Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 343

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343

“You want me to summon the Fairy King again?”

“That’s right.”

Rea’s eyes widened.

The summoning of the Fairy King.

It had been the elves’ long-cherished wish for thousands of years.

In history, there was only one person who was the last covenant holder of the Fairy King.

That was Luna.

Originally, the Fairy King was a legendary magical beast that had formed covenants with the Elf Kings for generations.

But when the Age of Calamity began, the Elf King disappeared.

When the previous Fairy King Grawin lost his power in the battle against Tartaros, the one who actually performed the duties of the Fairy King was the current Fairy King Silorod.

And Luna was both Silorod’s first and last covenant holder.

Just as Risinass had the Phoenix King, Flame Emperor Katariou as his partner, Luna also had the Fairy King’s successor, Silorod.

Among them, Katariou lost his life.

On the contrary, Silorod survived the final battle.

The last image Leo remembered of Silorod was him feeling deep despair and guilt over Luna’s death.

Leo’s eyes darkened as he recalled the past.

And he looked down at the back of his hand.

During the entrance exam.

The [Fairy King’s Covenant] he obtained as a conquest reward.

Through this covenant, he was able to form a contract with Kirran, who had been sealed by Silorod and exiled from Fairy Land.

Although he had contracted with Kirran, the fact that Silorod was the main subject of the covenant remained unchanged.

Until last year, Leo couldn’t summon Silorod due to insufficient spiritual power.

But even after his vessel grew larger and he gained enough spiritual power to call forth the Fairy King, Leo still couldn’t summon Silorod.

‘It’s probably because I obtained the covenant through Hero Record.’

Although he had obtained the Fairy King’s covenant as a conquest reward, Leo, as a summoner, didn’t have the right spiritual affinity with fairies as magical beasts.

‘Right now, Jerdinger’s blood flows in this body, so my spiritual power was compatible with the Phoenix… and Pegasus matches my original mana characteristic of purity… but not fairies. Not in my past life or now.’

Leo was able to form a contract with Kirran purely thanks to the conquest reward from Albi’s World.

That’s why even though Leo obtained the Fairy King’s covenant, he couldn’t call Silorod.

Even though it was called a covenant, it was one that Silorod himself wasn’t aware of.

‘But if someone else creates a pathway, the story changes.’

If Silorod himself becomes aware of the covenant’s existence, summoning would be possible from that moment on.

At Leo’s words, Rea spoke hesitantly.

“Flobe Sunbaenim. It’s true that I heard Lord Silorod’s voice, but… that was only possible by borrowing the power of Cometes. With my current abilities, I absolutely can’t summon the Fairy King again. Hearing the Fairy King’s voice was simply a coincidence.”

“A coincidence?”

“Yes.”

Rea carefully explained what happened at that time.

“When the first-year upper class students were having lessons at the Comet’s Sanctum, I was given the qualification to hold Cometes.”

Rea smiled awkwardly.

“I wasn’t originally trying to summon the Fairy King either. The teacher who was leading the class at that time recommended that I try summoning a fairy once. The teacher also drew the summoning circle at that time. And then I suddenly heard Lord Silorod’s voice.”

Looking at Rea scratching her head as if embarrassed, Leo tilted his head.

“Among the lower class kids, there’s a rumor going around that you even drew the summoning circle yourself?”

“That can’t be.”

Looking at Rea waving her hands dismissively, Leo asked.

“Who was the supervising teacher?”

“It was Lord Rhagen, the acting principal.”

Leo stroked his chin.

‘This kid definitely has talent as a summoner.’

Still an inexperienced first-year.

But even so, she possessed skills and talent that could be described as promising.

Although there were some slightly strange aspects, she was an excellent hero candidate with an anticipated future.

Even so, as a summoner, she was far from sufficient to summon the Fairy King.

Both in terms of vessel and knowledge.

“Cometes only displays its abilities when held by members of the Tingel family, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

Cometes, brought by Seirun as a conquest reward from the Heroes’ World.

Only members of the Tingel family could fully utilize the power of the mighty magic staff that contained both Luna’s and Seirun’s magic simultaneously.

‘She summoned the Fairy King as if it was orchestrated. Does she know something?’

Feeling suspicious, Leo said.

“Regardless, the fact that you heard the Fairy King’s voice means you have talent.”

Leo raised his spiritual power.

“I’ll take over Cometes’ role.”

“Then.”

At Leo’s words, Rea took off her socks.

And after taking a deep breath, she stepped onto the magic circle Leo had drawn.

Since long ago, elves had conducted summoning rituals with fairies at lakes.

Now that tradition had disappeared and summoning rituals were freely performed anywhere.

But the act of baring one’s legs before entering the lake still remained to this day.

“I’ll give it a try.”

With a trembling voice and an awkward smile, Rea carefully reached out her hand to Leo.

Leo took Rea’s hand and raised his spiritual power.

Whooom.

The summoning circle glowed.

Brilliant golden light burst throughout Leo’s dormitory room.

Rea’s body swayed for a moment.

Summoning the Fairy King without the power of Cometes required an enormous amount of mana.

It had to be that way.

Officially, the Fairy King was the strongest magical beast existing in the current era.

Now that the lineages of the Phoenix King, the Flame Emperor, and the leader of the Pegasus, the Thunder King, had been severed.

The most powerful magical beast could only be the Fairy King.

No matter how much Leo assisted, Rea’s vessel as a mere first-year couldn’t handle the Fairy King.

Even activating the summoning circle was originally impossible.

But…

‘There are plenty of workarounds.’

Leo looked down at his hand glowing golden.

What Leo, who already had the Fairy King’s covenant, needed was a pathway to reach Silorod.

