Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 888

A gruff voice cut through the air, demanding, “How much have you made?” Saratan, hunched over his work, grumbled inwardly.

“I’m working hard, Wizard!”

“Good. Hurry up.”

A moment later.

“How much now?”

‘You little bastard.’

Saratan cursed inwardly.

He had clearly said it would take about a day, yet the wizard was asking again after only a few steps. In any case, most wizards were nothing but damned bastards.

“I’m doing my best! But it will take a day…”

“Hmm. It’s not a trick, is it?” Lee Han muttered suspiciously.

Saratan gave a servile smile (though the wizard couldn’t see it) and watched him carefully.

“Should I summon the Lightning King to supervise?”

“Summoning a powerful spirit for something like that seems a bit much.”

“Is that so? This staff spirit is quite cunning…”

At the sight of the wizard boy casually uttering the chilling words about summoning the Lightning King to supervise, Saratan desperately began to create special sprouts.

Flash!

In the middle of the night, Jo Ulin cautiously opened his eyes. Looking around the lounge, he saw no other students.

‘Heh heh. Jo Ulin is clever.’

Even Lee Han, who would normally be sitting by the fireplace reading until dawn, had been persuaded by Jo Ulin to go upstairs earlier.

“Lee Han must sleep!”

“Huh? Why are you suddenly saying that?”

“Go!”

“I have a lot of work to do, so suddenly sleeping is a bit…”

“Seriously, Lee Han, go to bed! If you don’t, I’m telling everyone you’re working yourself to exhaustion!”

“…Your Highness. Have you been reading some strange books?”

Lee Han was reluctant, but when Jo Ulin insisted, he went upstairs and lay down on the bed. And frankly, he was tired.

Einroguard students had the characteristic of falling asleep as soon as their heads touched the ground, even without separate magic, and Lee Han was no exception.

‘Jo Ulin will solve Lee Han’s test.’

Satisfied that Lee Han was finally asleep, Jo Ulin carefully slipped out of bed. As Jo Ulin was trying to sneak out of the empty lounge, he heard the voice of the baby basilisk in his ear.

“What are you doing?”

Come to think of it, he had forgotten that he used to hug the baby basilisk instead of Lee Han. Jo Ulin turned pale and waved his forepaws.

“Shh! Shh! Be quiet!”

“I, I’m being quiet! …Help me! Help me!!” The baby basilisk realized that Lee Han was not there and became frightened.

There was no one to stop the dragon in front of him from swallowing him whole.

“I told you to be quiet! …Sniff!” Jo Ulin began to tear up, fearing that the baby basilisk’s cries would ruin his plan.

Then the baby basilisk was startled.

“Why, why are you crying??”

“Jo Ulin is about to get caught because of the basilisk… Waaah…”

“No, it’s not. You haven’t been caught. There’s no one here! I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but…”

“Jo Ulin worked so hard on his plan!”

“It’s not over yet!” The baby basilisk earnestly tried to soothe Jo Ulin.

Jo Ulin, who had been tearing up, barely regained his strength thanks to the consolation.

“Is, is it really not over yet…? Jo Ulin’s plan?”

“That’s right! But what is the plan anyway?”

“Hmm. Jo Ulin is…”

Jo Ulin explained his ambitious plan: sneak into the night greenhouse and breathe on the mandrakes that Lee Han is growing to promote overgrowth.

Unfortunately, the baby basilisk was not a wizard. He was ready to praise any plan as long as it wasn’t a plan to eat him.

“That’s a great plan!!”

“R-really?”

“Yes, yes, yes!”

Jo Ulin completely stopped crying and smiled. He felt better thanks to the baby basilisk’s support.

“Then I will start again!”

“Yes!”

Jo Ulin put the baby basilisk on his head. Only then did the baby basilisk realize that he was going with him, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask to be put down.

“…Am, am I going with you?”

“Huh?”

“It’s nothing! Let’s do our best together!”

“I will!”

