Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1107

Chapter 1107

"What's wrong?"

-M-master. Aren't there many students who could set fires? Moreover, Sir Wardanaz isn't particularly dissatisfied with the current situation.-

"Wrong! Yi-Han is very angry!"

Jourin firmly denied the knight's words.

With Uman preventing her contractor and dragon from meeting, how could he not be angry?

"Regardless of anger, didn't that Wardanaz fellow say he'd come directly? Then he must have set the fires too."

The skull principal answered coldly.

Probabilistically speaking, this was a very likely conjecture.

He should have learned <Escape to Shadow Fortress> by now.

But considering the weakened magic from modifying an overly difficult original, breaking through the dragon race's divination spread by Uman wouldn't be easy.

Then inevitably that disciple would confuse the dragon race to weaken their divination ability.

-I-indeed!-

The death knight found himself understanding without realizing.

Though it seemed forced at first, upon hearing it actually felt very plausible.

Indeed, a master knows their disciple best?

-I apologize, Master! For this foolish knight to dare...-

"Hahaha. It's fine. Not everyone can be as wise as this great mage."

The skull principal, pleased by the flattery, forgave generously.

However, Jourin became very dejected.

"To think Yi-Han would burn the territory because of Jourin..."

"Don't worry too much. Originally, to become a great mage one must know how to set fires too."

Though Jourin would usually fall for the skull principal's nonsense, it didn't work this time. She kept sighing deeply and remained gloomy.

'She's really grown a lot.'

The skull principal admired inwardly and subtly suggested.

"Why don't you ask that Wardanaz fellow? He won't mind at all."

"Jourin doesn't think she can become a dragon like Azirmo..."

"Is there really any need to become that kind of dragon..."

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Now, let's ask."

Jourin grabbed her quill while feeling depressed.

And a moment later.

"...Huh? Yi-Han says he didn't do it?"

"Tell him not to lie. That cunning fellow."

The skull principal snorted.

Indeed this disciple fellow was qualified to become a great mage.

To think he would lie even in this situation!

  *

"......"

Yi-Han, having broken through surveillance to reach the fifth floor of the main building, glared at the skull principal and knights.

The knights had nothing to say even with ten mouths.

'Damn. It seemed convincing when we heard it.'

"Logically speaking, if someone set fires wouldn't it be the seniors rather than me?"

"You could have set them too..."

The skull principal turned his gaze away and grumbled.

To think his prediction would miss like this.

"You have means to escape Uman's surveillance, and even if Uman checks with the scale later it would be hard to catch you. So I naturally thought you'd set fires."

"Your thought process is frightening, Principal. ...Oh, wait. What do you mean it would be hard to catch even if His Highness Uman checks with the scale?"

At Yi-Han's question, the skull principal gave him a look as if seeing the most foolish person present.

"Don't you know what kind of relic the Soul Scale is?"

"I heard it's a relic that binds souls then places them on scales to make them confess crimes."

"...Perhaps your intelligence has dropped from eating only unpalatable meals lately?"

The skull principal flipped Yi-Han's eyelids as if finding it hard to believe. Yi-Han swatted away his hand with displeasure.

-Well, Sir Wardanaz. Just as the new student protection magic doesn't work on students above second year, magic that binds and draws out souls probably won't work either.-

"Ah."

Yi-Han finally understood.

"How could I understand when you explain like that?"

"How do you get more shameless as time goes on? More importantly, if you didn't set the fires... Hey, your <Escape to Shadow Fortress> is strange? What did you learn?"

"What? Didn't you send me knowing I had the score?"

Yi-Han wondered and briefly explained what had happened.

Though Professor Parsellet had run away, he had somehow completed it with a senior's help using existing music magic.

The skull principal listened while nodding slightly then spoke.

"Indeed. All according to my expectations."

"......"

It didn't seem so...

While Yi-Han was sending suspicious looks, the skull principal called the death knights.

"Track Professor Parsellet. Even if catching her is impossible, weaken her divination ability as much as possible."

-Yes. Understood.-

"Anyway, it's good you learned <Escape to Shadow Fortress>! Now you can come play here often!"

Though it would conflict with Uman's claim of 'securing healthy daily time for student Wardanaz', this much should be fine.

Sure enough, Jourin's face brightened immediately. Partly due to the blazing fires outside but even accounting for that her face had definitely brightened.

"Wow!!!!! Then...!"

Jourin, extremely excited, counted on her fingers.

"We need to play chess, and finish the ball game from before... um... um... Right! How about coming to play for about 10 days next week?"

Her power to change the Empire's calendar system was amazing, but Yi-Han couldn't say okay.

"Well. Your Highness."

"Yes?"

"I have to go out soon for requests."

"......"

Jourin shut her mouth tight. At that silent appearance, Yi-Han and the skull principal watched carefully.

'Will she be alright?'

'She'll be fine. Her Highness has grown a lot lately.'

If this was the old Jourin, she would have returned to dragon form and cried floods enough to submerge a town, but the current Jourin was not the old Jourin.

