Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 63

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63.

“Death Knight?”

“A Death Knight in the sacred sanctuary.”

Hallind and Roon, who received Leo’s report, wore serious expressions.

“I can’t believe it.”

However, the bespectacled elf sitting in Roon’s office raised a question.

“Certainly, monsters have tragically begun appearing in Fairy Forest since long ago. But a Death Knight? There’s no such precedent, is there?”

The elf who shook his head asked Leo.

“Are you certain you saw a Death Knight?”

“There’s no reason to say I saw something I didn’t see, is there?”

“I’m not saying you’re lying, Lumern student. We received reports from our students about Skeletons appearing. That’s why I came to speak with the Council Chairman like this. But we didn’t receive any reports about a Death Knight.”

‘Must be a professor from Seirun.’

The Seirun teacher adjusted his glasses and asked.

“Lumern student. Have you ever seen Undead before in your life?”

“Not in this lifetime.”

“Then you might have mistaken a Skeleton Knight for a Death Knight. It’s a relatively common mistake.”

‘The Death Knights I defeated in my previous life numbered in the dozens of units, how could I make such a mistake.’

Leo, who let out a chuckle, said.

“Seirun students often make mistakes, I see?”

At those words, the Seirun teacher hesitated and cleared his throat.

“Ahem. Our students also make that mistake occasionally.”

The Seirun teacher who said that changed the subject.

“In any case, Lumern student. If you faced a Death Knight, it would be difficult to remain unharmed, wouldn’t it? Even our Seirun first-years would have trouble handling such a monster alone. Are you saying you escaped by yourself?”

“Yes.”

“You seem quite confident in your abilities.”

He curled up the corners of his mouth and said to Hallind.

“What do you think, Professor Hallind?”

“I believe the words of our school’s student. Teacher Herdium.”

Seeing Hallind speak decisively, Herdium narrowed his brow and this time looked at Roon.

“What do you think, Council Chairman?”

“He’s not a child who would lie.”

When Roon also smiled and spoke, Herdium made an expression of having no choice.

“Let’s discuss the Death Knight matter later.”

At Roon’s words, Hallind and Herdium nodded.

“Professor Hallind, Leo. Go ahead first. I have something to discuss separately with Teacher Herdium.”

“Understood.”

Hallind greeted and left the office with Leo.

“It looks like the schedule will change.”

As they left the office, Hallind muttered.

At those words, Leo made a puzzled expression.

“The schedule will change?”

“Teacher Herdium is the homeroom teacher of Seirun 1st Year Advanced Class 1. It seems the entire class came here for practical training.”

Hallind chuckled.

“Knowing that we also came here for a school trip, Professor Herdium requested joint classes.”

“Joint classes?”

“We experience Seirun’s teaching methods and Seirun experiences Lumern’s teaching methods.”

“That sounds interesting.”

“Of course it will be interesting. But it shouldn’t just be fun. This is a good opportunity to broaden our horizons. It’s not something you can experience just by wanting to. In that sense, our class can be said to be lucky.”

“That’s true.”

“Advanced Class 1 is where Seirun gathers their most excellent first-years. It will be of great help to us too.”

“Oh.”

“Teacher Herdium invited us for dinner tonight. Go and announce it to the class.”

“Yes.”

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“Wow! We get to meet Seirun students!

“Hey! How do I look? Is my hair styled well?”

“Does this necklace suit me?”

The Class 5 students were in an overall excited mood before the evening banquet.

“Cal, what are you doing?”

Leo looked puzzled seeing Cal sitting on the first floor making a booklet.

“Making a catalog. Wouldn’t the items I handle be needed by Seirun students too?”

Seeing Cal grin, Chelsea crossed her arms as if incredulous.

“You’re going to do business at that event?”

“It’s promotion, promotion. Well, I’m not planning to do it at that party. I’m preparing to do business during the joint classes starting tomorrow.”

At those words, Chelsea nodded.

“It’s time. Let’s go.”

When Leo checked his watch and spoke, the Class 5 students got up from their seats.

And as soon as they went outside.

“It’s cold!”

“This makes styling my hair meaningless!”

They screamed at the swirling snowstorm.

Seeing that, Cal giggled.

“Are you guys idiots?”

Of course, he got pelted with snowballs for saying that unnecessarily.

“At least it’s close, that’s fortunate.”

Nella smiled and said.

Seirun’s dormitory was a luxury hotel right in front of Lumerne Dormitory.

“So it was Seirun who rented this whole place. Hmph! They must have plenty of money indeed.”

When Cal made a snorting sound, Chelsea shrugged her shoulders.

“Seirun is famous for being the richest school among the Hero Academies.”

The status that Hero Academies hold in each race differs.

Just with Lumern alone, there were many factions dissatisfied with the current system.

Because of Hero Record, they had no choice but to enroll their nation’s most excellent talents in Lumern.

In that process, while many gained good positions in their home countries after graduation, quite a few also joined hero guilds operated by Lumern.

Dissatisfaction with the brain drain from their own countries naturally arose.

But Seirun was different.

Seirun itself played a central role in the Elven National Union, that is, it was one giant force encompassing all elves.

“Well, they say the conveniences Lumern provides to students are like a drop in the bucket compared to Seirun?”

“Yeah. Especially elves value ‘bloodline’ more than us humans. So there are virtually no students from unknown aristocratic families or commoner backgrounds like in our school.”

“Their sense of authority must be no joke.”

While Cal clicked his tongue.

Class 5 arrived at the hotel.

A servant waiting in front of the hotel politely opened the door.

“Welcome, everyone.”

“We’ll take your coats.”

“Please give them to me.”

