Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 648

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648.

Evening as the sun was setting.

All students had gathered at the Erek Training Ground for the entrance ceremony.

Current students were seated by grade level in the seats prepared around the outer edge of the Erek Training Ground.

In the center of the Erek Training Ground, 500 freshmen stood in lines organized by region.

All the current students had once stood in that very place during their freshman year.

That’s why everyone would fall into a strange nostalgia during entrance ceremonies.

It should have been like that, but…

“What on earth did you do to make all the freshmen look so dejected?”

Third-year seating area.

Chelsea spoke reproachfully from the Magic Studies Department section.

“I’m only guilty of working hard.”

“You should have done it in moderation. What are you going to do after crushing all their spirits?”

Chelsea crossed her arms and furrowed her brow.

Usually on entrance ceremony day, the eyes of Lumern freshmen sparkle brightly.

‘Because they feel like they own the world.’

Just entering Hero Academy, which could be called the world’s finest educational institution, was enough to feel proud.

Dreams and hopes.

The freshmen should have been filled with anticipation for their upcoming school life.

But the faces of those freshmen were uniformly shrouded in darkness.

Cal, the very person who created this atmosphere, made an expression of feeling wronged.

“What exactly happened?”

Chloe also asked with a puzzled expression.

“I just thoroughly set traps and deceived the freshmen. Since I had prepared for the freshman entrance exam, I roughly had profiles of all 500 people in my head.”

Cal pulled out a potion bottle from his chest and gently shook it.

“Change Potion. A potion that lets you take on the appearance of whoever you want for a short time.”

“Isn’t that the party toy you made?”

“It’s a toy.”

Cal laughed triumphantly.

Since the duration was short, it was literally a surprise potion he had made for parties.

“I slightly extended the transformation time. Then I disguised myself and snuck in among the freshmen. And I caused chaos among them.”

The effect was definite.

In a state where they didn’t know each other well.

And it was a strategy that worked because they had a strong perception of each other as competitors.

“Later, I even deliberately disguised myself and approached when the original person was right there.”

“Didn’t you get caught?”

“Heh. I’m quite the politician.”

Knowing all the freshmen well became his strength.

For Cal, framing the inexperienced real person as fake wasn’t particularly difficult.

“That’s a bit underhanded.”

“When 500 people are coming at me to catch me, I have to be underhanded.”

Cal shrugged his shoulders.

Like that, divided and even fighting each other, the freshmen literally self-destructed.

Having been thoroughly toyed with by just one person, it was natural for them to be intimidated.

Moreover, to be honest, Cal had only fought properly in the first battle.

It was literally being toyed with by Cal alone.

Chelsea shook her head.

“I think you need to change your title.”

“To what?”

“King of Tricks.”

“That’s more appealing than the grandiose title ‘One Who Prepares for the Beginning’?”

Watching Cal smile cheekily, Chelsea giggled.

“It must have been quite educational for the freshmen.”

Avad said with his characteristic gentle smile.

Strength isn’t everything.

It was an extremely obvious statement, but a fact that was hard for freshmen to truly understand.

Having learned this painfully through Cal, it could be called a valuable experience for the freshmen.

No one was worried about them properly hitting a wall and becoming frustrated.

‘If they can’t overcome even that much, they’re not Lumern students.’

That was the common thought among current students.

-There will be a freshman representative speech. Freshman representative Perena Hergin. Step forward.

At the called student’s name, the third-years’ gazes all turned toward Eliza, who sat in the very front of the Summoning Department section.

Eliza, who had been sitting and trimming her nails as if uninterested in the entrance ceremony, spread out her manicured fingers and said,

“What are you all staring at?”

After blowing on her nails with a “Hoo-“, Eliza looked at her classmates with indifferent eyes.

Julliden, the 3rd-ranked student in the Summoning Department sitting next to her, asked,

“Did your younger sibling enter this year?”

“Yes.”

“Does she have a rotten personality like you too?”

“Puhup!”

“Kheuhup!”

“Ahahahahaha!”

“He asked so directly!”

Sounds of people trying their best to hold back laughter could be heard from here and there.

Of course, in cases like Chelsea and Iliana, they openly laughed while clutching their stomachs.

“You want to die, don’t you?”

Just as Eliza stood up and grabbed her whip with a “Kwak-!”

-Third-years. All of you who just laughed and made noise, go bury your heads in the training ground.

Hallind’s cold voice was heard.

At those words, the third-years made tearful faces as they went down to the training ground and buried their heads, lying prone.

Everyone’s resentful gazes turned toward Julliden, who had made the unnecessary comment.

“Hey, I just asked a question.”

Julliden made an expression of feeling wronged.

Like that, a bizarre spectacle unfolded with many third-years receiving punishment.

There wasn’t a single student who tried to sneak away.

Since it was Hallind who gave the punishment, if they pretended otherwise and got caught later, literal hell would unfold.

“Pathetic things.”

At Duran’s muttering, Selia opened her mouth as if in agreement.

“They really have no sense of tension.”

After that small commotion.

Perena came up onto the platform.

-Respected professors and seniors of Lumern. Thank you sincerely for welcoming us freshmen…

Perena shyly read her speech with a demure appearance.

-…Freshman representative, Perena Hergin.

As Perena finished her speech and was about to step down from the platform, the host spoke.

-Student Perena. Don’t you have anything to say as the representative?

At those words, Perena hesitated then smiled shyly and said,

-I will become a student who works hard and does my best.

With those words as her conclusion, she quickly stepped down from the platform as if embarrassed.

Watching that scene, Chloe muttered,

“Eliza’s younger sister is well-behaved. That’s unexpected. Cal, how was she during the exam earlier?”

“….”

Cal recalled Perena.

