The Legendary Hero is an Academy Honor Student

By dinner time, rumors of the disgraceful scene Kaodin had caused in the Knights Department had spread throughout all of Lumene.

Normally, Lumene would have been in an uproar.

A Hero using force against Hero Candidates was a serious matter.

However, despite the gravity of the incident, Lumene remained quiet.

This was because Kaodin, the person involved, had been carried off to the infirmary in a wretched state.

“Even so, the other guy was beaten so badly that I was worried Class Rep might get disciplined for this. I’m glad it turned out okay.”

“The other side was the one who started the ruckus first. Besides, he’s probably keeping his mouth shut because he knows how embarrassing it is. But the rumors spread faster than I expected, didn’t they?”

“Yeah. Carr found out right after class ended.”

Carr was already a legendary source of information within Lumene.

If something reached Carr’s ears, it was only a matter of seconds before it spread across all of Lumene.

In fact, the story might have already reached Lumeria City.

“I was the one who told him, of course.”

Leo smirked as he watched Eliana giggle.

Just then, Carr and Eliza appeared in the dormitory cafeteria.

Eliana, who was poking a meatball with her fork and popping it into her mouth, narrowed her eyes at the sight.

“Those two have been suspicious lately.”

She spoke with suspicion while munching on the meatball, prompting Chloe, who was sitting next to her, to look puzzled.

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t you think they’ve been hanging out a lot more lately? Carr seems to be looking after Eliza quite a bit, too.”

“Carr has always been the type to subtly take care of others.”

Chloe tilted her head as if there was nothing strange about it.

Chen Xia and Eiran, who were eating with them, also nodded in agreement.

At their reaction, Eliana clicked her tongue and wagged her finger.

“This is why you straight-laced honor students who do nothing but study are no good. I can sense it. The bittersweet scent drifting between those two.”

At those words, the three girls looked at Carr and Eliza once more.

Carr was casually greeting the other students, while Eliza was focused on her meal as if she didn’t have a care in the world.

Then Carr played a prank on Eliza.

Eliza immediately grabbed Carr by the collar, and Carr began to plead for mercy.

“It looks exactly the same as usual, though?”

“You just don’t get it. A love story between a woman of a noble house and a man of low birth. This is a classic cliché with a long history and tradition.”

“That’s only in novels. What does that have to do with those two?”

“Hmph, since Chloe doesn’t believe me, this Unni will tell you about a major incident.”

Eliana lowered her voice.

“A few days ago, I saw those two going out together in the early morning with my own two eyes. They both look clearly exhausted lately, don’t they? They’re definitely enjoying secret meetings at night!”

“S-secret meetings?”

Eiran swallowed hard.

“Shh—be quiet.”

Eliana looked around warily.

Watching her, Leo spoke up.

“There’s no such thing.”

“How would Class Rep know that?”

“Because I was there with them.”

“Gasp! B-by any chance, the three of you?!”

Thwack!

“Gah!”

Eliana, who was making a fuss, was struck in the side by Chen Xia and collapsed to the floor.

For a moment, the eyes of everyone in the cafeteria converged on Eliana.

But upon realizing it was just Eliana who had fallen, they returned to their meals with indifferent expressions.

“Class Reppppppppppp! Xia hit me!”

Eliana got up and complained to Leo with a tearful face.

“It’s because you’re saying weird things.”

When Chen Xia smiled brightly, Eliana let out a shriek and hid behind Leo.

At that reaction, Leo tore off a piece of bread and ate it as he spoke.

“Carr is just helping Eliza with her training.”

“What, how boring.”

Eliana grumbled as she sat back down.

“Anyway, that’s unexpected. For her to train in the early morning... She doesn’t exactly have the image of someone diligent.”

As Eliana looked intrigued, Leo said,

“It would be stranger for a Summoner of her level not to be diligent. Anyway, don’t spread useless rumors. Eliza won’t let it slide.”

Crackle!

Early that morning.

Eliza bit her lip hard as the Essence of Lightning enveloped her entire body.

Zzzzzzt!

“Ugh!”

It felt as if she would lose consciousness from the pure white Divine Lightning.

However, Eliza somehow endured it.

Flash!

As the Essence of Lightning dispersed, Eliza exhaled roughly.

She confined the Essence of Lightning that was trying to escape along with her Spirit Power inside her body as much as possible.

'Thirty seconds at most.'

Eliza clenched her fists tight.

Watching her, Leo narrowed his eyes.

'The growth of her vessel is incredibly fast.'

Although he had suggested the reckless training of accepting the Essence of Lightning, he hadn’t expected her vessel to grow this much in such a short period.

Looking at Eliza, Leo spoke.

“Impressive.”

“I don’t need empty flattery.”

“I’m serious.”

There were no visible results yet.

But Eliza was definitely growing.

Of course, it was possible because of Leo’s help, but sublimating that help into her own power was a different story altogether.

“In that case, shall we move on to the next step soon?”

At Leo’s words, Eliza took on a tense expression.

The current training already involved excruciating pain.

However, Eliza had expected that Leo’s training wouldn’t end here.

'If one could get strong just by enduring pain, there would be no one who couldn’t become strong.'

The Essence of Lightning accompanied not only physical pain but mental pain as well.

It was a power that even the Pegasi found difficult to endure.

The fact that she could accept and endure it with a human body was proof that Eliza’s mental world was that steadfast.

'Once she grows, most mental attacks won’t work on her. I’ve thought this before, but Eliza is a vessel capable of contracting with countless Summoned Beasts.'

