Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 64

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64.

“What is the meaning of this! A fight!”

Herdium scolded the two with a pale face.

Currently, the two had left the chaotic atmosphere of the party hall.

Runia had turned her head away sharply while Leo maintained a calm expression as he straightened his clothes.

Watching them, Hallind asked.

“What was the cause? Who was at fault first?”

Runia flinched momentarily at Hallind’s cold voice.

Seirun had no teachers of Hallind’s type.

Herdium frowned.

“Are you interrogating our student right now?”

“We need to know what the problem is to solve it.”

“What! Fine! Student Runia is our school’s first-year representative! She’s not a student who would commit wrongdoing!”

Herdium spoke confidently, then addressed Leo.

“Student Leo Flobe. What was the cause of the fight?”

Watching Herdium blatantly ask as if the fault lay with him, Leo spoke calmly.

“It seems I made a small mistake.”

“Aha! I knew it! There’s no way Student Runia would commit wrongdoing…!”

“Teacher Herdium. Don’t you think pushing things so one-sidedly is unfair?”

“What are you saying! Student Leo Flobe just admitted his fault…!”

“If Student Runia El Runda is Seirun’s first-year representative, then Leo Flobe is also our Lumern’s first-year representative.”

Herdium was surprised watching Hallind speak decisively.

He hadn’t thought that Leo could possibly be the first-year representative.

Basically, Seirun wasn’t very interested in other schools’ affairs.

“Most importantly.”

Herdium flinched as Hallind’s cold gaze reached him.

“Just as Teacher Herdium trusts his student, I also trust my student.”

At those words, Leo smiled without realizing it.

Though he was an object of fear among students, Hallind’s affection for his students was genuine.

‘His scary treatment must also be for the students’ sake.’

Hearing Hallind’s words, Herdium cleared his throat awkwardly.

“Well, fine! Student Runia, what did you hear from Student Leo Flobe?”

‘I can’t tell this story to others!’

As the heir to the Runda Family, having her phoenix stolen was a very shameful matter.

If this fact became known at Seirun, she would surely be ridiculed.

Watching Runia hesitate, not knowing what to say, Leo spoke.

“I made a contract…”

“Ahahaha! It was just a minor misunderstanding.”

Runia quickly covered Leo’s mouth.

Then she glared at Leo with blazing eyes.

As if saying ‘If you say even one word, I won’t let it slide!’

When Leo shrugged and nodded, Runia removed her hand and bowed her head.

“I’m sorry. Teacher Herdium, Professor Hallind. For causing a disturbance at a place of harmony, and…”

Runia greeted them with a forced smile.

“I’m sorry, Leo Flobe. I apologize for my rude behavior.”

Watching Runia whose lips trembled, Leo made an amused expression.

Seeing this, Herdium grabbed his head saying ‘Oh no! How could this be.’

“Since the misunderstanding seems resolved, let’s continue the party. Let’s not discuss this matter any further.”

At Hallind’s words, Herdium nodded while reading the situation.

“Professor Hallind and Student Leo should go in first. I’ll give Student Runia a separate warning.”

At those words, Hallind and Leo entered the party hall.

When only the two remained outside, Runia bowed her head.

“I’m sorry, teacher.”

“No. Since it already happened, it can’t be helped. Was that student also the one who fought with Student Tirien during the day?”

“Yes.”

“Leo Flobe. I see. I remember now. He was the student who was the representative during Lumern’s first-year entrance.”

Herdium nodded and crossed his arms.

“Never make the same mistake again. Student Runia. You are Seirun’s first-year representative, an excellent talent who will lead our school in the future.”

“I understand.”

“And in the joint classes starting tomorrow, you absolutely must not fall behind that Leo Flobe student! Our Seirun has been ahead of Lumern for a long time!”

Herdium clenched his fist, showing his competitive spirit.

“We must continue to prove it! That our Seirun is superior to Lumern! No! That we’re the most excellent school among all hero schools!”

“I’ll never lose to that bastard! I’ll completely destroy him, so don’t worry! On Seirun’s honor!”

“Student Runiaaaa! How many times have I told you to fix that rough way of speaking!”

Ignoring Herdium who was grabbing his head and pleading, Runia glared at the party hall with blazing eyes.

‘Prepare yourself! Leo Flobe!’

***

The party ended.

However, the atmosphere between the two schools was awkward beyond measure.

It couldn’t be helped.

There had been a dispute between none other than the grade representatives of each school.

A different kind of awkwardness from before lingered between the two schools.

Returning to the dormitory like this, Leo changed into comfortable casual clothes.

Leo sat in a chair at the table in the dormitory, crossed his arms, and waited for someone.

Whoosh-!

A shadow flashed past between the windows.

The snowstorm had stopped at some point.

Looking outside the window, Runia was there.

