Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 457

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457.

 

At Chelsea’s words, Leo’s movements stopped.

 

He looked at Chelsea with only his head raised while holding the bottle of alcohol.

 

Their gazes intertwined in the air.

 

With a tense expression, Chelsea looked into Leo’s red eyes.

 

After a moment of silence.

 

Leo reached for a new glass on the table and poured alcohol into it.

 

Then he handed it to Chelsea, who wore a puzzled expression.

 

“Want to drink?”

 

“Uh, huh?!”

 

Chelsea showed a slightly flustered expression.

 

Then she received the glass with both hands, hesitated for a moment, and brought it to her lips for a sip.

 

“Ugh! Bitter!”

 

Watching Chelsea frown, Leo rested his chin on his hand and giggled as he downed his drink.

 

Then he muttered.

 

“That Arron, always meddling.”

 

At Leo’s words, Chelsea’s mouth fell open in bewilderment.

 

She had wondered about the relationship between Leo and Arron after observing them.

 

She was shocked when she heard Arron’s words afterward.

 

But hearing that fact directly from Leo himself was a different kind of shock.

 

“Oh my. What do I do? Then all this time I’ve been… no, I’ve been rude to Kail-sama? What do I do! What do I do!”

 

Chelsea covered her mouth with both hands and widened her eyes.

 

Watching Chelsea, who didn’t know what to do, Leo said.

 

“You don’t need to make such a fuss about it now.”

 

“B-but! No, wait. But!”

 

Chelsea, who had been answering as usual, hurriedly switched to formal speech and glanced at Leo nervously as she spoke.

 

“To have treated a Great Hero so casually… wasn’t that terribly rude…?”

 

“Nothing changes. You can treat me however you’re comfortable with.”

 

Leo smiled brightly.

 

Chelsea gripped the glass in her hand tightly as she looked at such a Leo.

 

There must have been a reason why Arron told her Leo’s secret.

 

‘Arron-sama wanted someone close to Leo to know his secret. Hoping he could have a space where he could rest even a little comfortably.’

 

Chelsea couldn’t easily imagine the path Leo had walked.

 

Since childhood, her heart would race whenever she heard stories of heroes.

 

What she liked most were naturally the heroic tales of the Great Heroes.

 

But the stories of the Great Heroes were, to Chelsea, tales from fairy tales or the distant past.

 

It would be the same for anyone, not just Chelsea.

 

But after experiencing the fragment of Erebos this time, she came to understand a little.

 

What the true terror and despair of Erebos was.

 

‘If Arron-sama and Leo hadn’t been there, we would all have died.’

 

And she came to realize how amazing the Great Heroes were, who fought against the complete Erebos for such a long time and finally brought peace to the world.

 

‘Leo is… repeating that ordeal once again. Alone.’

 

She wanted to share even a little of that burden.

 

‘But as I am now, I absolutely cannot do that.’

 

The current Chelsea was too inexperienced.

 

Chelsea knew that fact well too.

 

‘Then at the very least, I should become a place where Leo can rest comfortably.’

 

Arron must have told her the secret because he wanted that too.

 

Leo was right.

 

Nothing would change.

 

If her attitude changed, Leo would surely feel awkward too.

 

Chelsea took a deep breath and downed the alcohol in her glass all at once.

 

“Hup? Cough! Cough! Gah!”

 

Chelsea coughed at the burning sensation traveling down her esophagus.

 

“Water! Water!”

 

Leo poured water for Chelsea, who was frantically looking for water.

 

“Phew!”

 

Chelsea let out a deep breath.

 

“Why do adults drink this stuff? It doesn’t even taste good!”

 

Chelsea, who had returned to her usual self, was appalled.

 

“Right, why do we drink it?”

 

“I did say Leo was too mature for some reason.”

 

Now she understood Leo’s maturity.

 

On the other hand, Leo’s extraordinary strength also made sense.

 

“In the early days of enrollment, Leo showed great interest in the Hero of the Beginning, right? Why was that?”

 

“Ah, that.”

 

Leo had tried to create a club in the early days of enrollment to shed new light on the Hero of the Beginning.

