Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1225

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Chapter 1225

His gaze unconsciously moved to the empty cell on the opposite side where Professor Boladi wasn’t present.

‘Don’t tell me one more person is getting added?’

That absolutely couldn’t happen.

Professor Boladi would be one thing, but he couldn’t let Jowrin stay in such a beggar-like place.

Lee Han calmly asked for now.

“Are you alright?”

“Hm? Jowrin is fine.”

“…I meant Prince Uman.”

“Ah!”

Jowrin grumbled with a slightly resentful tone.

“Uman isn’t the contractor though.”

It was Jowrin who had made a contract with Lee Han, not Uman.

Then even if she had returned to dragon form and thrown a punch, shouldn’t he worry about Jowrin first?

“?”

Lee Han tilted his head at that logic.

‘Could it be that staying at Einroguard has influenced her?’

This level of shamelessness was on par with Einroguard 1st year 2nd semester students.

To think she’d learn this quickly.

“Your Majesty. You are above Prince Uman, aren’t you? Originally, those above are supposed to take care of those below.”

“That is true… Mm, Uman was hardly injured.”

‘Phew.’

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief for now.

Fortunately, since the opponent was also a dragon, they seemed sturdy. To endure Jowrin’s strike and still be fine.

Of course, even so, they wouldn’t be completely unharmed.

Especially when it came to emotional wounds!

This dragon inspector looked solid and confident on the outside, but in some ways, the inside was more fragile than Jowrin.

Just recently when the students got angry and rioted, he had returned to his original form and sniffled, so if respected elder sister Jowrin had thrown a front paw…

‘Won’t he get depression?’

Lee Han was seriously worried about Uman. At his attitude, Jowrin became even more sulky.

“Hmph! I should have hit him one more time!”

“…Your Majesty. You’re misunderstanding. It’s not that I care more for Prince Uman, but Prince Uman is somewhat… young and weak compared to you.”

It felt very awkward to call a fully grown Black Dragon who could swallow him in one bite young and weak, but Lee Han spoke with a poker face.

At those words, Jowrin seemed to feel somewhat better too.

“…Uman is a bit young.”

“Right? Please understand with a generous heart. And this evil deity subjugation was heard by His Imperial Majesty too, so Prince Uman probably can’t just let you out on his own.”

Jowrin fell into thought.

If she went to find His Imperial Majesty and delivered Jowrin’s strike…

“Your Majesty. You’re not thinking of going to His Imperial Majesty to protest, are you?”

Lee Han asked with an ominous feeling.

Surely not…

Surely not, right?

Jowrin quickly changed her expression and pretended not to know. The time spent at Einroguard was truly teaching this Gold Dragon many things.

“Jowrin wasn’t thinking anything!”

“I understand. Anyway, don’t cause other trouble, Your Majesty. I’m doing fine. Rather, this might be good for you, Your Majesty. We haven’t had time to play together recently. Would you like to play Gold Dragon chess?”

At Lee Han’s question, Jowrin pondered for a moment.

Then she spoke with a face that was holding back.

“Regular chess would be fine too.”

“??”

Lee Han was puzzled by the unexpected answer but brought a chess board.

With the cell bars between them, the dragon and the dragon’s contractor moved pieces.

Jowrin attacked quite fiercely, but couldn’t break through Lee Han’s solid defense. Soon the pieces were blocked.

“Uuugh.”

Jowrin, who had become teary-eyed, glared at the chess board intently. Since she was a dragon, she might really be able to pierce it with just her gaze.

“Your Majesty. Is there a reason you specifically chose regular chess?”

“…Because Jowrin is a wise dragon, she no longer plays chess with Gold Dragon pieces that can move forward, backward, left, right, and diagonally and can breathe across the entire chess board.”

‘Something must have happened.’

Lee Han realized that Jowrin had come to understand another truth.

Einroguard wasn’t only having bad influences. There were good influences like this too.

Jowrin kept glancing behind Lee Han. Lee Han flinched thinking the dog hole had been discovered, but Jowrin was looking at something else.

“Ah. Shall I make some cocoa for you?”

“Yes!”

“Please wait.”

As soon as Lee Han got up with a smile, Jowrin changed the positions of pieces on the chess board like lightning.

It was one of the secret techniques she had learned from Eandurude.

Lee Han returned with a mug, looked at the chess board once, then stared intently at Jowrin.

“…”

“…”

‘Isn’t this only having bad influences?’

Jowrin seemed to feel guilty and changed the subject.

“But Lee Han. When you said not to cause other trouble, that means what I did before is okay, right? Right?”

This Gold Dragon would return to her original speech pattern instead of using formal language when flustered or excited.

Lee Han focused on the question instead of pointing it out.

What she did before?

“Did you cause some other trouble?”

“Not necessarily… anyway, it’s okay, right?”

“Hmm. It would depend on what kind of trouble. Is anyone hurt?”

Jowrin fell into thought for a moment.

When Gonadaltes didn’t respond to contact and Uman didn’t release Lee Han either, Jowrin got slightly angry and called together several students and a professor.

-Set fires and attack the magic towers until Lee Han is released! Then Jowrin will personally train your Cerberus!

-Now I understand why my junior pledges loyalty to Your Majesty! Let’s do that!

-And… uh… umm… the professor is…

-Your Majesty. I don’t need any reward. The loyalty I offer to Your Majesty is the most precious and noble reward. Please let me attack other professors’ magic towers for Your Majesty.

-…Can’t you just take a reward? Jowrin finds this a bit unsettling…

These skilled mages caused a commotion as promised, but the effect wasn’t very good.

