The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honor Student

At Chelsea’s words, Leo’s movements came to a halt.

Holding the bottle, he merely lifted his head and looked at Chelsea.

Their gazes locked in midair.

With a tense expression, Chelsea stared into Leo’s red eyes.

After a moment of silence,

Leo picked up a fresh glass from the table and poured a drink into it.

Then he handed it to the bewildered Chelsea.

“Want a drink?”

“Oh, huh?!”

Chelsea looked slightly flustered.

Then she accepted the glass with both hands, hesitated, and finally took a sip.

“Ugh! It’s bitter.”

Watching Chelsea grimace, Leo propped his chin on his hand, chuckled, and tossed back his own drink.

Then he muttered,

“That Arron... always meddling.”

At Leo’s words, Chelsea’s jaw dropped.

Seeing the way Leo and Arron interacted, she had wondered if it could be true.

Then later, when she heard it from Arron, she had been stunned.

But hearing the truth directly from Leo was on an entirely different level.

“Oh my god. What do I do? Does this mean I’ve been rude to Leo-oppa... no, to Kyle-nim this whole time? What do I do! What do I do!”

Chelsea covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes wide.

Seeing her panic, Leo said,

“You don’t need to make such a fuss all of a sudden.”

“B-but! No, that’s not right. But, sir!”

Chelsea, who had answered casually out of habit, hastily switched to formal speech and cautiously glanced at Leo as she spoke.

“To have treated a Great Hero so casually... wasn’t that terribly disrespectful...?”

“Nothing changes. Just treat me however you’re comfortable.”

Leo smiled gently.

Looking at him, Chelsea tightened her grip on the glass in her hands.

There had to be a reason Arron had told her Leo’s secret.

‘Arron-nim wanted someone close to Leo-oppa to know his secret. He wanted him to have a place where he could rest, even if only a little.’

For Chelsea, it was hard to even imagine the road Leo had walked.

Ever since she was young, her heart had raced whenever she heard stories of heroes.

And of course, her favorite stories had always been the tales of the Great Heroes.

But to Chelsea, the stories of the Great Heroes had been fairy tales, or legends from the far side of history.

And that was probably true not just for Chelsea, but for everyone.

But after experiencing the Fragment of Erebos this time, she had come to understand, at least a little.

The true terror and despair of Erebos.

‘If it weren’t for Arron-nim and Leo-oppa, we all would have died.’

And she had realized just how incredible the Great Heroes were, who had fought the complete Erebos for so long and ultimately brought peace to the world.

‘Leo-oppa is... going through that ordeal all over again. All by himself.’

She wanted to shoulder even a small part of that burden.

‘But as I am now, there’s no way I can.’

The current Chelsea was far too inexperienced.

Chelsea knew that better than anyone.

‘Then at the very least, I have to become a place where Leo-oppa can rest at ease.’

That must have been what Arron wanted too.

That was why he had entrusted her with the secret.

Just as Leo had said.

Nothing changes.

If her attitude changed, it would only make things awkward for Leo as well.

Taking a deep breath, Chelsea downed the drink in her glass in one gulp.

“Gah—! Cough! Cough! Kegh!”

The burning sensation running down her throat made Chelsea cough violently.

“Waater! Water!”

Leo poured her a glass of water as Chelsea flailed in confusion.

“Hooah!”

Chelsea let out a deep breath.

“Why do adults even drink this stuff? It doesn’t even taste good!”

Chelsea, back to her usual self, shuddered.

“Right? Why do we drink it?”

“I knew it. I always thought you were way too mature for your age, Leo-oppa.”

Now she understood where Leo’s maturity came from.

At the same time, his extraordinary strength finally made sense too.

“At the beginning of the school year, you showed a lot of interest in the Hero of Beginning, didn’t you, Leo-oppa? Why was that?”

“Ah, that.”

Thinking back to the start of the school year, when Leo had tried to form a club to reexamine the Hero of Beginning, Leo answered casually.