In the lobby, servants politely took their coats.

While some students like Chelsea handed them over familiarly, others like Cal fumbled around.

“This way, please.”

Guided by the servant, the students entered the hotel’s Grand Banquet Hall.

“What is all this?”

Cal muttered in a dazed voice.

The Grand Banquet Hall was luxury itself.

“This is on the level of a party hosted by His Imperial Majesty of our Empire?”

Even Chelsea, a direct descendant of Rwallin, one of the most prestigious noble families, found it excessively splendid.

While everyone was amazed.

Herdium approached them.

“Welcome. Students of Lumern’s first-year Class 5. Though I may be lacking, I am Herdium Wintel, teaching students at Seirun. I would be grateful if you called me Teacher Herdium.”

“Thank you for inviting us to the party, Teacher Herdium.”

The Class 5 students greeted him politely.

“Since you are the first-years who will lead Seirun and Lumern in the future, I hope this becomes an opportunity to build deep friendships.”

After finishing his words, Herdium smiled once and returned to his seat.

In the case of Hallind and Sena, they had already arrived and were eating.

“I’m hungry, so shall we eat first?”

When Cal rubbed his hands together and spoke, Chelsea glared at him sharply.

“Don’t make a fuss rudely like usual. The Seirun students are watching too.”

“I know that. I have no intention of embarrassing the Academy either.”

Though they were curious about Seirun Academy, before that, Lumern and Seirun were hero schools that had maintained a rivalry for a long time.

Especially in recent years, Seirun had surpassed Lumern in various exchange meetings.

Lumern was looking for opportunities to somehow overtake Seirun, while conversely, Seirun was trying to continue maintaining their current advantage.

This gathering was also, from a broader perspective, a place to meet rivals from other schools they would clash with throughout their school years.

The reason they paid more attention to their appearance than usual was also for this reason. They didn’t want to show a submissive appearance.

Thus the party began.

The Lumern and Seirun students explored each other while showing curiosity about one another.

Though it was awkward at first, they quickly opened up due to being peers and having the common goal of becoming heroes.

Several Seirun students also approached Leo with curiosity.

“I’m studying elemental magic at Seirun. What about you?”

“I’m also taking summoning studies.”

“Oh ho. How are the elemental magic classes at Lumern?”

The first student introduced himself as an elementalist.

“I am training in spear techniques.”

“I’m also in the Knight Department.”

“Ooh. I’d like to broaden my knowledge about what Lumern’s knights are like. Would it be alright to request a sparring match tomorrow?”

“Anytime.”

The second student introduced himself as a knight.

After that, various students came and went.

In the midst of this, Leo felt puzzled.

‘Why isn’t there a single guy studying magic?’

Meanwhile, the music flowing through the party venue changed frequently.

Sometimes gentle music for conversation would play, then suddenly upbeat music would come on.

The elves danced frequently to match that music.

Class 5 seemed unable to get used to that atmosphere at all.

Human social parties usually had separate dance times.

But for Leo, it wasn’t an unfamiliar scene.

‘Elves loving dance is the same now as it was in the past.’

Since ancient times, elves had been a race that loved dance and song.

Courting someone through dance and song was a common occurrence.

Luna also often sang and danced during camping.

The dance the Seirun students were doing now was the same dance Luna had performed long ago.

‘Dweno used to praise that sight as a form of art.’

‘How can someone with such a difficult personality sing and dance so beautifully? It’s truly puzzling!’

‘…Though their main repertoire was fighting after saying such nonsense.’

While recalling past events, someone approached.

“You?”

“Hello, we meet again.”

Runia smiled brightly.

At that perfect timing, dance music began to flow.

Hearing it, Runia asked.

“Would you like to dance one song?”

“Shall we?”

When Leo extended his hand, Runia took it.

And they began to dance lightly.

“You know elven dances?”

“I learned them long ago.”

To Runia’s surprised question, Leo answered as if it were nothing special.

“Are you enjoying the party?”

“Yes. But I’m a bit curious about something – doesn’t Seirun have a separate Magic Studies Department?”

“We don’t divide into departments like Lumern. We focus intensively on learning what we specialize in.”

“Hmm. It did feel like that.”

He recalled the earlier students who had introduced themselves as elementalists, summoners, spear knights, and sword knights.

“But there weren’t any students studying magic?”

“You don’t seem to know much about Seirun. Magic is mandatory at Seirun.”

“Mandatory?”

“Yes. Because we’re a magical race.”

“Even if you’re a magical race, there must be students who don’t have aptitude for magic?”

“Such people cannot enroll at Seirun.”

‘So basically they’re all dual class.’

While answering, Runia stepped out cheerfully.

Leo easily supported such movements from Runia.

Runia found dancing with Leo quite enjoyable.

‘He’s incredibly skilled at this?’

Since his skill was good, it was more fun than usual.

When the dance time finally ended, Runia stepped back with a slightly regretful expression and asked.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t asked your name yet? What is your name?”

“Me? Leo Flobe.”

“…?”

Runia’s face, which had been about to let go of Leo’s hand, froze stiffly.

Leo made a puzzled expression at that reaction.

“What’s wrong?”

“It was you?”

“What?”

The kind honor student atmosphere she had maintained until just moments ago was completely gone.

Runia glared with eyes wide, emanating an atmosphere so menacing she could be called a thug.

“You’re the thief who stole someone else’s contractor?”

“Ah.”

Leo nodded as if he understood and smiled brightly.

“I’m using it well.”

“Are you calling that words right now!”

The excited Runia grabbed Leo by the collar.

“Fi, fight! There’s a fight!”

The atmosphere of the party venue was completely devastated.

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