62 – How the Master Lives (3)
[Thank you all for your hard work. Today’s lecture ends here.]
Lapis Funa, the professor in charge of ‘Anti-Magical Defense’.
As soon as she announced the end of the lecture, the cadets scrambled to get out of the large lecture hall, wondering what was so urgent.
She thought as she watched the crowd of cadets slip past her.
‘It’s the same here. Leaving the classroom without looking back as soon as the lecture is over.’
Anyway, this culture seems to be universal.
Originally, she was from a small southern kingdom.
She had once served as a professor in another kingdom, but this time she had just been inaugurated as a professor at the Celestial Academy where she was currently appointed.
But it doesn’t matter whether it’s the south or the famous empire that occupies the center of this continent. It seemed that the school culture was not very different.
If you see people rushing out like this as soon as class ends.
[Thanks for your hard work, Professor.]
[…Um?]
At that time, on a rare occasion, there was a person who left her a greeting.
She was a female student whose skin was so white and transparent that the blood vessels in her body could be seen through.
She was none other than Grand Duchess Lucia, the heir to the Northern Grand Duchess.
Still, it seemed that there was such a polite person among them.
If you see someone greeting you like this.
A faint smile appeared on Professor Lapis’ dry mouth.
[…She’s Miss Lucia, the heir to the prestigious Grand Duke of the North.]
Seeing her placing the Guardian Dragon Han on her shoulder, Professor Lapis’s gaze turned to the young dragon wagging her tail for a moment.
But it was only for a moment.
She looked at her sneakily and opened her mouth.
[Miss Lucia had a hard time listening to my lectures.]
[Professor, thank you for your hard work.]
[Wed, thank you for your hard work…!]
The other two girls who appeared next to me also bowed their heads in turn.
In turn, they were Princess Rachel and a cadet named Yone.
‘Ohh.’
At that appearance, Lapis Puna gave off a slight difference.
This is a surprising Laoja.
To think that all three influential figures from the academy have already gathered.
One is a member of the imperial family, and the other is the next-generation heir to the north.
Even the last one is an undergraduate magician with excellent aptitude of the trait system like Arcana.
It was an intriguing combination.
I heard that the number of people enrolled in the Imperial Academy is well into the hundreds, but could there be any social club that she didn’t know about?
It may not be particularly strange.
It wouldn’t be strange if the influential people who would support the empire had a link in some way.
In fact, the small southern kingdom where she was also connected to each other in that way.
Professor Lapis asked with a soft smile.
[How was class today? I would like to know what you guys think.]
[I was very impressed. As expected, Professor Lapis, who is famous as an education instructor, is like him. The class was generally interesting and easy to understand.]
At those words, Professor Lapis’ smile grew even thicker.
[I see. Fortunately, the. I was worried in my own way because my accent was very different from that of people in the Empire.]
That was a nice compliment to hear.
But I wasn’t in a particularly bad mood.
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[Today’s class was a very meaningful day for me as well. It was my first class in the Empire. We hope to see you again next time.]
[Yes!]
The three female students responded vigorously.
They nodded and bowed their heads one last time before exiting the classroom.
‘Huh.’
Looking at the backs of them moving away, Professor Lapis thought with a smile.
‘These are cute kids.’
All of them are beautiful children.
The clans of the imperial family inherited the blood of the Dragon Blood, whose existence has spread like a fairy tale to every corner of the continent. Even a young guardian dragon that actually exists there.
Just witnessing them was enough for Professor Lapis today.
If you were an ordinary person, it would have been an eyewitness story that would never be lacking even if you served it as a side dish for the rest of your life.
‘But…’
Her pupils bent in the shape of a half moon before she knew it.
Professor Lapis thought as she scanned the large empty lecture hall, empty of her students.
‘I didn’t come all the way here by crossing a distant continent just to see what they look like.’
Jerbug. That buck
She walked through the lecture hall with the sound of her shoes leaking.
Then she stopped at an empty cadet’s seat.
Three desolate seats.
But even just a few minutes ago, the owner had been there.
[Umm… Where is it?]
She began to take a careful look around.
From the top of the desk to the chair to the floor.
She inspected them all closely, even sweeping them with her hand.
And soon after, her search yielded results.
[Whoops. Okay. That’s it.]
What she got was a strand of her hair.
It was very white, like the fluttering winter snow, and it was the hair that could be guessed at a glance.
[Okay. Very good.]
Professor Lapis’s smile grew thicker.
[It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t get a piece of the Guardian Dragon’s skin… Well, yeah. If I persevere here, I wonder if there will be one such opportunity. I just covet a few pieces of crumbs that fall from my body.]
Many know Lapis Funa only as a prestigious professor in the South.
In fact, before she was a professor teaching students, she was also an alchemist devoted to research.
* * * *
Buck buck buck.
At that time, Han scratched around the ear near the horn.
For some reason, the back of my ear felt itchy.
‘Is anyone swearing at me?’
Ah, that can’t be.
In this world, the Guardian Dragon was invincible and divine.
Who would dare to swear at him like that?
‘It must be simply an illusion. It just tickled me.’
Because of that, Han, the guardian dragon, just passed it off casually.
Rather than that, a more important moment had come to him now.
Han was now at the crossroads of a great choice.
Lucia asked him as she looked at the bento stand.
[Guardian Dragon, which one would you choose?]
[Ki, kkii-.]
At that, Han narrowed his eyes and pondered.
It was difficult to choose.
He had to be lost in his thoughts as he looked at the three meat lunchboxes in front of him.
Should I make a lunch box of beef yukhoe? Or will you choose one of the two medium-rare lunchboxes with a light scent of blood?
I want to choose all three.
I was confident enough to eat it.
However, as Lucia always puts Han’s health first, Han himself knew very well that there would never be such an option.
[Guardian Dragon?]
[Kiii.]
It’s difficult. It’s a very difficult choice.
* * * *
After the sun went down, the two returned to the dormitory without fail.
Shoot!
Lucia was showering with water in the middle of the shower, and in the spare time, the guardian dragon, Han, was studying her magic with a book open.
Han, the guardian dragon, opened a magic book as big as his own body.
He sat cross-legged like a human, staring at a book.
‘Hmm…’
His eyes narrowed.
Somehow, it’s because planting is a little uncomfortable.
‘Of course, studying languages is the hardest thing.’
It’s difficult.
Maybe it was because everything was different from Korean, from the system and pronunciation.
It was somewhat difficult to fully understand him even though he was born as a dragon and surpasses the thinking and intellectual abilities of most humans.
The word for ‘bap’ in Korean is ‘चौल’ here, and depending on the pronunciation, even the same letter can sometimes have completely different meanings.
However, because I have been steadily learning in my spare time, it is now possible to listen and read things that are not complicated to a certain extent.
For example,
[चलो मिल के धोइये !]
The meaning of Lucia, who is in the middle of a shower right now, said, ‘Let’s take a shower together.’
‘Yes. Let’s be patient and learn.’
Until now, it was only through the method of understanding the meaning of the words of others through the dragon’s innate characteristics.
I couldn’t do that forever.
In order to learn human magic, and to increase one’s own strength, knowing the language was an essential process after all.
The magic I learned so far was just a simple expedient.
Of course, Han would be able to surpass the level of a high-ranking wizard one day even with this method.
And it won’t take too long.
But that’s inefficient.
You always have to learn by watching what others do, and you have no way of learning or understanding yourself.
Therefore, the process of knowing the characters was necessary.
And if this process was over, he would definitely be able to grow even more than he is now.
Because you will be able to learn in earnest the numerous magic books spread all over the world.
Lmao. That’s a hindi language from India