The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 236
Chapter 236
The three, having received Mel’s lunch invitation, headed to the first-year sorcery building.
Mel asked them to wait there while she prepared lunch in her lab.
“Ugh, the first-year sorcery building. It brings back memories.”
“We were taking classes here just a few months ago, right?”
“Ah, freshman year! Back in the old days!”
“If someone saw you, they’d think you were graduates.”
When Carr arrived at the first-year sorcery building and started acting cheekily, Chloe rubbed her head in frustration, and Leo burst out laughing.
Meanwhile, the first-year students wrestling with their textbooks on the café terrace in front of the sorcery building widened their eyes upon spotting the trio.
“Wait, those three… Leo, Chloe. And isn’t that Carr?”
“Where? Where?”
“Really!”
The first-year students expressed their surprise.
Students from the sorcery department rushed towards them.
Watching the commotion, Carr muttered, “Wow, as expected, the student council president and an honor student competing for first and second place in the sorcery department are popular with their juniors…”
“Hello, Carr!”
“Nice to meet you, senior!”
“What brings you here?”
The first-year students swarmed around Carr.
Carr’s eyes widened at the attention.
Chloe tilted her head and took a step back.
“You’re really popular with your juniors.”
“During the welcome party, the one who interacted with the first-years the most was Carr, after all.”
“That was just to promote his own products, right?”
“But from the juniors’ perspective, Carr is easier to approach. He’s also fun.”
“I can’t deny that he’s fun, but…”
Chloe trailed off, looking at Carr, who was engaging with the juniors in a friendly manner.
Leo snickered.
“What? Are you jealous?”
“J-jealous?”
Leo continued to snicker and pointed to one side, watching Chloe blush slightly and get flustered.
“I think there are some people over there who want to be friends with you.”
Chloe looked in the direction Leo indicated.
“Oh, it’s Senior Chloe!”
“This is my first time seeing her in person.”
“I read all the sorcery papers Senior Chloe wrote in her first year! I want to get her autograph!”
The first-years gazed at Chloe with sparkling eyes.
Leo tapped Chloe on the shoulder.
Chloe cleared her throat and approached the juniors.
“You. Why are you all looking at me like that?”
“Huh! S-she’s talking to us?”
“If you have something to say, tell me. I’ll listen.”
Chloe stood straight, holding her sorcery book with a dignified air.
She tried to present herself as a composed senior, but to her juniors, it seemed otherwise.
“Oh, no!”
“I’m sorry for staring!”
“I won’t even make eye contact with you again!”
“Oh, no… There’s no need to…”
“S-sorry!”
The first-years squealed and scattered.
Chloe’s outstretched hands, meant to engage with the juniors, flailed helplessly in the air in their wake.
Leo approached her as she asked, “What on earth… What did I do to make them so scared?”
Leo glanced at Chloe, who was on the verge of tears.
“You were the one who froze all the students during the entrance exam, weren’t you? Is that why they’re acting like this?”
“That’s because Professor Harrid told us to do our best!”
“Anyway, because of that, you’ve become known as a scary senior.”
“Ugh!”
Chloe slumped her shoulders.
Meanwhile, Carr, who had become popular with the juniors, wore a smug expression.
“By the way, do you all have any questions you want to ask me?”
The first-years’ eyes sparkled with curiosity.
“Yes!”
“Huh? What is it?”
“How did you become a second-year?”
“… What does that mean?”
“Senior Carr, you said it yourself. You became a second-year despite being less skilled than the other students.”
“You said you weren’t as smart as the other students! So, of course, you must have some tips for studying, right?”
“These classes are so hard! How did you manage to understand this kind of content?”
The first-year students viewed Carr as a lucky second-year student.
It would be hard for a student who had met Carr during the entrance exam to say such things, but those present now had not met him then.
The first-years believed Carr must have some great secret for avoiding expulsion and advancing to the second year.
“Is it because you’re close with the student council president?”
“So it really is all about who you know…”
Watching his juniors discuss him like this so seriously, veins throbbed on Carr’s forehead.
“You arrogant kids!”
