Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 766

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766.

Graceful and beautiful hands reached toward the chess pieces on the chessboard.

The piece held in those beautiful hands crossed the chessboard.

Clack-!

A rather soft sound rang out cheerfully.

Chloe’s face stiffened slightly upon seeing it.

Risinass, who had cornered Chloe, simply watched the scene with a calm expression.

“Ugh…”

Chloe let out a small groan and stared at the chessboard for a long while.

Eiran, who had been watching this, carefully asked Leo.

“What happened?”

“It’s checkmate.”

Eventually, Chloe let out a deep sigh and knocked over her king with her finger.

Risinass smiled brightly.

“Chloe, your skills improve day by day, don’t they?”

“But I’m still no match for you at all, right? You must find it quite boring?”

“Not at all. Rather, it’s enjoyable.”

“Huh?”

“Kail was the only opponent who could play chess with me. You’re the first opponent since Kail who can play this entertainingly.”

At those words, Runia, who had been watching the game, paused.

“Are you saying Kail was the only Great Hero who could play chess games with you, Risinass?”

“Yeah.”

“What about Luna?”

“Luna had the worst chess skills among the Great Heroes.”

“What?”

At this completely unexpected answer, not only Runia but also Selia and Eiran, who were with them, widened their eyes in surprise.

“B-but Luna definitely said her chess skills were on par with yours, Risinass! She even said that excluding you, Kail had the worst chess skills among the Great Heroes…”

At those words, Risinass made an indifferent expression.

“Why did she tell such lies?”

Thud-!

“L-Luna lied…”

“I can’t believe it…!”

Looking at the two who wore shocked expressions, Risinass said.

“She even fabricated stories about me being jealous between Kail and Luna, so this isn’t surprising.”

At those words, the two elves fell silent.

Watching them, Selia said.

“Kail must have really been an amazing person. Seeing how Luna even lied about you being jealous of him.”

“Hmm… He certainly looked cool when I saw his statue.”

When Chloe nodded, Risinass smiled slightly.

“He was just an idiot. Luna was just a fool who liked idiots.”

At his sharp tone, Chloe and Selia widened their eyes.

“Setting that story aside.”

Risinass smiled slightly and looked at the chessboard.

“It’s true that Luna was smart, but she was surprisingly very simple-minded. She believed in just sweeping everything away with magic rather than thinking complexly. What did she say? When the body is weak, the mind suffers?”

“What kind of muscle-brained way of thinking is that?”

“More precisely, it’s a magic power-brained way of thinking. Luna was a more ignorant elf than you think.”

Upon hearing those words, Runia and Eiran felt their fantasies about Luna crumble once again.

They had thought there would be no more fantasies to shatter since they had already seen Luna’s true nature, but they were wrong.

Runia squeezed her eyes shut tightly while Eiran made a tearful expression.

“But why did Luna tell such lies? If she couldn’t play chess, couldn’t she just say she couldn’t?”

When Chloe made a puzzled expression while organizing the chess pieces, Leo answered instead.

“Maybe she wanted to show a perfect image to the elves who believed in and followed her.”

Chloe and Selia thought about Luna.

An eccentric yet cheerful elf who made you smile just by looking at her.

Honestly speaking, she was very far from the benevolent elf described in literature, but the real Luna felt more approachable than the Luna in the texts.

Thinking of Luna, who was always confident and liked to show off a little, it seemed possible she might have lied to show her perfect self to her descendants.

“The more we learn about the Great Heroes, the more different they are from what we imagined.”

At Selia’s murmur, Chloe laughed.

“But I like that side of them better.”

Both the cowardly Arron and the strong-willed Luna.

The Great Heroes they had met were far from the perfect image in the stories, but they felt more relatable.

It was when Runia and Eiran were making moved expressions at Leo’s explanation.

“Or maybe she thought the truth would never be revealed and tried to commit fraud. She’s a fraudulent pointy-ears after all.”

“You bastard! Did you just call Luna a fraudulent pointy-ears!”

At Leo’s words, Runia’s eyes flashed as if sparks would fly from them.

Eiran was horrified and tried to stop Runia.

“R-Runia! It’s Leo! Calm down! Calm down!”

Watching the commotion unfold, Selia spoke with an incredulous expression.

“He’s my cousin, but I think he really wouldn’t be surprised if he got struck by lightning as divine punishment someday.”

“I agree.”

Selia and Chloe, who didn’t know Leo’s true identity, could only shake their heads.

“You think so too, don’t you, Risinass?”

“If he was going to receive divine punishment, wouldn’t he have received it long ago?”

Risinass said matter-of-factly.

Meanwhile, Chloe, who had finished organizing the chessboard, made a curious expression.

“But it’s interesting that the game rules haven’t changed from 5000 years ago to now.”

“It’s already a perfectly completed game, isn’t it?”

“That’s true.”

“Well, there are the old rules – the mythical age rules.”

“Mythical age rules? What are those?”

Chloe’s eyes lit up with curiosity.

“In the chess rules from before the age of gods, what we call the mythical age, the queen could use magic.”

“What?”

“Knights could use summoning magic.”

Risinass then told them about how each piece had special abilities.

“Since they start by dealing heavy damage to each other with overpowered abilities, there’s no fun in strategic gameplay, so I don’t like it.”

“Why were they able to use magic, aura, and summoning?”

“I don’t know the details, but it seemed related to the origin of the game.”

“The origin of the game?”

“Yeah. For example, this queen here.”

