I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 45 Going Out to Receive the Mission

"Just tell George, I'm going to find Dean Donaldson." Shi Daohan said this and then disappeared from the ship.

Inside a mansion at Horagaka Academy, Headmaster Donaldson was leaning back in his chair, resting with his eyes closed, when suddenly, with a "bang," the office door was kicked open.

"Professor Donaldson, what's going on with these credits? At least explain why these two hundred credits were deducted!" Shi Daohan stormed in.

"These are the credits you've lost for skipping classes these past few days," Dean Donaldson replied lazily, slightly opening his eyes.

"Skip class? Didn't Kalman ask for leave for me?"

"He took sick leave, but are you sick?"

"This..." Shi Daohan was speechless, but still argued, "Don't you already know why I didn't go to class? How can you deduct so many credits from me all at once? You know the passing score for our college is only 1,500 points, and you deducted 200 points from me all at once, isn't that too much?"

Dean Donaldson: "Don't be so upset. The original plan from the registrar's office was to deduct 500 credits from you, but I pleaded for you and only deducted 200."

"You're quite the righteous old man." Shi Daohan pouted. It's only been a few days since we enrolled, less than a month, and our credits haven't increased at all. Instead, they've gone negative two hundred. What's going on?

"Don't look so sad. The semester has just begun, and you have plenty of time to catch up on your credits. With your talent and ability, I believe you can achieve a good result in the final exams this year." Dean Donaldson got up and made Shi Daohan a cup of coffee, comforting him with a smile.

"I don't like this stuff." Shi Daohan took off the wine gourd hanging from his waist, gulped down a mouthful, and said, "I can make up for the credits, of course, but I didn't expect you guys to deduct so much at once."

After saying that, she glanced at Dean Donaldson and tentatively asked, "Dean, how many students are there in total at our Horagaka Academy?"

Donaldson thought for a moment and said, "Including the academicians and professors from various academies, there should be more than three thousand people in total."

"Three thousand...that's quite a large number..." Shi Daohan murmured.

"Why are you asking this?" Headmaster Donaldson looked at her suspiciously.

"Um..." Shi Daohan touched his nose, hesitated for a long time before speaking, "I need information on all the academicians, professors, and students in each academy. Dean, can you help me get it?"

Dean Donaldson's eyes narrowed: "What do you need this for?"

"Let's get to know each other, so we can make friends with people who know us well in the future."

"This is not the answer I want to hear." Headmaster Donaldson's kind and gentle smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression as he stared at her.

Although what Shi Daohan wanted to see wasn't some unrevealable secret, it still involved personal privacy, and he wouldn't reveal it without a suitable reason.

Shi Daohan was in a bit of a dilemma. She couldn't just say that she was a suspicious candidate who wanted to find the Demon Lord's reincarnation vessel, could she?

"I can give you the information, but you have to do something for me first," Dean Donaldson suddenly said.

"Oh? What's wrong?" Shi Daohan asked, somewhat surprised.

Headmaster Donaldson walked to the bookshelf, took out a map tucked inside a book, spread it out in front of Shi Daohan, and pointed to a circled location on it, saying, "Go here and find someone named Urgarette for me."

"Is it really just about finding someone?" Shi Daohan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Headmaster Donaldson nodded: "This is an evil dark mage. The Emerald Guild he founded still has a great influence in the British Empire."

Shi Daohan glanced sideways: "So, he's a formidable character. You don't mean you want me to deal with him, do you?"

Ten years ago, the Magic Guild and several powerful families joined forces to besiege Urgarette, but he still managed to escape.

Dean Donaldson also participated in that battle and was severely injured at that time, from which he has not yet recovered.

"So many powerful forces joined forces and still couldn't take him down, and you want me to deal with him all by myself? Dean Donaldson, are you sure you're not kidding me?" Shi Daohan couldn't help but complain.

"I'm not asking you to deal with him. In that battle, although he managed to escape, he was seriously injured and never appeared in the world again."

