Book 1 Chapter 708

The morning after Leo initiated the historic first departmental war.

The morning in the Clock Tower dormitory, which should normally be vibrant, was filled with an awkward atmosphere.

Leo pondered as he looked at the dormitory students, completely divided into three factions.

'Collaboration between different classes is definitely necessary.'

Even Leo, who could do anything as an all-class, needed comrades to fight alongside.

'I can't do anything alone.'

He needed companions who could do what he couldn't.

That's why joint classes are emphasized at Rumern.

However, yesterday Leo shattered that harmony.

He intensified the competition.

'There are things to learn through fighting.'

Those with the same abilities unite and defeat those with different abilities.

In that process, one can more clearly understand what one lacks and what the opponent's weaknesses are.

Making one feel many things and ultimately take one step further.

'That's why Rumern encourages competition between departments while emphasizing harmony.'

From today onwards, the focus will be solely on dismantling the opposing departments.

It was when Leo was heading to the dormitory cafeteria.

*Thwack!*

"Leo."

Kal put an arm around Leo's shoulder.

"Go easy on me, at least give me a heads-up. I'm having a tough time, really."

Leo looked apologetic at Kal, who was whining from the morning.

"It wouldn't have had any meaning if I gave you a heads-up."

"Tsk."

Kal scratched his head.

Now that the full-scale competition between departments had begun, the student council had a lot to do.

First, new school rules regarding the use of common facilities.

Combat between students was allowed only during late-night hours.

However, there was no guarantee that combat would only happen at night.

As emotions ran high, fights might break out during the day.

Especially in common convenience facilities used by all students.

Therefore, the student council needed to quickly sort things out.

Kal, in particular, was in the same department as Elena.

"Well, even so, it wasn't as difficult to establish new rules because you provided a rough guideline."

The broad framework of the school rules to be applied during the departmental war period was already established.

Leo had sent it to the student council.

"By the way, Leo. You bet on something big, didn't you?"

"Something big?"

"You said you'd grant a wish if you became MVP? I bet a lot of people are aiming for it."

Kal winked and patted Leo's shoulder.

"Only within what I can do."

Kal chuckled at Leo's reply.

"Young Master Leo, Kal."

Just then, Chen Sia's voice was heard from behind.

"Good morning."

Chen Sia greeted them with a smile, and Leo returned the greeting.

"Good morning."

Iliana also appeared behind Chen Sia.

Iliana looked back and forth between Leo and Kal, then squeezed between them and separated them.

"What are you doing?"

Kal asked with a puzzled look, and Iliana wagged her finger.

"The class representative is strictly a referee in this departmental war. You can't be close to students from a specific department."

Saying so, Iliana pushed Leo's back.

"Class representative, let's go to the Knight Department to eat."

"Didn't you just say you shouldn't be close to students from a specific department?"

Leo asked, and Iliana's eyes widened.

"Yes, I did. But Celia wanted to see you for a moment? Celia is the class representative's cousin."

"That's right. Miss Celia has something to say."

Chen Sia also stuck close to Leo's side, holding his hand and pulling him along.

As they walked towards the Knight Department with the two of them.

Iliana looked around, confirmed there was no one, and put her hand into Leo's uniform pocket.

"What are you doing?"

"A gift."

At his words, Leo took out what was in his pocket.

It was a snack that was most popular among girls.

A very difficult item to obtain.

"Isn't this a bribe?"

"Hey! Bribe? It's just a small token of my affection because I like the class representative."

"I'm fine."

"Hey! Put it back! Put it back! Are we not on good enough terms to exchange something like this?"

Iliana pushed the snack that Leo had returned back into his pocket and subtly glanced around, asking in a small voice.

"By the way, Class Representative. You said you hid problems all over the dormitory, right? Can you give me a hint…"

"Achoo."

At that moment, a sneeze was heard.

Iliana quickly turned her head towards the direction of the sound.

Behind the building pillar.

A presence was felt.

Iliana narrowed her eyes and dashed behind the pillar at incredible speed.

"Oh? Betty?"

"Ah, hello, Senior Iliana."

"Did you see?"

Iliana looked at Betty, the second-ranked student in the Magic Department, with a cold expression.

"Ah, I didn't see anything! Nothing at all."

"Hmm? I think you saw something?"

"Ugh!"

"If you tell anyone what you saw today… you know, your school life might not be as fun… Ow!"

Chen Sia hit Iliana on the back of the head with a ruler.

Iliana clutched her head and rolled on the floor.

