Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 455

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455.

 

The hero candidates erupted in cheers at the legendary hero’s feat unfolding before their eyes.

 

The massive threat that had tried to destroy the world had just vanished before their very eyes.

 

They had literally witnessed a page of legend being written right in front of them.

 

Arron smiled as he watched the hero candidates cheering.

 

“As expected of Lord Arron!”

 

Arga ran over shouting.

 

Seeing Ar’s face beaming with joy, Arron reached out his hand.

 

“Thank you.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I was able to wake up because I heard your voice.”

 

At those words, Arga became embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.

 

“Lord Arron. What you said earlier.”

 

When Chelsea asked hesitantly, Arron turned around and winked at her.

 

At that, Chelsea nodded silently.

 

“Ar, Chelsea. Now let’s go take care of the injured.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Ar and Chelsea, who answered energetically, returned to the castle.

 

It had been a fierce battle that lasted all night.

 

While Arron was fighting fiercely against Erebos, the hero candidates also had to withstand an assault of monsters equivalent to a legion with just a small number of people.

 

There were many injured as a result.

 

The hero candidates who had been cheering in the joy of victory also came to their senses and quickly treated the wounded.

 

Following behind Ar as she ran to the castle, Chelsea glanced back slightly.

 

She could see Arron following behind, and Leo was walking beside him.

 

Arron extended his right fist toward Leo, who was walking to his right.

 

Leo chuckled and bumped his left fist against it with a thud.

 

They looked like old best friends and comrades.

 

‘So Leo really is… the Hero of the Beginning.’

 

Seeing that scene, she truly felt the reality of Arron’s earlier words.

 

Step- Step-

 

“Kail, I’m sorry.”

 

“For what?”

 

“I couldn’t live up to your faith in me.”

 

Arron said while looking at the sun slowly rising, pushing away the darkness.

 

“I acted brave in the final battle. But actually, I was trembling. I had seen the future.”

 

“The future?”

 

“Yeah. I knew we would lose in that battle. So I was going to suggest we run away. But if we ran, I saw a future where you and Luna would die.”

 

“…So you died in our place?”

 

“Yeah. And I gave up.”

 

“You never gave up until the end.”

 

“…”

 

“You’re not a burden or anything. We never once stopped believing in you.”

 

At Leo’s words, Arron smiled.

 

“I understand now. Don’t worry too much.”

 

“Does this look like worrying to you? I’m scolding you for just now realizing it, you idiot.”

 

Seeing Leo speak with his face scrunched up, Arron scratched his head.

 

“If Luna were here, would she have hit me once?”

 

“Would it have ended with just once?”

 

“Absolutely not.”

 

Arron shook his head and burst into laughter, then looked down at Brave in his hand.

 

Brave had returned to its original broken state.

 

“Dweno’s flame ignited earlier.”

 

“I know.”

 

He recalled Dweno’s flame that had reacted to Arron’s aura.

 

“Dweno’s will reacted to help you.”

 

Leo had done nothing.

 

Yet Dweno’s flame had naturally blazed up.

 

Probably when Arron mustered courage and tried to move forward, Brave tried to help its master.

 

Though it was already a broken sword, it used its creator’s power to briefly return to its original form to fulfill its duty.

 

“Dweno’s weapons are that kind of weapon.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Weapons that respond to the user’s will.

 

That’s why Dweno is called the Divine Blacksmith, and that’s why Leo and Arron trusted him to the end.

 

Step- Step-

 

The two had somehow approached close to the city wall.

 

Watching Arron, Leo stopped walking.

 

“By the way, how did you come back?”

 

The divine power Leo had used to bring Arron out of the Heroes’ World was almost completely consumed.

 

But since it wasn’t completely depleted, he had no doubt that Arron would return.

 

But he was curious about the method.

 

At Leo’s question, Arron smiled.

 

“I read the future.”

 

“The future?”

 

“Yeah. Thanks to reading the future clearly, I briefly reached the divine realm. I think I gained divine power as the price.”

 

At Arron’s words, Leo clicked his tongue.

 

He knew it was amazing.

 

In all of history, there probably wasn’t anyone who possessed mythical martial prowess like Arron.

 

But even so, he never imagined that Arron would go further and reach into the divine realm of future sight.

 

“That’s incredible. So what was the future you saw like?”

 

“The future I saw didn’t have much meaning.”

 

“What?”

 

“The future could change as much as I wanted depending on what I did.”

 

Arron looked at Leo and spoke firmly.

 

“So Kail. You just need to gather your strength and move forward.”

 

“Is that so? That’s the hardest thing to do.”

 

At Leo’s words, Arron gave a bitter smile.

 

They had somehow reached right in front of the castle.

 

Leo stopped walking abruptly.

 

“Arron, while subjugating the fragments of Erebos this time…”

 

“Kail, my fragment of the Hero Record. Can you give it to me for a moment?”

