Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Chapter 608

It was shocking, but Yi-Han recovered quickly.

Originally, it was the disciple's job to take care of the professor's child upon receiving the professor's order.

It wasn't the skull principal's child, but it was roughly similar.

'It's not a very difficult task.'

Yi-Han coldly grabbed the handkerchief.

What was in front of him was not a large gold dragon, but the professor's young child.

"Hoo. You won't be able to beat me."

-Hmph! Even if you're overflowing with confidence, Wardanaz, you can't beat Jourin!-

The young gold dragon shouted in high spirits.

***

"..."

The skull principal, who was sipping coffee and reading that he had picked up from the printing house, glanced at the scene in front of him.

Toveris was revealing the trick of the evil prince and clearing the false charges against the kind lich, but it didn't really catch his attention.

It was because the scene unfolding before his eyes was too interesting.

'Could it be that guy is not Yi-Han from the Wardanaz family, but a nanny from the Wardanaz family?'

Of course, it was quite impressive to hold a handkerchief and play mana tug-of-war against a dragon.

Any decent mage would have been exhausted and collapsed after pulling it once or twice.

However, the boy from the Wardanaz family stood there without blinking an eye even after playing mana tug-of-war dozens of times.

This was also something that would make any decent mage faint from amazement if they saw it, but…

...what was even more amazing was that he was playing with Jourin in the palm of his hand.

"Ugh! Ugh!"

-Ugh...-

Yi-Han, who was diligently pouring mana and pulling the handkerchief towards himself, glanced around and reduced his mana.

Jourin, who succeeded in pulling the handkerchief in her direction, was overjoyed.

-I won! Jourin won! Wardanaz, you lost again!-

"Ugh. I'm so frustrated."

-Heh. I'm sorry for being so strong, Wardanaz.-

"I thought I could win this time!"

Yi-Han clenched his fists and expressed his frustration in a sincere voice.

The skull principal was dumbfounded.

'What kind of acting is this, like a mage from a ruined magic tower...'

-You'll challenge me again, right?-

"Wait. Your Highness. Please sit with your four legs properly. It's dangerous."

Yi-Han strictly restrained Jourin, who was trying to stand up in excitement.

-It's okay. Jourin won't fall over.-

Instead of answering, Yi-Han sternly crossed his arms and looked at Jourin.

The young gold dragon glanced at him and sat down obediently. Yi-Han nodded his head in satisfaction and held out the handkerchief.

"Excellent. Your Highness."

-Hmph. Of course Jourin is excellent!-

'Is he crazy?'

The skull principal almost spit out his coffee at the sight of his disciple strongly commanding the gold dragon as if training a puppy.

What was even more absurd was that it was working well.

The emperor's third child had a young mind, but that didn't mean she had a personality that was easy to get along with.

Rather, because her mind was young, she responded more harshly if she didn't like the other person.

The skull principal thought that the boy from the Wardanaz family would feel familiar because of his abundant mana, but…

'I didn't know it would be to this extent!'

The gold dragon pulled the handkerchief again and won. Yi-Han stomped his feet in frustration with exactly the same posture as before.

"Ugh. I'm so frustrated."

-It was fun! Let's do something else now.-

"As expected, Your Highness. Each game you choose is so fun."

-Really? Wardanaz, you are truly wise!-

"What kind of games do you have?"

-The wrestling mat Gonadaltes made for me.-

Not wanting to wrestle with a dragon, Yi-Han maintained his expression and said.

"I'd like to hear about other games too."

-The mage cards Gonadaltes made for me.-

'Not bad?'

Yi-Han's face brightened.

A mage card game was a game that he could easily pass the time with.

"Wait. What do you mean by the principal made them for you?"

"It means Her Highness' deck is composed only of gold dragons, and your deck is empty."

"How can we play the game if I don't have cards?"

"That's why Her Highness will always win."

"..."

Yi-Han decided it would be better not to play the mage card game.

Even if Jourin won every time, if he just let her win unconditionally, she wouldn't feel the joy of it.

And it wasn't easy to lose on purpose in a mage card game that relied on randomness.

-Gonadaltes also made a chess set for me.-

"...Is this also a modified chess by any chance?"

-That's right! Wardanaz, you are really, really wise! This is a gold dragon. It can move as much as it wants in any direction, front, back, left, right, and diagonally, and it can use breath. If it uses breath, all the enemy pieces on the entire chessboard die!-

Yi-Han felt dizzy at the modified chess that would go down in chess history.

"But I'm not very good at chess."

-It can't be helped. Jourin is generous, so I'll let it slide.-

"I'm just grateful for Your Highness' grace."

-Instead, Wardanaz has to play with me more.-

Yi-Han unconsciously glanced at Alcicle.

If things went wrong, he might have to revive him, throw him, and then secretly escape from the mansion.

'Stay calm. There will be a decent game.'

"What is this?"

-A ball for ballgame that Gonadaltes made for me. But we can't play this because there aren't enough people.-

"It looks more like a rock than a ball for ballgame...?"

Yi-Han was puzzled by the appearance of the ballgame ball.

It looked more like a huge rock than a ball.

"If you infuse it with mana, it will move in the direction you want."

"Why did he make such unique artifacts, like the handkerchief earlier and now the rock?"

"...Her Highness wanted them."

Realizing the truth from the sight of the gold dragon nodding her head in satisfaction, Yi-Han understood.

'He made them so she could win!'

Come to think of it, the handkerchief and that ballgame ball were objects that only a dragon could handle no matter how you looked at them.

He could feel the desperate heart of a baby dragon who wanted to compete in a way that was always advantageous to her.

