Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 532

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532.

 

Wavering eyes.

 

Tightly pressed lips.

 

Clenched fists.

 

Eiran’s face visible in the darkness was filled with anxiety.

 

“When did you last sleep properly?”

 

“…A week ago.”

 

Leo let out a deep sigh at Eiran’s answer.

 

Then he got up from his seat and lit the magelight in one corner of the tent.

 

Leo brought a towel hanging on one side and dried Eiran’s wet hair.

 

“Ah, I’ll do it myself…”

 

“Stay still.”

 

Leo spoke indifferently as he roughly dried Eiran’s hair.

 

When her hair was somewhat dry, Leo walked over to the sleeping bag and sat down, asking.

 

“Are you very worried about Berkia?”

 

At Leo’s question, Eiran hung her head low.

 

“I know I need to stop her.”

 

Eiran said quietly.

 

“But I have no idea what to say or how to stop her.”

 

Eiran trembled as she hugged her arms around herself.

 

“So I’m terrified that she might not be the Berkia I know. That she might never open her eyes. That Berkia might harm Leo.”

 

For Eiran, her mind couldn’t help but be in turmoil.

 

The fall of someone who was her admiration and goal.

 

And the fear that someone she respected might harm another person she respected.

 

She couldn’t sleep due to the anxiety that filled her mind.

 

For the past week, she had tried somehow to pull herself together.

 

But she failed.

 

That’s why she came to find Leo.

 

Watching such Eiran, Leo sighed deeply.

 

‘It can’t help but be difficult.’

 

For Eiran, this situation must be overwhelmingly heartbreaking.

 

The pressure of the current situation was too great to call her weak.

 

The situation was a bit different from Runia and Chen Xia.

 

How would Chen Xia react if she had to defeat Leo resurrected as an undead?

 

What if Runia had to defeat Luna?

 

‘For Eiran, this is the same kind of situation.’

 

It was too much pressure for Eiran, still a young girl, to handle.

 

Leo silently looked at Eiran.

 

‘What should I say to her?’

 

Should he tell her that he would defeat Berkia rather than be defeated by her?

 

‘In this situation, no words would be comforting.’

 

He couldn’t rashly say that Berkia would regain her original form.

 

Because Eiran knew well that such a thing was nearly impossible.

 

Anxiety makes the mind deteriorate.

 

The silence and darkness that came at night would have made Eiran even more afraid.

 

But he couldn’t tell this story to Runia and Chen Xia.

 

Though they didn’t show it out of consideration for Eiran, both of them were equally anxious about the current situation.

 

He couldn’t cause harm to the two who were trying hard to keep themselves together.

 

Eiran had tried to overcome it alone somehow, but eventually couldn’t overcome her anxious heart and came to find Leo.

 

The only person she could rely on in this situation.

 

Eiran, who had been trembling, raised her head to look into Leo’s red eyes.

 

“Is it hard?”

 

At Leo’s question, Eiran gritted her teeth and tried to pull herself together.

 

‘I shouldn’t rely on Leo either.’

 

Eiran knew.

 

That Leo didn’t see her as just a simple Hero Candidate.

 

Since Leo was a Great Hero.

 

In the future, Leo would surely engage in a final battle with Erebos and Tartaros.

 

And Leo had chosen Eiran as a hero to fight on that battlefield.

 

‘So I can’t act spoiled even more.’

 

If she relied on Leo every time things got difficult, she would end up being nothing but a burden.

 

‘I have to overcome this alone.’

 

Eiran forced a smile.

 

“It was hard, but I’ll try to be strong…”

 

“If it’s hard, sleep here.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“You don’t need to force yourself to endure and bear difficult things.”

 

“B-but I can’t keep relying on Leo forever…”

 

“You can’t. But right now it’s okay.”

 

Leo spoke calmly.

 

“Helping when things are difficult is what adults do. So? Should I tell you an old story you like?”

 

At those words, Eiran, who had been looking slightly dazed, unconsciously burst out laughing with a “Pfft!”

 

“Leo, even so, I’m not completely a little kid.”

 

“Don’t want to hear it?”

 

“I still want to hear it.”

 

Eiran answered with a slightly brighter voice.

 

Leo, seeing such Eiran, took out another spare sleeping bag from his extradimensional space.

 

It was when Eiran was getting into the sleeping bag.

 

“Hmm~ Looks like nothing special is happening.”

 

“Eek?”

 

At the voice from behind, Eiran turned around in shock.

 

There was Chen Xia crouching down, looking at Eiran with sleepy eyes.

 

“S-Sia. How long have you been there?”

 

“From the beginning.”

 

Chen Xia smiled slyly.

 

“You never know what might happen when a man and woman are together at night, right?”

 

“Do I look like that kind of guy?”

 

When Leo clicked his tongue, Chen Xia shook her head.

 

“I trust Leo. What I don’t trust is Eiran.”

 

At those words, Eiran’s eyes widened and she asked with teary eyes.

 

“That’s too much. Even if my reading preferences are like that, I don’t do strange things! Do I look like an elf who would sneak to Leo late at night to seduce him?”

 

“Yes, you look exactly like that kind of elf.”

 

At the answer without a moment’s hesitation, Eiran made a tearful face.

 

“Can I sleep here too?”

 

“Why would you?”

 

“It would be terrible if Eiran pounced on Leo.”

 

“I-I’m not that kind of elf!”

 

Eiran made a tearful face as she grabbed Chen Xia and shook her vigorously.

 

Watching that scene, Leo burst into laughter.

 

“This reminds me of old times.”

 

Bihar also used to tease Berkia like that quite often.

