Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 473

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473.

 

It was some time after Dweno joined the party and the Great Heroes had taken on their complete form.

 

The regions where the Great Heroes had been active began to gradually regain stability, escaping from despair and chaos.

 

Among them, the first place to regain stability was Gardstron, which the Great Heroes had used as their stronghold.

 

It was around that time that Risinass, who had long been mocked as a fool, was appointed as the lord of Gardstron.

 

One day, while spending busy days stabilizing the administration.

 

Kail came to visit Risinass with a request.

 

“You want me to teach you spirit summoning?”

 

Risinass, who had been processing documents, looked at Kail with a surprised expression.

 

“Why all of a sudden?”

 

“I felt it when I saw your spirit summoning during the last battle. If I could use it, it would be a great help in future battles.”

 

“Hmm?”

 

At Kail’s words, Risinass rested his chin on his hand, narrowed his eyes drowsily, and made a slightly crooked expression.

 

“When I offered to teach you summoning magic, you said you didn’t need it, and now you come to me?”

 

Risinass snorted.

 

“Because I couldn’t understand the concept of summoning magic you were explaining.”

 

“What about Luna and Arron? Aren’t their explanations even harder to understand than mine?”

 

Kail had already asked Luna and Arron to teach him.

 

But even before that, Risinass had once offered to teach Kail spirit magic.

 

But he was rejected at that time.

 

‘Your explanations are too difficult, so I don’t need them.’

 

Kail spoke to Risinass, who was frowning as he recalled that time.

 

“Their explanations are certainly full of incomprehensible things. So I’m learning through my body and forcibly cramming the techniques into my head. That way I can understand to some extent. But your summoning magic concept isn’t something I can understand just by memorizing it. Besides, I was using your spirit magic at a superficial level, so I didn’t feel the need for it.”

 

“Ah, is that so?”

 

Risinass responded primly, but acknowledged that part.

 

Kail had tried to imitate Luna and Arron’s martial arts without learning them, but failed.

 

In contrast, Leo had quite successfully copied Risinass’s spirit magic.

 

“Why can’t you imitate Luna and Arron, but you can imitate my spirit magic?”

 

“I’ve been watching it for the longest time, and I observe you the most among my companions.”

 

“Oh, really?”

 

Risinass answered indifferently and turned his gaze away from Kail to look out the window.

 

At that indifferent reaction, Kail let out a small sigh.

 

Risinass didn’t seem to have any intention of teaching Kail spirit summoning.

 

‘He said he’s watched me a lot?’

 

But Risinass’s mood was slightly.

 

No, greatly improved.

 

Though Kail couldn’t see it, his legs were happily swinging under the desk.

 

In fact, Risinass had recently been feeling disappointed in Kail.

 

‘He’s been sticking with Luna the most, saying he’s learning magic.’

 

When he first became lord, Kail visited often, but after he started training with Luna and Arron, it became quite difficult to see his face.

 

Of course, he had no intention of blaming him for that.

 

‘Kail becoming motivated is definitely a good thing. Still, we’re founding partners of the expedition force. He could pay a little attention to me, couldn’t he?’

 

He wanted to teach spirit summoning.

 

So he wanted to have time alone with Kail.

 

But before that, he also felt like teasing him.

 

“Even if I wanted to teach you, I’m too busy right now and don’t have time.”

 

“If you’re okay with it, I don’t mind even late at night. Should I come to your house? If you don’t like me entering your space freely, you can come to my house too.”

 

‘At night? At home?’

 

“Hm hm hmm~ hmm~ hmm~”

 

Risinass, in an even better mood, hummed a tune.

 

But to Kail’s eyes, it looked like he was playing dumb.

 

Just as Kail was frowning even more at that sight.

 

“Teaching you wouldn’t be too bad.”

 

Risinass smiled slyly.

 

“Come to my house when you have time at night. I’ll teach you the dispelling technique to open the door.”

 

“Do you need to teach me the dispelling technique too?”

 

“It’s troublesome to undo it every time you come. Oh, of course, if you sneak in when I’m not there, I’ll kill you.”