Headmaster Donaldson pointed to the marked location on the map and said, "According to our investigation, after Urgarette was wounded and fled, he stayed in this city-state for a period of time. I want you to go and investigate the clues to see if he is dead or if he survived and escaped to another place."

After saying that, Dean Donaldson added, "Besides that, there's another reason. I think you should have noticed the problem with Locke's health a long time ago, right?"

"Locke?" Shi Daohan frowned slightly. The little guy's body did indeed have a big problem. There was a strange power parasitizing his body that he couldn't explain, and it was very powerful and terrifying.

"Could his health problems be related to this Urgarette?" Shi Daohan asked.

"Locke's parents died at the hands of Urgarette. It was after their deaths that Locke's body began to have problems. The people from the Magic Guild and I secretly investigated the child's body, but we were unable to figure out the origin of that power," Headmaster Donaldson revealed this secret.

"Are you sure his health problems started after his parents died?" Shi Daohan asked.

"Confirmed." Headmaster Donaldson nodded.

Locke's parents were famous magicians, and as their child, Locke naturally received a lot of attention from the magic world.

Dean Donaldson was certain that Locke's health problems only began shortly after the tragedy, and it was highly likely that Urgarette had done something to him.

Ultimately, Shi Daohan agreed to investigate Urgarette's fate on behalf of Dean Donaldson, not only to obtain the personal information of all the teachers and students in the academy, but also to find clues about the strange power within Locke's body.

"By the way, Dean Donaldson, there's something I think I should let you know in advance, so that I don't lose credits later."

Before leaving, Shi Daohan seemed to remember something, and stopped to look back at Dean Donaldson.

"What is it?"

"Kalman, Fiona, George, Locke, and the others are all promising talents for cultivation. I shouldn't mind teaching them a few things when I have some free time, right?"

Upon hearing this, Dean Donaldson was stunned for half a second, not expecting that Shi Daohan could make poaching people sound so open and aboveboard.

"Since they're willing to learn from you, and you're willing to teach, it's a mutually agreeable arrangement, so I can't say much. But they are, after all, students of Horagaka Academy, and they must prioritize magic. Do you understand what I mean?"

This is the West, where magic is highly revered, so naturally people are less accepting of other people's things spreading on their own territory.

On a grander scale, this could be described as a struggle over the orthodox tradition and a cultural invasion.

Dean Donaldson made the greatest concession possible while ensuring that his own interests were not affected.

Not long after Shi Daohan left, another academician kicked open the gate of Donaldson's mansion.

The visitor was the chief academician of the Kuisang Academy—Academician Libya. Dean Donaldson glanced at him, then looked at the door that had been kicked open twice and was already on the verge of collapse. He felt quite helpless. It seemed that he would have to replace it with a more durable door.

"Master Donaldson, that exchange student from the East ruined my alchemy room in the Kuisang Mansion. I told her to repaint it, but so many days have passed and she hasn't done anything. She completely ignores my words!" Academician Libya was furious and vented his dissatisfaction.

"Hasn't she been sick lately? Please understand." On Dean Donaldson's desk was a small three-legged, two-eared cauldron with various fresh meats and vegetables. He awkwardly used chopsticks to put the ingredients into the cauldron.

"Sick? Do you even believe that yourself?" the Libyan academician scoffed, then pointed at the small cauldron in front of Academician Donaldson and said, "What are you doing?"

If he wasn't mistaken, this looked like the kind of pot used for cooking hot pot in Shi Daohan's newly opened hot pot restaurant, right? How come Dean Donaldson has one too?

"Hot pot, Shi Daohan brought it over just now." Dean Donaldson was busy with his hands.

"Donaldson! How could you eat this stuff!" The Libyan academician couldn't help but roar in anger.

"Why not? I'm the major shareholder of this hot pot restaurant."

Dean Donaldson didn't see anything wrong with it. He smiled and invited the Libyan academician to sit down, saying, "Don't have such a big prejudice against this exchange student. This hot pot is not only delicious, but it can also calm your mind while you're cooking the meat. You should really sit down and have a good taste."

