Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 606

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606.

 

Niel and Marcell sat at opposite ends of the room.

 

They had turned their heads away from each other and weren’t even looking at one another.

 

The warm heat rising from the floor made their bodies naturally feel hot.

 

Niel felt her throat getting parched and reached for a water bottle in one corner of the room.

 

The moment she poured water into a cup and brought it to her lips.

 

“Pfft! What, what is this? This is alcohol?”

 

Niel spat out the alcohol she had in her mouth, wiped her lips, and hurriedly checked the other bottles.

 

“They’re all alcohol!”

 

With an expression of disbelief, Niel hurriedly headed to the hot spring attached to the room.

 

She scooped up a cup of the hot spring water that was steaming and let it cool before putting the spring water in her mouth.

 

“Kuhek?!”

 

At the sharp taste that instantly enveloped her entire mouth, Niel unconsciously spat the water onto the floor.

 

“What, what is this?”

 

She frantically looked to the side.

 

“Good for skin health and fatigue recovery. Harmless to the human body but has a strange taste, so please do not drink.”

 

Niel felt a headache coming on.

 

In the end, it meant that if she got thirsty, the only thing she could drink was alcohol.

 

‘This is driving me crazy, seriously.’

 

“Stop making a fuss, Niel Roda.”

 

Then Marcell sighed and spoke.

 

At those words, Niel snorted and returned to sit in her original spot.

 

It was when that strange silence began to flow again.

 

Grumble—!

 

A sound came from Marcell’s stomach.

 

At that, Marcell covered his face with his hands.

 

Watching such a Marcell, Niel let out a mocking laugh.

 

“As expected of a mage who just sits in a small room reading books. Weak-willed. Making such a pathetic sound just from starving for one day…”

 

Grumble—!

 

“…”

 

The same sound came from Niel’s stomach.

 

In a way, it was natural for such sounds to occur.

 

Niel and Marcell.

 

The two of them had starved all day.

 

On top of that, during the day they had done pure physical labor without using aura or mana.

 

Also, all sorts of delicious food laid out in the room was now stimulating their sense of smell.

 

It was inevitable for their bodies to react honestly.

 

Marcell glanced at Niel, who turned her head away sharply with a bright red face.

 

‘Ah, this is really embarrassing!’

 

Niel pressed down on her stomach that had made the sound so tactlessly and screamed internally.

 

She had mocked him for no reason and now seemed likely to receive even greater mockery in return.

 

“Pfft.”

 

Then Marcell burst into laughter.

 

“You’re still the same, Niel Roda.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Your unnecessarily rigid side. You’re strict even with yourself. And how you become endlessly devoted when it comes to anything related to your lord.”

 

“Hmph! Do you think you’re any different? You’re unnecessarily free-spirited, aren’t you? Besides, you’re just as devoted yourself, you know?”

 

Niel shot back sharply and sighed.

 

Watching such a Niel, Marcell said.

 

“Shall we eat for now?”

 

“…Yeah.”

 

Niel nodded as well.

 

It would be strange to keep starving in front of food when they were hungry.

 

It wasn’t like the food was guilty of anything.

 

Marcell ate one of the meat dishes and exclaimed in admiration.

 

“This is incredibly delicious.”

 

“Don’t eat it.”

 

“Why are you picking a fight?”

 

“I made that. So don’t eat it.”

 

“…”

 

Marcell let out a deep sigh.

 

“It seems I said something unnecessarily pointless to Young Master Leo. If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn’t have done it.”

 

“Pointless talk?”

 

“Something like that.”

 

“…”

 

After hearing Marcell’s words and hesitating for a moment, Niel asked.

 

“Is that by any chance related to me?”

 

Marcell didn’t answer.

 

‘I thought so. Chelsea Rwallin also asked me something strange… it was because of that.’

 

Niel also recalled the earlier conversation.

 

The awkward atmosphere continued to flow like that.

 

Niel, who got choked while eating, pounded her chest.

 

Watching that scene, Marcell frowned.

 

“Stop making a spectacle of yourself and at least drink this.”

 

“Don’t be ridiculous… Ma! Gulp! Gasp! Gasp!”

 

Niel barely managed to swallow the food and said.

 

“I absolutely won’t drink alcohol or anything like that! You drink it!”

 

“I don’t drink alcohol either.”

 

“Oh really? You seem like you’d be the best at breaking school rules, but you don’t drink alcohol?”

 

“I made a mistake after drinking alcohol once. Since then, I decided not to drink.”

 

At those words, Niel’s face scrunched up.

 

‘How annoying. Why is his reason for not drinking so exactly the same as mine?’

 

It was when heavy silence was flowing like that.

 

‘Young Master Leo… probably prepared this occasion for the harmony between Jerdinger and Rwallin, right?’

