Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 608

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Chapter 608

It was shocking, but Lee Han quickly recovered.

Originally, receiving orders from a professor and taking care of their child was a disciple’s duty.

It wasn’t the Skeleton Principal’s child, but it was roughly similar.

‘It’s not a particularly difficult task.’

Lee Han calmly gripped the handkerchief.

What was in front of him wasn’t a massive Gold Dragon, but a professor’s young child.

“Hah. You won’t be able to beat me.”

Hmph! Wardanaz, no matter how confident you are, you can’t beat Jowrin!

The young Gold Dragon shouted excitedly.

* * *

“…”

The Skeleton Principal, who was sipping coffee and reading 【Puppy Beastman Detective Toberiz】 that he had picked up from the printing shop, glanced at what was happening in front of him.

Toberiz was exposing the evil prince’s trick and clearing the good Lich’s false accusations, but it didn’t particularly catch his attention.

The scene unfolding before his eyes was too interesting.

‘Could it be that guy isn’t Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family, but a nanny of the Wardanaz Family?’

Of course, holding a handkerchief and having a mana tug-of-war with a Dragon was impressive enough.

Any ordinary mage would have collapsed from exhaustion after pulling once or twice.

But the Wardanaz Family boy stood there without even blinking after dozens of rounds of mana tug-of-war.

This was truly amazing enough to make ordinary mages faint when they saw it, but…

…what was even more amazing was that he was playing with Jowrin in the palm of his hand.

“Grr! Grrrr!”

Mmm…

Lee Han, who had been earnestly pouring mana to pull the handkerchief toward himself, glanced around and reduced his mana.

Jowrin, who succeeded in pulling the handkerchief toward herself, was overjoyed.

I won! Jowrin won! Wardanaz, you lost again!

“Grr. This is so frustrating.”

Heh. Sorry that Jowrin is so strong.

“I thought I could win this time!”

Lee Han clenched his fists and expressed his frustration with a sincere voice.

The Skeleton Principal was dumbfounded.

‘What kind of acting like a failed mage from a ruined magic tower…’

You’ll challenge again, right?

“Wait. Your Majesty. Please sit properly with all four feet planted. It’s dangerous.”

Lee Han strictly restrained Jowrin, who was trying to stand up excitedly.

It’s okay. Jowrin won’t fall.

Instead of answering, Lee Han sternly crossed his arms and looked at Jowrin.

The young Gold Dragon glanced around and sat down obediently. Lee Han nodded approvingly and held out the handkerchief.

“Excellent, Your Majesty.”

Hmph. Of course Jowrin is excellent!

‘Is he insane?’

The Skeleton Principal almost spat out his coffee at the sight of his disciple giving strong commands to a Gold Dragon like training a puppy.

What was even more absurd was that it was working well.

The Emperor’s third child had a young mind, but that didn’t mean she had a personality that was easy for anyone to get along with.

Rather, because her mind was young, she responded more harshly when she didn’t like someone.

He had thought the Wardanaz Family boy would feel familiar due to his abundant mana, but…

‘I didn’t expect it to be to this extent!’

The Gold Dragon pulled the handkerchief again and achieved victory. Lee Han stamped his feet in frustration in exactly the same posture as before.

“Grr. This is so frustrating.”

That was fun! Now let’s do something else.

“As expected of Your Majesty. Every game you choose is so entertaining.”

Really? Wardanaz, you’re truly wise!

“What games are there?”

The wrestling ring that Gonadaltes made.

Since he didn’t want to wrestle with a Dragon, Lee Han maintained his expression and said,

“I’d like to hear about other games too.”

The mage cards that Gonadaltes made.

‘That’s not bad?’

Lee Han brightened up.

A mage card game was something he could comfortably pass time with.

“Wait. What do you mean the Principal made them?”

“It means Your Majesty’s deck consists only of Gold Dragons and your deck is empty.”

“How can we play a game when I have no cards?”

“That’s why Your Majesty always wins.”

“…”

Lee Han decided it would be better not to play the mage card game.

No matter how much Jowrin won, if he just let her win mindlessly, she wouldn’t feel any fun.

And mage card games that relied on chance weren’t easy to lose on purpose either.

There’s also a chess set that Gonadaltes made.

“…Is this also a modified chess game?”

Right! Wardanaz, you’re really, really wise! This is a Gold Dragon. It can move diagonally forward, backward, left, and right as much as it wants, and it can use Breath Attack. When it uses Breath Attack, all enemy pieces across the entire chessboard die!

Lee Han felt dizzy at this modified chess that would go down in chess history.

“But I’m not very good at chess.”

Can’t be helped. Jowrin is generous, so I’ll let it slide.

“I can only be grateful for Your Majesty’s grace.”

Instead, Wardanaz has to play with me more.

Lee Han unconsciously looked at Alsicle.

If necessary, he might have to heal him and throw him there, then secretly escape from the manor.

‘Stay calm. There must be a useful game.’

“What’s this?”

A ball for polo that Gonadaltes made. But we can’t play this because there aren’t enough people.

“It looks more like a rock than a polo ball…?”

Lee Han was puzzled by the appearance of the polo ball.

It looked more like just a giant rock than a ball.

“If you inject mana into it, it will move in the direction you want.”

“Why did he make such peculiar artifacts, both the handkerchief earlier and this rock?”

“…Your Majesty requested it.”

Seeing the Gold Dragon nodding approvingly, Lee Han realized the truth.

‘She made them so she could win!’

Come to think of it, both the handkerchief and that polo ball were items that only a Dragon could handle.

He could desperately feel the young Dragon’s desire to compete with an absolute advantage.

