Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 607

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Chapter 607

“Among the students, those who have succeeded with such outrageous proposals can be counted on one hand.”

“So there are people who have actually succeeded?”

The Skeleton Principal’s gaze completely returned to normal.

“Just say you’ll hear what you want to hear. Why. Should I tell you what proposals there were?”

“It was just curiosity. May I ask one more thing?”

“What?”

“What happens if I accept the proposal but later say I can’t do it anymore because too much time has passed?”

“…Are you asking because you’re planning to just take the sponsorship money and run away?!”

The Skeleton Principal was shocked.

This disciple had no intention of taking on a reckless challenge from the start.

While other arrogant and conceited fools were charging in without knowing their place, he alone was coldly planning to just take the sponsorship money and flee!

It was truly chilling composure.

‘The future is frightening!’

“No… I might not be able to continue midway. And the sponsorship money that’s already been used can’t be helped. I’m not trying to run away on purpose.”

“You are truly insane. Give it up. A mage who only covets the fruit before his eyes won’t last long. If you accept the proposal and fail, it will damage your reputation.”

For Imperial mages, reputation was as important as skill.

No matter how skilled they were, who would entrust a fortune to a mage like Burdus?

The reason Burdus was now working under the Skeleton Principal was all because he had failed at managing his reputation.

“I think once or twice would be okay, right?”

“…Do it. Do it! You must do it! Just try not doing it.”

“It’s just a question, but if you keep getting angry like that…”

The Skeleton Principal shuddered and changed the subject.

“The sponsor we’re going to meet now will be quite different from the sponsors you’ve met so far, so be careful.”

“?”

Lee Han was surprised by the Principal’s words.

A different sponsor?

“Do they have a difficult personality?”

“Difficult… you could say difficult. Though it’s different from what you’re thinking. It’s the third child among His Imperial Majesty’s nine children.”

“!!!”

Since the current Emperor’s children numbered over a hundred, each individual didn’t have much great authority.

Having actually faced the Emperor, Lee Han could well understand why the heads of great noble families were indifferent toward the Imperial Family.

From the family heads’ perspective, there was an immortal Emperor who should rule eternally, yet unqualified young Imperial Family members were saying ‘I want to be the next Emperor!’ – how ridiculous must that have seemed?

Rather, Lee Han found the loyal noble factions that had gathered under some Imperial Family members more curious.

Weren’t they firmly believing that the Imperial Family member they served would become the successor?

‘Do they really believe they could become a better Emperor than the current one?’

It was probably because they didn’t know the current Emperor’s true identity…

Anyway, the mass-produced Imperial Family members had no particular authority, and perceptive people all knew this, but some Imperial Family members were a bit special among them.

From the first to the ninth.

The real children that the Emperor had conceived and born alone were exactly that.

Even without Imperial qualifications, these ones possessed tremendous potential as dragons.

Most importantly, unlike the Imperial Family members below them, the fact that they were of the dragon race was very significant.

These nine children were virtually the ones the Emperor would consider real children.

Naturally, not only the Skeleton Principal but also the great noble families had no choice but to pay attention to these real children of the Emperor.

“I think I understand. So these nine are all wealthy thanks to such favor, and we’re going to extort this money from them.”

“…Excellent!”

The Skeleton Principal was amazed by Lee Han’s perceptiveness.

Usually when talking about these nine children, people would focus only on the fact that they were dragons or that they were children cherished by the Emperor, and get nervous.

But this disciple wasn’t deceived by such things and immediately grasped the real purpose.

“Really amazing. I’m pleased with your growth!”

“Haha. It’s thanks to your teaching, Principal.”

Alsicle, who was walking alongside them, shook his head back and forth.

The work of an Archmage was a little, no, far too different from what Alsicle had imagined.

* * *

‘I’m getting nervous.’

Standing in front of the manor’s fence, Lee Han steadied his breathing.

