Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 773

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773.

Selia was pacing back and forth with a restless expression on her face.

Watching such Selia, Avad spoke.

“Selia. Calm down a bit.”

“But still. He’s going to torture him.”

Selia said with a slightly anxious voice.

The elf captured alive by Runia.

As much as he had committed indiscriminate terrorism in Deang, he was certainly an unforgivable person.

But even so, hearing that Leo would torture him to extract information, Selia couldn’t help but feel anxious.

The reason Selia felt anxious was simple.

Glance- Glance-

Selia’s gaze turned toward the beautiful woman in this space.

Beauty so breathtaking it could leave viewers speechless.

One of the two most beautiful people Selia had ever seen in her life.

The King of Wisdom, Risinass.

The only one with beauty comparable to hers was Luna, who had equal fame.

5000 years ago.

The dragon who selected the great heroes and saved the world.

It might have been Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, who opened the door to the age of heroes as both the last hero and the first hero.

But it was Risinass who created this age of heroes.

This fact was undeniable.

At that moment, Risinass’s obsidian-like black eyes met Selia’s.

Selia unconsciously looked away.

Watching such Selia, Risinass smiled softly and patted the seat next to her with her hand.

“Would you come here for a moment?”

“Y-Yes!”

At those words, Selia sat next to Risinass with a tense expression.

Risinass gently stroked Selia’s hair and said.

“I know what you’re worried about.”

“Huh?”

“You’re worried that your cousin might receive a bad evaluation from me, right?”

Selia flinched as her mind was read.

That was exactly right.

Selia wanted her cousin Leo Flobe to be a perfect hero.

Since their first year.

No, she knew that Leo had been guiding her since the day they enrolled.

Not just her.

It was Leo who was leading Lumern now.

Unless they abandoned the grand plan of completely subjugating Erebos.

Not only Lumern, but it would be none other than Leo who would lead the existence called heroes in the future.

However, in Selia’s view, torture was not something a hero would do.

She was restless, worried that such actions might worsen Risinass’s evaluation of Leo.

“Oh my~ How sweet. I wish I had a sibling like this too.”

“I’m older than Leo though?”

“Aren’t you two the same age?”

“My birthday comes first.”

At Selia’s firm assertion, Risinass covered her mouth and burst into laughter.

Chen Xia, who had been listening to their conversation, said.

“Give up, Miss Selia. Lord Leo will never treat Miss Selia as an older sister. He doesn’t even do that for me.”

“Right. You should be grateful he doesn’t treat you like a little kid.”

When Runia chimed in with an indifferent expression, Eiran also sighed softly and said.

“But Lord Leo treats us completely like little kids.”

Watching them, Selia swept back her hair and said.

“He treats me as an equal though?”

“I think that’s just what you think.”

Chloe scratched her cheek.

Listening to their conversation, Risinass chuckled and said.

“Anyway, you don’t need to worry that I’ll evaluate Leo poorly. Someone has to do it.”

Risinass closed her eyes.

“It’s also what Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, did 5000 years ago.”

“What? Lord Kail?”

Everyone was surprised by this completely unexpected situation.

“Come to think of it. The Book of Shadows is Lord Kail’s record.”

When Avad nodded, Risinass said.

“Right. It was originally something I should have done too.”

“Something you should have done, Lady Risinass?”

When Chen Xia tilted her head, Risinass smiled softly and tapped the chair on the opposite side from where Selia sat.

When Chen Xia sat down, this time she stroked Chen Xia’s hair and said.

“Tracking and eliminating the world’s traitors… That was originally the black dragon’s job.”

Everyone was surprised by those words.

“Consuming darkness within darkness was our clan’s duty.”

Risinass’s words were unexpected even for Chen Xia, who was a shadow.

“Someone had to do it. Kail did it in my place.”

Risinass continued with a wistful expression as she recalled the past.

“Of course, it wasn’t just Kail.”

Kail alone couldn’t shoulder all the world’s darkness.

“More than you think, I… we great heroes are not noble heroes.”

The great heroes each had their own reasons and desires.

They weren’t as beautiful as those in fairy tales.

They wandered countless times and were consumed by hatred, making wrong choices.

Since no one is perfect, it was natural in a way.

“What’s important is the heart that doesn’t give up until the end. Just do your best without giving up in your respective positions.”

Risinass smiled at the future hero candidates.

“Just move forward with your own will.”

“…”

“I won’t evaluate Leo Flobe as unheroic. Rather, he’s truly the ideal image of a hero.”

Selia felt relieved at Risinass’s words.

Then Chloe asked.

“Lady Risinass. What are those ancient heroes?”

“They’re just those who only passed things on to future generations. Those who became livestock of evil gods themselves.”

Risinass said calmly.

“They called her a goddess… Is there a different evil god from Erebos?”

At Chloe’s question, Risinass opened her mouth.

“To explain that, I should first talk about Erebos’s origins.”

Risinass told the hero candidates about the process of Erebos becoming reborn as an incarnation of evil that would destroy the world, and the story of the resurrection of Nix and Styx, the frozen death.

“Ancient demons.”

“I wondered why they felt different from Tartaros, so that was the reason.”

“Anyway, it means a fragment of Erebos has been resurrected.”

The atmosphere became serious.

Watching this, Risinass smiled bitterly.

‘It’s understandable that they’d be anxious. For these kids, this would be an unprecedented disaster.’

