Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 556

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556.

 

At the Jeron family estate, Leo received the utmost hospitality.

 

It wasn’t simply because he was Elena’s guest.

 

“When Lord Flobe found Lady Allia’s keepsakes, this old man shed so many tears.”

 

The old mage seated at the dinner table wiped his tears with a handkerchief and repeatedly bowed his head to Leo.

 

Toward this old mage, Elena, seated at the head of the table, cut her steak with fork and knife as she spoke.

 

“You’re making a scene in front of our guest, Berewin.”

 

“I know, young lady. But whenever I think of that time, this old man… this old man…”

 

Berewin Berak.

 

A hero whose name was recorded in the Hero Record, currently the head of the Jeron family and called the Infinity Speller, Altech Jeron, as well as Albi the Mage of Maan who was a Lumern professor, and also the great mage who was Elena’s magic teacher.

 

If he had taught the direct line of Jeron, then naturally he must have also taught Allia Jereon, whom Leo had saved from the Heroes’ World during the first-year midterm exams.

 

‘Was his alias Demon Blood?’

 

Judging by the alias alone, he was clearly a mage who dealt with blood magic.

 

Leo thought of Fritz Edgon from the first-year Department of Magic.

 

He too, being from Shadow and Leo’s admirer, dealt with blood magic.

 

“Lady Allia was truly a person of gentle heart. When Lady Allia was alive, both the family head and Lord Albi were much brighter. She was also an exceptionally talented person.”

 

“Yes, yes, I’ve heard about my aunt to the point of being sick of it.”

 

Elena propped her chin and sighed.

 

“Of course, in terms of talent alone, Lady Elena is the greatest.”

 

Berewin looked at Elena.

 

“Though being a bit lazy is the problem.”

 

At those words, Elena made an expression of annoyance.

 

“Don’t you think so as well, Lord Flobe?”

 

At Berewin’s question, Leo looked at Elena.

 

“Elena-senpai is certainly lazy.”

 

“Oh my? Is it okay to say such things carelessly to your senior?”

 

“Because it’s the truth.”

 

Leo cut his meat with the knife.

 

In terms of pure talent.

 

Elena was one of the most exceptional geniuses Leo had ever seen.

 

Counting both his past and present lives.

 

In the history of heroes, there were great heroes who carried their eras.

 

The most recent hero of an era was none other than Sword Saint Kalian.

 

“In terms of talent alone, she has the makings to surpass the Sword Saint.”

 

“Oh?”

 

Berewin exclaimed in admiration.

 

He too was a hero who lived in the same era as the Sword Saint.

 

Of course, his name paled before the Sword Saint’s reputation.

 

But even so, he was a comrade-in-arms who had participated in countless battles with Sword Saint Kalian and exchanged help.

 

For such a Berewin, Leo’s words about having the makings to surpass the Sword Saint were intriguing.

 

“What makes you think so?”

 

“I had a friend who was good at reading people.”

 

Leo thought of Risinass.

 

“I learned a bit from that guy.”

 

“You’re confident in your own discernment.”

 

“I’m not as good as that friend.”

 

Leo smiled slightly.

 

Elena stared intently at Leo.

 

And so the dinner came to an end.

 

***

 

Deep in the night.

 

Leo was fast asleep in bed.

 

Rustle- Rustle-

 

Then the sound of small footsteps could be heard.

 

Swoosh-

 

Feeling someone climbing onto the bed, Leo opened his eyes.

 

“Did I wake you? Leo-kun?”

 

Elena smiled slightly.

 

Looking at such Elena, Leo said.

 

“Senpai, it’s very late at night right now.”

 

“I know.”

 

Elena shrugged her shoulders.

 

“I just came because I wanted to talk.”

 

Elena, dressed in a negligee, sat cross-legged on the bed.

 

The Queen of Lumern.

 

Or the Elena called a witch and the object of students’ fear.

 

But right now, she looked like a girl her own age.

 

“Leo-kun. Do you know why I readily handed over the student council president position to you?”