Facing a dragon was something that made one more nervous when known in advance.

The Emperor was better off met unknowingly, but knowing about the Emperor’s third child made him nervous.

What kind of dragon would it be?

‘They said difficult.’

There were many types of difficult personalities.

Burdus-like difficulty, Skeleton Principal-like difficulty, Professor Boladi-like difficulty…

Being one of His Imperial Majesty’s first nine children, they would easily be over a hundred years old, so it would likely be a Skeleton Principal-like difficulty.

Lee Han imagined an elderly person with white hair angrily shouting with a healthy complexion.

‘How should I flatter them?’

“Ugh.”

“Are you alright, Sir Alsicle?”

“Mmm.”

Alsicle’s complexion wasn’t good. His beak was drooping and his shoulders were hunched.

Thinking it might be due to the burden of meeting a dragon, Lee Han asked.

“Is it because of the meeting…?”

“Ugh. It’s embarrassing, but yes. Actually, I’ve met them once before.”

Lee Han was surprised by Alsicle’s words.

“You have?”

“It was terrible then.”

“What kind of person were they…”

“Please come in!”

The knight guarding the manor entrance signaled.

Lee Han stopped his conversation and followed behind the Skeleton Principal, passing through the main gate and walking across the manor courtyard. The grounds were so vast that just walking across the courtyard took quite some time.

“Are they awake now?”

“Yes. Fortunately, they are awake.”

The knight spoke to the Skeleton Principal with a face of sincere relief.

The Skeleton Principal clicked his tongue and patted the knight’s shoulder.

“You must have had a hard time.”

“…No, not at all! This is my honor!”

“Getting spit on the face isn’t exactly an honor. Don’t overdo the packaging.”

“…???”

Lee Han, who was behind them, doubted his ears.

Getting spit on the face?

‘Do they spit?’

The image in Lee Han’s mind of a white-haired crazy old man rampaging became even worse.

Even if they were a dragon and the Emperor’s child, spitting at subordinates when in a bad mood was too much.

“Principal. Isn’t this going too far?”

“What can we do? They’re His Majesty’s child.”

“But…”

Lee Han was disappointed by the Skeleton Principal’s reaction, which was different from his usual demeanor.

He had thought that the Skeleton Principal would immediately hang them upside down and throw them in the punishment room if His Majesty’s child or not acted arrogantly.

“Can’t we just throw her in the punishment room?”

“…You know, even though you’re my disciple, there are times when you really surprise me, don’t you?”

The Skeleton Principal opened the door with exasperation.

The inside of the manor was similar to the Emperor’s residence.

Rather than being divided into various sections and rooms like where typical Imperial races lived, it was configured as one large cave-like space.

Whether space expansion magic was used, the interior looked several times larger than the outside, and dark, humid air flowed out. If you closed your eyes, it wouldn’t be surprising to think you were deep in some cave.

Wow! Alsicle!!!

“Please!”

Along with the sound of Alsicle screaming beside them, a large dragon’s front paw snatched up the penguin beastman.

The golden dragon threw the penguin beastman up and caught him, threw and caught him again, then hugged him tightly.

The Skeleton Principal cast powerful protective magic on Alsicle without batting an eye.

Even so, the sound of the barrier cracking could be heard vividly.

“Your Highness. Please maintain your dignity.”

Wow! Gonadaltes too!

“Your Highness.”

Alright, alright. Alsicle… why haven’t you come for so long? Didn’t you want to see Jowrin?

“Guh… guhk. I was busy with… work… For a mage… magic is a… mission… please spare me.”

You’re talking nonsense about magic! Magic is boring!

Though she had casually said something practically taboo in front of a mage, Alsicle couldn’t retort and only flapped his wings.

Lee Han, who had been blankly watching some young dragon torture a penguin beastman mage, belatedly realized.

So that dragon is…

“How young is she!?”

“What are you talking about? Ah. Don’t tell me you thought Her Imperial Highness would be fully grown like other races?”

