Book 1 Chapter 891

"Good morning, seniors!"

From the morning, the central hall of the clock tower dormitory was bustling with students.

Among them, the visibly nervous first-years greeted Leo and Cal, who were heading to the cafeteria, with a salute.

Lumern had undergone a major reorganization this year.

As a result, all grades that would have lived separately were now living in the same space.

"When we first enrolled, the first-years would tremble at the sight of any senior."

Cal nodded, resting his clasped hands behind his head at Leo's mumble.

"That's right. But Leo, you didn't tremble at all when you saw the seniors in your first year."

Rather, it was the upperclassmen who were serious about club activities who trembled at the sight of Leo.

As student council president, Leo, who cut club budgets whenever he could, was like a grim reaper to those whose club activities were their lifeline.

Leo shrugged at Cal's remark.

Even the current second-years, thanks to the mentor system, had gotten close to the third-years, but they would freeze like mice in front of cats when facing those above them.

The first-years, who were extremely afraid of seniors, sometimes ran away upon spotting them because they were too scared to greet them.

Compared to those days, the first-years' fear of seniors had definitely lessened.

Of course, they weren't completely relaxed, and most first-years were still nervous in front of seniors.

Especially when it came to influential seniors.

"Anyway, I like it now. The senior-junior relationship in our school was too stiff. Compared to other hero academies… ugh."

As Cal shook his head, Teid joined them from behind and spoke.

"Isn't it good now simply because you can do business with all grades?"

"That's part of it too!"

Cal gave a crisp thumbs-up.

The three of them then entered the cafeteria.

Leo, holding his fork as he sat at a table with his food on his tray, asked,

"So? Was there anything eventful while I was gone for two weeks?"

"There were events. Right from the start of the semester, an unknown fairy stole all the dormitory groceries, causing a commotion."

As Teid took a sip of milk from his mug, Leo tilted his head.

"Why would that cause a commotion?"

"There were many speculations that you were up to something again from the start of the semester. They freaked out, thinking we were going to have a food war between departments."

"Oh?"

Leo stroked his chin, his eyes sparkling.

"Not a bad idea."

"Don't. As a friend, I beg you, please don't."

Teid said seriously.

Seeing Teid like that, Leo burst into laughter.

So, Leo and Cal listened to Teid as he told them about the events at the school while they were on a mission.

As they were having a long conversation.

A moment of silence fell upon the noisy school cafeteria, where the entire student body had gathered for breakfast.

*Click- click-*

Only the sound of someone's footsteps echoed as they entered the cafeteria.

"Senior Elena! Did you have a good mission!"

The first-years, who had been frozen for a moment, greeted her with a salute.

The cafeteria became noisy again with the first-years' greetings.

Elena indifferently waved her hand at the first-years and walked away.

"Senior Elena is back from her mission already. I heard it was a long-term mission that would take at least a month."

"If it's Senior Elena, missions probably finish quickly. But why does she seem in a bad mood?"

Cal looked slightly uneasy.

If Elena was in a bad mood, Cal was the one who suffered the most.

Elena, holding her tray, walked towards Leo's table.

As Cal and Teid started to move to make space, Elena walked past them.

"She's radiating coldness."

As Teid tilted his head, Cal looked at Leo.

"Leo, do you have any idea?"

"Hmm."

Leo replied with a smirk, and Cal and Teid thought to themselves.

'It's because of this guy.'

Teid patted Cal's shoulder as if to say "hang in there."

Cal's shoulders drooped.

***

Third-year Hero Studies class.

"The class ended a little early today!"

Artian smiled brightly as she tidied up her teaching materials.

"The third-year students' class attitude seems to be improving and becoming more enthusiastic! Heh heh! This professor is truly happy to see you becoming exemplary seniors!"

Artian said with sparkling eyes.

Of course, it was somewhat natural for the students' class attitude to improve in Professor Artian's class.

The Iron Hammer of Punishment, Artian.

She had already established herself as a professor as terrifying as Halind, who was called Lumern's Wailing Wall.

Therefore, it was natural to try not to offend her.

"Now, we will have self-study time until the end of class! If any student has questions, please don't hesitate to ask!"

At Artian's words, the students packed their belongings.

Leo glanced at today's notes.

Today's lesson was about the Heroes of the Great Opening.

'I wonder how they are doing.'

Leo thought of the three Heroes of the Great Opening he had met.

Seirun, the Comet Wizard.

Rodia, the Dragon of the Great Opening.

Lumern, the Twilight Knight.

The page of the Great Opening world, where Erebus was imprisoned, was under strict surveillance in the deepest part of Dragonia.

If anything happened, it would be immediately relayed through Melina.

