Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 10
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Chapter 010
“Is that so, Professor.”
Lee Han didn’t let his emotions show on his face.
It hadn’t been just a day or two since he’d dealt with crazy professors, so he wouldn’t act like a novice.
“Certainly, it seems like alchemy lectures would allow good grades if you just have passion and affection.”
‘I should never take this lecture again once it’s over.’
“So you thought that way too?”
Thunderstep wiped under his nose with a pleased expression.
“Then listen up.”
“…I haven’t been able to try other lectures yet…”
“Ah. Never mind that. Just listen. The other lectures won’t be better than this one anyway.”
“No, let me try them all first…”
“No! You have to take this!”
Lee Han gradually felt that he had gotten into trouble.
The other students nearby were looking at Lee Han with envious expressions.
-As expected of the Wardanaz Family…
-What amazing talent…
‘They’re making me even more annoyed.’
Professor Thunderstep looked around and said.
“Today’s lecture will have to end here. Unfortunately, the group that went elsewhere didn’t encounter a boar.”
“…”
“…Professor. Don’t tell me you made us encounter the boar on purpose?”
One of the students said with a shocked voice.
It was called a boar, but that thing was practically a monster.
If they had been unlucky, they could have died with broken bones and ruptured organs.
Thunderstep answered as if it were obvious.
“Then did you think I’d just have you gather herbs? Of course you have to face situations you might encounter while gathering herbs.”
“That… that’s…”
“Indeed, that makes sense. Hey. The Professor surely wouldn’t have sent us without any preparation, right? He probably followed us the whole time.”
“Ah…”
When one of the students said that, everyone was convinced.
Certainly…
“No? Why would I follow you guys?”
The Dwarf Professor looked at them as if asking what they were talking about.
“I came here because the boar collapsed.”
“Then… then what if there had been a serious accident?!”
“Then you wouldn’t have talent for alchemy.”
“…”
“…”
Lee Han felt like he could hear the thoughts of the students gathered here.
‘That bastard…!’
“Whether you catch it, avoid it, run away, or hide, handling all kinds of unexpected situations is an alchemist’s talent. You blockheads. Got it?”
“Yes!”
“Um… then we don’t need the Poison Herb?”
Yoner carefully raised his hand and asked. Thunderstep said with a surprised expression.
“You found Poison Herb?”
“Yes.”
“Oh my. I didn’t think you’d actually find it. You pass too! Come here. You absolutely have to take my class too.”
“…”
Yoner was dragged over in bewilderment.
“Um, I didn’t find it alone. Nilia over there helped find it too.”
“Really? You pass too! Come here!”
This time Thunderstep pulled Nilia over. Nilia made an expression like she didn’t know whether to be happy or not.
“And here, Wardanaz also…”
“You really, really have to take it!”
“…”
Lee Han half gave up.
At this point, escaping was impossible.
‘I’m screwed.’
No matter how much you skip class, there’s nothing good about being marked by a professor.
If he didn’t take it here, this Dwarf Professor might even come looking for him in other lecture halls.
“…I’ll do my best to listen. Alchemy was my dream!”
“You rascal…!”
Thunderstep grinned. He had read Lee Han’s emotional change.
Among the new students here, Lee Han was the most mentally mature.
Even though he clearly didn’t want to take the alchemy class, once he realized he couldn’t avoid it, he quickly accepted it and changed his attitude.
Students from noble families weren’t good at hiding their true feelings.
Having never had to hide their emotions their whole lives, they had no practice at enduring like that.
From that perspective, Lee Han was truly interesting.
“Don’t be too disappointed. Alchemy lectures have privileges.”
Thunderstep decided to appease Lee Han.
It was a world where finding disciples was difficult.
Just as students evaluated lectures, professors also evaluated students.
If there was a student they liked, they had to hold onto them tightly like Thunderstep was doing now.
But if you just forced them to stay, it could backfire and they might flee.
The best approach was a carrot.
“What kind of privileges?”
“I have a cabin near the forest. Normally I don’t allow access, but since you caught the boar and even found Poison Herb, I’ll give you the special privilege of free access during this semester.”
“…??”
Lee Han wondered what kind of nonsense this was.
A privilege to visit the professor’s house.
‘Is he telling me to enjoy the privilege of cleaning, the privilege of sorting recycling, the privilege of doing slave work?’
“…Ah. I didn’t explain enough.”
Seeing Lee Han’s expression, Thunderstep realized what he was thinking. The Dwarf Professor hastily added.
“Do you know what these blockheads want most?”
“Easy grading lectures?”
“…Are you really from the Wardanaz Family? That’s not bad either, but the correct answer is food. Right now they just look pale, but in another week they’ll be trying to eat each other.”
“…”
Thunderstep’s words were persuasive.
More than 80% of the students gathered here were those who had lived well and eaten well.
Taking such students and only giving them hard black bread and cold rice balls would naturally make them miserable.
“But in my cabin, there’s meat and fish caught from the forest, and spices and vegetables I’ve gathered from secret places I know. Do you understand what this means?”
“…!”
Lee Han finally realized.
A kind of buffet pass!
“Professor!”
“You rascal. I’m liking you more and more.”
The two priests clasped each other’s hands and exchanged warm friendship.
* * *
After class ended, as the students moved to find their next lecture (some students were muttering “let’s see if I ever take this again”), Lee Han remained in place.
Yoner and Nilia asked with puzzled expressions.
