Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 338

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338

Seirun lunch time.

Leo was walking through the corridor of the 1st year ‘Castle of Beginnings’.

Thud- Thud-

And at the end of the long corridor.

Peek-

A girl with gray hair poked her face out from behind the corner wall of the corridor.

‘That’s Leo Flobe, right? I’m sure, right? It’s not someone who just looks similar, right?’

Rea, who saw Leo leaving the cafeteria, hurriedly finished her meal and chased after Leo.

Although Rea was certain it was Leo, she still couldn’t understand the current situation well.

It didn’t make sense for Lumern’s student council president to be pretending to be a Seirun student.

‘And in a 1st year lower class at that?’

In such a strange situation, she chased after Leo to confirm that the person was indeed Leo.

Thud-

When Leo stopped walking, startled Rea instinctively went swoosh-! and hid behind a decorative armor on the wall.

‘Wait, what reason do I have to hide? Can’t I just ask directly?’

It was when she felt pathetic about herself for hiding even though she had done nothing wrong.

“What are you doing?”

“Kyaaah?!”

At the voice heard from behind, Rea screamed in shock and clung to the decorative armor.

Swoosh-!

The decorative armor couldn’t withstand Rea’s weight and swayed.

Thump-! Whirr-!

Leo reached out and caught Rea.

He used wind magic to set the decorative armor back to its original position.

Seeing Leo’s face up close, Rea became certain.

‘It really is Leo Flobe!’

“Are you okay?”

Leo asked while helping the off-balance Rea stand up.

Rea, who had been staring blankly at Leo, went hah-! and came to her senses.

Then she distanced herself from Leo and hurriedly turned around.

‘It’s Leo Flobe! It’s really Leo Flobe!’

Rea hurriedly straightened her clothes.

Then she cleared her throat and turned around.

Looking up at the boy who was taller than her, Rea greeted him politely.

“Nice to meet you, I’m called Rea Tingel.”

Seeing Rea greet him according to proper etiquette, even slightly lifting the hem of her uniform skirt, Leo made a puzzled expression.

‘The 1st year top student?’

The Seirun 1st year representative that Professor Tina had mentioned, and Seirun’s honor student who had succeeded in communicating with Silorod.

‘Well, it’s not strange to meet since we’re both 1st years, but why is her attitude so polite?’

Same 1st year.

And yet she was showing an attitude toward Leo, who was in a lower class, as if she were addressing an upperclassman, which made him wonder.

Such puzzlement from Leo was soon resolved by Rea.

“You’re Leo Flobe, right? Why were you in the Seirun 1st year cafeteria? And in a lower class at that.”

‘It seems she recognized me.’

“Oh, perhaps! Did Aunt Tina send you to Seirun? Is that it? Yes? Yes?”

“Why are you making such a fuss?”

“I like you!”

“….”

Seeing the girl declare that she liked him to someone she met for the first time today, Leo’s face changed strangely.

Rea couldn’t contain her excitement and poured out words.

“I’ve loved the fairy tale books of Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, since I was young! His story is, how should I put it… tragic, isn’t it? I thought he was a true great hero who moves the heart! And you have the same all-class as Kail! On top of that, you made tremendous contributions to revealing that Kail was a real person! Ah! You don’t know how thrilled my heart was every time I heard each of your heroic tales!”

Seeing Rea pouring out words at a terrifying speed, Leo made an expression of disbelief.

In fact, among Lumern students too, there are quite a few who fanatically worship great heroes.

That’s not just a characteristic of Lumern students, but of all Hero Academies.

As much as they admire heroes and dream of being heroes.

It’s not strange to have deep respect for the great heroes who can be called the greatest heroes who saved this world.

Especially, there’s no law that says a great hero of the same race must necessarily become one’s favorite great hero.

Even among elves, one can respect Arron, who had the greatest courage in the world.

Or one might like Risinass the most, who wisely led everyone.

It’s perfectly natural for each person to worship different great heroes according to their individual tendencies.

But….

‘This kid particularly likes me the most?’

Now it’s been revealed that Kail actually existed.

But calling Kail, who had been treated as a fictional character for thousands of years, one’s favorite great hero was definitely eccentric.

Among the great heroes, Kail was quite minor.

In reality, the people who liked Kail’s story were only Chelsea, Eiran, and Luke.

Even they didn’t have Kail as their most liked and respected great hero.

But a different race.

Even among elves who have strong racial pride, there’s someone who calls Kail their favorite great hero.

“So you see! I wanted to enroll in Lumern and tried to take the entrance exam! But my family was tremendously opposed to it!”

Rea, who had been chattering away, clasped both hands together.

“But why are you at Seirun?”

“I came as an exchange student.”

“Exchange student! Ah! I see! But….”

Rea made a very flustered expression.

“Then… why… in the 1st year lower class…?”

Seirun doesn’t have an exchange student system.

But Rea, being a direct descendant of the Tingel family, knew how powerful the family’s influence was.

Although Tina couldn’t reveal her name due to family circumstances, if it was her request, it wouldn’t be difficult to create a non-existent system as a special case.

Rea also thought that if someone like Leo came to Seirun as an exchange student, it would be tremendously helpful.

She had never met him directly nor did she know him.

But looking at the great achievements Leo had accomplished as a hero candidate, it was an obvious fact that he was an amazing person.

