Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 428
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428.
“It’s wider than I thought.”
“This is Leo’s family home…!”
In front of the manor on the Flobe Family Estate.
As Runia muttered while looking at the manor’s main gate, Eiran beside her showed a nervous expression.
“Eiran, let’s go in.”
“Runia. Won’t this be insufficient? Leo’s parents will surely be there too. Won’t the gift be lacking?”
“You were the one who said that bringing too fancy a gift would make them feel burdened instead.”
“Aah! How could I do something so foolish!”
Eiran, who had fallen into a confused state due to excessive nervousness, blamed herself.
“Wait a moment! Let’s go back and get a gift…”
“Then we’ll be late.”
Runia grabbed Eiran by the scruff of her neck and dragged her inside.
“Aah, Runia! Wait a moment!”
“Ugh! Stop it and hurry up!”
Runia shouted while forcefully pulling Eiran, who was clinging to the iron gate and wouldn’t let go.
It was when the two elves were in front of someone else’s house like this.
“It seems you’re afraid of going to the training camp!”
A triumphant voice was heard from behind.
When Runia turned her head, she saw a beastman with his hands on his hips, swishing his white tail – Arga was snorting with a “Hmph!”
Next to him stood Driana with her arms crossed.
“You came?”
Runia, wearing a sullen expression, tilted her head sideways while keeping one hand on her hip without letting go of Eiran’s scruff.
Seeing her characteristically fierce gesture, Driana said.
“I always feel this way, but Runia, no matter how I look at you, you’re like a thug.”
“Huh? Wasn’t she a thug?!”
“Who are you calling a thug right now! You perverted dwarf and stupid cat!”
Runia, who was worked up, shouted angrily.
Watching such Runia, Eiran muttered quietly.
“Sometimes she does seem like a thug.”
“What?”
“Hieek?”
Seeing Runia’s eyes flashing, Eiran hugged the manor’s iron main gate even more tightly.
Runia tried to pry Eiran off, but Eiran was much stronger in basic physical strength to begin with.
“Hey! Cat, help me get her off. She’s stubbornly refusing to go!”
“If you block the way, it’s a nuisance to other people too.”
“That’s what I’m saying!”
Ar helped Runia try to pry Eiran off the gate.
Creak creak creak!
When Arga joined in, ominous sounds came from the gate.
Unlike before, Eiran also showed an expression of struggling more.
“Why is she so persistent!”
Arga, whose competitive spirit was triggered, gritted her teeth and applied more force.
It was when Driana was making a pathetic expression watching this scene.
“What are you guys doing right now?”
As Leo’s voice was heard, Eiran let go of her hands.
“Kyaak?”
“Ugya?!”
Runia and Arga, who had been pulling Eiran, couldn’t overcome the force and rolled miserably on the ground.
Unlike the two who had become a complete mess, Eiran stood up neatly, straightened her clothes, and stood in front of Leo.
“Leo! Are you spending your vacation well? Thank you for inviting us like this! Here… it’s lacking, but it’s a gift!”
Seeing Eiran handing over the gift with a bright smile, Leo smiled gently.
“Thank you, mother will like it.”
At those words, Eiran blushed, covered both her cheeks, and twisted her body not knowing what to do.
Seeing such Eiran, Ar and Runia pounced without hesitation.
“Why, why are you doing this?”
“Do you really not know why you’re asking?”
“You should suffer too!”
Eiran ran away with a tearful expression, avoiding the two who were pouncing with glaring eyes.
Watching this scene, Driana made a pathetic expression.
“To think these guys are called the future of their races. The future is truly worrying.”
“I don’t think you’re one to talk?”
Leo said while shaking his head, but Driana didn’t listen.
***
“What? The seniors who graduated are coming as instructors?!”
“That’s what I’m saying? I heard it directly from Torua yesterday. He disappeared around evening though.”
Many students had already gathered at the manor.
It wasn’t just Lumern.
Seirun, Ajonia, and even Demian.
Invitations had already been sent to students with top grades from each academy.
Moreover, there were not only 2nd years but also freshmen.
“Heh! It feels like an inter-academy competition?”
Iliana stroked her chin with sparkling eyes.
At that muttering, Ajonia’s 5th rank.
Borman crossed his arms and burst into laughter.
“That sounds interesting. The most excellent will definitely be Ajonia though!”
At that shout, the Ajonia students let out cheers.
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
Iliana clicked her tongue and wiggled her finger while looking at the Ajonia students.
