Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 726

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726.

Chen Xia tried to move her arm.

Her frozen body wouldn’t budge at all.

Crack- Crack-

The sound of ice breaking could be heard as someone seemed to approach.

A moment of doubt flashed across Chen Xia’s face as she glared at Risinass with cold eyes.

She couldn’t tell who this being that had taken over Chloe’s body was.

But just moments ago, the gaze looking at her was definitely not emotionless.

Somehow, he was looking at her with pitying eyes.

Chen Xia had seen others look at her with such eyes before.

‘Who was it?’

While Chen Xia felt perplexed.

Risinass, who had approached right in front of her, spoke.

“Will you give up?”

“No.”

Chen Xia answered firmly to that question.

Seeing such a Chen Xia, Risinass showed a slightly surprised expression.

This would be a desperate situation for Chen Xia.

But he couldn’t sense even a hint of anxiety.

‘She seems to have been greatly influenced by Kail. Excellent.’

However, mindset alone couldn’t overcome this situation.

Currently, Chen Xia was in a completely suppressed state.

“So? What can you do?”

“I can do more than you think.”

Crack-

The sound of something freezing rang out.

“Our family has been executing traitors in the darkness for 5000 years.”

‘As expected.’

Risinass’s eyes momentarily clouded over.

“What our ancestor passed down is still being transmitted even now. But they say our ancestor was special.”

Crack crack!

“I can’t freely handle all attribute auras like our ancestor. But I thought I should at least be able to use attributes similar to water.”

Risinass’s eyes widened greatly.

What attribute would be most fatal to water?

Fire that evaporates water?

Or earth that covers water?

Neither.

The most fatal thing to water was the cold that froze it and prevented it from flowing.

Chen Xia had worked hard for a long time to overcome that weakness.

Chen Xia’s body rapidly began to freeze.

It wasn’t because of Risinass’s magic.

‘This child.’

The source of the cold was none other than Chen Xia herself.

“Hah.”

When Chen Xia opened her mouth, white breath flowed out.

Crack crack crack-!

The ice that had been restraining Chen Xia became spikes and aimed at Risinass.

Control over the ice had passed to Chen Xia.

Risinass, who hastily retreated to avoid the attack, looked at Chen Xia.

Water and ice have the same origin but are completely different forces.

If one doesn’t have the aptitude to use freezing, those who handle the power of water cannot use freezing abilities.

‘A fusion of aura and spirit arts.’

Risinass, befitting the strongest summoner, quickly identified the source of this freezing ability.

Certain water spirits can also use freezing abilities.

However…

‘Still, this cold air can’t be explained.’

At a glance, the cold air Chen Xia was currently emitting rivaled Chloe’s.

Risinass, who had been making a perplexed expression, soon read one emotion contained in Chen Xia’s eyes.

‘Anger.’

Generally, anger is like an active volcano.

It burns hot and paralyzes reason.

But anger also comes in various forms.

Chen Xia’s anger was different from the burning kind.

Anger refined in the loneliness of having to watch over light from darkness for a lifetime.

Anger from having to watch while yearning for something she could never become.

Chen Xia had been expressing that anger toward ‘enemies’ for a long time.

She had been killing traitors since childhood.

She had done countless things that heroes couldn’t do with cold-hearted ruthlessness.

That anger had frozen Chen Xia’s heart.

Infinitely cold and chilling anger.

Influenced by it, Chen Xia’s heart had also frozen.

‘She changed her own attribute through emotion.’

Risinass bit his lip.

‘Dangerous.’

From Risinass’s perspective, it was too precarious a situation.

If it was anger that could affect the power that could be called her origin, it would surely paralyze her reason.

That’s what emotions are.

Something that makes you lose yourself in an instant.

Moreover, Chen Xia originally uses the power of water.

Unlike Chloe who was born with resistance to cold, she had to endure that cold air entirely with her body.

The cold air Chen Xia was emitting was essentially a double-edged sword that continuously dealt damage to her body.

Black magic power rippled from Risinass’s body.

Swoosh-!

