Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 717

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717.

The curfew only applied to outside the dormitory.

So inside the dormitory, staying up all night or not was a personal freedom.

And using the dormitory’s internal facilities was also free.

Thanks to that, using the library until late hours was also free.

And at a time when dawn was approaching.

Magic Studies Department students were studying in the library.

Scratch- Scratch-

The sound of taking notes with quill pens echoed all around.

Midterm exams would start soon.

The department war was important too, but individual grades were more important.

Students with excellent academic enthusiasm would voluntarily go to the library to study even before the full-scale midterm exam season began.

Especially since it was their first midterm exam, the proportion of freshmen was overwhelmingly high.

While thoroughly doing review and preview, the 2nd year runner-up.

Betty glanced to the side.

There, 2nd year top student Juwen was spacing out.

‘She’s been like this since yesterday.’

The cause was probably the scandal between Cal and Eliza.

People everywhere really love rumors.

Among them, the genre they love most is romance.

Moreover, it was none other than Cal, who was the weakest among 3rd years but ultimately rose to the position of Hero despite his commoner status.

And Eliza, the heir of a prestigious family who had been renowned as the top talent since enrollment.

Since it was a romantic scandal between these two, the attention was also extraordinary.

Everywhere you went, it was bustling with talk about these two.

‘Juwen must have definitely had feelings for Cal-senpai.’

From becoming Juwen’s mentor since her first year and so on.

Betty also knew that the relationship between Cal and Juwen was quite deep.

It was when Betty was sighing.

“Kyaaaaaaah?!”

“Kyaaaah!”

Suddenly screams echoed from a private room in the library.

All the students who were studying looked up in surprise.

Crash-!

The private room door burst open and a 4th year male student and 4th year female student came tumbling out.

Click- Click-

“How ridiculous.”

Then a leisurely voice was heard.

“Making noise in the library.”

Fiddling with the ends of her beautiful golden hair, Elena stood in front of the two.

Elena, whose mood was soured by being disturbed while reading, continued speaking.

“Have I been too lenient lately?”

Her pink eyes curved gently.

Though she had become more docile recently because of Leo, Elena was one of the most notorious troublemakers in Lumern’s history.

At Elena’s words, the two 4th years turned pale.

But that wasn’t because they were scared of Elena.

Elena, who noticed this, tilted her head.

‘Am I really not that scary lately?’

While having such thoughts.

“E, E-E-E-Elena-senpai!”

“In, in the private room! A, a ghost!”

The two fell into panic and pointed at the private room they had rushed out of, babbling whatever came to mind.

“A ghost? It’s obviously just the pranks of fairies that the Student Council President released.”

Elena was curling up the corners of her mouth while looking at the private room when.

“These youngsters nowadays! Huh? 2000 years ago this would have been unimaginable! In the sacred library! Just lovey-dovey! Like stray cats! Do you think this is a place for romance instead of studying?!”

Then an angry woman’s voice echoed from inside the private room.

Elena furrowed her brow.

Every time the shouting was heard, the library’s magic stone lighting flickered.

Pop-!

At that moment.

Not only the magic stone lighting but even all the candles went out.

In a situation where only the moonlight faintly entering through the windows was the sole source of light.

Whooooo-

As a cold wind blew, an eerie atmosphere enveloped the entire library.

“Wh, what?”

“W, well?”

It was when the students were trembling slightly at the sudden situation.

Grab-!

Juwen felt someone grasp her shoulder.

When she turned her head there…

“You. You’ve been rejected, haven’t you? Yes. If you want to get revenge on that man who hurt you, you need to do well. Forget about men and study…”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah?!”

Betty, who was next to Juwen, screamed at the sight of the faceless mage.

“Uaaaah!”

“Wh, what is that!”

The other students were also horrified.

A headless mage?!

While the students were in panic.

Elena lightly gestured.

Whoosh-!

Then a rope made of powerful magic was created and flew toward the headless mage, Ilesa.

Swish-!

But Ilesa dispelled Elena’s magic.

Seeing this, Elena curled up the corners of her mouth.

“Interesting.”

Gooooooo-!

Powerful magic burst forth from Elena’s body.

She had gauged her opponent’s skill with just one exchange.

‘A skilled practitioner approaching Hero level.’