 

“Because it was bothersome.”

 

“Of course that’s part of it.”

 

Elena giggled.

 

“But more than that, it’s because I wanted to see a perfect hero.”

 

Elena turned her head to look at Leo.

 

Her pink eyes sparkled.

 

“I thought you could become a perfect hero.”

 

In those eyes, a childlike innocence could be glimpsed.

 

“Why did you want to see a perfect hero?”

 

“Do you remember what I said after defeating Erebos in Luna’s world?”

 

‘When I was young, I preferred the rescued princess over the hero in fairy tale books. I came to admire that side more.’

 

Recalling the previous incident, Leo opened his mouth.

 

“That you preferred the princess over the hero?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Elena chuckled.

 

“I got sick of hearing it from childhood. That I would become a hero.”

 

No matter what anyone said, Elena was certainly one of the most exceptional talents in the Age of Heroes.

 

An extraordinary background.

 

And even more extraordinary talent than that.

 

“I heard it sickeningly often from childhood. That I should follow in Lumern’s footsteps.”

 

Elena laughed softly.

 

“You know what? Lumern hit his own limits and became frustrated.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Yeah, it’s a fact written in the founding chairman’s memoirs.”

 

“That’s interesting.”

 

“…”

 

At Leo’s lukewarm reaction, Elena opened her eyes drowsily.

 

“That’s quite a tepid reaction?”

 

“Did you respect the Twilight Knight, Elena-senpai?”

 

“…”

 

At those words, Elena fell silent, then nodded her head.

 

“I respect him, even now.”

 

Elena chuckled softly.

 

“I grew up quite harshly in my childhood.”

 

Elena had lived with the title of being the greatest genius in the Jeron Family’s history since she was young.

 

Beyond surpassing the Sage of Twilight, there were even expectations that she might reach the Knights of Dusk.

 

She was literally revered as the successor to the Cataclysm.

 

As such, Elena’s childhood was brutal.

 

“Whenever that happened, I would read Lord Lumern’s fairy tales.”

 

A knight who never gave up.

 

Lumern’s epic of rising from slave status to the position of a hero who saved the world was literally endless challenge itself.

 

“I could find strength in that image of never giving up. In my childhood, Lord Lumern was a perfect hero to me.”

 

And then I saw it.

 

The story that Lumern had ultimately despaired.

 

“Were you disappointed?”

 

“Well… rather than disappointed, I despaired.”

 

Elena’s eyes darkened.

 

“It was vividly written in my ancestor’s manuscript. The image of Lord Lumern despairing and crying out in anguish.”

 

It was a shock to young Elena.

 

“I didn’t know what to do with the fact that even the person I had set as my goal wasn’t a perfect hero.”

 

A terrible life hidden behind the names harsh and brutal.

 

Of course, the Jeron Family didn’t force such a life on Elena to torment her.

 

They simply believed in her potential.

 

Elena too believed in her own potential and spent her childhood relying on Lumern’s story.

 

“When Uncle Albi returned to the family, that detestable training was no more. I’m truly grateful for that.”

 

Elena smiled brightly.

 

“But after that, I became completely twisted. I became an arrogant kid who looked down on people, you know?”

 

“That’s true.”

 

“Shouldn’t you deny it at times like this?”

 

Elena slightly furrowed her brow and glared at Leo for a moment.

 

After a moment, she sighed and said.

 

“I recently learned why he despaired.”

 

“…”

 

“In the end, Lord Lumern despaired at the fact that he couldn’t defeat Erebos.”

 

Elena uncrossed her legs and lamented while looking at the ceiling.

 

“How futile. What did I want to become a hero for?”

 

Thud-

 

Elena lay down on the bed and turned her gaze toward Leo.

 

“I made Leo the student council president because I wanted to make you into the perfect hero I couldn’t become. Well, you became that without any help from someone like me.”

 

Elena chuckled softly.

 

“My motivation has completely disappeared. Should I just quit school?”

 

“That would be troublesome. You need to be the vice student council president.”

