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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 860
🕑 Added 2024-09-20 11:33:02 +0000 UTCChapter 860
"??"
However, Eandurde, a proud gorgon mixed-blood, unlike Gainando who would do anything he was told just for a piece of chocolate, stared blankly at Yi-Han.
Yi-Han whispered softly.
"Could you be a bit friendlier with Her Highness?"
"..."
Eandurde made an expression of conflict and anguish between the sense of duty to listen to her respected senior's words and the hostility towards the evil and ferocious dragon.
She groaned and looked so troubled that even Yi-Han, who had made the suggestion, felt sorry.
"Never mind. I think I spoke out of turn. Eandurde. Forget..."
"...Friend."
Eandurde endured the attack and humiliation she had just suffered and extended her hand first.
Jourin was overjoyed at the sight of her new gorgon mixed-blood friend.
-Yi-Han! It's Jourin's new friend! Did you see? Jourin has so many friends now!-
'It doesn't seem that many though?'
Then again, just as Professor Boladi's disciples had increased by 100%, Jourin's friends might have increased by 100% too.
Yi-Han congratulated her with a generous smile.
"It's a miracle of Einroguard."
-Yi-Han. Jourin will make more Einroguard friends! Quickly!-
Jourin pounded her front paws as if telling Yi-Han to quickly call Einroguard mages to this collapsed underground airfield.
Of course, Yi-Han didn't go along with the mood and agree.
"That's not possible, Your Highness."
-Why?! Wa-Wardanaz. Jourin will make more Einroguard friends!-
"Speaking politely doesn't make it possible..."
Thinking she was rejected because she spoke impolitely, Jourin spoke again courteously.
Of course, no matter how Jourin spoke, Yi-Han had no intention of agreeing.
Even the sturdy Eandurde had nearly broken a few bones, so what about other students?
And it wasn't just worry for the students. He was worried about Jourin herself.
'It's hard to predict what might happen.'
It was horrifying just to imagine what would happen if one of the crazy seniors decided to try hunting Jourin.
Moreover, wasn't there a mad great mage's doppelganger in the territory?
"Your Highness. You visited for the exam. So you shouldn't wander around other places as you please."
-Hmph.-
Jourin was sad but surprisingly didn't insist.
She had already had a conversation with the skull principal before talking with Professor Boladi.
-Well, he did say the students might be afraid of me...-
"That could happen because Your Highness is so full of dignity."
-Yi-Han isn't like that though, right?-
"I..."
-Well, Yi-Han has dealt with much more terrifying monsters.-
"..."
Yi-Han was so dumbfounded he was at a loss for words.
The sight of Professor Boladi and Eandurde nodding slightly beside him was so annoying he wanted to smack the back of their heads.
"...I'm not afraid of Your Highness."
-Of course! Now then, lead the way.-
"?"
Yi-Han was flustered, unable to follow Jourin's way of naturally skipping topics.
"Where to?"
-Yi-Han's dormitory room.-
"Why?"
He was so flustered that a blunt question came out instead of formal speech.
Fortunately, Jourin didn't mind at all.
-Didn't we decide I'd stay there?-
"...Who decided that with whom?"
-With Gonadaltes?-
To be precise, the conversation had progressed in the order of 'I'll hide in Wardanaz's room!' 'It's not a size Your Highness can enter.' 'I can be in human form!' 'You'll be uncomfortable.', but Jourin remembered it as she pleased.
Unfortunately, Yi-Han, who didn't know the full details of the conversation, couldn't refute.
'This is crazy. Has the time come for Einroguard to fall?'
When royalty came, even giving the best place in Einroguard wouldn't be enough, so what was this about a cramped dormitory room?
...Come to think of it, other royalty had stayed in cramped dormitory rooms too. In terms of consistency alone, it made sense.
'No... but this still isn't right.'
Yi-Han looked at Professor Boladi. It was a look asking for help, but of course, the professor didn't understand.
"Professor. Wouldn't it be better for Her Highness to stay somewhere else?"
Before Professor Boladi could answer, Jourin answered first.
-No! No! No!-
...With a childish tantrum.
As the huge dragon performed rolling motions to the left and right, the collapsed debris flew in all directions. Eandurde hid behind Yi-Han, disgusted.
"She says no."
"...I can see that too..."
Yi-Han sighed and gave up.
If it were Professor Garcia, she might have been able to soothe Jourin, but it was too much to entrust that to Professor Boladi.
'There's no choice. I'll have to let her in first and then send her out right away if she whines about being uncomfortable. ...Wait, would it be blasphemy to put her in the chicken-raising hut?'
Yi-Han, who had been thinking of putting Jourin in the secret base or outside hut if she whined about it being cramped, paused.
Come to think of it, it felt a bit too much like blasphemy.
A place in Einroguard suitable for a dragon to stay...
"Wardanaz."
Professor Boladi called Yi-Han. Yi-Han, lost in thought, answered belatedly.
"Ah. Yes, Professor. Could I tell you about the exam within this week?"
Although he didn't know what kind of magic would be best to be tested on against Jourin, Yi-Han tried to buy time for now.
It was absolutely not a topic he could choose right now.
Fortunately, Professor Boladi readily agreed.
"Do so."
"Thank you."
"I'll help move Her Highness."
After agreeing, Professor Boladi brought up the reason he had just called Yi-Han.
At the words about helping to move her, Yi-Han tilted his head.
"I can do it myself though?"
Yi-Han could move her too.
If Jourin transformed into a human, Yi-Han could cast invisibility magic and pass through the dormitory.
However, Professor Boladi shook his head.
