Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

56 – Bow your head, little things! (1)

The next day.

Guardian dragons Han and Lucia were standing on the lawn in front of the lecture hall.

There were several cadets around.

Some of them even glanced at Lucia and the guardian dragon, Han.

[Look at that. Lucia, who was said to be the successor of the Grand Duke of the North, right?]

[Wow… As I’ve heard, it’s really… Really boring…]

[At that level, as written in the book, the grand duke’s family is the most beautiful family on the continent. And…]

They were prying cautiously in their own way, but neither she nor Han had any reason not to notice that gaze.

‘Who are these people dare to look at?’

At once, they turned on their twin wicks and glared at them until their teeth were exposed, but their eyes toward Lucia did not know how to cool down.

[Nice to meet you all. I am Zania, the swordsmanship instruction instructor who will be in charge of you for the next year.]

At that time, Instructor Zania appeared.

She held her sword upside down in front of me and opened her mouth, revealing lines and smooth muscles that were not at all feminine.

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[Today, before I train you guys, I will tell you first that you who are gathered here today are in the upper class among the first year engineering students.]

She looked around.

All the cadets showed signs of nervousness.

As if they liked their reaction, Instructor Zania sighed and then continued.

[By the way, the difference between you and the other cadets is that you have already realized mana. To put it simply, in one way or another, each of them was trained in advance. Whether it’s from the family, or if it’s not, whether it’s by paying money to find a teacher separately.]

Aha. Understood.

So, those gathered here now, in one way or another, have their backs. That’s enough to get support.

Only then did the guardian dragon, Han, look around at the cadets.

Certainly, all the people around me were implicitly showing spots that had grown finely somewhere.

All of these must have been proof that they were all descendants of aristocratic families somewhere, or that they had grown up affluently.

[But don’t be mistaken. After all, no matter how far ahead you are, you will quickly catch up. Every year, those who come up from the lower class reach the upper class, and conversely, there are not uncommon cases where those who are here fall down. It’s not uncommon.]

Everyone’s complexion changes at that sound.

Some of them swallowed dry saliva, and some of them even looked nervous.

Actually, not all of them have come this far because of their talent.

Some of them must have come up through preliminary training.

[Today, before the actual lesson, I will first tell you about the basic properties of magic.]

She got straight to the point, as much as her own nonchalant expression.

[Let everyone take a good look.]

She held out her hand.

As if to look at it, everyone started to look into the place, and soon after, a deep blue light began to gather there.

It was magic.

Looking down at the blue sphere of light, she continued.

[Magic is like the inner self that reveals one’s nature and characteristics intact. It wouldn’t be strange to describe it as a mirror, for example. Take a good look at this sphere I created.]

At that sound, not only the cadets but also Lucia and the guardian dragon Han watched her palms carefully.

‘What… Are you trying to see?’

But Han had no idea what he was talking about. Because he had never mastered this kind of systematic fundamentals.

The sphere created by Instructor Zania was a perfect round sphere.

That was all.

But it seems that wasn’t the answer she wanted.

[Basically, warriors with enhanced properties can create an almost perfect sphere like me. In general, the reinforcement system is straightforward and simple in nature, and sometimes it is often heard that the inner thoughts are so simple that they appear on the outside.]

Then she pointed at her cadets with her chin and continued.

[You guys should try it too. He’s probably not good at handling magical powers, but he’s probably come to the advanced class because everyone can do this. Concentrate your mind and try to make the smallest sphere you can create.]

At her words, I closed my eyes on her palms and began to concentrate.

Soon, blue spheres began to form here and there.

It was the same with Lucia.

[Mmm…]

She stood with her eyes closed with a serious expression, and created a magic orb on the palm of her hand.

It was soon.

It wasn’t quite as perfect as the one that Instructor Zania made earlier, but it had the shape of a pretty good sphere.

Instructor Zania said while looking around the cadets who were focused.

[If you can make a circular sphere like me, it’s because it has the property of an enhancement system. But on the contrary, if you make a jagged thorny sphere, it’s because it has the nature of a change system. In addition, there are attribute systems and implementation systems.]

Han’s eyes lit up as he listened to Instructor Jania’s words.

Maybe it’s because it’s the first lecture I’ve ever heard from outside? Surprisingly, he was able to listen to this lecture without falling asleep.

