Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 799

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799.

True to her nickname as the Flame Witch, Raina charged at Leo with the momentum of breathing fire from her mouth, causing quite a commotion.

Of course, Leo easily dodged around such a Raina.

“Huff… Huff…!”

Raina, with her hands on her knees, let out rough breaths.

“One hit… Just let me give you one flick on the forehead…!”

Leo let out a light sigh as he watched Raina earnestly pleading with an ominous voice, then approached her.

“Just hit me once.”

At those words, Raina’s eyes flashed as she raised her fist.

And…

Thunk-!

She lightly knocked Leo on the head.

It was a punishment that contrasted with her earlier appearance of charging with the momentum to breathe fire from her entire body.

“This little brat is getting cocky.”

Raina lightly dusted off her palm while grumbling, and Leo shrugged his shoulders as he watched her.

Roon, who had been watching this scene from a little distance away, opened his eyes wide in surprise.

‘There’s no way that guy would obediently let someone hit him?’

Of course, Leo’s words were somewhat rude for a first meeting.

But even so, he didn’t have a good enough personality to let himself be hit.

‘And the Flame Witch is also unexpected.’

Flame Witch Raina Jerdinger.

A Knight-class Hero with overwhelming skills and achievements.

As a student of Seirun, he had met Raina several times.

Especially since he had deep connections with Ellyn Runda, who was teaching at Seirun and was Runia’s father and head of the Runda Clan, they had even conquered the Heroes’ World together.

So Roon had quite a friendship with Raina.

She had a bold and refreshing personality that was cool and likable, but once angered, she would express intense flame-like fury.

For such a Raina to let it slide with just a light flick on the forehead, despite hearing words worthy of anger, was surprising.

‘It doesn’t seem like she’s tired.’

Knowing she had quite a persistent personality, he could tell she had gone easy on Leo.

“Ending it lightly with just a flick on the forehead. That’s not like you, Raina.”

When Roon said this as he walked over, Raina crossed her arms and smiled.

“He’s Student Council President Roon’s boyfriend, isn’t he? I can’t be too harsh.”

“Still, that seems too lenient? And this guy. He’s incredibly annoying. You could have landed a straight punch to his face.”

Roon spoke half-seriously, half-jokingly.

“I thought about doing that too.”

Raina glanced at Leo.

Then she smiled mischievously and ruffled Leo’s hair.

“He is annoying, but strangely I don’t dislike him? His eyes are arrogant, but that’s also quite cute.”

Leo looked at Raina, who was patting his head, and said calmly.

“Maybe it’s just because I’m like a son to you. Because I seem like your son.”

“Do you really want to die? Is that something to say to a virgin who’s never even held a man’s hand?”

When Raina grabbed Leo’s hair and spoke in a menacing voice, Leo chuckled.

“There probably wasn’t any man who caught your eye anyway.”

At those words, Raina tilted her head.

“Strange. You seem to know me oddly well? Have we met somewhere before?”

“Maybe we have.”

Raina put her hand on her chin and stared intently at Leo with a serious face as he shrugged.

After carefully examining Leo’s face, Raina said.

“You must charm a lot of women, don’t you?”

“Now, now. You two separate.”

At that moment, Roon stepped between Leo and Raina.

Seeing this, Raina smiled.

“Don’t worry, Student Council President Roon. He’s not my type, and there’s too much of an age gap.”

Raina said with her arms crossed.

“Most importantly, he’s your boyfriend too.”

“He’s not my boyfriend.”

At Roon’s words, Raina looked surprised.

“Then what’s your relationship?”

“I’m going to seduce him from now on.”

“…”

Raina scratched her head vigorously.

“Am I getting old? Kids these days are too bold.”

‘We’re older than you.’

While Roon muttered to himself.

Raina said.

“I’m on my way to meet Duke Flobe right now. You are too, right? Let’s go together.”

“Yes.”

Roon nodded and walked with Raina.

“Come to think of it, why didn’t Runia, Eiran, and Cal come along?”

When Roon tilted his head and looked back, Leo said.

“They’re probably dealing with the Delad nobles instead of us. So you don’t get involved in troublesome matters.”

“Right.”

Roon scratched his head vigorously.

Although there was some commotion when they arrived, they had officially visited Delad.

They couldn’t keep ignoring their hospitality.

To avoid bothering Roon, Runia and Eiran, who were officially Roon’s right and left arms, were surely dealing with the nobles appropriately.

