Book 1 Chapter 360
360
“It’s Leo!”
“Ohh!”
“Leo’s back!”
As he entered the dormitory, Glory students cheered, seeing Leo.
“Let’s have a party! A party! A class president welcome party!”
Illiana, who loved flamboyant things, shouted with an excited face.
At Illiana’s shout, the dormitory students’ gazes turned to Chen Xia and Chloe.
The two, who were dormitory heads like Leo, were also the decision-makers of Glory.
Originally, Leo had the strongest voice in Glory.
However, Leo often followed the opinions of others rather than offering his own when his fellow dormitory students had to decide something.
[It’s much more fun for energetic kids to decide than for a dull old man to make boring decisions.]
Kiran chuckled and muttered.
It was when Leo was contemplating how to punish Kiran later.
“Just for today, it would be good for us fellow dorm-mates to enjoy ourselves.”
“As expected, Big Sister!”
“Chen Xia! Chen Xia!”
The students cheered, chanting Chen Xia’s name.
“Since it’s a rare occasion.”
Chloe also smiled and agreed, and the students cheered.
“As expected, Glory’s mother!”
“Mom’s the best!”
“Why am I a mom?!”
Chloe shouted with a flushed face.
At that, students, whose mischievousness was triggered, let out deep laughter.
“Someone who nags a lot is exactly a mom.”
“Exactly.”
“You guys… do you know how incredibly rude that is to fresh teenagers? And Xia is here too! Xia is older than me!”
“Chen Xia is Big Sister.”
“Exactly. Exactly.”
Wahaha! Leo burst into laughter, watching them happily chattering and laughing.
“Oh dear, really.”
Chloe, who had come back after punishing the students who teased her, sighed as if she couldn’t help it.
Glory students moved quickly to prepare for the welcome party.
Students going to prepare food and drinks.
Students gathering lounge tables.
Even students going to call those who hadn't returned to the dormitory yet.
Leo chuckled, watching the bustling dormitory.
“Seeing all this commotion, I really feel like I’m back in Lumern.”
“How was Seirun?”
Chen Xia asked with a gentle smile.
“It wasn’t bad.”
Leo replied with a smile.
“Chloe! Chen Xia! Can we invite students from other dormitories?”
“Since it’s Leo’s welcome party.”
“Great! I’ll invite Chelsea, Karl, Nella, and Teide too!”
“Please invite Celia too.”
“I’ll just invite everyone the class president is close with.”
Friendly Illiana was close with everyone in the second year.
With the welcome party preparations finished, the party began in a boisterous atmosphere.
“What? So you had classes with first-years?”
“Awesome.”
“No! Can you really treat our school’s student council president like that?”
Many students erupted in indignation as they listened to Leo’s story.
“It was a rather interesting experience. I also got to gauge the level of Seirun’s first-years.”
At Leo’s words, Celia crossed her arms and asked.
“How did Leah Tingel compare to Aina?”
As Aina’s mentor, Celia was curious about the skill of Leah Tingel, who could be considered Aina’s rival.
As Lumern students, they couldn’t help but be concerned about the Luseren Battle.
“Well, it’s hard to compare them directly since one is a knight and the other a mage, but if you look at their pure skill level, they’re on par.”
“She’s certainly not to be underestimated.”
Celia stroked her chin.
“By the way, Leo, it was quite clever of you to teach the first-years of Seirun the primer on Star Magic.”
Chelsea said, picking up a cookie and eating it.
Magic Department students knew that the primer on Star Magic was treated as heresy by elves.
To even think of teaching it in the middle of Seirun.
“As expected of Leo.”
Chelsea’s eyes sparkled.
“Because those kids were that desperate.”
Leo chatted boisterously about what had happened in Seirun.
“How was Lumern?”
At Leo’s question, Karl said.
“While you were gone, the second-years attacked the world of heroes.”
“Ohh?”
Leo exclaimed.
Lumern’s first year is a time for hero candidates to build their foundations.
And from the second year, they embark on the full process of becoming a hero.
This is the conquest of the world of heroes through Hero Records.
Already at the beginning of the second-year semester, Hero Studies classes had guided students through the Hero Records they could tackle in Lumern.
And during the month Leo was in Seirun, the other students seemed to have been conquering the world of heroes.
“By the way, I got an amazing conquest reward!”
Illiana suddenly popped out in front of Leo and shouted confidently.
“The class president should be nervous, too, you know?”
“You almost failed the conquest because you got greedy, and now you’re bragging.”
“You were pale and crying until the day before.”
“You barely managed to conquer it, practically a failing grade, weren’t you?”
Jeers erupted from all over.
Illiana, who usually would have complained to Leo, wore an arrogant expression.
“Of course, the score was low! But you all know it was worth it, don’t you?!”
Illiana, with her nose in the air, burst into laughter, “Ohohohoho—!”
It seemed that this assignment, regardless of the difficulty of the Hero Record conquest, awarded better scores for faster completion.
Naturally, a higher conquest difficulty led to a slower completion.
Would they aim for good grades immediately?
Or would they invest in the future for their academic life ahead?
‘Our school is really harsh if you think about it.’
It makes students responsible for their choices.
The mentor system seemed to offer a breather, but it still constantly pushed them to the brink of survival.