"It's difficult alone."
"What do you mean..."
-No, wait!-
Jourin boasted and then attempted to transform into human form. The huge dragon's body shook and rippled, its shape constantly changing.
Just when it seemed she might maintain human form for a moment, Jourin immediately returned to dragon form. Professor Boladi spoke calmly.
"An immature dragon finds transformation uncomfortable."
"...Uh... wait a minute."
Yi-Han was flustered at the fact that Jourin would enter his room in that huge form.
...Can she even enter?
'No. The room does expand, but does it expand that much?'
"Professor. Is it right for Her Highness to enter the room?"
"Yes. It expands."
'How does this person know?'
Yi-Han suddenly became curious about what kind of experiments Professor Boladi had done with dormitory rooms during his school days, but he didn't have the leisure to ask that now.
Wasn't the personal room in the dormitory about to become a dragon's nest?
'Is it fortunate that she can enter? She'll stay for about a week or two... If she's uncomfortable, I can send her out sooner...'
-Yi-Han! Jourin will behave!-
"Haha."
Yi-Han laughed, looking at the broken debris behind Jourin.
If things went wrong, he might become the first student in Blue Dragon Tower history to destroy a dormitory.
"Then Professor. I'll leave it to you."
Professor Boladi nodded and then threw a veil of invisibility and perception interference over the huge dragon. The dragon's form disappeared instantly.
Next, Professor Boladi repaired the collapsed underground airfield. Jourin cleared her throat sheepishly.
-It wasn't intentional.-
"Your Highness. You must be quiet inside."
-Understood! Trust Jourin, Professor Bagrak!-
Jourin nodded her head greatly and then lightly bit Eandurde with an 'ang'. Of course, Eandurde reacted violently as if it was the thing she hated most in the world.
-Why, why?!-
"Wouldn't it be better on your shoulder?"
"Grrrr! Grrrrrr!"
-Let's go play with Jourin!-
Snap-
Before Yi-Han could say anything, Eandurde stopped barking.
Eandurde also wanted to visit the Blue Dragon Tower 2nd year dormitory where Yonaire and Yi-Han were once.
"...Professor. Please take care of Eandurde too."
Professor Boladi nodded with an expressionless face and swung his staff. Yi-Han felt newly grateful to Professor Boladi.
Wouldn't another professor not have been so accommodating?
'...No. He's the one who brought her in the first place!'
"???"
Professor Boladi was puzzled by his disciple's gaze.
*
In the Blue Dragon Tower 2nd year lounge, Gainando was reading the Detective Toveris series about a dog mixed-blood detective that he had obtained with difficulty.
Gainando grumbled at the absurd tricks.
"Does this make sense?"
"Why are you complaining again? Prince, why do you always read that magazine while grumbling?"
"This is how you're supposed to read it! Look. Look at this content!"
Gainando excitedly pulled his friends over, sat them down in front, and started explaining.
His friends regretted 'Why did I speak up?', but it was too late.
"Do you know what this mage hides in his sleeve and takes to the magic tower dormitory?"
"What does he hide and take?"
"A dragon! A dragon!"
"Well... it could be a dragon..."
"Hey! How do you hide a dragon in your sleeve! And how do you hide it in a dormitory room!"
Gainando jumped up and down at his friends' reactions.
These guys with no basic magic common sense!
"It probably transformed small."
"If it's going to transform small, it's much more appropriate to just transform into a human! Why put it in the sleeve?!"
'This bastard, he should study magic like this.'
'I'll definitely tell on him to Wardanaz.'
He usually didn't care much when magic spells or gestures were wrong, but he was being picky like a professor only at times like this.
Creak-
Meanwhile, the door opened behind them and Yi-Han quietly entered. Yi-Han tried to go up to his personal room like a ghost without disturbing his chattering friends.
But he couldn't escape Gainando's eyes. Gainando shouted happily.
"Yi-Han! ...and Professor??"
At the words added at the end, the Blue Dragon Tower students threw themselves sideways with short screams.
They reacted instinctively to the words that a professor had entered the dormitory.
Yi-Han hurriedly shouted to calm his friends.
"Don't worry, it's not like an attack from the principal. The professor just visited briefly to help me."
"...Wh-what on earth is he helping with to visit the dormitory?"
"Uh... Something related to lectures and exams."
"..."
His friends were shocked.
They knew Professor Bagrak's lectures were severe, but they never imagined he would chase a student to the dormitory to nag.
Einroguard professors always exceed imagination!
"Well then, I'll be going now. Everyone have fun."
"???"
Gainando tilted his head.
He clearly couldn't hear any sound, but the stairs going up were being destroyed one step at a time.
What on earth was this bizarre phenomenon?
Professor Boladi calmly swung his staff to repair the stairs. Then he went up.
"Even so, to follow to the dormitory..."
"It's scary. I'm really scared of Einroguard. Will we become like that too when we're 3rd years??"
"Su-surely not."
While his friends were chattering in shock, Gainando carefully climbed the stairs.
Then he knocked on Yi-Han's personal room door and flung it open.
"Grrrr!"
-Sorry! Sorry! Jourin is sorry! Jourin didn't mean to crush and squash...-
"It would be better to move the books to the left so they don't get damaged."
Gainando blinked at the chaotic scene inside. Yi-Han, noticing his friend belatedly, panicked and pulled Gainando inside.
"Why did you follow?!"
"Wh-what on earth is this...?"
"...There's no choice. Gainando, you take care of this too."
-Wow! Is he a servant?!-
Gainando flared up at the rudeness of the dragon he was seeing for the first time.