Jo Ulin transformed into an eagle and quickly flew out of the lounge window.

Then Professor Bendozol, who had been sleeping rough on the ground, opened his eyes sharply and soared into the air.

Jo Ulin and the baby basilisk were so surprised that their hearts stopped.

“Aargh?!”

“-Kyaaah?!”

“Who dares… Oh. Your Highness?”

Professor Bendozol, who had woken up from the movement, was surprised to find Jo Ulin transformed instead of an intruder.

“How, how did he recognize Jo Ulin?”

“I can sense what everyone is thinking, even when they are transformed.”

“…It’s, it’s creepy.”

The baby basilisk whispered so that only Jo Ulin could hear. Jo Ulin tried to nod, but stopped himself.

“Jo… Jo Ulin has somewhere to go. I would like you to move aside.”

“Where to?” Professor Bendozol asked a question that was natural as a guard.

Isn’t the Einroguard at night a magical realm full of all sorts of evil students and less evil monsters?

Of course, Jo Ulin hesitated without answering.

“Dragon Lord?”

“Uh… well… that is…”

“???”

“…Eek! Why are you asking so many questions! How dare you!” Jo Ulin insisted, knowing it didn’t make sense.

The baby basilisk thought to himself, ‘It looks like the plan is going to fail already…’

But surprisingly, the insistence was very effective. Professor Bendozol threw himself to the ground and prostrated himself.

Thud!

“I have committed a crime worthy of death, Dragon Lord! How dare a lowly wizard try to inquire about the Dragon Lord’s destination…!”

“Bl, blood is coming out?!”

“This is nothing.” Professor Bendozol jumped up and wiped the blood streaming from his forehead.

“Because of the bad things I did, I deserve even more pain than this.”

“S-Stop! … No, Jo-woorin was wrong!”

Professor Bendozol was acting crazy, and Jo-woorin couldn’t take it anymore. So, Jo-woorin told him his real plan.

Go to the sixth-floor greenhouse and get the Mandrakes…

“Yes! You want to take the students’ Mandrakes and keep them in the Dragon Lord’s secret place! I will help you!” Professor Bendozol said, sounding very excited.

Professor Bendozol thought the students should be thankful. He thought it was a great honor for a dragon like Jo-woorin to take their Mandrakes.

…That’s not it, I was going to help them grow…

“Yes! You want to grow Mandrakes now. The Dragon Lord is very kind! I will help you!”

No, Jo-woorin isn’t interested in growing them. It’s just that Lee Han’s Mandrake doesn’t seem to be fully grown yet…

“……”

Professor Bendozol now understood why. He glared angrily at the dormitory tower. The baby Basilisk whispered quickly:

“-Look at that wizard’s eyes! He looks very angry!”

Is he glaring at Lee Han right now?!

“W-What are you saying? No, of course not! My eyes are just… bad! Bad eyes!” Professor Bendozol rubbed his forehead with his hand. Jo-woorin said, sounding tired:

“I-I see. You don’t dislike Lee Han, right?”

“………Yes! Of course not.”

“-Make him swear he cherishes him as a student.”

The baby Basilisk, who was very smart and clever like a king of snakes, gave Jo-woorin wise advice. Jo-woorin said exactly what the basilisk told him.

At that, tears of blood suddenly began to flow from Bendozol’s eyes.

…Eek!

“I apologize, Dragon Lord. I just hit it wrong.”

I-Is that so… The oath…?

“………”

Professor Bendozol made many angry and upset faces. Then, he clenched his teeth and swore.

“I swear by my love for animals, that I will think of that st… no, that student from the Wodanaz family as a student I care about…”

“-Can’t we ask him to give us his family treasures too?” the baby Basilisk asked in a sneaky voice. Jo-woorin looked worried.

“T-That seems like too much to ask, Jo-woorin thinks…”

Professor Bendozol used his magic to take Jo-woorin to the greenhouse.

