Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 889

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Chapter 889

The baby basilisk, who regained consciousness first, shouted in disbelief.

-You call that advice?!

He had expected a professor to know how to calm an overgrown mandragon and stop its crying, but ‘We were never here today!’?

However, Professor Bendozol didn’t care.

“Dragon. While accelerating growth might be possible, there’s no way to reverse a grown mandragon. Right now, this is the best method.”

But… but… Jowrin feels a bit… guilty about this…

Naturally, Jowrin also showed reluctance.

Unlike Einroguard students or professors, Jowrin still retained the sensibilities of an outsider.

“Dragon. It’s fine to reveal the truth. I wouldn’t mind at all.”

-…Why wouldn’t you mind?

The baby basilisk was dumbfounded once again.

Another professor’s lecture hall was in complete chaos right now, yet he didn’t mind…

“But Dragon. If I may dare to say, you are so merciful and kind that you even listen to the petty criticisms of insignificant students. When I think of how it would pain your heart, this Bendozol’s chest already feels like it’s tearing apart…!”

Bendozol pounded his chest with fanatical loyalty. The baby basilisk whispered in a disgusted voice.

-That person is scary.

Well, that’s true, but his opinion does seem reasonable.

-…?!

The baby basilisk was startled when Jowrin’s attitude suddenly changed.

-Why?!

Well… Jowrin… doesn’t want to be scolded by Lee Han…

With her front paws clasped together, Jowrin spoke hesitantly.

She didn’t care about other students, but if Lee Han got angry and said ‘You! Go back to the capital!’, she might be so sad that Jowrin’s heart would stop.

The baby basilisk was momentarily speechless at such a convincing argument.

-I feel the same way.

Right?

The baby basilisk fell into contemplation.

Should he tell the truth according to conscience and loyalty?

Or should he listen to the suspicious professor’s cowardly proposal and hide it?

-Let’s hide it!

The baby basilisk made his decision like a true king of serpents. Jowrin, who had been agonizing alongside him, brightened when her friend agreed.

Really??

-Yes! We never visited here!

When the baby basilisk wagged his tail and shouted, Jowrin also flapped her wings in response.

At this sight, Professor Bendozol’s eyes moistened with dew.

Perhaps this was why he worked as an Einroguard professor – to witness such beautiful moments.

Right! No one will know we came!

“Excellent! I too will have my tongue pulled out to keep this secret!”

When Professor Bendozol got carried away and shouted, the two backed away in horror.

* * *

Lee Han woke up and came downstairs with a frown.

“What’s wrong, Wardanaz?”

“Nothing… I think I had some unsettling dreams…”

“I think I know why. You slept on a bed instead of your usual chair.”

“…”

Lee Han looked at Asan as if he were absurd, but the other students actually seemed to agree with Asan’s words.

“That makes sense. Wardanaz. You should use your bed more often.”

“Right. Private rooms are originally for sleeping, not storing books.”

“You’re all being noisy.”

When he waved his staff, golden-brown baked bread flew up from the frying pan over the brazier.

Simultaneously, glass jars containing various jams, butter wrapped in brown paper, and sliced salted ham arrived in order from the pantry.

The Blue Dragon Tower students grabbed the bread first before admiring their friend’s excellence in using 5th circle magic for household chores.

While they might have chattered during meal times as freshmen, now the friends were proper Einroguard students.

They knew well that talking while doing other things would only hurt themselves.

“Wardanaz. How many exams do you have next week? Did you already take them all?”

“…No, I didn’t! Who keeps spreading these false rumors?”

“Gainando was bragging to the White Tiger Tower students that you already finished all your exams, so I thought maybe.”

‘That bastard.’

Lee Han realized who the culprit nearby was and shuddered.

Childish arguments with other tower students were one thing, but spreading false rumors was another matter entirely.

“I’ll finish preparing over the weekend. Language lecture, transformation magic lecture… Ah, right. I should visit the greenhouse.”

“Let’s go together. I need to catch some bugs too.”

“More importantly, isn’t His Majesty going to wake up?”

The students looked puzzled at Jowrin, who was fast asleep by the fireplace.

“Shouldn’t we wake her? She’ll definitely sulk if we leave her behind.”

“But why is she sleeping so long? She usually wakes up earlier than us.”

Jowrin was a young dragon.

In other words, she was nearly invincible in terms of stamina.

It was strange that someone who always woke up early and rolled around asking to go outside quickly was still sleeping.

“Your Majesty. Your Majesty?”

Mmm… Jowrin didn’t do it…

“Do what?”

…Lee Han!

Jowrin, who belatedly woke up, blinked when she spotted the students. Her face turned pale.

Even if Jowrin just said something strange, it was all sleep talk! Sleep talk!

“You didn’t say anything though.”

…R-right? Jowrin is innocent!

“…??”

At Jowrin’s obviously strange reaction, Lee Han and the other students murmured among themselves.

“Did Gainando maybe come at night and poke her with his staff before running away?”

“Come on. Surely… even so, would he really do that?”

“No. You know how jealous Gainando gets.”

Meanwhile, Lee Han gathered the baby basilisk back into his sleeve.

Lee Han was puzzled by the creature that would normally wake up in the morning and chatter away, but was now nodding off drowsily.

‘What’s this? Did the two of them do something last night?’

“Your Majesty. We’re planning to go to the greenhouse. Would you like to come with us?”