 

“Do you think I’d do something like that?”

 

“It’s fine to come when you’re bored or have worries. I’ll be your conversation partner or drinking buddy anytime.”

 

“That’s appreciated. Oh, but.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Do I even have talent for spirit summoning? I should know that first before learning.”

 

At those words, Risinass felt a pang of guilt inside.

 

‘Kail has no talent for spirit summoning.’

 

He recalled what he had said to Luna before, when he was curious about Kail being All-Class.

 

‘Risinass, can he use spirit summoning too?’

 

‘Kail has no talent for spirit summoning. He’d probably have to die and be reborn to get it.’

 

‘Oh? So he’s not omnipotent after all.’

 

As those words suggested, Kail had no talent for spirit summoning.

 

Therefore, learning it wouldn’t enable him to use spirit summoning.

 

Risinass simply wanted to have personal time with Kail.

 

Most importantly, he was envious of Kail and Luna, who had become close like siblings.

 

“That’s hard to know. Your All-Class potential is infinite. I think there’s a possibility.”

 

“I see.”

 

Kail nodded.

 

“Then I’ll come tonight.”

 

“Tonight?”

 

‘The study is messy. Should I clean up a bit? No, more importantly, do I have decent clothes?’

 

While Risinass was pondering various things internally.

 

“Hello!”

 

Luna entered Risinass’s office.

 

“Kail! Tonight I’ll give you special tutoring! Consider it an honor!”

 

“I don’t need it. You’re planning to come to my house again, drink, make a mess, and leave, right? Never come to my house again.”

 

Kail scowled deeply.

 

“What kind of attitude is that toward your teacher! How impudent!”

 

“Teacher my ass. I’m helping you create magic techniques too. It’s a give-and-take relationship, you know?”

 

Kail irritably pushed away Luna’s face as she grabbed and shook him wildly.

 

Luna pinched Kail’s hands roughly in response.

 

“Besides, I already have plans tonight.”

 

“Plans? Do you have drinking plans with that perverted old man and Arron?”

 

“No, with Risinass.”

 

“Risinass?”

 

Luna looked slightly flustered and glanced back and forth between Kail and Risinass.

 

“Kail asked me to teach him summoning magic.”

 

“Really? Then I want to learn too.”

 

Luna smiled brightly.

 

She was also a summoner who had made contracts with fairies.

 

Risinass was flustered by Luna’s reaction.

 

“Luna, I’ll teach you separately next time.”

 

“Right. You learn separately next time. I’m going to learn spirit summoning today.”

 

Luna’s eyes widened at Kail’s words.

 

“You pestered Risinass and forced him to teach you, didn’t you? Wake up.”

 

“What?”

 

“Risinass said before that you using spiritualism would only be possible in your next life.”

 

Luna crossed her arms with a triumphant expression.

 

“Stop wasting time and learn magic from me instead!”

 

At Luna’s words, Kail narrowed his eyes and looked at Risinass.

 

“You fraud lizard. You did that to mess with me, didn’t you?”

 

“No, I was just considering your potential just in case…!”

 

“Isn’t Risinass being malicious toward you because of your usual bad behavior?”

 

Luna clicked her tongue and looked at Kail as if he were pathetic.

 

Kail grabbed one of Luna’s cheeks and pulled it.

 

“What are you doing!”

 

Luna glared and grabbed Kail’s hair, tugging at it.

 

Risinass looked at Luna with slightly resentful eyes.

 

After that, there was no opportunity to learn spiritualism.

 

***

 

Leo pondered while recalling past events.

 

‘Was that just now an auditory hallucination?’

 

Both in his previous life and this life, he wasn’t born with talent for spiritualism.

 

‘But it was too vivid for a hallucination.’

 

It felt exactly like Risinass had spoken to him.

 

It was when Leo was frowning.

 

“Master, is something wrong? You look serious.”

 

Lil approached and asked in a small voice.

 

“I was thinking about spiritualism.”

 

“Spiritualism?”

 

Lil’s eyes widened.

 

“That’s completely a realm of talent, isn’t it? Could it be, Master, even spiritualism?”

 

“No.”

