How to Survive as the Second Son of a Mage Family - Chapter 15

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How to Survive as the Second Son of a Magic Noble Family (15)

I looked down at the terror-stricken eyes and muttered.

“Perfect for us who are born from dirt and return to dirt, don’t you think? Let’s try eating some dirt and see if we can find some humanity.”

“Mmph, mmm…!”

“If done well, it might be good for the core too. At least better than a rat. Right?”

The Antagonist struggled and kicked at my clothes. At the same time, a flash flickered in one side of my vision.

Kwang—!

I raised my arm to block the magic. The dirt I had been holding scattered into the air.

A Student with a dazed face stretched out his wand and shouted.

“You… you… you could use magic all along!”

“You saw wrong.”

I answered simply and shrugged my shoulders. Since he was saying something ridiculous, the opponent looked at me with his mouth agape as if dumbfounded.

“This…!”

Taking advantage of the moment I was answering the other Antagonist, the Student who had been grabbed by the collar swung his wand.

Kwang—!

I immediately surrounded myself with a barrier and reflected the magic. After training with Leo, emotionally charged attacks didn’t even look like attacks. Whether he was hit wrong by his own magic, the Student clutched his eyes and collapsed to the floor.

“Ahhh! Hey, do something about this bastard!”

“That’s what I’m already doing!”

A Student from somewhere shouted in response.

I deflected the attack and looked around, moving the animal that had fallen to the floor to a safe corner.

For something they claimed to be ‘doing,’ it was surprisingly easy to block, so it was clear that my divine power would work on this level.

At the same moment, a Student continuously poured attacks on Lucas while swallowing his saliva.

‘It’s not working at all.’

Cold sweat formed on the hand gripping the wand.

I couldn’t grasp what kind of situation this was. Even though three people were simultaneously pouring out attacks, the barrier showed no signs of collapsing. Even attacks that went beyond the defense range were meaningless as Lucas sent out magic of similar power to neutralize the attacks.

Paang—

The Student was hit by Lucas’s attack and pushed backward.

The very fact that Lucas was using magic felt so surreal that even the pain was forgotten.

‘Well, of course he can use magic.’

That five or six-year-old level magic we saw in class can be used by anyone born into a family with even one title. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that 99% of people can’t go beyond that level, so naturally I thought this guy was also that type.

But…

‘Who would have thought he could use it this properly.’

Ascanien is a family that ranks among the top five in the Empire when it comes to magical power alone, so that’s possible.

But that guy isn’t one of them, is he? That’s why he entered This Location through an unprecedented donation admission in the school’s history.

‘Could he really have gained magical power by drinking blood…’

Even if it was Pleroma, when he couldn’t use magic, he was just pathetic and disgusting.

Also, in some ways, I suspected that he might just be pretending to be Pleroma to defend himself.

Because one might think it’s better to be an object of fear than to have one’s existence ignored.

But this current situation shattered all previous assumptions.

The Student looked at Lucas’s face through the flashes rushing from all directions.

Unlike his friends who were screaming and charging, Lucas seemed displeased with this situation, narrowing his eyes and just flicking his wrist.

Hwaak—

Lucas scattered the barrier fragments that flew past his cheek into the air. Since three people were continuously shooting magic, even while reinforcing the barrier, the impact was transmitted directly.

‘Even if their skills are terrible, three people is a bit much.’

I shouldn’t drag this out and should wrap it up soon.

Lucas swept his wand diagonally to push back two Students, then lightly swung his wand horizontally toward the remaining Student.

“Huh?”

Before he could properly grasp the situation, the Student’s balance wavered. When the Student opened his eyes again, damp soil occupied half his vision, and his hand that had been holding the wand was caught in Lucas’s binding spell.

“…!”

“Aren’t you accepting this too easily? You should be able to deflect at least this much.”

Lucas sneered at the Student who had lost his balance and fallen to the floor. The Student screamed.

“Hey, give this bastard the same treatment!”

“In this situation, removing the binding spell should be the priority…”

As the Student seemed to realize and was about to scream again, Lucas let out a hollow laugh and kicked the Antagonist. Then he immediately turned around and blocked an attack coming from behind.

‘Now I understand why they’re so obsessed with hierarchy.’

Because they have no substance.