"I'm not eating it!" The Libyan academician wanted to rush up and overturn the small three-legged, two-eared cauldron. He glanced around and said, "Where's that exchange student from the East? Someone said they saw her here."

He originally came to confront Shi Daohan face to face, but instead witnessed this infuriating scene.

"She just left not long ago. If you had come a few minutes earlier, you might have run into her. Also, the renovation of your alchemy room will probably have to be delayed for a while longer," said Dean Donaldson.

"Why?" The Libyan academician frowned.

Dean Donaldson didn't reveal much, only saying that he had sent Shi Daohan out to do some things for him, and that she probably wouldn't be back for a while.

"If all else fails, you can just use magic to renovate that alchemy room yourself. It's not a difficult task for you anyway," Headmaster Donaldson advised.

"No! This is my punishment for her!" The Libyan academician was very stubborn and refused to back down an inch.

Dean Donaldson shook his head and gave a wry smile, muttering to himself, "[I'm afraid your alchemy lab will never be renovated by the time she graduates.]"

"Even if she's lucky today, I refuse to believe I can't catch her!" The Libyan academician turned and walked outside.

"Libya, are you really not going to sit down and try this hot pot?" Dean Donaldson asked, trying to persuade him to stay.

The Libyan abbot nearly exploded, retorting irritably, "Go eat by yourself, or you'll stuff yourself to death!"

Meanwhile, Shi Daohan had already left Horajaka Academy and arrived in a bustling city.

Having been in this western land for so long, I haven't had a chance to properly experience the exotic customs yet. As for Urgarette, the Emerald Guild, and the like, there's no rush. Anyway, I've accepted a quest and set off this time, so I have plenty of time.

She went to a cake shop, bought a cake, and tasted it.

"It's too sweet. Why do Westerners like to eat such sweet food?" Shi Daohan muttered to herself, only taking one bite before she couldn't eat any more.

"But Kalman and the others should like it, right?" With that thought, she bought all the desserts in the cake shop and decided to give them to Kalman and the others when she got back.

"Ring ring!"

As soon as Shi Daohan stepped out of the cake shop, the storage ring on her hand emitted a pleasant tinkling sound.

Shi Daohan turned the clasp in the middle of her storage ring and parted her red lips slightly, asking, "Who is it?"

"Senior Sister, it's me, Wang Ping!"

"Me too! Me too! Chen Yanbing!"

Several noisy voices came from the storage ring, including men and women, and they all sounded very young.

Shi Daohan smiled, never expecting that her fellow disciples from Mount Shu would remember to contact her, their senior sister.

"Senior Sister, I heard you went to that Hokka Magic Academy in the West as an exchange student on behalf of our Shu Mountain. Why didn't you say goodbye before you left? You could have at least let us see you off."

"Yes, yes, you left without a word. We prepared so many good things for you!"

"Our entire Department of Military Science worked through the night to forge a weapon for you, what a pity."

"And my sixth-tier Five-Poison Beast!"

"Our physical cultivation department focuses on strengthening the physical body, so we don't have much to offer. We just collected a large jar of fresh blood, which we're preparing for you, Senior Sister, to use for drawing talismans!"

A series of clanging and clattering sounds came from the other side, indicating that the group had brought out quite a few things.

"Enough! This is the Taiji Hall, a place for meetings! What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket? Put all this junk away right now, or people will think they've come to a market!" An elder's angry voice came from the storage ring.

Although you can't see what's happening over there, just by listening to the sounds, you can imagine that the Shushan Taiji Hall is in complete chaos.

Shi Daohan smiled. It seemed that her junior brothers and sisters still missed her, their senior sister, which was a testament to her care and "education of love" for them.

"By the way, Senior Sister, the other day the Sect Leader and several elders were having a meeting, and we overheard some rumors. They mentioned the words 'ascending to immortality.' Do you know what that means?"

(End of this chapter)