Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 789

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789.

Late at dawn.

Four people stood in front of the Lumeria City Pier.

“Hey, Leo. Is there really a secret passage?”

Cal asked with a bewildered expression.

“Yeah. There is.”

“How do you know about it?”

A secret passage connecting Lumeria City and Lumern City.

Even the Lumern students surely wouldn’t know about such a thing.

‘Forget the students, even the professors wouldn’t know.’

And yet Leo, who was clearly an outsider, knew about such a passage?

It was definitely strange.

At Cal’s question, Leo shrugged his shoulders.

“Actually, I’m friends with Rea.”

“You’re friends with Rea unnie?”

“Y-you knew Rea?”

Chelsea and Iliana looked at Leo with wide eyes.

Cal scratched his head vigorously.

“If that’s true, then it makes some sense that you’d know about a secret passage… but I can’t just believe that fact at face value, Leo.”

“I suppose so.”

“What exactly are you?”

The overwhelming power to fight and make Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief retreat.

And even the magic he taught Chelsea and Iliana.

It was easy to tell he was no ordinary person.

But now he suddenly claimed to be friends with the Lumern Student Council President and even knew about a secret passage to the Academy.

He was a friend with many suspicious points in various ways.

At Cal’s question, Leo chuckled.

“My identity is a trade secret.”

“Hmm.”

“Just trust your eyes, Cal.”

“What?”

“Whether I’m someone trustworthy or untrustworthy. You’re pretty accurate at reading people, aren’t you?”

Cal scratched his head vigorously.

“Well, even though you’re a guy with many strange points, I do vaguely feel that you’re someone trustworthy. But that’s just my intuition. These two don’t trust…”

“Yeah yeah. If Cal says so, then Leo oppa is someone trustworthy.”

“S-since when have you been friends with Rea?”

“…”

Before Cal could even finish speaking, Chelsea and Iliana asked Leo about their curiosities.

“Hey. You trust someone just based on what I say?”

“Yeah. I don’t know about other things, but you definitely have a good eye for people.”

“Chelsea…”

Cal made a moved expression at his friend’s trust.

“If problems arise, I’ll just say I trusted you and that’s that. And most importantly, a secret passage! I’m curious!”

“Y-yeah… I think the same way.”

At his friends’ words, Cal let out a bitter laugh.

“Fine. So? Where’s the secret passage?”

At Cal’s question, Leo headed toward a deserted area of the pier.

Actually, there wasn’t really much of a secret passage.

Lumern was originally built on top of the Record System that Rian managed.

Leo had received permission from Rian to travel to and from the center of the Record System.

Even though the world lines had split and Leo didn’t exist in this world, that permission itself was still alive.

Leo placed his hand against the wall.

Then a circular magic circle was created on the wall.

Leo entered through the wall where the magic circle was generated.

Swoosh-!

The three people’s eyes widened as they watched Leo disappear into the wall.

“Wow… there really was something like a s-secret passage!”

Iliana jumped up and down excitedly with an elated voice.

And she tried to follow Leo inside.

“Hey, but shouldn’t we be careful since it’s magic of unknown origin?”

At Cal’s words, Iliana stopped walking and tilted her head.

“You guys know too that Leo isn’t a bad person, right?”

“That’s true, but.”

Cal scratched his head vigorously.

Chelsea stared at Iliana intently and then said.

“Acting without thinking makes you seem like you’ve returned to your first year.”

“Ugh!”

Iliana shrank her neck.

She instinctively recalled the days when Rea corrected her habits.

“I don’t mean it’s bad! I think it’s good because it’s like you!”

When Chelsea hurriedly tried to cheer up Iliana.

“What are you doing not coming?”

“Kyaa?!”

When Leo suddenly stuck his face out from the wall, Iliana was startled and stepped backward.

As she stumbled and was about to fall, Leo reached out and pulled her in.

Iliana, who was suddenly dragged beyond the wall and ended up in Leo’s arms, opened and closed her mouth.

Close enough that their breaths could touch.

“Be careful.”

“Y-yeah…”

When Leo let go of her hand, Iliana stepped back and greeted him hesitantly.

“Th-thank you for catching me, Leo.”

Looking at such Iliana, Leo said.

“Iliana.”

“Yeah?”

“Suppressing yourself too much isn’t good either.”

Iliana’s eyes widened.

Looking at such Iliana, Leo reached out and ruffled her hair.

