Book 1 Chapter 594

The winner of the fierce Hero's Festival was none other than Lumern.

Lumern students gathered around the podium where the championship trophy was placed.

Hark, who could be considered the representative of the Lumern students, climbed onto the podium and lifted the trophy.

"Waaaaaaah!"

The Lumern students cheered as they watched him.

Not just Lumern students.

Humans who had visited Lumern to spectate rose from their seats and cheered enthusiastically, applauding.

As it was a competition between Hero Academies representing each race.

It was natural for the entire race watching the victory to share in the joy.

Students from other schools, who had narrowly missed winning after a fierce competition, wore expressions of frustration.

Watching them, Leo muttered,

"Senior Hark looks incredibly happy."

"He would be. Hark worked the hardest in the Hero's Festival. But why did he go all out like that?"

Celia tilted her head.

Indeed, what performed astonishingly in this Hero's Festival was, surprisingly, Hark.

Hark, who had shown no motivation until just before the Hero's Festival, complaining he'd be exploited until graduation, jumped into it with fire in his eyes the moment the festival began.

"He swore that since he'd gone through so much trouble, he had to win the trophy by any means necessary."

"Ah."

Celia nodded as if she understood.

Newspaper reporters continuously manipulated magic tools to take pictures of Hark.

"By the way, shouldn't the Student Council President, you, be the one holding that?"

Celia muttered with a slightly complaining voice, and Leo chuckled.

"I didn't do anything in this Hero's Festival."

This time, Leo was solely involved in operating the event.

"That may be so, but…"

Even so, Celia couldn't hide her disappointment, as Leo was the representative of the school.

"It's a chance to greatly enhance the family name."

"Isn't the title of the youngest Lumern Student Council President and the youngest Hero enough?"

"Isn't it better to take as much as you can when you can?"

Smiling brightly, Celia brushed her hair back.

"By the way, next week is the closing ceremony, isn't it? Second year is ending."

"Final exams are still left."

After the major event that was the Hero's Festival, Lumern immediately plunged into final exams.

It was an incredibly harsh academic schedule, but the students, who were already used to Lumern's strictness, accepted it calmly.

"I'm fine because I finished my exam preparations in advance."

Celia smiled confidently.

"Ah, speaking of which, I heard from some family members who came to watch that they'll soon be deciding the territory you'll receive."

As a direct descendant of Schrödinger, Leo was set to inherit a portion of the vast Schrödinger territory.

"Because of that, you'll have to come to the Schrödinger family during the winter break."

"Really? Alright."

***

After the final exams ended.

As always, joy and sorrow intermingled among the students.

Some students remained at school, while others left.

After the closing ceremony.

Second-year students held end-of-term parties by dormitory.

"Waaah! Siya! Chloe! You won't pretend not to know me later, right?"

"Why would we pretend not to know you? We were in the same dormitory. Even if we won't be studying in the same space next year, we're friends."

"Unnieee!"

Chen Siya smiled bitterly and patted the crying female students.

"Stop crying. This isn't the end."

"Chloe Unnieee!"

"I'm one year younger than you."

Chloe wore a troubled expression.

Chloe, who had been comforting the female students, stood up.

"Let's put away the gloomy atmosphere. Some are staying and some are leaving, but the important thing is that we all got through the year safely."

There had been several major incidents this year as well.

Despite that, no one suffered an accidental death, and everyone reached this point safely.

"We overcame adversities by working together. I believe it was possible because we became one as fellow dormitory mates. So, we'll always be friends."

The female students who were sobbing about not being promoted and the male students with gloomy expressions shook off their sadness.

"Siya, as dormitory president, you should say a word too."

Upon Chloe's words, Chen Siya said,

"Thank you all for following along well throughout the year. At first, I was worried if I could do it, but thanks to all of you, I was able to fulfill my duties as dormitory president excellently. Thank you all."

Chen Siya smiled and looked at Leo.

"It's Leo-doryeong's turn now."

"Everyone worked hard throughout the year."

The students of Glory dormitory let out dry laughs at Leo's indifferent words.

"The class president's congratulatory speech is always short."

Iliana shook her head.

"Anyway!"

Raising the glass of juice in her hand, Iliana said,

"Let's enjoy this moment today!"

Everyone shook off their gloomy mood and enjoyed the party.

"Ah! Professor Sena!"

"Why are you only coming now! You said you'd come quickly!"

"I'm sorry, everyone. The faculty meeting ran late."

Sena, the dorm supervisor professor of Glory dormitory, attended the party late.

To Sena, Iliana said,

"Professor Sena! It's vacation now, right? There won't be any penalty points for breaking school rules, will there?"

Seeing Iliana ask with sparkling eyes, Sena had a troubled expression.

"That's true, but… what rules are you planning to break?"

"We're not breaking rules, just loosening up a bit."

Iliana busily took out bottles from under the table.

"When else will we drink at school if not at times like these?"

"When did you bring that into the dormitory?"

"Gasp?!"

Chloe's eyes widened, and Iliana flinched before quickly hiding behind Chen Siya.

"I, I brought it with Siya's permission!"

"Siya!"

"What's wrong with that? We haven't drunk it yet, have we?"

"Really."

Chloe let out a sigh.

Unlike Chloe, who was strict about dormitory rules, Chen Siya sometimes let students off the hook.

Watching them, Sena said,

"It's not allowed, but. Today is a special day, so I'll overlook it once. But you know not to drink too much, right?"

"Ooooh!"

The students cheered, seeing Sena wink one eye.

"Why are they all so eager to drink?"

"Won't you drink, Chloe-yang?"

"…I will."

Chloe pouted.

As alcohol entered the picture, the party atmosphere became even more boisterous.

