Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 88

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88.

Kirran flew around the forest excitedly.

This mischievous fairy found it amusing to tease the students.

[Hahaha! Idiots! You think I’d get caught by such a pathetic net?]

Kirran hummed a tune after thoroughly annoying another first-year student.

[Now, which fool should I target next?]

Swoosh—!

[…?]

A net that flew in instantly caught Kirran.

Kirran wore a dazed expression after being caught by the pathetic net in the blink of an eye.

[Huh?]

Kirran’s eyes met Leo’s, and he looked terrified.

“I sent you here to behave quietly, not to cause trouble.”

[It’s, it’s a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! I had a reason for this… Gack!]

Leo, who had grabbed Kirran, asked.

“What reason?”

[I was investigating because something strange seemed to have happened on this island!]

“What?”

Leo looked surprised.

That night.

After sunset, Leo ate fruits he had gathered from various parts of the island and asked.

“So you’re saying the summoned beasts on the Isle of the Summoned Beasts have become violent, and you were sent to investigate that?”

[That’s right.]

“For that purpose, it seemed like you were just teasing the Lumern students?”

Although he had lost his power as the Fairy Prince, Kirran was still a fairy.

Moreover, he had regained some of his strength after obtaining a pair of wings.

He was a summoned beast that even second-years, let alone first-years, couldn’t find.

Yet the day after Kirran came to the Isle of the Summoned Beasts, rumors about fairies spread everywhere.

[That’s because!]

“Because?”

[The reactions of the students who discovered me and made a fuss were interesting!]

“So you forgot your original purpose and were just playing around?”

Leo tied Kirran to vines and hung him upside down over the campfire, then fell into thought.

‘Something strange happened on the Isle of the Summoned Beasts?’

Currently, this island was practically Pirina’s territory.

There was no way she wouldn’t notice any anomalies on the island.

“What about Pirina when she sent you?”

[That phoenix called Pirina isn’t on this island right now! Let me go! Let me go!]

Kirran, who had been struggling, said urgently.

“Not on the island?”

[That’s right! She’s been gone since three days ago when you sent us here! In her letter, she said she was returning to her pact maker for a while…! Gack!]

Crackle—!

Kirran’s body caught fire.

Kirran, who barely escaped, rolled around on the ground to put out the fire on his body.

“How did you know something strange happened in the forest?”

[Fiora said so?]

“Fiora did?”

Leo stroked his chin.

Indeed, Fiora, Pirina’s daughter, was a summoned beast that ranked as second-in-command on this Isle of the Summoned Beasts.

Even though she was still young and weak, she could easily sense changes in the forest.

‘Is it really a coincidence that this anomaly occurred when Pirina happened to be absent?’

Leo narrowed his eyes and stood up.

‘I need to find Fiora first.’

Summoning would be the simplest method, but he was currently in the middle of practical class.

Using spiritual power when no one else was using summoning would definitely get him caught.

‘It would be troublesome if Fiora’s identity was discovered.’

Currently, only Summoning Professor Yura and Principal Kalian at Lumern knew that Leo was contracted with a phoenix.

Leo concentrated and called out to Fiora.

‘Fiora.’

He could communicate with high-ranking summoned beasts even from a distance.

As her pact maker, they were mentally connected.

But Fiora didn’t respond to Leo’s call.

‘Fiora? Answer if you can hear me.’

“What is this girl doing that she’s not answering?”

Leo frowned at Fiora’s complete lack of response.

Kirran flew over to Leo’s side and said while putting his clasped hands behind his head.

[Maybe she’s distracted and doesn’t even know you’re calling?]

“….”

That was quite a plausible explanation.

Despite trying to act mature, Fiora was very easily distracted as a curious child.

“…All my pact makers are children.”

[You’re a kid too.]

Leo sighed at Kirran’s grumbling words and concentrated.

Then he walked in the direction where he could feel Fiora’s power.

‘I have no choice but to go find her directly.’

***

The direction where Fiora’s power could be felt was the western edge.

‘Since we’re currently on the eastern side of the island, it’s the opposite direction.’

Leo sighed and headed deeper into the forest.

There he could meet students who were having a wilderness experience.

To conclude, the Summoning Department students were completely unable to adapt to the wilderness.

Situations kept occurring where they screamed at the appearance of insects or collapsed foaming at the mouth after eating poisonous mushrooms.

Even Eliza, the ace of the Summoning Department, couldn’t adapt properly.

‘What are they planning to do starting tomorrow?’

Leo clicked his tongue watching the students struggling when the real hardships hadn’t even begun yet.

Of course, not all students were like that.

“Busy night, Flobe.”

A student with a massive build sitting with his arms crossed and eyes closed in front of the campfire, Woreden, spoke.

Leo had encountered him by chance while moving stealthily.

Yet Woreden spoke to him without even opening his eyes.

“I have some urgent business.”

Leo casually shrugged his shoulders.

At those words, Woreden opened his eyes and looked up at the trees.

Among the Knight Department students, there were few with a build similar to Woreden’s.

While he looked like he would engage in quite tough combat, Woreden was actually a very cerebral student.

‘His written exam scores for general subjects outside his major were second in the entire school, weren’t they?’

First place was Chloe.

Moreover, his knowledge of magic was more extensive than most Magic Studies Department students.

‘Even his sense of combining magic with spirit arts. He’s definitely impressive.’

“I’m looking forward to this battle royal, Flobe.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean I’m going to defeat you.”

Leo chuckled at Woreden’s calm declaration of war.