“Sorry, but you can never beat us! Because!”
Iliana proudly lifted her head, covered her mouth with her hand, and burst into laughter.
“We have Leo Flobe! Hohoho! I’ll show you all the bitter taste of defeat.”
“Grr?!”
Borman gritted his teeth and clenched his fist tightly.
Watching such Iliana, Chelsea made a pathetic expression.
“She’s not even winning because she’s good, so why is she acting so proud?”
“It’s embarrassing, so someone please stop her.”
Taide said while covering his face.
Duran, who was sitting on one side with his eyes closed and arms crossed, spoke.
“Chen Xia, drag her out.”
“Me?”
“Should I drag her out?”
Crackle—!
Small sparks flew from Duran’s body.
Seeing this, Chen Xia approached Iliana with a troubled smile.
“Iliana, please stop and come here.”
“Why? I need to crush the spirits of those other academy guys a bit more… Mmph? Mmph?”
Chen Xia covered Iliana’s nose and mouth with a white cloth as she tried to provoke students from other academies again without listening.
Iliana, who had been struggling in the sudden situation, soon rolled her eyes back and went limp.
“Our academy’s student was rude.”
Looking at Chen Xia smiling brightly, all the students from other schools instantly showed terrified expressions.
“She’s not dead, is she?”
“She’s not moving at all.”
“The upperclassmen from Lumern are scary.”
While the freshmen from other schools were murmuring among themselves.
Selia arrived.
“There are so many people gathered here, it’s bustling.”
Chelsea greeted Selia as she shook her head and swept her hair back.
“Welcome, Selia.”
At Chelsea’s words, Selia paused for a moment and frowned.
“What? That’s creepy.”
Since Chelsea was smiling with uncharacteristic endless kindness, Selia couldn’t help but feel suspicious.
Even at Selia’s words, Chelsea didn’t drop her kind smile.
“You know, I discovered something interesting.”
Chelsea rummaged around and pulled out a photo from her pocket.
“Ta-da!”
Selia’s face, which had been looking at Chelsea suspiciously, turned pale.
“Y-y-y-y-y-you! Where did you get that photo!”
“Well? Where could it have come from?”
“Argh!”
With a reddened face, Selia rushed at Chelsea, tore the photo to shreds, then burned it with flame aura.
Then she ran to Leo.
“Hey! Leo! How could you do this!”
Leo, who had been talking with Chloe and Avad, shrugged his shoulders.
Chloe smiled awkwardly while Avad wore his characteristic gentle smile.
“It looked quite good on you though?”
“Erase it from your head while I’m being nice! Butter!”
At Avad’s words, Selia showed a reaction close to convulsions and grabbed Leo’s collar, shaking him vigorously.
“You promised to keep it secret! Secret!”
“I didn’t show it. Mother showed it.”
“Aunt Raina did?”
Selia made a tearful face.
Since Raina had shown it, there was nothing she could say.
“To grab the collar of the young master you serve. What an ill-mannered maid.”
“That’s right. Miss Selia. Violent behavior is not the proper mindset for a maid.”
Eliza, who had been watching, openly sneered, and Chen Xia, who had subdued Iliana, also spoke with a bright smile.
Furious, Selia rushed at both of them and grabbed their necks.
“Let go, Selia Jerdinger!”
“Don’t be angry, Miss Selia.”
Eliza struggled while Chen Xia spoke calmly.
It was when a commotion was breaking out.
“Everyone looks so lively, it’s good to see.”
Clear laughter could be heard.
A voice that reached the students’ ears vividly.
Everyone’s gaze turned toward the second floor of the manor.
And discovering a small girl wearing a veil there, they widened their eyes.
“Dragon Lord.”
The Dragon Lord they had seen during the last summit was standing there.
Everyone had already seen her once.
But even so, this was the first time seeing her this close.
While everyone was tense.
Mellina hung a banner on the second-floor railing.
Flutter-!
“Everyone here, I sincerely welcome you to the training camp.”
Mellina smiled brightly and clapped with her small hands.
But the students who saw the banner just stood frozen.
“Welcome to Hell?”
Chelsea muttered in a displeased voice.
Seeing that, Cal muttered with the face of someone who had lived through everything.
“As expected.”
Why are bad premonitions never wrong?
Cal muttered to himself and smiled sadly.
It was when everyone was gulping nervously.
And then…
Creeeeak-! Thud-!
The open door closed with a heavy sound.
“Now then, everyone.”
“Hey hey, the atmosphere doesn’t seem right?”