He remembered how she had charged at him with a fierce, life-or-death expression.

‘She’s a complete fake.’

“Well, just looking at her like that, she seems like a precious young lady from a noble family… but she’s not naive enough to get into Lumern for nothing.”

Cal shrugged his shoulders.

There was no reason to spread rumors about someone hiding their true nature from the public.

‘If things go well, I might be able to use this later.’

-This concludes the entrance ceremony. From now on, please follow your homeroom teachers by grade level to the dormitories. That is all.

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“Professor Artion!”

“Wow! Our homeroom teacher is a professor!”

The 3rd year students greeted Artion with delighted expressions.

“Everyone, did you have a good and enjoyable vacation?”

Artion welcomed the 3rd year students with a smile as warm as spring sunshine.

Artion was one of the most popular teachers at Lumern.

She was known as a compassionate and kind professor who basically gave good grades.

Of course, while being a popular teacher, she was also an object of fear.

Naturally, this was because of the spirits that possessed her when students didn’t listen.

The Wall of Wailing and the Hammer of Punishment – never defy Hallind and Artion.

This had already become common knowledge at Lumern.

“This time, I will be teaching 3rd year classes!”

“Huh? Classes?”

The 3rd year students, who were well aware of Artion’s terror, froze instantly.

Seeing such 3rd year students, Artion’s closed eyes suddenly turned menacing.

“Hm? Do you have a problem with that?”

“Wow! How exciting!”

“Haha! That’s so great!”

At Artion’s menacing gaze, the 3rd year students burst into joyful cheers.

“Everyone… to think you’re this happy.”

Swoosh- Artion’s eyes closed again as she showed a moved expression.

The 3rd year students followed Artion’s lead to the dormitory, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“By the way, which dormitory will we be staying in this time?”

Last year, the 3rd year students were divided into three dormitories.

Instead of being divided by existing classes, they took classes by dormitory and each dormitory competed against each other.

“Will it be the same this time?”

“Class President! Me! Me! Pick me again this time!”

Iliana stood next to Leo dragging her travel bag and pointed at herself with her finger.

“Hmm. Leo, Cal, do you know anything?”

Leo shook his head at Chloe’s question.

“The Student Council doesn’t know anything about the dormitories either.”

“Hmm. For 2nd year, will they continue the mentor system like last year? It wasn’t bad.”

“That’s right.”

It was when the 3rd year students were putting their heads together, pondering about the dormitory system and department system.

“Everyone, do you see over there? That’s the new dormitory building!”

What Artion pointed to was a massive clock tower building.

“Are all the 3rd year students going to use that place?”

“Amazing! It’s completely luxurious!”

Cheers erupted among the 3rd year students.

Seeing such 3rd year students, Artion said,

“This time, we decided to use dormitories by department. So there are three dormitories in total.”

“Ah, so that’s why the building is triangular?”

“The towers at the ends must be the dormitory buildings?”

“Are all the rest internal facilities? That’s awesome.”

The 3rd year students exclaimed in admiration.

“Professor Tina was in charge of designing the dormitory building.”

The elf professor Tina Tingel, who came as a visiting professor for the Department of Magic last year, became a full professor starting this year.

“That experimentally-minded Professor Tina was in charge of the design? I’m already getting anxious about this.”

Cal muttered with an anxious face upon hearing that Tina was in charge of the building design.

“Professor! I have a question.”

“Yes, Student Chelsea.”

“Which department’s dormitory building will Leo use?”

At that question, all the 3rd year students showed curious expressions.

Which dormitory would Leo, who was in all classes, go to?

This was definitely a matter of controversy.

“After a faculty meeting, we decided to provide Student Leo with a separate dormitory room as unaffiliated.”

It was special treatment, but it made sense.

No one at Lumern would express dissatisfaction or doubt about Leo receiving special treatment.

“What? Class President, you’re a loner?”

“That’s right.”

Iliana giggled as she looked at Leo.

“I’ll visit often.”

Iliana gave him a thumbs up.

“Now then, everyone. I’ll distribute the dormitory room keys.”

Artion called out the students’ names and distributed the keys.

The 3rd year students who received their keys showed puzzled expressions.

“Everyone, try turning your keys in the air.”

At those words, the students turned their keys without suspicion.

At that moment.

“Oh?”

Leo exclaimed in admiration.

Before he knew it, Leo was in a spacious room.

A room so large it was hard to believe it was a dormitory room.

Leo, who had been exclaiming in admiration while looking around, went out to what appeared to be a terrace.

Creak-

Whoooooosh-!

A strong wind blew in.

He could see not only the entire view of Lumern but also Lake Lumeria and Lumeria City in the distance at a glance.

“The top of the clock tower.”

Admiring the scenery, Leo came back inside.

And seeing one door on one side of the room, he tilted his head.

“Is there another room?”

This room alone was already enormous in size.

But there was another room here?

With a puzzled expression, Leo opened one of the doors and entered.

“Huh? Ah! President!”

“Young Master Leo?”

“Huh! Class President! How did you get in here?”

Seeing the female students from the Knight Academy, Leo slightly furrowed his brow.

“Where is this place?”

“Lord Leo. This looks like the Female Knight Student Dormitory. But why did you come out of the storage room?”

At those words, Leo went back out through the door he had entered.

Then the scenery changed back to Leo’s room.

Leo once again opened the same door and went inside.

“Leo? Why are you coming out of the restroom door?”

This time, Cal was greeting Leo with a bewildered expression.

“Is this by any chance the Male Magic Student Dormitory?”

“Yeah. I think so. Hey. It seems like all grades use this entire dormitory building.”

Leo clicked his tongue at Cal’s words.

‘It seems my room is connected to various places throughout each dormitory building.’

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