Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 901

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Chapter 901

The Blue Dragon Tower students felt sorry for how pitifully it was crying.

“…Wait. Stop the crying!”

“Dalcard. Are you still an honorable Blue Dragon Tower student after saying that? You want to stop such pitiful crying?”

“No… you idiots! It’s a basilisk! If we can’t control it, we’ll all die!”

The baby basilisk had grown quite a bit and didn’t carelessly scatter its petrifying gaze or poison without control, but that was only when it was normally fine.

If it cried so pitifully like this, it wouldn’t be strange if poison flowed out instead of tears.

The friends who understood Asan’s words turned pale.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty! You must calm down!”

“While you’re calming down, please soothe the basilisk too!”

Waaahhh! Jowrin cannot calm down!

“Please! Your Majesty can do it!”

“We believe in Your Majesty!”

Jowrin, who had been sniffling, stopped crying at the students’ encouragement.

Then she looked at the students with eyes full of sadness and spoke.

In return, Jowrin also has a request.

“We’ll do anything!”

I would like you to go up and persuade Lee Han…

“…”

“…”

As soon as she finished speaking, the students turned around. Jowrin was flustered by their sharp reaction.

Why, why?!

“We’re just as afraid as Your Majesty is!”

…

At such a pathetic answer, Jowrin was dumbfounded even in her sadness.

Are you really friends?

But the Blue Dragon Tower students were wise (though also pathetic).

They knew well that when their friend from the Wardanaz family reached level 5 anger state, it was unconditionally better to stay still rather than go and talk to him.

-Why do those people even attend Einroguard?

The baby basilisk grumbled while watching the students run away.

Though the students weren’t comforting, somehow the baby basilisk’s tears had stopped.

Jowrin… Jowrin just wanted to hear praise…

-…Your Majesty…!

…She only wanted praise calling her a genius dragon, Lee Han’s admission that he was wrong, his agreement to do as the wise Jowrin wanted from now on, and a promise to invite her next semester too…

-…Your Majesty…?

The baby basilisk was slightly flustered by the much more greedy desires than expected.

To think she was hoping for so many things.

Still, seeing Jowrin looking too depressed, the baby basilisk comforted her for now.

-B-but! There are good points too!

What?

Jowrin tilted her head.

Of course, the baby basilisk who hadn’t thought of any good points at all wagged its tail and floundered.

-Well… um… uh… Master called Your Majesty informally and comfortably!

…Waaaaaahhhhh!

When the dragon seriously burst into tears, water began to fill the common room.

* * *

“So we had to fix the flooded common room at dawn.”

“Wait. Dragon tears are also precious reagents. Did you just throw them away?”

“…”

Lee Han shot a gaze mixed with contempt, disgust, disappointment, and other emotions.

That was more effective than any magic or threat. Professor Thunderstep coughed.

“I was just asking out of academic curiosity.”

“I didn’t expect you to ask the same question as Professor Verdus.”

‘Inhuman bastard.’

Professor Thunderstep cursed his disciple inwardly.

To insult him as Professor Verdus just because his master made one mistake. This was too cruel, even for cruelty.

“I’m already worried about the dragon stone, and you ask such a question…”

“Sorry. I’m sorry. But isn’t that too harsh? His Majesty didn’t listen to you, but still thought of you…”

“Are you calling that thinking of me right now!”

Lee Han was furious.

“Huh, what? Did I make some mistake?”

“Even though I begged you so earnestly, you arbitrarily pulled out the dragon stone and gave it away. At this rate, His Majesty might pull out bones next week to give to someone else, and pull out the heart next month to give to someone else. Aren’t you worried about this!”

Professor Thunderstep was both flustered and bewildered by his disciple’s radical hypothesis.

“That’s… isn’t that unreasonable…?”

“Hmph. You couldn’t even predict the dragon stone, Professor.”

“…”

Professor Thunderstep hesitated when his sore spot was hit.

Indeed, he hadn’t predicted the dragon stone either.

Who would have predicted there would be a dragon that would pull out a dragon stone to give away over such a trivial matter!

‘But this is really unfair…!’

To have to listen to such criticism when even his carefully prepared test was ruined. This really couldn’t have been predicted by anyone.

The old saying that dragons are truly unpredictable beings wasn’t there for nothing.

“…Of course I didn’t predict the dragon stone. Yes. I admit it! But that was only because His Majesty regards you fondly that he pulled it out for you, he wouldn’t give bones or heart to other people.”

Young dragons might lack social experience or judgment, but they had instincts that surpassed that.

He pulled out the dragon stone because he cherished and liked Lee Han in the first place, so there was no way he would pull out bones or heart for other evil Verduses.

“Professor Verdus?”

“What are you talking about? I said other evil mages. Don’t obsess over trivial details.”

“…Actually, I’m more worried about my own case than other people.”

“Hm?”

Despite saying this, Lee Han had some faith in Jowrin’s abilities.

She wouldn’t arbitrarily cut up flesh to give to Professor Verdus or evil outsiders, not even Gainando.

But…

“What if she decides it’s necessary next time I take a test and arbitrarily pulls out bones? What if she decides it’s necessary when I duel with the principal and arbitrarily pulls out my heart?”

“Who are you dueling with?”

“I was just giving an example. Don’t obsess over trivial details.”

‘How can I not?’

While grumbling inwardly, Professor Thunderstep thought Lee Han’s worry had merit.

