Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 863

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Chapter 863

“Oh. Professor.”

Lee Han recognized Professor Bendozol and greeted him.

Professor Bendozol also spoke warmly to his disciple.

“You insolent, despicable, wicked, impudent, and arrogant fool! Get down from there right now!! If you put weight load on a dragon who hasn’t fully grown yet, their scales could become dull and they could get stressed!!”

If his disciple had been in front of him instead of on top of the dragon, Professor Bendozol would have strangled him as he raged furiously.

Though he wasn’t particularly concerned about the professor’s threats, Lee Han nodded his head, thinking this worked out well.

He had been feeling uncomfortable about forcibly riding on Jowrin’s back anyway.

“Look, Your Majesty. Even the most expert professor at Einroguard says so. You could get hurt.”

…Waaah! But Jowrin is fine!!

Jowrin was having fun when some nasty mage interfered, so she burst into tears from the sadness.

Seeing this, Professor Bendozol clutched his chest once again.

“Gasp!”

“Professor. Are you alright?”

“Stop… stop her! Make sure the dragon doesn’t cry!”

“Ah. It’s fine.”

Lee Han answered as if it was nothing.

Originally, children cry over trivial things when they’re young. Just earlier, hadn’t she cried simply because Lee Han wasn’t in the common room?

Of course, this didn’t work on Professor Bendozol.

“…Stop her!”

Professor Bendozol shouted at Lee Han with a demonic expression. Lee Han grumbled and consoled Jowrin.

“Alright. Your Majesty. Let’s continue playing together. What did I say?”

When Lee Han spoke, Jowrin stopped crying and smiled brightly as she shouted.

Wardanaz shall play the role of Saint Iacutus. The servant will play the evil dragon!

“…”

Gainando’s expression in front wasn’t visible because he was wearing the evil dragon mask, but his whole body radiated sulkiness.

“Grrrr. I am an evil dragon. …Lee Han. Sob sob. Can’t we make the White Tiger Tower students do this?”

“Be quiet. I am Saint Iacutus. I will defeat the evil dragon.”

Wow!

Jowrin clapped her front paws together in delight.

She felt like she had become the dragon from legend who helped Saint Iacutus.

“What comes next?”

Hmm! There were evil mages beside the dragon!

“The Principal?”

Gonadaltes plays the role of helping Saint Iacutus! Oh right. How about we give that role to that mage?

Jowrin pointed at Professor Bendozol as she spoke.

Seeing how eccentric he was and how he liked to interfere, he seemed to fit well with Gonadaltes’ role.

“No. Even if Professor Bendozol is annoying, making him play the Principal’s role is too cruel…”

“Shut up! Be quiet. Leave it to me!”

“…”

Professor Bendozol cursed at his disciple who dared to go against the dragon’s will. Jowrin’s eyes widened as she spoke.

Did… did he curse at Lee Han??

“…No, I didn’t! It’s, it’s an expression of friendship!”

“?”

Lee Han was about to ask what nonsense that was, but stopped when he saw Professor Bendozol’s desperately pleading eyes.

Who would have thought a professor could make such begging eyes.

-Help me! Please!

“…Ah. Yes. We’re close so that’s why.”

Ah! Like how you were close with Professor Bagrek so you always got beaten up?

“…”

Lee Han regretted telling Jowrin stories about Einroguard so carelessly.

“That’s a bit different… but anyway, we’re close.”

“Yes! We’re close!”

Professor Bendozol put his arm on Lee Han’s shoulder and showed the most awkward smile in the Empire. Lee Han looked at him with disgust.

Hmm. I understand! Then Gonadaltes’ role is decided too… next is Armergenh’s role!

‘Aren’t they from different eras?’

Yoner thought to himself.

Armergenh was a famous marksman from the old Seven Kingdoms era, who had the achievement of defeating a rampaging sun spirit.

But Jowrin had flexible thinking that prioritized fun over historical accuracy. She immediately grabbed Nilia with her front paw and lifted her onto her back. Nilia’s scream briefly echoed.

“Wow. Nilia. That’s impressive. His Majesty is picky about people. As expected of the Shadow Patrol.”

“Heeeelp me! I won’t suspect my friends anymore!”

“Sorry. I was forced up here too.”

At their conversation, Professor Bendozol shed tears of blood in anger.

These ungrateful brats!

* * *

After Jowrin’s theatrical play ended, Professor Bendozol was able to hear the situation in detail from the 2nd year students.

-If you had properly stopped her, the dragon wouldn’t have come to such a dangerous place!

Professor Bendozol glared at Lee Han with that meaning. At the murderous gaze, Lee Han immediately called Jowrin.

“Your Majesty. Look at that professor over there.”

Huh?

“…”

Professor Bendozol immediately relaxed his eyes and grinned foolishly. Jowrin was startled.

Eww! That’s creepy!

“I’m sorry, Dragon. Humans are naturally an ugly species.”

That, that’s not what I meant. Lee Han. Jowrin didn’t mean it that way!

Worried she might be seen as a dragon who looked down on humans, Jowrin fidgeted anxiously.

“More importantly, Dragon. That’s not what’s important right now. The dragon’s safety is most important. You bronze-brained fools. You must protect the dragon even at the cost of your lives. Understand? Guard the common room without missing a single moment!”

“…We have exams next week.”

“We need to attend lectures.”

The 2nd year students looked at Professor Bendozol as if asking what nonsense he was spouting.

Professor Bendozol was about to explode in anger but endured it while looking at Jowrin.

“Don’t you know what’s more important between the most great and beautiful life form in the Empire and Einroguard’s lectures…!”

That… that seems like too much.

Jowrin was appalled.

