Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 41

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41

[Did you notice my presence? Young phoenix’s contractor.]

“Tartaros.”

[You even see through my true identity? Interesting. Very interesting.]

“Your tricks are obvious.”

Leo, who had faced Tartaros countless times during the Age of Calamity, knew their methods well.

“Perfect timing. I had something I wanted to ask.”

[A hero candidate has something to ask me… Well, what are you curious about?]

“That Pafnir, where did it come from? It should have gone extinct during the Age of Calamity.”

[You know about Pafnir too? What exactly are you?]

“Think I’ll tell you?”

[Fair enough. Interesting. Very interesting.]

Pafnir tilted its head and muttered.

[But this won’t do. As interesting as you are, it seems you need to disappear here.]

Black energy poured out from Pafnir’s body.

“If you won’t answer, then I have no reason to let that annoying magical beast live either.”

Leo smirked and concentrated his aura.

The flames burning on Fiora’s body grew stronger accordingly.

‘I haven’t learned it yet, but I know the principle.’

Leo recalled the technique Selia had used during the entrance exam.

‘If I were alone, knowing just the principle wouldn’t be enough to use this technique.’

Leo grinned and concentrated his aura on Fiora.

The powerful sword technique that only direct descendants of Jerdinger like Selia could master.

Phoenix Breath secret technique – Prominence. Summoning formula.

Crimson flames enveloped Fiora.

Kwaaaaaaah—!

Pafnir spat black flames at Leo.

Fiora charged toward those black flames.

Whoosh!

As if purifying them, the black flames turned crimson upon contact with Fiora’s flames.

And those transformed flames became part of Fiora’s fire.

Slash—!

Fiora’s wings, sharpened like blades by aura, severed Pafnir’s neck.

Splurt—!

Black blood sprayed as Pafnir’s body crashed to the ground.

Just before that, Fiora extended her talons to grab the unconscious Riu’s clothes and flew to Leo.

Whoosh—!

Pafnir’s corpse soon became black flames and disappeared.

It vanished without leaving even ash, as if it had never existed in this world.

Fiora placed Riu on Leo’s Griffin, then perched gracefully on Leo’s head.

She looked herself over from various angles.

Like a child showing off new clothes in front of a mirror, she struck different poses.

‘What the hell was that?’

Leo narrowed his eyes.

The appearance of an extinct magical beast.

A Tartaros Masu Sorcerer controlling such a beast.

‘And how did this guy summon that Pafnir?’

Leo’s expression grew serious.

Whatever it was, it was clearly no ordinary matter.

‘Is this connected to Pirina being at Lumern?’

Leo stroked his chin, thinking of the phoenix Pirina, who was staying at Lumern at the principal’s request as his mother’s friend.

‘I should meet her and ask.’

Leo sighed and withdrew his spiritual power.

Poof—!

Fiora, wrapped in flames, returned to her original form and dropped onto Leo’s head with a thud!

Chirp! Chirp!

As if protesting, Fiora pecked Leo’s crown with her small beak.

“You want me to change you back to that form? That’s not even your real appearance.”

Peck—! Peck—!

Fiora seemed upset and grabbed a few strands of Leo’s hair with her beak, pulling them.

Ignoring the small phoenix, Leo spotted a Black Wyvern flying in the distance.

It was Professor Yura from Summoning Studies.

Leo scratched his cheek.

“What happens to the match?”

***

“Ah! To think it got canceled~”

Cal grumbled, hands clasped behind his head.

The Summoned Beast Race, the Summoning Studies practical exam, had been canceled.

Of course, since it was an exam, grades still had to be given, so scoring would be based on the ability utilization shown during the test.

“Why do you seem more disappointed than anyone?”

“Of course! Do you know how much money I bet on you? The odds would have paid out big!”

“You bet money?”

Leo burst into hollow laughter seeing Cal’s genuinely regretful expression.

‘Since Cal doesn’t know, it seems the fact that Sen Liu contracted with a magical beast hasn’t spread to other students.’

After the match ended, Leo, Chen Xia, Woreden, and Eliza were called by Yura.

They were then told not to speak to other students about anything related to the magical beast.

‘A Lumern student contracting with a magical beast is a major incident. But how did that Masu Sorcerer pass Pafnir to Sen Liu?’

Leo left the dormitory with Cal, wearing a serious expression.

“Come to think of it, Leo. Lately it seems like the Magic Studies kids have been talking behind your back.”

“When haven’t they been talking behind my back?”

Leo chuckled.

Leo, the year representative and unprecedented all-class student, was the most famous first-year.

Until early in the semester, no one paid much attention to Leo except for being an all-class student.

Even dual-class students find it difficult to properly handle two abilities.

‘But I’ve excelled in all three.’

While it was natural for Leo, it didn’t seem that way to others.

Naturally, he drew the professors’ attention.

Especially the first-year department head professors: Ain, Yura, and Ren.

All three professors showed great interest in Leo to recruit him to their departments.

Other students couldn’t help but notice.

At Lumern, gaining professors’ attention and learning more was advantageous for school life.

But Leo had become the hot topic monopolizing the love of three department professors.

