Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 862
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Chapter 862
‘I was foolish. I should have suspected this guy first.’
Professor Thunderstep lamented his own foolishness. Indeed, a mage must always keep learning.
“From now on, whenever anything suspiciously abnormal happens at Einroguard, I’ll suspect you first without question.”
“No… isn’t that going too far?”
Lee Han protested in indignation.
Of course, this incident was Lee Han’s fault, but other incidents could be the upperclassmen’s fault, couldn’t they?
Lee Han? Lee Han??
“Your Majesty! You can’t break down the wall with your front paws!”
Professor Thunderstep cried out urgently, but Jowrin had already swung her front paw after hearing Lee Han’s voice.
The dragon’s claws, possessing powerful anti-magic properties, cleanly sliced through the lecture hall’s outer wall. The 2nd year students cheered.
“Long live the dragon!”
“According to Einroguard legend, a liberator will defeat the Skeleton Principal and save us. That must be the dragon!”
“Quiet, you idiots!”
Thunderstep, who had figured out that the large young dragon’s identity was Jowrin, made the students shut up.
It wasn’t a dragon that had come to defeat the Skeleton Principal and rescue poor young mages, so that was fortunate for now.
But this was a headache-inducing problem in its own way.
‘Surely the professors refused? The Principal must have refused too?’
He couldn’t understand how the Emperor’s third child had managed to visit.
“Your Majesty! Why did you come out here!? You were supposed to stay inside!”
S-sorry, Wardanaz. I woke up and no one was there…
Jowrin seemed intimidated by Lee Han’s outcry and spoke while reading the mood.
She had been dozing in the warm common room, but when she woke up and found no one there, she got scared and came outside.
Like a young beast looking for its parents, Jowrin had crawled around searching for Lee Han.
Using a dragon’s senses, it was easy to find that Lee Han and his friends were in the Horned Beast Studies lecture hall.
…I wasn’t supposed to break the wall, was I?
“…It’s fine. Just don’t do it again.”
“What do you mean it’s fine?”
Professor Thunderstep, who was listening nearby, grumbled.
Of course, if he were asked such a question, he’d have no choice but to answer that it was fine too…
‘The rumors must have spread everywhere.’
Lee Han fell into worry over his constantly derailing plans.
He had originally planned to keep her quietly and send her back quietly, but the number of people who knew kept increasing.
Moreover, since Jowrin had come here in fear, she probably hadn’t used stealth, so there must be upperclassmen who saw her.
“Professor, please help me. What if someone attacks Your Majesty?”
“That would never happen! …I’d like to say that, but sadly I can’t. More importantly, how exactly did Your Majesty visit?”
Lee Han explained to Professor Thunderstep.
The other friends in the lecture hall also listened intently, so focused you couldn’t hear a pin drop.
This was a legendary member of the Imperial Family with high succession ranking that they had never seen or heard of before.
And she was even a dragon!
They couldn’t even guess what kind of secret stories were hidden behind this.
“…Your Majesty wanted to come visit, and Professor Bagrek has a soft heart, so he eventually gave in.”
“…”
“…”
“Who has what that’s soft?”
Professor Thunderstep wondered if he was getting old. His student’s words sounded strange.
“But Professor Bagrek was the only one who actually received the proposal.”
“…That’s true. Hmm. It was our professors’ oversight. We should have properly warned Professor Bagrek too…”
“Did all the professors know about this?”
“She would have sent letters to all the professors she thought might be willing to help.”
“To Professor Verdus too?”
“I said professors she thought might be willing to help.”
Professor Thunderstep was annoyed at his student for asking a pointless question.
What kind of nonsensical question was that?
‘Well, it was a stupid question.’
Lee Han immediately understood.
Jowrin might be mentally young, but she wasn’t an idiot.
“Since you’ve come this far, there’s nothing we can do. Come inside and observe the lecture. Wardanaz will stay by your side.”
Wow!
While Jowrin excitedly entered the magic tower, Professor Thunderstep quickly repaired the damaged outer wall.
Then he quietly whispered to Lee Han.
“About what we were discussing earlier. Be careful of other upperclassmen targeting and attacking Your Majesty.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Specifically, Your Majesty’s claws, scales, tears, blood…”
Professor Thunderstep gave a detailed explanation of 365 different magical materials that could come from a dragon, starting from tendons to molars.
“…and so on. You need to be careful of attempts to steal these. Got it?”
“…Th-there are that many?”
Lee Han was overwhelmed by the material list, which was longer than expected.
At this point, it seemed like Jowrin’s name should be changed to 【Walking Magical Materials Vault】.
Professor Thunderstep spoke with an irritated attitude.
“This is the simplified version! So who told you to bring Your Majesty to a place crawling with crazy mages?”
“I didn’t invite her.”
Lee Han grumbled.
And calling them crazy mages was a bit harsh, wasn’t it?
“Making Your Majesty cry to steal tears, stabbing her to steal drops of blood, secretly plucking scales to steal them… anyway, keep all these behaviors in mind.”
‘Hmm. I guess it really is a place crawling with crazy mages…’
Hearing specific examples, Lee Han had to admit it.
The Einroguard upperclassmen were capable of all that and more.
Someone secretly stabbing Jowrin and plucking her scales before running away. Just imagining how Jowrin would react was terrifying.
“Actually, I had thought about the case where rumors would spread. I just didn’t know it would be this fast.”
“How were you planning to prepare?”
“I was going to get help from upperclassmen and professors to guard her openly…”
“Hmm. Continue.”
“I mean 5th year upperclassmen like Senior Diret and Senior Yukveltire, and understanding people like Professor Garcia and Professor Thunderstep.”
