Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 340

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340

‘Surely there are mages who specialize in dispel spells.’

Lora looked at Leo with surprised eyes.

‘But Kail didn’t use dispel.’

It wasn’t impossible to dispel someone’s magic without using a dispel spell.

In fact, any skilled mage could do it.

The problem was time.

Even with the same magic, the structure of the spell and mana control inevitably differed depending on the user.

To interfere with and dispel someone’s magic, one had to perfectly understand such detailed spell structures and mana control.

The time required for that was enormous.

Accomplishing it instantly like Leo just did was practically in the realm of impossibility.

As far as Lora knew, there had been only one mage in history who could perfectly analyze and dispel others’ magic.

‘Luna-sama.’

“Where do you get off using such crude tricks?”

At Leo’s words, Otren flared up and raised his magical power.

Flash—! Kwaaaaaaaak—

Lightning burst from Otren’s hand.

A powerful storm of magical power swept through.

High-output magical power blew away all of Leo’s clones.

Mirage was literally magic that created illusions.

No matter how indistinguishable the real from the fake, illusions were still illusions.

They were inevitably vulnerable to powerful area attacks.

“Do you think you’re special just because you can use mirage magic well? How about your star magic?”

Sparks flew from Otren’s eyes.

“Pathetic! Your score is zero!”

Hundreds of flashes released from Otren’s hand embroidered the void.

Leo’s red eyes tracked the trajectory of the flashes.

‘Magic I don’t know.’

Luna created star magic 5000 years ago.

The Comet Mage Seirun reestablished star magic as the unique magic of the elven race 3000 years ago.

During that long period, countless derivative magics were born based on the magical system Luna left behind.

It was only natural that there were as many magics Leo didn’t know as stars in the night sky.

Pababababat—!

Just before the invisible particles of light struck Leo.

The magic evaporated as if it had hit an invisible wall.

“Wh-what the…?”

Otren’s face was colored with shock.

‘Well, the result doesn’t change though.’

Star magic ultimately converged into one thing.

The original magical spell system Luna left behind.

And except for Luna, only one person.

For Leo, who was the only one to perfectly master that magical spell system, magic derived from star magic didn’t work.

What the current elves called pure star magic was merely ‘incomplete’ to Leo.

No matter how sturdily a building was constructed, it would collapse helplessly if the foundation beneath crumbled.

As long as their magic was based on ‘star magic,’ Leo could easily destroy it.

‘If they used it fused with other magical systems, even I couldn’t do it.’

Star magic was compatible with other magical systems.

What Leo fully understood was only ‘star magic’—if spells from other magical systems were mixed in, even Leo couldn’t analyze them in such a short time.

‘Well, elves don’t like such magic, saying it’s not pure.’

In a sense, such development was exactly the magical progress Luna had hoped for.

Looking at Otren, who was colored with shock, Leo spread his palm.

‘Imitating Luna is quite interesting.’

Analyzing and dispelling others’ magic was Luna’s specialty.

‘That guy isn’t amazing because he created star magic.’

Luna wasn’t amazing because she created star magic.

She was truly amazing because she was a great mage who learned and mastered all the magic available in her era.

Considering she ultimately created the lethal magic ‘Innocent’ against Erebos and passed it to Kail.

Luna had essentially created magic capable of killing even gods.

Flash—!

A magic circle appeared above Leo’s palm.

Otren’s eyes widened.

“How do you know that magic…!”

The magic Otren had just used.

It was Otren’s ‘unique’ magic that he had created.

“What the hell is this situation…?”

Otren’s jaw trembled.

He too had devoted his entire life to star magic.

Born into an elf noble house and graduated from Seirun, he had walked the path of glory as an elf.

That’s why he knew.

How absurd what the human before his eyes was doing.

For elf purists like him, this reality was like a nightmare.

“What the hell… is this?”

Looking at Otren, who asked quietly enough for only himself to hear, Leo released his magic.

Not only had he perfectly copied Otren’s unique magic, but he had raised its completion even higher.

“What else would it be?”

Leo answered with an expressionless face.

“Your methods are wrong.”

Flash! Kwaaaaaaang—!

***

After Leo and Otren’s duel ended, the magical combat class ended as well.

Otren, the homeroom teacher of the first-year upper Class 1, seemed shocked and ended the class immediately.

The lower class also couldn’t continue lessons in this atmosphere, so Lora led the students back to the classroom.

‘Everyone’s mood is gloomy.’

After school.

Leo sighed as he watched the lower class students leaving the classroom with drooping ears.

It couldn’t be helped.

It became clear from the magical combat class earlier.

Seirun had no intention of treating lower class students as students.

They just thought of them as stepping stones for upper class students.

‘They must feel hopeless.’

If opportunities were given equally and proper competition was possible, it wouldn’t be unfair.

