Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 776

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776.

“Arron?”

“It really is Kail!”

Arron, overcome with emotion, tried to embrace Leo.

“I don’t have a hobby of being hugged by men.”

Leo pushed away Arron’s face and furrowed his brow.

‘What the hell is this situation?’

The Ajonia students, led by Ar, were acting like they were seeing him for the first time.

Moreover, there was Kar, an Ajonia beastman he’d never seen before.

No matter how he looked at it, he was definitely his friend Arron who had died 5000 years ago.

He didn’t think he could be mistaken.

‘There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize Arron’s movements.’

Just as Arron had recognized him immediately.

He felt the same way.

During the Age of Calamity, they had watched each other’s backs and crossed countless battlefields together.

So there was no way they wouldn’t recognize each other.

Leo clenched his fist.

‘I’ll send you to the world you should have rightfully enjoyed.’

Nix’s words came to mind.

‘Send me to the world I should have enjoyed?’

Even though Nix was an evil god different from Erebos, she was still a divine being.

As such, there was no way for Leo to know what powers Nix possessed.

Leo looked down at his palm.

What if this wasn’t an illusion but reality?

‘A parallel world.’

“Kail, why haven’t you shown yourself until now?”

Arron… no, Kar looked at Leo with slightly resentful eyes.

“Do you know how desperately we’ve been searching for you?”

“We?”

Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

Seeing Leo like that, Kar nodded.

“Risinass, Luna, and Dweno too. They’ve all been desperately searching for you.”

“You’re saying everyone else was reincarnated too?”

“Of course!”

At Kar’s words, Leo wore a dazed expression.

How much had he missed them?

How much had he yearned for them?

How many times had he wished that he wasn’t the only one who had been reincarnated again?

But it had been a wish that could never be fulfilled in the end.

He had to be satisfied with just showing his friends the current peaceful world through Hero Record.

But now.

That impossible wish had come true.

‘…A world where the great heroes were reincarnated, except for me.’

Leo looked up at the sky.

‘The world I’m in right now… is that world?’

“…The fighting sounds have stopped.”

Dion looked toward where Leo and Kar had flown with a tense face.

“A fight that could change the terrain…”

“Isn’t this the first time since Demian’s Valhar that someone could fight Kar senior to this extent?”

Borman and Tabon trembled.

Kar Levason.

He was a man with such strong power that he was evaluated as the strongest student in the history of Ajonia, the current beastman Hero Academy.

As a strong warrior comparable to Ajonia, the founder of the academy, he was publicly evaluated as Arron’s successor.

Of course, his usual cowardice was a flaw that wasn’t really a flaw, but no one cared about such things.

After enrolling in Ajonia, his track record was worthy of being called Arron’s second coming.

The appearance of an enemy who could fight on equal terms with such a person was enough to make the Ajonia students nervous.

“Don’t worry.”

Arga clenched his fist.

“Kar senior will win!”

“Of course he’ll win. He’s the strongest.”

Rwen also wore an expression showing he wasn’t worried.

As the students waited for Kar with tense faces.

Kar walked over from the distance.

Seeing Kar like that, the Ajonia students burst into cheers.

“As expected of Kar senior.”

“You defeated the enemy!”

“Kar seniooooor!”

Arga rolled her eyes back and rushed toward Kar.

“Hiiik?!”

“So cool! Huff! Huff! You’re the best!”

“G-get away!”

Kar was terrified seeing Ar clinging to his feet and breathing heavily.

Even though three years had passed since enrollment, Kar was genuinely scared of Ar when she was like this.

As the other third-years wore expressions of ‘there she goes again’ and tried to pry Ar away from the frightened Kar.

“Noisy.”

“Nyaaaaaaak?!”

Leo, who appeared from behind Kar, grabbed Ar’s tail and pulled.

Ar let go of Kar in shock.

Leo dragged the struggling Ar away and separated her from Kar.

‘How does she act exactly the same? Well, she’s fundamentally the same person after all.’

Only the experiences were different.

Fundamentally, they were the same.

As Leo smiled slightly, Ar lit fires in her eyes and tried to pull her tail free from Leo’s grip.

“How dare you grab a lady’s tail?! Let go! Let go of this!”

As Ar wildly pulled at her tail and extended her claws, Leo went whoosh-! and released her tail.

“Really, committing such rudeness from earlier! Do you want to get beaten up?”

As Ar panted and took a stance to charge, Leo pulled out a handkerchief from his chest and waved it.

“Nyot!”

Then Ar instinctively reached toward the handkerchief.

“…”

Ar, who had been silent, turned red in the face and shouted.

“Y-you’re humiliating me! I’ll kill yoooou!”

“Ah, no good, Ar.”

Thwack-!

“Guk?!”

Kar panicked and struck the back of Ar’s neck.

Ar, instantly subdued, rolled her eyes back and writhed on the ground.

Seeing Ar foaming at the mouth and convulsing, Leo furrowed his brow.

“I don’t think she’s breathing?”

“Huk! A-Ar! Breathe! Breathe!”

Kar shook Ar frantically in shock.

After a moment, Ar’s eyes snapped open.

“Huh! I was chasing a black rabbit in the field?”

Kar let out a sigh of relief as he watched Ar jump up from her spot with a confused expression.

Once the commotion had somewhat settled, Dion asked while keeping his guard up against Leo.

“What… exactly is going on here? Senior Kar. Who is this person?”

The two people who had been fighting with serious intensity just moments ago were now calmly together.

Kar had even stopped Ar from rushing at Leo.

Kar’s juniors wore confused expressions at the sudden change in situation.