 

Perhaps her relationship with Marcell might be an obstacle for Leo.

 

‘The young lady is also building friendship with Avad.’

 

The direct descendants of Jerdinger, who could be called her lords, were making efforts.

 

In such a situation, she was building walls with Marcell over past events.

 

While Niel, a loyal knight, was having such various thoughts.

 

Marcell opened his mouth.

 

“Niel Roda.”

 

“What?”

 

“I’ll speak honestly. I have lingering feelings for you.”

 

“What?”

 

For a moment, Niel made a dumbfounded expression.

 

But shortly after.

 

She let out a mocking laugh.

 

“For someone like that, didn’t you have quite a big scandal? You had a breakdown when you broke up with your girlfriend in 2nd year, didn’t you? There was a big fuss about it? Getting caught drinking in the dormitory and receiving disciplinary action was just a bonus.”

 

At Niel’s words, Marcell let out a deep sigh.

 

“I’ll speak honestly. That’s the reason I don’t drink alcohol.”

 

“What?”

 

Marcell scratched his head vigorously.

 

“Didn’t rumors spread back then that you were the first to date a guy? Because of that, I drank heavily and made a mistake. Fortunately, I didn’t mention your name.”

 

Niel’s mouth gaped open.

 

When Niel was a freshman.

 

During a school trip, she had gotten drunk for the first time and in her intoxicated state, unknowingly said she had dated a guy before.

 

Of course, that guy was none other than Marcell.

 

Thanks to that, rumors spread throughout the entire school.

 

“I resented you for seeming to forget me so easily. That’s why I treated you even more harshly.”

 

It was a long-forgotten scandal from the past.

 

“Still, because of my lingering feelings, I never dated anyone while attending school.”

 

Hearing Marcell’s words, Niel let out a hollow laugh.

 

“That’s exactly like me.”

 

“What?”

 

“That rumor. I also got drunk because of you.”

 

Niel and Marcell looked at each other wordlessly.

 

Then, without anyone prompting, they both burst into laughter.

 

After laughing for a while, Niel hiccupped and wiped the tears from her eyes, her stomach apparently hurting.

 

“Really. We’re both so pathetic.”

 

“Yeah. What a disgrace.”

 

Marcell agreed while looking at Niel.

 

“But it’s too late to turn back now.”

 

“Yeah. It’s too late.”

 

Niel nodded as well.

 

“Niel Roda. The young master and young lady want to settle the grudge between our families. You know well that it’s not an easy task, right?”

 

“Yeah. It’s difficult. But I want to follow their wishes. I am a knight of Jerdinger, after all.”

 

“I feel the same way. I am a mage of Rwallin, after all.”

 

Niel and Marcell looked directly at each other and spoke.

 

“We can’t become obstacles for our lords.”

 

“Right. So I want to start our relationship anew.”

 

Both of them smiled simultaneously.

 

“Let’s forget our past feelings. Let’s become friends.”

 

“I agree.”

 

When Niel extended her hand, Marcell took it.

 

It was a reconciliation after a full five years.

 

“Wow! I feel so relieved!”

 

Niel lay down spread-eagle on the ground and spoke in a refreshed voice.

 

Then she suddenly sat up.

 

“Then.”

 

“Are you going to drink?”

 

“Yeah. It’s not like I didn’t want to drink. I’m an adult now. It’s unfair, isn’t it?”

 

Niel said as she poured alcohol into her glass.

 

“Should I pour you a glass too?”

 

“Heh. Now that there’s no need to dwell on that day’s mistake. Should I end my abstinence as well?”

 

“Yeah. There’s no chance of making mistakes now.”

 

Niel poured alcohol for Marcell, looking relieved.

 

They clinked glasses and brought the alcohol to their lips.

 

Niel grimaced and suffered from the alcohol’s aroma spreading in her mouth.

 

“Ugh. I don’t think I’ll like it much in the future either.”

 

Seeing this, Marcell burst into laughter.

 

“Hah. Anyway, before we know it, we’re both adults.”

 

“Yeah. Back then, we used to talk about how we’d be married to each other by this time.”

 

“We were so fearless despite being just kids, weren’t we?”

 

“Yeah. But it was nice.”

 

“Yeah. It was.”

 

Reminiscing about old times, the two clinked glasses again.

 

***

 

“Ugh! Cold! Cold!”

 

Leo, who had come to Chelsea and Niel’s room, looked puzzled as he saw Chelsea burrowing into the blankets as soon as he arrived.

 

“It’s not that cold though?”

 

Chelsea, who had been fidgeting under the blankets, paused and poked just her face out.

 

“Yeah, it’s actually not cold.”

 

Chelsea smiled meaningfully and got up from her spot, wrapping the blanket around her body.

 

Leo looked puzzled at Chelsea, who was tightly wrapped in the blanket.