 

Looking at his disciples’ descendants, Leo opened his mouth while reminiscing about past memories.

 

“Shall I tell you about when I first met Berkia and Bihar?”

 

At those words, Eiran and Chen Xia, who had been bickering, sat down in front of Leo.

 

Time passed as they listened to stories of their ancestors.

 

***

 

Early dawn.

 

The blizzard had stopped at some point.

 

Runia, who had woken up, took a deep breath.

 

‘I wonder if Eiran is okay.’

 

As a close friend, Runia also knew that Eiran’s condition wasn’t good.

 

‘I want to cheer her up somehow.’

 

But Runia couldn’t rashly comfort Eiran either.

 

Runia also truly respected the ancestors of the Runda Family.

 

The ancestor who had worked hard to pass down the flame of the sacred fire to future generations had always been one of her sources of pride.

 

If such an ancestor were to be revived as an undead due to the Overlord King’s schemes?

 

She couldn’t even imagine what that would feel like.

 

‘If I bring it up carelessly, I might cause even greater wounds.’

 

Runia took a deep breath and opened her sleeping bag.

 

Ziiiiip-!

 

After opening the zipper and sitting up, Runia made a bewildered expression.

 

“Eiran? Chen Xia?”

 

Both of them had completely disappeared.

 

When Runia made a bewildered expression, the sound of conversation came from outside the tent.

 

“Can’t you stay a little longer?”

 

‘Ah.’

 

Runia, who had thought something had happened during the night, let out a sigh of relief.

 

And Eiran’s voice that could be heard had brightened.

 

Runia, who was getting up from her spot, suddenly perked up her ears at the voice she heard.

 

“No. Leo-nim needs to sleep too.”

 

“Can’t we just sleep together with Leo-nim?”

 

“I said no. We were together all night. Since we kept Leo-nim from sleeping, we should let him rest even briefly.”

 

“Leo-nim was the one who kept us from sleeping. How could we sleep when he was being so good to us?”

 

“Mm… That’s true. It was definitely an enjoyable time.”

 

At the conversation heard from outside, Runia froze stiff with a crack-.

 

The tent door opened and Eiran and Chen Xia entered.

 

And discovering Runia who was frozen while opening and closing her mouth, Eiran’s eyes widened.

 

“Miss Runia, you’re up early.”

 

“Uh, mm… Eiran, you seem a bit better?”

 

“Yes! I’m sorry for worrying you, Miss Runia.”

 

Looking at Eiran making an apologetic expression, Runia smiled awkwardly.

 

“Ah, no. It’s fine. But… were you coming from Leo’s tent?”

 

“Yes. I’m embarrassed, but Leo-nim comforted me all night long. Thanks to that, I was able to forget a lot of my worries and concerns.”

 

“Though Leo-nim couldn’t sleep because of Miss Eiran’s whining.”

 

“Miss Xia was there too.”

 

Eiran grumbled with a sulky voice.

 

Runia’s voice began to tremble rapidly as she listened to their conversation.

 

“You, you, you, you! Do you know what you just did?”

 

“Huh? Well, all night long with Leo-nim… Ah, should we not have left Miss Runia alone and gone together? Sorry! I didn’t think of it… Next time we’ll definitely go together.”

 

When Eiran made an apologetic expression, Runia’s face turned as red as her hair and she began to have a fit.

 

“You two! Students!”

 

“Miss Runia?”

 

“What on earth did you students do! Leo! Even if he’s an adult! No wait! Being an adult isn’t the problem in the first place! Three? Threee? Three of youuuu?! All night long?! Next time me too?!”

 

“R-Miss Runia? What’s wrong? P-please calm down!”

 

“Calm down? What’s wrong? You two are honor students from Seirun and Lumern! You should conduct yourselves properly! Do you think it makes sense to do such things and then act like you don’t know what the problem is?”

 

Looking at Runia glaring with a bright red face, Eiran said with a frightened expression.

 

“W-we just listened to old stories from Leo-nim!”

 

“No matter how many of those books you’ve read… Huh?!”

 

Runia, who had been shouting, suddenly made a flustered expression.

 

And after a moment.

 

She began to tremble with a slightly pale face.

 

“Ah, so that’s what you were thinking.”

 

Chen Xia smiled brightly.

 

“Miss Runia has quite a rich imagination. I never dreamed you’d think that way.”

 

“N-no, I mean… I was… that is…”

 

Looking at Runia breaking out in cold sweat, Eiran grasped the situation and her eyes widened.

 

Then she narrowed her eyes.

 

“Miss Runia.”

 

“S-sorry. I mean, I!”

 

“You’re perverted.”

 

“…”

 

At those words, Runia hung her head low.

 

Runia, who had been trembling, had another fit and lunged at Eiran.

 

“This is all because you usually look at weird stuff!”

 

“How is that my fault?! Miss Runia’s head is what’s weird!”

 

“Aaaaah! I don’t care! It’s your fault! It’s your fault!”

 

Looking at the two elves shouting “wah wah-” at each other, Chen Xia smiled slightly.

 

“Shh, Leo-nim will hear everything.”

 

At those words, both their voices cut off abruptly.

 

Chen Xia smiled slightly and approached Runia.

 

“I’m glad the misunderstanding was cleared up.”

 

“Y-yeah.”

 

“But I’m curious. How far did you imagine?”

 

Runia’s shoulders began to tremble again.

 

She wanted to grab that grinning mouth.

 

“Tell me about it. Okay?”

 

‘This girl has a surprisingly bad personality.’

 

Looking at Chen Xia teasing her with a smiling face, Runia had no choice but to cover her face with her hands.

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