The Skeleton Principal could finally understand why this disciple had suggested throwing that young dragon in the punishment room.

Before that, he just thought he was crazy.

“It’ll be several hundred more years before Jowrin’s head gets a bit thicker.”

Dragons could surpass the knowledge accumulated by most races and demonstrate the brute strength to topple castle walls with their body mass after just a few decades, but their mental age was different.

Even a dragon that had lived for hundreds of years still had the mindset of a teenage brat.

The Emperor’s third Imperial Princess, Jowrin, who was thoroughly excited, lifted the penguin beastman with her front paw.

Alsicle, fly! Fly!

“I can’t fly… these aren’t wings for flying!”

Fly!

“!”

Seeing the potential to use word magic, even briefly, Lee Han shuddered.

Indeed, true dragon bloodline was on a different dimension.

Jowrin only released Alsicle after playing with him to her heart’s content. Alsicle, in a state of complete exhaustion, collapsed while sobbing.

“…You’ve suffered. Go and rest.”

“Huhuhu…”

His pride as a mage gone and filled with sadness at becoming a penguin performer, Alsicle trudged away.

Jowrin, thoroughly excited, was flapping her small wings when she belatedly noticed Lee Han.

He was an amazing guest from whom tremendous magical power could be felt.

Is he Jowrin’s new brother??

“No, Your Highness. He’s just human.”

Did Gonadaltes modify him?

“Your Highness. If you don’t maintain your dignity, I’ll leave right now and never visit again.”

At the Skeleton Principal’s words, Jowrin screamed. It was a scream that shook the cave.

The Skeleton Principal unconsciously looked at Lee Han. He was worried whether he had been affected by that powerful scream.

However, Lee Han was standing calmly. The Skeleton Principal nodded as if pleased.

“?”

Jo, Jowrin was wrong. Don’t leave!

“Yes. Please maintain your dignity.”

Human with a damn lot of magical power. What’s your name?

“Your Highness. That expression is wrong.”

Wr, wrong? Human with a damn lot of magical power…?

“Don’t force curses you don’t understand into sentences.”

The Imperial Princess nodded dejectedly.

“I am Lee Han of Wardanaz Family.”

This is the first time I’ve seen a mage with this much magical power. A mage like this could play with Jowrin.

The Gold Dragon looked at Lee Han with sparkling eyes.

Remembering the cave penguin show that Alsicle had just demonstrated, Lee Han called the Skeleton Principal with an ominous feeling.

“Am I going to do the same thing as Alsicle just did?”

“No. You’re not even a penguin beastman, you’re just handsome and that’s all. Don’t be confident that you can do Penguerin-like things.”

“…That’s not very comforting.”

Jowrin excitedly brought a silk handkerchief.

Then she threw it to Lee Han.

Try infusing it with magical power!

“Won’t it tear?”

It won’t tear! Put all your strength into it!

Lee Han dubiously infused magical power into the silk handkerchief.

Surprisingly, this handkerchief didn’t tear despite the massive magical power flowing through it, instead enduring it solidly.

‘Amazing!’

It was probably possible because the magical structure inside was focused solely on magical power dispersion.

But even considering that, it was amazing.

To think magical power dispersion was possible to this degree.

Compared to this, dispersing impact so that an egg dropped from thousands of kilometers above in the skies wouldn’t break seemed easier.

Right? Gonadaltes made it! He went to the trouble of making it, but there was no one to play with using this, so I’ve been using it alone. Here!

The dragon firmly fixed the handkerchief between her front paw claws and made Lee Han grab the other end.

Magical power tug-of-war! It’s magical power tug-of-war!

“…Um, Principal?”

Lee Han called the Skeleton Principal, but the Skeleton Principal had already set up a table and chair in a corner of the cave and was sitting there sipping coffee.

“Play with her enthusiastically.”

“…!”

So this is why you brought me!

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