"You're not supposed to threaten a junior."

"I wasn't threatening!"

Iliana looked aggrieved.

Leo approached the distraught Iliana and stamped a deduction mark on her.

"Harassing a junior is a violation of school rules."

"Aaaargh!"

Iliana screamed.

"I can't believe it. Are you an idiot? You got a deduction mark for trying to bribe Leo?"

Celia, with her arms crossed, looked exasperated.

Iliana, kneeling in front of Celia, said in a crawling voice.

"The deduction mark wasn't for a bribe, it was for threatening Betty…"

"That's something to brag about!"

Iliana flinched at Celia's growl.

Leo, watching the scene, asked Celia.

"You said you had something to tell me?"

Celia, glaring at Iliana, took out a letter envelope from her pocket and handed it to Leo.

"It's a letter from my aunt."

Normally, it would have gone to Leo, but his room had become inaccessible to outsiders after he became a third-year.

So, it was Celia's duty to receive Leo's mail.

"Thank you."

Leo expressed his gratitude, opened the envelope, and checked its contents.

A moment later, as Leo carefully folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, Celia asked with curiosity.

"What did your aunt say?"

"She said she was named in the Hero Records this time."

"Really? That's great… What?!"

Celia, who had been nodding at Leo's nonchalant reply, widened her eyes.

"My aunt was named in the Hero Records?"

"That's right."

Other students also looked at Leo in surprise.

"Congratulations, Leo!"

"Wow! That's great!"

"Leo! Congratulations!"

Leo smiled at the congratulations pouring in from all sides.

"Thank you, but it's not something I should be congratulated for."

At Leo's reaction, the surrounding students paused.

Being named in the Hero Records.

That is, becoming a hero, is an honor for the entire family.

Considering that even families called "heroic clans" couldn't produce a hero every generation.

It was literally something to celebrate wildly.

Yet, Leo's reaction was remarkably indifferent.

Because of that reaction, the students momentarily mistook his feelings.

'Are we being too over the top?'

But no matter how they thought about it, it was indeed something to celebrate.

However, the person being congratulated reacted that way, leaving the Knight Department students bewildered.

"You're so indifferent. You don't seem very happy."

Celia pouted, crossing her arms, and Leo glanced down at the envelope and chuckled.

"I am happy. It's just that…"

"Just that?"

"I thought my mother was fully qualified to be a hero. So, I'm not showing it."

After answering, Leo got up from his seat.

"Where are you going?"

"To write a reply."

"Wow, you're going to write a reply right away. You're not showing it, but you seem very happy."

Leo lightly tapped Chen Sia's forehead, who was teasing him, and left.

Seeing him go, Celia also got up.

"Where are you going, Miss Celia?"

"I'm going to write a letter to my aunt too. I admire her. Leo! Let's go together!"

Following them, Iliana, who had been kneeling, also stood up.

"Where are you going?"

In response to Nela's question, Iliana gave a thumbs-up.

"I'm going to make up for the deduction mark I received today."

At that response, the surrounding Knight Department students looked uneasy.

"What are you planning to do now?"

"The class representative is in a good mood right now, right? I'll try to get the deduction mark canceled."

"You idiot!"

"Hey! Catch her!"

"Don't mess with Leo for no reason!"

Third-year students rushed towards Iliana.

Nela sighed as she watched the scene.

"We need to make sure Iliana doesn't get anywhere near Leo. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Hmm."

Chen Sia, who was thinking about Nela's words, tilted her head.

"Should I snap Leo-dono's neck if she tries to approach him?"

"……"

Normally, Nela would have severely reprimanded her, but not today.

A moment later.

Nela sighed.

"Still, that's too much."

The most compassionate student in the Knight Department.

Chen Sia nodded at Nela's words.

Magic Department class.

"Gentlemen! Did you have a good weekend!"

Ren ascended the podium.

Seeing him, the students began putting away their textbooks.

Today was the written exam that Ren had announced.

Since he said he would start the exam as soon as the lecture began, they put away everything except their writing utensils.

Some students, until the very end, slowly closed their textbooks, trying to memorize even a little more of the content.

A moment later.

On the neat circular desks in the lecture hall.

Tension flowed among the students.

Professor Ren, with a solemn expression, snapped his fingers.

Then, a golem created by magic entered carrying a stack of papers.

"No way, how can the exam paper be this thick?"

"It's thicker than the midterm and final exam papers."

"Ughhh."

Disappointed reactions poured out from the students.

