Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 783

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783.

Leo looked at his puzzled friend, pondering what he should say.

Right now, Lumern students should be at Lumern, not Lumeria City.

Unless it was something special, ordinary students couldn’t go out to Lumeria City at this time.

‘It doesn’t seem like he’s been assigned a special mission.’

If that were the case, there’s no way he’d be working at an inn like this.

‘Don’t tell me…’

A situation he didn’t particularly want to think about crossed his mind.

“You’re a Lumern student… aren’t you?”

“Oh! You recognize me! Were you perhaps a fan of mine during school days?”

Cal flashed his characteristic cheeky smile and looked smug.

Then he immediately shrugged his shoulders.

“I attended until first year and left school. Ah~ the most brilliant period of my life~”

“…”

“No wait. Now is even more brilliant! I’ve established an inn right here in Lumeria City of all places! It’s a successful life!”

Cal said with a giggle.

“So then, customer. What can I help you with?”

“I need a room.”

“Yes. How long are you planning to stay?”

“A long time.”

Leo took out a money pouch from his chest and placed it on the counter.

Seeing that, Cal’s eyes widened.

“Oh my, customer. This much isn’t necessary.”

“Besides lodging fees, there will probably be various other things I’ll need. Settle up with me when I leave later.”

“Still, entrusting a money pouch just like that…”

“Credit is life for you, isn’t it? Cal Thomas.”

“Customer. Do you really know me? No matter how much I think about it, there’s no one like you in my memory.”

Cal, who had taken out a key and placed it on the table, looked puzzled.

Looking at such Cal, Leo said calmly.

“I’m your fan.”

Leaving those words behind, Leo took the key and went upstairs with a jingling sound.

Watching Leo like that, Cal tilted his head.

“Who is he? He’s definitely not an ordinary person…”

The room Cal had lent was spacious inside, as if it were a premium room.

Leo slumped into a chair and fell into thought.

‘Cal couldn’t become a 2nd year?’

Even in Leo’s world line, Cal becoming a 2nd year had required some luck.

End of first year, second semester.

The massive invasion by Monster Queen Silatuna that occurred during the Ruse War.

At that time, Leo had succeeded in bringing Luna out from the Heroes’ World and subjugating her, but Lumern and Seirun fell into tremendous chaos.

Naturally, the academic schedule was finished early.

In that process, highly valuing the experience of the Lumern students at the time, all students from that period were exceptionally promoted to the next grade.

Looking at it this way, Cal’s promotion to 2nd year seems like pure luck, but that’s not the case.

‘Even if he had taken the exams normally, Cal had the ability to become a 2nd year.’

Cal himself said that first year was his limit, but from Leo’s perspective, Cal was different from other students.

He had continuously hit his limits and surpassed those limits throughout his school life.

Of course, he was weaker than anyone else in his grade.

But he definitely possessed the strategy and quick wit to overcome that.

To simply define Cal by ‘strength’ alone, he was a person with countless advantages.

Such Cal couldn’t become a 2nd year in this world.

‘That’s strange.’

Leo furrowed his brow.

At Lumern, there was none other than Risinass.

And Risinass was a selector of heroes.

‘There’s no way Risinass wouldn’t have recognized Cal’s potential.’

Cal was none other than the ideal image of a hero that Risinass would choose.

Because it was none other than Risinass who had the greatest influence on Leo’s view of heroism.

‘It’s not only strong people who become heroes to save the world. If you have the will to move forward… anyone who doesn’t give up on moving forward can become a hero.’

Leo recalled words that Risinass had often said in his previous life.

Especially in this era, Hero Records existed.

In a situation where there were means to make human potential bloom, the fact that Risinass had given up on Cal was enough to perplex Leo.

‘What on earth happened?’

Leo sighed.

Whatever the case, he could tell that Lumern’s situation was also very different from what he knew.

‘I should stay here and gather information through Cal.’

***

Tension was hanging around the entrance of Demian.

The freshmen swallowed dry saliva and looked at the school’s main gate.

Shortly after.

Grrrrrr-

Demian’s massive entrance opened and someone revealed themselves.

A black-haired girl holding a travel bag in one hand entered Demian.

“Wow… she’s beautiful.”

“That person is Lumern’s student council president… Reia Phili.”

“I’m seeing her for the first time!”

Exclamations poured out from among the freshmen.

Lumern’s student council president, Reia Phili.

It was known that only Seirun’s Roon Orweni could compare to that beauty that made viewers lose their minds.