“What’s going to happen?”
It was when the students were murmuring.
“Let’s begin the training camp.”
With that, the scenery changed.
The students, suddenly thrown into the middle of a mountain ravine, looked up at Mellina in a daze.
Mellina was looking down at the students from atop a cliff, waving her hand.
“Have a safe trip.”
Kyaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaah!
By the law of gravity, the students fell below the cliff.
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Whoooosh!
Falling down the endless cliff, Ar maintained a calm expression.
‘No need to panic. Using aura.’
Ar, who was about to activate her aura, suddenly showed a panicked expression.
The aura in her body responded very weakly, unlike usual.
She couldn’t exert her usual strength.
But the panic was only momentary.
Ar quickly used aura to strengthen her hands.
Then she extended her claws and scraped the cliff.
Scrrrrrrrrape-!
Ar used friction to forcibly slow her falling speed.
It was when Ar was about to smile triumphantly.
Whooom-!
“Huh?”
Her body became incredibly heavy.
Slip-!
Her hand strength couldn’t overcome the weight and slipped.
Scrape-! Thud! Crack! Bang!
Ar, who crashed to the ground, screamed and groaned.
She wasn’t seriously injured, but it hurt tremendously.
Ar wasn’t the only one who had fallen nearby.
Eiran, Selia, and Duran fell together.
“Ow, that hurts.”
Eiran made a tearful face as she struggled to get up from where she was.
Selia also gritted her teeth and endured the pain.
Duran calmly got up, but his movements were sluggish due to the pain.
Ar also got up.
Fifteen 2nd Year students from each Academy were invited.
Among them, Ar had fallen together with these three.
“It seems we’ve all been scattered apart.”
At Selia’s murmur, Ar spoke.
“Did we fall here randomly? Or were we predetermined to be in this group?”
“Hmph. The probability that we were predetermined as a group is high.”
Duran snorted.
“Aren’t all four of us here frontline fighters?”
“That’s right. Our role is to block enemies at the very front.”
Just as Eiran was nodding her head.
“It’s a bit different.”
A voice came from above.
All four people looked up simultaneously.
The two with excellent dynamic vision spotted Leo sitting on the cliff above, looking down at them.
“Your role in battle isn’t to block enemies, but to annihilate them, right?”
Despite having excellent physical abilities and stamina, you possess overwhelming firepower.
“Just like Hero Arron.”
“Leo!”
“What, black rabbit! Why are you the only one comfortably up on the cliff! Come down here quickly!”
“Aren’t you participating in the training camp?”
Eiran smiled brightly and waved her hand, while Ar pouted her lips.
When Selia asked with a puzzled face, Duran crossed his arms.
“No, he’s just already climbed up to the cliff.”
“That’s right, Duran.”
Leo smiled and nodded.
“I cleared this task as soon as it started.”
“So, you’re going to wait for us, is that it?”
At Duran’s words, Leo chuckled.
“I’m always waiting for you guys.”
“What?”
At the sudden words, not only Duran but the others also looked puzzled.
“So?”
Leo opened his mouth.
“How long are you going to make me wait?”
Looking at Leo gazing down at them from such a high place, Ar snorted.
“We’ll be there soon. Wait for us.”
“Really?”
Leo smiled and stood up.
“Then I’ll be waiting.”
Leaving those words, Leo departed from the cliff without hesitation.
Mellina asked such Leo.
“You seem to be looking forward to the day those children catch up.”
“I am looking forward to it.”
Leo chuckled.
“Do you think those children can replace the Great Heroes?”
“They can’t replace those guys. Neither can you, and neither can the Heroes of the Cataclysm.”
“…It can’t be helped. We dare not compare to the Great Heroes. We could never replace them.”
Mellina shrank her shoulders as if feeling sorry.
Leo reached out his hand toward such Mellina.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Huh?”
“You guys are you guys.”
Ruffling Mellina’s hair, Leo said.
“Just as you can’t replace those guys, those guys can’t replace you either.”
Leo chuckled.
“Do you think we saved the world with just our own power? We just happened to have stronger power than others by chance. So anyone with the will to risk their life to save the world is a reliable and precious comrade.”
Leo, who had taken his hand off Mellina’s head, walked away with shuffling steps.
“Hurry up and come up on stage. I’m waiting with my neck craned.”
Mellina, who had been watching Leo’s retreating figure, looked down below the cliff and said.
“Everyone, you’ll need to work really hard, won’t you? The Hero of the Beginning is waiting for you.”
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