Meanwhile, at Ren's gesture, the exam papers flew towards the students.

*Thump- thump-*

Professor Ren approached the blackboard in the center of the lecture hall.

And holding chalk, he began to write something on the blackboard.

*Tap tap tap tap! Tap!*

The students, seeing the sentence Professor Ren wrote on the blackboard with his dazzling hand movements, looked puzzled for a moment.

They thought he would announce the exam time or method, but the sentence written on the blackboard had nothing to do with the exam.

*Bang!*

"Who is our main enemy!"

"……"

The students were speechless at Ren's sudden words after hitting the blackboard.

At that moment, Chloe, the top student, raised her hand without hesitation.

"Student Chloe!"

"Tartarus."

"Incorrect!"

Chloe looked flustered at Ren's firm reply.

Starting with Chloe, students raised their hands and gave their own answers.

"Demons!"

"No!"

"Hero Hunter?"

"It's the Necromancer King!"

"Wrong!"

"The Legion Commanders…?"

"Incorrect!"

Amidst the succession of incorrect answers.

Leo raised his hand.

"Erebos."

For a moment, silence fell over the entire lecture hall.

Erebos.

Although he is an enemy of the world to be defeated, it is not easy to utter his name.

The atmosphere sank heavily just by the name itself.

"Unfortunately, that is also not the correct answer!"

Everyone was flustered.

Not only Chloe, the top student in the Magic Department, but even Leo, the student council president, was wrong.

At that moment, Kal, who had been quietly observing, raised his hand and answered playfully.

"The Knight Department!"

"Kal."

Chloe glared at him.

Kal, with a face full of mischief, gave a look that said 'Why?'.

*Clap clap clap clap!*

"Bravo! Correct! Student Kal! As expected, a top student who became a hero early on is different!"

"Huh?"

Kal, who was praised as a top student by Ren for the first time since enrolling, looked bewildered.

Ren took out a stamp, stamped it on a palm-sized piece of paper, and sent it flying to Kal.

Kal, receiving the "[Well Done]" stamp, looked dazed.

Ren then hit the lectern with his fist.

"It's as Student Kal just said! The main enemy we must defeat is none other than the Knight Department!"

At his passionate remark, Anna, who had been waiting at the back of the lecture hall, looked up at the ceiling and lamented.

This guy seems to have developed a disease of talking nonsense.

'He'll probably just finish with a speech…'

As she thought that, Ren said.

"Now! Solve the exam papers you were given today!"

At his words, the students flipped over the stacks of exam papers to check the contents.

Instantly.

The faces of all the students changed strangely.

"Um… Professor Ren?"

Chelsea carefully raised her hand.

"What is it, Student Chelsea!"

"The content of the exam is a bit strange. No, it's beyond strange. Why do we have to solve this?"

At Chelsea's words, Anna flinched and checked the exam paper.

And she began to tremble.

"Why is this exam necessary?"

At his words, Ren glared.

"It's necessary for ideological verification!"

"Hey, you crazy human!"

Anna rushed at Ren and grabbed his collar.

Even while being grabbed by the collar by Anna, Ren stubbornly continued.

"From today, we will conduct research classes on how to efficiently defeat those knights! How to infiltrate the Knight Department dormitory! How to destroy the Knight Department!"

"Student Leo! Student Abad! Student Kal! Get this guy off the stage immediately!"

At Anna's words, the three stood up and went up to the platform.

"What, what are you doing! To your heavenly teacher!"

"Professor, please go outside the classroom and calm down first."

Kal grabbed one of Ren's arms with a smile.

Abad also grabbed Ren's other arm, and Leo grabbed Ren's legs and dragged him outside.

"Vice-Professor Anna! This is a rebellion against me as a professor! How could you do this to me!"

Ren's desperate cry as he was dragged out, just as he used to do to Sedjen, echoed through the lecture hall.

Anna rubbed her temples with a tired expression.

Meanwhile, there was one student diligently solving the problems.

"Iliana, what are you doing?"

Chloe asked, and Iliana quickly moved her pen and said.

"I got a deduction mark today. I have to make up for it, so I have to do well on this exam."

To that answer, Chloe said.

"You're from the Knight Department."

Although she was taking a Magic Department class as a sword master, her affiliation was with the Knight Department.

"So what?"

"……No, keep solving it."

Chloe sighed.

'Is our department okay like this?'

She worried if they could conduct classes properly.

However, similar incidents to what happened in Ren's class were occurring all over Rumern.