Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1004
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Chapter 1004
The Skeleton Principal looked down at the bundle of papers and sent a reassuring gaze toward his disciple who was muttering to himself.
As he had thought before, the most genius talent this Wardanaz family mage possessed might not be his magical skills but his eloquence.
Please sweep away the Empire’s bureaucrats once again this time!
* * *
Silvas, who worked as an examiner for the Empire’s Treasury Department, was startled.
After returning from examining whether the 【Centaur Magic Relay Station】 project in the eastern region had any potential, the atmosphere inside the imperial palace was very ominous.
-What on earth happened?
-Don’t even ask. Lord Gonadaltes attacked the Treasury Department. The Treasury Minister was hung upside down.
-Oh, no! Because of that ridiculous research and experiments?! Isn’t that going too far?!
Einrogard’s mages were notorious for tormenting bureaucrats by asking for gold coin support even for the most worthless research.
And it was the Skeleton Principal who visited with those applications. From Silvas’s perspective, he couldn’t help but think that way.
-This time it’s a bit different. He said he would permanently confine the thought entity that invaded Einrogard. But who knows the truth? What if Einrogard’s mages took gold coins again with another strange excuse?
-Still, would His Lordship tell such a shallow lie… well, he could.
-Right. You be careful too. Everyone’s nerves are on edge right now.
No bureaucrat would be happy after having a massive amount of gold coins borrowed from them almost like robbery.
The bureaucrats’ nerves were now as sharp as those of Einrogard students whose food storage had been blown away.
‘Huh.’
Silvas sat down in front of his heavy rosewood desk and fell into thought.
The story he heard was so shocking that he couldn’t just let it pass.
Lord Gonadaltes, the lord of Einrogard, was receiving enormous trust as His Imperial Majesty’s Marryongwan.
Indeed, entering the imperial palace like this time and hanging the Treasury Minister upside down to forcibly borrow gold coins was not something just anyone could do. It would have been impossible without His Majesty’s tacit consent.
Then had something truly dangerous happened in the Einrogard territory?
‘No. Even so, hanging the Treasury Minister upside down is too much.’
The other bureaucrats were now grinding their teeth.
If the Skeleton Principal didn’t repay the borrowed gold coins on time, they were planning to mercilessly extract gold from Einrogard’s other subsidies to compensate.
“Excuse me. Are you in?”
“Oh my. Isn’t this Lee Han of the Wardanaz family?”
Silvas was startled by the unexpected visitor.
And he thought.
‘Huh? Has Einrogard’s semester already ended?’
It seemed like there were still a few more days left?
“Here’s a gift. You seemed to like it last time.”
Lee Han took out coffee and apple pie that he had bought from 【Rock Spirit’s Apple Jam Cafe】 located in front of the imperial palace.
The warm consideration that couldn’t be seen from the arrogant bastards who visited the imperial palace made Silvas’s heart as warm as the apple pie.
‘Sob. The others should learn from seeing that.’
After sharing snacks with other colleagues (the bureaucrats looked at Lee Han with expressions of shock and emotion), Silvas thanked him once more and then said.
“Oh right. Mage. 【Research on Races Preferred as Food by Trolls】 is already showing effects.”
“Pardon?”
Lee Han paused at the sudden remark and then belatedly realized.
This wasn’t his first time visiting the imperial palace in the Empire’s capital. Last year, he had come with the Skeleton Principal and spouted nonsense to get the upperclassmen’s ridiculous research topics approved.
One of them was precisely 【Research on Races Preferred as Food by Trolls】.
‘What did I say back then? Did I say that research on races preferred as food was necessary to reduce damage caused by trolls?’
Looking back now, it sounded like nonsense. Lee Han was amazed at how this had passed.
“Wait. You said it’s showing effects? Already?”
“Yes. The trend of damage caused by trolls is clearly decreasing. The 【Wasteland Stargazers】 in the west even sent a plaque of appreciation.”
“…”
Lee Han reflected on the fact that he had not trusted his upperclassman.
Who knew it would be such good research…!
“Einrogard mages’ research is always only for the Empire. Baldr… ahem. Some external mages slander them, but it’s fortunate that at least Silvas recognizes the truth.”
‘Is that so?’
Silvas tilted his head inwardly.
Of course, the research that the Wardanaz family boy had brought last year were indeed excellent research despite their appearance.
But separately from that, the fact that Einrogard mages were being slandered seemed a bit puzzling.
It didn’t seem like they were particularly being slandered…
“Actually, I visited today because of the thought entity incident that occurred at Einrogard.”
“So it really did happen!”
“Pardon?”
“Oh, no. It’s nothing.”
Silvas quickly changed the subject.
He couldn’t tell an Einrogard student that he had doubted the truth of what the Skeleton Principal had said.
“I heard that the Principal greatly overexerted himself for the students’ safety this time. And that he caused trouble for the bureaucrats because of it…”
“Oh, no. I understand Lord Gonadaltes’s feelings.”
“Thank you for understanding. The Principal is originally a cool-headed person, but he loses his reason when it comes to student matters.”
‘Is that so?’
Silvas once again tilted his head inwardly.
For that to be true, the rumors flowing out of Einrogard seemed quite ominous…
“The gold borrowed from the Empire’s treasury should be repaid immediately, but couldn’t it be postponed just a little longer? If only for the research of Einrogard mages.”
“Hmm…”
Silvas made an expression full of concern.
In his heart, Silvas wanted to say he would help, but he doubted whether he could persuade the other bureaucrats.
