Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 912

Jourin bounced excitedly, her small dragon tail thumping against the stone floor. “I, Jourin, shall join as well!”

“Your Majesty,” someone said, bowing slightly. It was Lee Han.

Jourin saw Lee Han’s face and looked at him carefully. She suddenly remembered – she wasn’t allowed to go out yet. Had she made a mistake?

But Lee Han didn’t look angry. He didn’t even look stern. Instead, he gave Jourin a look that seemed to say, *What can I do?*

“How can I keep you from coming when you’ve helped us so much?” Lee Han said with a small smile. “Let’s do it together.”

“Wow!” Jourin cheered, jumping up and down. Her green scales shimmered in the light.

Just then, a commotion arose from below, and a group of people appeared. The Death Knights, who were with the group, looked puzzled and said,

“-Who’s visiting?”

“-They seem to be people of considerable status.”

The Death Knights had a point.

The people coming up wore shining silver armor, with emblems of the Emperor on their chests. Their clothes were rich velvet and deep blue.

“It looks like the Imperial Knights?” Professor Garcia recognized them and said in a surprised voice.

The Imperial Knights guarded the Emperor’s palace in the Imperial Capital.

Considering the Emperor’s real power, the Knights’ protection wasn’t really needed, but the Imperial Knights were very skilled.

It was only natural, as they were knights with that important symbol.

But why were the Imperial Knights at Einroguard?

“…Oh, did any of our students cause trouble?”

“-Probably… probably not recently.”

Professor Garcia let out a breath. He felt a little better when the knight answered.

Often, a knight would come and ask, ‘A student named so-and-so caused an accident. Do you know where they are?’

If the Imperial Knights came, the problem was usually much bigger.

“Wait a minute. If no one caused trouble, why are they here?”

“-Maybe it’s because of the Headmaster’s doppelganger? Since the Headmaster went to the capital, they must be here to help.”

“Indeed.”

It made sense.

Professor Garcia thought, ‘The Headmaster is in the capital, isn’t he?’

Knowing that the doppelganger was in Einroguard, it wasn’t strange to ask for help.

“It’s good to have knights, but gold coins would be better.”

“……”

Lee Han quietly listened to Professor Garcia.

As a student, he couldn’t say anything bad about his teacher.

*Drrrrrrrrrr-*

” ? ”

Lee Han felt something shaking next to him and looked around, puzzled.

Was there a landslide?

Uuuuuuuuuu…

” ? ”

The shaking was coming from Jourin.

Jourin, who had been jumping up and down, was now crouching and trembling.

“Your Majesty. What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing, nothing at all.”

“…It doesn’t seem like it.”

Lee Han felt worried.

Jourin looked scared, like she had done something wrong.

‘But what could she have done?’

He thought about it, but he couldn’t think of anything.

He had already found out about all her accidents…

“Wait a minute. Did you write a letter about the dragon stone?”

“It’s not that…”

“Your Majesty. We promised to trust each other, right?”

Jourin flinched.

She looked at Lee Han and asked,

“Will you take Jourin’s side then?”

“That depends on what you did…”

……

“So, what did you do?”

“Your Majesty!”

Before Jourin could answer, the Imperial Knights arrived.

The knights stood tall and still, their faces serious. They seemed very formal and unapproachable. They politely greeted them.

“We greet the mages who continue the Imperial magic.”

“Ah. Yes. Hello.” Professor Garcia was a little surprised by the formal greeting and greeted them back.

Usually, knights would just say, ‘Hello, Professor.’

“But why are you here?”

“We are here to take Her Majesty back.”

“Ah. But the exam isn’t over yet, is it?”

Jourin was only visiting to help the Einroguard students with their exams.

She would go back when the exam was over, but it wasn’t over yet. There was no reason for them to come so early.

“Maybe because of the escort?”

“No. It’s not that…” The knight hesitated. Jourin couldn’t wait any longer and shouted,

“Jourin is ready! Return!”

“Your Majesty. The mages here should know the truth.”

” ? ”

The knights sighed and began to explain.

Jourin had always wanted to visit Einroguard, especially after the boy from the Wodanaz family visited.

But the Emperor didn’t want Jourin to visit. The reason was simple.

“-Dragon, I think you’ll just cause problems for the Einroguard students…”

“-Wh, why would you think that?!”

Jourin thought it would be fun, but the Emperor didn’t think the students or the headmaster would like it.

And if some students went crazy, Jourin might not like it either.

“-Jourin is not a problem! The students will love it!”

“-Alright. Alright. Then get permission from Osu first.”

The Emperor passed the job to the Skull Headmaster.