Runia, whose eyes met Leo’s, quietly chanted a spell.

Click-!

The window opened and Runia came inside.

“Were you waiting for me?”

“Given your personality, I thought you’d come on a moonlit night.”

“Then shall you explain? How did you end up stealing my contractor!”

“The word ‘stealing’ seems inappropriate? I merely made a contract with Fiora at Lady Pirina’s suggestion.”

“Nonsense! I was chosen by Lady Pirina as Fiora’s contractor since I was five! How much I’ve cherished Fiora since I was little! Always going out together! Taking baths together every day! Dressing her up!”

“Fiora hatched three months ago though?”

“I could take good care of her even in egg form!”

“Find another Pact Maker. Lady Pirina feels sorry for you too, so she’s working hard to find another phoenix.”

While phoenixes are rare magical beasts that ordinary people can only meet in legends, with the Runda Family’s influence, they could find any number of phoenixes worth contracting.

“It has to be that child!”

Watching Runia shout with tears welling up, Leo sighed.

‘I do feel sorry indeed.’

Intercepting a magical beast with a predetermined contractor is very rude behavior.

In severe cases, it could even be a matter of life and death.

Though Pirina had arranged the contract between Leo and Fiora, it was because she expected the contract to be impossible.

It was understandable.

No matter how excellent one’s qualities, how could someone who hadn’t learned summoning arts contract with a phoenix?

However, Leo had succeeded in contracting with Fiora, and this situation had occurred.

Literally a situation where no one was at fault, but Runia had certainly had her contractor stolen.

‘Besides, phoenixes only keep one contractor.’

Pirina’s previous offer of a contract to Leo was only an exception made because he was the son of her benefactor.

The proud phoenix was a magical beast famous for not having two pact makers.

“How devotedly I cared for Fiora! Sob sob! We were always together! Waaah! But now she’s not my contractor anymore! Fioraaaa! Waaah!”

Leo asked as he watched Runia, who had prostrated herself on the ground and begun wailing sorrowfully.

“What can I do for you?”

Runia abruptly stopped crying.

Then she glanced at Leo.

“Then will you grant me one request?”

“If it’s something I can do.”

“Duel with me.”

“What?”

“I’ll prove it! That I’m a pact maker more suited to a phoenix than you!”

Looking at her blazing red eyes, Leo chuckled.

“Shall we go outside?”

***

Leo and Runia left the dormitory and headed to a wide open field with few people around.

The two left footprints in the white snow field and positioned themselves far apart from each other.

“I’m warning you.”

“Yeah?”

“If it seems like you can’t handle it, surrender quickly. Don’t get hurt by being stubborn.”

Leo chuckled at Runia’s words.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Worried my ass.”

Runia snorted and crossed her arms.

“I’m only telling you this because you’re the son of Raina, who is our father’s benefactor!”

Having said that, Runia took out a coin from her pocket.

“The moment this coin falls, the duel begins.”

“Alright.”

“Then.”

Ting-! Whirrrrrr!

The gold coin that rose high into the air sparkled in the moonlight as it fell down.

Thud-!

Whoooosh-!

Whoooosh-!

Flame aura and flame magic power rippled simultaneously.

Seeing Leo’s flames, Runia narrowed her eyes.

‘Jerdinger’s flames. A family blessed by phoenixes like our family.’

As one of the few families in the world that handled phoenix power, Runia felt competitive spirit.

‘I absolutely won’t lose!’

“I call upon you in the name of your contractor.”

Five summoning circles appeared around Runia.

Along with them, intermediate fire-attribute magical beasts, salamanders, revealed themselves.

The bipedal salamanders were magical beasts that breathed fire and could freely use both hands.

“Five intermediate magical beasts?”

Leo was impressed, but it wasn’t over yet.

As Runia chanted her spell, flame spears and shields were created in the salamanders’ hands.

Watching Runia quickly enhance the salamanders with magic, Leo smiled.

“Indeed worthy of Seirun’s grade representative.”

“You seem relaxed? But I haven’t even started yet, you know? Everyone, please!”

Runia entrusted the front to the salamanders, quickly distanced herself from Leo, and began chanting spells.

Facing the five salamanders pressing toward him, Leo muttered.

“Leaving the battle to magical beasts while casting powerful spells herself… How classic.”

“It’s the traditional elven combat method! Luna also fought this way!”

By modern standards, Luna was evaluated as a traditional mage who overturned battlefields with powerful spells.

“Certainly, Luna is known as a traditional mage in this era.”

Leo chuckled.

“But that’s wrong.”

“What?”

“By modern standards, Luna is a combat mage.”

A mage who endlessly traversed battlefields, constantly firing spells without rest.

The battlefields that Kail and his companions fought through often meant death the moment one stopped moving to cast magic.

Luna only stopped moving to chant spells on battlefields where there was some breathing room.

