Surprising Even Breathing

6 – If possible, avoid eye contact and lie on your stomach.

In the king’s office, Drake and the king received a report from the court wizard.

“You mean the prince destroyed a gang of bandits on the way from the kingdom to the empire?”

“Yes, Your Highness. They didn’t just get rid of it, but destroyed the living area itself so that it would never come back again.”

In the report, there was a record of what Prince Demesis had done at the headquarters of the bandits.

“This group of bandits is not just the kind of thieves that can be found in normal mountain areas. They were called Avengers, troublesome guys who had been killing and plundering passers-by for a long time, caught between the kingdom and the empire.”

In the report, it was shortened to the point that the prince just ran into it and got rid of it, but in fact, the avenger bandits weren’t that weak.

“They are more skilled than D-class mercenaries and are familiar with fighting on horseback. To put it mildly, he must have been holding out until now, not being afraid and hunting the Dragonians. It wasn’t easy to get rid of because they were vicious guys who waged guerrilla warfare here and there and changed bases every time they formed a subjugation party.”

It was a cool incident like losing a tooth, but the prince’s solution was so neat that it was somewhat futile.

“You fools, you were out of luck. How dare you touch our second prince?”

The king shook his head.

It’s not that all the dragonians fear the prince and praise him from afar.

If you touch it wrong, you die.

Any living creature that lives and breathes will naturally bow its head in front of an overwhelming absolute, but I did not know that they would go to the prince to die on their own feet.

“So you’re saying he’s dead too? Galek Ukrian.”

“Yes, according to the testimony of the survivors, it was first erased by the prince’s breath.”

“Sigh, he was also a guy who had been persistently harassing our kingdom since the Continental War. You just ran into a natural disaster.”

It wasn’t a subjugation targeting the bandits, it was just a natural disaster since the prince ran into him on the way to the academy and died in an accident.

The king thought so.

“One of the continent’s S-class criminals has disappeared by the prince.”

One of the troubles that threatened the country in his head was erased at this moment.

“It was the same during the subjugation of the Western Magic Kingdom, and the prince really solves things easily and easily. Isn’t it?”

“He is the one who received the power directly from the Progenitor Dragon. To us Dragonians, it is no different from the dragon god.”

The king and the wizard recalled Demesis’ past for a moment.

The progenitor dragon suddenly appeared and left after giving Demesis a dragon heart. Demesis woke up after 10 years and became a being feared by even the demons of the Western Magician.

Any incident related to it simply defies common sense and inspires awe.

“What will happen at the human academy? Inform the emperor of the empire and other important officials of this incident and once again tell them to be especially careful of the prince.”

“Yes, I will contact you again.”

What the king was worried about was that the Imperial Academy would be erased in one day.

You will definitely have to be careful with the prince so that such an unfortunate incident does not happen.

“The prince entrusted us with investigating the masterminds behind the gang of bandits and the mages who traded dragonian blood with them. Start working on this too.”

“I will inform the special task force and take action quickly.”

While the court wizard brought the report, he received several orders.

“Oh, is the house ready for the prince to live in the ecliptic?”

“You don’t have to worry. I bought a mansion close to the academy and filled it with an acolyte of dragonians.”

“That is reassuring. Surely none of them are seeing Demesis for the first time?”

“We selected and sent dragonians from our kingdom, but it was not easy to find volunteers, so we hired some dragonians who were active in the ecliptic.”

“That should be fine.”

The prince’s life will be fine for now.

The Dragonian King thought so and moved on.

*

“This is the ecliptic.”

I looked outside through the window in the carriage.

I wanted to go outside and snoop around, but since I couldn’t drive a horse myself, this was the best way to look.

Human cities were much more developed than Dragonian villages.

The newest magic tools I had never seen before were placed all over the place and stood out, and various races such as elves and dwarves were mixed and strolled the streets.

“Everything has arrived, Prince.”

The carriage stopped in front of a certain house.

When I opened the door and came out, it was a luxurious mansion that was not envious of a tolerable aristocrat.

“Eat inside, the attendants have come to meet you in advance.”

While being escorted by knights from a distance of about 3m, I wrapped my cloak around and entered the mansion.

“Huh.”

“Me, that one.”

As I approached, some of the attendants who had been standing up to greet us were taken aback.

They were the first dragonians to see me.

The dragonians who had seen or experienced me in our kingdom either backed away or lowered their heads to avoid them, but the attendants tried to look at my face without knowing it.

I lost my mind for a moment and fell down, but I managed to get my head up.

It is a familiar sight.

I was so used to it that I didn’t even pay attention to those who feared me.

“You are the general butler here, and you are the head maid. I’m counting on you.”

“yes! Demesis… … !”

The elderly butler’s legs are trembling.

Just by answering my words, he must be displaying the greatest courage in his Dragonian life.

The head maid was barely holding back her spirit, which kept running away.

Let alone answer, he struggles not to collapse.

This is why no one wants to wait on me.

Dragons who are afraid to even approach.

