Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 701

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701.

As soon as Leo finished speaking, the first to move was Milliya, who had claimed the top spot in the Knight Department’s entrance exam.

Rustle-!

Milliya immediately ran to the thicket and hid herself.

“Waaaaah!”

“What the hell is this situation?!”

Milliya’s action became a signal flare, and the startled freshmen quickly began to scatter.

Whoosh-!

At that moment, Milliya, who had hidden in the thicket first, shot an arrow toward a first-year Magic Studies Department student.

“Waaaaah?!”

The first-year magic student hurriedly threw himself aside to dodge the arrow.

“Isn’t attacking right now against the rules?!”

When the magic student who got up protested, Leo grinned.

“I told you just now. Fight from this moment on.”

“B-but…!”

The first-year magic student turned pale while the other freshmen’s eyes began to change.

“Everyone think of this as real combat. If there’s an attack that could cause serious injury, we’ll intervene.”

With Leo’s words as the signal, the freshmen simultaneously drew their weapons.

Watching this scene, Chloe spoke up.

“Even if you get hurt, I’ll use healing magic on you. Don’t worry and fight!”

“Gasp! Senior Chloe!”

“I think Senior Chloe is the kindest among the third-year seniors!”

“I’m so happy to be in the Magic Studies Department!”

The first-year magic students showed moved expressions.

Leo made a puzzled expression upon hearing Chloe’s words.

“Are you planning to use that healing magic you’ve been researching recently?”

“Yeah.”

“Didn’t you say that one causes tremendous pain to the injured person?”

“Yeah. But the effect is good, isn’t it?”

Chloe clenched her fist and her eyes sparkled.

“I modified the formula a bit recently. So I tried to enhance the effect a little more.”

“And the pain increased even more?”

“Yeah.”

Chloe took out a notebook from her pocket and scribbled down formulas.

“I needed an experiment to see how much better the effect became and how much worse the pain got, so this worked out perfectly.”

Leo shook his head watching Chloe’s eyes sparkle with an excited expression.

“You’ve become a proper mage too.”

“Huh? I was always a mage though?”

Chloe’s current appearance reminded him of Luna.

‘That Luna girl used to have her eyes sparkle like that when doing magic experiments.’

Leo clicked his tongue remembering Luna who had tried to use him as a test subject.

“Senior Leo. What should we do?”

When Luke approached and asked, Leo sat on a nearby rock and said,

“The third-years will prepare for the orc settlement attack. Second-years should watch the first-years and intervene if there’s a fight that might cause serious injury.”

This was ultimately a mock battle to see how well the freshmen could respond to a sudden situation.

Even if they could heal injuries, it was better to prevent serious wounds beforehand if possible.

“Yes.”

Luke nodded and conveyed Leo’s words to his classmates.

Upon hearing this, the second-years entered the forest to watch over the first-years.

“Wow. That Luke kid. He’s gained quite some presence, hasn’t he?”

Cal approached Leo’s side with admiration.

“He really looks like a class representative now.”

“That’s right. Well, whether he can maintain the class representative position or not is up to Luke himself.”

“True. Juwen has been really determined about it. Heh~ Won’t Juwen be the next second-year representative?”

Cal grinned wickedly.

That’s when it happened.

Chloe, who had been taking notes in her notebook, looked up.

“What?”

“No. I might be mistaken, but.”

When Leo asked with a puzzled face, Chloe made a perplexed expression.

“I thought it might snow.”

“Snow? In spring?”

Cal made an incredulous expression.

Maybe in the northern continent.

While spring nights in the central continent were quite chilly, it wasn’t cold enough for snow.

At Chloe’s words, Leo looked up at the sky.

The sky where the sun was setting was nothing but clear.

Chloe also stared intently at the sky, then soon shook her head.

“I guess I was mistaken after all.”

***

Milliya, who had hidden in the forest first, concealed her presence.

‘This is perfect for me.’

Though Milliya was the top student in the Knight Department entrance exam, she was a bit different from typical Knight Department students.

Knight Department students had traditionally valued honor highly.

Since most students entering Lumern came from knight families, it was natural in a way.

Being from knight families, they inevitably came to value chivalry.

It wasn’t that she disliked this.

Rather, she thought it was noble.

The problem was their attitude toward Milliya.

‘They look down on me.’

Milliya was in the Knight Department but wasn’t a knight.

Coming from a merchant family, she had been naturally gifted with the bow since childhood.

Her aura talent had naturally awakened as well.

However, she was closer to a hunter than a knight.

She dug traps to catch targets and strived to secure advantageous positions.

In that process, methods that knights would consider somewhat cowardly were employed.

It wasn’t quite to the extent of using any means necessary.

But she would do anything for victory.

Like a merchant, she prioritized efficiency and profit above all, and this tendency naturally showed in combat as well.

As a result, Milliya had naturally been looked down upon by her fellow aspiring knights.

And all those aspirants were nobles.

As the heir to a major merchant family, Milliya had often encountered noble children since childhood.

Not all nobles were like this, but from Milliya’s perspective, most noble children were fools who acted arrogant despite having no ability, just because their family background was good.

Truly capable nobles with proper thinking were few.

She knew it was unavoidable, but Milliya didn’t particularly like nobles for that reason.

Especially when they looked down on commoners’ achievements, it annoyed her.

