To seize this opportunity, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Dean Weida’s hand.
“I’ll be this student’s teacher, Dean. You don’t need to go to the trouble.”
‘Huh? Why is Ilanka here? I don’t want to learn magic!’
To avoid exposing her identity, Zhu Qiu quickly pulled Ilanka aside and whispered.
“Ilanka, why are you here?”
Ilanka was stunned for a moment, then slowly answered in a low voice: “Princess, I heard there are great resources here. I want to train and improve myself.”
Actually, Ilanka’s own family had plenty of resources. She only said this to find an excuse.
“Princess, what are you doing here?”
Hearing this question, Zhu Qiu glanced around and answered: “Ilanka, listen carefully. I-I was forced to come here by Zhu Xiaxia to study. But I don’t want to learn, and I don’t want Zhu Xiaxia to find out. That’s why I don’t want to find a teacher.”
‘Is that so?’
Ilanka seemed deep in thought. ‘The Princess came here just to deal with Her Majesty the Queen?’
‘That’s perfect. Sure enough, after my month of entertainment-based education, the Princess has completely lost her drive and become lazy.’
‘As expected of me. Looks like the Dragon King position is definitely mine!’
“Hahaha!”
Ilanka was so happy she accidentally laughed out loud, then quickly covered her mouth.
“Ilanka, what are you laughing at?”
“Nothing. I just think Dean Weida looks a bit funny.”
“Stop laughing. With this hat on, these Dragon Race members can’t recognize me. Don’t reveal my identity either. If they see me idling around all day, they’ll definitely tattle, and then I’ll be forced to painfully study magic.”
“Don’t worry, Princess. Ilanka will definitely not reveal your identity.”
‘With such a good thing in store, revealing it would make me a complete fool.’
“Alright, it’s settled.”
“It’s settled.”
To make the Princess fully trust her, Ilanka even suggested a pinky promise.
“Pinky promise, a hundred years no change. Whoever breaks it is a puppy.”
After the two finished their intense discussion, the whole place was still eerily quiet.
“Hmm? What were you two whispering about just now? Is there something I can’t hear?”
“Nothing, haha,” Ilanka quickly stepped in to smooth things over. “I was just asking. This new student isn’t suited for learning Dark Element Magic, so forget it.”
“And here I thought it was something serious. I still have to go myself, don’t I?”
Dean Weida left after saying those words. Before he left, Zhu Qiu didn’t forget to remind him.
“Dean, remember to bring the Swordmaster. I don’t want anyone else.”
“Consider it done.”
After Weida left, the teachers of other classes led their students toward the classrooms, leaving only Zhu Qiu and Weida’s own students standing in place.
They were all anxious to get to class. Only Zhu Qiu was half-expecting, half-nervous.
‘This swordsman better not be useless. But judging by how this academy only values magic, the chances feel pretty high.’
Half an hour later, Dean Weida walked over with that Swordmaster teacher.
He looked at Zhu Qiu: “This is your teacher.”
Then he looked at the Swordmaster: “This is your student.”
After that, he left the Swordmaster aside and turned to lead his own students away without lingering even a moment, looking quite irritated.
After Weida left, the Swordmaster was dumbfounded. He spun around in place but didn’t see a single student.
“Huh?”
“Didn’t they say there’s a student? Where’s my student?”
“T-Teacher?” Zhu Qiu called out tentatively.
Hearing the voice, the Swordmaster looked down and saw the little Zhu Qiu.
“You… are my student? You want to learn swordsmanship from me?”
“Y-Yes, that’s right. Hello, Teacher.” Zhu Qiu quickly greeted him.
This Dragon Race swordsman had a burly and imposing figure, covered in muscles. His golden vertical pupils were extremely oppressive. More importantly, he was almost twice as tall as Zhu Qiu, roughly 8 feet.
Wow!
‘No matter how I look at it, this is clearly a professional. Not sloppy at all. I was worried for nothing.’
The Swordmaster asked unwillingly again: “You’re really my student?”
“Yes! I really am.”
“Would you consider learning magic instead?”
‘With those thin arms and skinny legs, she doesn’t look cut out for swordsmanship at all. And she’s so short, and even a girl. She doesn’t even look like an adult yet.’
“No, no! I want to learn swordsmanship. And I don’t have magic talent. Even if I went to learn, I wouldn’t be able to. They don’t want me, so I can only come to you.”
“Tsk… fine then.” The Swordmaster reluctantly agreed.
Although he was a bit disappointed, it was still better than nothing.
In all these years at the First Academy of the Dragon Clan, there were rarely any new students learning swordsmanship. The last time he taught a student was a hundred years ago. In other words, he had already been coasting at the academy for a hundred years. Every day, aside from exercising to maintain his strong body, he ate, slept, and watched other teachers’ students practice magic.
He envied those people too. But the Dragon Race’s natural talents determined that very few people learned swordsmanship—so few it was extreme. It was unavoidable.
This year, he finally had a student, but it was a frail little girl.
Was Dragon Race Swordsmanship really hopeless?
“Sigh.” The teacher started worrying. If his student ended up learning nothing, not only would he be unable to explain to the student’s parents, he also couldn’t face the Dean.
The First Academy of the Dragon Clan was the pinnacle of the entire Dragon Race in every way.
Some were happy, some were worried. Zhu Qiu was delighted, but the teacher was troubled.
The teacher led Zhu Qiu to a large open area in the farthest corner of the academy. The environment was spacious with a wide view, perfect for learning.
“It’s been a hundred years since I taught. Dragon Race Swordsmanship has gotten a bit rusty.”
“Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ajimi. You can call me Teacher Jimi. Yeah, that’s it.”
“Hello, Teacher Jimi! My name is Zhu Qiu… Zhu Dong.”
Zhu Qiu didn’t want to be recognized. She was afraid the teacher might know the name Zhu Qiu, so she simply swapped a character. He definitely wouldn’t know then.
“Zhu Dong, what a nice name.”
‘Then what was the next step again?’
Ajimi had somewhat forgotten.
“Teacher, can you show me your swordsmanship? I heard swordsmanship is the most powerful skill in the world.”
‘Oh right, a demonstration. That reminded me.’
“Zhu Dong, wait here. Your teacher will go grab something.”
“Okay, Teacher!”
Watching Ajimi’s retreating figure, Zhu Qiu suddenly felt that this teacher was pretty good.
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