Looks that surpassed Elena Jeron, who was previously called Lumern’s queen.

And her flawless appearance as an honor student and overwhelming strength.

An unprecedented hero who had already obtained both the position of student council president and the title of hero during her first year.

Decisively, her charisma in leading people was enough to become the envy of many.

She was evaluated as one of the ‘Four Heroes’ who would lead the future era along with the student council presidents of Seirun, Ajonia, and Demian, and among them, Reia Phili was evaluated as the most exceptional.

“Thank you for the warm welcome. Students of Demian.”

Reia smiled gently and greeted the students of Demian.

At that smile, many students, both male and female, blushed.

Beauty so dazzling it was hard to look at.

Valhar, who had been watching that sight with his arms crossed, let out a light sigh.

Soon, looking at Reia who had reached in front of him, Valhar said.

“Welcome. Reia.”

“What’s the reason for the urgent summons?”

“I’ll tell you when Roon and Kar arrive.”

“Roon can’t come. Currently, the Monster Queen’s legion’s movements in the Northern Region are not normal.”

“Didn’t Roon conduct a large-scale subjugation?”

“Even so, the movements haven’t stopped.”

“Tsk.”

Valhar clicked his tongue.

Then a black werewolf appeared through the opened door gap.

“Valhar! Reia!”

Kar ran toward the two with a bright smile.

And immediately hugged Valhar.

“Valhar! How have you been?”

“You’re especially energetic today. Let go, Kar.”

At those words, Kar released Valhar.

“Rea, good to see you too! How long has it been?”

“Hello, Kar. You look very happy? It has been a while. We saw each other during winter break last time…”

Grab- Squeeze-

“…!”

Kar wagged her tail and hugged Rea.

Rea flinched at the tremendous strength for a moment.

“Kar. If you hug with all your strength, Rea will feel the pain of her back breaking.”

“Ah! Right. Rea was human.”

Kar released Rea.

Rea patted her back with a slightly pale face.

“You. Did you perhaps drink?”

“No, I didn’t drink? I just had something good happen.”

Kar smiled with her characteristic gentle smile.

Since her past life, Kar had the habit of hugging close people when drunk.

Of course, back then Risinass was a dragon with sturdy durability so it was fine, but now it’s different.

Rea smiled slightly, recalling memories of how Kail and Luna used to be terrified back then.

“Something good happened. That’s fortunate.”

“Yeah! But where’s Roon? Hasn’t she come yet?”

As Kar looked around, Valhar spoke.

“Roon cannot come. Let’s talk among the three of us first. You all should disperse now.”

The Demian students hadn’t gathered for an official welcome ceremony.

They had simply come to see the faces of the student council presidents of Hero Academy, who were evaluated as the heroes who would lead the world in the future.

Kar, who became the king of the colosseum by defeating all the champions of the beastmen’s official colosseum in her 2nd year.

Valhar, who also succeeded in restoring the divine artifact left by the Divine Blacksmith Dweno in his 2nd year.

And Rea, who leads the heroes with overwhelming skill and leadership.

The influence of the Hero Academy student council presidents was so powerful that there were stories that the world would have to follow the path they pioneered.

“It’s a shame Roon isn’t here.”

“I wonder if we can get autographs?”

The students dispersed with regret.

Valhar guided the two people.

“What exactly did you call us for?”

When Rea brought up the main point, Valhar sighed softly.

“What’s the rush? We haven’t met in a long time, can’t we at least ask about each other’s recent situations?”

At those words, Rea hesitated.

“Yeah. Then I’ll go first. I finished the investigation about the Hero Dungeon.”

At Kar’s words, Rea and Valhar turned their heads.

“To conclude… it wasn’t a Hero Dungeon.”

“…Erebos’s monsters that we encountered during our final journey appeared in that surrounding area. But it still wasn’t a Hero Dungeon?”

When Rea asked sharply, Kar shrank her neck.

“Y, yeah…”

“It’s not Kar’s fault that it wasn’t a Hero Dungeon, so why are you reacting so defensively?”

“Ah, sorry… Kar. I didn’t mean to startle you. Sorry for scaring you.”

Rea panicked and comforted Kar.

She had shrunk her neck from feeling guilty, but it seemed Rea mistook it for being scared.

“Then what was that supposed to be?”

“…I have some guesses. I’ll tell you about it in a bit.”

Valhar, who had arrived at what looked like a meeting room, opened the door for the two.

“Rea. How about you?”