Yet the reason Luna was known as traditional in this era was simple.

‘Even while moving frantically like that, each of her spells was powerful enough to overturn the battlefield.’

The perfect mage.

That was Luna, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies.

“Hmm~ I guess that’s how humans think. But regarding the Progenitor, wouldn’t elven records be closer to the truth than human ones?”

She narrowed her eyes drowsily.

During their conversation, Leo had reverse-summoned all five salamanders.

If Runia had supported the salamanders more, he couldn’t have subdued them this quickly.

But right now, Runia was concentrating entirely on her magic.

‘Now I just need to defeat Runia.’

Leo quickly closed the distance with Runia.

But when he met eyes with Runia, who was grinning, he hastily increased the distance.

“Good instincts?”

Runia smiled and raised her right hand wide open.

A flame sphere the size of a house was created.

Whoooooosh-!

The intense heat melted all the surrounding snow.

“Scorching Heat. It’s our family’s ultimate magic.”

Like the Jerdinger Family’s Phoenix Breath, it was magic using phoenix power.

But there was no fool who would take such powerful magic head-on.

‘Of course, magic of that level would have considerable power even from fragments…’

“Will you be okay? Magic using phoenix power will have reduced effectiveness against me.”

That was right.

Leo’s flames and Runia’s flames were fundamentally the same attribute of power.

As such, Runia’s magic couldn’t deal full damage to Leo.

“That’s right. But I’m going to defeat you with this magic.”

“Why?”

“This isn’t a simple duel. It’s a fight to prove that I’m a more suitable pact maker for Fiora than you. So simply winning isn’t enough.”

Runia made a serious expression.

“This is pride as a phoenix’s pact maker.”

“Is that so? Then I’ll accept that challenge.”

“What?”

For a moment, Runia hesitated, not understanding Leo’s meaning.

But without thinking deeply, she launched her magic at Leo.

“Prepare yourself!”

Flames like a small sun engulfed Leo.

Whoosh-!

Flames flickered around Leo’s body.

Taking a deep breath, Leo swung his sword toward the blazing inferno.

Kugugugugung!

At that sight, Runia’s eyes filled with shock.

“Are you out of your mind! You could die if you mess this up!”

“You wanted to prove you’re a Pact Maker worthy of Fiora, right? Then I’ll prove it too!”

Runia, who had been frantically trying to cancel her magic, hesitated.

“Why Fiora chose me!”

Runia’s mouth fell open.

‘Really? Then I’ll accept that challenge.’

‘Is this what he meant? This guy is completely insane!’

If she attacked Leo now, she could easily win.

But the duel was no longer a simple contest of skill.

As summoner versus summoner.

And as one who wields Phoenix’s power, it had become a battle of pride.

Kwak-! Kwak-!

Blocking the blazing inferno, Leo continued to step backward.

But even so, Leo’s flames continued to gnaw away at Runia’s flames.

‘Stronger! More fierce!’

Hwareureuk-! Kwaaaaaa!

Leo’s flames greedily devoured the fragments of fire that broke off from Runia’s magic.

‘He’s making his firepower even stronger while injuring his own body?’

It wasn’t a conventional method.

It was an unimaginable approach.

To unleash firepower beyond what’s allowed while getting injured!

Even so, Leo endlessly devoured Runia’s flames.

And finally…

Hwareurereuk-!

Leo’s flames completely devoured the massive blazing inferno without leaving a trace.

Thud-

Runia was so shocked that her legs gave out and she unknowingly collapsed to the ground.

Thump- Thump-

Leo, who had roughly torn off his upper garment that had turned to ash and was no longer functional, walked toward Runia.

Runia stared up at Leo in a daze.

“If you want a proper duel, I’ll face you with that. What do you say?”

“Haha! Ahahahahahahaha!”

Runia burst into laughter without realizing it.

“No. I lost.”

How could she continue to be angry at someone who had faced her fury so directly?

Getting up from her position, Runia spoke with a bitter smile.

“About acknowledging or not acknowledging you. I’m sorry for speaking out of turn. I sincerely apologize.”

“It’s fine. I would have been angry too.”

‘…Even though we’re both first-year class representatives, to have such a difference. How embarrassing.’

She felt ashamed by her opponent’s magnanimity.

“I acknowledged you, but I haven’t given up.”

Runia crossed her arms and said.

“I’ll prove that I’m also a Pact Maker worthy of Fiora! So that Fiora might choose me in the future!”

Fiora pointed at Leo Flobe with her hand.

“So Leo Flobe! From now on, you’re my rival!”

“Think whatever you want.”

“I’ll be looking forward to tomorrow’s joint class.”

Leo chuckled as he watched Runia turn around sharply, her red hair swaying.

“I’ll make sure to live up to your expectations.”

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