According to her words, the reinforcement system has the property of hardening the body and mana, and the change system is good at sudden manipulation of mana in an instant, she said.

The attribute system was one of the conceptual metaphors dealing with attribute power, as Han, the guardian dragon, had already experienced.

The implementation system is said to be capable of exporting the mana within the body to the outside or manipulating the mana from the outside.

‘Ooh. In that respect, Lucia’s magic trait is an enhancement system. It’s an easy-to-understand magical trait.’

Come to think of it, Lucia’s outward expression and way of speaking are almost similar to her inner magical nature.

She is, so to speak, a person who matches the outside and the inside.

She sometimes purses her lips, and at other times she looks down.

Such a sign was revealed without hiding it.

‘And Lucrezia is…’

As long as I thought of her, she would be at the far end of the northern part of her by now, I remembered that she was no different.

When there is something embarrassing, even the cheeks that turn red subtly, or the red lips that are gently raised.

She also revealed her easy-to-understand expressions every time.

After all, Grand Duke Lucrezia was also a reinforcement system.

Wait.

Then I suddenly had a question.

‘Then what about me?’

Han the Guardian Dragon.

As Zania said, he also spread his front paws while secretly looking at her for a moment.

Spreading her four claws, she concentrated her magical power there, and a blue orb of magical power was born.

It was a much smaller and more inconspicuous sphere than anyone gathered here.

But Han was more focused than that.

It was because he remembered what Instructor Zania had just taught him.

‘Smaller. In the smallest size I can make.’

Pollock. Polok.

Then, the otherwise very small orb of magical power became much smaller.

Soon, the contraction continued until it was no more than half of a human’s little fingernail.

Han instinctively sensed that that was his current limit and stopped.

[Wow…]

At some point, Lucia was watching him.

She couldn’t contain her admiration as she stood with her mouth open.

[It is very small, Guardian Dragon.]

[Ki.]

Really. It was as it was said.

Limit He thought he would be better than the others, but he never thought he would make it this small.

[Um… But maybe it’s too small… I can’t see it well.]

After all, Lucia had to squint her eyes to barely see her orb.

[Wow. Guardian Dragon-nim, what’s the shape of it? It’s just like a sea cucumber.]

It was even soft and mushy, like jelly or pudding.

It was an odd reaction.

[Kiik?]

It was equally embarrassing.

‘What, what is it? Why is mine like this? Eight!’

As he began to concentrate again for a moment, the mana quickly took the form of a sphere again.

But it wasn’t long before.

As soon as he was able to lose his concentration, all of a sudden, they began to scatter around the area.

What’s wrong with mine?

[Ah, Instructor Zania.]

[Kiik?]

At that time, Instructor Jania, who had been close to him before he knew it, saw him and turned around and went back.

[Huh.]

With a short laugh.

‘What is that guy? Why do I suddenly go back to eating?’

My mood suddenly deteriorated at the sudden expression on my face.

I just had the thought of dropping a block of ice on her head.

Instructor Zania returned to her seat. She said.

[But sometimes, there are people with a particularly special constitution.]

[Kiik?]

[It is a unique unique constitution with the property of completely ignoring all the properties described just before.]

At that point, everyone’s eyes were focused on one place.

What they were looking at was none other than the guardian dragon Han, who was riding on Lucia’s shoulder.

He blinked in bewilderment at the sudden attention he received.

‘What, what is it? Is everyone watching me? If it wasn’t Lucia, why me?’

Instructor Zania’s explanation continued as if to solve such a longing question.

[I think everyone knows that dragons’ magical talents are overwhelming and superior to any other beings in this world, even without an explanation. Because that’s common sense among common sense known to the world.]

Yes. That’s a rudimentary implant.

It is a basic common sense that dragons are the masters of magic, common in all worlds.

Talent above talent.

The talent that was born from birth, and the nature of the characteristics laid on top of it.

Han’s current branch was just such a position.

[And those dragons are the masters of an overwhelming lineage that primordially surpasses the limited magical properties of all humans in this world. In the sense that they can handle all the previously mentioned systems, we often call them trait systems.]

Special system.

Denotes the magical nature of a dragon.

And at the same time, it was a fundamental ability that allowed them to be regarded as true masters of magic and real gods of this land.