Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 863

Chapter 863

"Oh. Professor."

Yi-Han recognized Professor Bentozol and greeted him.

Professor Bentozol also spoke cheerfully to his disciple.

"You impudent, vile, wicked, cheeky, and arrogant bastard! Get down right now?! If you put weight stress on Her Highness the Dragon who hasn't fully grown yet, her scales might become dull and she might get stressed!!"

Professor Bentozol jumped up and down as if he would have strangled his disciple if he had been in front of him instead of on the dragon.

Although he didn't particularly care about the professor's threats, Yi-Han nodded, thinking this was a good opportunity.

He had been feeling quite uncomfortable about being forcibly put on Jourin anyway.

"You see, Your Highness. Even the professor, who is the greatest expert in Einroguard, is saying this. You could get hurt."

-Waaah! But Jourin is fine!!-

Jourin burst into tears of frustration when some nasty mage interfered just as she was having fun.

Seeing that, Professor Bentozol clutched his chest once again.

"Kuhak!"

"Professor. Are you alright?"

"St-stop her! Stop Her Highness the Dragon from crying!"

"Ah. It's fine."

Yi-Han answered as if it was no big deal.

Children naturally cry for trivial reasons when they're young. Hadn't she cried just because Yi-Han wasn't in the lounge earlier?

Of course, this didn't work on Professor Bentozol.

"...I said stop her!"

Professor Bentozol shouted at Yi-Han with a demonic expression. Yi-Han grumbled as he tried to stop Jourin.

"Alright. Your Highness. Let's keep playing together. What did I say?"

When Yi-Han spoke, Jourin immediately stopped crying and shouted with a bright smile.

-Wardanaz is playing the role of Saint Eaktus. The servant is playing the role of the evil dragon king!-

"..."

The expression of Gainando, who was in front, couldn't be seen because he was wearing the mask of an evil dragon king, but it was clear from his whole body that he was thoroughly upset.

"Grrrr. I am the evil dragon king. ...Yi-Han. Sob sob. Can't we make the White Tiger Tower guys do this?"

"Be quiet. I am Saint Eaktus. I will defeat the evil dragon king."

-Wow!-

Jourin clapped her front paws happily.

She felt like she had become the dragon who helped the legendary Saint Eaktus.

"What's next?"

-Hmm! There were evil mages beside the dragon king!-

"You mean the principal?"

-Gonadaltes plays the role of helping Saint Eaktus! Oh. How about assigning that mage?-

Jourin pointed at Professor Bentozol as she spoke.

Seeing how eccentric and fond of interference he was, he seemed to fit the role of Gonadaltes well.

"No. No matter how much you dislike Professor Bentozol, assigning him the principal's role is too cruel..."

"Shut up! Be quiet. Leave it to me!"

"..."

Professor Bentozol cursed at his disciple who dared to defy the dragon's will. Jourin opened her eyes wide and said.

-Did... did you just curse at Yi-Han??-

"...I-I didn't! It's an expression of closeness!"

"?"

Yi-Han was about to say 'What nonsense', but he paused when Professor Bentozol sent such a desperate and pitiful gaze.

To think the professor could send such a pleading look.

-Help me! Please!-

"...Ah. Yes. We're just close like that."

-Ah! Like how you're close with Professor Bagrak and always get hit?-

"..."

Yi-Han regretted not having told Jourin about Einroguard more moderately.

"That's a bit different... Anyway, we're close."

"Yes! We're close!"

Professor Bentozol put his arm on Yi-Han's shoulder and gave the most awkward smile in the empire. Yi-Han looked at him with disgust.

-Hmm. I see! Then now that Gonadaltes' role is decided... next is the role of Armeregain!-

'Isn't that from a different era?'

Yonaire thought to herself.

Armeregain was a famous marksman from the old Seven Kingdoms era, known for his achievement of defeating a rampaging sun spirit.

But Jourin had a flexible mindset that prioritized fun over historical accuracy. She immediately grabbed Nillia with her front paw and put her on top of herself. Nillia's scream echoed briefly.

"Wow. Nillia. That's impressive. Her Highness is picky about people. As expected of the Shadow Patrol."

"He-he-he-help me! I-I-I won't doubt my friends anymore!"

"Sorry. I was forced up here too."

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

These ungrateful brats!

  *

After Jourin's play-acting ended, Professor Bentozol was able to hear the situation in detail from the 2nd year students.

-If you had stopped her properly, Her Highness the Dragon wouldn't have come to such a dangerous place!-

Professor Bentozol glared at Yi-Han with that meaning. At the murderous gaze, Yi-Han immediately called Jourin.

"Your Highness. Look at the professor over there."

-Huh?-

"..."

Professor Bentozol immediately relaxed his eyes and grinned awkwardly. Jourin was startled.

-Waaah! How creepy!-

"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Dragon. The human race is generally ugly."

-Th-that's not what I meant. Yi-Han. Jourin didn't mean it like that!-

Jourin fidgeted anxiously, afraid of being seen as a dragon who looked down on humans.

"More importantly, Your Highness the Dragon. That's not what's important right now. Your Highness's safety is the most important. You bronze-headed bastards. You must protect Her Highness the Dragon even at the cost of your lives. Understand? Guard the lounge without missing even an hour!"

"...We have exams next week."

"We need to attend lectures."

The 2nd year students looked at Professor Bentozol as if he was talking nonsense.

Professor Bentozol was about to explode in anger but endured it, looking at Jourin.

