Chapter 339
“Ah. Mr. Gonadaltes.”
“Look here! Here, Mr. Wodanaj is about to learn < Ogonin's Fog >! I’m only in first grade!”
“……”
Headmaster Skeleton gathered his patience as much as possible so as not to curse the faces of the clear-talking fantasy wizards.
“That is very surprising.”
“Yes? I thought you would agree!”
“As much as you are in charge of Einrogard, you must be happy! ha ha ha!”
The fantasy wizards burst into laughter, but Lee Han had a slightly different idea.
‘Looks like you’re extremely pissed off.’
The skeleton headmaster’s expression in human form went beyond the cold level of ice and seemed to want to attack the fantasy wizards at any moment.
However, the illusion wizards were so happy that Lee Han, who was only a freshman in the first year, might learn < Ogonin's Fog >, so they didn’t notice the skeleton headmaster’s expression.
“How about if Gonadaltes-nim gave you a few words of advice?”
“That’s a really good idea!”
Lee Han thought to himself at that innocent conversation.
It might be a rumor that illusion mages are good at reading other people’s emotions.
“But I have one question…”
“What is it?”
“Didn’t I ask you for something?”
Principal Skeleton asked as kindly and gently as possible.
It was because all the wizards could have run away if their true intentions came out.
“What was it?”
“Was it to help me master < Ogonin's Fog > perfectly?”
As the illusion wizards murmured, the headmaster’s anger deepened.
“Against… the students… in the ballroom…”
“Ah. you’re right. I remembered. Mr. Gonadaltes.”
“You meant to surprise the students, right?”
“Surprised… Not surprised… All frightened and run away…”
“Yes? Why should I make him run away in terror?”
Headmaster Skeleton regretted calling these fantasy wizards for nothing.
I thought they brought some decent guys from Granden City, but I thought they wouldn’t be like this even if they didn’t notice.
“…done. Get everyone ready.”
“ah. wait a minute. Mr. Gonadaltes.”
“what?”
“I want to see Wodanaj-nim learn < Ogonin's Night Dance > and get ready.”
“……”
Headmaster Skeleton thought how great it would have been if this place had been Einrogard.
If that was the case, I would have been able to put all those wizards upside down in the punishment room.
However, this was the city of Granden, and if you did something like that against the fantasy wizards, accusations and complaints would fly to the imperial capital right away.
Einrogard’s reputation in the city would be tarnished by violence and fear.
I had to put up with it.
“Now… since the prom is halfway over, shouldn’t we get ready soon…?”
Headmaster Skeleton really said it in the best possible way.
However, the fantasy wizards were more insensitive and persistent than expected.
“Please. Mr. Gonadaltes.”
“Almost there! I don’t know how long it will take if I don’t learn < Ogonin's Mist > on this occasion.”
“I am okay. Even if I practice again next time…”
Lee Han, who grasped the atmosphere, tried to stop him, but the fantasy wizards did not back down.
“Gonadaltes-nim! Please!”
“How important this opportunity is for Gonadaltes-nim…”
“…do whatever you want.”
Headmaster Skeleton let out a very deep, dark sigh.
It was so deep and dark that it seemed like it could penetrate the hallway floor and reach the demons deep underground.
“As soon as possible.”
“I will do my best to do it quickly.”
Lee Han read the headmaster’s feelings and spoke sincerely.
Then the fantasy wizards threw advice from the side.
“You shouldn’t be in too much of a hurry.”
“Right. When learning magic, impatience is a dangerous enemy.”
“……”
The skeleton headmaster glared at the fantasy wizards as if to kill them.
* * *
The ball was already at its end when Lee Han finally learned < Ogonin's Night Dance > and returned to the banquet hall.
Headmaster Skeleton suspected that Lee Han had learned it late on purpose, but he didn’t bite it.
To be honest, I couldn’t conscientiously say anything because the headmaster of the skull was the type of person who learned it quickly.
‘Fortunately I didn’t get caught.’
Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.
At the end, he learned < Ogonin's Mist >, but he deliberately twisted the flow of magical power and pretended to fail several times.
At first glance, it was time for the prom to end, so I didn’t want to go back quickly.
“Guinando… did you even swim?”
Lee Han was surprised to see Gainando as if he had bathed in sweat.
Gainando sat on the chair and gasped like a man whose heart would soon stop. I was so out of breath that I couldn’t even speak properly.
“These shoes, the crazy professor, heck…”
“You shouldn’t trust the shoes that the crazy professor gives you. I understand.”
Kainando always nodded. Lee Han realized that Gainando was barefoot.
Probably, there was a problem with the artifact, so he managed to break it and escape.
‘Because I shouldn’t wear that.’
While Lee Han was deeply saddened, some city nobles passed by and admired Gainando.
“It was a really great dance.”
“A dancer like that is rare even in the capital city. Everyone will be amazed when His Highness the Prince shows his face in the social world.”
“!”
Lee Han was surprised.
I never thought Professor Verdus’ cursed artifact would come back with such good luck.
I don’t know how Gainando danced, but it was clear that he performed such a great dance that even the city’s aristocrats, who were used to socializing and dancing, were impressed.
“But, Your Highness the Prince has a big flaw, right?”
“ah. Well… if you don’t fix that flaw, you might not be welcome in society.”
“!?”
Lee Han was surprised in a different way.
‘what? What kind of accident did Cainando have?’
Even though Gainando was a little hit, there weren’t many opportunities to get into an accident in the first place.
I’ve been at magic school most of this year, and I haven’t been to many social events before that, so how?
