Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 860

Lee Han blinked, unsure what to say. Ehandeurde, a Gorgon hybrid with high pride, unlike Gainando, who would do anything for chocolate, just stared blankly at Lee Han.

Lee Han whispered lowly.

“Could you try to get along with Her Highness?”

Ehandeurde looked troubled. He respected Lee Han, but he really disliked dragons.

He whimpered, twisting his body in obvious pain. Lee Han felt sorry for even suggesting it.

“No, never mind. I shouldn’t have said anything, Ehandeurde. Forget about it…”

“…Friend.”

Ehandeurde was still upset from the attack. But he tried to be brave. He held out his hand to Jo-Urin.

Jo-Urin was overjoyed to have a new Gorgon hybrid friend.

“Lee Han! Jo-Urin has a new friend! Did you see? Jo-Urin has so many friends!”

‘Doesn’t seem like that many, though?’ Lee Han thought.

Just as Professor Voladi’s disciples had doubled, Jo-Urin’s friends seemed to have also doubled.

Lee Han congratulated her with a smile.

“It’s a miracle of Einrogaard.”

“Lee Han. Jo-Urin wants to make more friends here! Quickly!”

Jo-Urin tapped her front paws, telling him to quickly summon the Einrogaard wizards to the collapsed underground airfield.

Of course, Lee Han didn’t go along with it.

“That won’t do, Your Highness.”

“Why?! Woah, Wodanaz. Jo-Urin wants to make more friends!”

“It’s not just about speaking politely…”

Jo-Urin, thinking she was being refused because she spoke rudely, spoke politely again.

Of course, no matter how Jo-Urin spoke, Lee Han had no intention of listening.

Even sturdy Ehandeurde almost had several bones broken; what about the other students?

And it wasn’t just the students he was worried about. He was also worried about Jo-Urin herself.

‘It’s hard to predict what might happen,’ he thought.

If any of the crazy seniors decided to hunt Jo-Urin, the mere thought of what might happen was horrifying.

Besides, there was also the clone of the mad archmage in the territory.

“Your Highness, you came to visit for the exam. You shouldn’t be going to other places without asking.”

“Hmph.”

Jo-Urin was sad, but surprisingly, she didn’t insist.

This was because she had already spoken with the Skull Headmaster before talking to Professor Voladi.

Come to think of it, the students might be afraid of Jo-Urin…

“It’s probably because Your Highness is so dignified.”

“Lee Han isn’t like that, is he?”

“I…”

Lee Han had faced far more terrifying monsters.

Lee Han was speechless with disbelief.

The sight of Professor Voladi and Ehandeurde nodding slightly beside him was so irritating that he wanted to smack them both on the back of the head.

“…I’m not afraid of Your Highness.”

“Of course not! Now, then. Please guide me.”

“Where are you referring to?” Lee Han asked, flustered.

“Lee Han’s dormitory room.”

“Why?” He was so flustered that a blunt question popped out instead of polite speech.

Fortunately, Jo-Urin didn’t mind at all.

“I decided to stay there?”

“…Who decided that?”

“With Gonadaltes?”

To be precise, the conversation went in the order of ‘I’ll hide in Wodanaz’s room!’ ‘Your Highness is not the size to enter’ ‘I can stay in human form!’ ‘You’ll be uncomfortable,’ but Jo-Urin remembered it in a way that was convenient for her.

Unfortunately, Lee Han, who didn’t know the full details of the conversation, couldn’t argue.

‘This is crazy. Is it time for Einrogaard to fall?’

When a member of the royal family arrives, shouldn’t they be given the best place in Einrogaard, let alone a cramped dormitory room?

…Come to think of it, other members of the royal family stayed in cramped dormitory rooms too. It made sense in terms of consistency.

‘No… but still, this isn’t right.’

Lee Han looked at Professor Voladi, pleading, but the professor didn’t understand.

“Professor, wouldn’t it be better for Her Highness to stay somewhere else?”

Before Professor Voladi could answer, Jo-Urin answered first.

“No! No! No!”

With the tantrum of a child, the giant dragon rolled from side to side, and the collapsed debris scattered in all directions. Ehandeurde hid behind Lee Han, looking disgusted.

“She says she doesn’t want to,” Professor Voladi said calmly.

“…I can see that too…”

Lee Han sighed and gave up.

If it were Professor Garcia, she might have been able to appease Jo-Urin, but entrusting that to Professor Voladi was impossible.

‘I have no choice. I’ll let her in for now, and if she complains about being uncomfortable, I’ll kick her out right away. …Wait, is it disrespectful to put her in a chicken coop?’

Lee Han paused, thinking of putting her in the secret base or the outer cabin if Jo-Urin complained about it being cramped.

It felt a bit too disrespectful.

A place for a dragon to stay in Einrogaard…

“Wodanaz.”

Professor Voladi called Lee Han. Lee Han, lost in thought, answered after a moment.

“Ah. Yes, Professor. May I tell you about the exam within this week?”

Lee Han wanted to buy some time, as he didn’t know what kind of magic to test on Jo-Urin.

It wasn’t a topic he could choose right now.

Fortunately, Professor Voladi readily agreed.

“Do so.”

“Thank you.”

“I will help you move Her Highness.”

After giving permission, Professor Voladi brought up the reason he had called Lee Han just now.

Lee Han tilted his head at the words to help him move her.

“I can do it, though?”

Lee Han could move her.

If Jo-Urin transformed into a human, Lee Han could cast a transparency spell and pass through the dormitory.

However, Professor Voladi shook his head.

“It’s difficult alone.”

“What do you…”

No, wait!

Jo-Urin made a bold statement and then attempted to transform into human form. The giant dragon’s body heaved, and its shape shifted continuously.