From what he heard, one of the top scorers was Karl.
“I chose the lowest difficulty conquest.”
Karl shrugged his shoulders.
“Well, for those guys, the conquest reward might not have been much, but there was a conquest reward that was perfect for me.”
“What was it?”
When Leo asked with interest, Karl grinned.
“An alchemical book.”
In Dwenno’s world, Karl obtained Dwenno’s alchemical book as a conquest reward.
However, with Karl’s current skill, it was difficult to fully understand and utilize Dwenno’s alchemical book.
Therefore, Karl chose to build a foundation to understand Dwenno’s alchemical book.
Leo smiled gently.
“Thanks to that!”
Karl gave a thumbs up—!
“I think I’ll soon be able to make something incredible. If I do it right, I can become super rich!”
“If you make another strange potion, the student council won’t leave you alone, you know?”
“Don’t worry! Once it’s complete, I’ll definitely have the student council inspect it!”
***
“Everyone’s buzzing about Senior Leo’s story.”
Juen shook her head, watching her classmates, who were distracted by stories about Leo.
‘It certainly is a big deal.’
As a mage to her core, Juen knew all too well what it meant to be recognized by Seirun.
‘It’s only a one-year difference….’
Juen gasped.
Juen was currently one of the top students in the first year.
Because of that, she was aiming not only for class representative but also for the position of the next student council president.
In such a situation, Leo, who was a year above her and the student council president, was showing incredible accomplishments.
‘I feel intimidated for no reason.’
It was when Juen shivered, recalling Leo, with whom she had fought several times before.
Step— Step—
Someone walked past Juen.
It was Aina, the current first-year class representative.
Behind Aina, her followers trailed after her.
Seeing that, Juen wore a look of disdain.
The Magic Department and the Knight Department.
Departments that had historically been fierce rivals.
And Juen was the top student in the first-year Magic Department, while Aina was the top student in the first-year Knight Department.
But beyond that, Juen simply didn't like Aina much.
‘Always that attitude as if others don’t matter.’
Their departments were different, but her skill was undeniable.
An honor student in all aspects, not just Knight Department classes.
To be honest, it was true that she was so excellent that she was evaluated as the successor to the Sword Saint, a hero of the century who had once taken responsibility for an era.
It was also undeniable that she was superior to herself in every aspect.
But even so, her attitude as if others were of no consequence was enough to make Juen bristle.
‘If you look closely, she’s strangely obsessed with Senior Leo, isn’t she?’
Juen, who had been grumbling, spotted a boy and her eyes widened.
Then, with a gentle smile, she approached the boy, Luke.
“Did you just come from studying at the library?”
“Yes.”
“You’re really diligent.”
Juen exclaimed.
Among the first-years, Luke had long been an object of ridicule.
His midterm exam results were disastrous, and there was no sign of improvement whatsoever.
What made Luke even more pathetic was that his mentor was none other than Leo Flov.
‘It’s strange, you know.’
Juen always looked at Luke with an expression of incomprehension.
Juen knew how hard Luke worked.
‘He’s even getting magic tutoring from Professor Len, you know?’
That point was strange.
‘Well, other kids might chatter about him getting tutoring from Professor Len with Senior Leo’s backing. But that’s just what fools say.’
As the daughter of the Southern Magic Tower Lord, Juen was well aware of Len’s reputation.
A genius in the field of magic research.
A man who was interested in absolutely nothing other than magic.
Professor Len, of that character, would never do something worthless simply at the request of his favorite student, Leo.
‘There must be something to it.’
She didn’t know what it was.
Of course, setting everything aside, Juen liked Luke.
It was the same during the entrance exam and during mentor selection.
Luke had always overcome his limits.
This was in contrast to Juen, who acknowledged her limits and gave up.
‘Crucially.’
Aina, who had stopped walking at some point, was staring intently at Luke.
‘It’s also fun to see her get jealous.’
Juen chuckled.
Aina was conscious of Luke.
That was because Luke was Leo’s mentee.
A peculiar situation where the class representative was jealous of a failing student.
For Juen, who had a twisted side, that sight was exhilarating.
“I’m going to the second-year dormitory to meet Senior Karl right now, want to come with me?”
“Yes! Senior Leo called me, so I have to go!”
“Perfect! Let’s stop by the Noble Dormitory and then go to Senior Leo!”
Juen pushed Luke’s back and walked.
And she stuck out her tongue at Aina, who was looking at her and Luke.
Aina turned her head with an expressionless face and continued walking.
***
Noble Dormitory Basement.
Where the Magic Department students’ personal workshops were located.
There, Karl carefully prepared a potion, holding a reagent bottle.
He diligently studied Dwenno’s alchemical book, sweating, and took great care.
And then…
Pop—!
A small puff of smoke spread from the reagent bottle.
The contents of the reagent bottle began to emit a golden glow.
“Awesome. Is this real?”
Karl’s voice trembled.
“Wow? This actually works?”
He had boasted to Leo, but he never thought he could actually make such an incredible item.
Karl swallowed hard and poured the reagent into the potion bottle with trembling hands.
From now on, he had to report to the student council.
‘But I made it, but the student council would never allow me to sell it anyway.’
Karl sighed, “Phew!”
‘There’s no way they’d let me sell something like a love potion, right?’