Chapter 523

Chapter 523

Professor Bungaegor was so dumbfounded by the absurd words that she unconsciously asked.

"Why on earth are you training to prepare for encountering a griffin? According to the regulations, griffins..."

Griffins were beasts that could not participate in ordinary ballgame matches due to their size and weight.

However, Bulpard spoke seriously.

"It's because the opponent may bring a small and skinny griffin."

"..."

Professor Bungaegor newly felt that she was a sane person.

Of course, she quite liked ballgame, but compared to the imperial people who were really crazy about ballgame, she liked it only to a small extent.

Preparing for when the opponent brings a small and skinny griffin.

...And the most surprising thing was that such preparation was quite plausible.

Honestly, even in Professor Bungaegor's opinion, it was likely that one of the ballgame players would somehow manage to bring a small and skinny griffin that barely met the regulations.

There were even people who brought transformed ones...

'Wait. Then why are they like that?'

Professor Bungaegor and Bulpard looked at Yi-Han.

As Yi-Han rode the griffin and charged again, the goat blocking the goal couldn't endure it and stepped aside.

The player cried out with tears at the sight.

"How could you do this to me! How could you do this to me! I gave you the food I eat, I gave you the clothes I wear! I even gave you the place where I sleep!"

-Kkak...-

The goat seemed to understand its owner's frustration and felt very sorry.

Yi-Han made a displeased expression at the sight.

'Is there a need to go that far?'

It didn't seem like the goat would like food that humans ate.

At that moment, Bulpard shouted from the spectator seats.

"Griffin! The opponent is a griffin! It's a horse transformed from a griffin, so think accordingly. Remember the training you had against griffins!"

"..."

For a moment, Yi-Han thought the opponent was using a trick to confuse him.

Training against griffins.

'Why on earth would they train for that?'

"Indeed! No wonder the horse's eyes looked unusual... Now!"

The player quickly covered the goat's eyes with a blindfold. It was to prevent eye contact with the griffin.

The other players must have heard about it, as they quickly covered their mounts’ eyes as well. If they could just avoid the fierce eyes of the griffin...

-Kkak!!!!-

"But why!"

"Ah."

Yi-Han realized as he swung his pole towards the gap and shot the ball.

"This isn't because of you, is it?"

Come to think of it, Yi-Han also had a basilisk in his bosom.

Monsters would be able to smell even the faint scent of the basilisk that humans couldn't, so it was natural for them to be so scared.

-...?-

However, even at Yi-Han's words, the baby basilisk tilted its head in puzzlement instead of agreeing, wagging its tail.

Intelligent monsters had a keen sense of their own power.

The baby basilisk knew well that its power was still insignificant.

If a monster was scared of the scent of a baby monster that had not yet grown, it must be quite a timid monster...?

"Thank you. Thanks to you, the professor will be happy."

When Yi-Han thanked it for now, the baby basilisk was puzzled but delighted.

"Instead, let's go a bit deeper into my bosom. So the opponents won't know even after the match is over."

-...-

***

The struggle of the Granden City Ballgame Club players was truly remarkable.

They covered the noses, ears, and eyes of their mounts, and tried their best to calm them down with only the trust of their owners, and strived to catch up on points.

However, the 1st-year students led by Professor Bungaegor maintained a solid low defensive line without giving any gaps until the end, while using students with excellent offensive power to lead counterattacks.

No matter how strong the offensive power of the ballgame club players was, it was difficult to turn the tables in this situation...

"...Write that down."

"Huh? Didn't you receive a magic book last time? You still haven't mastered it?"

Professor Yonramo asked thoughtlessly without much thought.

Didn't the mages line up to give Yi-Han a grimoire each at the last transformation mages' festival?

-I'm so happy to gift you my family's grimoire, . Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahahahahahaha! The others... Oops. Ahem.-

He had even heard such words?

"...I'm sorry. I haven't mastered it yet."

Yi-Han apologized with a darkened face.

He thought Professor Yonramo was reprimanding him.

'Damn it. It's unfair. I didn't know I had to master it.'

It was unfair, but instead of refuting, Yi-Han made the most apologetic expression possible.

It was because he knew well that logical refutation had no meaning in front of a professor.

The only effective thing was a hypocritical expression.

"Ah, no... I'm not blaming..."

Unlike other ambitious professors, Professor Yonramo just wanted to live peacefully without causing any problems.

As such, he had no intention of provoking a student who was being treated as the skull principal's direct disciple and holding a grudge.

It was just a slip of the tongue!

Professor Yonramo, who imagined a future where Yi-Han became the principal's right-hand man and cut the budget of the transformation magic school, hurriedly appeased him.

"Shapeshifting magic is difficult. It's not something that can be easily mastered. So there's no need to apologize like that. I just thought that if it's Yi-Han, you would have mastered it by now..."

"...I'm sorry..."

"..."

Seeing the other person's expression darkening even more, Professor Yonramo felt like crying.

Professor Yonramo gave up and looked around at the students.

"Today... so... we'll try some basics of shapeshifting magic."

The actual magic lecture began in a truly gloomy atmosphere.

***

"Oh. Look at this? It's shining!"

"Wardanaz. Look at this! I'm Maykin!"

"...If you don't undo it right now, I'll pour a hiccup potion into your mouth while you sleep."

"S-sorry. Maykin. It looked fun when Gainando imitated it..."

"..."

"..."

The basics of shapeshifting magic started from changing the color of one's own hair or nails.

It was relatively easy and had much less aftereffects even if it failed.

The friends practiced the basics by changing the color of their hair.

'Hmm. When I go back, Gainando will get beaten up.'

Seeing Yonaire preparing attack magic after realizing that Gainando had imitated her behind her back, Yi-Han carefully spoke to her.

"Yonaire?"

"What. Why."

"... If you drink it and cast a spell, it will be easier to subdue him with iron transformation."

Yonaire's expression softened. Yi-Han inwardly apologized to Gainando.

'By the way...'

Yi-Han waved his staff and was puzzled.

It was rare for Yi-Han to progress slower than other students, but his hair color wasn't changing well.

"Yi-Han. You need to use more mana."

"Ah. Is that so?"

Yi-Han heard the professor's words and thought it made sense.

Considering his resistance to external magic, he would have to increase the mana a bit even for magic he used on himself.

"More." "More." "Use more." "More!"

"...I-I'm sorry."

"I-I'm not angry. You know that, right?"

'What are those two doing?'

Yonaire, who was trying to practice floating the letters 'Gainando is a dead man' on her nails next to them, was puzzled by the strange sight of the teacher and disciple bowing to each other.

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