“I’ll do my best, but I can’t guarantee anything. Of course, I think supporting Einrogard mages is important for the Empire, what with this 【Research on Races Preferred as Food by Trolls】 and all, but the other bureaucrats are quite angry…”
“There’s no need for that!”
“!?”
The door to the luxurious imperial palace guest room opened and a person he’d never seen before entered.
Thud!
The man was so huge that he hit his forehead on the door frame while entering. He frowned briefly from the pain, then bowed his head and came inside.
Lee Han had never seen such a large human before. His build surpassed even upperclassman Falkrious.
“Are you Lee Han of the Wardanaz family?”
Even though he seemed to be speaking lightly, the spacious guest room seemed to resonate loudly.
Not only that, but his eyes flickered as if burning, and intense energy spread in all directions from his trained body. He looked like a warrior from ancient myths.
Lee Han suspected that perhaps the Treasury Minister had hired guards from the north for revenge.
“That’s correct, but who might you be…”
“I am Wuman, His Majesty’s fourth son. I’ve heard much about you from my elder sister. Let me express my gratitude first!”
“????”
Lee Han’s brain momentarily stopped, wondering who this elder sister was.
And then he realized belatedly.
‘…Jowrin’s younger brother!?’
Come to think of it, Jowrin was the third child. If the man before him was the fourth, then she would indeed be his elder sister.
…Though it was completely unimaginable from their appearances…
“Uh… that is…”
“What is it? If you have questions, feel free to ask! You are a dragon’s contractor after all!”
“Prince Jowurin seems… still… well… quite young…?”
“Ah! My elder sister has such a large spiritual vessel.”
Wuman explained simply in his booming voice.
Small vessels are completed quickly, but large vessels take a long time to complete.
Wuman grew quickly because he was a small vessel, but Jowrin grew slowly because she was a large vessel.
‘…Is there any basis for that?’
As a mage, Lee Han wanted to hear logic and theory, but he didn’t dare voice his disagreement in front of someone whose build surpassed even Senior Falkrious or Professor Garcia.
Wuman opened his mouth again.
“Actually, aside from what I heard from my sister, I’ve heard other stories about you separately.”
“Huh. What stories?”
Lee Han instinctively tensed up.
There were so many things he had done, after all.
Last year, he had defeated powerful enemies like ghouls, the Frost Giant King, mage criminals, anti-magic extremists, basilisks, and sea serpents, and this year he had faced ancient archmage thought-forms, evil hamsters, demigods trying to conquer the continent, and in his spare time, he had even done a little robbery in Granden City…
‘Which one is he talking about?’
“That you’re very righteous!”
“…Specifically which one?”
“???”
Silvas was confused by Lee Han’s question.
Were there so many stories that he needed to ask which specific one?
However, Wuman shook his head.
“I’d like to talk at length, but I can’t. You have your own business to attend to. And Wuman has his own business too! Anyway, Silvas. You don’t need to suffer!”
“Pardon? What do you mean by that…”
Silvas, who belatedly came to his senses, was puzzled.
No matter how much Wuman was His Majesty’s fourth child, he couldn’t suppress the angry bureaucrats…
“Wuman will pay the gold needed for the imperial treasury instead! Don’t touch the support funds going to Einroguard.”
“…Are you really sure that’s alright?”
“Of course!”
Silvas jumped up.
Then he hugged Wuman tightly in his emotion.
There were noble factions in the Empire that ignored over a hundred members of the Imperial Family, but if they saw what happened today, they wouldn’t dare say such things.
How could anyone make such a decision without noble blood?
As Silvas was hugging Wuman tightly, he realized there was one more person beside him.
Before he knew it, the mage from the Wardanaz Family was also hugging Wuman tightly.
“Both of you, step back!”
“Yes! Your Majesty!”
* * *
The Emperor’s fourth child personally saw Lee Han off as he left the Imperial Palace.
“Thank you so much, Your Majesty.”
“No! There’s no need to thank me. You deserve this kind of help, and Einroguard is a school that fully deserves it too.”
“?”
Listening to Wuman’s words, Lee Han felt something was off.
Just from what he was saying, this dragon seemed like he could easily become a faithful patron and investor of Einroguard.
He was a dragon, and he recognized Einroguard’s value…
But then why had he never heard this person’s name from the Skeleton Principal?
‘Was he poor until recently?’
“Your Majesty. But the amount of gold isn’t small – will you really be alright?”
“There’s no need to worry about Wuman. I pile up the money from selling mage cards in my vault every year.”
“…You sell mage cards?!”
“Yes! It’s an honorable role inherited from my ancestors.”
Lee Han felt like he had entered a myth.
To meet the mage card creator of the current era like this.
That mysterious creator whose identity no one knew!
“It’s an honor. My friend really loves them too.”
“Your friend must be young?”
“…Uh, don’t older people often enjoy mage cards too?”
At those words, Wuman frowned. He looked very displeased.
“That’s wrong! For adults to take away and enjoy things made for children?”
“…”
Lee Han resolved to keep today’s meeting secret from Gainando.
“Anyway, thank you so much for helping. Since you’ve persuaded the most difficult bureaucrats, the remaining nobles and mages should be much easier to convince.”
“You’re going to persuade them?”
“Pardon? Yes.”
Wuman muttered.
“Another evil deed by Lord Gonadaltes.”
“?”
“It’s nothing. Oh! I have a favor to ask. Could you possibly keep this meeting with Wuman secret from Lord Gonadaltes? Of course, I know it’s a difficult request. You’re Lord Gonadaltes’ disciple, after all. But this is truly for the greater good and justice…”
“It’s not difficult. I’ll do it.”
“?!”
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