The trouble stemmed from his overly brazen behavior during the first-year welcome party.
Many Lumene students were nobles.
When he let them go, they continued to crawl up to Carr.
‘Chloe is too scary, and Carr is too easygoing, which is why they’re both in trouble with the juniors now.’
Leo, shaking his head, paused.
‘Hmm.’
He scanned the entire first-year sorcery building.
‘Well, that’s an unpleasant stare.’
He felt someone watching him.
He was used to being in the spotlight and being stared at.
But…
‘I don’t like it when people look at me like they’re secretly scrutinizing me.’
Leo curled the corners of his mouth.
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“Hmm, is that the famous Leo Plov?”
On the fifth floor of the first-year sorcery building, a female student with a telescope, positioned to view the entrance, munched on a piece of bread.
“He looks like an ordinary pretty boy, doesn’t he?”
A male student, neatly standing on one side of the room, responded to her muttering.
“Don’t judge by appearances. He’s the one who became the student council president in his first year,” the male student said calmly.
“He’s the most powerful hero candidate who might take over the next generation after the Swordmaster. He could be someone we’ll need to risk our lives for in the future, so keep an eye on him.”
The female student snickered at the male student.
“Well, as a Lumene student, he might be someone we have to risk our lives to protect. But it has nothing to do with me.”
“Didn’t you say that Xian’s Shadow only moves for Xian? A dog with no sense of justice or belief, just following its master’s orders.”
“Huh. I’d rather have a dog that follows its master’s orders. That justice and belief you speak of are, in my opinion, a symptom of mental illness.”
The two glared at each other bleakly.
It wasn’t the sort of aura a hero candidate would possess.
It was a sticky and cruel murderous intent surrounding them.
Just as they both lowered their postures, a voice interrupted.
“If students are caught fighting, they’ll be punished.”
Startled, the male and female students swung their arms simultaneously.
Whoosh—! Whoosh—!
Leo grabbed the arms of both students.
“Whoa, there,” Leo exclaimed in admiration and looked at them.
The male student relaxed and became compliant.
But the female student did not.
Whoosh—!
Still held by Leo, she raised her legs, attempting to strike him.
Swish—!
Leo grabbed the female student’s ankles with his free hand and then kicked her instep with his foot.
“Ugh!”
The female student rolled on the floor, clutching her instep.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she watched Leo subdue her effortlessly.
Gritting her teeth, she muttered, “Hey, how did you get in here?”
“I came in through the door,” Leo replied calmly, crouching in front of her.
“Fighting on the first day? You’re so hot-blooded.”
“You fought back just now, too!” Leo snickered, looking down at the female student groaning while holding her ankle.
“I didn’t fight. I was just lecturing my juniors.”
Leo turned his attention to the male student.
The tall, slender student adjusted his glasses and greeted Leo politely.
“I’m Fritz Edgon from the first-year Sorcery Department, Mr. Leo Plov.”
Leo scratched his cheek, watching Fritz greet him gracefully like a butler.
“What’s with “Mr. Leo”? Call me senior.”
“This is more comfortable for me.”
Leo said, glancing at the female student, “You don’t seem to be from the Sorcery Department.”
“I’m from the Knight Studies Department,” the female student said as she limped up.
“My name is El Jane.”
With her black hair and black eyes, she was clearly of Eastern descent.
“So, why were you watching me?”
“Spying? I was just observing you, the senior I respect, from afar,” Jane said, clasping her hands and speaking with a flirtatious tone.
“Oh, really? Then let me ask you something. Why isn’t Chen Xia coming back?”
“Yes? Why are you asking me about her?”
“I’m learning the same Aura method as Chen Xia, so I’m asking.”
Jane paused at his words.
She released her grip and narrowed her eyes at Leo.
This time, Leo turned to Fritz and spoke.
“You two don’t seem to belong to the same affiliation. Why are the Shadows from different groups enrolled as students?”
Fritz looked taken aback.
“How can you…?”
“I can tell by looking.”
Among the existing students, none radiated the same energy as these two first-year students.