She hadn’t yet realized that there needed to be appropriate tension for victory to be fun.

“Your Majesty. Even with few people, there’s a game we can enjoy with this ball.”

What is it, Wardanaz?

“Here, watch.”

Lee Han injected mana into the rock-like ball. The ball vibrated and prepared to move.

Swoosh!

The ball flew deep into the darkness of the cave.

Lee Han shouted to Jowrin.

“Your Highness. If you quickly find that ball, it will be Your Highness’s victory!”

I see! Wait for me, Wardanaz! I’ll make you lose again!

Jowrin excitedly ran into the darkness.

Lee Han finally let out a sigh of relief and was able to sit down in his chair.

‘Now I can kill time a bit more comfortably than before.’

The tug-of-war with handkerchiefs earlier, or rather the mana tug-of-war, had consumed quite a bit of stamina.

The game itself wouldn’t have consumed stamina, but the excited Gold Dragon kept jerking around every time she won, causing Lee Han to be shaken as well.

But now this fetch game, or rather simple polo, consumed much less stamina.

Lee Han just had to sit still and shoot the ball…

“…”

Meeting eyes with the Skeleton Principal who was staring at him like he was looking at a madman, Lee Han unconsciously made an excuse.

“I meant no disrespect.”

“I’m sure you didn’t…”

I found it, Wardanaz!

The Gold Dragon excitedly came running back carrying a rock.

Lee Han clapped and shouted.

“Victory to Her Imperial Highness! Oh no, I lost again!!”

Ha!

“This time will be different. Here!”

Pretending to be angry at the excited Jowrin, Lee Han shot the rock in another direction.

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Lee Han had never thought deeply about the saying that dripping water pierces rock.

But today, while playing with the young Gold Dragon, he was experiencing firsthand what that saying meant.

‘…This is exhausting!’

Even just sitting and shooting balls became tiring after doing it hundreds of times.

Even if his mana was fine, his concentration was bound to be depleted.

But Jowrin still wasn’t tired. She came running with the ball and shouted to Lee Han.

Next! Try again, Wardanaz!

Looking to the side, even the Skeleton Principal was clicking his tongue at Jowrin’s stamina.

To think she could tire out a mage with near-infinite mana first.

“Your Highness. Your Highness.”

What? Throw it farther?

“By any chance, do you have no particular interest in what happens throughout the Empire?”

Lee Han changed the subject to somehow recover his stamina.

The Gold Dragon answered immediately.

None.

Dragons had no interest in anything except their own interests.

It was natural for a young dragon like Jowrin to have no interest in affairs throughout the Empire.

“I’m currently attending Einroguard.”

Einroguard! I know it. It’s Gonadaltes’s territory.

“That’s right. Many interesting things happen at Einroguard.”

Like what?

“For example, last time the spirits caused a great flood, so students had to leave the dormitory.”

That must have been fun!

“…Yes, it was fun. We moved around on rafts we had built. The storm was so severe that we even summoned a Tanzhuer…”

How?

“Professor Verdus was a great help. He got us the reagents needed to summon the Tanzhuer.”

Lee Han slightly altered the truth, aware that the Skeleton Principal was listening.

Professor Verdus seems like a good person.

“That’s not the case. Anyway, because of this flood caused by the spirits…”

Lee Han told in as much detail as possible what had happened during the flood at Einroguard.

The longer he could drag out the time, the longer he could rest.

What they ate and how they slept during the flood, how they built a fortress in the library but clueless monsters kept attacking, how he became friends with a Siren so now the Siren runs to him just seeing his face…

Though Jowrin had initially stated she had no interest in affairs throughout the Empire, she was gradually listening more intently.

The Skeleton Principal looked at his disciple with disdain for selling even Einroguard’s intimate behind-the-scenes stories to kill time, but didn’t particularly stop him.

Even from the Skeleton Principal’s perspective, dealing with Jowrin was extreme labor.

“…Anyway, these kinds of things happened. Aren’t the Empire’s affairs quite interesting too?”

More!

“Pardon?”

Tell me more, Wardanaz. More! Jowrin wants to hear more stories!

“…Then I’ll tell you about the time I encountered a Sea Serpent while out with friends. Actually, this story is also related to magical criminals.”

Having successfully diverted Jowrin’s attention, Lee Han let out a sigh of relief and began unfolding his story.

Fortunately, after spending a year at Einroguard, there were many, many incidents to talk about.

Not only the King of Ghouls and the Basilisk, but even the Frost Giant King.

When he told the story of winter coming to the school due to overlapping dimensions, Jowrin was absolutely delighted.

Gonadaltes! Jowrin wants to visit Einroguard too!

“If Your Highness wishes, you may certainly do so.”

The Skeleton Principal answered that way with his mouth but signaled Lee Han with his eyes.

-Absolutely not.

Given Jowrin’s unpredictable personality, there was no telling what kind of accident she might cause if brought to Einroguard.

If she caused a disturbance and got subjugated by the students, it wouldn’t be strange if she sulked for decades.

‘I need to change the topic.’

“Things don’t only happen inside the school. Like when I encountered the Sea Serpent while out earlier, there were many interesting things outside as well.”

Lee Han listed the criminals he had met this year.

Starting from Anti-Magic Extremists to magical criminals and just regular criminals.

‘…Come to think of it, I seem to have encountered quite a lot of them.’

The Gold Dragon listened with great interest.

Jowrin has something she’s curious about.

“Please ask anything, Your Highness.”

If Wardanaz falls into so many crises, isn’t it the fault of Gonadaltes, who is the lord of the territory?

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and the Skeleton Principal were genuinely flustered for the first time in a while.

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