Sharp icicle-shaped ice aura flew toward Risinass’s forehead.

Thud-!

In an instant, the attack was blocked by Risinass’s shadow.

Seeing that, Chen Xia’s eyes widened greatly.

Particles of light were generated around Risinass.

They soon became flashes and poured toward Chen Xia.

An attack meant to definitively suppress Chen Xia.

But there was no killing intent.

Just before the flash of light struck Chen Xia directly.

Chen Xia remembered who those people were who had looked at her with pity.

‘Lord Leo… and… Lady Bihar.’

Lord Leo had looked at Chen Xia, who bore the fate of shadows, with pity.

Because it was the fate he had passed down to his disciple during his lifetime.

Bihar was the same.

Generation after generation.

Even after the distant passage of 5000 years, she could only look with pity at Chen Xia who had inherited her mission.

Chen Xia to her ancestors.

Those ancestors to Bihar.

And Bihar to Leo.

Just as the fate of being a shadow was passed down through generations.

Leo too must have received that fate from someone.

And Chen Xia knows.

Whose fate this originally was.

Who can look at her with the same eyes as Leo and Bihar.

‘Lord Risinass.’

Kwagagagagang-!

The flash caused an explosion.

Though she blocked and dodged the attack, she didn’t completely escape the shock.

Just grazing it left her clothes in tatters.

Not just her clothes.

Her body also took a great shock.

Though her mind grew hazy, Chen Xia held onto her consciousness.

If her prediction wasn’t wrong.

There was something she absolutely had to say to the person before her.

Risinass, who was about to deliver the finishing blow, was flustered seeing Chen Xia standing there blankly.

‘Did she give up?’

No.

That wasn’t it.

The girl before him was absolutely not a child who would give up at this level.

‘Then why?’

“This anger was my foolish true self.”

Chen Xia opened her mouth and Risinass hesitated.

“I was resentful, you see. Of the Progenitor who dumped this on us. Of the ancestors who carried on this fate I thought was damn awful. So I think I was always angry. Ever since I was little, I wanted to become a hero who shines brightly.”

“…”

Risinass bit his lips tightly.

“That’s why I came to this school. But my friends seemed fundamentally different from me.”

Hero candidates who shone brightly just by looking at them.

Unlike them, her own heart was dark.

“So I became even angrier.”

Though always angry, Chen Xia suppressed that anger.

Emotional turmoil is fatal when living in darkness.

One must always be calm.

As she suppressed her anger like this, Chen Xia’s rage naturally grew colder.

Quietly and ruthlessly.

When her freezing anger reached its peak.

“Lord Leo extended his hand to me. That I could become a hero. That I had more than enough qualifications to be a hero just as I was, without needing to change.”

Pure sincerity without a trace of falsehood.

“Those words were salvation to me.”

Chen Xia looked at Risinass with a slight smile.

“After that, I met Lord Bihar too. Though I resented him, I was happy because I truly respected him on one hand.”

It must have been from then.

That she became able to freely control her cold anger.

That she took a step forward into a new realm she couldn’t reach before.

“So you don’t need to worry about me like that.”

“…”

“I greet the great King of Wisdom. I am called Chen Xia… a descendant of Bihar.”

Chen Xia tapped her right chest three times and bowed her head respectfully.

As if to prove her words that she could completely control her anger.

Chen Xia had returned to her original appearance.

“Goodness. Kids these days are all so smart. Figuring out who I am from so few clues.”

“The other Great Heroes had already descended. I thought I might be able to meet Lord Risinass someday.”

“Still impressive.”

Risinass smiled and approached Chen Xia.

“So Bihar left descendants too.”

Then he carefully tried to reach out his hand to Chen Xia but quietly lowered it.

Chen Xia took Risinass’s hand and brought it to her cheek, smiling.

“We’ve flourished greatly now. I’m an imperial princess, you know.”

“Amazing.”

“…He didn’t harbor any resentment. He wasn’t unhappy either. Rather, he said he was happy. Surely Lord Bihar wouldn’t have wanted you to feel sorry.”