'Come to think of it, what kind of people are Azonia and Demian?'

He thought of the successors of Arion and Dweño, whom he had never met.

He contemplated the Heroes of the Great Opening, known by epithets such as Great Warrior and Indomitable, and rested his chin.

'If I saw Rodia and Seirun, these guys probably wouldn't be normal either.'

Leo rolled a pen between his fingers.

"Are there no questions?"

At that moment, Artian looked at the students with sparkling eyes.

For some reason, some students felt guilty if they didn't ask a question, so when a few students were about to ask.

"I would like to know about the actual personalities of Azonia and Demian."

"Ooh, Leo student."

At Leo's question, Artian clasped her hands together and smiled brightly.

"Leo student asking a question. How unusual."

Artian said, laughing cheerfully.

"As Leo student knows well, unfortunately, official records and documents do not detail the actual personalities of the Heroes of the Great Opening."

The deeds of the Heroes of the Great Opening recorded in literature are purely their achievements.

"However, there are many accounts in unofficial histories. Until now, unofficial histories were judged to have low reliability."

Artian paused for a moment and said,

"Recently, as individuals have appeared who are vastly different from the images we imagined, research into unofficial historical records has been actively conducted in the field of hero studies."

Seeing Artian burst into laughter, the students could easily guess who those different individuals were.

'Luna and Lisinas did a great job.'

It was when Leo smirked.

"Certainly, Kael was too much."

Celia, who was next to Leo, mumbled, resting her chin.

Leo looked at Celia.

"What do you mean?"

"He didn't realize their feelings, even though Lisinas and Luna loved him so passionately."

Celia sighed.

Chloe nodded at her words.

"Although they achieved great deeds… he seemed very insensitive."

"That's Kael's charm! The clumsiness hidden behind his perfect appearance!"

"…"

Leo fell silent, then asked Iliana.

"What's Kael's current image like?"

At that, Iliana smiled brightly and answered without filtering.

"A fool when it comes to women."

Considering he was a great hero who saved the world, that was clearly a very toned-down description.

'Unfair.'

Leo muttered to himself, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Hearing their conversation, Artian burst into laughter.

"Isn't it fun to talk about the human aspects of great people we don't know?"

"What are the personalities of the two recorded in unofficial histories?"

"Well, first, Demian is recorded as a meticulous person. He is described as the perfect hero image. However."

"However?"

"He seems to have had a strong complex about his appearance."

"A complex about appearance?"

The students looked puzzled.

"Yes. Demian is recorded as a great beauty."

"A beauty?"

"Yes. They say he had a gentle appearance that could be mistaken for a woman. His limbs were slender like an elf's, and there are even rumors that he didn't have a beard, which is a symbol of dwarf men."

The students looked puzzled.

Iliana quickly flipped open her textbook and opened the page with a portrait of Demian.

"No matter how I look at it, it doesn't seem right."

"There are claims that all remaining portraits were taken after Demian wore a mask and altered his bone structure with magic."

"It's hard to imagine someone as a Hero of the Great Opening having an appearance complex."

As Duran furrowed his brow, most students nodded.

"Yes. Especially considering his epithet is Indomitable, it's strange. However, unofficial histories say that Demian developed this complex when he attacked Dweño's world and Dweño pointed out that he had an un-dwarfish appearance."

"Ah."

The students nodded as if they understood.

"Of course, the Dweño I met wouldn't discriminate based on appearance, so the credibility is low."

Leo had a strange expression as he looked at Artian's smile.

'Perhaps Dweño tried to strip him naked?'

It was a distinct possibility.

While Leo was feeling the high credibility of unofficial histories.

"Azonia is recorded as having a belligerent personality, as she stood at the pinnacle of all beastmen through struggle. However, as the unifier of the beastmen forces, there are unofficial historical records that she was very debauched."

"How debauched?"

"She liked alcohol and had intimate relations with many men to leave many strong offspring. Considering the culture of beastmen at that time, it's not that strange."

"Hmm. Indeed, the old culture of beastmen has that aspect."

"The anecdotes about Azonia seem plausible?"

The students tilted their heads.

"Ah, and."

"And?"

"She apparently loved gambling a lot. Was she a gambling addict?"

At that, the students let out hollow laughs.

"Nah. That doesn't seem to fit."

"Right? Heh heh. Anyway, these are the personalities and anecdotes recorded in unofficial histories."

At Artian's words, Leo was certain in his heart.

'Alcohol, sex, gambling. She did it all.'

Looking at it this way, the Heroes of the Great Opening seemed like very flawed individuals.

However, Leo thought it was natural.

'We're flawed too.'

There was no reason why their successors wouldn't be.