Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 71

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71

“You said earlier that you snuck out of the dormitory to investigate something, but what exactly did Leo and Miss Runia come here to investigate?”

Leo answered Eiran’s question.

“To investigate the anomaly that occurred in Fairy Forest.”

“At this hour? Did you receive a separate mission from the teachers?”

“That’s not it. I just followed this guy after seeing him move around on his own.”

Runia, who had been calling him Leo in front of others, seemed to have decided not to put on airs in front of Eiran and spoke to Leo casually.

“Then I’ll help too! This is land that our ancestors have protected for generations!”

Eiran clenched her fist tightly.

As the granddaughter of the Elsalvechia Council Chairman and a descendant of Berkia, the last Fairy Knight, it was a natural reaction.

Watching such Eiran, Runia approached Leo and whispered quietly.

“Don’t bring up anything you’re not sure about in front of Eiran.”

Leo, who knew she was talking about Lauta, chuckled softly.

“Got it.”

Having said that, Leo turned his gaze toward Fairy Forest.

‘As expected, the curse’s power grows stronger at night.’

The cursed energy that could only be felt from the forest’s center during the day could now be felt even near the entrance.

Of course, it was a very subtle force.

But at this level, if they approached the forest’s center, both Runia and Eiran would surely feel the curse’s power.

“I should make some preparations before we go.”

“Huh? What preparations?”

Looking at Runia’s puzzled expression, Leo opened his palm.

“I call upon you in the name of the Pact Maker.”

Whoosh—!

A flame summoning circle was created above Leo’s palm.

Shortly after, a red bird revealed itself through the summoning circle.

Fiora, flapping her wings gracefully, exuded a rather dignified atmosphere.

Chirp—!

Of course, the dignity she had painstakingly gathered vanished in an instant with the sound that came from her mouth.

Fiora showed off her appearance to Leo and looked at him.

She seemed to be asking ‘How do I look?’ but Leo was actually indifferent.

Whether she flapped gracefully or exuded a dignified atmosphere, to Leo’s eyes, Fiora was just a red chick.

Seeing that indifferent reaction, Fiora chirped in dissatisfaction.

Thanks to that, she looked even more like a chick.

“What a cute magical beast. What kind of magical beast is that, Miss Runia?”

Eiran asked in admiration at Fiora’s cute appearance.

But when there was no answer, she looked to the side.

And she was flustered to see Runia trembling.

“Miss Runia?”

“Fiora!”

Chirp—?

Seeing Runia rushing toward her with tremendous momentum, Fiora was startled and quickly took refuge on top of Leo’s head.

“To be born so beautifully! Fiora! It’s me! Me! Sister Runia! Do you remember? Right?”

Watching Runia clasp her hands together and sparkle her eyes, Fiora showed a wary reaction, and at that sight, Runia made a shocked expression.

“How would she remember when she was just an egg then?”

Leo clicked his tongue and took out a few cookie pieces from his pocket, placing them on his palm.

Chirp—

Fiora flew onto Leo’s palm and elegantly pecked only the chocolate from the cookies with her beak.

After picking out the chocolate, Leo made an incredulous expression watching Fiora knock the remaining cookies off his palm.

“She’s becoming more and more of a picky eater by the day.”

Fiora, who had only pecked at the chocolate, chirped as if asking for more.

“I have snacks too!”

Runia hurriedly took out chocolate from her pocket.

Then Fiora quickly flew to Runia’s palm and began pecking at the chocolate.

“Aww!”

Runia covered her cheek with her remaining hand and said.

“This graceful appearance! Movements that show experience! Ah! So beautiful!”

‘No matter how I look at it, she’s clearly just a chick, but Teacher Yura was like this too, and this one too… Do summoners these days have crooked eyes?’

Watching Runia swoon over Fiora, Eiran carefully asked.

“Leo. What kind of magical beast is this?”

“A phoenix.”

“A, a phoenix? Leo! Were you a phoenix contractor?”

“It just happened that way.”

Leo smiled at the surprised Eiran and summoned another magical beast.

“I call upon you in the name of the Pact Maker.”

But even though the summoning circle was created, the magical beast showed no intention of coming out.

“Won’t you come out?”

At Leo’s question, something popped out of the summoning circle.

On a very small note was written [Cold].

Leo didn’t hesitate and stuck his hand into the summoning circle to forcibly drag Kirran out.

[I am a Fairy Prince! Such rudeness! This cannot be tolerated… Puhup!]

Leo threw Kirran, who was talking nonsense without coming to his senses, into the snow and trampled on him thoroughly.

“A fairy? Leo! Did you contract with a fairy too?”

“It just happened that way.”

“Amazing!”

‘A first-year being a pact maker of both a phoenix and a fairy!’

Admiration filled Eiran’s eyes.

“A fairy?”

Runia, who had been squealing while looking at Fiora, crouched down in front of Kirran.

Kirran, who had barely escaped from Leo, looked at such Runia and laughed haughtily.

[What? Are you mesmerized by my appearance?]

“…Is this a mutant fairy? It doesn’t have wings.”

[A mutant! How dare you make such a rude statement to me!]

“Leo. Fairies are also top-tier magical beasts comparable to phoenixes, so contracting one isn’t bad. But still, isn’t contracting with such a mutant a bit… It might damage our Fiora’s dignity.”

[Don’t be ridiculous! That chick would rather damage my dignity!]

“What are you saying?”

Chirp— Chirp—

‘Prince complex, doting, and childish. What a mess.’

Leo sighed watching the three create an unexpected chemical reaction and said.

“Stop chattering and everyone get ready. We’re moving now.”