A high-level mage almost at Archmage class.

It was when the other students’ faces turned pale from the magic bursting from Elena’s body.

“It’s you! The Magic Department Dormitory Head that the Student Council President mentioned!”

Ilesa flew toward Elena.

When Leo was mentioned by her opponent, Elena hesitated.

“Who are you?”

Even though the cross-section where her neck had been bitten off by a demonic beast was clearly visible, Elena asked without batting an eye.

“I’m Ilesa Ruan!”

At those words, Elena tilted her head.

“I’ve heard that name before. I think there was such a name among the former Student Council Presidents?”

“That’s right! That’s me! You’re smart!”

Ilesa was delighted to see Elena who knew her name.

Seeing this, a junior from the Magic Studies Department carefully asked.

“When was she Student Council President?”

“About 2000 years ago?”

“…How do you remember that, Elena senior?”

“She was the Student Council President, how could I not remember?”

“…”

All the students wore dumbfounded expressions as they watched Elena answer as if it was nothing.

They came to realize.

That the woman before them was one of the most notorious troublemakers and geniuses in Lumern’s history.

Having 3000 years of history means there have been nearly 3000 Student Council Presidents.

Yet she remembered a former Student Council President just from hearing the name!

And from 2000 years ago at that!

Everyone was looking at Elena with tired eyes when.

“Why did a senior from 2000 years ago appear before us in such a state?”

“I’m a spirit summoned by the current Student Council President. And I received one request from the current Student Council President.”

“A request?”

As Elena tilted her head, Ilesa pulled out a stamp from her pocket.

“Oh?!”

“A demerit stamp?”

The students immediately recognized the stamp.

“I’ve been assigned the role of guiding the Magic Studies Department! This senior will give demerits to bad children who break school rules or engage in improper romantic relationships!”

Everyone’s mouths fell open with a thud!

“In that spirit!”

Ilesa stamped the foreheads of the 4th-year students who had been holed up in the private room.

“W-wait a minute!”

“Is dating also wrong?!”

When the students who received demerits protested, Ilesa said.

“Now, now. You should date like proper students! In the sacred library! Ugh! How shameless! Ugh!”

“We were just kissing a little…”

“Hey!”

When the male student protested, the female student frantically covered his mouth in shock.

“Hmm? How fortunate for you?”

The two students froze seeing Elena’s cold smile.

Then she gestured with her chin to the juniors.

“Drag them away and lock them in the underground room.”

At those words, the students grabbed the two and dragged them away.

While everyone was in chaos over the sudden situation.

Elena, having organized her thoughts, asked.

“Ilesa, you can’t catch rule violations by students from other departments, right?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“What other roles do you have?”

“I was told to help with your studies!”

Ilesa was not only a former Student Council President in life, but also a mage with rich practical experience.

That practical experience included not only wars with humans but also war experience with Tartaros.

Though she didn’t live long, since the era she lived in was a time of war.

It was Leo’s judgment that she had much to teach the students.

“There are others like Ilesa in other departments too, right?”

“Of course!”

Watching Ilesa answer cheerfully, Elena nodded as if she understood.

“The ghost commotion seems to have been caused by the senior spirits Leo summoned.”

Having grasped the situation, Elena said to her juniors.

“Pay more attention to school rules from now on. Don’t get caught and receive demerit stamps for nothing. Especially.”

Elena’s eyes narrowed.

“Don’t cross the line like those ones earlier. This is a school, not a hotel.”

Several students made guilty expressions.

***

Thud- Thud-

Dark night.

Unaware of what commotion had occurred in the dormitory.

Chloe visited the library again tonight.

And with a tense face, she opened the secret door and entered.

Yesterday she had been chased away by a mysterious being.

‘Is there some secret I don’t know hidden here?’

Perhaps winning wasn’t the answer to this problem.

With that thought, Chloe carefully entered the room.

The scene inside the room was the same as always.

In the middle of the empty space, a table and two chairs.

On that table was a chessboard.

And…

“Huh?”

In one corner of the room, books were piled up high.

There, a black silhouette was reading a book.

‘Chess books?’

The pile of books.

‘Could she have been studying?’

When Chloe was bewildered.

Noticing the visitor’s presence, she looked up, closed the book, and sat in front of the chessboard with determined movements.

