Book 1 Chapter 32

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"Hello."

"Good morning, Leo!"

"Did you have a good weekend?"

It was the morning after the weekend ended.

As Leo entered the classroom, his classmates greeted him.

"Leo, I heard you met the student council president over the weekend!"

As he sat down, his classmate Tate approached him and asked in an excited tone.

"I heard you were close with Celia Zerdiger from Class 1, and now you've met the student council president too?"

Iliana, who had approached with her arms crossed, also looked surprised.

In the class, only Cal and Chelsea knew that Leo and Celia were cousins.

"You seem very interested in the student council president?"

"Of course! She's the strongest in Lumen's rankings!"

Tate said excitedly.

"Good family, good skills, good grades. And handsome. Leo, were you perhaps invited to join the student council?"

Iliana asked curiously.

Leo was a talent that Lumen was paying attention to.

At first, many questioned the fact that Leo, who wasn't even at the top of his class, became the representative for new students, but it was different now.

With an unprecedented "All Class" achievement, all professors from every major were very eager to have him.

To Iliana's question, Leo shook his head.

"I wasn't really invited. Even if I was, I'm not interested in the student council."

At that, Tate and Iliana's eyes lit up.

"Leo, won't you join the Summoning Material Research Club with me?"

Tate enthusiastically invited him to join a club.

"Your summoning practical skills are still weak, aren't they? It will definitely help!"

"Move aside! Did you forget Leo is 'All Class'? Leo! Join the Sword Master club with me! You're absolutely welcome!"

Tate and Iliana bickered.

Both had already provisionally joined the clubs they wanted before the first-year club activity allowance period.

Seeing the two bickering, Cal appeared, clicking his tongue.

"You're both behind on the information. Leo has already decided on his club activities."

"What? Where?"

"He's going to create his own club."

"Create a club?"

"A first-year?"

Tate and Iliana blinked.

"What kind of club are you going to create?"

Nella, sitting far away, showed interest in her characteristic languid voice.

"He said it's a Hero Research Club."

"We already research heroes sufficiently in Heroology?"

Iliana made a face as if she had bitten into something sour.

"He said he's researching forgotten heroes? Like Kyle, for example."

Hearing that, Tate and Iliana made expressions that said, "Why would he do that?"

But Nella nodded.

"Even if they are fictional heroes, Kyle is the only 'All Class' hero, so it's understandable to be interested."

Nella nodded.

'I need to find my Hero Record page quickly.'

Until the Hero Record was found, there was no way to prove his existence.

Just then, Eligh Tuna, a male student from Class 8, entered Class 5.

He approached Leo and asked, "Hey, Class 5. Who is your class president?"

"We don't have a president yet, but I'm acting as one for now."

"It hasn't been decided yet, but you can tell me."

"Uh? What's going on?"

Not only Tate and Iliana, but even Chelsea, who was reading a magic book nearby, looked up in reaction.

"Um… so who is the president?"

Eligh looked back and forth between the three and asked.

The gazes of the three tangled in the air.

"Obviously, it's me. I've been assisting Professor Halind until now."

Tate said with his arms crossed.

"What are you talking about? I've also assisted Professor Halind a lot! And shouldn't it be me, from the renowned Raden family?"

Iliana snorted and puffed out her chest.

"Are you talking about family names in front of Rwalin now? How laughable. Of course, I don't need the prestige of a family. The president is the face of the class, so shouldn't it be the most outstanding person? Who is the most outstanding in our class?"

Chelsea stood up with a smile.

As the three argued about who was the president, Eligh approached Leo.

"Leo Flob. Here, take this."

He handed a document to Leo.

"What is this?"

"It's a schedule adjustment for today's Heroology class. Everyone is to gather in the main hall after the assembly. Professor Artisan has decided to conduct a joint class for ten classes."

For mandatory subjects like Combat Studies, each homeroom teacher was in charge.

The reason was that they had to guide the students based on their characteristics and bring out their potential.

However, for Heroology, there was a specialized professor.

And the Heroology professor for first-years was Professor Artisan, the homeroom teacher of Class 8, who had left a strong impression on the first day of admission.

"You can give this to your homeroom teacher during today's morning assembly. Then I'll be going."

Eligh left the classroom.

"Let's see, let's see."

Cal took the document from Leo.

"Oh! So this is it! They're researching the recovered Hero Record pages."

"Really?"

Nella also checked the contents of the document.

"Who could the hero be? Leo, did you hear anything from the student council president yesterday?"

To Cal's question, Leo rested his chin on his hand.

"She said there was a page so damaged that realizing the hero's world was impossible. Could this be it?"

"Ugh! Deduction class is the hardest!"

Cal clutched his head.

"I'm the president!"

"No! It's me!"

"This is pointless! Let's settle it with skill! Both of you, come at me!"

"You think we're scared?"

"I'll show you the results in a month!"

The three who were still claiming to be the president were still squabbling loudly.

Seeing that, Nella made a troubled expression.

"If Professor Halind comes…"

"We're dead."

Cal shook his head.

***

"Joint class? Understood."

During the assembly, Halind nodded as he received the document from Leo.

"This joint class will have not only Professor Artisan but all first-year homeroom teachers observing."

He said, tossing the document onto the 교탁 with an indifferent expression.

"As it's the first joint class, show a good image."

"Yes."

"If you show the same foolishness as these guys in front of other classes, it won't end with just this."

The students' eyes turned to the three people kneeling on their desks, holding chairs.

Chelsea, Tate, and Iliana lowered their heads in shame.

"Professor! Why haven't we chosen a president yet?"

Cal raised his hand and asked.