"Kail-nim was totally amazing! So I've decided! I'm going to create the Church of Kail!"

"Iliana-yang, you've had too much to drink. Please calm down."

Chen Siya calmed Iliana, who was shouting with a flushed face from drinking.

"Leo, you should have a drink too."

Chloe came to Leo's side with a bottle of alcohol.

"You look drunk?"

"What do you mean? I'm not drunk at all."

Chloe shook her head with wide eyes.

Looking at Chloe like that, Leo glanced at her hand.

He looked at the large glass of alcohol in Chloe's hand.

'It's strong liquor, and she's chugging it like beer.'

Drinking the alcohol Chloe poured, Leo let out a hollow laugh.

"Leo! Accept my drink too!"

"Me too! Me too!"

Dormitory students crowded around Leo.

"I'm thinking of finishing my vacation homework and going on a training trip."

"I've arranged to go to the family villa with him."

"What will the class president do during the vacation?"

"Well, I think I'll be going to the territory I'm inheriting from my maternal side?"

"Gasp! Inheritance?"

"Ah, speaking of which, Leo is a direct descendant of the Schrödinger family, isn't he?"

"Inheriting at that age, I'm envious."

Exclamations erupted from all around.

"Class president is totally bourgeois!"

"The Laden family is also a prestigious family. Why are you so envious when you're also the successor of your family?"

"Why wouldn't I be envious?! My father said he wouldn't give me a single penny until I inherited the family! I'm living on an allowance until then!"

"How much are you inheriting?"

"Since it's Schrödinger, it's probably big, right?"

"I'm envious. My family was divided in my father's generation, and I had to share with my brother, so the territory I received was reduced."

"Just having territory means you have tax revenue. Leo, you won't have to worry about money while attending school."

Students who muttered enviously, Chen Siya tilted her head.

"Is inheriting land such an important matter?"

"Of course!"

"In noble families, civil wars even break out over it."

"Really? If it's not land on the scale of a small kingdom, is there a problem?"

As Chen Siya tilted her head, the students fell silent.

'Ah, right. She's the successor to the Shan Empire.'

For Chen Siya, the future ruler of the Shan Empire, which encompassed the eastern part of the continent, one of the two human empires, land on the scale of a noble family wasn't very impactful.

"Oh my~ Future Emperor~"

Iliana quickly sat next to Chen Siya, clasping her hands.

"Please take good care of me when you become Emperor! Could you possibly bestow a little land upon me?"

Seeing Iliana speak playfully, Chen Siya had a troubled expression.

"Even if I become Emperor, I can't carelessly give away land."

"Why? If you're Emperor, it's all your land."

"No, it's Leo-doryeong's land."

"……"

"……"

Seeing Chen Siya speaking with a bright smile, the students muttered,

"Siya is also drunk."

"Then will Leo have the entire Shan Empire in the future?"

"Totally envious!"

"Class president! No! Your Excellency! Bestow some land upon me!"

"Leo! Don't forget me either!"

The students, taking it as a joke, burst into laughter.

'It doesn't feel like a joke.'

Leo narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Siya.

When their eyes met, Chen Siya smiled brightly and waved.

Thus, the enjoyable time passed.

When it became late at night, only Leo and Chloe were awake.

Drunk students were lying everywhere in the lounge, asleep.

"Groan- Playing like this, it really feels like it's over."

Watching Chloe stretch, Leo let out a sigh of admiration.

"You have a high alcohol tolerance?"

"Do I?"

Chloe tilted her head.

With a flushed face, Chloe smiled.

"Anyway, Leo, you worked hard this year. I'll be counting on you next year as well."

Seeing that, Leo chuckled.

"Yes, I'll be counting on you too."

***

Leo arrived in Delan, the capital of the Delad Kingdom, via warp gate and headed straight for his mansion.

'I have to go home secretly. This is awkward.'

The first Hero in the history of the Delad Kingdom.

Moreover, since becoming an All-Class hero, succeeding the Founding Hero Kyle, Leo's fame within the Delad Kingdom had long surpassed that of the royal family.

Leo hadn't done anything specific for the Delad Kingdom, but just by greatly enhancing the kingdom's name, Leo was already revered as a national hero.

'Leo, please! Please! Come home secretly?'

Recalling Reyna's plea, Leo confirmed his hood and shook his head.

Not a single person from the Flove family had come to this Hero's Festival either.

Anything related to him always drew attention.

'Didn't the Delad royal family stop them?'

As Leo's maternal family being Schrödinger was revealed.

The Delad Kingdom was wary of the Flove family being exiled.

They could potentially lose their first-ever Hero of the Delad Kingdom to the empire.

The Rodren Empire was a country that could provide treatment that the Delad Kingdom couldn't.

'Father must be having a headache.'

Thinking of his father, Leo arrived at his mansion with a wry smile.

"Father, Mother, I'm h—"

"Oh, Leo. Welcome."

"…Where are you going?"

Leo asked blankly, seeing the household staff bustling about the mansion.

"Yes. We're planning to go to your mother's hometown as a family tomorrow."

"Your mother's hometown is Schrödinger, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

To Leo's question, Reyna smiled brightly.

"You're going to be granted territory this time, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"The negotiations will continue for quite a while."

As many vested interests were involved even within Schrödinger, there was often a lot of noise when territory was granted to direct descendants.

"The old folks in the family will surely try to obstruct it."

Leo immediately understood that "old folks in the family" referred to the elder council.

"Your mother, as a direct descendant of Schrödinger, knows very well which lands are the most valuable."

"Even without you doing that, they'll probably give it to you properly."

"Son."

"Yes."

"You must extract as much as you can when they give it to you."

Hoh hoh hoh! Leo shook his head, watching Reyna burst into laughter.