‘Except for Chen Xia, that is.’
Leo narrowed his eyes, thinking of his friend.
He had already noticed a few students with a different aura when he led the first-years.
He also knew they were Shadows.
“Well, it’s because you were immature that you were caught so easily.”
“I don’t know how to react now that the greatest hero candidate has called me immature,” Jane replied bluntly.
“You don’t like that Shadows are enrolled here, do you? Take it to the principal. And as for Chen Xia…”
Jane glared at Leo.
“I have no obligation to tell you!”
With that, Jane stormed out of the room.
Leo, watching her leave, turned to Fritz.
Fritz bowed politely.
“I can’t explain it either until the principal gives me permission.”
“Alright. I’ll ask Mel later.”
Leo rose from his seat.
‘I knew I’d have to ask Mel anyway.’
Bubble—
A stew simmered in a pot.
Lumene professors usually decorated their offices to reflect their personalities.
Professors in the Department of Sorcery often had research items on one side of their offices.
However, Mel’s office featured a kitchen right at the front of it.
“It’s my hobby,” Mel explained with a kind smile to Chloe and Carr, who looked surprised.
As Chloe and Carr took their seats, Mel used her sorcery to bring the dishes to the table.
The two stared in awe at the feast before them.
“I-Isn’t this too much?” Carr asked, sweating slightly, and Mel widened her eyes.
“You’re teenagers. This is the perfect time for your growth spurt. You need to eat a lot to grow.”
Mel personally served the food to them.
Carr muttered, eyeing the piles of food on his plate, “This reminds me of my grandmother’s cooking.”
“Me too.”
“Professor Mel! How old are you?”
“It’s rude to ask a lady’s age. Hehe.”
Carr scratched his cheek, watching Mel cover her mouth with a gentle smile.
Chloe took a bite of a meatball with her fork and widened her eyes.
“It’s delicious! So delicious!”
“Really? Where—”
Carr was also surprised after tasting the food.
“Wow! It’s even better than the food at our school’s best restaurant”
Excited by the delicious meal, the two ate eagerly.
Mel watched them with a smile.
“Ugh… I feel like my stomach is going to burst.”
“I… need to go on a diet too… Carr, can you make me some slimming pills? They’ll sell really well.”
“The girls in our dorm said the same thing to me yesterday.”
“So what did you tell them?”
“I told them that slimming pills will make you fat if you eat them as much as you eat your other snacks.”
Carr looked at Chloe with a bland expression.
“It works, I swear.”
“You got beaten up by your dorm mates for saying that, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then why can’t you think that I’ll hit you for that too?”
Chloe, her forehead veins showing, smacked Carr with her book.
Carr raised his arms to defend himself from the blow.
“By the way, Professor Mel. Why did you invite us to eat?”
“Huh? There’s no special reason. I just felt lonely eating alone.”
As Carr watched Mel smile brightly while resting her chin on her hand, he thought, ‘Does she really feel like a grandmother?’
“By the way, Carr, you’re interested in elixirs, and Chloe, you’re interested in sorcery books?”
“Yes.”
“That’s right.”
Mel’s smile widened as she approached the professor’s bookshelf.
She pulled out a book.
Rumble—
The bookshelf slid open, revealing a vast hidden space.
Mel retrieved a potion bottle and a sorcery book from the secret compartment.
Thunk—
Mel placed the items on the desk and laughed.
“This is dragon blood, and a sorcery book written with dragon blood in dragon sorcery language.”
“Huh!”
Carr’s mouth fell open.
Chloe’s eyes grew wide.
“You can’t take it out, but you can view it while in my lab.”
“Ohhhh!”
“Thank you!”
The two, their faces glowing with excitement, took the potion bottle and the sorcery book from Mel.
While they were engrossed, Mel handed Leo a note.
“Leo, here’s the information about Chen Xia that you asked for.”
Leo took the note and unfolded it out of sight from the others.
He read the contents and raised his eyebrows.
“Is this true?”
“Yes.”
Mel sighed heavily.
“Due to family circumstances, Chen Xia is resigning from her hero candidacy training.”