Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 531

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531.

 

Runia looked at Leo sitting in front of her with tense eyes.

 

Eiran poured black tea into Runia’s teacup while making a puzzled expression.

 

“Miss Runia, are you feeling unwell somewhere?”

 

“What? No, I’m fine. Why?”

 

“You seem uncomfortable somehow. It looks like you’re breaking out in cold sweat too.”

 

“Oh, that?”

 

Runia made an awkward expression while glancing at Leo repeatedly.

 

When her eyes met Leo’s, she was startled and lowered her head.

 

Watching Runia’s behavior, Chen Xia, who was standing beside Leo, blinked her large eyes several times before smiling brightly.

 

“I thought Miss Runia was a reckless type, but she’s surprisingly well-behaved.”

 

“What do you mean reckless? Reckless.”

 

When Runia glared at Chen Xia, Eiran placed her index finger on her chin, looked up at the ceiling for a moment, then smiled brightly.

 

“Rather than reckless, she feels more like a thug.”

 

“What? Why am I a thug!”

 

“Hmm… Then a delinquent student?”

 

When Chen Xia tilted her head, Eiran smiled brightly as if agreeing.

 

“You guys!”

 

Runia clenched her fists and shot up from her seat, but the moment she made eye contact with Leo, she was startled and sat back down.

 

“S-sorry for being noisy… No, wait! Sorry.”

 

After saying that, she glanced around nervously and muttered.

 

“…sir.”

 

Watching such Runia, Eiran approached Chen Xia and whispered.

 

“Why is Miss Runia being so overly cautious?”

 

“Maybe it’s because she’s been rude to Sir Leo until now?”

 

“That makes sense.”

 

“…”

 

Runia squeezed her eyes shut.

 

She did feel guilty about acting according to her personality toward Leo until now.

 

But more than that…

 

‘You guys are the weird ones for being so nonchalant!’

 

Runia screamed internally.

 

He was none other than a Great Hero.

 

Among them, the Hero of the Beginning who defeated Erebos as the final survivor!

 

‘It’s natural to be conscious of him!’

 

From what she could see, all the Lumern students who knew Leo’s identity were acting nonchalant.

 

‘What kind of mindset do these Lumern kids have! Has Eiran been influenced by them too?’

 

She had definitely changed a bit since going to Lumern as an exchange student recently.

 

Looking at Eiran with complicated eyes, Leo spoke.

 

“Eiran, Runia. I have something to tell you both.”

 

“What kind of story is it, Sir Leo?”

 

Eiran, who was sitting next to Runia, made a puzzled expression.

 

Runia, who had been observing Leo’s atmosphere, realized something and asked with a “no way” expression.

 

“Leo. Do you happen to know who attacked the Headmaster?”

 

When Runia asked with a hardened face, Eiran’s expression changed completely.

 

“Is it true?”

 

Runia looked at Eiran with a slightly flustered face.

 

Given the situation, it was natural for Eiran to be angry.

 

But no matter what, this was the first time she had heard such a cold voice from Eiran.

 

While Runia was surprised by that unfamiliar appearance.

 

Eiran’s eyes sharpened.

 

“Who is the culprit?”

 

Her momentum seemed ready to cut someone down immediately.

 

Seeing that appearance, Leo closed his eyes and took a breath.

 

“Young Master Leo.”

 

Chen Xia called out worriedly.

 

Leo opened his eyes, looked at Chen Xia, and smiled.

 

“It’s okay.”

 

He knew what Chen Xia was worried about.

 

Chen Xia would know well too.

 

What kind of meaning Berkia held for Eiran.

 

‘That’s exactly why I need to tell her.’

 

At first, Leo had hesitated to tell Eiran the truth.

 

But to Leo who was having such concerns, Roon had said.

 

‘Eiran is the heir of the Ersarr Family.’

 

It meant that Eiran had the right to know everything, and that she wouldn’t crumble even knowing the truth.

 

If it weren’t for Leo, Roon would have told that story to Eiran directly.

 

“As Runia said, Eiran. I know who cut down your grandfather.”

 

“Who is it?”

 

Eiran’s eyes gleamed eerily.

 

Runia’s eyes also turned cold.

 

Looking at the two elves, Leo opened his mouth.

 

“Berkia.”

 

When the sudden name was mentioned, Eiran and Runia made expressions of not understanding.

 

Looking at the two, Leo continued.

 

“The culprit of the incident is my disciple and… Eiran, your ancestor Berkia.”

 

Eiran’s face hardened.

 

After a moment, that face began to turn pale.

 

Seeing that appearance, Leo said.