“Aren’t you going?”
“I’m going to butcher the boar.”
“…”
“…”
“Excellent!”
Only Thunderstep exclaimed in admiration.
Among the new students, this was truly the first time he’d seen someone adapt this quickly.
“Professor. This is really edible, right?”
“It only became ferocious, but there’s no problem eating it.”
“I see. Could you perhaps lend me some equipment to butcher and smoke it…?”
“You rascal. You’re already starting to like alchemy, aren’t you?”
“Yes. I really love alchemy so much.”
Lee Han, having adapted to reality, decided to love alchemy.
‘If what the professor said is true, this isn’t a matter of just waiting around.’
Come to think of it, there had been hints.
Starting from what the Principal said when they enrolled – ‘the answer is in this school, so find it’ – to the rules that gave them nothing and prohibited going outside.
The new students had to find their own food and endure!
‘What kind of school is this… but honestly, I’m not even surprised anymore.’
In a school where people could die without anyone knowing, having to secure your own food wasn’t particularly surprising.
Lee Han carried the boars one by one to the creek side.
A place with water was better for draining blood and butchering the organs.
“I’ll help.”
Yoner rolled up his sleeves and approached.
“Will you be okay?”
“We’ll have to handle much worse materials than this in the future. But you’ll share some meat with me, right?”
“…”
Lee Han thought he heard rumbling sounds from Yoner’s stomach.
Nilia stayed behind, then spoke as if dumbfounded.
“Are you two really going to butcher it!?”
“Yeah.”
“But… why at school…”
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“…Fine! I’ll help too!”
Lee Han had learned hunting and butchering methods while with Alarlong, and Nilia was literally an expert.
Moreover, Yoner wasn’t an amateur either, having practiced handling materials many times.
“Here’s the equipment. This should be enough.”
Thunderstep brought the necessary equipment. His eyes were full of interest, as if thinking ‘let’s see how they do this.’
Lee Han drew his dagger and skinned the hide.
Scrape-
‘He’s good at this?’
Nilia was honestly surprised.
She hadn’t expected Lee Han, who came from a great noble family, to be as skilled as she was.
The three worked hard together to skin the hide, then sorted the meat and hung it on tree branches.
Since they were so large, there were plenty of edible parts, but Lee Han didn’t throw away the organs either.
‘I should make sausages with the organs.’
Since he didn’t know how long this hellish first-year life would last, the more food he could make, the better.
“Are you planning to smoke it?”
“Yes.”
“Not bad…!”
Thunderstep was impressed.
They couldn’t just leave all this meat as it was. No matter how cool the weather was, it would spoil after some time.
But if they smoked the meat by exposing it to smoke, it would last much longer. It was a very good method for new students.
“Professor. I’ll use some of these wood pieces.”
“Wait… wait.”
When Lee Han reached for the wood stacked near the cabin, Thunderstep panicked.
Smoking wasn’t done with just any wood. Since it was done with smoke, the more fragrant the wood, the better.
‘Those are premium apple wood logs I carefully prepared…’
Lee Han had a talent for recognizing good things and smoothly took them. Thunderstep clicked his tongue in regret.
“Nilia. Is this enough?”
“More than enough. It’s overflowing.”
Smoke rose thickly and the sizzling smell of meat tickled their noses. Beads of sweat formed on the foreheads of the three working hard.
Rumble-
Lee Han turned his gaze. It wasn’t Yoner, and it wasn’t Nilia either.
It was the Dwarf Professor.
“…Are you hungry?”
“Yeah. I am getting a bit peckish.”
Lee Han stood up from his spot. When a professor is hungry, a graduate student automatically moves.
‘Since there’s plenty of meat, I should grill some.’
“Professor. Some bread and butter…”
“…Take what you need…”
Thunderstep grumbled, but since it was a meal he would be eating too, he didn’t say anything more.
Lee Han placed meat on the iron frying pan. Even when placing the meat, he didn’t just put it on. He properly seasoned it with salt and pepper.
Rub, rub-
“What are you doing?”
“Preparing it.”
“?”
Thunderstep thought Lee Han was preparing it in quite an unusual way.
He could just grill it…
But Lee Han didn’t stop there. He scored the meat, oiled the frying pan, then placed the meat on it.
With a sizzling sound, the smell of cooking meat spread richly. Lee Han also placed vegetables he’d brought from beside the cabin on the frying pan.
“Why are you stopping??”
When Lee Han stopped grilling, the Dwarf Professor panicked. It wasn’t cooked yet.
“It’s better if I add butter like this.”
“You’re not trying to tell me you have no talent for alchemy by doing this, are you?”
Thunderstep cast a suspicious glance. He had no intention of letting him off even if that were the case.
“Try it first before saying that.”
When the meat was grilled golden brown, a quite decent meal was completed.
Pork steak and grilled vegetables. And thick bread and butter brought from the cabin.
Though it wasn’t freshly baked bread, for new students who had only eaten black bread, this was more than enough.
Chomp chomp-
Suddenly it became quiet.
All four were absorbed in eating.
The one eating most heartily was Thunderstep.
The Dwarf Professor tore off a handful of bread, stuffed a large chunk of grilled pork between it, then ate it heartily.
Then he walked alone to the cabin and came out carrying a jar filled with jam.
“…”
“…”
“…I’ll share it out little by little, so don’t look at me with those eyes. You blockheads.”
How to Survive as a Mage at Magic School
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