The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 228
Chapter 228
It was evening when Celia entered the Imperial Palace Library of Sorcery with Leo’s knighthood.
The occupants of the library looked surprised by her visit.
Given Celia’s fame, no one in the Empire was unfamiliar with her.
However, since she rarely visited the library, the sorcerers were puzzled by her presence.
They also took notice of the Slayer Knights accompanying her.
“Zerdinger knight apprentices?”
“Are they the Zerdinger trainees who got into Lumene?”
“What? Are they here to gloat?”
Discontented murmurs rippled through the room.
The Slayer Knights felt uneasy under the scrutiny.
The Lordren Empire harbored a strong rivalry not only between the Zerdingers and the Lewellins, but also among knights and sorcerers.
With five Zerdinger apprentices recently accepted into Lumene, the knights were in high spirits.
In contrast, the sorcerers regarded the knights with displeasure.
“Miss Celia, can we be here?” Martina asked cautiously.
Celia smirked and brushed her hair back.
“Of course. We’re just here to see Leo. Don’t be shy. Enjoy the attention.”
Martina, sticking out her tongue, thought to herself, ‘Miss Celia is amazing, enduring such harsh stares with ease.’
“What are you up to, coming here so brazenly?”
Chelsea approached.
The Slayer Knights grew tense at her presence.
‘Chelsea Lewellin!’
Another prominent figure, even among the trainees of the Zerdinger family.
“I came to pick up Leo.”
“Leo is speaking with my aunt right now,” Chelsea responded bluntly, casting a brief glance at the Slayer Knights. “Are those Leo’s knights, who recently passed the Lumene exam?”
“That’s right.”
“Then I suppose we’ll see each other often going forward.”
Abad walked over from behind Chelsea.
‘Abad Lewellin too!’
The appearance of these notable figures left the Slayer Knights visibly on edge.
These were key members of Lumene’s Golden Generation.
As many eyes turned toward the entrance, a voice from behind caught everyone’s attention.
“What a surprise, the three of you together in the Imperial Palace Library of Sorcery.”
A girl with brilliant golden hair walked in, flanked by imperial knights and sorcerers.
All the sorcerers present knelt and bowed their heads.
The Slayer Knights knelt, showing their respect as knights.
Celia, Abad, and Chelsea did not kneel but bowed their heads, showing their respect as subjects.
Sasha, the Crown Princess and next emperor of Lordren, had arrived.
“Your Highness the Princess.”
Abad, the highest-ranking among those present, welcomed her as the group’s representative.
Celia, Abad, Chelsea, and Sasha were childhood friends, very close and comfortable with each other.
They spoke informally in private but maintained formality in public.
Sasha smiled as Abad reached out to kiss her hand.
“Abad, you’re elegant as always.”
“That’s too much praise.”
“Wow, what a perfect subject,” Sasha playfully remarked, and Abad responded with a sly grin.
Celia stuck out her tongue slightly.
Chelsea eyed Celia with widened eyes, glaring at her.
Though they were the future leaders of the empire, they were still teenagers.
Amidst their joking, Sasha addressed the group.
“By the way, Your Highness Sasha, why did you come all the way to the Imperial Library?”
“I came to see Leo Plov. I wanted to invite him to my Lumene admission celebration party.”
“Is that why you came yourself? You could have sent someone else…”
“From now on, I’ll be receiving a lot of help from Leo Plov, the Phoenix Contractor,” Sasha said with a shy smile.
“So where is Leo Plov?”
“He is currently meeting with the head of the main family.”
“I see. Then shall we wait a moment?”
With the princess’s arrival, the Imperial Palace Library of Sorcery started bustling about.
Leo’s knights nervously prepared to stand beside Celia.
“Are you also starting at Lumene this year?”
“Yes, that is right, Your Highness.”
Martina bowed her head towards the princess.
Sasha smiled brightly at Martina.
“I ask you to treat me well as your classmate. Please make sure to attend the party.”
“It is an honor, Your Highness.”
Martina bowed politely, having learned proper etiquette as a Zerdinger trainee.
At that moment, one of Sasha’s attendants approached and spoke quietly to her.
Sasha’s eyes widened upon hearing the report.
“Huh? Sparring? With the representative of Azonia?”
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Ar stood proudly in the middle of the wide, open space.
“Heh, so you finally feel like sparring with me, Black Rabbit.”
Leo looked at Ar and said, “Didn’t I make it clear before? We’re sparring to see how well you can handle Arron’s transforming ability.”
“Of course!” Ar puffed out her chest confidently. “I’ll handle it perfectly!”
“We’ll know when we see.”
Leo raised his wooden sword.
Ar lowered her posture as if ready to pounce at any moment.
She placed both hands on the floor and raised her rear like a cat preparing to leap.
‘Is this my first time really sparring with Black Rabbit?’
Ar’s eyes sparkled.
‘Seeing Black Rabbit at the Azonia entrance exam was impressive.’
Leo had also become the youngest student council president in Lumene history after that.
‘And he was impressive during this year’s entrance exam too.’
Ar’s ears perked up, and her tail twitched.
Her battle-hungry nature was becoming painfully evident as she bent her knees.
Leo stepped forward, observing Ar.
Thwack-! Zoooom-!
That was the signal for Ar to charge.
In an instant, Ar closed the distance between them with astonishing speed.
The speed was a result of her superior physical abilities combined with the power of her Aura.
Whoosh-!
Ar swung her hand.
Leo met the attack with his sword filled with Aura.
Chiiiiiing-!
It sounded like iron clashing.
Chiiiiiing-!
Sparks flew from Ar’s hand as it clashed with Leo’s sword.
Swish-!
“…!”