Uh… oh, you went yesterday too? That seems like too much. The Einroguard students are pitiful!

“Your Majesty…!”

All the students were moved.

How merciful!

Several students resolved to join the imperial faction supporting ‘Jowrin for Emperor’ after graduation.

Considering her dragon heritage and the kindness she’d shown, she was fully qualified.

“Still, we have to go. I need to plant these new shoots too. It should be finished, right?”

-Don’t worry. You’ll be amazed!

Sarataan rubbed his palms together cunningly and slyly.

Due to recent attacks, this arrogant and fierce spirit had become very subdued.

“Good. I’m counting on you. The spirit here said he’d help grow mandragons. Your Majesty, let’s go together? I’ll introduce you to the plants you didn’t see yesterday.”

“Wardanaz. Most of the plants you couldn’t see yesterday are plants that attack people…”

“So what. His Majesty would find that kind of thing more interesting.”

Most plants would have a hard time leaving even a single scratch on Jowrin’s scales. Since he knew what Jowrin liked, Lee Han recommended it confidently.

Jo, Jowrin might be a little scared…

“?!??”

Lee Han was truly shocked.

“Your Majesty. Did something happen by any chance? If you’re worried about Einroguard even now, I can arrange for you to return anytime…”

No no no! That’s not it!

“Gainando didn’t come out at night to attack with magic and run away, did he?”

Absolutely not… Jowrin wants to tour the greenhouse…

Jowrin looked enviously at the basilisk sleeping in her sleeve.

If only Jowrin could be asleep too!

* * *

“You’re not going to change your words later after saying this, right.”

-Don’t worry. I told you that you’d be surprised.

Lee Han tormented the spirit every five minutes even on the way there.

Friends who didn’t know what grudge existed between the two whispered.

-Isn’t Wardanaz being too harsh on the spirit?

-It must be the Wardanaz family way. You need dignity to subdue powerful spirits.

-I see. That’s why spirits run away…

Wooooooooong!

At the ominous vibrating sound coming from the distant greenhouse, all the students instinctively covered both ears.

…Except for Lee Han.

“What’s that?”

“War, Wardanaz. The greenhouse… from the greenhouse…!”

“A mandragon must have been pulled out!”

Yoner, who grasped the situation first, shouted. If the sound could be heard even outside the door, among the greenhouse plants, it could only be a mandragon.

“Everyone. Take the potions!”

“Thanks, Yoner!”

“Not you, Lee Han!”

“…I know.”

When Yoner angrily told him to give them to friends instead, Lee Han felt slightly hurt.

Of course, it would be meaningless for Lee Han himself to drink it…

‘He didn’t have to say it like that!’

The students who barely managed to take out mental protection potions and earplugs for mandragons breathed sighs of relief.

“Why was the mandragon pulled out?”

“Who knows…?”

Lee Han hesitated as he approached the front of the greenhouse.

He realized there was an unfamiliar magical seal hanging on the greenhouse door.

‘What’s this? Did Professor Willow put it there?’

But if Professor Willow had put it there, there would be no reason to put it there without telling the students.

Instead of breaking the seal, Lee Han first tried to check the situation inside.

“…”

Then he stepped back several steps in shock.

“What’s wrong, Wardanaz?”

“…Can mandragons originally grow like that?”

“??”

Friends wondered what Lee Han was talking about and brought their faces close to the greenhouse windows.

Then they stepped back several steps in the same shock.

Originally, mandragons with their screaming, human-like main bodies were supposed to be buried deep underground with only their leaves and upper stems slightly exposed outside.

But now, gigantic mandragon leaves and upper stems they’d never seen before were filling the greenhouse. They were so huge that the leaves covered about half the greenhouse.

Other tower students who arrived late were also shocked to see the situation inside.

“What on earth happened?”

“Can mandragons grow like that?”

“More importantly, was it crying from underground just now? The mandragon didn’t come outside??”

“If, if it’s this loud even outside the greenhouse door…”

“I know!”

When Siana shouted, everyone’s attention turned to her.

“What do you know, Priest Siana?”

“I know why the mandragon became like that. Wardanaz.”

With a confident posture like a detective, Siana pointed her finger. At the tip of that finger was Lee Han’s staff.

“The spirit dwelling in that staff is the culprit!”

-…????!!!!

Sarataan, who had been waiting with new sprouts, screamed at the sight of the mage suddenly framing him as the culprit.

Of course, Sarataan’s voice wasn’t transmitted to the other students except Lee Han.

“Who else but that spirit would grow a mandragon like that. Besides, that spirit has motive too! Since it holds a grudge against Wardanaz, it wouldn’t be strange if it misinterpreted orders!”

“Indeed… the spirit’s revenge…!”

“So that’s what it meant when it asked to wait a day!”

All the students admired Siana’s deduction.

Powerful and fierce beings from other dimensions weren’t easy to deal with even when bound by contracts.

They were always looking for gaps in contracts to screw over their contractors.

-Absolutely not! Absolutely not! Who is that damn brat mage trying to frame! I’ll kill him!

Sarataan jumped up and down furiously.

The fact that he had to make such excuses felt absurd.

It was already humiliating to submit to a young mage, and now he had to make such excuses!

However, Lee Han had already half-fallen for Siana’s deduction.

“Come to think of it, you. Didn’t you say I’d be surprised when we arrived at the greenhouse?”

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