 

Thud- Thud-

 

Chelsea approached Leo.

 

Under the dragging blanket, something scattered on the ground was visible.

 

It was none other than the clothes Chelsea had been wearing just moments before.

 

Chelsea came in front of Leo, who was looking at her with incredulous eyes, and slightly lowered the blanket from her shoulder.

 

Her sky-blue hair cascading down her neckline and her slender, white shoulder were revealed.

 

“Seductive, right?”

 

Chelsea asked with a deep smile.

 

Leo grabbed the blanket Chelsea was wrapped in.

 

“Eh?”

 

And pulled it without hesitation.

 

Whoosh-!

 

“More cute than seductive.”

 

Leo chuckled as he looked at Chelsea wearing a swimsuit.

 

At Leo’s reaction, Chelsea pouted.

 

“What? How boring. Couldn’t you at least be flustered?”

 

“You shouldn’t tease adults.”

 

Leo put his hands under Chelsea’s armpits like catching a cat and lifted her up.

 

Then he carried the flustered Chelsea to the hot spring attached to the room and threw her in.

 

“Kyaaaah?!”

 

Splash-!

 

“Puhah! That’s too much!”

 

Ignoring Chelsea’s complaints, Leo closed the door and changed into the provided swimwear.

 

Then he entered the hot spring.

 

Leo entered the hot spring, stretched his arms and legs, leaned back, and muttered.

 

“This is refreshing.”

 

“Wow, he’s really like a mister. His body is that of a boy, but how can he be so much like a mister?”

 

Chelsea jeered quietly, but Leo didn’t mind.

 

“What are you going to do first when we go to the government office tomorrow?”

 

Looking at Chelsea who asked with a puzzled face, Leo chuckled.

 

“I’m thinking of meeting the Fairy of Purification first.”

 

“To make a contract?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Leo spoke as if it were a very simple matter.

 

“Well, no matter how great a spirit it is, it would be hard to refuse a contract with Leo.”

 

“It’s fine if they refuse.”

 

“Huh?”

 

In front of Chelsea, who wore a puzzled expression, a ladle for scooping bath water floated by.

 

It was filled with hot spring water.

 

-Take this!

 

Chirp! Chirp!

 

-Fiora and Kirran. Please stop.

 

-Hey! Phoenix! Fairy! Elsi told you to stop! Should I pluck your wings?!

 

Squeak!

 

-Eek!

 

Fiora and Kirran, who had been splashing water and playing around while splashing Elsi, were terrified by Larel’s murderous shout.

 

“….”

 

Chelsea fell silent at the sight.

 

Leo pointed at Larel and said.

 

“If you refuse, she’ll snap your neck.”

 

‘Somehow, none of Leo oppa’s summons are normal.’

 

Chelsea muttered to herself.

 

Then she looked up at the night sky.

 

“I hope Marcell and Niel senior make up.”

 

“They definitely will.”

 

Chelsea grinned widely at Leo’s answer.

 

***

 

“Ugh.”

 

Niel felt a splitting headache.

 

‘Just how much did I drink yesterday?’

 

She couldn’t remember well.

 

What was certain was that she had definitely drunk all the alcohol in this room.

 

‘Ah, I’m never drinking again.’

 

Long ago.

 

Making the same resolution she had made when she first drank alcohol years ago, Niel tossed and turned.

 

Then, feeling something warm beside her, she unconsciously burrowed into that embrace.

 

The feeling of warm, firm yet soft skin brushing against her felt pleasant.

 

“Mmm….”

 

Marcell, who was beside Niel, let out a pained groan.

 

Even so, he pulled Niel into his embrace.

 

Niel obediently burrowed into his arms.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

The two people, who were about to go back to sleep, suddenly felt something strange and snapped their eyes open.

 

The two people, who were embracing each other under the blanket, instantly froze in place.

 

The two people whose thoughts had stopped.

 

After a moment, without either taking the lead, they lowered their heads to look under the blanket.

 

When they raised their heads again, without either taking the lead, both their faces turned pale.

 

Just as screams filled with shock were about to burst from both their mouths.

 

Creak-

 

“Marcell, I’m sorry. You two… Kyaaaaaaah?!”

 

Chelsea, who had entered the room, unconsciously let out a scream and ran out of the room.

 

Leo, who was following behind, fell silent for a moment then smiled broadly.

 

“Looks like I interrupted a good time.”

 

“L-Leo young master! It’s not like that! It’s not! This is! This is! Don’t leave and please listen to me!”

 

Niel said with a pale face as if screaming.

 

But Leo immediately left the room.

 

Looking at Chelsea, whose face was red and mouth was opening and closing like a fish, Leo burst into a hollow laugh.

 

“I told those guys not to cause childish trouble, but they went and caused adult trouble instead.”

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