Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 898

Chapter 898

"Everyone calm down!"

Yonaire calmed her panicking friends.

"Let's check the exam content first. It's too early to despair. What's the exam content?"

The students taking the lecture read: "Take one wooden box containing Professor Uregor's purple sandalwood incense and reverse it by next week.

-Uregor"

"He's gone mad!"

Yonaire, after checking the exam, threw the paper into the air in outrage.

Students who didn't know what purple sandalwood incense was still couldn't grasp the situation and asked.

"Maykin. What's purple sandalwood incense?"

"Remember the flower scent we dealt with in lecture before?"

"Yeah. Ah. If it's something like that, in a week we could somehow..."

"It's dozens of times more complex than that."

"He's gone mad!"

The students collectively panicked and were in disarray.

Yi-Han was likewise perplexed and fell into contemplation.

'What's this? Why did the exam change? Did the seniors misjudge from the start?'

Even though Yi-Han was the top student of the year, he hadn't expected the professor to deliberately target him like this.

Meanwhile, his friends started ranting about everything from the professor's wickedness to the incompetence of the club seniors.

"These people told us to just trust them! Didn't they investigate properly?!"

"We shouldn't have trusted the seniors after all!"

-Uh... What's going on...?-

Jourin, who had been sleeping soundly in front of the fireplace, opened her eyes at the students' commotion.

The Blue Dragon Tower students were waving their staffs with an ominous aura.

-H-have intruders entered again?!-

"No, Your Highness. The professor just set an exam."

-Ah.-

Jourin, still not fully awake, blinked and cautiously asked.

-All this fuss over that...?-

"Shh. If the friends hear, Your Highness might be in danger too."

Yi-Han quickly pressed Jourin's muzzle up and down.

His friends' eyes were half-crazed at the unexpectedly difficult exam. It wasn't good to provoke them at a time like this.

Jourin lowered her voice and said.

-All this fuss over that?-

"It is quite difficult."

When Yi-Han said this, Jourin was startled.

It might be understandable for other students, but if this Wardanaz family boy said so, it must really be difficult.

-It must be really difficult then!-

"Yes. That's true, but... Why are you suddenly accepting it?"

-Jourin wants to see what the content is too!-

Wanting to be helpful again like she had been in <Magical Algebra and Arcane Geometry>, Jourin thumped the wooden floor of the lounge with her front paws.

Yi-Han gave her a suspicious look at that sight.

-W-why? Did Jourin do something wrong??-

"No... It's nothing, Your Highness. I just remembered when you suddenly fired your breath and charged..."

-...-

Jourin grumbled inwardly.

It seemed like he would bring up the breath incident every time she did anything from now on.

'That was a mistake!'

-That was a mistake, so Yi-Han should forget about it too!-

"I understand. Come to think of it, I remember Your Highness secretly entering the greenhouse and firing your breath."

-...-

Jourin pouted with her mouth tightly shut.

When a large dragon sulked, furniture near the tail tended to break. As Jourin's tail moved left and right, smashing nearby chairs, Yi-Han finally comforted her first.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. You had good intentions too."

-That's right!-

"Then you won't act recklessly or anything if I show you the exam, right?"

-Of course not! Yi-Han can trust Jourin!-

Jourin declared, flapping her wings.

This time, she really had no intention of doing anything reckless without listening to Yi-Han's words.

"Look. This is the exam."

-...Uh...-

Jourin was flustered by the exam content, which was more difficult than expected.

Arithmetic and geometry were Jourin's domain, but this kind of alchemy required experience and knowledge.

She slightly sniffed the purple sandalwood incense flowing from the wooden box, but it was made so complexly that she couldn't even guess.

"Gasp. Hallucinations..."

"My skin is turning to stone!"

Moreover, Jourin was at an even greater disadvantage due to her resistance.

Students could immediately experience the effects when they smelled the incense, and could analyze it in reverse by organizing those effects.

But people with innate resistance like Jourin or Yi-Han couldn't feel much effect even when smelling the purple sandalwood incense.

It was usually an advantage, but in this situation, it acted as a disadvantage.

"Hmm. As expected, no effect."

-This is unfair! Only Yi-Han is at a disadvantage!-

Jourin shouted angrily at the unfair reality where only Yi-Han was at a disadvantage.

The student still experiencing hallucinations and the student whose skin had turned to stone looked at her incredulously, but Jourin didn't notice.

"Where there are advantages, there are also disadvantages. Anyway, Your Highness. This is the exam."

-Hmm... Hmmm...!-

"Your Highness. You don't have to help with every exam. This is my exam and I can handle it myself."

Yi-Han spoke, slightly worried as Jourin pondered too seriously.

'Do I look like I'm struggling a lot?'

He wondered if Jourin, who came from outside, was trying to step up like this because Yi-Han's schedule looked too harsh.

Of course, it was harsh, but he didn't want to worry the still young Jourin.

-No! Jourin wants to solve this exam splendidly too and boast and show off to other students. Especially to Yi-Han!-

"..."

Yi-Han was dumbfounded by the unexpectedly materialistic reason. Gainando, who was reassembling the broken chair nearby, slightly admired her.

"That kid. She's annoying but knows something."

"Hey, I'll assemble the chair, so you go study."

Yi-Han chased Gainando away. Gainando grumbled things like 'You told me to serve the tower usually!' as he retreated.

Jourin, who had been pondering, suddenly opened her eyes wide. A brilliant idea had occurred to her.

-Yi-Han!!-

"...What is it?"

-Why are you suspicious! Jourin hasn't done anything yet!-

"Haha. I'm not suspicious. I just asked. So what is it?"