 

Recalling that time, Leo said indifferently.

 

“It’s unfair.”

 

“Unfair?”

 

“Yeah. The swindler lizard, the bad-tempered elf, the cowardly Suin, and the perverted Dwarf are praised as Great Heroes, but only I’m treated like a fictional character.”

 

Chelsea’s mouth fell open as she realized who Leo was referring to.

 

Normally, it would be unimaginable to make such a statement.

 

“Pfft.”

 

Chelsea, who had been gaping, burst into laughter without realizing it.

 

“Hearing you say that really makes it feel real that Leo is the Hero of the Beginning.”

 

It was something only possible between close friends.

 

“Leo! Could you tell me stories about the Great Heroes?”

 

“I’ll tell you those stories next time.”

 

“Huh? Why? We still have plenty of time.”

 

“We have a guest. If I keep ignoring her, she’ll start thinking all sorts of strange things.”

 

“Strange things?”

 

While Chelsea tilted her head in confusion, Leo got up and approached the door.

 

Creak-! Thud-!

 

“Eek?”

 

When he opened the door, Eiran, who had her face pressed against the door, fell flat on the floor.

 

“E-Eiran unnie?”

 

Chelsea was flustered.

 

Had she been eavesdropping on their conversation?

 

That thought occurred to her.

 

But seeing Leo’s calm expression, she felt relieved.

 

‘He used magic.’

 

With Leo’s skills, he could have blocked their voices without her noticing.

 

Just as Chelsea was nodding to herself.

 

Eiran, who had gotten up from her position, spoke with a voice mixed with surprise and excitement.

 

“Is Leo-sama really the Hero of the Beginning, Kail-sama?!”

 

“What?”

 

“Eek?!”

 

At this unexpected situation, both Leo and Chelsea showed surprised expressions.

 

Eiran’s ears were twitching.

 

***

 

Eiran, walking alone through the corridor, soon arrived near Leo’s room.

 

‘Late at night… alone to Leo’s room.’

 

Eiran recalled the contents of a novel she had read before.

 

‘Late at night, a maid visits the young master’s room…’

 

Eiran’s face reddened as she shook her head vigorously back and forth.

 

‘Leo is a gentleman, so that wouldn’t happen.’

 

As Eiran approached Leo’s room, her ears perked up.

 

She could hear voices coming from Leo’s room.

 

‘Huh? A woman’s voice?’

 

Eiran’s hands trembled slightly.

 

Swallowing nervously, Eiran suppressed her presence and approached Leo’s room, pressing her ear against it.

 

‘This is… Chelsea’s voice? N-no way! A secret rendezvous late at night?’

 

Eiran’s mouth gaped open.

 

‘C-certainly Leo and Chelsea are in the same school and grade… Chelsea is pretty too, so it wouldn’t be strange for them to be dating. B-but I heard romance isn’t easy among human nobles? Besides, Leo’s maternal family and Chelsea’s family are rival houses… Ah! Love that defies family opposition?!’

 

Eiran’s eyes spun round and round.

 

She pressed her ear even closer to hear what was being said inside the room.

 

But as if blocked by something, she couldn’t hear the details clearly.

 

‘Why can’t I hear anything?’

 

Despite her sensitive elven hearing, Eiran felt frustrated that she couldn’t hear the sounds from inside clearly.

 

After a moment, Eiran closed her eyes and concentrated her senses on her hearing.

 

Even so, the conversation sounds were muffled as if blocked by something.

 

Eiran concentrated her mana even more.

 

Shortly after.

 

The muffled sounds gradually became clearer.

 

It felt as if a blocking wall was slowly melting away.

 

‘What is this?’

 

Eiran felt surprised by this sensation that was different from usual.

 

It was as if her hearing had transcended its limits.

 

‘…Supersense?’

 

The moment she realized it was the supersense that Arron had taught her about.

 

“It really hits home that Leo is the Hero of the Beginning.”

 

At Chelsea’s voice, Eiran snapped to attention.

 

“What?!”

 

In the moment of panic at this shocking revelation.

 

Crash-!