If the Skull Headmaster thought it was a good time for Jourin to visit, he would allow it.

If the Skull Headmaster refused, there was nothing to do…

“-Jourin wants to go! Jourin wants to go!! Jourin wants to go!!!!!!”

“-Your Majesty. I’m sorry, but you must get permission from His Majesty.”

The Skull Headmaster was as clever as the Emperor, so he didn’t agree easily.

He passed the job back to the Emperor.

It was a battle of wits between the most important people in the Empire.

Jourin was sad when both sides refused.

But Jourin was growing quickly, and she had a great idea.

She came up with a trick that would be remembered forever.

“-I got permission from Gonadaltez!”

“-Really? That’s amazing. If Osu is okay with it, then you can go.”

Next…

“-I got permission from Your Majesty!”

“-No wonder I felt something strange!”

-……

“-I’m just kidding, Your Majesty. You are very kind. I understand. You may visit.”

“-Really!?”

“-But don’t stay too long, and you must follow the rules. This won’t be easy.”

“-All the Einroguard professors will welcome Jourin!”

“-Maybe I shouldn’t have saved Ben Dozol…”

“-What did you say?”

“-It’s nothing, Your Majesty.”

“…That’s what happened.”

The mages of Einroguard stared at Jourin in shock.

Even Professor Volardi seemed surprised. Lee Han didn’t know if he should be angry or impressed.

‘Amazing!’

She had tricked both the Emperor and the Headmaster, even if they were a little careless.

It was an amazing achievement.

“But how did they find out?”

“Lee Han, is that important right now?” Professor Garcia was shocked.

He was curious about that?

But the knights answered,

“His Majesty was talking with Commander Maryeong, and the story came up.”

‘Too bad!’

Lee Han thought.

Jourin’s plan was good, but she didn’t have enough luck.

She was discovered by chance.

If she had been a little luckier, she might have gotten away with it.

“…Jourin didn’t do anything wrong! It’s their fault for refusing! They told me to get permission from other people! They tricked Jourin!”

Lee Han was surprised again.

‘She noticed?’

She noticed the Emperor and the Skull Headmaster’s tricks.

She had really grown in Einroguard. Lee Han felt proud.

“Your Majesty. Calm down.”

“I can’t calm down! Isn’t Lee Han angry? Jourin will be banned from visiting Einroguard! Maybe forever!”

It didn’t seem like a big deal, but Lee Han understood how she felt and said kindly,

“It doesn’t have to be that way. The reason they didn’t want you to visit was because they didn’t know what would happen. But you have proven yourself. You’ll be able to come more easily in the future.”

“…Really? When??”

“I don’t know exactly…”

“Next week?”

“…I don’t think it’ll be that soon.”

“The week after next?”

“And if you can’t come, I can visit during vacation.”

Lee Han changed the subject.

He didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

Luckily, Jourin didn’t notice.

“Wow! Really? You must come!”

“Yes.”

“Will you be there all vacation?”

“…That’s a bit… I have to do some magic research too.”

The knights stopped her.

“Your Majesty. The mages of Einroguard are working hard, even when they should be sleeping. They won’t have any time during vacation.”

‘It’s not that bad.’

“Einroguard is too mean!”

Professor Garcia felt guilty and lowered his head. As a professor, he couldn’t argue.

Jourin agreed that Lee Han could visit during vacation (but they didn’t decide when).

Then, she walked towards the school gate with the Imperial Knights, very slowly.

“…Your Majesty. You don’t have to walk so slowly…”

“Hmph.”

The knights looked at Lee Han with pleading eyes.

Lee Han sighed and ran to talk to Jourin.

After Jourin left, the group talked about the Eternal Rest magic.

“Do you think she’ll be alright?”

“Don’t worry. She’ll be fine.”

Professor Garcia comforted Lee Han.

He had been with Jourin the longest and felt sad that she was gone.

They say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.

“I hope she doesn’t convince them to come back next week?”

“That’s what you’re worried about?!” Professor Garcia shouted.

Lee Han looked puzzled.

“Isn’t it better if she doesn’t stay in Einroguard while the doppelganger problem is still here?”

“…Lee Han!”

Professor Garcia felt a little bad.

He thought, ‘Maybe I was wrong to doubt Lee Han.’

“Don’t worry. We will solve this problem.”

“Oh, Professor.”

Lee Han looked serious.

Professor Garcia stood up straight.

He wondered what Lee Han would ask about the Eternal Rest magic.

“Can I go turn in the midterm for >The Empire’s Languages That Become Blood and Flesh>?”

“…Go ahead…”