In the midst of this, she heard stories about a student at Lumern named Cal Thomas.

A commoner student with mediocre talent who was gaining fame.

Most nobles mocked such a Cal.

But for commoners, Cal was a figure they couldn’t help but be interested in, even if they tried not to be.

Milliya was the same.

She naturally came to cheer for Cal, and when she heard the news that he had become a Hero, she was happy.

And when she met him in person.

‘He was totally cool.’

Milliya’s cheeks reddened as she recalled Cal, who had said it wasn’t bad while perfectly subduing her.

‘Though I did unconsciously reveal my true nature and make a fool of myself back then.’

Milliya shook her head as she remembered her sadistic tendencies.

‘I just need to make a good impression from now on. Senior Cal is watching!’

Milliya’s eyes sparkled as she pulled back her bowstring.

Piiing-!

The arrow flew into the sky and a red firework exploded.

The freshman Knight Department students who saw it hardened their faces.

Juwen, who was looking down at Milliya from atop a tree, narrowed his eyes.

“Juwen, why are you only watching Milliya? It doesn’t look like Milliya will get seriously hurt?”

Just then, Luke, who was passing by, landed on the tree where Juwen was hiding with a puzzled expression and asked.

“That girl is dangerous.”

“Dangerous?”

“Yeah. She can’t fool my eyes. That kid is a dangerous element.”

“She’s an honor student. She’s kind and takes good care of the students around her.”

Milliya had a very good reputation within the school after enrolling.

She was kind to everyone and followed the professors’ words well.

A perfect honor student who was praised by classmates, seniors, and professors alike.

“Compared to you guys who only caused trouble in the early part of the school year, she seems less dangerous.”

“Ah, of course compared to us… Wait. What do you mean by that?”

When Juwen blinked his eyes, Luke scratched his cheek.

“Don’t you remember the first semester of freshman year?”

“…”

Juwen fell silent at those words.

Back then, Shasha, Havedon, and Aina, led by Juwen.

These four people were literally obvious troublemakers except for their grades.

Aina, who cared about nothing except being acknowledged by Leo.

Juwen, Shasha, and Havedon, who were all worked up from being ignored by that Aina.

The four of them would growl at each other and start fights whenever they clashed.

Although their relationship improved a lot in the second semester and they became friends, Luke, who remembered those times, couldn’t help but be dumbfounded seeing Juwen call the seemingly normal Milliya a dangerous element.

Juwen, who had been silent at Luke’s words, spoke up.

“That’s that and this is this! Anyway, she’s dangerous! I heard she was investigating Senior Cal from the first day. Plus she’s the heir to a major company. Since Senior Cal is in business, she might approach him using that as an excuse. Hehe. I’ll thoroughly monitor her!”

Luke scratched his cheek at Juwen’s words.

“Good luck.”

“Yeah. I’ll do my best.”

Leaving behind Juwen, whose eyes were sparkling, Luke headed elsewhere.

***

“This is somewhat unexpected.”

Late at night.

Looking at the eight freshmen standing before him, Cal stroked his chin.

Watching Cal, Milliya’s eyes sparkled brightly.

‘Ugh, that’s burdensome.’

Cal lowered his hand from his chin and subtly avoided Milliya’s gaze.

In the midst of this, Leo looked at Milliya and said.

“Did you discuss this beforehand?”

“Yes. To some extent.”

Milliya nodded.

The eight who remained out of 100.

They were all from the Knight Department.

“I somewhat expected that the Student Council President would test us from the first day. Accordingly, I thought of various situations and gave hints to the Knight Department students. I told them to avoid fighting among Knight Department students as much as possible.”

“We’re the same party. Didn’t you think bringing in departmental competition wasn’t right? And if only Knight Department students remain, the party’s balance could collapse too.”

“If you had considered the party’s balance, I think you would have set the number of people by department from the beginning. I thought that in this mission, the freshmen’s role would only be to support the seniors. Also, if you had considered harmony between party members, you wouldn’t have made all 100 people fight each other while saying that participants would be selected purely based on ability. In other words, we have to compete endlessly within the party.”

So she immediately set off a red firework at the start.

It was a signal for Knight Department students to refrain from fighting among themselves.

The Knight Department students, as discussed beforehand, first eliminated all students from other departments, then had a skill competition among Knight Department students.

The students who remained this way were the current eight.

At Milliya’s words, Leo stroked his chin and said.

“You could have made your desired students the final eight, couldn’t you?”

“Yes.”

Milliya, who uses a bow, could have intervened in the competition among Knight Department students as much as she wanted.

“What’s the reason you left these seven?”

Milliya glanced at the Knight Department students standing alongside her.

“I heard you don’t particularly like nobles?”

Except for Milliya, they were all from aristocratic families.

And they were also students who didn’t have a particularly good relationship with Milliya after enrollment.

“They have ability. Leaving them is efficient for the party.”

“Hmm.”

Leo chuckled and gestured to Milliya.

Milliya approached Leo with a puzzled expression.

“Palm.”

Leo stamped a bonus point seal on Milliya’s palm.

“We’ll camp tonight. We’ll start the orc settlement subjugation tomorrow morning.”

“Yes!”

“You guys worked hard! Let’s eat!”

The third-years called the first and second-years.

“Not bad.”

When Chloe smiled and said this, Leo nodded.

“Right. This year’s incoming students are also promising.”

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