She was growing rapidly with each meeting, enough to surprise even the skull principal himself.

...Waaaaaah!

"Damn it."

The skull principal rose from his seat and quickly moved to avoid the sweeping tears. Yi-Han, a step late, had to take the shower of tears.

"......"

"Predictions can be wrong sometimes. One must humbly accept that."

'Must never trust him again.'

After glaring once at the skull principal who had jumped away alone, Yi-Han comforted Jourin again.

Jourin, who had returned to dragon form, was crying pitifully.

Waaah...

"Your Highness. Your Highness."

Jourin, who had been sobbing, stopped crying and looked at her contractor.

"You've grown so much lately, Your Highness. You shouldn't cry over something like this."

-Jourin hasn't grown at all!-

-Wow...-

The baby basilisk in the sleeve covered its face with its tail.

It felt embarrassed just hearing this.

'I wasn't that bad!'

"You seem to have."

"Be quiet."

Yi-Han snapped at the skull principal who was sneering beside him then tried persuading again.

"We can meet after I finish the requests, right?"

-Really... Really? How many requests are you going out for? Once this semester?-

Jourin asked, seeming slightly interested. Yi-Han felt his breath catching.

"...A bit more than that."

-Twice?-

"A bit more..."

-Three times?-

"Just a bit more than that..."

......

The gold dragon blinked her large eyes and glared. Tears were loaded up ready to fall again any moment.

Unable to watch anymore, the skull principal opened his mouth.

"Your Highness. If you're going to be like this, why not just go along on the requests?"

"...No. Principal, are you going out?!"

Yi-Han was shocked.

What cunning scheme was this evil great mage planning?

The skull principal smiled and said.

"Surely you don't dislike going around with Her Highness?"

"......"

Yi-Han resolved that after this was over, he should seriously consider ways to make Uman stay another term.

-What is this…-

"Your Highness. When I go out on requests I don't go alone, basically Professor Bagrak and Professor Garcia go with me. Sometimes I go with other students too."

-Then Jourin can go too!-

"...Yes... Well... If you say so."

Yi-Han hesitated but finally gave up.

Seeing Jourin like this gave him a strong feeling she absolutely wouldn't give up.

A death knight listening to the conversation from the side carefully asked.

-But Your Highness. Will His Highness Inspector be alright? He seems like he would be disappointed if he found out you went along arbitrarily...-

"!"

Yi-Han brightened at those words.

Who knew there would be a reversal here?

Jourin had actually thought about Uman too.

The gold dragon spoke while pondering with a serious face.

-There would naturally be aftereffects from following Yi-Han.-

"Then?"

-Hmm! Jourin decided to worry about it later!-

"......"

Yi-Han was shocked at this gut-splitting idea worthy of an Einroguard student - to follow first and think about the consequences later.

-No???-

"Excellent, Your Highness. Honestly, what could Uman do when Your Highness has decided?"

"Won't you please be quiet??"

Yi-Han really wanted to hit this master once.

  *

"So that's how she came along?"

"Yes... I'm really sorry."

In the carriage, Yi-Han kept bowing his head apologetically to Professor Garcia.

He had nothing to say even with ten mouths.

"N-no. It's not Yi-Han's fault. More importantly, you didn't set those fires?"

"......"

"...A joke! It was a joke!"

At her disciple's sad gaze, Professor Garcia hurriedly changed the subject.

She had thought he would naturally be included!

While the two conversed, Jourin was excitedly pressing her nose close to the carriage window watching the scenery outside.

Professor Garcia glanced once at the princess then lowered her voice further to whisper.

"Then will she come along on the next request too?"

"That... We'll have to trust in His Highness Uman I suppose."

At that answer, Professor Garcia felt an inexplicable foreboding.

A foreboding that she would keep following along from now on!

"...Shall we talk about the request? I know Yi-Han received many requests, I'm curious why you chose this one. It's not one you can do with friends either, right?"

Professor Garcia checked the request's client.

Uniquely, it was a request from the Day Lily Magic Tower.

"It's the magic tower the Principal visited during the last break to extort donations. I felt a bit sorry about that..."

'Principal...!!!!'

At her disciple's answer, Professor Garcia screamed inwardly.

She didn't think she had ever felt so ashamed of being an Einroguard professor.

Moreover, Professor Garcia herself had been similarly used by the skull principal.

The skull principal's deception of dangling outstanding talent in front of magic towers saying 'This fellow might go to your tower after graduation?' was viciously evil.

"Yi-Han... is really too good a disciple for the Principal."

"No. Rather, you are too good a teacher for me, Professor."

"Yi-Han!"

Professor Garcia's eyes suddenly stung and she almost cried.

Tap tap-

When she turned her head, Professor Boladi was patting her shoulder as if comforting her. Professor Garcia was even more moved.

"Professor Bagrak...! You're also moved..."

"Time's up, Professor Garcia. Let's switch."

"......"

Professor Garcia felt her tears completely disappear.