REAPER SCANS
Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student
[Translator – Aine ]
[Proofreader – Ash ]
Chapter 339
That afternoon.
In the Seiren Lower Class classroom, Leo was preparing for his next class.
Seiren didn’t only have specialized classes like they had at Lumene.
There were also various general classes.
Of these, the most important one was the class on the Sorcery of the Stars.
In Lumene’s case, it was the combat class.
The difference between them was that, similarly to the hallmark of Seiren’s curriculum valuing the Sorcery of the Stars above all else, this class focused on battles using the Sorcery of the Stars.
The other Lower Class students also prepared for class with enthusiasm.
Even the Lower Class students who almost always refused to attend class now attended every single class related to the Sorcery of the Stars.
Everyone was enthusiastic.
'If they’re this enthusiastic, they must all be good students.'
Leo rested his chin on his hand and thought.
'So, how can Seiren be fixed?'
If Leo were an actual Seiren student, he could change things little by little, even if it took time.
But Leo was an outsider.
‘There’s a limit to what I can ask of Mel.’
It was true that the Dragon Lord could exert enormous influence over each hero academy.
However, there was a limit to how much she could interfere with their operations.
‘The best way would be to publicly announce that Seiren’s current methods are wrong.’
Leo was pondering while perching his chin on his hand.
Squeak-
The classroom door opened and Laura entered urgently.
“Everyone! Get ready to go!”
The Lower Class students’ eyes widened at Laura’s sudden announcement.
“We’ll be practicing the Sorcery of the Stars today!”
“Really?”
“Can we have class in the Sorcery of the Stars Practice Classroom?” the students asked with wide eyes.
“Yes! We finally got permission today!”
“Wow!”
“We’re finally going to have a practical class!”
Cheering erupted throughout the room.
Leo looked bewildered at the sight.
“Why is everyone reacting like this?”
“Lyle, you don’t know?”
Anri, sitting next to Leo, smiled bitterly.
“The Lower Class has never had a practical class for Sorcery of the Stars.”
“You’ve only studied theory until now?”
“Yeah. That’s why everyone is really happy! We can finally try out the Sorcery of the Stars that we’ve been studying! As you know, theory alone has its limits!”
Practical training was essential in the process of studying and researching any form of sorcery.
Even if you learned complex sorcery techniques and devised new attack methods, you needed to test it to know whether they were useful in real combat.
And to see if those methods were right for you, you needed actual combat experience.
The Lumene Sorcery Department was no exception.
It might be okay for simple sorcery.
But it was prohibited by school rules to conduct full-scale attack sorcery experiments outside of designated areas at the school.
It was too dangerous.
‘So they’ve just been quizzing themselves all this time?’
Leo sighed and got up from his seat.
The Lower Class students headed to the practice classroom with excited faces.
Outside.
They arrived at the outdoor practice classrooms, trekking through the bitter cold.
The Sorcery of the Stars Practice Classroom was a marvel of sorcery.
Only the inside of the practice classroom was warm, like a spring day.
Additionally, there were sorcery dummies to test attack power and golems to assist with preparation for battle.
Everything needed for sorcery battle was readily prepared.
‘The setup here looks even better than Lumene’s.’
Leo stroked his chin.
It wasn’t just a setup for practicing sorcery.
It was designed to be of great help to knights and summoners as well.
It was indeed the hero academy with the most advanced sorcery among the four schools.
The Lower Class students couldn’t hide their admiration as they looked around the Sorcery of the Stars Practice Classroom.
“Oh, the Lower Class is here.”
“Mr. Otrin?”
Laura looked at Otrin, the homeroom teacher of Seiren’s first-year Upper Class 1, with a puzzled expression.
“When I asked the principal’s office, they said our class was allowed to use the Sorcery of the Stars Practice Classroom today. Why is Upper Class 1 here?”
Otrin burst out laughing at Laura’s question.