“It’s unfair.”

“Unfair?”

“Yeah. That swindler lizard, the nasty-tempered pointy-ear, the cowardly Beastkin, and the perverted dwarf are all praised as Great Heroes, but I’m the only one treated like some fictional character.”

Realizing who Leo was talking about, Chelsea’s jaw dropped.

It was something no one would normally even dare imagine saying.

“Pfft.”

Chelsea, who had been staring blankly, burst out laughing before she knew it.

“Hearing you say that really makes it sink in that you’re the Hero of Beginning, Leo-oppa.”

It was the kind of thing only the closest of friends could say.

“Leo-oppa! Can you tell me stories about the Great Heroes?”

“I’ll tell you next time.”

“Huh? Why? We still have lots of time.”

“We have a guest. If I keep her waiting, she’ll start imagining all sorts of strange things.”

“Strange things?”

While Chelsea tilted her head in confusion, Leo got up and walked to the door.

Creak-! Thud-!

“Heek?”

As the door opened, Eiran, who had been pressing her face against it, fell flat onto the floor.

“E-Eiran-unni?”

Chelsea was flustered.

Don’t tell me she was eavesdropping?

That thought crossed her mind.

But seeing Leo’s calm expression, Chelsea relaxed.

‘He used Magic.’

With Leo’s skill, he could easily have blocked the sound from leaking out without anyone noticing.

Just as Chelsea nodded to herself,

Eiran, who had scrambled back to her feet, spoke in a voice mixed with shock and excitement.

“Is it true that you’re the Hero of Beginning, Kyle, Leo-nim?!”

“What?”

“Eek?!”

Faced with the unexpected turn of events, both Leo and Chelsea looked shocked.

Eiran’s ears twitched.

(T/N : Holy effing cow! )

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Walking alone down the hallway, Eiran soon arrived near Leo’s room.

‘Late at night... alone in Leo-nim’s room.’

Eiran recalled the plot of a novel she had read before.

‘Late at night, the maid visits the young master’s room, and...’

Blushing furiously, Eiran shook her head.

‘Leo-nim is a gentleman, so there’s no way something like that would happen.’

As she drew closer to Leo’s room, Eiran’s ears perked up.

She could hear voices coming from inside.

‘Gasp? A woman’s voice?’

Eiran’s hand trembled slightly.

Swallowing dryly, Eiran hid her presence, crept closer to Leo’s door, and pressed her ear against it.

‘This is... Chelsea’s voice? N-no way! A secret rendezvous late at night?’

Eiran’s mouth fell open.

‘W-well, Leo-nim and Chelsea are in the same year at the same school... and Chelsea is pretty, so it wouldn’t be strange if they were dating. B-but I heard it’s not easy for human nobles to date each other. And Leo-nim’s maternal family and Chelsea’s family are rivals... Ah! A love that defies their families’ opposition?!’

Eiran’s eyes spun.

She pressed her ear even closer, trying to hear what was happening inside.

But the sound was muffled, as though something were blocking it.

‘Why can’t I hear anything?’

Even with an elf’s keen hearing, the sounds from inside remained unclear, and Eiran grew frustrated.

A moment later, Eiran closed her eyes and focused her senses on her hearing.

Even then, the conversation was still muffled, like a constant hum.

Eiran concentrated her Mana even further.

A moment later.

The muffled sounds gradually began to clear.

It felt as if a wall that had been blocking them was slowly melting away.

‘What is this?’

Eiran was startled by the unfamiliar sensation.

It felt as though her hearing had transcended its limits.

‘...Hyper Sense?’

The moment she realized it was the Hyper Sense Arron had taught her,

“Hearing you say that really makes it sink in that you’re the Hero of Beginning, Leo-oppa.”

Chelsea’s voice snapped Eiran back to reality.

“What?!”

Still reeling from the shocking revelation,

Creak-!

The door opened, and Eiran tumbled into the room.

