Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Yonaire expressed her doubts upon hearing that the White Tiger students had kidnapped Yi-Han. She wondered if it was even possible.

Ratford, who had been among the Black Tortoise students, tilted his head in confusion and said, "It seems difficult, doesn't it?"

"No, it's possible," Nillia said with a face full of worry. Her long ears drooped down to either side, weighed down by concern.

"The cleverest of beasts can fall into traps."

"But Yi-Han is not a beast..."

"What if the cowardly White Tiger had set a trap on the path Wardanaz walks? Or poisoned the water Wardanaz drinks? Or drugged the bread Wardanaz eats? Or..."

Yonaire and Ratford pondered how to dissuade Nillia.

Were they planning Yi-Han's grave in advance?

The bigger issue was that the students of the Blue Dragon began to take Nillia's words seriously.

"If a hunter from the speaks like this, there's a high chance he was really kidnapped..."

"According to my calculations, there's a 90% probability that the White Tiger bastards kidnapped him."

"These scoundrels, I'll kill them!"

"Everyone calm down. Let's calmly plan how to kill them."

Yonaire sought other students in an attempt to calm the situation.

'The princess...'

But to her dismay, the princess was already among the students, seriously planning an attack on the White Tiger.

Yonaire hung her head low.

Without Yi-Han, there was no one in the tower who made any sense.

'Please come back...!'

On Monday morning, the atmosphere in the class was far more menacing than usual.

Normally, the class was far from being in good spirits.

Everyone always had a gloomy aura, as if they were dragged to a grave.

But today was different.

The students of the Blue Dragon glared as if they were ready to attack at any moment, sparks flying from their eyes.

"Can't you say where Wardanaz is?"

"How can you spout such nonsense, you Blue Dragon fools! Do you think we would do such a thing? We dont do such acts!"

"You dare gang up three against one!"

A White Tiger student's face reddened when their sore spot was hit.

A student from the Blue Dragon menacingly waved his staff, as if ready to cast a curse.

"Tell us where Wardanaz is!"

"Were also confused because two of us have disappeared. Didn't you kidnap them?"

The Blue Dragon students were infuriated by the response of the White Tiger students.

They dared to insult the honor of their noble lineage.

"Us? Us?? Do you dare speak like that knowing our family's honor?"

"People who sneak into others' dorm towers at night have no right to talk."

Jijel said mockingly.

This time, it was the Blue Dragon students who were hit in their sore spot.

However, there was an unexpected opponent, Gainando.

"We've never done that."

"..."

"Do you have proof? If you have proof, bring it. Show us the evidence that we did it."

"Is that guy really royalty?"

The White Tiger students murmured among themselves. Even among the Black Tortoise students, there was no one as shameless as this.

"I don't think it's my place to interfere, but if you really kidnapped Wardanaz, wouldn't it be better to return him and reconcile? Class is about to start soon."

In the Black Tortoise, the dwarf, no, the elf student Salko Tutanta opened his mouth.

As Yi-Han always said, one should be suspicious when the skull principal is kind.

The skull principal watched with glee as the students walked towards the lakeside.

The lake was initially too difficult for the freshmen to cross on their own.

The skull principal hadn't really expected the students to complete the task.

He started with a task knowing that if he suddenly said, 'Cross the lake to the island,' during class, someone might suspect or run away.

By giving them an impossible task and then seeming to generously allow them to cross the lake, even the smartest freshmen couldn't suspect anything.

How long had the skull principal been teaching students at this magic academy?

The freshmen could never escape from the palm of his hand.

'Wait a minute. Where did that brat of the Wardanaz family go?'

Thinking of a nickname Yi-Han would find annoying, the skull principal rotated his floating head 360 degrees.

Still, Yi-Han was nowhere to be seen.

The Principal wondered if Yi-Han had already crossed the lake.

Although Wardanaz was a freshman, he was no ordinary mage. It wouldnt be strange if he had tried to cross.

But even if he had, the moment he set foot on the beach, he should have been transferred to the underground dungeon.

Even if he was lucky enough to avoid it...

Giorvan the Second, waiting on the sandy beach, would have caught him.

'If he skipped class for some other reason, hes lucky. But if he's already on the island, that's unfortunate.'

Since the trial in the dungeon wouldn't start until students from different towers arrived together, it was meant for them to fight, or rather, to bond.

What if someone crossed the lake over the weekend?

They would just have to sit in the underground and wait.

Tinkle!

With a twinkle in his eyes, the skull principal created a path of ice on the lake. The students marveled at the feat of raising thick ice over the lake with just a glance.

"Surely none of you will be too frightened to retreat now? Especially not in Einroguard, where only the empire's finest are gathered? Pair up and start."

"Do we have to pair up?"

A student asked, to which the skull principal kindly replied.

"If you'll all go up together, youll break the ice and just feed the monsters under the lake."

"...We'll go in pairs."

The reason for not sending them in groups was simple.

If that had happened, one or two might escape the sandy beach unscathed.

The students were sent in pairs to prevent any from escaping.

This was the educational philosophy of the skull principal, who oversaw the empire's premier magic academy.

The students crossed the lake, two by two, on a path made of ice.

However, as the first students set foot on the sandy beach, the skull principal felt a sharp sense of unease with his keen instincts.

This unease soon became a reality. The students did not sink into the sandy beach as expected.

The skull principal felt a pain as if his non-existent soul was being torn apart, seeing his carefully planned lecture going awry.

Why?!

"What?!"

The students nearby were startled by the Principal's anguished voice.

They had never heard such sorrow in his voice before.

Why! Giorvan the Second, I gave you a name and you dare to be so insolently lazy

Just as the skull principal was about to call his summon, he realized that Giorvan the Second had been unsummoned.

The missing boy from the Wardanaz family, the disobedient sandy beach, Giorvan the Second unsummoned.

All these signs pointed to only one conclusion.

When the impossible is excluded, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

The skull principal felt he hadn't been this shocked in centuries.

Wardanaz! Wardanaz, you rascal!!

As if answering his call, Yi-Han appeared in the distance from deep within the island, his face tired and pale.

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