 

“Tonight, I’m planning to leave to find Berkia.”

 

At Leo’s words, Chen Xia said.

 

“Will you be able to find Lady Berkia in this vast Northern Continent?”

 

Looking at Chen Xia who asked with some concern, Leo said.

 

“I’ve figured out which direction Berkia headed.”

 

At those words, Chen Xia made a slightly surprised expression.

 

But she soon understood.

 

Before coming to the Ersarr Family.

 

Leo and Chen Xia had stopped by the crime scene.

 

There were countless clues at the crime scene.

 

For Leo, it wouldn’t have been difficult to find clues about which direction Berkia had headed from that scene.

 

‘Young Master Leo is the first Shadow after all.’

 

Shadows had to be skilled in pursuit techniques.

 

There was no way Leo couldn’t do that.

 

Chen Xia knew well that Leo had reached a realm far higher than herself in that field.

 

“I won’t tell you to follow me. It’s dangerous.”

 

At Leo’s words, Runia asked carefully with a heavy voice.

 

“Leo, you can’t defeat Lady Berkia either?”

 

“I can’t guarantee it. If it were when I was Kail, maybe, but in pure strength, Berkia has surpassed the current me by far.”

 

Leo said calmly.

 

“And my words won’t reach the current Berkia either. I might lose my life.”

 

At those words, Chen Xia spoke.

 

“Even if you try to stop me, I will follow Young Master Leo. Especially if it’s a dangerous place.”

 

“I’m going too. Luna-nim must have been worried about Berkia-nim.”

 

Runia spoke with a voice filled with determination.

 

“I don’t know if I’ll be of help, but I definitely want to lend my strength in persuading Berkia-nim.”

 

After hearing the two’s words, Leo nodded and looked at Eiran.

 

“I am…”

 

Eiran’s lips trembled.

 

Eiran, who had been looking down, spoke with strength.

 

“I want to see Berkia-nim.”

 

The image of Berkia she had met in the Hero Record came to mind.

 

She still didn’t want to believe it.

 

That such a Berkia had fallen and become an undead?

 

That she had become a being burning with hatred?

 

But she knew all too well that Leo wouldn’t lie about something like this.

 

It was shocking.

 

But she didn’t want to turn away.

 

“I want to meet with her and talk.”

 

She didn’t know what kind of conversation they should have.

 

Her mind was still blank white from the shock.

 

She was so confused that she couldn’t even understand why she wanted to meet Berkia.

 

She only had the thought that she had to somehow stop her.

 

Eiran bit her lips.

 

Looking at the three girls, Leo spoke.

 

“We depart as soon as preparations are finished.”

 

Leaving those words, Leo left the room.

 

At the clearly different atmosphere than usual, the three girls bit their lips tightly.

 

A treacherous journey was surely waiting ahead.

 

***

 

A week had passed since Leo’s group began pursuing Berkia.

 

Leo followed by tracing the remnants of Berkia’s mana that he remembered.

 

But after a week, even those traces of mana were cut off.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

In the forest where a blizzard was raging, Leo let out a deep sigh.

 

“This is troublesome.”

 

Even Leo couldn’t create traces that had disappeared.

 

“For now, it seems we’ll have to spend the night in this forest today.”

 

“Right.”

 

Leo nodded at Chen Xia’s words.

 

It was already late.

 

Moving any further wouldn’t yield anything.

 

The group quickly prepared for sleep.

 

Runia took out a tent from the extradimensional space.

 

In the Northern Region, the cold continent of winter, the bitter cold also arrives earlier compared to other regions.

 

And that bitter cold is very harsh.

 

No matter how trained the hero candidates were, sleeping while being hit by a blizzard was an ordeal.

 

That’s why at Seirun, such camping preparations were thoroughly taught from the first year.

 

Chen Xia, who entered the tent, muttered as if amazed.

 

“Even so, I definitely can’t get used to it. To think that the noble-looking elves are so familiar with camping.”

 

“What then? Did you think we’d build a manor with magic every time we sleep outside?”

 

“Yes, if it’s Seirun, it seems like you could do that and more.”

 

Looking at Chen Xia nodding with a serious voice, Runia sighed.

 

“I can see well how students from other academies think of us.”

 

Clicking her tongue, Runia took off her coat in one corner of the tent.

 

Whoosh—!

 

When Runia used magic, the inside of the tent became warm.

 

The interior of the tent was spacious, so there was no big problem for four people to sleep.

 

Runia set up a round table she took out from the extradimensional space in the center of the tent and said.

 

“For now, everyone gather around.”

 

At those words, Leo, Chen Xia, and Eiran gathered around Runia.