Naturally, students who envied Leo began to emerge.

Leo understood that.

‘Of course, that doesn’t mean I plan to treat them kindly.’

Understanding other students’ feelings and treating them well were entirely different things.

If anyone openly talked behind his back in front of him, he was ready to punish them without hesitation.

“It’s not just a day or two. But what’s annoying is that lately the gang hanging around with Chloe has been openly talking behind your back.”

“The gang hanging around with Chloe?”

“Yeah. You know, those kids from prominent magic families who stick together.”

“They don’t seem like the type who’d get along with Chloe.”

Chloe was from the North Mage Tower, but her family wasn’t one of the prominent ones within the tower.

Thanks to that, Chloe also had a bad relationship with the so-called prestigious family groups at the beginning of the semester.

“Exactly! Those guys used to talk behind your back and Chloe’s back too! But recently, just because it’s exam period, they’ve been clinging to Chloe pretending to be friendly! From what I’ve seen lately, it looks like they’re even trying to form a faction using Chloe.”

“Chloe isn’t the type to be manipulated by those kinds of people.”

“That’s true, but with the competition between you and Chloe, and how distant we’ve become lately, I’m worried.”

Cal let out a deep sigh.

Meanwhile, the two arrived at a two-story building located between the male and female dormitories.

It was a study hall that first-year students could use when they gathered to study together.

Leo and Cal, who had brought their study materials, entered the room at the end of the second floor.

Inside the room was a long study table with long chairs on both sides.

Chelsea, who had claimed one of the chairs, was lying down looking at the ceiling with her legs crossed, holding a book in one hand and snacks in the other.

“Hm? You’re here?”

Chelsea, with a long stick snack in her mouth, greeted the two.

Crunch crunch—

Cal whispered to Leo while watching Chelsea slowly bite into the cream-coated stick snack, leaving only the part meant to be held by hand.

“Leo. I used to have fantasies about noble young ladies, you know? Like, that elegant lady feeling.”

“And?”

“After entering Lumern, it all shattered.”

As Cal spoke sadly, a notebook came flying at him.

“Can you hear what I’m saying?!”

“I don’t know what you said, but it was definitely rude, right?”

Chelsea stood up from her seat with a “Hmph!”

Cal sat in front of her and looked at the pile of snacks on one side of the desk.

“Didn’t you eat dinner?”

“I did.”

“Then what are those snacks?”

“Dessert.”

“This is dessert? You’ll turn into a pig at this rate.”

“Unlike Cal, I exercise diligently~”

Chelsea hummed as she stood up from her seat.

“So, what’s the reason you insisted on meeting tonight?”

“The reason we gathered, as I mentioned earlier, is to present the original magic each of us created before tomorrow’s Magic Studies practical exam and help complement each other’s work.”

“That’s the premise, but you’re actually asking for our help, right?”

Chelsea crossed her arms and spoke teasingly.

At those words, Cal pressed his palms together and bowed his head.

“That’s right! I’m having trouble casting spells because of one magic formula! So please give me some good ideas! Please! Bro! Sis! I’m begging you like this!”

“Can’t be helped.”

Chelsea laughed with a “Heh—” and sat down demurely.

Cal praised Chelsea with an “Ooh!” at her dignified appearance befitting a young lady from a renowned magical hero family.

Watching Cal, Chelsea smiled brightly and clapped her hands with a “Clap!”

“Snacks.”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you hear? Snacks.”

“What are you talking about out of nowhere?”

“You’re not thinking of asking me, the young lady of the Rwallin Family, for favors empty-handed, are you? My advice is usually expensive, but since we’re friends, I’ll settle for snacks.”

Chelsea spoke as if giving an order.

“Go to the cafe on the first floor and buy all types of snacks.”

“…Um, Miss Chelsea? There are still plenty of snacks left here.”

“Yeah. I know.”

“Damn it! You demon!”

All the snacks sold at Lumerne Cafe are as expensive as they are delicious.

Chelsea smiled brightly watching Cal go to buy snacks while shedding tears of blood.

“Come to think of it, Leo oppa never told me what kind of original magic you created, did you?”

Cal had created alchemy-based original magic that could freely manipulate metals.

In Chelsea’s case, naturally influenced by her family, she was creating wind-based original magic.

“You must have created something really amazing, right?”

“It’s a magic system based on non-attribute mana.”

“A magic system based on non-attribute mana?”

“Yeah. I created a magic formula system that can use magic of all attributes without penalties.”

All mages have what’s called a specialized attribute.

In Chelsea’s case, she specializes in wind attribute magic.

Of course, it’s not that she can’t use magic of other attributes, but there are penalties.

The most representative penalty is that when using magic of opposing attributes, the power is halved and mana consumption is doubled.

Leo was saying he had created a formula system that could use magic without such penalties.

“Is that possible?”

Chelsea expressed doubt.

Looking at Chelsea, Leo opened his palm.

Whirr—!

Above his palm, a magic formula system woven with threads of mana was manifested.

Chelsea stared blankly with her mouth open upon seeing that formula.

“…Leo oppa will take first place in the magic practical exam too.”

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