“I’ll be looking forward to it.”

Hearing that response, Woreden closed his eyes.

Leo kicked off the tree branch and dashed forward.

Though he couldn’t use aura, he swiftly traversed the forest using his overwhelming physical abilities.

He encountered wild summoned beasts several times along the way, but none attacked him.

This was because Kirran was on Leo’s shoulder.

Summoned beasts generally had a strong tendency not to attack summoned beasts stronger than themselves.

Leo, who had crossed the forest at high speed, was able to reach the western edge.

On the west side of the Isle of the Summoned Beasts, a pebble beach stretched out.

[Wow, it’s beautiful?]

Kirran admired the beautiful lake scenery reflecting the moon and stars.

Leo spotted Fiora crouched by the water’s edge, busily rummaging through something.

Splash-!

Fiora picked up a small pebble from the water and stood up.

She held the stone up to the moonlight and let out an exclamation.

It was a transparent crystal-shaped magic stone.

“Pretty, pretty!”

Fiora’s eyes sparkled as she examined the magic stone from various angles, then popped it into her mouth.

She rolled it around in her mouth like candy while humming, then crouched down again to search for more magic stones.

“…What are you doing?”

“Mmph? Deo, wha ah ou oing heh.”

“Swallow what’s in your mouth first, then talk.”

Fiora crunched and swallowed the magic stone in her mouth, then asked.

“Leo, what brings you here?”

“Before asking what brings me here… were you finding and eating all the magic stones on this pebble beach?”

This place was originally off-limits to students.

That was because this pebble beach was a place where magic stones formed naturally.

Around the ecosystems of summoned beasts and spirits, there are areas where magic stones are generated in large quantities.

The power they emit seeps into the ground and gathers in specific locations, where magic stones naturally occur in large quantities.

Young spirits and summoned beasts absorb those magic stones as fuel for their growth.

On the Isle of the Summoned Beasts, this pebble beach served exactly that role.

That’s why access was blocked to prevent students from harvesting the magic stones.

But Fiora had been finding and eating all those magic stones.

Fiora turned her head sharply and said.

“When you’re young, you naturally eat a lot.”

[High-ranking summoned beasts like us don’t need magic stones to grow.]

As she said, magic stones weren’t much help to supreme summoned beasts like phoenixes.

They could be a delicious delicacy though.

Of course, that didn’t mean it was right to eat all the magic stones that the summoned beasts in her territory needed to consume.

“Don’t tell me you chased away all the other summoned beasts and spirits to monopolize the magic stones?”

Though her power was still weak, if they sensed the aura of a phoenix, other summoned beasts and spirits would surely be too frightened to approach.

“I didn’t go that far. I tried to share them peacefully!”

Fiora protested.

[There’s no way you could share peacefully if you threatened them with phoenix power. You chick…! No! You pig!]

“Who are you calling a pig!”

[Hmph! Still such a pathetic attack!]

The indignant Fiora threw a pebble, which Kirran dodged with a sneer.

“Both of you be quiet. Fiora, you said something happened on the island and told Kirran to explore the eastern region.”

“Oh no!”

Fiora, who had forgotten about it while eating magic stones during her exploration, was startled.

[Hey! You told me with such a serious face, but you forgot about it yourself?]

Fiora, who was in the wrong, couldn’t answer and fidgeted helplessly.

[Aww? This is totally chick-level memory! Huh?]

“I, I’m sorry.”

Thinking he had caught her weakness, Kirran arrogantly tapped Fiora’s head.

[I’ll forgive you! But from now on, call me Prince and treat me respectfully… Kugh!]

“You also forgot about investigating and were playing pranks on the students.”

Leo said, swatting Kirran with his palm.

“So, what exactly is this anomaly that occurred?”

“I’m not sure about that. But I can faintly feel a very unpleasant aura on the island.”

‘Unpleasant aura?’

Leo furrowed his brow.

If a phoenix with purification power called it unpleasant, it was definitely a corrupt force.

‘During the midterm exam, Tartaros sent demon beasts to the Summoning Department. Could this be related to that?’

The moment Leo thought that far.

Whooooo-!

Water mist suddenly began to spread.

Seeing this, Leo hurriedly took Fiora and Kirran and hid behind a tree, leaving the pebble beach.

It wasn’t naturally occurring water mist.

Moreover, the aura emanating from the water mist was one Leo recognized.

The dark magic he had felt during the Summoning Department’s midterm practical exam.

‘That Demon Summoner from back then.’

Leo’s eyes widened.

Splash-

The Demon Summoner who appeared on the pebble beach waved his hand.

Wooong-!

The magic stones scattered throughout the pebble beach reacted.

The Demon Summoner hesitated at the absurdly insufficient number of magic stones.

“What? Why are there so few magic stones?”

[Because the pig ate them all.]

At Kirran’s words, Fiora glared and grabbed Kirran by the throat.

“Stop fighting and get ready.”

Leo activated his spiritual power.

Though spiritual power use was prohibited on weekends, now wasn’t the time to worry about that.

“Here it comes!”

Zing-!

A massive summoning circle formed on the ground where Leo stood.

Leo leaped high.

Groooooo-! Crunch!

A giant demon beast opened its mouth and swallowed the spot where Leo had been.

Whoosh-! Thud-!

Leo landed on the ground and looked at the Demon Summoner.

“It seems you have quite a deep grudge with us, Leo Flobe.”

At the Demon Summoner’s cold words, Leo smiled with murderous intent.

“It’s a really fucking awful grudge that goes back to my previous life.”

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