 

The door opened and Eiran tumbled into the room.

 

Without even having time to panic about being caught eavesdropping, she urgently asked.

 

“Is Leo really the Hero of the Beginning, Kail?!”

 

And that led to the current situation.

 

Looking at Eiran who was sitting with sparkling eyes, Leo muttered.

 

“Supersense, huh.”

 

“Supersense?”

 

Chelsea tilted her head.

 

“I had magically blocked the room so voices couldn’t leak outside, but Eiran still heard our conversation. In that case, there’s only one answer.”

 

There was no other explanation except that Eiran had stepped into the realm of supersense.

 

“Ah, so it really was supersense.”

 

Eiran also widened her eyes in admiration.

 

“But why was I the only one who succeeded in activating supersense? Not only Ar and the other Ajonia students, but even the Lumern students haven’t been able to activate supersense yet.”

 

Looking at Eiran’s puzzled expression, Leo said.

 

“It must be Berkia’s influence.”

 

“My ancestor’s influence?”

 

“Right. Berkia also continuously trained to enter the realm of supersense.”

 

However, the aura theory of that time was insufficient to complete supersense, which was Arron’s unique technique.

 

But Berkia’s research remained in the Eisar family’s aura and was continuously passed down to future generations.

 

‘The Eisar family’s aura, which had been independently researched and developed, combined with Arron’s advice, allowing Eiran to complete supersense.’

 

It seemed that due to her elven characteristics, her hearing had awakened first.

 

After hearing Leo’s explanation, Chelsea and Eiran nodded.

 

“I see! The reason Leo was so amazing was because he was the Hero of the Beginning, Kail!”

 

Looking at Eiran’s bright smile, Chelsea said.

 

“Eiran, this fact should remain secret for now…”

 

“I understand, Chelsea.”

 

Eiran looked at Chelsea and winked with one eye.

 

“If Leo’s identity is revealed, it would cause a lot of confusion. Let’s keep it as our secret for now.”

 

Chelsea nodded at Eiran’s words.

 

Eiran looked at Leo’s face.

 

The great hero who saved the world, whom she had admired since childhood, was right before her eyes.

 

For Eiran, who always admired Leo and wanted to watch his activities, this couldn’t help but be thrilling.

 

“I want to be of even a little help to Leo. I want to lighten Leo’s burden.”

 

“Then shouldn’t you grow a bit more?”

 

Leo said with a gentle smile.

 

“Yes. I might still be insufficient to share what Leo carries. But as Arron said, I can create a space where Leo can put everything down and rest, even if just for a moment.”

 

Eiran said, clenching her fists tightly.

 

“So Leo, when things get tough, lean on me!”

 

“Those are kind words.”

 

“I’m not just saying that! Anytime, anywhere, I’ll devote my body and soul to comforting Leo!”

 

Eiran’s voice, with her flushed expression, seemed filled with determination.

 

The will to become a strength for the Hero of the Beginning who was once again facing trials to save the world.

 

But contrary to Eiran’s intentions, Chelsea, who was listening from the side, felt a complex and subtle embarrassment.

 

“Eiran. What you just said could be misunderstood depending on how it’s heard…”

 

“Huh? What do you mean?”

 

Eiran’s face, which had shown a confused expression, gradually stiffened and then turned bright red.

 

“What I just said didn’t mean that at all!”

 

Eiran, who shouted as if having a fit, began to panic.

 

“I-I mean! I mean! If you n-need me, please call anytime… N-no no no! Use? T-this isn’t right either!”

 

“Haven’t you been reading too many strange novels?”

 

“No!”

 

Eiran, whose face looked like she was about to cry, shook her head frantically, then covered her face with both hands and crouched down.

 

Chelsea comforted Eiran from beside her.

 

Watching this scene, Leo burst into laughter inwardly.

 

‘Their personalities are different, but why are their reading tastes so similar?’

 

Feeling amused, Leo rested his chin on his hand and looked out the window.

 

Though he didn’t show it, his heart felt much more at ease.

 

‘Not bad.’

 

Feeling comfortable, Leo quietly smiled.

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