Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 366

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366

 

“What do you mean by that? The country of pleasure?”

 

“Another word to describe the country called Eleham.”

 

Cal shrugged his shoulders at Juwen’s question.

 

Hearing that, Chloe, who had been pondering, tilted her head.

 

“Is it because of the casinos?”

 

“Ah, come to think of it, Eleham is famous for its casinos.”

 

Juwen, who was from the Southern Region, nodded.

 

Eleham was famous for having royal casinos in every city.

 

“It’s partly because of the casinos, but that’s not all.”

 

Cal crossed his arms.

 

“Eleham is the poorest nation among human countries, while also being a country where all sorts of illegal activities from other nations are legal.”

 

“So what does that illegal stuff have to do with being called the country of pleasure?”

 

Chelsea made an expression showing she still didn’t understand.

 

The other students except Leo still couldn’t understand Cal’s words.

 

“As expected, young ladies from prestigious families are innocent.”

 

At Cal’s words, Selia spoke.

 

“What are those illegal activities?”

 

“It’s a bit embarrassing to say.”

 

“You should explain what it is before saying such things, shouldn’t you?”

 

At Selia’s words, Leo, who had been listening to the story, spoke.

 

“He’s probably talking about illegal drug sales or embarrassing relationships between men and women involving monetary transactions. If such things are legal, you’d openly see such scenes on the streets.”

 

“What?”

 

At Leo’s words, the female students who were momentarily flustered soon turned their heads away with reddened faces.

 

Seeing Selia’s embarrassed reaction, Cal spoke.

 

“Miss Selia, I’ll answer your question. Those illegal things are, in fact…”

 

“I get it, so shut up!”

 

Thwack-!

 

“Gack?!”

 

Selia, with a completely reddened face, struck Cal’s throat with a hand chop.

 

Watching Cal roll on the ground clutching his neck, Luke laughed and said to Juwen.

 

“Cal senior is really funny.”

 

“Cal? Who’s that?”

 

Juwen blatantly ignored his mentor.

 

After the small commotion settled, Leo spoke.

 

“If there are such dangers in Aleham as Cal says, it would be good to go well-prepared.”

 

At Leo’s words, Selia tilted her head.

 

“Would there really be any danger? I understand it’s a low-quality place, but we’re students of Lumern, right? No one should be able to mess with us carelessly.”

 

Most students nodded at Selia’s words.

 

“Think about it. Whether it’s gambling, drugs, or whatever else.”

 

Cal put his clasped hands behind his head and agreed with Leo’s words.

 

“Overall, it’s true that it’s a tough neighborhood to live in. Selia, as you said, we’re of course Lumern students and no one should be able to mess with us carelessly, but.”

 

Cal furrowed his brow.

 

“There are plenty of people in the world who don’t care about such things. Especially those who don’t discriminate between anything.”

 

At Cal’s words, Luke nodded as if he understood.

 

But the other students looked like they didn’t quite understand.

 

Selia, Chelsea, and Martina are nobles of the Rodren Empire, which occupies most of the western territory of the continent.

 

Especially among them, they belong to the heroic prestigious families that could be called the pinnacle of power, Jerdinger and Rwallin.

 

Chloe also belongs to a family affiliated with the North Mage Tower.

 

Of course, the Mueller family itself doesn’t hold a high position within the North Mage Tower, but being affiliated with the Magic Tower means it’s a good family.

 

Juwen is the daughter of the Southern Region Magic Tower Lord.

 

Aina is actually the great-granddaughter of the Sword Saint.

 

Betty is also from a good influential magic family.

 

Having grown up seeing only good things since childhood, they couldn’t help but be ignorant about the darkness of the world.

 

Seeing that, Leo spoke.

 

“Cal’s words mean that people with nothing to lose are scary. Well, it would be hard to understand just by explaining it with words.”

 

Leo looked at Selia and smiled slightly.

 

“It wouldn’t be bad to experience it through this opportunity. Professor Hallind wouldn’t send us with mentors for no reason.”

 

“You talk as if you’ve experienced such things.”

 

Chloe tilted her head.

 

Hearing that, Cal laughed “Ho ho-” and stroked his chin.

 

“Chloe. What kind of experience are you talking about?”

 

“Why are you making that disgusting expression like you’re about to say something weird again?”