I stopped harassing them and moved my feet into the mansion.

I didn’t have the hobby of holding on to others who were afraid of me and watching them tremble in fear.

Keeping my distance and avoiding them is the consideration I give them, and the way they can treat me.

“The schedule in the imperial capital has become tight due to going through the thieves’ sanctuary in the middle. The entrance exam will be held tomorrow, and the meeting with the dean and other members of the Imperial Palace has been postponed until then.”

“I get it.”

The escort captain who tells me what to do next.

From now on, Wirekka will be in charge of guarding the mansion and other miscellaneous reports.

If you can do public affairs, you can instruct him.

I took a good look at the mansion and bit Wirekka.

Although he is a dedicated escort knight, he is always 4m away.

This strange distance does not diminish.

I hope that at the academy, I will have friends who can come closer to me and have a comfortable conversation.

I went into my private room, packed my things, and made a wish that was hard to come true.

*

The next day, the entrance examination hall for the Imperial Academy.

The proctor, Alex, was guiding the applicants.

“The entrance exam is conducted in four stages: mana test, specialty test, practical test, and written test. First of all, the magic test will be conducted, so please gather here.”

A crystal ball for a magic test was placed on the podium that the applicants were looking at.

Alex put magic into the crystal ball and informed him that it could be examined.

“Please step on the podium in turn.”

Applicants began taking the mana test in turn.

If you put magic power into the crystal ball, you can learn the nature, properties, patterns, strength, power, etc. of magic power.

At first, the applicants who quietly watched the test because they were curious about the way the test was conducted began to loosen up as the test progressed.

“It’s just an artifact for a normal magic test, nothing special.”

“With my magical power, it will pass unconditionally, so I want you to proceed quickly.”

Students are admitted in the order of highest combined scores of the four entrance examinations.

In addition to the magic test, the candidates who had to undergo other tests passed the time idle.

At the same time, he looked at the other applicants who were undergoing the magic test with eyes wide open.

“Hey, look at him. Doesn’t the crystal ball shine at all? How weak is your magical power?”

“Judging by their appearance, it seems that a commoner came up from the countryside to take the entrance exam, but I need to know the subject.”

The children of noble families, who were known to be famous, laughed at the other students.

“No matter how much it is at the Imperial Academy, do I have to go to school with such low-level kids?”

“Kids like that will take care of themselves. It’s not like the academy is open to ordinary gossips, isn’t it the best educational institution on the continent?”

As the voices of nobles rose, the atmosphere was naturally disturbed.

Those of low status were ridiculed along with the nobles, and those whose families were weak or who had no foundation to stand on were quietly blushing.

There were applicants who looked at the noble with a disapproving look, and there were also applicants who were downcast and lowered their heads.

Alex watched the whole scene indifferently.

After all, it happens every year in the entrance exam.

No matter how much you shout that you will not ask for your identity, the caste system exists in the empire.

Students before entering the academy consider these things important.

However, after entering the academy and undergoing rigorous education regardless of social status, he will come to realize how useless his petty name tag is until he runs into the strong men of the continent.

Alex skimmed the faces of the applicants and read the list that the exam center had warned them to pay special attention to.

3rd Prince of the Empire.

Candidate for Saints of the Order.

The swordsmanship genius of the Duke of Heylon.

The talented daughter of the Yuren Grand Troupe.

… … .

These names were real.

The imperial family, the children of powerful families, and other powerful people did not care what commoners were like.

Because these people are located in too high places and have never experienced what it is like to be a commoner.

High Elf, Guardian of the World Tree.

Barbarian Warrior.

Dwarf little hero.

The legend of the north, the snow woman clan.

… … .

There were monsters of other races like this.

Because the Imperial Academy doesn’t only recruit humans. Outside talents that criminals do not know well gather.

The roster is gorgeous.

People who are too outstanding will be organized separately in the special class of the academy.

Alex had high expectations of what kind of monsters would appear this time.

As an academy admissions officer, it was a great pleasure for him to discover talented gemstones.

However, there was also a strange order in this entrance exam.

He said that it would be best for this person to lie on his stomach and not make eye contact.

The 3rd prince of the empire didn’t have such an order, so I wondered what kind of absurdity this was.

The second prince of the Drake Kingdom, Demesis.

They subjugated the Western Devils and recently eliminated the notorious bandits near the empire.

It was Yongin who only spread grotesque and scary rumors.

Some dismissed his rumors as exaggerated nonsense by the Dragonians, while others boasted that the birth of a real monster that would threaten the continent.

You’ll probably have to see this for yourself.

Alex left the roster and continued the magic test.

Spaw.

huh

“What, what!”

There was a sudden buzz outside the entrance exam hall.

Moans and screams were getting closer.

That time when everyone shut their mouths and focused.

The door to the exam room opened and a person entered.

He was wearing a plain gray cloak and a hood that covered his face, but Alex looked at him and suddenly felt numbness in his hamstrings.

“Ahh!”

Applicants who were close to the main gate groaned.