Chapter 1795: Magic Academy's Eastern Exchange Student 26

Dean's office.

Elianna lazily leaned on the sofa, with several highly respected teachers standing before her in the academy.

"Jin Chen is too weird; with his strength, he doesn't need to continue as an exchange student—this is just asking for trouble for us!" Teacher Bailake was very angry.

Teacher Jeffery strongly agreed, 'His destructive power is too strong, it disrupts classroom order!'

Elf madam: 'I'm almost scared to death at my age!'

'Stay calm, everyone.'

Elianna, in a good mood, pushed the fruit plate toward them, 'Don't be angry, have some snacks.'

"Dean, now is a critical moment; relying solely on school rules cannot restrain Jin Chen.' Jeffery was solemn.

'Oh Jeffery, what are you saying? Why should I restrain Jin Chen?'

Elianna shook her head, 'He has a clever mind, mysterious power, and the talent to forge ahead.'

"This is good; we don't need to restrain him. In fact… I hope our academy's students become braver than anyone, with Jin Chen as a role model, they are gradually transforming.'

Jeffery stared, thought for a long time, then responded without outright refuting: 'When danger comes, can they protect themselves? Not everyone is Jin Chen.'

The elf madam thought it over, let out a long 'Oh,' then said, 'Then why don't we let Jin Chen also come teach?'

'Huh?'

Elianna immediately sat up, 'Great idea!'

——

Night, the rear forest.

The little witch waited early at the crossroads and prepared a basket of pretty poisonous mushrooms for her two friends; the basket's handle was made of the most pliable poisonous snake.

'Black Mist Kid! Tall guy! Come over quickly!'

Under the moonlight, the crossroads were shrouded in a hazy fog; tonight the little witch seemed especially anxious, completely lacking her former carefree nature, with a few leaves stuck in her messy brown curls.

Jin Chen was somewhat puzzled; this little brat hadn't been this panicked even when Aliya caught him before—what huge thing happened today.

The little witch shoved the flower basket at Jin Chen, 'Hurry, the rear forest's defensive magic barrier has a problem! Many black eggs have grown!'

Laisuo wondered, 'What eggs?'

The little witch tensed her face, 'Big eggs!'

She tiptoed, stretching her arms as far as possible to show just how big those eggs were.

'I've never seen such big eggs here! They don't belong to any species living in the rear forest.'

The rear forest's defensive magic barrier is the final gate into the academy; specialized guardian beasts were once dispatched to suppress it, but as the elves and other species in the rear forest grew more numerous, they all spontaneously guarded the barrier.

Dean Elianna withdrew the guardian beasts, maintaining a delicate balance.

Therefore, to the little witch, this was nothing short of a destruction-level event second only to a sudden explosion of the rear forest!

The three stopped before the ancient tree, the flowing, colorful magical barrier like a rainbow pouring down,

'Look!'

The little witch pointed to the spot where the ancient tree's roots protruded, forming a nook with the nearby boulder where one could crawl inside, inside which lay four giant eggs with black patterns.

'This big.'

Jin Chen was somewhat surprised; standing straight, he compared, the giant egg was almost as tall as him, like a roadblock lying across before him.

【Good fellow, this wouldn't be a dinosaur egg, would it!】

Ling Gun Gun hurriedly checked whether this world had a dinosaur setting.

【No! Host, rest assured!】

【……】 also not very reassured.

Jin Chen tapped the abnormal eggshell with his peachwood sword, holding his breath and listening to the movement inside.

Laisuo gripped his wand tightly, his red eyes fixed on the eggshell; the black mist vines extending from the ground slowly coiled around the giant eggs, and if anything went wrong, he wouldn't give whatever was inside any chance to harm Jin Chen.

Just then, the topmost abnormal giant egg's apex cracked open a tiny hole, and a jet-black beast's claw stretched out.

Jin Chen stepped back two steps, alertly drew his sword, watching the unknown creature inside gradually break out of its shell.

Immediately he saw a wet little magic beast with sharp teeth and claws, its head bearing two soft, undeveloped horns.

Strangely, the eggshell was huge, but the crawling-out little magic beast was only baby-sized; Jin Chen peered inside and saw only unclean slime.

'What is this?'

The little witch poked her head out from behind Laisuo, curiously leaned in to sniff, 'No smell! Can it be eaten?'

Laisuo said solemnly, 'This is some kind of demon hatchling; it cannot be eaten.'

'A demon?' The little witch jumped back in fright, 'This looks just like an ordinary magic beast!'

'I'm not sure…… it's intuition.' Laisuo hesitated.

But a dark mage's intuition is often quite accurate.

Jin Chen raised his brows, feeling the hatchling looked somewhat familiar; he stared a few times, then slowly shifted his gaze to Laisuo.

'The hatchling's obvious traits are very like yours when you transform.'

Laisuo was startled; when he looked again at the demon hatchling, he suddenly fell silent, 'Indeed……'

Laisuo felt utterly lost.

Even if a dark mage, they themselves are human—why would they have traits similar to demons?

'Come, let's take it back.'

Jin Chen made a snap decision, picking up the demon hatchling whining at his feet, 'Preliminary judgment: it poses little threat; we'll study the rest later.'

If they really are demons, they could earn some credits.

Jin Chen lifted it, locking eyes with the demon hatchling for a few seconds; the image of Laisuo's transformation that day surfaced in his mind, and he chuckled.

'Still pretty cute.'

Laisuo glanced at Jin Chen, pressed his lips and nodded, "Alright."

The other three motionless giant eggs were sealed by Jin Chen with yellow talismans; the little witch, seeing the crisis resolved, eagerly hopped on her broom to go tell the good news to friends in the rear forest.

Jin Chen and Laisuo then brought the demon hatchling back to the dormitory.

"I'll go prepare some things." Jin Chen set the hatchling on the ground and said to Laisuo.

Laisuo looked up at Jin Chen, nodded, "Okay."

Laisuo waited for Jin Chen to return as usual and first pat his head, but instead saw Jin Chen stride straight to the bedroom, as if he had completely forgotten about this.

Laisuo paused, then blankly stared at the hatchling on the floor, biting his lip and letting out a hum.

This hatchling isn't cute at all.

The hatchling sensed danger, its lively eyes fixed on Laisuo, and its tail displayed an attack signal.

Laisuo's face darkened, he manifested sharp fangs and fluffy demon horns, and bared his teeth menacingly at it.

The hatchling squeaked, hurriedly darted under the Sofa, trembling all over from instinctive fear, and at the same time burst into intense squeaky cries.

Jin Chen took out the demon compendium and the bloodline detector from the system shop; hearing the cries gave him a slight headache.

"Why is this hatchling crying?"