“I’m the same as always. I’m guiding students to become stronger.”

At Risinass’s words, Valhar sighed softly.

Kar, who had taken a seat, looked at Valhar.

“But Dweno.”

“What is it?”

“Why haven’t you asked Risinass and Luna to be models even once since reincarnation?”

Once they were in a space with just the three of them, Kar called her friends by their old names.

“Kar.”

When Rea glared at her, Kar hesitated.

At Kar’s words, Valhar calmly spoke while drinking tea.

“People trapped in the past aren’t very beautiful.”

“Huh?”

“Names aren’t very important. Rather, they’re the biggest part of us that we can never escape. Yet desperately trying to forget past names… is proof of being very tied to the past.”

“Hmm… that’s difficult.”

Kar crossed her arms and fell into thought.

Then she suddenly raised her head.

“Come to think of it, Rea.”

“What.”

Rea answered slightly sharply and sipped her tea.

“Did you perhaps like Kail?”

“Pfft!”

Rea spat out the tea in her mouth.

Valhar, who got splashed with tea, glared.

“What kind of behavior is this, damn lizard.”

“I’m not a dragon anymore! No! It’s Kar’s fault in the first place!”

Rea looked at Kar with a completely flustered face.

Valhar wiped his face with a handkerchief and said.

“Right. Kar. When did you notice that fact?”

“It was real?”

“Huh? Interesting. Does this mean you’ve escaped being an idiot?”

“Huh? Idiot?”

“Right. Kail, Luna, Arron. You three were idiots.”

Kar sipped the tea Valhar poured with an amazed expression.

“Kar, don’t tell Roon. If you mention it for no reason, that guy will cause a ruckus.”

When Rea earnestly pleaded, Kar nodded.

“So? What’s the reason you called us? Valhar.”

At Rea’s question, Valhar sat down and said.

“I went to develop a mine around Erdien Mountain.”

“Yeah. You told us about it.”

“I encountered the Calamity Flame there.”

At those words, the atmosphere instantly turned cold.

“Was it a fragment of Erebos?”

“It wasn’t a fragment. At most it looked like a lingering thought.”

“Why did a lingering thought suddenly appear?”

“I can’t know that. However, that place was where the final battle took place, so it might be related to that. Crucially…”

“Crucially?”

“Erebos’s lingering thought had taken Kail’s appearance.”

***

“Senior Roon.”

The red-haired girl, Runia, opened the door to Roon’s research lab.

Roon, who had been staring at the blackboard with a haggard face inside the research lab, turned his head.

“Yeah. Runia. What’s the matter?”

Creak- Watching Roon rise from his seat, Runia looked at the magical formula written on the blackboard.

“Um… what is this?”

“A necromancy formula.”

“Pardon?”

“I’m trying to research magic to revive the dead, but it’s not going well.”

Roon scratched his head vigorously and clicked his tongue.

Watching such Roon, Runia was flustered.

“Senior Roon. Black magic research violates school rules.”

“Yeah. Our cute junior will keep her mouth shut, right?”

Roon smiled slightly mischievously and made a puzzled expression.

“So, what’s the matter?”

“It’s about the Pureblood Society.”

“I’m sick of it. What trouble did they cause this time?”

Roon made an annoyed expression.

The Pureblood Society.

A group that had been in conflict with Roon since enrollment, wielding tremendous influence in elven society.

Though they lost legitimacy when Roon was called Luna’s reincarnation for wielding perfect Star Magic, they still persistently spread elven pureblooded ideology throughout elven society without being eliminated.

“This time they seem to have brought fragments of Seirun’s Hero Record into Seirun.”

“What? The Tingel Family publicly released the letter left by the Comet Mage, didn’t they? Saying to destroy all Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm.”

The story that the Heroes of the Cataclysm were alive and fighting fragments of Erebos in the Heroes’ World had already been known worldwide.

Including that fragments of the Heroes of the Cataclysm could be used as passages for Erebos to escape.

“But they secretly smuggled it into Seirun?”

It was when Roon’s face hardened.

Quaaaang-!

Then all of Seirun shook.

And feeling the enormous power from afar, Roon looked up at the sky.

It was all too familiar power.

‘The problem is I damn well never wanted to face it again.’

Grinding his teeth, Roon spoke.

“Runia. You know what?”

“Wh-what?”

“I really, really hate elves.”

With a cold smile, Roon raised his staff.

“I’ll be meeting him again after a long time. That damn fireball bastard.”

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