Conveying the words of Bihar she had met as a spirit, Chen Xia reassured Risinass.

“…I see…”

Risinass caressed Chen Xia’s cheek with a bitter smile.

“By the way, your clothes are a mess.”

“It’s fine. I have spare uniforms.”

Chen Xia nonchalantly used an artifact to open extradimensional space and took out a uniform.

“Where can you change…”

While Risinass was looking around, Chen Xia took off her uniform top.

Seeing this, Risinass was shocked and hurriedly covered her with clothes.

“What are you doing!”

“Huh?”

“You can’t just take off clothes anywhere like that! What if others see!”

“…? There’s only you and me here, Lord Risinass.”

“Still, you can’t!”

Risinass buttoned up Chen Xia’s uniform while speaking.

“You must always conduct yourself properly. People need to have dignity. If you act carelessly, you’ll end up like Luna. Like Luna.”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“You said you’ve seen Luna before?”

“…Yes.”

“Is that good?”

“Well… She boldly declared her love for the Hero of the Beginning in front of people and was praised for changing history. I thought it was cool…”

“That’s not cool! Good heavens! Then and now, she doesn’t know shame! Really, I completely gave up on Luna!”

“…”

Watching Risinass nag so much her ears hurt, Chen Xia’s face grew weary.

‘What kind of person was Lord Risinass?’

‘He nags a lot. Especially strict about conduct. Maintain dignity as a hero. Don’t be delinquent. Really. The etiquette that guy teaches is so tiresome.’

‘Ah. So Lord Leo seems wild but dignified because of Lord Risinass!’

She recalled getting pinched hard enough to make her cheek sting for teasing him carelessly.

Risinass, having tidied up Chen Xia neatly, nodded and smiled brightly.

“Yes, pretty.”

“This ribbon is a bit…”

“Why? It’s cute.”

Looking at the large ribbon Risinass had cutely tied in her hair, Chen Xia made a troubled expression.

Her already young-looking appearance looked even younger.

Chen Xia, who seemed bothered by her hair as she fidgeted with it, asked.

“By the way, how did you end up in Chloe’s body? And why didn’t you tell Lord Leo?”

“As expected, you know Kail’s true identity.”

Risinass, who had suspected as much, nodded and crossed his arms.

“I ended up borrowing this child’s body. And I didn’t tell Kail anything about it.”

Risinass twisted his lips.

“I wanted to mess with that bastard a bit.”

“That sounds fun. But after causing such a commotion, there’s no way it won’t reach Lord Leo’s ears, right?”

Leo might come before this class even ended.

As soon as Chen Xia finished speaking, the sound of footsteps could be felt from afar.

Sensing those footsteps, Risinass smiled slyly.

“Hey. Sia.”

“Yes.”

“Want to mess with Kail together with me?”

***

That evening.

Leo approached Cal, who was having dinner.

“How was the mock battle?”

“Oh! It was intense! They said all the kids have to recover in the infirmary today.”

“Must have been tough.”

“Since everyone’s skills were evenly matched, they all got exhausted and passed out… it was complete chaos.”

Leo nodded at Cal’s words, then glanced to one side.

“For all that, those two seem perfectly fine though?”

“Chen Xia did guerrilla tactics and Chloe was protected, so they took relatively less damage. Those two were the most amazing performers.”

“Really?”

Leo was nodding when he suddenly made eye contact with Chloe.

Chloe smiled brightly and waved her hand toward Leo.

Seeing this, Leo tilted his head and said.

“Cal.”

“Yeah?”

“Hasn’t Chloe been a bit strange since this morning?”

“What do you mean?”

“Should I say she suddenly looks older?”

“She looks the same to me?”

Leo narrowed his brow while watching Cal tilt his head, then stroked his chin.

“She looks a bit aged though?”

Leo and Cal focused on their meal while having this idle conversation.

Meanwhile.

Risinass’s hand trembled as he heard that conversation with his heightened hearing.

‘That bastard really!’

Risinass barely suppressed the urge to rush over and deliver a drop kick to his face.

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