But even that opportunity wasn’t given.

When the entire lower class was about to leave the classroom in a dark mood.

“Um… Kail.”

Angr approached Leo.

“Could we talk for a bit?”

When Leo was about to nod at Angr, who asked hesitantly.

“Angr, sorry, but I’d like to have a private consultation with Kail first.”

“Ah, yes.”

Angr nodded with a flustered face and then said to Leo.

“Let’s talk again later.”

Leaving those words behind, Angr departed.

Lora entered the interview room next to the classroom with Leo.

After offering Leo a seat and sitting across from him, Lora took a deep breath and asked.

“I’ll ask you directly, Student Kail. What is your identity?”

Lora had brought the student roster.

“I looked at the intermediate class student roster, but Student Kail’s name wasn’t there. Same with the advanced class.”

Lora looked at the student who had suddenly appeared in the lower class today with a serious expression.

“Moreover, the magical ability you showed in the duel with Teacher Otren earlier—that wasn’t at a first-year level. No. It would be more accurate to say it wasn’t at a student level.”

Otren was also a star mage whose achievements were by no means low.

That same Otren was defeated without being able to do anything.

‘He was just like Lady Luna from the stories.’

Lora also truly respected Luna.

As such, she was well-versed in Luna’s anecdotes.

It was a famous story in the literature that young Luna often displayed genius abilities in her childhood.

At Lora’s question, Leo smiled slightly.

“I’m not a Seirun student.”

“I knew it. Then who are you?”

“My name is Leo Flobe. I’m the student council president of Lumern.”

“What?”

Lora was shocked by the identity she never could have imagined.

Lora had expected Leo to be an elven hero who had already made his name in the Hero Record.

But such expectations were spectacularly wrong.

‘To think he was a student from Lumern… and that Leo Flobe at that!’

Lora had already heard of Leo’s name to some extent.

The impact Leo had made on elven society from his first year was already tremendous.

Lora herself had been moved by the magical formula of the flower-blooming magic that Leo had interpreted.

He obtained Polium as a conquest reward in Luna’s World and showed tremendous activity in Lusejeon as well.

Most recently, he even conquered Dweno’s World.

When the hero candidate she had wanted to meet at this Serule suddenly appeared before her eyes, Lora didn’t know what to do.

“Are you really Leo Flobe? Why are you at Seirun…?”

“I came through the newly established exchange student program.”

“Ah!”

Lora exclaimed.

And she could understand why he had come to the first-year lower class.

“…Seirun has committed a tremendous discourtesy to Student Kai… no, Student Leo. I apologize as a teacher of Seirun.”

Lora bowed her head and apologized to Leo.

“It’s not something you need to apologize for, Teacher.”

Leo restrained Lora and smiled bitterly.

Looking at Leo like that, Lora smiled bitterly.

“I’m only showing you shameful behavior. Originally, Seirun wasn’t this kind of school.”

Lora’s face became shadowed.

“The students in our class aren’t children who should be in the lower class either… They’re all outstanding children…”

Seeing Lora genuinely worry about her students, Leo said.

“At this rate, forget the advanced class—they’ll have trouble even crossing the threshold of the intermediate class.”

“…Yes.”

At Leo’s words, Lora nodded with difficulty.

“If it’s going to be like this… it might be better not to be at Seirun at all. Seirun’s current methods are wrong.”

Lora said, raising her eyes.

Just as the lower class students had tried their best.

Lora had also struggled desperately, using every means to somehow help her students.

She continuously submitted petitions to Seirun’s upper management to provide opportunities for the lower class children.

She requested help so they could bloom their abilities as knights and summoners.

But now she realized it was useless.

‘At this rate, the children will be ruined.’

Lora gritted her teeth.

The position of Seirun teacher she had wanted wasn’t supposed to be like this.

“Teacher.”

“Yes?”

“Would you like to try changing Seirun with me?”

Lora’s eyes widened greatly.

“If we fail, you might be expelled from Seirun. But if we succeed, we’ll be able to change Seirun.”

For an elf, becoming a teacher at Seirun was an infinite honor.

Second only to getting one’s name inscribed in the Hero Record.

At Leo’s words, Lora smiled.

“If it’s being a teacher at this kind of Seirun, I have no desire to do it. Do you have a plan?”

***

The next day.

At Lora’s call, all the lower class students came to the classroom.

Looking at the students with somehow dazed eyes, Lora said.

“Everyone.”

Lora took a deep breath.

“As you all know, Seirun has abandoned you.”

At those words, the students’ eyes widened greatly.

“Damn it!”

“…Shit!”

Curses poured out from here and there.

Several female students covered their faces and shed tears, and even the male students were choking up.

Just a few months ago, they had entered Seirun with big dreams as elven hero candidates.