Risinass said matter-of-factly.

“This queen was supposedly modeled after a mythical age hero who became the first elf king.”

“A mythical age hero?”

Eiran, who loved heroic tales, sparkled with interest.

It wasn’t just Eiran.

Chloe’s eyes also lit up at gaining new knowledge.

“Yeah. All the chess pieces were modeled after mythical age heroes.”

“Mythical age heroes! They must all be amazing people, right?”

When Eiran spoke with sparkling eyes, Risinass clicked his tongue.

“If you think of them like heroic tales of the current era, they’ll be different from what you imagine.”

“Yes?”

“For example, the Elf King who became the motif for the Queen… More precisely, Elf Queen Enisilia is famous as someone who tried to conquer the world by sleeping with dozens of heroes and bearing mixed-blood children of various races.”

“…”

“The Age of Gods… More precisely, the heroes before the Age of Calamity were a bit different from the concept of heroes you know.”

In the mythical age, one didn’t become a hero by achieving great deeds.

Anyone who possessed the power to overturn the world was called a hero and worshipped.

“Well, they’re just heroes from ancient times recorded in literature, so I don’t know the details either.”

Knock knock-

“Miss Selia.”

The door opened with a knock and Chen Xia entered.

“Garin from Seirun says he’d like to see you?”

“Garin?”

Selia made an expression showing she didn’t understand.

Seeing that, Runia smiled wickedly.

“Selia, Garin is quite a good guy. Right, Eiran?”

“Huh? That’s right. Garin is a good person. But why bring that up suddenly?”

Seeing Eiran’s confused expression, Runia clicked her tongue.

“Why did you even read all those indecent books… Mmph? Mmph?”

“Indecent books? How many times do I have to tell you it’s not like that!”

Eiran covered Runia’s mouth.

Meanwhile, Selia went to meet Garin with a puzzled expression.

Chen Xia sighed.

“I’m worried Avad might be concerned.”

“Avad? Why Avad?”

Chen Xia’s eyes widened at Chloe’s reaction.

“Avad likes Miss Selia.”

“What? Sia, aren’t you mistaken? Selia grinds her teeth whenever she sees Avad. Avad also sees Selia as an opponent he needs to defeat.”

Chloe made an expression saying that was ridiculous.

“…Miss Chloe is also dense about this kind of thing.”

“No, I’m right, aren’t I? Right, Leo?”

Chloe, looking flustered, sought agreement from Leo.

Seeing this, Risinass covered his mouth and giggled.

“How innocent, what a good time.”

Then another knock was heard.

This time it was Avad who came.

Leo looked at Avad and smiled slyly.

“Selia went on a date though?”

“I didn’t come to see Selia. I came to see you, Leo.”

“Huh?”

“I have something to discuss.”

Seeing Avad’s serious expression, Leo nodded and stood up.

***

“Elena Jeron…! How dare she humiliate me like that!”

Princess Trenikonni, the first princess of Debiang, bit her nails while thinking of a woman.

“I’m the first princess of Debiang! I’m of noble birth who will soon inherit the throne of Debiang! Yet to me! How dare she!”

Sparks flew from Princess Trenikonni’s eyes.

In this era, a king of a country was nothing more than a puppet without authority if they didn’t receive support from that country’s heroes.

Of course, there were countries where no heroes existed.

But at least Debiang was a country where countless heroes had been born.

Even if one won a civil war, without recognition from the heroes, it would be nothing but an empty shell.

No, succession to the throne would be impossible in the first place.

Since heroes were beings who led the era, it was natural in a way.

And the Jeron family was the chairman family of Lumern that nurtured talents to become heroes.

The authority of the Jeron family was comparable to imperial families in this era.

But Princess Trenikonni didn’t care at all.

In this country, royalty had the highest authority and nobility.

Princess Trenikonni, who had lived her whole life hearing only such sugar-coated words from within rather than outside, had no self-objectification at all.

Turning away from the outside world, she only saw what she wanted to see and thought only what she wanted to think.

As a result, she didn’t think about the authority of Jeron at all.

“Those damn heroes! Swear loyalty to me! When my brother dies, naturally the eldest daughter should receive their loyalty! Traitors!”

Crash! Clang!

She irritably swept away the refreshments on the table with her hand.

Expensive teapots, teacups, and dishes containing sweets fell to the floor and shattered into pieces.

When Trenikonni was grinding her teeth in unrelieved anger.

-Do you need heroes to follow you?

A sweet voice was heard.

Princess Trenikonni’s body trembled with a start.

-Do you need heroes recognized by the goddess?

The voice was heard once more.

Trenikonni answered as if enchanted.

“Yes… I need strong heroes… Heroes who will make me king!”

-Then what can you pay as the price?

“Royal wealth and land, anything as long as it’s not related to my safety!”

-Even if it’s the lives of the people you will rule?

“Just with something like that, I can have heroes loyal to me?”

-Your wish shall be fulfilled.

With those words, no more voice was heard.

Flash-

A brilliant light burst forth.

When Trenikonni, who had squeezed her eyes shut, opened them again.

What was before her eyes was a beautiful female elf.

“Hero chosen by the great goddess Nix. I am Enisilia.”

“Ahh…”

Princess Trenikonni’s face turned pale from the powerful storm of magic power she felt from Enisilia.

Looking down at Princess Trenikonni, Enisilia spoke as if making a declaration.

“Submit to the goddess right now, human. Then I, a faithful servant of that being, will fulfill what you desire.”

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