These guys were doomed from the start, considering that someone like me who hadn’t exercised for the past 10 years and had only learned magic for 2 weeks was holding up well. No matter how much the magical power difference, still.

Lucas deflected the attacks of the remaining two and strode toward the Students. The two Students hesitated and shouted.

“Isn’t this guy completely crazy?! Huh?”

Lucas silently kicked the Antagonist’s shoulder to knock him down and flip him over. The attack from the side could be resolved simply by pressing down with magic.

The flipped Student turned his head and urgently shouted.

“Hey, hey! Humanely! This is a bit too much…”

“Humanely?”

“Ahhh!”

Lucas twisted and grabbed the Antagonist’s arm.

“When did you slam me against the wall, and now you want me to treat you humanely?”

“I… I didn’t do it! He did it all!”

The Student gestured toward the Student far away who was clutching his eyes, as if feeling wronged.

‘…What a sight…’

Lucas struck with magic as if it wasn’t worth answering and dealt with the remaining Student.

Perhaps because he saw the guy next to him get beaten more for saying unnecessary things, this Antagonist didn’t say much.

Lucas finished with the two Students and got up.

“Phew…”

He had blocked all movement of the Students who might interfere. Lucas approached the Student who had tried to feed him the rat earlier.

The Student was gripping his wand tightly in one hand and pressing his eyes with the other.

“Hand over the wand.”

“N-no… Ahh!”

He stepped on the Antagonist’s wrist and pulled out the wand. The Antagonist clutched his wrist and groaned while lying face down.

Lucas examined the wand and spoke.

“You use good stuff.”

“What…”

“Well, if you don’t have skill, you need to at least throw money at it to stay here.”

It seemed absurd that a donation admission Student was saying such things, so the Student stared blankly at Lucas, then suddenly came to his senses and shouted.

“You bastard, won’t you give it back?! I’ll report you for theft!”

“That’s what you’re worried about?”

Lucas smiled and knelt down on one knee beside the Antagonist.

“Was it fun?”

“What, what…”

“Ah, never mind. What am I asking? Experience is faster than listening.”

Lucas grabbed a handful of dirt in one hand again. Then he grabbed the Antagonist’s shirt collar and pulled him forward.

“Eat it.”

“…”

The Students lying around watched the situation while completely frozen. The Student being grabbed by the collar also had the same blank expression.

When the Antagonist just stared without taking any particular action, Lucas’s hand tightened.

“Thanks to you guys, I got to use magic and it was great. Why don’t you give me a chance to return the favor.”

“…How can I eat this?! Say something that makes sense.”

“And a rat makes sense?”

“…”

“Whatever. Anything is more realistic than telling someone to eat a live rat.”

Lucas glanced at the unidentifiable animal lying far away and held out the dirt.

“Are you going to make me say more?”

The guy’s hands trembled as he grabbed Lucas’s arm.

“Hey, hey. Let’s not do this and just…”

“Just?”

“I won’t bully you anymore… let’s stop this, okay?”

“I don’t want to.”

Bang—!

Lucas mimicked the student’s earlier response and slammed him to the ground.

“Huk, kugh…”

“I have a lot to say, but honestly I don’t know what would be solved by saying it now. Just know one thing.”

Lucas grabbed the student’s collar and lifted him up again.

“If you don’t do as I say, I’ll report everything that happened today. My magic will just count as self-defense, and the school will worry about this reaching my father’s ears and expel you all.”

“…”

“Do I need to say more here?”

“Hey, even if it’s disgusting, just close your eyes and do it! Damn, we can report that bastard later anyway!”

A student shouted angrily from far away.

Only then did the guy snap to attention and start thinking.

‘…Of course I hadn’t considered reporting.’

I thought he’d just keep his head down and stay silent like last year. I didn’t know he’d change this much, like a completely different person.

If this guy reports this incident, it really could lead to expulsion. And if that happens, I won’t be able to inherit a proper title either.

A chill ran down his spine.

What did I enroll in this school for.

Expulsion was absolutely unacceptable.

‘…Should I just deny everything since there’s no evidence?’

That won’t work.

The student’s eyes turned to the other students around.

If even one traitor emerges from among them, it’s over. They might spill everything in exchange for avoiding expulsion.

‘Or should I be the first to do that.’

There’s another problem.