“Charging ahead without thinking is definitely a bad habit, but… on the other hand, that’s the most you-like appearance, isn’t it? A dejected look doesn’t seem to suit you very well.”

At those words, Iliana opened her mouth blankly.

Then Chelsea and Cal came through the wall.

“Wow… it really is a secret passage?”

“It feels like we’re secretly infiltrating, so my heart is starting to race.”

Looking at the two who were admiring, Leo said.

“Let’s move.”

After saying that, Cal and Chelsea followed behind Leo as he went ahead, admiring.

Then they saw Iliana standing still in place and turned their heads with puzzled faces.

“What’s wrong?”

“Is something the matter?”

Iliana, covering both cheeks with her hands, muttered.

“Leo… I wonder if he has a girlfriend?”

At that muttering, Chelsea looked at Cal.

Cal spread his palm and brought it in front of Iliana’s eyes, waved it around, then shrugged his shoulders.

“She’s lost it, hasn’t she?”

Chelsea let out a deep sigh, grabbed Iliana by the back of her neck, and dragged her along.

“Stop talking nonsense and just follow me.”

“By the way, where exactly does this place lead to?”

Cal tilted his head as he followed behind Leo.

Seeing that, Chelsea narrowed her eyes.

“You’re thinking something bad right now, aren’t you?”

“Huh? Not at all.”

“You’re thinking about smuggling or something.”

“Hey! I’m thinking about a delivery service that brings necessary outside goods to students, and you call it smuggling!”

“I’m going to tell Rea about everything.”

As Chelsea snorted, Cal clicked his tongue.

“A delinquent student pretending to be a model student.”

“What!”

Chelsea grabbed Iliana and swung her at Cal, who quickly ran to Leo.

“Leo. Leo. Save me!”

“Chelsea… I’m not a weapon.”

“Who told you to just stand there spacing out?!”

Watching the noisy trio, Leo burst into laughter.

“Playing around is the same no matter where you go.”

***

A moonlit night with moonlight streaming down.

Runia approached the dormitory window and took out a cookie.

“Here, take this.”

Chirp! Chirp!

A bundle of red feathers flapped what appeared to be wings, hopping around before stumbling and rolling around the windowsill.

Fiora, who had crunched the cookie Runia gave her with her beak, suddenly started crying loudly.

Piiiiiii~!

Seeing Fiora protesting in dissatisfaction, Runia panicked.

“I-it is a sugar-free cookie, Fiora. You’ve gained too much weight lately…”

Chirp! Chirrrrrp!

Watching Fiora rolling around on the ground in protest, Runia made a tearful face.

“Fiora. If you keep gaining weight like that, Senior Roon might really boil and eat you.”

Then Eiran, who shared the same room as Runia, made a troubled expression and tried to calm Fiora down.

Even so, Fiora didn’t stop rolling around.

Eventually, Runia took out another cookie from her pocket and gave it to Fiora.

Fiora devoured not only the newly received cookie but also the one she had received earlier, then sat down on the ground with a satisfied expression.

“Aren’t you spoiling her too much? It seems to be getting worse lately.”

When Eiran made a worried expression, Runia held Fiora, who was sitting on the ground, in both hands and rubbed her cheek against Fiora while saying.

“But look how fluffy and cute she is?”

‘That’s not fluffy, that’s too much fat, Miss Runia.’

Eiran muttered to herself, but couldn’t bring herself to say it to the summoner and summon who were both making happy expressions.

“But is Senior Roon staying in his room again this time?”

“Yes. Senior Roon doesn’t show much interest in the Lumern students.”

“That’s strange. Rea shows a lot of interest in the Seirun students.”

Just the Seirun students whose grades improved thanks to Rea’s advice alone were quite numerous.

“Senior Roon says the Lumern students have no individuality at all.”

“Hmm, there is definitely that feeling.”

It’s hard to find weaknesses in the Lumern students’ combat.

They’re excellent in all aspects, but they don’t have any particularly outstanding strengths either.

So while their overall level is very high, there wasn’t a single student that made Runia feel competitive.

“Though their personalities are all strange.”

“…I don’t think we’re in a position to say that.”

“Leave me out. At least I don’t have weird reading tastes like you.”

Eiran made a tearful face and grabbed Runia, shaking her vigorously.

***

Roon, who was sitting by the window looking at the night sky, muttered with an expressionless face.

‘The stars are particularly bright tonight.’