 

Runia spread out a map of the Northern Continent on the round table and said.

 

“First, this is our movement route so far.”

 

The entire movement route for the week since leaving Elsalvechia was recorded on the map.

 

“She wandered around aimlessly.”

 

“She wouldn’t be in a normal state.”

 

When they organized the movement route following Berkia, it looked like she had wandered around without being able to find direction.

 

Runia nodded at Leo’s words.

 

“Right, Berkia-nim doesn’t know about this era. But she also didn’t reveal herself in front of other people.”

 

There were large and small villages along the movement route of the past week.

 

But from those villages, they only heard stories that there wasn’t a single outsider.

 

“This is just my thought, but no matter how much she became an undead, Berkia-nim is still Berkia-nim. She’s absolutely not someone who would harm those who are innocent. So she must be thinking of only eliminating her targets.”

 

Runia’s red eyes turned to the map.

 

“Then wouldn’t there be a high probability she headed to this place?”

 

Runia pointed to one place on the map with her hand.

 

Not far from where the group was currently located, there was a small city-state called ‘Eldon’.

 

Seeing that place, Chen Xia said.

 

“It’s the place where the Pure Blood Society’s power is strongest in the Northern Continent.”

 

“Yes, that’s right.”

 

Runia frowned.

 

Eldon was a country filled with pure-blood ideology from the council to even the citizens.

 

To put it nicely, they had strong racial pride, and to put it badly, they were typical elves who were completely closed-minded.

 

That’s why it was a neighborhood that Runia didn’t like to set foot in either.

 

“So how about we investigate this place? What do you think?”

 

Runia spoke carefully while watching Leo’s reaction.

 

At those words, Leo, who had been listening to the explanation, nodded.

 

It was a judgment that could be made because Runia knew the political situation of the Northern Continent well.

 

“That’s a good idea. Excellent.”

 

At those words, Runia smiled brightly.

 

The goal was decided.

 

They also discussed what to do after entering Eldon.

 

But throughout the conversation, Eiran only had a dazed expression.

 

Runia and Chen Xia looked at such Eiran with worry.

 

“Eiran, are you really okay?”

 

“Yes. I’m fine.”

 

Eiran nodded with a somehow powerless voice.

 

She had been in that state for the entire week.

 

Eiran, who had lowered her head, bit her lips.

 

***

 

Whoooooosh—!

 

The sound of the raging blizzard echoed inside the tent.

 

The tent was dark.

 

Outside was a dark night with a blizzard, and there wasn’t even a light inside the tent.

 

However, Leo was lying in his sleeping bag with his eyes open inside the tent.

 

Even in the dark place, Leo could clearly see the dagger gripped in his hand.

 

‘Bihar.’

 

What Leo held in his hand was none other than Bihar’s dagger.

 

‘How can I make that damn bastard listen?’

 

In the pitch-black darkness, he threw an unanswered question to another of his disciples.

 

‘And would you be able to forgive Berkia?’

 

Bihar had lost her life due to wounds sustained in battle with Berkia.

 

Bihar had also suddenly lost her life due to Berkia’s rampage.

 

Bihar had also closed her eyes without being able to fully convey her will to her children.

 

If Bihar had lived a little longer, perhaps the lives of her descendants would have been somewhat different.

 

What thoughts did Bihar have as she closed her eyes?

 

‘She must have resented Berkia.’

 

Just as he closed his eyes tightly and put strength into the dagger gripped in his hand.

 

Whoooosh- Crunch- Crunch-

 

The sound of footsteps on snow reached Leo’s sensitive hearing.

 

Swish! Whoooooosh-!

 

The sound of the tent entrance carefully opening came along with the sound of fierce blizzard.

 

Rustle- Rustle-

 

The person who entered the tent approached Leo’s side with careful footsteps.

 

Soon the intruder opened her mouth with a trembling voice.

 

“Leo-nim… are you sleeping?”

 

It was none other than Eiran who had come to Leo’s tent in the middle of the night.

 

“Can’t sleep?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Eiran, Runia, and Chen Xia used the same tent while Leo used a small tent by himself.

 

Since they needed to wash and change clothes, separating the space was natural.

 

In the darkness, Leo looked at Eiran.

 

Her clothes were wet, as if she had come through the blizzard in her sleepwear in this cold.

 

On top of that, her body was trembling due to the bitter cold weather.

 

“Wait, I’ll brew some warm tea for you.”

 

“The tea is fine.”

 

Eiran answered with a trembling voice and shook her head.

 

“Just.”

 

Eiran closed the distance with Leo.

 

“Would it be okay if I sleep with Leo-nim?”

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