Class 5 was the only class that had not elected a president even after a month since the start of the academic schedule.

"I assumed you would choose amongst yourselves without me having to pick. It's inefficient for me to intervene and take up time."

In other classes, they took up the entire Combat Studies class time to choose a president.

In Class 1, there were three valedictorians, so it took twice as long as other classes.

Halind considered it a waste of time and left it to the students' autonomy.

However, the students of Class 5 were waiting for Halind to bring it up.

"If you want me to intervene, I will do as I please. Leo, Nella."

He called Leo, who was in the furthest corner behind his class, and Nella, who was at the very front.

"Leo is the president, and Nella is the vice-president."

"Yes."

"Understood."

"Wait a minute, Professor! What about voting! There are ways like that! It's unfair to choose us like this!"

"I agree!"

Iliana protested, and Tate chimed in.

At their words, Halind responded indifferently.

"Is there any student more suitable than Leo Flob as a leader in the class?"

At that, Iliana and Tate fell silent.

Indeed, there was no student in Class 5 who could match Leo's leadership in combat studies.

"And Nella has the calmest personality in our class. I think she's perfect as the vice-president to assist the president, don't you?"

Again, they couldn't argue.

Neither of them had any ambition for the position of president or vice-president.

If Halind had designated the two of them, they had nothing more to say.

"Anyone have any objections?"

"No."

"Good. Then everyone prepare for class and move to the main hall."

The great migration of the first-years began.

Since there were no other classes for students to take together besides their own major classes, everyone was in a quite excited mood.

"Hello, Leo?"

"Leo! Want to have lunch together after class?"

Some female students giggled and spoke to Leo.

Since he was taking all the major subjects, there were quite a few students who were acquainted with Leo.

"Heh! Leo! You're popular! Well, you are handsome."

Cal playfully nudged Leo's side.

Leo, who was a famous figure at school and could be called a handsome young man, was definitely popular.

"Do you have anyone you're close with that you could introduce me to?"

"You have plenty of female acquaintances, so why are you asking me for that?"

"In my case, they're all customers," Cal grumbled, resting his clasped hands behind his head.

"Cal."

"Yeah?"

Someone called Cal from behind.

Cal turned his head and wore a strange expression.

"Chloe, you look very tired?"

To Cal's question, Chloe glanced at Leo and shook her head.

"Not really. Do you have any leftover fatigue recovery potions to sell me?"

Cal took out fatigue recovery potions from his spatial storage.

Chloe took them, opened a few bottles, and drank them straight down.

"Aren't you overdoing it so early in the semester?"

Leo asked, but Chloe shook her head.

"It's fine."

Saying that, she walked ahead.

"Wow, she's tough. Even though she's currently number one in the theoretical magic exams, she's doing this."

Currently, Chloe was undoubtedly first in the theoretical magic exams in the Magic Department.

Abad was second, Chelsea was third, and Leo was fourth.

Just then, Chelsea suddenly joined the conversation.

"Chloe has no choice but to be anxious."

"Huh? Why?"

"Cal, I sometimes doubt if you're actually in the Magic Department."

"I'm studying just enough not to get expelled!" Cal said proudly, giving a thumbs up.

"Sigh. Anyway, the reason Chloe is anxious is that if Leo brother gets used to the latest magic trends, he could immediately catch up in theoretical scores."

It was as Chelsea said.

Leo was more out of touch with the latest magic trends than any other magician in Lumen.

And all the classes were focused on the latest magic trends.

However, in terms of magic interpretation ability, which the Lumen professors emphasized, no student could compare to Leo.

"Tsk. Is being number one in theory that important?"

"It's probably her pride as a magician of the Magic Tower that makes it unavoidable," Chelsea shrugged.

While magicians from noble families who inherited their lineage tended to focus on "combat" magic, magicians from the Magic Tower focused on "exploration and research."

Mages from heroic noble families, like Chelsea, might be strong in combat, but they couldn't lead the latest magic trends.

Conversely, new discoveries and spells were all created in the Magic Tower.

For Chloe, it was a sense of crisis from Leo in a field she thought she could never lose in.

'Well, it's good that they're working hard, though.'

Leo scratched his cheek and looked at Chloe, who was walking ahead.

'If she overdoes it, she'll get sick.'

The former world-saving great hero and the new sprout growing now.

It was inevitable given their different starting lines.

'I should set a date and talk to her or something.'

***

"Yes, Lis-kun."

Lis was reporting his dispatch results to Kalian in the principal's office.

"Is it true that this Hero Page reacted?"

Kalian carefully picked up a small Hero Record Page fragment.

"Yes."

"Interesting. Such a page shouldn't contain any power, yet it did."

It was normal for a fragment, so damaged that it was embarrassing to call it a page, to contain no power at all.

"Did it react afterwards?"

"No."

"Hmm… Was it a reaction caused by getting closer to the Hero Record?"

Kalian put down the page fragment.

"Either way, Lis-kun, thank you for your dispatch."

"Yes."

After bidding Lis farewell, Kalian, who had returned, said to his secretary, Elena, "Take this to the Great Hall of the Gate of Beginning."

"Yes, Principal."

At Kalian's words, Elena stared intently at the Hero Record fragment he handed her.

"Elena?"

"Ah, yes. I'll take it now."

After Elena left the principal's office, Kalian, left alone, stroked his chin.

Having conquered numerous hero worlds, he knew more about Hero Records than anyone.

'Come to think of it, there are times when such a small fragment reacts.'

Kalian shook his head, thinking it was impossible.

'If the very person recorded in the Hero Record comes, it will react.'