Chloe also sat across from her with a tense face.

Again, the opponent holding white moved first.

Clack-

Chloe played chess silently.

‘…Her skill has barely changed.’

It seemed she had read chess books and tried various tactical changes, but her application ability was close to zero.

Chloe made a strange expression, feeling like she was playing chess with a child.

Today too, Chloe mercilessly crushed her opponent.

Clack- Clack-

‘Huh?’

She felt something familiar in the chess piece movements.

‘…Leo?’

She thought the way of playing chess resembled Leo’s style.

Leo’s chess skills were considerable.

Of course, it would be rude to compare this skill level to Leo’s, but for a moment the piece movements seemed to overlap.

But that was all.

Soon she made a series of beginner mistakes.

‘…If winning isn’t the way to solve the problem.’

Chloe deliberately made mistakes repeatedly and lost.

Clack-

“Ah, that’s checkmate. I lost.”

When Chloe smiled awkwardly and spoke.

The opponent’s shoulders trembled, then she glared at Chloe with a whoosh!

Then he grabbed Chloe and chased her outside.

Thud-!

“Ow!”

Chloe, who had fallen on her bottom again today, rubbed her rear and looked at the closed door with a bewildered expression.

“What the heck!”

The next day.

Leo received complaints from seniors from various departments who came rushing at him like a pack of wolves.

“What the hell is that spirit!”

“Why does it look so scary!”

“I almost fainted in my sleep!”

Leo scratched his cheek while looking at the seniors complaining to him, then spotted someone passing by and grabbed their arm, pulling them over.

Elena, who was suddenly grabbed and dragged over by Leo, opened her eyes wide.

“Please direct your complaints to this person.”

At those words, the 4th and 5th years flinched.

Elena, who had a bewildered expression, smiled brightly.

“If the president says to do it, you do it. What’s there to complain about?”

“R-right.”

“That could happen!”

The seniors were easily suppressed by Elena.

Leo stroked his chin at this.

“This is convenient.”

“I refuse to be treated as a woman you can conveniently use when it suits you.”

Leo smiled at Elena, who was looking at him with narrowed eyes.

“Isn’t that the vice student council president’s job?”

“Be prepared for when I become MVP.”

“How scary.”

Leo, who spoke cheekily, pulled out a candy from his pocket.

“What’s this?”

“For doing well.”

“You’re really treating me like a child.”

Despite reacting irritably, Elena put the candy Leo gave her in her mouth and rolled it around.

“Leo.”

Then Chloe approached.

“Hello, Elena senior.”

“Yeah. Good morning.”

“I have something to talk to Leo about. Are you finished with your conversation?”

“Yeah. There wasn’t much to talk about anyway. Leo just used me.”

At those words, Chloe, who had greeted Elena, grabbed Leo’s hand and pulled him.

“Leo, look at me for a moment.”

At those words, Leo made a puzzled expression but obediently followed Chloe.

After a while, when they arrived at a deserted dead end, Leo said.

“Could you let go of my hand?”

At those words, Chloe went “Oh!” and let go of his hand.

“Ahem!”

Then after clearing her throat once, she said.

“I have something to ask about the problems you’ve hidden throughout the dormitory.”

“Yeah.”

“The chess problem in the library.”

“You found it already? I thought it would be hard to find, but you’re fast.”

Leo exclaimed in admiration and said with a smile.

“Even you wouldn’t find it easy to win that, right?”

“Huh?”

“Professor Mel put her heart and soul into making it.”

“I just need to win, right?”

“Yeah.”

At Leo’s answer, Chloe made a flustered expression.

“Um, I already…”

“Suspicious!”

Then breaking through the wall, the Summoning Department’s spirit, Ledin, revealed himself.

Not only that, but Jon came through the ceiling.

Ilesa broke through the floor and grabbed Chloe’s ankle firmly.

“Caught you!”

“A scene of improper romantic interaction!”

“Kyaaaaaaah?!”

Chloe, who was shocked at the sight of the hideous-looking spirits that suddenly appeared, kicked away Ilesa who was grabbing her ankle, punched Jon and Ledin in the solar plexus, then hid behind Leo.

“Wh-what are these people!”

“Spirits I summoned.”

Leo answered like that and smiled.

“Their performance is definitely reliable.”

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