Since Einroguard originally had many people setting fires and attacking magic towers even when left alone, when suspicious anonymous mages caused trouble now, only reactions like ‘They appeared again’ came out.

From Jowrin’s perspective, she couldn’t help but be flustered by such an indifferent reaction.

With this kind of commotion, shouldn’t everyone be shocked and say ‘Gasp! Such an unbelievable thing happened at Einroguard! Come to think of it, there was a junior who was falsely accused? We should release that junior!’

Why was everyone reacting like ‘Who is it this time?’ ‘Who cares, let’s go collect the upperclassmen’s stuff while we have the chance, Wardanaz would like that’…

‘Mm. But it seems no one was hurt.’

“Your Majesty?”

At her contractor’s call, Jowrin awakened from her thoughts.

Surely no one was hurt!

“No one was hurt, but…”

“Then it should be fine. Don’t worry too much about it.”

Jowrin smiled brightly.

Lee Han couldn’t even imagine that this dragon before him had assembled professors and students to cause a commotion.

“Oh. Your Majesty. Both bishops are on black squares.”

“…Su-su-su-surprising. There seems to be a ghost in the punishment room…”

Jowrin, who was frantically looking away, noticed something strange inside the solitary cell where Lee Han was confined.

It wasn’t that it was filled with all sorts of household goods and furniture…

“Lee Han. What’s that wall?”

“Pardon?”

Lee Han, who had casually turned his gaze, was shocked.

The blanket covering the hole had somehow fallen down!

“…That wall was originally like that…”

“An escape attempt!!!”

Jowrin jumped up with joy filling her golden eyes.

Didn’t magazines like 【Toberiz Escapes the Fortress】 have similar content?

As expected, Jowrin’s contractor had a plan all along.

“Ah, no. It’s not an escape attempt. I was just digging a small hole to the adjacent room to make things more comfortable. Your Majesty. You mustn’t tell anyone about this.”

Especially not Professor Garcia.

Jowrin wasn’t a fool. She nodded with a serious expression.

“If anyone learns about this hole, Jowrin shall devour them.”

“Th-there’s no need to go that far… Just please keep it secret.”

“Surely in the adjacent room… I heard Professor Verdus is there. Right?”

“No. It’s Professor Bagrek.”

“Ah.”

Jowrin was disappointed.

She was sure she heard it was Professor Boladi, yet she made another mistake like this.

Strangely, whenever she heard a professor was locked in the punishment room, they all seemed like Professor Verdus for some reason.

“Then Lee Han exchanges letters with Professor Bagrek using secret ink! Made with blood and ash!”

“No. It’s quiet here so we can just talk normally.”

There was even real ink available.

Jowrin, who had been excited by those words, showed a slightly disappointed expression.

“Then the letter paper? You made the letter paper by weaving together blankets and leather, right?!”

“There’s commercially available letter paper though…”

Jowrin was even more disappointed. Seeing her like that, Lee Han felt strangely guilty.

Had he brought too many things into the punishment room?

“Novels are different from reality…”

“…”

“Oh! I have a good idea!”

Not discouraged by the cold reality, Jowrin energetically came up with an idea.

Lee Han asked curiously.

“What kind of idea?”

“Jowrin has the best tool for digging holes in walls. It’s…”

Jowrin rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a familiar material.

It was a dragon’s tooth!

Lee Han’s expression immediately became stern.

Fearing that her contractor would scold her for arbitrarily pulling out a body part again, Jowrin hurriedly shouted.

“Wait! It’s a misunderstanding! It’s not Jowrin’s tooth!”

“Pardon?”

“This is Wuman’s tooth… wh-when Jowrin delivered a blow, it fell out…”

“…”

“…S-since Jowrin didn’t pull this out directly, strictly speaking, it doesn’t break the promise from last time…”

Jowrin spoke hesitantly while watching her contractor’s reaction. Lee Han was very troubled by her appearance.

Was Einroguard really having a good influence on Jowrin?

* * *

“Phew.”

After Jowrin left, Lee Han sighed and picked up the dragon’s tooth.

He felt a bit sorry for Prince Wuman, but he couldn’t not use what he’d received. Wasn’t it the optimal tool for digging through the solid prison cell wall?

“Professor Verdus.”

“Pardon?”

Lee Han paused at the sudden unexpected words from next door.

Professor Verdus had come??

Regardless of how he had noticed, it was truly an unbelievable story.

If there was a list of professors who wouldn’t come for visits, wouldn’t he be at the very top!

‘Could it be that Professor Garcia was embarrassed and sent Professor Verdus instead? No way? There can’t be so few people to ask?’

Perhaps he was chosen because there would be less guilt even if threatened?

Soon it became clear that Professor Boladi’s words were correct. From the other end of the corridor appeared a beaver beastman mage with an evil yet cute face.

“How did you notice?”

“Footsteps from the upper floor.”

“…!”

Lee Han realized his mistake.

He had only been thinking about the presence and magical power in the corridor, but the sound of footsteps from above was also sufficiently important information.

Though he didn’t want to memorize things like Professor Verdus’s footsteps…

“Professor Verdus. I didn’t expect you to come here.”

“Do you know how to use 【Eye of Ahrak】?”

As soon as he saw him, Professor Verdus asked bluntly. Lee Han was slightly flustered.

Of course he knew. Wasn’t it magic that the crazy dark mages he met this year had forcibly implanted in his head?

“I do know it, but…”

“What about 【Living Wall】?”

“I know that too.”

“Then write it down in detail here!”

Professor Verdus pushed a thick book full of blank pages through the bars.

Then a sharply sharpened knife flew from the adjacent prison cell toward Professor Verdus’s neck.

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