And without even taking a moment to be flustered over being caught eavesdropping, she hurriedly asked,

“Is it true that you’re the Hero of Beginning, Kyle, Leo-nim?!”

And that was how they arrived at the current situation.

Looking at Eiran, who was now sitting there with sparkling eyes, Leo muttered,

“Hyper Sense.”

“Hyper Sense?”

Chelsea tilted her head.

“I used Magic to block the sound from leaving the room, but Eiran still overheard our conversation. If that’s the case, there’s only one explanation.”

There was no other explanation besides the fact that Eiran had stepped into the realm of Hyper Sense.

“Ah, so it was Hyper Sense.”

Eiran’s eyes widened in admiration.

“But why was I the only one who managed to activate Hyper Sense? Not just Ar and the other Azonia students, but even the Lumene students still haven’t been able to activate it.”

Looking at the puzzled Eiran, Leo said,

“It’s probably because of Velkia’s influence.”

“My ancestor’s influence?”

“Yes. Velkia also trained continuously to enter the realm of Hyper Sense.”

However, the Aura theory of that era had been incomplete, so the Hyper Sense that was Arron’s unique skill could not be perfected.

But Velkia’s research remained within the Ersar family’s Aura and had been passed down through the generations.

‘So the Ersar family’s Aura, which had been independently researched and developed over generations, combined with Arron’s advice, allowed Eiran to perfect Hyper Sense.’

It seemed that, due to her elven traits, her hearing had awakened first.

After listening to Leo’s explanation, Chelsea and Eiran nodded.

“I see! The reason you were so amazing, Leo-nim, was because you were the Hero of Beginning, Kyle!”

As Eiran smiled brightly, Chelsea said,

“Eiran-unni, let’s keep this a secret for the time being...”

“I know, Chelsea.”

Eiran looked at Chelsea and winked.

“If Leo-nim’s identity is revealed, things will become very chaotic. So for now, let’s keep it a secret between the two of us.”

At Eiran’s words, Chelsea nodded.

Eiran looked at Leo’s face.

The Great Hero who had saved the world, the one she had admired since childhood, was right in front of her.

For Eiran, who had always admired Leo and wanted to witness his exploits, it was enough to make her heart pound wildly.

“I want to be of help to you, Leo-nim, even if only a little. I want to lighten your burden.”

“Then shouldn’t you become a little stronger first?”

Leo said with a gentle smile.

“Yes. I’m still too weak to share the burden you carry. But as Arron-nim said, I can create a place where you can set everything down for a moment and rest.”

Eiran said, clenching her fists.

“So, Leo-nim. When things get hard, lean on me!”

“Those are kind words.”

“I don’t just say things like that! I’ll devote my body and soul to comforting you whenever and wherever you need it!”

Eiran’s voice, and her flushed face, seemed filled with an oddly intense resolve.

It was the will to become a source of strength for the Hero of Beginning as he set out once more on the ordeal of saving the world.

But contrary to Eiran’s intentions, Chelsea, listening beside her, felt a strange and complicated embarrassment.

“Eiran-unni, depending on how someone hears that... what you just said could be misunderstood a little...”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

Eiran, who had looked completely clueless, suddenly stiffened.

Then, whoosh-! her face turned bright red.

“T-that’s not what I meant at all!”

Shouting as though she were having a fit, Eiran began flailing wildly.

“I-I mean! I mean! I-if you need me, you can call me anytime... N-no, no, no, no! Use me? N-not that either!”

“Haven’t you been reading too many weird novels?”

“No, I haven’t!”

Looking like she was about to cry, Eiran shook her head frantically, then covered her face with both hands and crouched down where she stood.

Chelsea comforted Eiran from the side.

Watching the two of them, Leo laughed inwardly.

‘Their personalities are different, so why are their reading tastes so similar?’

Finding it amusing, Leo propped his chin on his hand and looked out the window.

He didn’t show it, but his heart felt much lighter.

‘Not bad.’

Feeling a sense of comfort, a faint smile touched Leo’s lips.

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