Older students walking around in the dark quickly moved away when they saw Professor Bendozol in the distance.

“-Aargh! It’s the crazy man!”

“-What? Who?”

“-The crazy man!”

“-Ah. Professor Bendozol? Let’s go the other way.”

Being known for being crazy was useful sometimes. The students had no idea that an invisible dragon was following Professor Bendozol.

Sometimes, when students stopped, Professor Bendozol scared them with a strange crying sound.

“Grrrr!”

“Aargh! It’s the crazy professor!”

“Who is it!? Professor Verdus?”

“It’s nighttime!”

“Ah, it’s Bendozol! Run!”

After clearing the way, Professor Bendozol wiped sweat from his forehead.

He had been thinking for a while that Einroguard should have fewer students, maybe only one-tenth of the current number. Instead, there should be ten times more magical creatures…

‘But how does the Dragon Lord intend to grow the Mandrakes?’

Professor Bendozol knew a lot about animals, but he was also good at other things. Professors at Einroguard were usually good at many different subjects.

Professor Bendozol thought that to make the Mandrakes grow faster, they needed special drinks or potions. For example, >Arlkan’s Growth Drink<, or, if you were brave, >Ahrak’s Purple Poison<, could also help them grow. 'If you had gotten those things, you could have just told Bendozol to do it! Why did you have to come here yourself? Wodanaz, you fool!' Professor Bendozol was shaking with jealousy and hate. If Bendozol was Wodanaz, he would be thankful for everything. But that Wodanaz was ungrateful, arrogant, wicked, and stuck-up… 'I'll just go inside for a moment.' "Yes, please do." Jo-woorin said as he arrived in front of the greenhouse, and Professor Bendozol nodded. Flash!!!!!! " ?" Professor Bendozol jumped when he saw a bright ball of light, like the sun, shining brightly and then dimming behind the glass door. '...Could it be?!' Besides special drinks or potions, there was one more way to grow Mandrakes. It was to make a fake sun. It was a crazy idea, but dragons can do anything. "Dragon Lord!" He hurriedly opened the door and went inside, and the small sun that had risen into the air vanished in an instant. Jo-woorin coughed a lot. He had breathed out too early, and it caused a problem. Professor Bendozol's heart nearly stopped with anger and self-reproach, but he persevered and moved. "Are you alright!" J-Jo-woorin is fine. The other… the other Mandrakes…? "They are unharmed. You controlled it perfectly!" Making his breath into a temporary sun was difficult, and the most important thing was to control it. Because it was like a very powerful storm, if Jo-woorin lost control, it would destroy everything around. And because there were plants everywhere, even a small mistake could cause a big disaster. Of course, Professor Bendozol wouldn't care in the slightest if that happened… "They are safe. You aimed the light exactly at that st… no. Only at Wodanaz's Mandrake." Hehe. Jo-woorin's plan was a success! "As expected of the Dragon Lord!" "-Uh… hello?" The baby Basilisk called out to the self-praising dragon and professor. Lee Han's small Mandrake plant, which had received the strong power, was growing... very quickly! ———–!!!!!! Even before it had come out of the ground, the Mandrake's scream hurt the ears of the three and scared them deeply. Fortunately, the three were able to withstand it because they were sturdy species: a dragon, a basilisk, and a professor. "Out! Get out!" Professor Bendozol quickly pushed the two outside, closed the greenhouse door, and used magic to seal it shut. Inside, the Mandrake that had grown too big kept making a crazy scream. It was so strong that they could feel the vibrations even outside the greenhouse, even though the door was sealed. 'I've never seen anything like that…!' Professor Bendozol had never seen a Mandrake make such a loud and angry scream, even when it was still in the ground. Jo-woorin realized that things had gone wrong and looked like he was going to cry. "T-This is a big problem…! Wh-What should I do? What should I do…?" "Dragon Lord!" Huh? Does Professor Bendozol might have a solution!? "Let’s just pretend the Dragon Lord was never here today!" …… -……