 

Arron interrupted Leo’s words and spoke.

 

Leo made a puzzled expression as he handed over the Hero Record fragment.

 

Arron looked down at his fragment and took a deep breath.

 

Then he approached the castle.

 

“It’s Lord Arron!”

 

“Lord Arron!”

 

“Hero!”

 

The hero candidates sent cheers toward Arron.

 

Arron entered the castle that Mellina had created.

 

Leo followed behind him as well.

 

Hero candidates gathered around Arron.

 

Especially among the Ajonia students, many were shedding tears.

 

“Everyone.”

 

Arron opened his mouth.

 

“Thank you for fighting well without losing courage even in this desperate situation.”

 

“It wouldn’t have been possible without you, Arron.”

 

“We were able to fight because you gave us courage!”

 

Arron shook his head at the hero candidates’ responses.

 

“Courage isn’t something you receive from someone else. You all have it here.”

 

Arron tapped his chest lightly and smiled.

 

“Even without me, you would have fought against Erebos without yielding.”

 

The students showed moved expressions at those words.

 

“So thank you, truly.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“What do you mean…?”

 

“For letting me feel at ease.”

 

Arron showed a gentle smile.

 

“Just like the heroes who fought alongside us 5000 years ago against that era. Like the Heroes of the Cataclysm and the heroes who protected that era 3000 years ago. Now I know that you are here.”

 

“Arron…”

 

“Now it’s your turn.”

 

The hero candidates held their breath at the Great Hero’s words.

 

Everyone instinctively sensed it.

 

That the end of this miraculous moment was approaching.

 

“Can we do it?”

 

Then Banir, the former student council president of Ajonia, asked.

 

“Can we dare to do it like the heroes of the Age of Calamity and the heroes during the return of calamity…?”

 

The hero candidates who encountered the thrilling calamity today couldn’t shake off that overwhelming sense of despair.

 

Moreover, even Arron, who defeated a fragment of Erebos, would soon disappear.

 

It wasn’t just Banir.

 

Most of the hero candidates present would feel the same way.

 

Arron, who had been pondering Banir’s question, looked back at Leo.

 

Then, while making eye contact with Leo, he said.

 

“It will certainly be very difficult ahead. There will be people you can’t protect, and you’ll become frustrated by continued trials.”

 

After smiling at Leo, Arron looked at the hero candidates.

 

“But you’ll still do it. Because you are people with courage.”

 

Conveying to the young hero candidates the words Leo had once given to his younger self.

 

Arron spoke powerfully.

 

“I guarantee it.”

 

At those words, everyone clenched their fists tightly.

 

Whoosh-!

 

With those final words, golden light poured out from Arron’s body.

 

“Urgh?”

 

“Arron?!”

 

Everyone squeezed their eyes shut at the too-brilliant light.

 

“Ugh?!”

 

Ar was also closing her eyes when.

 

“Ar.”

 

“Arron?!”

 

Ar’s eyes snapped open.

 

Arron, who patted Ar’s head, handed her the broken Brave.

 

“This sword always gave me courage. Though it’s broken… I’d like you to have it.”

 

“Are you… leaving?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Arron wiped away the tears of the teary-eyed Ar and murmured.

 

“My friends must have felt this way.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Reliable but… also worrying on one hand. Everyone must have been anxious.”

 

“What…?”

 

“I’m just saying you’re like a little sister to me.”

 

Arron, who smiled brightly, stepped backward.

 

“I’ll be waiting.”

 

Arron said to Ar.

 

“For the day we stand on the same stage.”

 

After encouraging her, Arron turned around without lingering.

 

No more words were needed.

 

“Yes!”

 

That spirited cat would run forward without hesitation.

 

The last place Arron headed was where Leo and Mellina were.

 

The two were not affected at all by the light Arron emitted.

 

Leo looked at Arron approaching him and said.

 

“Arron. You can remain in this time period.”

 

Leo said with a worried face.

 

That expression was similar to the one Arron had shown when looking at Ar earlier.

 

“You gained divine power while defeating the fragment of Erebos. You can find whatever you want to do here…”

 

“I’ve already found what I want to do. Kail.”

 

Arron shook his head.

 

“If I continue to stay in the present world, that power will be wasted.”

 

Leo clenched his fist at Arron’s resolute words.

 

“Besides, as you know, my Hero Record fragment is already at its limit.”

 

Arron looked at the Hero Record fragment he had received from Leo earlier.

 

A fragment that was almost burned away.

 

It was a fragment that wouldn’t be strange if it crumbled at any moment.

 

If Arron disappeared, the fragment would probably burn away as well.

 

“Making me stay in the present world in this state would consume a lot of divine power. Use that power when you completely defeat Erebos someday.”

 

“…”

 

“Kail, as you know, there are things that neither I nor you can do. When you need the power of Risinass, Luna, and Dweno someday, that power will create a path. So you must never waste it carelessly.”