They had to fight against a fragment of Erebos.

This alone would surely cause tremendous anxiety.

Risinass spoke.

“Don’t worry about that.”

Everyone’s gaze turned to Risinass.

“I’m here now, aren’t I?”

Risinass placed his palm on his chest and smiled.

It was a smile that had given hope to countless people.

“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely…”

“No, no. We can’t just leave everything to you, Risinass.”

Runia waved her hand.

“When Arron came last time, we weren’t able to help at all.”

“The only one who actually helped back then was Lord Leo.”

“We can’t just twiddle our thumbs and watch this time either. Leo’s goal is the complete subjugation of Erebos.”

“Right. We can’t just keep chasing after that guy’s tail forever.”

“Let’s be active this time!”

Risinass stared blankly at the hero candidates steeling their resolve, then chuckled quietly.

“Hehe… Heh!”

And then he burst into loud laughter. “Ahahahahaha!”

“Risinass?”

When Chloe called out with a flustered expression, Risinass wiped the tears from his eyes and nodded.

“Right. You are descendants of Kail, the Hero of the Beginning. I had an inappropriate thought.”

Risinass smiled brightly.

“This is wonderful. Having reliable juniors.”

Just as the hero candidates were showing shy smiles at those words.

Creak-!

The door opened and Leo entered.

“Good work.”

“Did you find out anything?”

Looking at his friends who asked with puzzled faces, Leo spoke calmly.

“First, it seems this country’s first princess has allied with Nix.”

“That princess… In the end, she sided with the evil god.”

Chen Xia frowned.

“About that, Sia. Let’s talk about it a bit later.”

Leo crossed his arms.

“From the looks of it, you’ve already heard about the Erebos fragment.”

Everyone nodded at those words.

“Shouldn’t we tell the seniors too?”

When Chloe raised her hand and spoke, Leo said calmly.

“The seniors knew from the time they came here.”

“What?! Why didn’t they tell us?”

Chloe made a frustrated expression and asked back.

“Because we judged it wouldn’t be good for many people to know.”

At Leo’s words, Chloe clenched her fist tightly.

The other third-years also showed slightly frustrated expressions.

“So the seniors are still more reliable than us?”

Runia, with her arms crossed, asked in a slightly sulky voice.

Leo shrugged his shoulders at that.

At Leo’s reaction, Runia curled up the corners of her mouth.

“Wait. Someday I’ll catch up and kick your butt.”

Saying that and snorting, Leo said.

“If you can’t catch up quickly, I’ll be the one kicking from my side, so try to catch up.”

‘Sometimes pushing from behind. Sometimes pulling from the front. Sometimes stimulating.’

Risinass smiled gently as he watched the seeds of heroes influenced by Leo.

‘What a wonderful sight.’

Risinass smiled wistfully.

‘…If I had… if we had been born at the same time as Kail… it would have been more enjoyable.’

He felt regret at fate’s cruelty.

‘Kail wouldn’t have had to shoulder everything alone either.’

Having once carried that burden himself, he knew better than anyone.

How heavy what Leo was carrying now was.

The fact that he couldn’t share that burden was simply regrettable.

‘Grow up quickly, little ones.’

Looking at the heroes Leo had chosen, Risinass smiled faintly.

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Rustle-! Sniff sniff sniff-!

A girl with white hair and cat ears poked her face out from the thicket and sniffed the air.

Watching that girl, Ar, the fox beastman Rwen made an exasperated expression.

“You’re really like a dog.”

“I’m a cat!”

Ar bristled her fur and growled “Hiss-!” then immediately shouted.

“And there’s a nice word like wolf, so why specifically dog!”

“The wolf is the student council president. Anyway, is this the right place?”

At Rwen’s question, Ar crossed her arms and nodded.

“Of course!”

“How can you be so sure?”

“It’s my sharp wild instinct!”

When Ar’s blue eyes sparkled, Rwen scrunched up his face.

“We’re looking for the Hero of the Beginning Kail’s Hero Dungeon right now, and you want me to trust your instincts!”

“Why! They’re usually right!”

Ar puffed out her chest and said.

“Senior Kar also praised me, saying my instincts are usually right!”

“…Senior Kar is just uselessly kind. Only saying nice things so idiots don’t get hurt.”

Rwen grabbed his head and shook it back and forth.

Ar, who had been staring blankly at Rwen, grabbed her fluffy tail and bit it.

“Kyaah! What are you doing!”

“You called me an idiot first!”

Dion, who was watching the Ajonia representative beastman students making a ruckus from afar, clicked his tongue.

“What the hell are those idiots doing?”

Saying that, he looked toward the cliff visible in the distance.

There, the wolf beastman who was Ajonia’s pinnacle was looking out over the entire dense forest.

“Senior Kar. I think you need to stop those idiots.”

Dion used a communication magic device to call Kar.

-You stop them.

“I think that would be beyond my capabilities. They’ll only listen to you, Senior Kar.”

-But it’s scary.

At the answer that came through the communication magic device, Dion could only let out a deep sigh.

Though he couldn’t see him, he could clearly picture the student council president genuinely hunching his shoulders.

He spoke to his Ajonia classmates who had come on the mission together.

“Borman, Tabon. Go stop them.”

At those words, Borman and Tabon, the tiger beastman and bear beastman, approached Ar and Rwen.

Dion looked up at the sky.

“This mission won’t go smoothly.”

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