Jowrin probably wouldn’t cut out bones or heart for other people, but if it was the Wardanaz family boy, the story became a bit different.

Even now, despite such earnest pleading, hadn’t she arbitrarily pulled out the dragon stone?

Jowrin was still a dragon in the midst of mental growth. The possibility of her being stubborn and acting arbitrarily was very high.

If not the heart, at least bones…

“That certainly has merit.”

“Right?”

“Yes. Since she arbitrarily pulled out the dragon stone even after we hammered the point home, I understand your worry.”

“What should we do?”

At Lee Han’s question, Professor Thunderstep looked at his disciple with serious eyes.

“Wardanaz.”

“Yes.”

“…I’m an alchemy professor.”

“So?”

“I don’t really know how to educate dragons. Good luck.”

“…”

Lee Han shot him a look mixed with emotions of pathetic, pathetic, pathetic, pathetic, and so on. Professor Thunderstep wasn’t particularly affected since he had expected this.

Honestly, who would know about this?

It seemed like a difficult problem that wouldn’t have an answer even if you searched the entire Empire.

“Ask Professor Lightningstep or Bendoz… no. Try asking Professor Lightningstep. He might know something.”

“Thank you for the advice.”

“So are you still angry at His Majesty? Haven’t you made up yet?”

“I’m not angry. I’m just worried… I’m keeping my distance for now in case he does it again if I make up with him too quickly.”

“Did he do anything other than crying? I just hope he didn’t destroy too many Einroguard buildings.”

“He’s under house arrest so it should be fine. Oh, and this morning he tried to help prepare meals for the students.”

Professor Thunderstep was genuinely surprised by Lee Han’s words.

To think a dragon would try to do such things.

While it showed how much he liked Lee Han, it was still something difficult to do without having a kind and gentle nature.

If it had been an evil and violent dragon, it would have vented its anger by smashing up the dormitory.

“Even if you haven’t made up, you must have praised him, right? If he tried that hard, at least a word of praise…”

At the professor’s words, Lee Han answered with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“I woke up early in the morning and prepared everything first, so His Majesty had nothing to do.”

“…I see…”

Professor Thunderstep felt sympathy for Jowurin for no reason.

How did he end up becoming friends with such a guy!

“Well then, I’ll be going now, Professor. Oh, the upperclassmen said Nephertem would be on the exam, but they weren’t wrong, were they?”

“…Right. Don’t trust the upperclassmen too much.”

Professor Thunderstep had to clench his fists at the sight of his annoying disciple.

“I thought so. By the way, if the midterm exam is this difficult, I’m worried about how the final exam will be.”

“The final exam… won’t be that difficult.”

Professor Thunderstep spoke with a bitter expression. His voice was full of defeat.

He had targeted and created it for one person, but it had been thwarted like this.

At this rate, even if he raised the difficulty for the final exam, it seemed like only Professor Thunderstep and the other students would suffer.

“Haha. I know you’ll make it difficult even after saying that.”

“…”

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‘Why did he get angry?’

Lee Han moved his steps in puzzlement.

Professor Thunderstep had exploded and chased him out while jumping around furiously. He couldn’t understand why.

When he returned to the dormitory, Professor Boladi and Professor Bendozol were sitting silently in front of the tower without speaking to each other. They were standing guard because Jowurin was under house arrest.

‘I should go around.’

Not just Lee Han, but other students also chose to take a long detour instead of passing between them. The atmosphere was that suffocating.

“Lee Han. Where are you going?”

“I have something to ask Professor Lightningstep.”

“About the exam.”

“No. I’m going to get some counseling regarding Prince Jowurin.”

“…”

His friends shuddered at his leisurely attitude of worrying about other things even though this week was midterm exam period.

Was this the dignity of the top student of the year?

Moreover, Wardanaz would be taking several times more lectures than others…

“Oh. Student Lee Han.”

Professor Garcia, who spotted Lee Han walking down the corridor, greeted him warmly.

“Are you going to take the time magic exam by any chance?”

“No. I was going to visit Professor Lightningstep before taking the exam.”

“…?”

Professor Garcia was puzzled.

He couldn’t see the connection between his exam and Professor Lightningstep.

“Wait. Where is His Majesty?”

“Actually, I’m going to see Professor Lightningstep because of His Majesty.”

“???”

Meeting a trustworthy professor, Lee Han sighed deeply and poured out his heartfelt story.

…So even though Jowurin earnestly begged him not to remove the dragon stone, he stubbornly removed the dragon stone secretly and put it in, and at this rate he might secretly remove his heart later…

‘That… probably won’t happen.’

“I… I see. So that’s why you’re going to see Professor Lightningstep.”

“Yes.”

“…Huh. Wait a minute. Student Lee Han. Our exam is in an hour, isn’t it?”

Professor Garcia’s lecture, whose exact name was 【Understanding Very Difficult and Esoteric Arcane Magic (Those Without Confidence Should Not Come)】, had its exam in one hour.

He should be anxiously preparing for the exam or closing his eyes to calm his mind, but instead he was trying to visit Professor Lightningstep.

“Yes. An hour is enough time to go talk and come back.”

“Student Lee Han. Just go after it’s over. I’ll let you start early.”

Being too smart was also a problem.

While Professor Garcia didn’t want to see a good student like Lee Han suffer, he felt slightly annoyed at his overly calm demeanor unlike the other students.

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