Chapter 21: Drunken Recruitment

“How is this possible!!!”

Joey jumped up in a panic.

“This can’t be right!!!”

The Protagonist hurriedly explained:

“Haha… There must be someone at the academy cross-dressing as a girl and sneaking in, only to end up becoming a Saint Child, that kind of idiot role!!!”

“I… I’m the dignified Demon King…”

“And also… How could a Prophecy like that possibly come true! It’s just like some doujin plot!!”

Joey’s eyes were spinning like mosquito coils.

“Young master, your mental state is a bit off right now…”

Aiki said from the side.

“Please calm down.”

“Wh…what kind of joke is this…”

“All the other doujin stories are about a holy knight accidentally entering a Goblin Cave and getting *“

“How could it be a Demon King wandering into a Human City and getting ****”

“Your words are starting to get censored. Please stop muttering nonsense.”

Aiki added coldly.

“I…I’ve decided!”

Joey stood up.

“I don’t want to be in the Human Academy anymore! I want to go home! Back to the Demon World…”

“I miss my big bed so much… I want to go home right now. (deadpan)”

“Is the young master going to leave just because of a little setback? Weren’t you going to work hard for the advancement of the demon race?”

Aiki said with a playful look.

Although she didn’t want Joey to be tormented as a Saint Child, she couldn’t help but tease her little young master.

“Hey! The Demon King being humiliated! This is a disgrace to the Demon World!! You bastard, if you don’t want to help me, why are you kicking me when I’m down!!!”

Joey poked Aiki’s cheek angrily.

“This was the young master’s own choice, and please stop poking my face.”

Aiki frowned, looking at the young master sulking in her arms, feeling a ripple inside.

“Oh oh…”

Chiyang, who had been deep in thought, raised her finger, making Aiki and Joey stop and look at her.

“I get it now…”

“Saint Child…”

“It’s just like our Dragonkin’s Seed Dragon…”

“I wanted Joey to mate with me, so he could become a Seed Dragon too…”

“If we had a child in the future…”

“Don’t say any more of that weird stuff… Your education is definitely problematic…”

Joey hurriedly stopped Chiyang.

“I seriously doubt I ever want to with you in this life…”

“Eh! How could you say that!!!”

Hearing this, Chiyang panicked.

She wrapped her bath towel tighter and lifted Joey up in a flash.

“You clearly said before that if I stayed with you, you’d mate with me!”

The red-haired beauty frowned.

“How can you go back on your word!”

“In that case, I don’t care whether you love me or not! I’m going to mate with you right now!!!”

With that, Chiyang threw Joey onto the bed.

“Hey! Get away from me! You stupid dragon with nothing but mating on your mind!!!”

“I don’t care!”

Chiyang gritted her silver teeth, then untied her bath towel.

“I have to think about the future of the Dragonkin!!!”

“Wait! If you dare touch me, I’ll twist your stupid dragon head off right now!!!”

Joey stomped his little foot on Chiyang’s face, trying to push her away.

But he didn’t dare use too much force, afraid his power as the Demon King would be exposed, so he and Chiyang ended up deadlocked.

“Really now…”

Aiki couldn’t bear to watch anymore and was about to pull Chiyang away when…

“Hmm? Why did your strength suddenly get so much stronger, you magic dragon?”

Aiki’s eyes widened.

Originally, her strength should have easily surpassed Chiyang’s, but now they were evenly matched.

“You backstabbing scoundrel…”

Chiyang bared her tiger fangs, staring at Joey’s little foot pressed to her face.

Then the red-haired beauty seemed to think of something and stuck out her tongue…

“Haah!!! Wh-what are you doing!! You dumb dragon, don’t lick my jio… Uwahhh!!!”

Joey couldn’t stand the tickling and instantly lost all strength, letting his foot slip from Chiyang’s face.

Seeing Chiyang’s eyes shining as she pounced, Joey braced himself…

In… In that case…

I have to punch this idiotic magic dragon at least once…

“Joey! Become my Seed Dragon!!!”

“Don’t shout something so passionate at a time like this, you stupid dragon!!”

Just as the three were at a stalemate—

***

“Hey! Which one of you is Joey…”

A drunken female voice rang out.

The three turned their heads.

It was Kail, the Warrior Academy instructor.

She was drinking from an aluminum bottle, watching the three as she asked:

“Who’s Joey?”

“Is it the one about to be forced, the one doing the forcing, or the one stopping the forcing???”

***

Another small training field…

Kail took a swig of her drink.

“So… Mr. Ai Yi…”

“It’s Joey…”

Joey looked at the drunkard before him, not sure what she was planning.

“Here’s the deal, Mr. Joey. I’m the director of the Warrior Academy. My name is Kail.”

Kail, slightly flushed, held out her hand to Joey.

“Oh, hello.”

The Protagonist gave a half-hearted handshake.

“But I’m from the Sage Academy. Sensei, are you sure you’re not drunk and talking to the wrong person?”

The drunken beauty shook her head.

“It’s you, Jiao Yi.”

“It’s Joey.”

The Protagonist corrected her again.

“Whatever…”

Kail took another big gulp.

“Anyway…”

“I saw your moves on the training ground, even if it was just for a moment…”

“Your physical aptitude suits a warrior more than a sage.”

Oh oh… Here it comes…

It’s that common trope in isekai or transmigration stories…

The misunderstood genius gets discovered by a genius teacher and is trained into greatness.

But for the sake of the plot, I still have to play along…

“Eh? Sensei… You must be joking…”

Joey shook his head.

“I’m just an ordinary boy…”

But before Joey could finish—

“Shu!!!”

An Enchanted Longsword flew straight at his face.

The sword’s speed was so fast, Joey instinctively dodged by twisting away.

Whoa whoa…

How did it fly out so suddenly…

Joey stared at the Enchanted Longsword as it returned to its sheath under Kail’s control.

This drunkard…

When she unleashed the sword, there wasn’t a trace of Magic fluctuation…

And there was no Magic at all from her own body…

The Protagonist frowned at the drunken instructor.

“I really hate drinking with people who beat around the bush…”

Kail put away her bottle.

“So can you put down your guard and have an honest chat with this drunk?”

“I just want to know, Qiao Yi, do you actually have any interest in being a warrior? The rest doesn’t matter to me.”

The drunken beauty brushed her bangs with her fingers.

“I’m Joey…”

The Protagonist replied impatiently.

“That could’ve killed someone… I’m a rookie student, you know…”

“It wouldn’t. I knew you could dodge… Probably…”

Kail mumbled.

“If you couldn’t dodge, you wouldn’t still be standing in front of me talking…”

“You’re really an outrageous teacher…”

Joey looked at Kail.

“Honestly, I am interested in joining the Warrior Academy. I never really liked being a sage, anyway.”

“Yeah, I think you’d do better in the Warrior Academy too…”

Kail nodded in agreement.

“Your agility is outstanding. Even if you don’t use a greatsword, you’re a perfect candidate for the longsword.”

“Besides, I’m saving you…”

The drunken beauty walked up to Joey and patted his shoulder.

“I wouldn’t want a promising longsword trainee to be targeted by a bunch of old women…”

“And then…”

“Eaten…eaten…”

“Eat…”

As Kail spoke, her eyelids started to droop.

Her body swayed, and she collapsed onto Joey.

Because of the difference in gender size and weight, the unsuspecting Joey was knocked to the ground.

“Eh?”

Passed out from drinking???

“Hey hey… Sensei…”

“Don’t sleep here…”

“Don’t bother me… Let me sleep a little longer…”