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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1086
🕑 Added 2024-12-04 12:28:41 +0000 UTCChapter 1086
"Oh right. I'll bring in your items too! Yi-Han will surely do it!"
"Thank you."
Alhidle's voice was somehow cold.
No matter how he tried to express gratitude, the jealousy contained within wouldn't easily disappear.
Poke-
Eandurde slightly jabbed his side. A signal not to show it.
"S-sorry."
"Later. Take revenge later. There will be opportunities."
"Right. You're right."
Alhidle nodded then paused.
...But this wasn't really something to take revenge for, was it?
Strictly speaking, the 2nd year seniors hadn't done anything wrong to them...
But the jealousy burning in Alhidle's chest was too hot to let it pass so rationally.
Why did those people live happily even at Einroguard just because they entered one year earlier?????
"Kuuuk..."
"Wh-what's wrong? Indigestion?"
Gainando was startled while putting a chocolate box inside a chocolate box and then putting a new chocolate box inside that.
His junior was making strange sounds.
"N-no. I'm fine."
"Ah. I see. You're moved? Come on. It's nothing much."
Gainando laughed, haha.
The juniors must surely be surprised just at the fact they could bring items in from outside. As a senior it felt quite cute.
"..."
"..."
Both juniors' fists clenched tight.
*
"Then I'll leave it to you."
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
The skull principal finished today's work by personally seeing off the visiting nobles.
The nobles just now had come for consultation about Einroguard 3rd year students.
Originally it was a request to newly change the appearance of mansion magic statues and grant additional functions, but these students must have been too greedy as they accidentally let the statues escape.
Because of that the town where the nobles lived was in chaos, and finally they came to the capital like this to directly complain to the skull principal.
The skull principal dispatched death knights while sighing deeply and also sent paper birds to Professor Yonramo, the person in charge of transformation magic school, just in case.
At the same time he soothed and placated the visiting nobles.
-Are you not pillars of the empire. Please understand. We'll restore the town to original state, so no need to tell the officials.-
-Ah, understood.-
-And please don't tell other nobles either. Requests might stop.-
-Understood.-
-And please don't tell other mages either. Requests...-
-......-
Though the nobles were bewildered, they didn't dare refuse the magic administrator's request.
Only great noble families could grumble a few words in front, ordinary nobles absolutely couldn't act up before the skull principal.
'I'll send them straight to punishment room when new semester starts.'
The skull principal ground his teeth. To bring such shame to the school.
As he always felt, teaching students was truly not easy.
Leave them in abundance and they grow lazy in complacency, but squeeze them too hard and they can't handle pressure and go berserk...
"Truly difficult work."
-......-
-......-
The death knights said nothing.
They knew well from experience that saying 'Then why not reduce requests and increase money given by school?' here would send them straight to punishment room.
And even to the knights' eyes, the amount of gold supported to students was already quite plenty. To increase more from here either professors would starve or knights would starve or officials would starve.
-How about asking professors to supervise more when performing requests? They already accompany the students during the semester requests...-
A relatively young death knight brought up a fresh idea.
Since professors or skull principal's subordinates were already attached as monitors for some requests performed during semester, helping a bit more didn't seem bad.
If students make mistakes or seem about to go berserk, step in and handle it...
"What nonsense are you babbling so long? Then the professor should receive the compensation. Why would the student receive it?"
The skull principal looked at the knight with a contemptuous expression saying this was the first time for him to hear such trash talk.
The death knight dejectedly lowered his head.
"Do that and students will call professors asking for help every time, and Professor Garcia won't be able to sleep. Beavle will grow fat. Is that really what you want? Hm?"
-No!-
"Good if you understand."
Though a bit forced it was plausible.
Apart from students' autonomy, the future of certain professors' work burden becoming severe was clearly visible.
Thump thump thump-
"Are you in?"
"...No."
The skull principal recognized the voice and answered.
However despite the answer no, the other boldly opened the door and came in.
Bang!
And hit his forehead on the doorframe. Uman, the emperor's fourth child and Black Dragon, came in frowning from pain.
"You hit your head every time I see you. No thoughts of reducing height?"
"It's quite uncomfortable indeed."
Uman answered in a booming voice. The skull principal covered his ears with an annoyed expression.
"Lower your voice too."
"I'll be careful."
"What brings you here? More donations to Einroguard?"
The skull principal had reasons for finding Uman annoying.
From before this Black Dragon had fallen into delusions that he must protect and guard imperial justice.
And the most serious point of those delusions was that he considered the skull principal and Einroguard potential enemies of justice.