‘Did you make a mistake? Did I insult anyone?’
“Winning the wizard card game with a black magic curse. Really, really…”
“Who would have thought you would pull out such a filthy card in a friendly game of honor.”
“……”
Lee Han was at a loss for words.
no what…?
‘It’s too much to say that I played some cards.’
“Mrs. Wardanaz.”
While Lee Han was amazed, two of his white tiger top friends started talking to him.
Hearing so many honorifics from fantasy wizards today made Lee Han flinch without realizing it.
“Rowenna. Cltran. Nice to meet you.”
Rowena was a knight from the East, one of the princess’s followers, and Cltran was a knight who had been helped by Lee Han because he broke his ankle while fighting.
Cltran asked as if wondering.
“By the way, Wodanaz. Where have you been since the middle of the prom? I didn’t see it.”
“I met the city wizards and chatted for a while.”
Lee Han looked around. It wasn’t a lie anyway.
“Oh… that’s great too.”
Cltran accepted it in a different way.
Since Wodanaz had such a reputation, he thought that the city wizards came on their own and had a warm conversation.
It wasn’t entirely false.
Of course, it wasn’t a story that Ctran would send envy.
“Mrs. Wardanaz. This seems a bit unfair.”
Rowena grumbled with the voice of Bolmen. Lee Han did not understand what that elf friend was talking about.
“What are you talking about?”
“The princess is also a friend of Wodanaz-nim, but you only give such shoes to Gainando-nim.”
“……”
Listening to Rowena’s words, thanks to Guyando’s stormy dance, Princess Adenart didn’t have a chance to show off her skills despite her excellent dancing skills.
Cltran, who was listening by the side, said as if he didn’t understand.
“But if you were pushed by Gainando, it wasn’t just your lack of dancing skills…”
“You dare to do that?! It was a dance with only eye-catching glamour! Real dance should have grace and meaning in silence…”
“Ah no. I don’t know how to dance.”
Cltran looked at Lee Han asking for help.
“Rowenna. I didn’t give you those shoes. Professor Verdus…”
“When I asked the professor, I heard that he refused to give it to Mr. Wardanaz and gave it to Mr. Guyando… Is that wrong?”
“…I didn’t give it to you, but Gainando took it on its own. And it’s a cursed artifact.”
Lee Han explained that Professor Verdus was a madman and that the artifact was a cursed artifact, but Rowena understood but couldn’t let go of her lingering feelings.
“Then it would have been better if I had worn it…”
Cltran took one look at Rowena, looked at Guinando lying on the floor in the distance, and shook his head. Then, he opened his mouth and spoke to Lee Han.
-I don’t know why you’re so loyal. I think everyone is crazy.
– He’s your top friend.
-…Don’t act like someone else’s business. Wardanaz, you are the nanny of the four towers.
“…what bullshit?”
Lee Han, who had been gaping at the same time, was embarrassed by Ctran’s absurd words and spoke out in a voice.
Rowena was taken aback and apologized.
“Sorry. Was it too rude for me to wear it?”
“That’s not it… More than that, Rowena. Do the White Tiger Towers call me nanny?”
Rowena felt the threat in Lee Han’s voice and hesitated.
“I don’t… I don’t know… Ah! Her Highness the Princess! Her Highness the Princess! This way!”
Rowena found Adenart and called her urgently. Lee Han thought to himself.
‘Isn’t loyalty weaker than I thought?’
Not realizing that her loyalty as a knight was being questioned, Rowena gestured toward the princess. Adenart was carrying a snack plate and was dragged without knowing why.
“I’ll put it in your place.”
“It’s not that I don’t have hands, it’s not that I don’t have feet. Why? Let her eat what she likes…”
Regardless of what Yihan said or not, Rowena hurriedly moved with her plate.
Cltran, who was next to him, took the plate like lightning and stood up too.
He shrewdly figured out that if he stayed here, he would have to deal with the enraged Wodanaz alone. It wasn’t just an article.
‘hmm. It’s awkward.’
Lee Han wondered if he could even sing Gainando lying on the floor.
Even if they were originally the same friends, there were friends who were comfortable with them, and there were friends who were awkward because they had never talked to each other.
The princess was a typical latter.
“How have you been during vacation?”
nod
The princess nodded lightly and opened her mouth.
“This time…”
‘Basilisk? The Valor Family? King of Ghouls? Undead Chimera? Red lotus forest knights?’
Lee Han, momentarily anticipating what the princess would ask, fell into a sense of shame.
“…I heard that Gainan also ate with Her Highness.”
“yes?”
Lee Han paused for a moment at the unexpected words.
‘what? Are you trying to keep Cainan in check as a faction?’
If that were the case, Lee Han was thinking of saying, ‘I’m not from the Cainando faction haha. Fight with the Cainando as you please.
However, instead of talking, Adenart cast a gaze with subtle emotions in his blue eyes.
Lee Han seemed to have seen those eyes somewhere.
To be precise, when the assignment was overdue, Kainando couldn’t bear to say it and looked at it with pitiful eyes…
‘No. no way.’
Lee Han wondered what he was thinking. The princess was not one to ask for help because she couldn’t complete her assignment. Comparing it to Cainando was an insult.
“I brought it.”
Rowena returned with a bowl of snacks.
Lee Han was puzzled by the appearance of a healthy dish filled with fresh green.
“Uh…the princess, anything to eat?”
“Is this a plate?”
“……”
Lee Han could clearly see the princess making a sullen expression for a moment.
