Chapter 509 The Ancient Heroes

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"The Heroes!"

Hector got all happy out of the blue.

"Amongst them, there was the Sage, the Sword Saint, and the Saintess… And the one with the Title of [Hero]!"

"But of course… Compared to all of them, the strongest was the [Summoner] Allen! A man born with the ability to summon Familiars, combine them, and make them stronger." Said Hector. "The Summoner used his enormous army of thousands to defeat the Demons and even the Monsters with the help of the other Heroes… And with their power, they sealed every single Demon Tower."

"After that long Era of Darkness, an Era of Peace finally came…" Sighed Hector, looking like he was moved by his own words. He was a weirdo. "However, that wasn't enough, the Hero Allen, in his last moments, made a pact with the Holy Spirits… It is said that he used his Divine Spirit Orb, possessing the power of all his Familiars, the first person to have ever been born with one, and dispersed it into millions of fragments. Since the day he died, all the people of the world began to be born with Spirit Orbs inside their chests, and at the age of five, they developed their own Spirits! The Age of Spirit Awakening began upon the Summoner's deathbed."

"It is said that every Spirit a person is born with used to be a Familiar of the First Summoner. This is also the reason why every single person, even when they are born Talentless, have at least one spirit. It also explains why sometimes people have similar Spirits, Hero Allen was said to be able to create replicas of his Familiars." Said Hector.

So that's how they explain the origin of Spirits that everyone has, huh? I doubt any of my Vampires ever belonged to him, so it is probably a bit of a stretch. There might be other reason or truth behind this. Sadly, I cant ask the Holy Spirits themselves about this, they don't let me to ask them questions.

"Wow, history's really interesting…"

"Wait so my spirit used to belong to the hero?!"

"Huh, that's quite interesting."

"They never taught me this in my house…"

"First time I heard about that."

The students were clearly shaken, some didn't even knew about this whole thing.

"Ahem." Hector quickly cleansed his throat. "I heard that there is a Summoner here. Summoners had been born over the eons since the death of Hero Allen, but they're incredibly rare. I heard one has finally showed up, and everyone calls him the next hero, even the director. Who is it?" The Sword Master asked.

Everybody suddenly looked at me.

"Oh, so its you?" Asked Hector.

"I wouldn't call myself a Hero, but yes I possess the 2 Star Summoner Talent." I said while sighing.

"Amazing, it is an honor to see someone with it!" Hector was a fan of the Hero it seems. "Can you show the class one of your Familiars? There must be many here that have yet to see one!"

"Yeah please!"

"I want to see how the Summoner works!"

"I wonder if he can summon a dragon…"

"I heard he summoned a wyvern!"

I sighed one last time.

Fine, whatever.

"Okay, sure, but only this one time."

I quickly summoned Huginn and Falco, making them fly around the classroom. And then, I kept summoning Fenrir, Orcus, Spore, and then a Draco.

"So many Familiars…"

"They're definitely too many for someone if they're just Spirits, those things are indeed Familiars!"

"I can keep making more and more…"

I quickly summoned more and more, flooding the entire classroom.

"I-Incredible, but please tone it down for now!" Hector cried, as he was being licked by several Fenrir while being munched by Draco in the head. Of course he was as hard as a mountain so even Draco's fangs couldn't pierce through him and it was more like playing around with him than anything.

"Very well. Unsummon."

POOOOF!

All Familiars disappeared, turning into Summon Cards invisible to everyone's eyes, which flew back to my Grimoire.

Like that, I ended gaining even more popularity in the class, which was a pain to be honest.

Once classes finally ended, I was swarmed by many students, even if they knew my party was filled, they still wanted to be my friends or build connections with me.

"Can we get along?"

"What's your favorite meal, Blake?"

"Blake! I brought you a box filled with chocolates!"

"I have a love letter, please accept my feelings!"

"I need you!"

There was a particularly large amount of girls trying to get me, rather viciously at that. I have never seen them before yet they were giving me love letters, flowers, chocolates, and even other things. I accepted all gifts greedily though, but Erika and the rest of my friends began to shoo everyone away.

"He's my boyfriend! Don't get closer!" Erika angrily said. "He's already taken!"

"Eh?! The Summoner's the boyfriend of the Magic Blade Princess?!"

"I didn't knew of this! How shocking!"

"Eeeh? How come you can take this little commoner girl? I am a noble with a family that has tons of money and territory!"

"My family owns half a country!"

"I can give you anything you want!"

"My family owns a dungeon, if you accept to marry me I can let you have it!"

The girls were vicious even after hearing Erika's threat.

Thankfully, Evelyn showed up once classes were all done and she dragged us away.

With her at our side, the rest of the students calmed down and we were able to enjoy lunch together.

"Seriously what's wrong with those girls?! That was a bit too much!" Erika complained while crossing her arms.

"Well, being a girlfriend doesn't necessarily mean much, perhaps they thought if they offer enough, they can make you and Blake break up." Said Eric.

"…For once, I have not accepted being her boyfriend yet." I sighed.

"Eh?! You aren't?" Erika asked with puppy eyes.

"…We need to take some time before jumping into these types of relationships, Erika." I sighed.

"B-But…" She seemed to be about to cry.

Everyone looked at me while narrowing their eyes, as if they were saying "how could you break her heart? You monster".

"Fine, I was already planning to but… not in this rushed way, but sure, Erika, be at ease." I said, giving her a head pat.

She quickly switched moods from sad to happy, this girl was really easy to please.

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