She seemed to maintain human form for a moment, but Jo-Urin soon returned to dragon form. Professor Voladi said calmly.

“Dragons that have not fully grown find transformation frustrating.”

“…Uh… wait a minute.”

Lee Han was taken aback by the fact that Jo-Urin was going to enter his room in that size.

…Can she even fit?

‘No. The room does expand, but does it expand that much?’

“Professor, is Her Highness really going to fit inside the room?”

“Yes. It expands.”

‘How does this person know?’

Lee Han wondered what kind of experiments Professor Voladi had done with his dormitory room during his school days, but he didn’t have time to ask that now.

Wasn’t the dormitory’s private room about to become a dragon’s nest?

‘Is it fortunate that she can enter? She’ll be staying for about a week or two… If she’s uncomfortable, I can kick her out sooner…’

“Lee Han! Jo-Urin will stay still!”

“Haha.”

Lee Han laughed as he looked at the debris scattered behind Jo-Urin.

If things went wrong, he might be the first student in the history of the Blue Dragon Tower to destroy a dormitory.

“Then, Professor, I’ll leave it to you.”

Professor Voladi nodded and cast a barrier of transparency and perception inhibition over the giant dragon. In an instant, the dragon’s appearance disappeared.

Next, Professor Voladi repaired the destroyed underground airfield. Jo-Urin coughed awkwardly, as if embarrassed.

“It wasn’t intentional.”

“Your Highness, you must be quiet inside.”

“Understood! Trust Jo-Urin, Professor Begreck!”

Jo-Urin nodded vigorously and lightly bit Ehandeurde, ‘Ang.’ Naturally, Ehandeurde reacted violently, as if he hated it the most in the world.

“Why, why?!”

“Wouldn’t it be better just to stay on my shoulder?”

“Grrrr! Grrrrr!”

“Let’s go play with Jo-Urin!”

Before Lee Han could ask what she meant, Ehandeurde stopped barking.

Ehandeurde also wanted to visit the Blue Dragon Tower’s second-year dormitory, where Yoner and Lee Han were.

“…Professor, please take good care of Ehandeurde too.”

Professor Voladi nodded with a blank face and waved his wand. Lee Han felt grateful to Professor Voladi anew.

If it were another professor, they wouldn’t have been so understanding.

‘…No. He’s the one who brought her in the first place!’

“??”

Professor Voladi was puzzled by his disciple’s gaze.

In the Blue Dragon Tower’s second-year lounge, Gainando was reading the Detective Toveriz series, a puppy beastkin detective story he had painstakingly obtained.

Gainando grumbled at the ridiculous trick.

“Does this make sense?”

“Why are you complaining again? Why do you always read that magazine while grumbling?” one of his friends asked.

“That’s how you’re supposed to read it! Look at this. Look at this content!”

Gainando got excited and dragged his friends over to sit in front of him and began to explain.

His friends regretted ‘Why did I talk to him?’, but it was too late.

“Do you know what a wizard hides in his sleeve to go to the magic tower dormitory?”

“What does he hide?”

“A dragon! It’s a dragon!”

“Well… it could be a dragon…”

“Hey! How can you hide a dragon in your sleeve! And how can you hide it in a dormitory room!”

Gainando jumped up and down at his friends’ reactions.

It was like they didn’t even have basic magical knowledge!

“Maybe it transformed into a small size.”

“If it’s going to transform into a small size, it’s much more appropriate to just transform into a human! Why put it in your sleeve?!”

‘This guy should study magic like this,’ one friend thought.

‘I’m definitely going to tell Wodanaz,’ another thought.

He usually did things haphazardly even when he got magic spells or movements wrong, but he was being picky like a professor only at times like this.

Creak-

In the meantime, the door opened from behind, and Lee Han quietly entered. Lee Han tried to go up to his private room like a ghost without disturbing his friends’ chatter.

But he couldn’t escape Gainando’s eyes. Gainando shouted happily.

“Lee Han! …and Professor??”

At the words that followed, the students of the Blue Dragon Tower let out short screams and flew to the side.

They reacted instinctively to the fact that a professor had entered the dormitory.

Lee Han hurriedly shouted to calm his friends down.

“Don’t worry, it’s not like the Headmaster is attacking. The professor is just visiting to help me for a moment.”

“Wh-what are you helping with that you need to visit the dormitory?”

“Uh… something related to lectures and exams.”

The friends were horrified.

They knew that Professor Begreck’s lectures were terrible, but they had never imagined that he would chase students to the dormitory to push them.

Einrogaard professors always exceed expectations!

“Okay. Then I’ll be going now. Have fun, everyone.”

“??”

Gainando stopped, staring at the stairs. *Did the floor just shake?* he thought, confused.

Professor Voladi calmly waved his wand to restore the stairs. Then he went upstairs.

“Even so, following him to the dormitory is too much.”

“It’s scary. I’m really scared of Einrogaard. Are we going to be like that when we’re in third year??”

“Su-surely not.”

While his friends were chattering in shock, Gainando carefully went up the stairs.

Then he knocked on Lee Han’s private room door and threw it open.

“Grrrr! Sorry! Sorry! Jo-Urin is sorry! It wasn’t intentional that I crushed them…”

“It would be better to move the books to the left so they don’t get damaged,” Professor Voladi said calmly.

Gainando blinked at the chaotic scene inside. Lee Han, belatedly recognizing his friend, grabbed Gainando and pulled him inside in a panic.

“Why did you follow me?!”

“Wh-what is this…?”

“…I have no choice. Let’s take care of Gainando together too.”

“Wow! A servant!?”

Gainando flared up at the rudeness of the dragon he had never seen before.