Leo looked at Eliza and stirred his Spirit Power.

Vwooom! Crackle!

A surge of Spirit Power swirled around Leo.

Seeing this, Eliza’s eyes widened.

“This is...”

“Come out.”

K-boom!

Pure white Divine Lightning surged.

At the same time, a summoning circle was created, and a woman with fluttering pure white hair, Arti, stood there with her arms crossed.

“Pegasus.”

Eliza let out an exclamation of awe at the sight.

Arti, looking at her with an expressionless face, was the very image of the ideal Pegasus that Eliza imagined.

Arti, having emerged from the summoning circle, glanced at Leo.

Then she immediately clung to Leo’s feet.

“Master! When will you bestow the pure white Divine Lightning upon me?! To let a mere greenhorn enjoy it! You’re too much!”

Crack!

In that instant, Eliza heard the sound of something precious within her mind shattering.

Thinking she had seen wrong, she rubbed her eyes several times.

However, the noble Summoned Beast, the Pegasus, was still clinging to Leo’s feet with a tearful face.

“Get off.”

Leo swung his foot to push Arti away with an annoyed face.

But even as she was dragged along the floor and became a mess, Arti only cheered, saying nonsense like, “Ahhh! To be handled so roughly! As expected of Master!”

Carr also stood with his mouth agape at Arti’s unexpected behavior.

“N-no... it’s a lie. It can’t be. There’s no way the noble Summoned Beast, the Pegasus, is this vulgar.”

Eliza clutched her head and crouched down, muttering in a daze.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Carr Thomas. This is a dream, right? It has to be.”

“...I think it’s reality.”

“No, it’s definitely a dream. Please slap my cheek so I can wake up from this dream.”

“You’re going to get mad.”

“It doesn’t matter because it’s a dream anyway.”

At those words, Carr hesitated before slapping Eliza’s cheek just enough for her to feel the pain.

“...”

Eliza stroked her cheek a few times and then immediately took on a fierce expression.

“How dare you slap my cheek! Something even my parents have never done!”

“I told you it wasn’t a dream! You said you wouldn’t get mad!”

It was just as Carr was fleeing from Eliza in terror.

“Eliza.”

Vwoom!

Leo approached Eliza and held out his palm.

On it, a small, pure white Contract Seal had unfolded.

Seeing it, Eliza’s eyes widened.

“This is... Don’t tell me you modified the Contract Seal with the Pegasus?”

“Yeah. It creates a temporary contract for a short time. In that state, try to handle this girl.”

Eliza stared intently at Leo.

'It must be possible to modify a Contract Seal like that because he has an incredible understanding of Summoning, but...'

“It’s impressive, but you don’t know anything. Even so, would a prideful Pegasus ever agree to a temporary contract with someone unqualified, even if it’s an order from their Oathbound? It’s absolutely unaccept—”

“A-are you trying to entrust me to another Summoner right now?!”

Before Eliza could even finish her sentence, Arti shouted.

“See?”

As Eliza let out a sigh, Arti shouted.

“To leave Master’s side and be handled by another Summoner... and by the hands of an unqualified greenhorn at that... I feel like I’m being defiled! It’s the best! You there, greenhorn. Try and handle me!”

“...”

Eliza felt something precious in her heart completely crumble and covered her face, sobbing.

“I’m telling you, this one is the weird one. The other Pegasi are normal.”

It was while Leo was comforting Eliza with a small sigh.

Flash! Ka-boom!

Suddenly, a powerful Aura soared from the ground into the sky.

Leo, Eliza, and Carr turned their gazes toward the source of the Aura.

“Wait. That’s definitely where the Hero Dungeon appeared!”

Carr shouted with a look of bewilderment.

The Hero Dungeon that had suddenly appeared in Lumene.

Why it had appeared, and which Hero Record it belonged to.

In Lumene, officials were doing their best to investigate the mysterious Hero Dungeon.

But for a powerful Aura to suddenly be released from there...

“Something has definitely happened.”

Eliza said in a firm voice.

Zzzzzzt!

Pure white Divine Lightning surged from Arti’s body.

Leo grabbed Eliza and Carr by the wrists and mounted Arti, who had manifested in her original form.

Leo spoke to Carr, who was sitting behind him.

“Carr, hold on tight.”

“I-I got it! Eliza!”

As Carr spoke while grabbing Leo’s waist, Eliza, sitting at the very back, snorted.

“I’m a Summoner. Don’t worry about me, worry about yourself!”

With those words, Leo pulled the reins.

Flash!

Arti became a streak of light and shot across the night sky.

In the blink of an eye, Leo had flown to the location where the Hero Dungeon had appeared and looked down at the ground.

The surrounding area had already been devastated.

The professors of Lumene and the Heroes visiting Lumene were confronting a single Dwarf.

Judging by the situation, the culprit of this incident was clearly that Dwarf.

“Wait, hold on.”

Then Carr spoke in a shocked voice.

Eliza’s eyes also widened.

“That person is...”

Leo also narrowed his eyes at the familiar face.

A Dwarf he was seeing for the first time today.

But he was a Dwarf he had seen many times in books.

3,000 years ago.

There was a man who fought countless battles during the Return of the Calamity.

A man who strove to block the advance of Erebos and Tartarus, even if he had to do it alone.

However, there were limits to his strength alone.

He suffered defeat after defeat.

One might have felt despair and broken down, but that Dwarf always headed back to the battlefield.

The man who always stood steadfastly at the front of everyone.

That was why the world called him this:

“Unbreakable Damienne.”

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