 

‘If I could handle spiritualism too, I might have completely finished off Erebos.’

 

Leo made a complicated expression.

 

‘The reason I couldn’t completely finish him off in the first place was because I was lacking.’

 

When subjugating Erebos.

 

All the essence of power that his companions had built up was contained in the vessel called Kail.

 

Based on that power, Kail defeated Erebos.

 

But it was merely borrowed power after all.

 

Kail couldn’t make that power completely his own.

 

‘I only became stronger because power was filled in the vessel. The vessel that is me didn’t become stronger.’

 

In terms of pure combat ability.

 

Kail’s martial arts skills could never reach Arron’s level.

 

It was impossible to reach Luna’s realm with magic, and summoning arts couldn’t keep up with Risinass either.

 

‘And I couldn’t take Dweno’s place as a shield either.’

 

If he had reached the ultimate realm that even one of his companions had touched, it wouldn’t have ended with just sealing Erebos.

 

Leo looked down at his hands.

 

‘As an All-Class, I could only stand shoulder to shoulder with those guys by gathering all abilities together.’

 

In a way, that too wasn’t accomplished purely with his own power.

 

‘I just followed the path those guys pioneered.’

 

He didn’t have the ability to pioneer unknown territories himself.

 

‘Whenever I hit my limits, wasn’t it always those guys who pioneered new territories and created paths for me to advance?’

 

He had always been good at watching and imitating.

 

Even in the final battle with Erebos, Leo had merely mimicked his friends.

 

As a concrete example, Arron’s true power came from his super senses.

 

Arron’s super senses, having reached the ultimate level, could even glimpse fragments of the future, but Leo still hadn’t set foot in that realm.

 

Similarly, to perfectly understand Risinass’s summoning arts, one needed to be able to use spiritualism.

 

‘If that wasn’t an auditory hallucination but really Risinass’s voice.’

 

Previously, as a reward for conquering Risinass’s world, Leo had obtained Risinass’s mana essence.

 

If that power had awakened and he gained talent as a spiritualist.

 

‘Doesn’t that mean I could reach the same level as Risinass?’

 

While Leo was pondering.

 

“We’ve arrived.”

 

Jeremyn stopped his horse.

 

The ruins called the Tomb of the Vanquished.

 

Whether it had been an old fortress long ago, these ruins had a place surrounded by vast city walls.

 

Upon entering there, many boys and girls were gripping spears and shouting battle cries in that open field.

 

It was like military training.

 

Leo and Lil looked at Jeremyn with puzzled faces.

 

“These children are all war orphans. They are the darkness of this country that has lived a lifetime of being robbed.”

 

Jeremyn made a stern expression.

 

“Those who hold military power in this country have been running orphanages for a long time.”

 

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

 

Lil tilted her head.

 

“On the surface, it’s a good thing.”

 

Disgust appeared on Jeremyn’s face.

 

“But their orphanages were a kind of military facility.”

 

“What?”

 

“Training centers for raising strong soldiers. The reason they gathered young orphans was to send the children to the battlefield when they reached an age where they could go to war.”

 

The expression disappeared from Lil’s face.

 

Leo crossed his arms.

 

“I’ll tell you the terms of the deal.”

 

Jeremyn took a deep breath and spoke before Leo and Lil.

 

“Please stop those children from going to the battlefield.”

 

“That’s easy. Just smash the heads of those in charge right now!”

 

When Lil growled, Leo spoke up.

 

“That won’t end it.”

 

“What?”

 

Lil hesitated.

 

“Those kids will want to voluntarily go to the battlefield.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Because that’s how they learned and grew up.”

 

Leo answered the confused Lil and looked at Jeremyn.

 

“Prince Jeremyn, I have a question.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“By any chance, this plan to raise war orphans as soldiers. Did it start a few years ago?”

 

“It would be five years ago.”

 

“Are those kids the first generation?”

 

“How do you know that fact?”

 

Leo had seen this scene before.

 

5000 years ago, in the refugee city Reishar.

 

And he knew well whose work this was.

 

‘Grand Duke of Funerals, Atkan.’

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