But before even taking midterm exams, they were abandoned by the school.

Of course, they had all been aware of this fact.

They had just been in denial.

Angr also wore a dazed expression.

“If you remain at school like this, you’ll probably only be treated as stepping stones for the intermediate and advanced class students.”

Lora said with an expressionless face.

“I cannot tolerate that. As your homeroom teacher, I know better than anyone that you are all outstanding.”

“Then… what should we do?”

Angr asked with a trembling voice.

Looking at Angr like that, Lora said.

“You’ll have to make a choice. Student Kail.”

At Lora’s words, Leo entered the class.

Leo was holding a single magic book in his hand.

“I think you all saw Student Kail’s star magic skills yesterday.”

That was exactly right.

Leo’s magical skills were outstanding enough to defeat the teacher in charge of advanced Class 1.

Therefore, one question arose.

‘Why is he in the lower class?’

“Aren’t you curious about why Student Kail is in the lower class?”

At Lora’s question, the students looked confused.

“What’s the reason?”

When Angr asked cautiously, Leo said.

“I read a forbidden book designated by Seirun.”

Thunk—!

Leo placed the magic book on the lectern.

He positioned it so the lower class students could see the title.

Angr, sitting in the front row, read the title.

“Introduction to Star Magic…? Wa, wait! This is a thesis written by a professor from Lumern’s Department of Magic, isn’t it?”

“What?”

“Why is that here?!”

The freshmen urgently stood up from their seats and retreated to the back of the classroom.

Leo made a strange expression at their appearance, as if they had seen a plague.

Leo, holding the book, approached the students who had fled to the back of the classroom.

“Eek!”

“D, don’t come!”

The students fled from Leo with fear-filled faces.

‘Interesting.’

Leo, wearing a mischievous smile, caught the fleeing Angr and forcibly pressed the magic book into his hands.

“Try reading it once.”

“Hiiiik!”

Angr, terrified as if he had touched something scary, threw the magic book away while sobbing.

If Ren had seen this, he might have foamed at the mouth seeing his written magic book being thrown.

Leo caught the magic book floating in the air.

Lora watched this scene with a bitter smile.

“That magic book is a Class 1 forbidden book designated by Seirun. You all know that even mentioning it results in severe punishment, and bringing it in would result in great punishment.”

The students nodded at Lora’s words.

“Student Kail was demoted to the lower class because he possessed that magic book.”

“Ah…”

“As expected…”

The students let out sighs.

“I also heard the reason from Student Kail and read the contents of [Introduction to Star Magic].”

“What?”

“You can’t!”

“Th, then Teacher Lora might also be stripped of your teaching position!”

The students showed shocked expressions.

Lora smiled gently while looking at the students who were worried about her.

“I don’t want to work as a teacher in such a Seirun.”

Lora, speaking gently but firmly, continued.

“After reading the magic book, there are no problems with the content. No, rather, I strongly felt that this magic book should be widely spread to the Elves as well.”

[Introduction to Star Magic] written by Ren and Anna.

Because it could destroy the specialness of ‘Star Magic’ that only they possessed, Seirun designated it as heretical and classified it as a forbidden book.

‘But the effect is certain.’

Most of the 2nd year Magic Studies Department students at Lumern who read the magic book entered Star Magic.

Soon, Lumern plans to conduct classes that were experimentally done only for 2nd years to all Magic Studies Department students of all grades.

Star Magic is the unique magic of Elves.

This book, which allows anyone who isn’t even an Elf to enter Star Magic, is literally a tremendous innovation.

If one cannot keep up with innovation and progress in magic, there’s only one word for it.

‘Regression.’

Leo clicked his tongue.

‘At this rate, Star Magic will no longer be the magic that symbolizes Elves.’

Tina must also be worried about that point.

No, any Elf with thoughts would be feeling anxiety about the future.

‘Naturally, Elves will adapt much better to this magic system created by Ren and Anna.’

Star Magic is originally greatly influenced by magical power characteristics.

The reason why some Elves who achieve excellent accomplishments in general magic have low achievements in Star Magic is also for this reason.

“If you learn the contents of this magic book, your Star Magic achievements will probably greatly advance. Then Seirun will also realize. The fact that this magic book shouldn’t be designated as forbidden and kept away, but should be actively embraced. If that happens, the current Seirun will also change.”

The students gulped at Lora’s words.

“However, if Seirun doesn’t change, it would be expulsion. If that happens, I will also leave Seirun without regret. You will probably also be expelled.”

Lora looked at the students.

“I won’t force you. The choice is yours.”

Whether to remain in the lower class as is.

Or whether to challenge changing Seirun even at the risk of expulsion.

The eyes of the lower class students, faced with this binary choice, wavered.

Angr, who had been acting as class president in the lower class, spoke with a trembling voice.

“We are…”

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