Dragons didn’t particularly seem like the most great and beautiful life forms in the Empire.

“Professor. We need to approach this realistically.”

Lee Han stepped forward to stop Bendozol.

Since he was in a position where he had to take responsibility for Jowrin anyway, there was a need to have a serious discussion.

Though Professor Bendozol was crazy, he was still the person who would help most actively in a situation like this.

“Right. We need to approach this realistically. Put curse necklaces on those guys’ necks! Tell them you’ll activate the curse if they don’t obey.”

‘Should I just exclude this person?’

Thinking that to himself, Lee Han took out a schedule.

What he could trust at school now were the 2nd year students, a few professors, and a very small number of seniors like Diret.

Naturally, since the 2nd year students were the most numerous, they had no choice but to divide up and take guard shifts.

“We’re planning to divide up and guard the common room like this. This way there won’t be any gaps.”

“I’ll have to camp in front of Blue Dragon Tower for now.”

The 2nd year students were appalled.

Having to watch some crazy mage camping in front of the dormitory tower for over a week?

Regardless, Professor Bendozol’s conviction remained unshaken.

“But aren’t there too few guards?”

“It can’t be helped. The kids have to attend lectures too.”

“Hmph. Those damn lectures.”

Professor Bendozol grumbled curses but accepted it for now.

Though the number of students guarding the common room was small, if the professor himself kept watch in front of the tower, he could prevent any impious antics from crazy mages.

Lee Han. Jowurin wants… to follow around and watch…

Jowurin, who had been reading the mood, carefully spoke up.

Lee Han and the other 2nd year students were startled.

“J-Jowurin Your Highness. Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

“Crazy upperclassmen might be lying in ambush!”

Hng…

“Dragon!”

Professor Bendozol called out to Jowurin forcefully. The students looked over, thinking the professor would finally say something.

No matter how much one wanted to wander around, safety should come first, shouldn’t it?

“Do as you wish!”

“…”

Lee Han stared at the professor in disbelief. Regardless, Professor Bendozol pulled out paper and roughly scribbled on it before signing.

“Take this.”

The above student is guaranteed to have perfectly passed the 【Terribly Beautiful Creatures】 lecture and exam by caring for the most magnificent and beautiful life form in the Empire.

-Professor Bendozol

“You don’t need to attend lectures or exams, so take proper care of the Dragon!”

“…No. Skipping one lecture doesn’t solve the problem. And is this even allowed? Won’t the Principal send me to the punishment room?”

The Skeleton Principal was surprisingly interested in the professors’ teaching methods.

More precisely, he was very interested in the teaching methods of certain troublemaker professors. Lee Han was certain Professor Bendozol was on the ‘professors to watch’ list.

“Who cares.”

“…”

Come to think of it, if he was on the watch list, he wouldn’t care about the punishment room. Lee Han nodded.

“I understand. It would be better to skip even one lecture…”

“First, hire more guards!”

Professor Bendozol pointed out that there were too many gaps when Jowurin followed Lee Han around.

No matter how excellent a mage the Wardanaz family boy was, the power of numbers couldn’t be ignored.

“Guards? How, at Einroguard?”

“What ignorant talk… I’m talking about the professors and upperclassmen I mentioned earlier!”

“Ah. I was going to ask them to guard the front of the common room.”

“That’s not enough. The Dragon said she’d follow you around.”

“Then what am I supposed to do?”

“What are you asking? Of course they have to follow along too!”

“…??”

Lee Han didn’t understand.

Surely he didn’t mean to attend lectures together with the professors, so what?

* * *

‘That’s exactly what he meant.’

Lee Han shuddered at the sight of Professor Boladi and Professor Garcia following on either side.

Did this mean he had to attend lectures with professors or upperclassmen for the entire week?

No matter how long Einroguard’s history was, there probably hadn’t been a student who attended lectures this way.

-Tsk. The defense is thorough.

-To have Professor Garcia as a guard… As expected of the Wardanaz family. They’re not ordinarily clever.

Sounds of upperclassmen’s frustration could be heard from various places. Jowurin smiled brightly, unaware of Lee Han’s inner thoughts.

“Student Lee Han. Cheer up. Of course the current situation is very awkward and unfamiliar, but Student Lee Han is doing what needs to be done!”

Professor Garcia read Lee Han’s mind and encouraged him.

Of course, if an Einroguard student walked the corridors with professors to attend lectures, ridiculous rumors would spread, but fortunately the Wardanaz family boy had nothing left to change no matter what rumors spread.

Professor Boladi pulled out a pocket watch to check the time and asked.

“Professor Garcia, your next lecture is…”

“Mine is in two hours. What about Professor Bagrek…?”

Professor Boladi stared intently at Professor Garcia.

Lee Han also stared intently at Professor Garcia. Jowurin had no particular reason but joined in staring since the other two were.

“?”

“Professor… how can you ask such a rude question.”

Lee Han whispered quietly. Professor Garcia wondered what he was talking about, then realized belatedly.

“W-well, it’s good if there’s no lecture! You can keep following and protecting us!”

“Thank you.”

‘That doesn’t seem good though.’

Lee Han sighed.

Come to think of it, this was all because Lee Han was weak. If Lee Han were as strong as the Skeleton Principal, there would be no need to bring professors along to the lecture hall, would there?

Wardanaz. I’m curious what the next lecture is!

“It’s 【Poison, Bone, Blood】. It’s a dark magic lecture, taught by my upperclassman.”

“Wow. That sounds interesting.”

“It’s a good lecture.”

Professor Garcia and Professor Boladi followed Lee Han into the lecture hall.

When one dragon and two professors additionally entered, Diret’s wings, who had been thoughtlessly waiting for his junior, shot up backwards.

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