"Don't you know what's more important between the most magnificent and beautiful creature in the empire and Einroguard's lectures...!"

-I-I don't think it's to that extent.-

Jourin was disgusted.

Dragons didn't particularly seem like the most magnificent and beautiful creatures in the empire.

"Professor. We need to approach this realistically."

Yi-Han stepped in to stop Bentozol.

As he was in a position to be responsible for Jourin anyway, there was a need to have a serious conversation.

Although Professor Bentozol was a crazy person, he was still the one who would help most actively in a situation like this.

"Right. We should approach it realistically. Put curse necklaces on those bastards' necks! Tell them you'll activate the curse if they don't listen."

'Should I just exclude this person?'

Thinking that inwardly, Yi-Han took out a schedule.

Right now, the only trustworthy people in the school were the 2nd year students, a few professors, and a very small number of seniors like Direth.

Of course, since 2nd year students were the most numerous, they had no choice but to divide and stand guard.

"We're planning to divide and guard the lounge like this. This way, there are no gaps for now."

"I guess I'll have to camp in front of Blue Dragon Tower."

The 2nd year students were disgusted.

To think they had to see a crazy mage camping in front of their dormitory tower for over a week?

Regardless, Professor Bentozol's conviction didn't waver.

"But isn't the guard too small?"

"It can't be helped. The kids need to attend lectures too."

"Hmph. Those damn lectures."

Professor Bentozol grumbled but accepted for now.

Although the number of students guarding the lounge was small, if the professor himself kept guarding in front of the tower, he could prevent any blasphemous acts by crazy mages.

-Yi-Han. Jourin... wants to follow along and watch...-

Jourin, who had been watching for an opportunity, carefully spoke up.

The 2nd year students, including Yi-Han, were surprised.

"Yo-Your Highness Jourin. Wouldn't that be dangerous?"

"Crazy seniors might be lying in ambush!"

-Hmph...-

"Your Highness the Dragon!"

Professor Bentozol called Jourin strongly. The students looked at him, thinking the professor was finally going to say something.

No matter how much she wanted to wander around, shouldn't safety come first?

"Do as you wish!"

"..."

Yi-Han looked at the professor, dumbfounded. Regardless, Professor Bentozol took out a paper, scribbled roughly, and signed it.

"Take this."

[The above student is guaranteed to have perfectly passed the <Terribly Beautiful Creatures> lecture and exam for taking care of the most magnificent and beautiful creature in the empire.

-Professor Bentozol]

"You don't need to come to lectures or exams, just take proper care of Her Highness the Dragon!"

"...No. Missing one lecture doesn't solve the problem. And is this okay? Won't the principal send you to the punishment room?"

The skull principal was surprisingly interested in the professors' teaching methods.

More precisely, he was interested in the teaching methods of a few troublemaking professors. Yi-Han was certain that Professor Bentozol was on the 'professors to watch out for' list.

"Who cares."

"..."

Come to think of it, if he was on the list of professors to watch out for, he wouldn't care about the punishment room. Yi-Han nodded.

"Alright. It would be better if we could miss even one lecture..."

"First, hire more guards!"

Professor Bentozol pointed out that there were too many gaps when Jourin followed Yi-Han around.

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

"Guards? How in Einroguard?"

"What an ignorant thing to say... I'm talking about the professors and seniors you mentioned earlier!"

"Ah. I was going to ask them to guard in front of the lounge."

"That's not enough. Her Highness said she'd follow you around."

"Then what should I do?"

"What are you asking? Of course they should follow you around too!"

"...??"

Yi-Han didn't understand.

Surely he wasn't saying to go to lectures with the professors, right?

  *

'It was exactly that.'

Yi-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 seniors all week?

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

-Kuk. The defense is thorough.-

-To have Professor Garcia as a guard... As expected of the Wardanaz family. They're not just ordinarily smart.-

The sound of seniors breaking down could be heard here and there. Jourin smiled brightly, unaware of Yi-Han's inner thoughts.

"Yi-Han. Hang in there. Of course, the current situation must feel very awkward and unfamiliar, but you're doing what you need to do!"

Professor Garcia encouraged Yi-Han, reading his inner thoughts.

Of course, if an Einroguard student walked down the corridor with professors to attend lectures, absurd rumors would spread, but fortunately, no matter what rumors spread about the Wardanaz family boy, nothing would change anymore.

Professor Boladi took out a pocket watch, checked the time, and asked.

"Professor Garcia, your next lecture is..."

"Mine is in two hours. Professor Bagrak...?"

Professor Boladi stared at Professor Garcia.

Yi-Han also stared at Professor Garcia. Jourin had no particular reason but stared along with them.

"?"

"Professor... how can you ask such a rude question?"

Yi-Han whispered softly. Professor Garcia was puzzled at what he meant, but then realized belatedly.

"Th-that's good if there's no lecture! You can keep following and protecting, right?"

"Thank you."

'It doesn't seem good though.'

Yi-Han sighed.

Come to think of it, this was all because Yi-Han was weak. If Yi-Han had been as strong as the skull principal, there would be no need to bring professors to the classroom, right?

-Wardanaz. Jourin is curious about what the next lecture is!-

"It's <Poison, Bone, Blood>. It's a dark magic lecture, and my senior teaches it."

"Wow. That sounds fun."

"It's a good lecture."

Professor Garcia and Professor Boladi followed Yi-Han into the classroom.

As a dragon and two professors entered additionally, Direth's wings, who had been waiting for her junior without much thought, shot up backwards.