She hadn't realized that it was only fun to win when it was moderately close.

"Your Highness. There is a game that can be enjoyed with this ball even if there are few people."

-What is it, Wardanaz?-

"Here, watch."

Yi-Han infused mana into the rock-like ball. Then the ball vibrated and prepared to move.

Swish!

The ball flew into the deep darkness of the cave.

Yi-Han shouted to Jourin.

"Your Highness. If you find that ball quickly, it will be Your Highness' victory!"

-I see! Wait for me, Wardanaz! I'll make you lose again!-

Jourin ran into the darkness in excitement.

Only then could Yi-Han sigh in relief and sit on a chair.

'With this, I can pass the time a bit more comfortably than before.'

The tug-of-war, no, the mana tug-of-war he had done earlier with the handkerchief consumed a bit of stamina.

There was no stamina consumption in the game itself, but Yi-Han was also shaken because the excited gold dragon bounced every time she won.

But now, the ball fetching game, no, the simplified ballgame, consumed much less stamina.

Yi-Han just had to sit still and shoot the ball…

"..."

Meeting the gaze of the skull principal, who was staring at him as if looking at a crazy person, Yi-Han made an excuse without realizing it.

"I had no disrespectful intentions."

"I'm sure you didn't..."

-I found it, Wardanaz!-

The gold dragon ran over excitedly with the rock.

Yi-Han clapped and shouted.

"Princess wins! Oh no, I lost again!!"

-Ha!-

"It will be different this time. Here!"

Pretending to be angry at the excited Jourin, Yi-Han shot the rock in a different direction.

***

Yi-Han had never thought deeply about the saying that dripping water wears away a stone.

But today, while playing with the young gold dragon, he was directly experiencing with his body what that saying meant.

'...It's hard!'

Even just sitting and shooting the ball became tiring if you did it hundreds of times.

Even if his mana was fine, his concentration was bound to be consumed.

But Jourin was still not tired. She ran over with the ball and shouted to Yi-Han.

-Next! Come at me again, Wardanaz!-

Looking to the side, even the skull principal was clicking his tongue at Jourin's stamina.

To tire out a mage with almost infinite mana first.

"Your Highness. Your Highness."

-What? Throw it farther?-

"Do you have no particular interest in what's happening throughout the empire?"

Yi-Han changed the subject to somehow recover his stamina.

The gold dragon answered immediately.

-No.-

Dragons had little interest in anything other than their own interests.

It was natural for a young dragon like Jourin to have no interest in the affairs of the entire empire.

"I'm currently attending Einroguard."

-Einroguard! I know. It's Gonadaltes' territory.-

"That's right. Many interesting things happen in Einroguard."

-Like what?-

"For example, last time, the students had to leave the dormitory because the spirits caused a great flood."

-That must have been fun!-

"...Yes, it was fun. We rode on a raft we had made to move. The storm was so severe that we even summoned a storm crow, but..."

-How?-

"Professor Verduus was a great help. He got us a reagent that could summon a storm crow."

Aware that the skull principal was listening, Yi-Han slightly changed the truth.

-Professor Verduus seems like a kind person.-

"That's not the case. Anyway, because of this flood caused by the spirits..."

Yi-Han told in as much detail as possible what had happened during the flood in Einroguard, one by one.

The longer he dragged out the time, the longer he could rest.

What they ate and how they slept during the flood, how they built a fortress in the library but clueless monsters invaded, how he became friends with a siren and now the siren runs to him just by seeing his face…

At first, Jourin had stated that she had no particular interest in the affairs of the entire empire, but she was gradually listening more attentively.

The skull principal looked at his disciple, who was selling even the intimate behind-the-scenes stories of Einroguard to drag out time, with a look of pathetic disdain, but he didn't particularly stop him.

Even in the skull principal's view, dealing with Jourin was extreme labor.

"...Anyway, these things happened. Aren't the affairs of the empire quite interesting too?"

-More!-

"Pardon?"

-Tell me more, Wardanaz. More! Jourin wants to hear more stories!-

"...Then I will tell you the story of when I went out with my friends and encountered the Sea Serpent. Actually, this story is also related to a magic criminal."

Having succeeded in diverting Jourin's attention somehow, Yi-Han sighed in relief and unfolded his story bundle.

Fortunately, there were many incidents to talk about after spending a year in Einroguard.

Not only the King of Ghouls and the Basilisk, but also the King of Frost Giants.

When he told her the story of how winter came to the school due to the overlapping of realms, Jourin was extremely delighted.

-Gonadaltes! Jourin will also visit Einroguard!-

"If Your Highness wishes, you may do so as much as you want."

The skull principal answered with his mouth, but signaled to Yi-Han with his eyes.

-Absolutely not.-

Considering Jourin's unpredictable personality, if they took her to Einroguard, there was no telling what kind of accident she might cause.

If she caused a disturbance and was subdued by the students, it wouldn't be strange for her to be upset for decades.

'I need to change the subject of the story.'

"It's not just inside the school that things happen. Just like when I went out and encountered the Sea Serpent, there were many interesting things outside as well."

Yi-Han listed the criminals he had met this year.

Starting from anti-magic extremists to magic criminals and even ordinary criminals.

'...Come to think of it, I think I met quite a lot.'

The gold dragon listened with great interest.

-Jourin has a question.-

"Please ask anything, Your Highness."

-If Wardanaz falls into danger so many times, isn't it the fault of Gonadaltes, the lord of the territory?-

"..."

"..."

For the first time in a while, Yi-Han and the skull principal were genuinely flustered.

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