That way they could maintain appearances.

“This is serious. If it’s a black flame pillar, it must be related to the Primordial Evil. And the nobles of the country where such an incident occurred are idiots blinded by ambition.”

Raina clicked her tongue.

She too had been troubled by the Delad nobles who rushed at her annoyingly as soon as she arrived.

Given her personality, she wanted to sweep them all away, but unfortunately she had come to this country as a representative of Jerdinger and Rodren to investigate the incident.

‘I’m past the age where I can cause trouble as I please like before.’

Raina smacked her lips.

‘Isn’t there a good man somewhere?’

Having thought that far, Raina glanced at Leo.

‘Come to think of it, his eyes… look a bit like mine?’

The familiar feeling was probably because of that.

‘Hmm… If I had married a little earlier, I would have had a child like him or Selia?’

Thinking she was having silly thoughts, Raina chuckled and said.

“Anyway, since we’ve come to Flobe territory… we do need to meet its lord… but seeing the Delad nobles, I don’t have high expectations.”

“Don’t worry about that. Duke Flobe will be a proper person.”

“You seem to know well?”

“I heard he has a good reputation among the territory’s people. I also heard that he didn’t come out to greet us personally because he’s busy dealing with the territory’s chaos.”

“Hmm? He seems to be a decent person then.”

Raina smiled.

A little later.

Leo arrived at the entrance of Duke Flobe’s familiar office.

A knight guarding the front of the office asked Raina.

“What brings you here?”

“I’m Raina Jerdinger, dispatched from the Rodren Empire. This is Roon Orweni, the Student Council President of Seirun.”

“Hup?!”

The knight gasped at the appearance of these important figures.

Raina Jerdinger, who held outstanding fame among the current generation of heroes, and the Student Council President of Seirun, who was praised as the next generation’s… no, the current strongest archmage.

The knight, who had been frozen at the appearance of two important figures he could never dare to meet in his lifetime, hurriedly said.

“I-I will inform the Lord of your visit. Please wait a moment.”

Having said that, the knight knocked and entered the room.

“He’s well trained.”

“That’s part of it, but I can also feel his respect for the Lord.”

Raina and Roon muttered as they observed the knight’s attitude.

There are many strong knights in the world.

But knights who truly follow and care for their lord are rare.

That means the lord must truly treat his knights with sincerity.

‘…Even in a different world line. Father is still father.’

Leo glanced at Raina.

The reason why Daid and Raina didn’t marry and he wasn’t born.

It was probably because Raina didn’t lose her power.

She steadily became a hero.

So she would have had no occasion to meet Daid.

Naturally standing on battlefields as a hero, she would have had no opportunity to meet men.

In Leo’s world line too, Raina was an upright and righteous person.

Even if she lost her power, she was someone who would walk the path she chose to the end.

The reason such a Raina chose Daid, even though she could have become the mistress of a much better family.

It was because Daid’s character was more excellent than anyone else’s.

Always thinking of his territory’s people as a lord.

It seems easy, but as long as one is born human, it’s not easy to do so.

‘All the more so because father is an ordinary person.’

He wasn’t born with the qualities of a hero.

Just an endlessly kind and upright person.

Half-jokingly, half-seriously, he said he couldn’t marry because of his personality, but more likely he just hadn’t met someone who met Raina’s standards.

When Leo was looking at the door.

The office door opened.

What appeared with it was the modest interior of the office.

A familiar scene to Leo.

In the midst of it, Daid was standing to greet the three people.

“I meet the great hero of Rodren and the Student Council President of Seirun. Though I am lacking, I am Daid Flobe, who holds the position of Flobe Lord.”

At Daid’s greeting, Raina, being the elder, greeted him as their representative.

“Nice to meet you, Duke Flobe. I am Raina Jerdinger, dispatched as Rodren’s representative to investigate this incident.”

“Ah. I heard you were quite formidable… I was surprised to see such a delicate and beautiful person.”

“Ohohoho. I am indeed beautiful.”

At Daid’s words, Raina covered her mouth and laughed elegantly.

She felt that Daid’s words came from sincere feelings, not flattery or an attempt to curry favor.

‘He’s a good person.’

She could tell immediately.

There are many bad nobles in the world.

But even if not as many as the bad nobles, there are quite a few good nobles too.

Raina had met many such good nobles.

But still, Daid’s first impression was quite memorable.