Ar’s eyes widened as Leo pushed her away.
She wasn’t inferior in terms of Aura power.
‘He should have been inferior in sheer brute force.’
Ar snorted.
‘Awesome!’
Humans typically have inferior physical abilities compared to beastmen.
However, Leo had defied that expectation.
‘I’m so excited!’
Ar’s eyes sparkled.
Though she was weaker in terms of strength, it didn’t matter.
Many students in the Azonia class were stronger than Ar.
Yet, what made Ar the representative of the Azonia class was her agility and speed.
Thoom-!
Ar’s heel, from her jumping position, aimed for Leo’s arm.
Thwack-!
Wobble-!
Leo’s knees buckled as he blocked Ar’s attack.
As Leo tried to counter, Ar’s nails on her other hand glowed sharply.
Whoosh-!
Ar swung her hand, and Leo parried with his free hand.
Whirl-!
Ar, escaping Leo’s grasp, performed a somersault and landed on the ground.
“Shoot!”
She then took the same attack stance.
Leo tilted his head at the stinging sensation on his cheek.
Ar, smiling like a cat, wiped the blood from her fingertips.
“Hmm.”
Leo laughed.
“That’s amazing.”
“Black Rabbit, you’re really amazing. You haven’t even shown your full skills yet, and yet we’ve already gone this far.”
“Isn’t that true for both of us?”
Flutter-
Leo’s flaming Aura rose from his body.
Seeing Leo like that, Ar clenched her fists and shuddered.
‘He’s planning to do it right. Then that means that I should too…’
Whooom!
A golden Aura rippled from Ar’s body.
Leo narrowed his eyes.
It was an Aura that was all too familiar.
That of the friend who had stood at the forefront of an impossible battle.
‘Arron’s Aura.’
Accordingly, Ar’s body began to change.
Her eyes sharpened like a cat’s, and her claws became even sharper.
Though it was still essentially a transformation, there were no significant changes in appearance.
Her beastly traits were only further enhanced, and her physical abilities followed suit, increasing dramatically.
“Grrrrrrrrr-!”
A growling sound, like a cat’s, came from Ar’s throat.
‘It’s coming.’
The moment Leo thought that.
Swish-!
The ground where Ar had been standing caved in.
Leo’s extraordinary kinetic vision quickly tracked Ar’s movements.
However, before his body could react, Ar’s kick struck Leo’s shoulder.
Crash-!
Leo was thrown back and slammed into the wall.
They had “entered” one of the sorcery experiment rooms adjacent to the Imperial Palace Library of Sorcery.
The room itself was wide and, since it was late, unoccupied.
‘But if we’re being this loud, someone might come.’
Thud-!
Leo escaped the wall and hurriedly lowered his head.
Crash-! Bam-! Crash-crash-crash-!
Ar’s fists pummeled the spot where Leo had been.
The wall cracked and collapsed.
‘This is definitely a monster.’
Leo stuck out his tongue.
Overwhelming physical prowess.
‘Arron’s transforming ability is undeniable.’
Leo closed his eyes as he watched Ar, who was charging at him like a berserker, baring her teeth and raising her claws.
‘She can’t use it properly though.’
Swoosh-
Leo’s eyes snapped open.
Ar, startled for a moment, quickly distanced herself from Leo.
Her fur stood on end as she guarded against him.
Ar broke out in a cold sweat.
‘For a moment, I saw Arron’s shadow in Black Rabbit…’
Arron’s appearance, which Ar had seen firsthand in the Hero’s World, flashed before her eyes.
Ar shook her head.
Swish, swish
‘No, I saw it wrong. Definitely.’
She was overwhelmed by the momentum.
Thinking this, Ar released an even more powerful Aura.
Her Aura was filled with golden energy.
‘I’ll finish it with this next attack!’
She was dominating the fight.
‘I have to knock him down before he uses any sorcery or summoning!’
Whoosh-!
Ar closed the distance with Leo.
In that moment-
Thud-!
Leo’s hand sprouted tendons.
Whoosh-!
The instant Ar entered into Leo’s reach.
Clap-!
“Nyaaaak?”
Leo’s palm covered Ar’s face.
Crash-!
In an instant, Leo pinned Ar to the ground.
“Sorry.”
Under the moonlit sky, Leo apologized to Ar, who wore a blank expression.
“This is my first time using this ability too. I couldn’t control my strength too well.”
After subduing Ar with a single blow, Leo got up and examined his battered right hand.
“If I use this wrong, I’ll ruin myself.”
His arm was swollen from the explosive power of the Aura he had used.
Ar called out to Leo, who was sighing.
“Black Rabbit.”
“What?”
“You weren’t a rabbit. More, a wolf?”
What Ar saw was Leo’s glowing golden right eye.
It reminded her of the eyes of a wolfman.
Ar thought it looked very similar to someone she knew.
‘Arron.’
Leo snickered as he watched Ar with a blank expression.
“Wolf? No, I’m a human. I was just trying to imitate my friend. I couldn’t even change my toes.”
Leo had previously received three rewards from Arron’s Hero’s World.
Elsie, Arron’s Dragon’s Breath, and Agon’s Book.
Agon’s Book was essentially the source about the Aura method Arron used.
Based on this book, Leo had managed to use Arron’s transformation ability, which was obtained in Arron’s Hero’s World and after extensive research.
‘I can use his power like in my previous life. Even if it’s only a fragment, and even though it’s still like this…’
Leo looked at his battered right hand.
‘I can still imitate him a little.’
Leo’s eyes returned to their normal color.
Then he said, “I think it looks like you should be the one transferring, not me.”
“Huh?”
“You’re being manipulated by the Brave’s transforming ability.”