 

“Hmm? Does that mean Leo needs me?”

 

Elena made a strangely twisted smile, then got up and approached Leo.

 

“What do you think of me, Leo?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I’m incredibly beautiful, aren’t I? I have the Jeron background too. My abilities are outstanding. That’s why you want me to take the vice president position.”

 

Elena, who had crawled over to Leo, climbed on top of him.

 

“The princess marries the hero who saved her and supports that hero. It’s a common story, isn’t it?”

 

Elena’s pink eyes sparkled.

 

Elena’s hair that fell down tickled Leo’s cheek.

 

“What do you think?”

 

At those words, Leo, who had been lying down, reached out his hand.

 

Leo’s fingertips touched Elena’s abdomen.

 

Elena’s stomach flinched and contracted.

 

Leo’s fingers moved along her stomach toward her side, and each time Elena’s body trembled slightly.

 

And then…

 

Pinch-!

 

“Ahhh?!”

 

“Stop fooling around. What’s a little brat who hasn’t even lost her baby hair doing trying to act like an adult?”

 

Leo mercilessly pinched Elena’s side as if it was ridiculous.

 

“Is this insubordination? This is insubordination!”

 

“At school, the student council president is the highest rank, you know?”

 

Leo, who had easily subdued Elena, clicked his tongue and got down from the bed.

 

Elena, left alone on the bed, clutched her side and trembled.

 

“Did you tame Lil this roughly too?”

 

“Don’t say things that others might misunderstand.”

 

Leo crossed his arms and said.

 

“If you play such pranks one more time, you might really get into serious trouble next time, so don’t do it.”

 

“Ah, how boring. What kind of junior acts like such a weathered old man? I can’t even tease you.”

 

Elena snorted.

 

‘I am a weathered old man, you arrogant brat.’

 

Leo chuckled inwardly and then said.

 

“The Knights of Dusk certainly despaired and gave up.”

 

“…”

 

Elena made a bitter smile.

 

“But he probably got back up again.”

 

“What?”

 

“Where in the world is there a person who doesn’t despair and doesn’t give up? If such a person existed, they’d be truly insane.”

 

Leo clicked his tongue.

 

The Age of Calamity.

 

As the surviving hero, he himself had experienced more despair and giving up than anyone else.

 

But…

 

“What’s important is whether you can get back up.”

 

In the end, he got back up.

 

For Leo, not giving up wasn’t just about clinging to impossible things until the end.

 

Getting back up and running down a different path to avoid insurmountable walls was also not giving up.

 

“He gave up on defeating Erebos himself, but that doesn’t mean he gave up on defeating Erebos. That’s why the Knights of Dusk have been holding back Erebos in the Heroes’ World for 3,000 years.”

 

‘He probably thinks he gave up.’

 

Leo thought of his successor, whom he had never met or spoken with.

 

‘Don’t be pessimistic about yourself, Kail. The reason you’re called the surviving hero is… even though you despaired and gave up in those moments, you ultimately got back up countless times and ran down different paths. That’s absolutely not giving up.’

 

Risinass’s words came to mind.

 

‘If you respect me… you don’t need to imitate even that part.’

 

Leo let out a bitter laugh and looked at Elena, who was making a dazed expression.

 

“If you truly respect the Knights of Dusk, you don’t need to give up just because Lumern gave up. So.”

 

Leo met Elena’s eyes and said.

 

“Get up again and again. Immature princess. Get up and.”

 

“Get up and?”

 

“You need to become a real queen. How long are you going to act spoiled over having a somewhat tough childhood?”

 

Elena made a dumbfounded expression.

 

Then she soon let out a hollow laugh and asked.

 

“You don’t need a new slave?”

 

“New slaves are always welcome.”

 

At those words, Elena burst into a hollow laugh.

 

“Really… I’ve got such an outrageous underclassman.”

 

Elena let out a deep sigh as she got down from the bed and crossed her arms.

 

“Instead, I’ll run it however I want.”

 

Leo nodded his head.

 

“As you wish.”

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