“It’s not a bad plan. I’d help, and Professor Garcia would too. But exclude Yukveltire.”
“…”
When Lee Han was speechless with bewilderment, Professor Thunderstep seriously repeated.
“Exclude Yukveltire.”
“I heard you. But isn’t Senior Yukveltire fine too? He is a 5th year…”
“What do you think would happen if I added Professor Verdus to the list of professors who would help?”
“What kind of nonsense would that be?”
“Right. That’s exactly how Yukveltire sounds to me.”
“…!”
In Professor Thunderstep’s view, Yukveltire was a student who, far from protecting Jowrin, would be the first to extract blood, tears, scales, and clip claws before escaping.
Lee Han had to accept it. Indeed, it was hard for a student to logically defeat a professor.
* * *
You’re Nilia? From the Shadow Patrol? I heard about you!
“Uh. Uhhh.”
Tell me about the Northern Mountains! Jowrin wants to hear a story!
“Uhhhhhh…?”
Nilia, who suddenly received the dragon’s attention, had her thoughts freeze completely.
She never thought she’d have a conversation with a dragon in her lifetime…
‘Help me, Wardanaz!’
Lee Han, receiving her gaze, found it bothersome and subtly avoided it.
Seeing this, Nilia deeply regretted her actions.
‘I should have trusted my friend’s words!’
The price of betraying friendship was this bitter.
“Now. Focus.”
Except for the fact that a massive dragon was sitting at the back of the lecture hall, the class proceeded as usual.
Professor Thunderstep warned the students about next week’s exam, threatening them.
“Don’t think you can get through this as easily as last time! This exam won’t be a pushover!”
Gasp. Wardanaz. The exam seems difficult. Should Jowrin take out her dragon stone??
“…Your Majesty. If you do that, the exam becomes meaningless.”
Professor Thunderstep spoke in a deflated voice.
The dragon stone taken from within the dragon’s body was, without exaggeration, a powerful magical material comparable to the philosopher’s stone.
Most alchemy exams could be passed by simply throwing that thing in water and chanting a spell once.
Jowrin said with a tearful expression.
But the exam is difficult…
“…It won’t be particularly difficult for Wardanaz. Don’t worry.”
“What do you mean.”
Lee Han got indignant.
He had seen her growing Nephertem with incense last time, so where did such lies come from?
Professor Thunderstep ignored his indignant disciple and took out several potions, handing them to Jowrin.
“Your Majesty. This is a potion that instantly kills students trying to pluck scales. This one turns tears into deadly poison…”
“…”
After finishing his detailed instructions, Professor Thunderstep spoke to Lee Han.
“Call me if you need help. Be careful of Professor Verdus.”
“…I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Be careful of Professor Bendozol too.”
“Come to think of it, why did Professor Bendozol refuse?”
Thinking about it, wouldn’t it have been better to send a letter to Professor Bendozol rather than Professor Boladi?
Wasn’t he someone who would literally risk death if Jowrin commanded it?
Perhaps Jowrin didn’t know of his existence?
“The Death Knights must have stolen the letter. I’m not certain, but probably.”
Lee Han was impressed by the Death Knights’ competence.
He felt that Einroguard’s safety was protected by them.
‘I wish they had stolen the letter that flew to Professor Bagrek too!’
* * *
Professor Bendozol was irritated, thoroughly grilling his students.
“Hey! The wyvern frowned because of you! Will you take responsibility if the wyvern’s lifespan shortens due to stress! You, you wyvern-slaughterer!”
“Doesn’t the professor seem more crazy than usual?”
“You’re right.”
The Einroguard students whispered among themselves.
Professor Bendozol was acting more beast-like than usual.
‘I think I’ve been deceived by that guy.’
Professor Bendozol’s nerves were on edge because of that 2nd-year student from the Blue Dragon Tower.
Even though the professor himself was personally taking care of the chores, the unicorns didn’t look that happy.
Of course, the unicorns were getting along just fine (they might have been even better off if the professor didn’t come), but by Professor Bendozol’s standards, it fell far short.
‘That wicked fraudulent bastard! When a week needs 8 days of investment, how dare he treat unicorns so carelessly.’
Having reached the limit of his patience after enduring it, Professor Bendozol moved to find Lee Han.
On his way, he heard students whispering.
-He really rides around on a dragon?
-He was chosen by a dragon?
-From what I heard, he subdued a dragon. Isn’t that more logically sound?
“…?”
Professor Bendozol stopped abruptly and turned around. The students had already passed by, so he couldn’t ask them.
‘Didn’t they just say dragon?’
Dragon.
A single word that made his heart race.
Wasn’t it the most magnificent and beautiful creature?
‘…I must have misheard.’
-There’s really a dragon? Are there still scales left??
-Didn’t you hear? She’s royalty!
-So what? There are plenty of royals, aren’t there?
“???”
Professor Bendozol’s head whipped around 180 degrees again.
When their eyes met, the students screamed and ran away.
“It’s Professor Bendozol! Run!”
“Stop! I have something to ask… Damn these bastards! Worse than poachers!”
The students were clever.
They knew very well that nothing good would come from encountering Professor Bendozol outside the lecture hall. The professor had no choice but to return, grumbling.
‘I should just find that guy.’
Professor Bendozol decided to ignore the students’ rumors and just find Lee Han.
“…Your Majesty. Can’t you come down?”
…Are you perhaps uncomfortable??
“Uncomfor… No. I’m not uncomfortable. I’m just worried you might get hurt.”
Jowrin is fine! Now! Wardanaz. Act like a knight!
“Ugh.”
Upon witnessing Jowrin playing dragon knight with Wardanaz on her back, Professor Bendozol clutched his chest and fell to his knees.
It was too shocking.
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