‘Because he’s someone like the heroes.’

For such a person to come to 1st year instead of 2nd year.

Thinking positively, it could be to give good influence to the 1st years.

Rea had even considered enrolling in Lumern because of Leo.

If she could study together with him, it would be a warm welcome.

‘But… lower class?’

She couldn’t understand it.

Leo glanced at the confused Rea and asked.

“Rea Tingel.”

“Ah! Please just call me Rea comfortably! Senior Flobe!”

“Senior? I’m not a Seirun student though?”

“Even if it’s a different Hero Academy, as the same hero candidate who enrolled a year before me, you’re naturally my senior! Senior Flobe… Ah! What a wonderful sound that is.”

Seeing Rea getting excited and happy by herself, Leo let out a hollow laugh.

“Right, Rea. What do you think about the lower class?”

“The lower class? The teachers said the lower class friends are students who don’t make effort?”

Seeing Rea answer with an innocent face, Leo clicked his tongue.

‘So that’s how they’re educating them.’

It seemed they were educating the students in the lower classes as ‘dropouts who don’t try hard enough.’

‘It looks like Seirun’s current direction is quite clear.’

A school established by the Comet Mage who sought to follow in the footsteps of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies.

The faction currently leading Seirun’s operations seemed to plan on turning Seirun itself into a school for nurturing successors to the Comet Mage.

A school only for excellent Star Magic users.

‘…Would the Comet Mage have truly wanted that?’

The Heroes of the Cataclysm who are still fighting against fragments of Erebos within the Hero Record even now.

And Seirun, one of them.

‘…If Seirun had conquered Luna’s Heroes’ World…’

Leo’s eyes darkened.

‘If she truly inherited Luna’s will… would she have really wanted a school only for Star Magic users?’

What Luna wanted was a world where flowers bloomed in full.

Hoping for that one peaceful scene, she staked everything and faced Erebos.

A junior from a distant future, separated by 2000 years whom she had never met.

But the heart that tried to sacrifice herself and fight against Erebos for the world’s sake was probably not much different from herself 5000 years ago… and her friends.

Such a Seirun wouldn’t have wanted to create a school only for ‘Star Magic.’

She wouldn’t have hoped for someone to follow in Luna’s footsteps.

Much less would she have sought her own successor.

She simply wanted this world that Luna, whom she respected, had risked her life to protect.

She would have established this school to pass on to future generations the desire to protect this world that her predecessors had rebuilt with all their might.

‘If we had been in the same situation as the Heroes of the Cataclysm… we would have done the same.’

The current Seirun was wrong.

There must be students among Seirun’s upperclassmen who felt that way.

‘I was trying not to care whether the school collapsed or not.’

Leo, who chuckled softly, spoke to the strange elf girl who said she liked the Hero of the Beginning the most.

“Lea Tingel.”

“Oh my, I told you to call me Lea…”

“Are you confident you can do it if I give you an assignment?”

“What kind? If it’s about Star Magic theory, I can finish it by tomorrow…”

“Will you go ask your seniors what they think about the current state of Seirun?”

“Ask my seniors what they think about the current Seirun? Which seniors?”

“Runia and Eiran.”

When the 2nd year valedictorian and salutatorian who were currently the center of attention at school were mentioned, Lea’s eyes widened.

“If they seem reluctant to talk, tell them I sent you to ask.”

“Okay! But! If I do this, will you grant me one request?”

“What’s the request?”

“Please treat me as your junior and have Senior Flobe teach me magic.”

Watching Lea puff out her chest proudly, Leo chuckled.

“Alright.”

“Hooray!”

Watching Lea genuinely rejoice, Leo continued speaking.

“And keep it secret from your classmates that I came as an exchange student.”

“It’s a secret between Senior Flobe and me! Got it!”

Lea ran down the corridor with a bright smile.

It seemed she was going straight to find Runia and Eiran.

Watching her figure, Leo burst into a soft laugh.

‘I wonder if I’m turning an innocent kid into a delinquent student.’

He had that thought for a moment, but soon looked at the scenery of ‘The Castle of Beginnings’ visible through the corridor window and muttered.

‘…Should I completely tear it down and rebuild it?’

***

Spring days in the Northern Continent are harsh.

In this bitterly cold Northern Continent, it might have been natural in a way.

But the faces of the people working were full of vitality.

The faces of the elves looking at ‘The Castle of Beginnings’ that would soon be completed were bright.

They believed without doubt that this place would soon be their new hope and future.

“Your school will be completed soon too.”

“Yeah.”

The elf woman smiled gently and answered the only human present.

“How is your school, Lumern?”

To the elf’s question, Lumern answered.

“The new students are cute.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Don’t make such an expression, Seirun.”

Lumern said with a smile to his friend who had a dark expression.

“Heroes who will save the world will surely be born in the future.”

“Yeah. That’s what Hero Academies are for.”

Seirun nodded with a bright smile.

While Lumern turned his head to look elsewhere.

Seirun raised her head.

Just then, it appeared.

The symbol of disaster that probably only her eyes could see among all the people here, as she was the only ‘real’ one.

Black flames.

When establishing the Hero Academy, she had believed without doubt.

That heroes who would protect the world would be born.

But…

‘Already 2900 years… will we be able to hold out until then?’

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