 

“But…”

 

“Don’t worry about me.”

 

Arron grinned.

 

That smile somehow resembled Leo exactly.

 

“I can’t be a little brother who only causes worry forever, right?”

 

Leo showed a bitter smile at Arron’s words.

 

“We’ll be able to meet again.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Leo nodded.

 

Arron looked at Mellina and said.

 

“Mellina, please help Leo a lot.”

 

“Yes, Arron. I’ll do my best to assist Leo.”

 

“Good.”

 

After patting Mellina’s head as well, Arron climbed up onto the city wall.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Soon the golden light disappeared.

 

Everyone turned their gazes here and there, searching for Arron.

 

“Ah! He’s over there!”

 

Then they spotted Arron’s back figure standing on the city wall with his back turned.

 

With everyone looking at Arron.

 

Arron raised his right hand while still facing away and gave a thumbs up.

 

Then he turned around and spoke with a confident smile.

 

“I’ll be back!”

 

Leaving those words behind, Arron disappeared along with a bright light.

 

Everyone stared blankly at the place where Arron had vanished.

 

And soon…

 

Waaaaaaah!

 

Everyone let out powerful cheers.

 

Leo, who was leaning against the city wall with his arms crossed, made an expression of disbelief.

 

“He’s finally putting what he learned to use.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Just talking to myself.”

 

Closing his eyes, Leo recalled old memories.

 

***

 

“You want to know how to always give others confidence like me?”

 

Luna crossed her arms and lifted her chin with a triumphant expression.

 

Looking at such Luna, Arron, still in his boyhood, said.

 

“Luna isn’t always reliable. Usually you’re not reliable. Only during battles…”

 

“What?!”

 

Luna’s eyes flashed at Arron who was coldly stating facts.

 

Startled by this, Arron shrank his neck and said.

 

“…You’re always reliable.”

 

“That’s right, that’s right!”

 

Luna, once again wearing a triumphant expression, said.

 

“Lady Luna’s special lecture on giving confidence! The first point! Always wear a confident expression no matter the situation!”

 

“A confident expression?”

 

“A prime example would be that characteristic annoying and insolent smile of that Kail bastard.”

 

“Kail makes an annoying and insolent smile?”

 

“You know it, right? This kind of expression.”

 

Luna grinned wickedly.

 

“Ah! I think I know what you mean!”

 

“Right? Annoying, right? Insolent, right!?”

 

“Who’s annoying and insolent?”

 

“You.”

 

At Luna’s words, Kail tried to give her a knuckle sandwich.

 

But Luna wasn’t one to be caught so easily.

 

Watching Luna dodge annoyingly here and there, Kail frowned and asked.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“I’m learning from Luna how to give others confidence.”

 

“From her? Why don’t you learn from Dweno instead?”

 

“Are you saying I’m not even as good as that pervert?”

 

Luna flared up and lunged at Leo.

 

Kail pushed Luna’s face away with his palm and said.

 

“So, assuming I learn to smile. What’s next?”

 

“Once you’ve learned the confident expression, next is striking a pose. You dazzle people with flashy presentation, then strike a cool pose while delivering a fitting line. Let me show you.”

 

Luna made a cold expression and swept back her hair before saying.

 

“Prepare yourself, I have arrived.”

 

Then she looked at Kail with profound eyes.

 

At this, Kail said to Arron.

 

“You know what we call something like that?”

 

“What do you call it?”

 

“Showing off like an idiot.”

 

“You bastard!”

 

Luna’s eyes flared as she tried to hit Kail with her staff.

 

Kail quickly ran away.

 

Luna chased after Kail, screaming “Argh!” while swinging her staff.

 

Watching this scene, Arron took out a mirror and tried making a stern expression or striking cool poses.

 

Young Arron thought Kail and Luna’s expressions and poses looked quite cool.

 

“What are you doing, Arron?”

 

When Risinass approached and asked, Arron smiled brightly.

 

“I was imitating Kail and Luna. I want to become someone who gives people confidence like those two.”

 

“You’re already plenty reliable as you are, Arron.”

 

Risinass said with a gentle smile.

 

“But…”

 

As Arron was about to say something, Dweno spoke.

 

“Let me give you some advice, Arron.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

When Arron nodded, Dweno gestured with his chin.

 

Before they knew it, Luna was strangling Kail while Kail was pulling Luna’s ears.

 

“If you imitate those idiots, you’ll become the same kind of idiot.”

 

“Who are you calling idiots? Pervert.”

 

“Who are you calling idiots! You perverted old man!”

 

Leo and Luna ran over and hit Dweno on the head.

 

“The idiots have sharp hearing.”

 

Staring at the three people bickering, Risinass said.

 

“Arron.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“You must never become like that. Understand?”

 

Looking at Risinass who wore a somehow sad expression, Arron nodded.

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