“Oh. It seems the principal’s office didn’t tell you? The Sorcery of the Stars Practice Classroom was originally supposed to be reserved for Upper Class 1 all afternoon today. However, I felt sorry for everyone in the Lower Class, so I specially allowed you to come have a joint class. Thank you for coming, Lower Class students.”
Laura’s face hardened.
“You’re being so considerate to our class… I don’t even know what to say. However, if our class is here, we will definitely interfere with the Upper Class 1 students’ class. We can have our class another time…”
“Huh? Ms. Laura! This is a rare opportunity.”
“Can’t we practice together?”
A panicked voice came from among the Lower Class students.
The Lower Class students, thirsty for a proper chance to practice, wanted to seize the opportunity.
They didn’t want to miss the chance for practical training that had finally arrived.
“Teacher Laura, the students want it so much, are you just going to leave?”
Laura gritted her teeth.
‘His intentions are too obvious.’
Otrin, an authoritarian, would never show any genuine recognition to the Lower Class.
His only intention was to demonstrate the gap between the Upper and Lower Class students.
“Come on, Lower Class students.”
Otrin stood in front of the Lower Class students and spread his arms.
“Today, you will duel with the Upper Class 1 students.”
The Lower Class students’ eyes widened.
“If you win, it will be proof that you are excellent students worthy of the Upper Class! I will assign you to the Upper Class immediately!”
The students in the Lower Class widened their eyes at the outrageous conditions.
But soon they clenched their fists.
Many students in the Lower Class were inexperienced in the Sorcery of the Stars, but they could not accept being in the Lower Class for solely that reason.
There were also students there who were confident that their overall abilities surpassed those of the Upper Class, despite lacking ability in the Sorcery of the Stars.
Anri clenched her fists tightly.
“Upper Class…”
“Since this is Sorcery of the Stars class, there is only one rule! You must duel using only the Sorcery of the Stars!”
However, the students in the Lower Class looked bewildered at Otrin’s subsequent words.
“A duel using only the Sorcery of the Stars?”
“Then it’s not a general sorcery duel?”
“I see?”
“But, Teacher Otrin, my main skill is summoning.”
Verus, a student in the Lower Class who specialized in summoning, raised his hand.
He was leading the Lower Class summoning classes and was outstandingly skilled.
Otrin's face turned cold at Verus' words.
"What's that?"
"Huh?"
"If you're a proud student of Seiren, then it's only natural that your usage of 'Sorcery of the Stars' is more important than summoning, right?"
"T-that's..."
"If you value summoning more than the Sorcery of the Stars, then why are you at Seiren?"
Verus shut his mouth at Otrin's extremely Sorcery of the Stars-centered remark.
"And, if you're so confident in summoning..."
Otrin, with the corners of his lips curled, pointed at another student.
"I'll give you a chance to compete with the top student of the first year, Leah."
Verus shut his mouth.
Leah Tingel.
A direct descendant of the Tingel family, who had successfully communicated with the Fairy King only yesterday...
She boasted the best skills in both sorcery and summoning.
Otrin snickered while looking at Verus, who kept his mouth shut.
Anri spoke up.
“Teacher Otrin, will you allow me to compete with Leah with all of my skills, not just with the Sorcery of the Stars?”
Otrin glanced at Anri, who asked with eyes full of resentment, and frowned.
“How rude. You continue to challenge the teacher’s authority even as a student? Fine. I will allow the duel. However, if you lose, I will immediately expel you for challenging my authority. Will you still proceed?”
Anri flinched.
Leah looked flustered.
Anri, who clenched her fists and shook her shoulders, lowered her head.
“I’m sorry. I spoke without thinking.”
“Hm. Then before I assign your duel opponent.”
Otrin curled the corners of his lips.
“Let me personally teach you, the Lower Class, what the actual practice of the Sorcery of the Stars is. You, over there, the white-haired Lower Class student.”
Otrin pointed at Leo with his finger.
“Me?”
When Leo pointed at himself, Otrin curled the corners of his mouth.