 

When Chloe frowned and glared at Cal, Cal smiled wickedly.

 

“No. I was wondering if you were asking about Leo’s experience with women or something like that. With Leo’s popularity, enjoying secret meetings with female students in the middle of the night would be…”

 

Crackle crackle crackle!

 

“Magic use is prohibited in the library!”

 

Cal, who had been teasing Chloe, screamed in terror at Chloe’s magic power that seemed ready to freeze him immediately.

 

“Stop saying weird things. Leo oppa has never been involved in such scandals, so what nonsense are you spouting?”

 

At Lumern, dating is free, so dating itself isn’t strange.

 

However, school rules state not to cross the line.

 

A representative example is the rule prohibiting entering the dormitory rooms of the opposite sex in the middle of the night.

 

It was the same in the first year, and it’s the same now for second years using co-ed dormitories.

 

Of course, even so, being hot-blooded teenagers, there are brave souls who boldly try to break that rule, both in first year and second year.

 

Of course, they were invariably caught by the dormitory supervisor professors and thoroughly destroyed.

 

Since the dormitory supervisors thoroughly monitor the unauthorized entry rule, there has never been a successful case.

 

At Chelsea’s words, Cal raised his index finger and wiggled it back and forth.

 

“Hehehe- You don’t know anything.”

 

The smug Cal grinned.

 

“Of course there are no scandals with students from our school! But during the last Smith exclusive contract, Leo went out every night to meet Seirun female students and came back at dawn!”

 

“What?!”

 

Chelsea looked extremely flustered.

 

Chloe also gaped her mouth.

 

Seeing his two flustered friends, Cal smiled wickedly.

 

“Leo told me everything back then. What he did with the female students.”

 

At Cal’s suggestive voice, Chloe and Chelsea’s faces turned red.

 

“Should I tell you what he did?”

 

“No, it’s fine? I’m not curious about such things…”

 

“What Leo did with them was.”

 

When Cal lowered his voice, Chelsea, who had been getting angry, closed her mouth.

 

Chloe also swallowed dry saliva and focused on Cal’s mouth with wavering eyes.

 

As silence fell in the room, Cal whispered.

 

“He studied magic diligently.”

 

“…That’s it?”

 

“That’s it.”

 

Cal burst into laughter seeing Chloe and Chelsea, who had been concentrating on his words with completely reddened faces.

 

“What on earth were you two thinking! Puhahahaha! Gack!”

 

Chelsea delivered a drop kick to Cal’s abdomen.

 

Cal, who had been rolling on the ground miserably, struggled to get up but took a body blow from Chloe and collapsed on the ground again.

 

“How can you hit the same spot again… Wait! St-stop! I got hit in the bone! I said I got hit in the bone!”

 

Cal screamed, but Chelsea and Chloe, who held a grudge against him for mischievously teasing them, didn’t stop trampling on Cal.

 

Watching this scene, Selia crossed her arms and made an expression of disdain.

 

“I don’t understand why he’s so childish.”

 

Seeing their seniors like this, the freshmen thought:

 

‘Second-years aren’t any different from us.’

 

***

 

After discussing the mission practicum, they moved to spend time between mentors and mentees.

 

Since Chelsea didn’t have a mentee, she followed Leo.

 

The three people who arrived at a section of the 2nd-year Knight Academy Training Ground each found a spot and sat down.

 

“Come to think of it, how’s your magic going?”

 

Chelsea asked with curiosity.

 

She had previously heard through Leo that Luke had also started learning magic.

 

Ren personally teaching Luke magic was famous even among the 2nd-year Magic Studies Department students.

 

Chelsea had also gone to ask questions and had seen Luke receiving lessons on magic fundamentals from Ren several times.

 

At Chelsea’s question, Luke scratched his head and said:

 

“I can use simple magic now.”

 

“Let me see you try it.”

 

When Chelsea asked with interest, Luke created a simple magic missile to show her.

 

Seeing this, Chelsea said:

 

“You don’t have talent as a mage, do you?”

 

“Hahaha.”

 

Luke laughed awkwardly.

 

She didn’t make this assessment simply because Luke lacked magical power.

 

Chelsea also knew that Luke’s power was semi-forcibly restricted by Leo’s magic.

