Chapter 360
“It’s Leo!”
“Ooooh!”
“Leo’s back!”
As soon as he entered the dorm, the Glory students erupted into cheers when they saw Leo.
“Let’s throw a party! A party! A welcome party for the class rep!”
Eliana, who loved anything flashy, shouted excitedly.
At her outburst, the students turned their eyes toward Chen Xia and Chloe.
As the dorm leaders alongside Leo, the two of them were the main decision-makers of Glory.
Originally, Leo had the strongest influence in Glory.
However, he rarely gave opinions when dorm matters needed a decision. Instead, he usually followed others’ suggestions.
[It’s way more fun to let the fresh, lively kids make decisions than some gloomy old man making boring ones.]
Kirran snickered.
Leo was already thinking about how he would punish Kirran later.
“For today, enjoying a gathering with just our dormmates sounds nice.”
“Knew it! Big Sis is the best!”
“Chen Xia! Chen Xia!”
The students erupted into cheers, chanting Chen Xia’s name.
“Since it’s a special occasion.”
When Chloe also smiled and agreed, the students cheered even louder.
“As expected of Glory’s mom!”
“Mom is the best!”
“Why am I the mom?!”
Chloe shouted, her face bright red.
That only made the mischievous students grin wider.
“You nag a lot. That’s totally mom-like.”
“Exactly.”
“You guys…! Do you have any idea how insulting that is to a fresh teenager?! And Chen Xia is older than me!”
“Chen Xia is the big sister.”
“Yup, yup.”
Laughter broke out everywhere, lively and loud. Leo couldn’t help but laugh too.
“Honestly…”
Chloe returned after “punishing” the students who teased her, letting out a helpless sigh.
To prepare for the welcome party, the Glory students moved quickly.
Some ran off to get food and drinks.
Some gathered tables in the lounge.
Some went to call the students who hadn’t returned to the dorm yet.
Leo laughed softly as he watched the suddenly bustling dorm.
“The noise really makes it feel like I’m back in Lumene.”
“How was Seiren?”
Chen Xia asked with a gentle smile.
“Not bad.”
Leo smiled back.
“Chloe! Chen Xia! Can we invite students from other dorms too?”
“It’s Leo’s welcome party.”
“Nice! I’ll invite Chelsea and Carr, Nella, and Tide!”
“Invite Celia too.”
“I’ll just call everyone the class rep is close with.”
Eliana, who had a friendly personality and widely known connections across the second year, quickly made a mental list.
And like that, preparations finished, and the party began with explosive energy.
“What? So you actually took classes with first-years?”
“Insane.”
“Hey! They can’t treat our student council president like that!”
Students fumed as they heard Leo’s story.
“It was a pretty fun experience. I also got to see what Seiren’s first-years are like.”
At Leo’s words, Celia crossed her arms and asked:
“Compared to Aina, how strong was Lea Tingel?”
As Aina’s mentor, Celia was naturally curious about Aina’s rival.
Lumene couldn’t help but care about the upcoming Lumeiren.
“Well, since she’s a knight and Aina’s a mage-knight, comparing them directly is tough. But purely in terms of skill level? They’re even.”
“Knew she wouldn’t be easy.”
Celia rubbed her chin.
“But Leo, you seriously taught Introduction to Star Magic to Seiren’s first-years?”
Chelsea said while munching on a cookie.
The Magic Department students all knew that the elves treated Introduction to Star Magic as heresy.
Teaching it in the heart of Seiren?
“That’s so like you, Leo.”
Chelsea sparkled.
“They were desperate.”
Leo continued sharing stories from Seiren, and the party buzzed with excitement.
“How was Lumene while I was gone?”
When Leo asked, Carr replied:
“The second-years cleared their Hero Records.”
“Ho?”
Leo raised his brows.
At Lumene, first-years focused on foundational training as future hero candidates.
From second year onward, they began the official path toward becoming heroes.
That involved clearing Hero Records—worlds crafted by past gods and heroes.
At the start of the semester, second-years were introduced to the Hero Records they could attempt.
While Leo was away for a month at Seiren, it seemed the other students cleared theirs.
“For your information—I got an amazing reward!”
Eliana bounced in front of Leo proudly.
“You better be nervous, class rep!”
“You almost failed because you got greedy.”
“You were pale and crying the day before.”
“It was a last-minute clear. Practically a failing score.”
Boos erupted from all sides.
Normally, Eliana would’ve run to Leo to complain—but today she held her head high.
“Yes, yes, my score was low! But you all know the reward made it worth it!”
With her nose in the air, Eliana burst out laughing.
This assignment must have rewarded earlier clears with higher scores rather than weighing difficulty.