There’s no 100% guarantee they’d accept such conditions, so if I try to negotiate first, I might be digging my own grave.

Honestly… what this guy is demanding is so unreasonable that it would go beyond self-defense.

We just brought it to our mouths, but it’s not like this guy swallowed it, so we might get away with saying it was just a prank.

‘If done well, it might even be possible to turn the tables?’

And though I hate to admit it, I couldn’t see any way out of this situation other than just closing my eyes and going along with it once. He’ll definitely use magic.

Lucas observed the student’s expression and tilted his head.

“You’re really thinking hard. Why don’t you just eat it yourself before I stuff it directly into your mouth?”

Lucas’s lips curved up crookedly.

Seeing that ominous smile, the student slowly brought his head toward Lucas’s hand with a very reluctant expression.

The friends around sighed and frowned.

“Ugh…”

“Ah, damn I absolutely can’t do this…”

‘When did you ever do what you were told!’

Even though I carried out all the actions, taking all the blame alone was too unfair.

Once this moment passes, I’ll deal with Lucas first and then beat up all those bastards one by one.

The student gritted his teeth and stuck out his tongue.

Lucas, who had been watching, wrinkled his brow and laughed.

“No way… you’re actually eating it when I told you to eat it.”

“…!”

“Spit it out. It’s too disgusting to watch.”

When the guy looked at Lucas with a confused expression, Lucas narrowed his eyes as if he couldn’t bear to imagine it and asked.

“You didn’t swallow it, right? I don’t think I saw your throat move yet.”

“You… you said earlier to eat…”

“Of course it was a joke. How could anyone humanly eat this? I feel like everything I ate today would come up… You’re really something else.”

Lucas snickered, then seeing the guy’s dazed expression, raised his eyebrows.

“Was it tasty? Since you tried it, tell me in detail what it tasted like.”

“You bastard…!”

The student threw a punch. Due to his extreme agitation, his aim was off and it was an easily dodgeable attack, but Lucas just slightly frowned.

Smack—!

“Ugh…”

This guy should have thrown punches from the start.

This is more reliable than useless magic.

Lucas frowned and touched around his eye.

His skin stung as if cut by a blade, hot heat rose up, then suddenly cooled like an ice pack was applied.

It was pain as if the skin had torn, but unfortunately skin doesn’t tear that easily, so expecting that much was difficult.

‘Still, this should leave a bruise.’

Whether he was hit wrong or the force was originally strong, his head was ringing heavily.

‘This is actually dangerous.’

No, but it probably wasn’t completely wrong. If it had been completely wrong from this position, bones would have already broken.

Just as Lucas closed his eyes tight against his spinning vision like he was drunk, the guy grabbed Lucas’s collar and pulled his arm back taut.

Then one student urgently shouted.

“Hey! Don’t hit him!”

The student hesitated at that shout.

Only then did Lucas’s expression start to register.

“Why are you stopping? Do more. Beat me until you feel better.”

Lucas burst into laughter and widened his eyes.

Telling him to hit more in this situation reminded him of what Leo had said the day he first properly used magic, making him keep laughing.

The student let go of the collar and stepped back hesitantly.

‘Why, why is he laughing?’

His friend’s urgent words telling him not to hit replayed again.

There must be a reason.

How many people in the world can laugh after being hit? Even when I pushed this bastard against the wall earlier, there wasn’t a trace of laughter on his face, but this time why…

‘…Don’t tell me.’

At the sudden thought, the student’s face turned pale.

From behind, a student shouted again with all his strength.

“That bastard is acting like that now so he can pretend to be the victim later after getting hit!”

“It’s not pretending, it’s real.”

Lucas said while holding his still-ringing head.

“I didn’t say the part about not reporting was also a joke. If you come at me like this, I have no choice but to report it, don’t I?”

“No, no… Lucas, I…”

As the guy fidgeted and waved his hands, Lucas smiled and shook his head.

“I know. You must have misunderstood. You just couldn’t control your temper and threw a punch first. Right?”

“…Wait, yes. Really, it was really a mistake. You know that!”

“I know well.”

A light of hope filled the student’s face.

“Then…!”

“Thanks for making that mistake. It’s good to have some visible evidence.”

The student’s expression rotted beautifully.

Lucas gave an appropriate smile and patted the guy’s shoulder.

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