 

However, Chelsea’s assessment of his lack of talent was due to the magic formula Luke had woven.

 

‘It’s ordinary.’

 

He had simply followed what was written in books.

 

Luke’s individuality couldn’t be felt.

 

Since magic had advanced so much in this era, lower-level magic like magic missile could be easily used by anyone who could use magical power.

 

“Don’t you have any magic that shows your unique characteristics?”

 

At Chelsea’s question, Luke fidgeted and said:

 

“Well, I tried creating an original magic once.”

 

“Original magic? You did?”

 

Leo smiled with interest.

 

“Let’s see it.”

 

“I’m still not very good at using it though.”

 

“It doesn’t matter, just try it.”

 

At Leo’s words, Luke used his magic.

 

Seeing this, Chelsea let out an exclamation of admiration, and Leo stroked his chin.

 

“This seems quite useful?”

 

“I agree with Leo oppa too.”

 

***

 

“What are you staring at, Aina?”

 

Martina, who had been having a practice spar with Aina, looked slightly flustered as she watched Aina stop moving.

 

Martina, who had been chosen by Leo from among the Jerdinger Family trainees to become a student of Lumern, was a girl with outstanding talent for the sword.

 

However, compared to Aina before her, she couldn’t shake the feeling of being a firefly before a full moon.

 

The Sword Saint’s granddaughter.

 

She was a girl with talent incomparable to her own.

 

To the extent that one might think she was loved by the sword itself.

 

In terms of skill alone, Havedon, who ranked second in the Knight Department, was also impressive.

 

But from Martina’s perspective, having met renowned knights since childhood, in terms of pure swordsmanship technique alone, Aina had already far surpassed the level of a first-year.

 

That’s why there was one thing Martina couldn’t understand.

 

“Are you worried about Luke?”

 

At Martina’s question, Aina glanced at her.

 

The fact that Aina was concerned about Luke, a failing student from the same department, was probably something only Martina knew.

 

Since they were both Selia’s mentees, they often met for personal matters.

 

That’s how she naturally came to know that Aina sometimes looked at Luke.

 

“Martina.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“How would you compare my skills with Luke’s?”

 

“Isn’t comparison itself impossible?”

 

Aina, who was the year representative beyond just the Knight Department, and Luke, who was at the bottom of the year.

 

It didn’t make sense to put them on the same level for comparison.

 

At Martina’s words, Aina’s eyes darkened.

 

“Then why did Leo senior choose Luke as his mentee instead of me?”

 

“That seems like a somewhat rude question to Lady Selia.”

 

When Martina scratched her cheek with a troubled expression, Aina replied:

 

“I don’t have any complaints about Selia senior’s guidance. No, rather, it’s a great help to me. I’m always grateful to Selia senior.”

 

Selia was also a girl who had been called a genius of the sword.

 

Geniuses understand geniuses.

 

Selia generously shared her experiences with Aina, and with those experiences, Aina was able to grow much faster than she had thought possible.

 

“What I’m curious about is why Leo senior acknowledged Luke but didn’t acknowledge me.”

 

The Sword Saint had left his legacy to his beloved great-granddaughter.

 

However, as a prerequisite for fully inheriting the legacy, he set the condition of receiving recognition from ‘Leo Flobe.’

 

At Aina’s words, Martina crossed her arms.

 

“Hmm, it doesn’t seem like the young master particularly acknowledged Luke though.”

 

Martina, who had been tilting her head, said:

 

“Maybe he saw Luke’s potential?”

 

“Potential?”

 

“Yes, it was the same when he accepted us into the young master’s knight order. He accepted trainees he judged to have potential by his standards.”

 

“…Are you saying I don’t have potential?”

 

When Aina’s eyes darkened, Martina waved her hands dismissively.

 

“No, rather than that. Maybe it’s because you can already move forward without the young master’s teachings?”

 

Martina smiled slightly.

 

“I think he believed you would do well even without Leo senior’s guidance.”

 

“…”

 

“Let’s finish the spar. If Lady Selia catches us chatting like this, we’ll get in trouble.”

 

At Martina’s words, Aina nodded.

 

While doing so, she gripped her sword tightly.

 

‘In this mission practicum… I’ll definitely gain Leo senior’s recognition somehow.’

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