-Jourin is a dragon.-

"I suppose you are indeed."

-A dragon's body is a very powerful reagent.-

"Wait."

Yi-Han stopped her immediately.

Thanks to dealing with various royals, he noticed the unique signs when royalty was about to talk nonsense.

"You're not suggesting we try reversing the incense using parts of Your Highness's body like scales or claws, are you?"

-Well... That... There's a bit of... What does Yi-Han think?-

"Let's see. Unlike other reagents, it would be a very powerful reagent, so the process would be much easier and simpler. It would save time too."

-That's right! Actually, Jourin thought so too!-

Yi-Han smiled. Jourin also grinned along.

And then Jourin had to be scolded for an hour afterward.

  *

'It's not over yet...!'

At night.

Jourin pretended to be asleep in the lounge and slightly opened one eye.

Among the students passing by in a mess, Yi-Han's movements came into view precisely.

And the reagent pouch he was wearing too.

'Jourin will prove it with her power!'

If it had been before coming to Einroguard, Jourin would have surely stayed still after being told not to do something.

But after coming to Einroguard, Jourin had grown rapidly mentally. Of course, her stubbornness had grown proportionally too.

She had been scolded for charging at the demon monster and forcibly growing the mandrake, but that was that and this was this.

This time Jourin was right!

If Yi-Han knew, he would have deeply regretted 'I shouldn't have let her into Einroguard, I've raised a baby dragon'.

'But opportunities are few, so I must move carefully.'

Jourin used the dragon race's brilliant brain to mull over the situation.

Originally, she would have experimented using various dragon byproducts, but since Yi-Han had scolded her and refused, such luxury was impossible.

She hadn't been able to analyze the purple sandalwood incense or experiment with reagents, so it seemed like all methods were blocked, but...

Actually, that wasn't the case.

-Maykin. Maykin. Jourin is curious about something. She wonders what the most powerful reagent from a dragon's body is!-

-...Uh, did someone ask Your Highness for it? And is that professor perhaps a beaver mixed-blood?-

Yonaire was suspicious, but when Jourin kept insisting and asking, she finally answered.

Most byproducts from a dragon's body were powerful reagents, but among them, the most powerful in the current situation was the dragon stone.

This small stone formed inside a dragon's body could reverse any scent in an instant.

-Hehehe...-

-...Your Highness. Really, no one asked for it, right? It's not Professor U-something?-

She couldn't analyze the scent or experiment with reagents, but it didn't matter.

Jourin planned to take out the dragon stone and solve it in one go.

-U-um?-

When she heard the baby basilisk's voice, Jourin awoke from her meditation.

A wise dragon doesn't do such things alone. Of course, Jourin sought out companions.

The baby basilisk and Eandurde. These two comrades bound by friendship would be reliable helpers.

-...-

"..."

The two who had been called out suddenly wore very displeased expressions.

-You got in big trouble last time for firing your breath in the greenhouse!-

-That was the old Jourin! The current Jourin has grown and is different!-

"It seems reckless..."

-Does Eandurde not trust Jourin?!-

"Huh? Yeah."

Eandurde looked at Jourin as if to say 'What are you talking about?' Jourin was greatly shocked.

Shouldn't the answer here be 'I trust you'?

-...If you don't help, I'll tell them you participated last time in the greenhouse!-

Jourin, filled with venom, immediately changed her tactics.

Thanks to learning from an excellent teacher, Jourin's threats were quite good. The baby basilisk was startled.

-Y-you can't do that..! Eek..!-

-Hmph. Decide whether to participate instead of crying. Before I tell on you.-

In the end, the baby basilisk said he would participate with a crying face.

Next was Eandurde. Jourin looked at Eandurde and spoke.

-Jourin is disappointed in Eandurde.-

"Okay."

Eandurde responded with an indifferent expression, whether disappointed or not.

-You usually say you want to become stronger, but you don't participate at times like this!-

"...What?"

-Think about it, Eandurde! Why Yi-Han is so strong. It's because he boldly stepped up even when it was reckless and difficult. He didn't avoid it making excuses like Eandurde!-

"..."

Eandurde's face hardened.

Jourin's speech had touched her pride. Eandurde shouted, almost growling.

"...Fine!"

-I believed in you!-

Jourin was overjoyed when her two friends finally stepped up out of friendship.

-So what's the plan?-

-It's very simple.-

Jourin explained excitedly.

1. Steal Yi-Han's reagent pouch.

2. Put the dragon stone inside.

3. Return it.

4. Yi-Han opens the reagent pouch while preparing for the alchemy exam and realizes he was wrong and reflects.

5. The end! Hooray for Jourin!

Even Yi-Han who had scolded her couldn't blame Jourin for this.

-Uh, why?-

"??"

-Because there's no evidence! There's no evidence Jourin did it!-

The two thought that if a very rare reagent like a dragon stone suddenly appeared in the reagent pouch, anyone could see there was only one culprit, but they didn't voice it out loud.

If they did, they were worried this dragon might come up with another strange plan.

It's not like they would be scolded anyway...

-I like it!-

-Great! Then go steal the reagent pouch!-

-I suddenly don't like it.-

The baby basilisk grumbled.

He didn't think he would have to steal it himself.

Looking at size alone, he was the most suitable for the role, but...

-Eandurde has to distract Yi-Han!-

"..."

Eandurde slightly considered just reporting to the senior even now. Jourin, sensing danger with her race's innate senses, immediately said.

-If you give up here, it means Eandurde got scared and backed down!-

"I said I'll do it."

In the end, Eandurde accepted the role while grumbling.