At those words, Fiora and Kirran positioned themselves on Leo’s shoulders.

Runia tied her long red hair into a ponytail for easier movement, and Eiran made a tense expression while taking out a sword and shield from subspace.

“So, where are we going?”

At Runia’s question after fixing her hair, Leo glared at the forest.

“The deepest part of the forest.”

***

Chirp! Chirp!

[Ugh! What is this smell!]

Fiora, who covered the tip of her beak with her wing, and Kirran, who covered his nose with his hand, showed intense reactions.

Seeing this, Eiran made a flustered expression.

“Fairy-nim. What’s wrong?”

Kirran showed a pleased reaction, seemingly liking Eiran’s form of address.

[You’re a well-mannered elf. Why am I like this? It’s because of the stench spreading through this forest right now.]

Kirran grumbled.

[To think that this place, where Fairy Land once existed, has become so stained with the aura of death. It’s the end times, the end times.]

Leo, who had been walking, stopped.

“Why did you stop?”

At Runia’s question, Leo said.

“Get ready.”

Whoosh-! Whooosh-!

White bones began shooting up from the ground.

Clack- Clack- Clack-

Seeing the suddenly appearing skeletons, Runia and Eiran quickly prepared for battle.

“They’re all Skeleton Knights.”

“What?”

Runia showed a surprised expression.

Though not Death Knight level, Skeleton Knights were still high-ranking undead.

‘But all ten of these are Skeleton Knights?’

The flustered Runia tensed up as she looked at the heavily armored skeletons.

Unlike ordinary skeletons, the Skeleton Knights formed ranks in perfect unison.

Groooar-!

Clank! Clank!

As Runia was about to click her tongue and chant a spell while watching the Skeleton Knights closing in while emanating dark aura.

“Please leave this to me.”

Eiran stepped forward.

Seeing this, Runia hesitated.

“Leo-nim and Runia-yang need to conserve your strength, don’t you?”

Eiran smiled brightly and readjusted her grip on her sword and small shield, raising her mana.

Eiran’s body glowed silver and soon transformed into the shape of armor.

Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

Seeing Leo like this, Runia crossed her arms and spoke triumphantly.

“That’s the magic passed down in the Ersarr Family that fuses aura and mana!”

“Animus Armor.”

“Huh? You know it?”

“It’s a famous technique.”

It was none other than a technique created by Berkia.

Berkia’s unique magic created with Kail’s help to block countless enemies at the front lines.

That magic had been passed down through generations until now.

Eiran, armed with armor of light, charged without hesitation.

The sword of a skeleton armed with dark aura swung to cut down Eiran.

Clang-!

The skeleton’s attack was deflected helplessly.

Thud! Crack-!

Eiran struck the Skeleton Knight’s head with her shield and quickly swung her sword backward.

That appearance reminded one of Berkia.

As Eiran approached after instantly defeating the Skeleton Knight, Runia smiled.

“As expected of Eiran! Amazing.”

At Runia’s praise, Eiran smiled shyly.

Then she looked at Leo and fidgeted with her hands as she asked.

“How was it, in Leo-nim’s opinion?”

At that question, Leo smiled brightly.

“You were just like Berkia.”

Eiran’s eyes widened greatly.

“You speak as if you’ve seen Berkia-nim directly.”

“You can encounter her plenty in stories.”

“It’s, it’s an honor.”

At Leo’s praise, Eiran blushed.

Watching Eiran, who was so happy she didn’t know what to do with herself, Leo smiled.

Flutter-!

Then a small bird flew over and perched on a tree branch.

The bird’s eyes glowed red.

Leo picked up a small pebble from the ground.

And flicked it with his finger.

Thwack-! Crack-!

“…!”

“…!”

The small pebble struck the bird’s head directly and the bird crumbled to dust and scattered.

“A familiar?”

“It seems the enemy has become aware of our presence. More undead will attack us.”

Both Runia and Eiran showed tense expressions.

“Let’s keep going.”

***

“It seems we’ve been tracked down.”

“What?”

At the words of the hooded Death Knight, Kargor, Lauta, who had been drawing a summoning circle, frowned.

“What do you mean?”

“Intruders have appeared. They seem to be hero candidates.”

At those words, Lauta snorted.

“Then the knights can handle it. Isn’t that why they came here?”

“Heh. That’s true. But brat, are you treating the great Overlord’s knights like servants?”

Seeing Kargor showing displeasure, Lauta curled up the corners of his mouth.

“You seem to have forgotten that the great Overlord chose me!”

Lauta raised his hand to show a black ring.

“It’s a Demon Artifact containing Erebos’s power! Something your leader gave me to lead me to become a hero.”

Red light flashed from within Kargor’s hood.

“If you understand, then stop talking nonsense and deal with the intruders.”

“Heh.”

Kargor let out a low laugh and disappeared into the darkness.

Seeing this, Lauta made a disgusted expression.

“Stinking undead.”

Having said that, he began drawing the summoning circle.

‘Just wait and see. Soon this business of receiving help from those filthy Tartaros bastards will be over!’

During last vacation.

When he obtained the ring that was supposed to draw out potential abilities, he was overjoyed.

But when he learned it was a Demon Artifact, he despaired.

‘I thought I was finished. But it was an opportunity!’

The mysterious demon who revealed himself as the legendary fearsome legion commander, Overlord Hel Kaiser, personally taught Lauta magic.

It was magic formulas that had been lost and disappeared.

Lauta thought of this as an opportunity to become a hero.

‘I’m using them to become a more brilliant existence!’

Lauta’s eyes flashed with madness.

‘Beyond this… if only I can get my hands on the Progenitor’s Power! No one will be able to look down on me anymore!’

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