Herdium let out a deep sigh inwardly.

‘What kind of nonsense is this?’

Runia’s voice lingered around Herdium’s ears like a hallucination.

“It’s effective. Student Runia is returning to her previous self.”

Orren, who was in charge of Runia’s supplementary classes, said with a grin.

Looking at such an Orren, Herdium’s face changed strangely.

‘She hasn’t changed at all from the old days to now.’

If there was any change, it was only the difference between putting on airs or not.

Both Lebere and Orren.

Even considering that they were teachers who suddenly transferred to Seirun this year.

Their abilities as educators were far too lacking.

But Herdium didn’t say those words.

Because he knew that speaking up would only make things difficult for the students.

‘This is a rare good opportunity. Student Leo will surely influence Seirun students in some way.’

Herdium also thought that the current Seirun needed to change.

Though he hadn’t seen him many times, Leo appeared to Herdium as a student with the capacity to bring change, whether for better or worse.

‘It’s already the worst, so it can’t get worse than this.’

It was when Herdium was making a stern expression.

“Teacher Lebere, I have a good idea.”

Orren, who elegantly lifted his teacup, took a sip of tea and then smiled meaningfully.

“We just need to prevent Leo Flobe from having a bad influence on Student Runia, don’t we?”

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