“Yes. I think it would be best for you to demonstrate as the Lower Class representative. Come forward.”
Otrin walked to the center of the dueling arena.
Leo snickered as he watched.
“Is this a duel using only the Sorcery of the Stars?”
"Yes."
"Are we prohibited from using any other spells at all?"
"Of course."
‘Then you’re going to regret this.’
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'I can’t wait to see Senior Plov’s Sorcery of the Stars!'
Leah clasped her hands together, her eyes sparkling.
“Why is Teacher Otrin dueling with a Lower Class idiot? It’s just a waste of time.”
The students of the Upper Class made annoyed expressions.
Leah raised her eyebrows at their words.
‘Who did that kid just call an idiot?’
At that moment, Elric adjusted his horn-rimmed glasses and said, “Don’t call your peer an idiot.”
The boy who had been laughing at Leo raised the corners of his mouth as he watched Elric.
“Why? Are you so fond of strays because you’re from a worthless family?”
Elric’s eyes turned cold.
“You think you’re worth something just because you’re second place? Let’s see if you’ll still be second after the midterms… choke!”
Bam-!
The boy who had been laughing at him bent at the waist as if he were folded backwards.
Leah, who had delivered a precise dropkick to the boy’s waist, said with an apologetic face, “Oh, I’m sorry. I thought I saw a spider on your stomach.”
“I think we should take this to the infirmary.”
Laura sighed and sent the boy, writhing in pain, to the infirmary.
The students of Upper Class 1 appeared to believe Leah’s words about catching the spider, watching her smile innocently as usual.
“But can there really be spiders in the practice classroom?”
“There could be.”
While a small commotion broke out, Otrin, standing in the middle of the duel, snapped his fingers.
Whoosh-!
About a hundred copies of Otrin appeared alongside him.
Mirage.
One of the most basic spells of the Sorcery of the Stars, said to have been used by the Poet of the Stars herself.
Exclamations poured out as people watched Otrin’s sorcery.
“As expected, even the most basic sorcery is on a different level when performed by a teacher.”
“A hundred clones?”
‘Leo Plov. Since last year, you have been challenging Seiren’s authority.’
Otrin glared at Leo.
Otrin had already learned of Leo’s true identity.
The reason he had this class was also to show the Lower Class students the gap between the Upper and Lower Class students.
But he had also considered using this opportunity to personally trample on Leo.
‘I will teach you that you’re not special for having awakened the ability to use the Sorcery of the Stars, just because you know how to use a little bit of it.’
Leo muttered with a blank expression as he watched Otrin’s hostility, “How crude.”
His muttering was heard only by Otrin.
‘How dare he say such a thing…!’
Otrin, gritting his teeth, momentarily met Leo’s gaze and flinched.
‘This child. Did he identify my main body?!’
Leo raised his hand while observing Otrin’s shocked expression.
Whoosh-!
A sorcery circle appeared.
There was no one in the world who could beat Leo in a duel using only the Sorcery of the Stars.
‘Except for one person.’
Leo smiled at the thought of his friend.
Even if Leo’s current strength was incomparably weaker than when he was a Great Hero, that fact remained unchanged.
Leo analyzed Otrin’s sorcery in an instant.
‘A fake could never beat the original.’
Whoosh-!
Otrin’s sorcery was released in an instant.
Otrin’s face turned red with shock.
“What did you do?”
“If you know a spell inside and out, then dispelling it is easy, isn’t that right?”
“How could it be possible to perfectly dispell someone else’s sorcery so quickly…!”
“Your spell was lifted so easily because it was so simple.”
Leo approached Otrin.
Whooosh-!
Leo’s body grew into a hundred forms.
The exact same mirage spell.
Everyone looked at Leo with astonished faces.
“Now, tell me, how is my Sorcery of the Stars, sir?”
Otrin’s eyes widened as he saw the elaborately woven sorcery spell.
“Would you evaluate my work for me?”
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