Higher difficulty meant slower clears.
So students had to choose:
Get a good grade now,
or invest in a harder Hero Record for better growth later.
‘Honestly, this school is brutal.’
They gave students a breather with the mentor system, then immediately pushed them back to another survival road.
Carr was apparently among the top scorers.
“I picked the easiest difficulty.”
Carr shrugged.
“For the others the reward might’ve been meh, but it was perfect for me.”
“What was it?”
Leo asked curiously.
Carr grinned.
“An alchemy manual.”
In Dweno’s world, Carr earned Dweno’s alchemy manual as a reward.
But with his current skill level, he couldn’t fully understand it yet.
So he chose to build the foundation first.
Leo smiled.
“And thanks to that—!”
Carr raised a triumphant thumbs-up.
“I think I can make something big soon. If it works, I’m gonna be filthy rich!”
“If you make something weird again, the student council won’t let it slide.”
“Don’t worry! I’ll definitely have the student council inspect it before selling anything!”
—
“Everyone’s obsessed with Leo.”
Juen shook her head as their classmates chattered nonstop about him.
‘It is a big deal.’
As a mage to her core, Juen fully understood what it meant to be acknowledged by Seiren.
‘Just a one-year difference…’
She clicked her tongue.
Juen was one of the top first-years.
She was aiming not only for class representative but eventually for student council president.
But Leo, a year above her, had achieved something unbelievable.
‘It’s intimidating.’
She shivered, recalling the times she’d clashed with Leo before.
Step, step—
Someone walked past her.
It was Aina—the current first-year representative.
Behind Aina, her followers trailed closely.
Juen looked at them with an exasperated expression.
The Magic Department and Knight Department had been bitter rivals for generations.
Juen was the top in the Magic Department; Aina was the top in the Knight Department.
But rivalry or not, Juen simply didn’t like Aina.
‘Always acting like nobody else matters.’
Though they were in different departments, Aina’s skill was undeniable.
A top student in everything beyond knight training too.
Honestly, being called the successor to the Sword Saint who once led an era wasn’t an exaggeration.
Juen couldn’t deny that Aina surpassed her in every way.
But that aloof, disinterested attitude irritated her.
‘And she’s weirdly obsessed with Leo.’
As she grumbled internally, Juen spotted a familiar boy and widened her eyes.
With a sly smile, she approached Luke.
“Coming from the library?”
“Yes.”
“You’re so diligent.”
Juen sighed in admiration.
Among the first-years, Luke had long been a target of mockery.
His midterm results were disastrous, and he showed little sign of improvement.
What made it worse was that his mentor was none other than Leo Plov.
‘It’s strange.’
Juen never understood Luke.
She knew exactly how hard he worked.
‘And he even takes tutoring from Professor Len.’
That alone made no sense.
‘Other idiots claim he’s only getting tutoring because of Leo’s influence. But only morons would believe that.’
As the daughter of the Southern Magic Tower Master, she knew Len’s reputation well.
A genius in magical research.
A man who cared for absolutely nothing except magic.
No amount of favoritism would make Len waste his time tutoring someone useless.
‘Something’s there.’
But she didn’t know what.
Of course, aside from all that, Juen liked Luke.
During the entrance exam and the mentor selection—
Luke always pushed beyond his limits.
Unlike Juen, who recognized her limits and gave up before reaching them.
‘And most importantly—’
Aina had stopped walking and was glaring at Luke.
‘She’s jealous. And it’s hilarious.’
Juen snickered.
Aina was clearly conscious of Luke—
Because Luke was Leo’s mentee.
A bizarre situation where the top of the year was jealous of a failing student.
This level of pettiness thrilled Juen.
“I’m heading to the second-year dorms to see Carr. Want to come?”
“Yes! Leo-senior called me too!”
“Perfect! Let’s stop by Noble dorm first, then go see Leo!”
Juen pushed Luke forward.
Then she turned and stuck her tongue out at Aina.
Aina expressionlessly turned away and kept walking.
—
Noble dorm basement.
Where Magic Department students had their personal workshops.
There, Carr was carefully brewing a potion while holding a vial.
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead as he studied Dweno’s alchemy manual with utmost focus.
And then—
Pop—!
A small puff of smoke rose from the vial.
Its contents began to glow gold.
“Holy… this is real?”
Carr’s voice trembled.
“No way. This really worked?”
He had bragged to Leo, but he didn’t actually expect to pull off something this incredible.
Swallowing hard, he carefully poured the mixture into a potion bottle.
Now, he had to report to the student council.
‘But even if I made it, there’s no way the student council will allow me to sell it.’
Carr sighed deeply.
‘There’s no way they’ll let me sell something like… a love potion.’
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