Roon, who had been looking up at the night sky with slightly clouded eyes, looked at the flower pot in front of the window.

Roon, who had been silently looking at the withered flower, let out a small laugh.

‘Come to think of it, there was magic to make flowers bloom.’

The magic he had so desperately wanted to create in his previous life.

There was only one reason he created magic that contained all the essence of his magical knowledge.

Simply because he loved flowers.

‘It was a useless waste.’

Roon didn’t pass down the flower-blooming magic to future generations.

‘What kind of star am I when I just assign tasks to others?’

Roon turned his gaze away from the flower pot with expressionless eyes and stood up, sending himself a self-deprecating sneer.

‘What flower-blooming magic.’

And he flopped down on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

“What would you have said if you saw me now… Kail?”

Thinking of a friend he thought he could never meet again, Roon slowly closed his eyes.

***

A stunningly beautiful child with gray hair and eyes whose gender couldn’t be determined stopped what they were doing and looked up.

‘Who is it?’

An unauthorized visitor had come.

Specifically, a long-awaited guest after a distant 3000 years.

‘Are they the Great Heroes?’

If it were them, they might be able to reach this place.

But Rian wasn’t particularly pleased with the visitors.

Most importantly, it was surprising that they had come here without him noticing.

‘Well, they were people who performed miracles like eating meals.’

Rian stopped carving a sculpture from gems on the sofa and walked step by step toward the outside of the library.

That place was filled with collections that Rian had made.

“Wow… what is this?”

“A sculpture of Kail?”

“…What? Is this some kind of cult?”

Shocked voices could be heard from outside.

What the visitors were looking at was a giant sculpture of Kail.

‘Heh, they have good eyes.’

Rian felt proud.

After all, it was none other than Kail, the Hero of the Beginning.

And his masterpiece.

It was an object he took pride in as the most beautiful work of art in the world, with even the firm muscles delicately expressed.

‘Even Dweno couldn’t make a sculpture like this!’

Just as he was born.

A semi-nude statue of Kail with only the important parts covered!

Truly a collection of beauty!

Chelsea and Iliana turned their heads away as if embarrassed, yet kept stealing glances at the statue.

‘Let’s see… Chelsea Rwallin, Iliana Raden… that’s Cal Thomas who got expelled… who’s that guy?’

The white-haired, red-eyed person was staring intently at the statue.

‘Heh. He must have frozen up, captivated by Kail’s overwhelming presence…’

Thwack!

“Gasp! Leo! Wh-what are you doing!”

“Leo oppa?”

“Th-this looks like something precious at first glance?”

Leo kicked the giant gem statue that Rian had made.

Crash-!

The gem statue fell to the marble floor and shattered into pieces.

Leo trampled the piece of his own head that had rolled to his feet, grinding it to powder.

“It seems the owner of this place has gone even more insane than I thought.”

As Leo clicked his tongue.

Rian, who had been frozen, let out a scream.

“Noooooooooooooo!”

At the scream that was almost a shriek, Chelsea, Cal, and Iliana flinched.

Rian rushed over and gathered the fragments from the floor while wailing.

“My life’s greatest masterpiece!”

The three were flustered seeing Rian cry so pitifully.

Then Rian looked up at Leo with eyes filled with hatred.

“You…! How dare! How dare you do that to my Kail!”

Chelsea, Cal, and Iliana, who indirectly received the hatred of a divine being, felt their vision darken for a moment.

Thud-

The three lost consciousness without realizing it.

Even in that situation, Leo was calmly looking at Rian.

“Can’t forgive. Can’t forgive. Can’t forgive.”

Leo clicked his tongue at Rian muttering with a voice full of hatred and opened his palm.

Gray aura surged up.

“With just that aura, you think you can do something to me…”

Soon gray mana burst forth, and finally spiritual power was emitted.

Gray aura, mana, and spiritual power swirled above Leo’s hand.

Seeing that sight, Rian’s thoughts froze.

“Hero of the… Beginning?”

“I’m warning you.”

Leo said irritably.

“If you start spouting nonsense about plucking out eyes and tongues for blasphemous words, know that I’ll just leave.”

Leo, who had preemptively blocked Rian’s outburst, said.

“I am the Hero of the Beginning from another worldline, Kail’s reincarnation.”

Thud-

At those words, Rian collapsed.

Leo approached Rian.

Looking at Rian who had fainted with his eyes rolled back, Leo looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

‘Sigh… Should I just abandon him and leave?’

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