It was such a foolish misunderstanding unbelievable for a high intelligence dragon.
'He was so kind and cute when young.'
The skull principal looked at Uman as if pitying.
To think the one who used to follow him around saying 'Lord Gonadaltes!' when young would growl like this just because his head grew a bit.
Dragons were truly an annoying race.
"I already donated."
"Really?! Good thinking. But who did you donate to? Surely not Professor Verduus?"
Surely Uman wasn't an idiot to donate to Beavle.
"I donated to student Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family. I paid the gold needed for the imperial treasury this time."
"..."
The skull principal's expression changed.
Like a great mage he read the ominous signs.
Surely not?
"...Thanks but why? You want to contract too? Don't. Isn't he pitiful enough?"
This was sincere.
Even the skull principal who harshly pushed his disciple didn't want to attach two dragons.
He was living hard enough already...
"No. Please look at this."
Uman took out a rolled scroll from his chest. The skull principal immediately recognized the format of the golden book decorated with gold.
That was an imperial edict.
"..."
The ominous signs he just felt grew even stronger.
The skull principal snatched the edict to check the contents. The writing inside was simple.
[...Appointing Uman as imperial proxy with authority as Einroguard inspector for one semester…]
"Kuhek."
Confirming the conclusion of the ominous signs, the skull principal staggered.
Even ordinary inspectors were annoying but coming as imperial proxy?
"Impossible! Though His Majesty is narrow-minded and petty, he's not one to send an inspector without any word like this!"
"There are several reasons for that!"
Uman shouted resoundingly. At that force the skull principal felt ominous again.
What now?
"First there were numerous reports. Speaking of just the most serious report, it would be recklessly having your disciple participate in hunting monsters that came from the void of realms."
'Boladi Bagrak...!'
The skull principal lowered his head deeply. He immediately realized the culprit.
Though he had kept surveillance afterward wondering if he would enter the imperial palace, to think he would still submit a secret letter.
There was only one possible time period.
He must have run straight to the imperial palace to submit a secret letter right after meeting Alcicle and the skull principal. It was truly insane drive.
The skull principal sighed deeply. He had taken one hit from an ungrateful disciple.
'Fine. You're so great.'
Come to think of it, he felt he had underestimated Boladi Bagrak's will too much.
He was someone who could do anything once decided, yet he had responded carelessly.
Especially since it was related to disciples he should have paid more attention...
"Actually that was others' fault but... never mind. Already meaningless right?"
"Yes!"
"I said lower your voice. What's next?"
The skull principal asked back in an indifferent voice.
Anyway it was confirmed Uman would come next semester to be annoying.
-Master! No matter what this is too much, must you keep taking such insults from a green young dragon!-
One death knight stepped up flaring.
Though usually the knights complained among themselves 'Isn't our master too eccentric', it had different meaning when outsiders spoke.
What arrogance from this baby dragon - what great dedication had he made for the empire?
However Uman showed not a hint of wavering. It was dragons' innate strength completely unaffected by the blue soul light the death knights emitted.
"Since you asked I'll tell you the next too. His Majesty said to stop extorting innocent tower people using your disciple!"
-......-
-......-
The knights about to get angry suddenly paused.
Forgotten shame returned.
However the skull principal remained shameless.
"What am I supposed to do when tower people want to give money? Are you saying to refuse? While you extort gold coins from mages stuck in towers with mage cards."
"Th-that...! That's different from this! Mage cards are dragons' gift for young races! How could you say such things!"
Uman argued with reddened face.
Mage cards were gifts devised by a dragon to give the young ones joy of entertainment when the continent was chaotic.
To express that as means of extorting gold coins!
"Ha. Adults seem to play with them more than young ones though."
"Enough! I won't listen anymore. You're still mocking me!"
"Wait. Don't tell me Princess Jourin getting visit permission was because of you too?"
"Yes."
Uman nodded.
Originally the emperor didn't like disturbing Einroguard students, but when Uman declared he would personally take care of his sister, he finally yielded.
"He gave permission when I said I would personally prevent her from disturbing the students. It will be good experience for my sister to visit the magic school's spirit grounds too."
"That's not her purpose..."
The skull principal muttered.
Jourin's purpose wasn't gaining enlightenment touring Einroguard's mana-rich mountains, lakes, deserts, lava and other regions.
Almost 99% would be personal desire to play with friends.
"What? What did you say?"
"Nothing. Then you'll personally take care of Her Highness?"
"Yes. Don't worry. I will certainly assist to prevent her from disturbing the students."
"...Well at least it’s fortunate that there's one more person more miserable than me next semester."