And Rea just needed to serve as that pathway.

Whoosh-!

The summoning circle’s gate opened.

The moment she saw that, Rea, who had suffered mana exhaustion, collapsed as if fainting.

Thud-

Leo caught the falling Rea and looked at the gate.

-Is it you again, descendant of Seirun.

A familiar voice was heard.

At the familiar voice, Leo felt his heart stirring.

-Descendant of Seirun. You still lack the qualifications.

Silorod seemed to think that Rea was the one who summoned him, speaking as if scolding her.

-After you grow your vessel a bit more…

“Silorod.”

-…Who are you? How can you interfere in this conversation?

Hearing a voice means a kind of preliminary contract state.

In other words, only the subject of the contract can hear Silorod’s voice and convey words to him.

But in that situation, hearing a third party’s voice surprised Silorod as well.

“It’s me, Kail.”

-What?

After a moment, the closed door of the contract opened and a fairy revealed itself.

The fairy, wrapped in golden mana, was looking up at Leo with an expression of disbelief.

Silorod’s eyes trembled as they met Leo’s gaze.

A completely different appearance.

But the light dwelling in Leo’s red eyes was exactly the same as the Kail that Silorod knew.

-You’re saying you’re Kail?

Silorod’s voice trembled.

Watching Silorod ask in disbelief, Leo extended his hand.

Pure white light burst forth from Leo’s hand.

Silorod’s hand trembled upon seeing it.

This pure white light.

He knew it.

5000 years ago.

The light left behind by his first and last Pact Maker.

The one miracle that had defeated the calamity.

-Innocent…

Seeing that pure white light that proved the boy before him was Kail, Silorod flew toward Leo.

Clinging to Leo’s white hair, Silorod sobbed and cried out.

-You promised! You promised that after defeating Erebos, at least Risinass and Kail would return! But why only now… only now! Why… after 5000 years have passed…!

Watching Silorod cry his heart out, Leo smiled bitterly.

“…Is it okay for a Fairy King who’s lived over 5000 years to cry so undignifiedly?”

Even at Leo’s words, Silorod didn’t stop sobbing.

The fairy who had finally reached the end of endless waiting after 5000 years shed tears endlessly like the young fairy of those days.

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-Hmph! I see. I thought something was strange. The much-rumored Leo Flobe was actually you, Kail.

Silorod, sitting in front of Leo, nodded while blowing his nose with a tissue.

Having calmed down somewhat, he regained his composure while still sniffling.

Leo rested his chin on his hand at Silorod’s appearance.

-Why are you looking at me like that?

“Even if there are people who know my identity, you’re the only one in this era who can share the events from 5000 years ago with me. That’s fascinating.”

-More fascinating than me? You who had already died 5000 years ago have returned to life.

Silorod let out a chuckle.

It was exactly the same way of speaking as 5000 years ago.

Watching such Silorod, Leo burst into laughter.

“Did you hear all of my story?”

-Yes, even to Fairy Land, the story of Leo Flobe has reached us. At first, I naturally thought there would be many exaggerated parts… but if it’s you, it makes sense.

Silorod smiled slightly.

-Luna coming out of the Hero Record was also because of you, wasn’t it?

“That’s right.”

-…I always miss Luna, but… seeing you makes me miss her even more.

Recalling his Pact Maker who had left this world long ago, Silorod made a bitter expression.

“I’m curious about something. You haven’t had a single Pact Maker during the past 5000 years, have you?”

-Officially, no.

“So unofficially, there was one.”

At Leo’s words, Silorod looked at Rea.

-Yes. As Kail expected, the Comet Mage, Seirun was my second Pact Maker.

At those words, Leo tilted his head.

“But why did you hide that fact?”

-It was decided after discussing with Seirun. We also destroyed all the mediums used in the summoning ritual. Except for Cometes.

“Why?”

-If it became officially known that I had a Pact Maker, countless summoner families would try to make contracts with me.

In the current era, the Fairy King is praised as a fantasy among fantasies, almost impossible to contract with.

There’s no medium in this world that can summon the Fairy King either.

According to Silorod, he deliberately didn’t make Pact Makers.

“What’s the reason for not making contracts? Even during the Cataclysm 3000 years ago, your power would have been absolutely necessary for the Heroes of the Cataclysm. Why didn’t you lend your strength?”

As one who experienced the Age of Calamity.

Silorod fears and hates Erebos more than anyone else.

Therefore, if he had made a contract with Seirun, he would have lent his power to the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

But Silorod didn’t leave Fairy Land even during the return of calamity 3000 years ago.

At Leo’s question, Silorod answered in a heavy voice.

-It wasn’t that I didn’t lend it, but that I couldn’t lend it.

At that answer, Leo made a stern expression.

“…Don’t tell me, the reason you moved Fairy Land was?”

After the Age of Calamity ended.

The Northern Lands where Fairy Land was originally located became a land of bitter cold.

Fairies dislike the cold.

But that level of cold wasn’t reason enough to leave their homeland where they had lived for eons.

Moreover, fairies are magical beasts that wield powerful magic.

They had the ability to maintain Fairy Land as a warm, verdant forest.

Yet Silorod abandoned Fairy Land without regret.

At Leo’s words, Silorod made a stern expression.

-It’s as Kail expected. The reason I don’t make Pact Makers is because I can’t leave Fairy Land for long periods.

“Don’t tell me…”

-Yes. As you expected.

Leo covered his face with his hands.

5000 years ago.

In the final battle, Kail had divided the primordial evil into six parts and sealed them.

The first fragment was revived during the return of calamity 3000 years ago and was stopped by the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

And the second among them was precisely…

“It’s in Fairy Land.”

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