A gentle and soft impression.

A warm atmosphere.

‘He’s like a gentle breeze.’

Feeling a strange fondness for Daid’s first impression, Raina continued the conversation.

“You’ve recorded each testimony from the territory’s people very well.”

“Yes. It’s a very important matter.”

A shadow fell across Daid’s face.

“I hope nothing serious happens.”

“Don’t worry about that. We came here to solve it.”

At Daid’s words, Roon spoke in a serious voice.

“That’s reassuring.”

Daid smiled warmly.

Roon looked at such a Daid and smiled gently.

‘He’s a good person. This person is his father?’

Having already heard what kind of life the person named Leo Flobe had lived, Roon carefully observed Daid.

Among the great heroes, no one could match Risinass in judging people.

It had to be so.

It was the insight that saved a world heading toward destruction.

But through countless experiences, Roon too had gained the wisdom to see through people, though not as much as Risinass.

In Roon’s eyes, Daid was a ‘good’ person.

‘A good person…’

Roon muttered inwardly.

‘…Such people were living in this world.’

When Roon was staring blankly at Daid.

Leo thought to himself.

‘Risinass risked everything for people like father.’

A kind and good person.

Someone who lives an ordinary life but knows how to warm those around them.

Someone who cannot have a great impact on the world but can lead the world in the right direction, even if only slightly.

Leo sipped the tea served for guests.

‘People think that powerful heroes lead the world.’

Leo, who had put down his teacup, looked at Daid.

‘That’s half right and half wrong.’

In the past, Leo bore the world’s hope as the last great hero.

It wasn’t what he had wanted.

The person called Kail didn’t have the right mindset to be suited as the one person to save the world.

He simply faced the primordial evil as the last person, due to being Erebos’s natural enemy combined with luck.

What enabled Kail to fight at that time were the wishes and desires entrusted by his close friends.

But at the moment he thought ‘I can’t win’ in the final battle.

What came to mind wasn’t just memories with his companions.

‘The many people I met and parted with in life.’

The many people he had formed connections with even in the gutter that was the Age of Calamity.

It wasn’t special events that came to mind.

Just the kindness and warm hearts that had been shown to him in the ordinary daily life that had continued.

‘When I thought I had failed, somehow those thoughts gave me strength.’

The thought that it would be nice if there were more such people in this world.

Even after being reincarnated again, for a long time he couldn’t understand why he had such thoughts at that time.

But through his father Daid, he was able to understand the reason.

‘That was also the reason why Risinass tried to save the world without compensation.’

The many people who had unknowingly influenced his life.

He had tried to save the world to repay the kindness those people had shown.

‘By seeing father, I was able to understand Risinass’s heart.’

The reason heroes can do special things.

That’s because heroes represent the hearts of ordinary but good people.

Those who are influenced by them and guide the world to a better place.

‘Even I was influenced and saved the world.’

Closely through the bonds shared with the Great Heroes…

Distantly through the kindness shown by people whose names I don’t even know…

The fact that there were people like Daid made Leo feel as if he was receiving some compensation for the hardships he endured in his previous life.

And this was also the reason why he didn’t immediately take Roon to the place where Erebos was resurrected.

‘I wanted him to meet Luna and his father.’

In Leo’s view, Luna was trapped in the past.

It wouldn’t be just Luna.

‘Arron too… Risinass too…’

Arron, whom he met when he first arrived.

Risinass, whom he met indirectly through Lumern’s students.

‘Perhaps Dweno as well.’

Leo closed his eyes.

Trapped in the past.

No.

More precisely, the time when each of them died.

Time had stopped at that moment when they dumped their burden on Kail.

‘…It must be guilt.’

They must have blamed themselves for having no choice but to pass on the burden and pain.

Being like family, he knew better than anyone.

Though they possessed strong mental fortitude…

They too were ultimately beings made of flesh and blood.

‘I can tell by looking at Arron and Luna… and that guy Risinass.’

They couldn’t even properly look at the Hero Candidates, who were brilliantly shining gems right before them.

There was no way such people could have properly seen the world they had saved.

Leo glanced at Roon.

Roon was staring endlessly at Daid like someone who had lost their soul somewhere.

‘Forget about such nonsense thoughts of saving the world for my sake or whatever. I no longer have any intention of saving the world for your sake either.’

Leo looked outside the window.

‘I’m going to save the world for myself.’

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