Kar smiled as he looked at the children.

“He’s an old friend I parted ways with long ago.”

“Excuse me?”

“Too much time has passed, so I didn’t recognize him at first.”

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The place where Leo had fallen was a great forest region in the Southern Continent.

The Southern Continent was mostly desert, but not all of its land was desert.

Some areas were lush and green, like the Southern Great Forest.

Most of these areas were terrain adjacent to the coastline.

Poreian, a port city bordering the great forest.

It was a massive port city where countless ships came and went, serving as one of the trade routes connecting the Eastern, Southern, and Western regions of the continent.

As such, it was a place where many foreigners traveled through, and accordingly, it was a wealthy city with well-equipped lodging facilities.

The lobby cafe of the finest hotel in Poreian.

It was a place that sold meals, tea, and alcohol, where travelers enjoyed leisure activities.

Located far from the port where Poreian’s sandy beaches stretched out, this place was also famous as a tourist attraction.

Leo sat in that hotel, resting his chin on his hand as he gazed at the sunset over the sea.

‘…I’m certain. This place is not an illusion.’

After long confusion, Leo had reached that conclusion.

This world was undeniably real.

‘…I crossed dimensions and flew to a parallel world through Nix’s power.’

Leo looked down at his hands with that thought.

‘Can I return?’

With that thought, Leo recalled the ice mirror he had discovered in the great forest earlier.

The ice mirror that no one except Leo could see.

‘…That place must be both the entrance and the exit.’

Leo was lost in thought when—

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

Kar approached and sat down in front of Leo.

Despite it being a busy time for the cafe, it was quiet.

Leo saw Kar tucking something into his chest.

A magic card stamped with Ajonia’s emblem.

Through that, payment was possible even without money.

It seemed he had rented out the entire cafe.

“It’s quite a convenient world, isn’t it?”

Leo nodded as Kar spoke with a slight smile.

“5000 years have passed, after all.”

“Right.”

Kar nodded.

Shortly after, staff brought their meal.

Once the staff left, Kar gazed down at the luxurious meal and said.

“You were right. The world that regained peace was more abundant and… radiant than I could have imagined.”

Kar looked toward the sunset over the sea.

“Even now, sometimes every moment feels like a dream.”

Kar gazed at the sunset with a dreamy expression.

“…I think all that hardship was worth it.”

Leo looked at Kar, who was smiling faintly, and said.

“What about the other guys?”

“Hm?”

“How are the other guys living?”

Kar chuckled at Leo’s question.

“Dweno was reincarnated as a dwarf named Valhar. He’s currently a 5th year at Demian.”

Kar shared updates about their other friends.

“Luna’s name is Roon. She’s a 4th year at Seirun. Same grade as me.”

“…”

“Finally, Risinass is… a 3rd year at Lumern. Her name is Rea.”

“Lumern?”

“Yeah. Risinass was reincarnated as a human. Surprising, right?”

“…”

Leo wore a surprised expression.

“I naturally thought she would have been reincarnated as a dragon.”

“Yeah. I was shocked too.”

“How did you find out that you were all reborn?”

“Thanks to Risinass.”

“Risinass?”

“Yeah. Risinass enrolled at Lumern and met Luna during her 1st year, 1st semester. Later, during her 2nd year summer vacation, she came to Ajonia to find me.”

“Did you meet Dweno when you went to Demian during your 2nd year, 1st semester?”

“That’s right. How did you know?”

Arron wore a curious expression.

‘…His path is similar to mine.’

Arron closed his eyes.

“Shamefully… I too… Dweno too… Luna too… didn’t think about fighting Erebos again until we met Risinass.”

“…”

“I heard from Risinass. In the end, the one who remained alone was you, Kail.”

Kar bit his lips tightly.

“In the end, you remained alone at the last moment to save the world… and were forgotten by the world. She asked me what I thought you would have felt if you had seen us.”

Kar hung his head and said.

“I’m sorry, Kail. Even after being reborn, I’m still a pathetic coward.”

“Where would that nature go?”

Leo clicked his tongue and chuckled.

“But don’t blame yourself too much. Even without Risinass, you would have fought Erebos again.”

Kar smiled bitterly at Leo’s words.

“As expected, you were thinking of confronting Erebos.”

“I can never forgive that bastard.”

Kar burst into laughter at Leo’s words.

“So?”

Kar wore a serious expression.

“Why was there no contact until now? If you had seen our actions, you would have known it was us, so why are you only appearing now?”

Kar looked at Leo with resentful eyes.

“Do you know how much we searched for you, Kail?”

Kail, who remained alone until the very end and defeated Erebos.

The friend who had to overcome trials alone because of the burden they had ultimately passed onto him.

But nowhere in this world could he find any trace of his friend.

That fact was ultimately frustrating and guilt-inducing.

He always felt fear and guilt, wondering if perhaps Kail had never been born at all.

It was when Kar felt puzzled seeing his friend who appeared so late.

“Arron. You and I were born in different worlds.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means that the Hero of the Beginning, Kail, was not reincarnated in this world.”

“What?”

“In the world where I was born, you four people were not reborn.”

“…What does that?”

Looking at Kar’s confused expression, Leo spoke calmly.

“Parallel world.”

“…?”

“I crossed dimensions and came to a parallel world.”

“…!”

Kar’s eyes widened.

Leo, who had been staring intently at Kar’s face, said.

“You didn’t understand, did you?”

“Yeah.”

Leo let out a small sigh.

“Right. It’s my fault for telling such a difficult story to you, not Risinass or Luna… or even Dweno.

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