Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1011
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Chapter 1011
The Death Knight sitting on the coachman’s seat quickly assessed the faces of the mages who had come to greet them.
‘Lava Forge Magic Tower, Snowflake Magic Tower, Water Magic Mountain Range Magic Tower, why are those Paragranium Guild bastards here? Even the Obsidian Magic Tower…’
Even at a rough glance, the number of participating magic towers was not just one or two.
It seemed Erindarvel had shared the news she heard with various magic towers.
The Skeleton Principal, realizing this as well, spoke with an irritated voice.
“If you heard about the small world, you should keep it to yourself, so why spread it across the entire Empire?”
From a practical standpoint, the Skeleton Principal’s criticism was correct.
If the Skeleton Principal had heard about a desired mage’s extraordinary talent, he would have immediately controlled the rumors first.
What good could come from increasing the number of competitors?
But this foolish Archmage had shared the news with multiple magic towers.
-It seems Lady Erindarvel, being a responsible Archmage, thought it was something other magic tower mages should know as well…
“So you’re saying I’m an irresponsible Archmage?”
-…
“…”
At the spiteful Skeleton Principal’s nitpicking, his subordinates and disciple fell silent.
The Skeleton Principal, realizing that getting irritated wouldn’t change anything, let out a sigh.
“Everyone’s making things troublesome from all sides…”
“What should we do now?”
At his disciple’s question, the Skeleton Principal nodded as if it was a good question.
“From now on, when you go out, disguise yourself and hide your identity. When you meet mages, first check if they belong to a magic tower, workshop, or guild. If they’re above a certain scale, don’t even sit with them.”
“…I don’t mean such distant future matters.”
“It’s not a distant future story? They came to see, so we have to show them.”
“The small world I’ve mastered is Basilios, but this isn’t something I can show just because I want to show it to others.”
To summon this crown inherited from the projection from a parallel dimension required devotion and nobility for others.
He couldn’t easily demonstrate it to the mages from the magic towers.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“?”
“Even if you just show them other things besides the small world, it’ll be enough anyway.”
At the Skeleton Principal’s words, the knights also nodded.
Just talking about normally learned magic or contract lists would make the mages faint.
“…”
While Lee Han looked reluctant, the Skeleton Principal read the last part of the letter he hadn’t paid attention to earlier.
…Yukveltire is trying to sue Your Excellency in the Imperial Court for stealing his prior agreement on research…
“Do you happen to know what this is about?”
“I had promised to help Senior Yukveltire with his research during the vacation.”
“Ah. I see.”
The Skeleton Principal snickered and burned the letter.
“…Um, he said he would sue in court, is that okay?”
“Tell him to work hard at it. That guy still has a long way to go.”
The merciful Skeleton Principal intended to give a lesson to the foolish student.
If you wanted to conduct research with a certain mage, you had to hold onto them well.
If you became complacent relying only on promises, you’d get robbed like this.
“Tsk tsk. To not realize it even after seeing what his own professor does.”
The Skeleton Principal felt pity seeing how he failed to grasp this obvious principle despite being Professor Verdus’s disciple.
Some mages could never be bound by Imperial law.
When dealing with such mages, you had to seize them directly with force!
* * *
Lee Han was a bit worried about not being able to show the small world, but the Skeleton Principal and knights were right.
The mages from various magic towers were sufficiently satisfied even without showing the small world.
“For advanced magic of the lightning element, 【Wardanaz’s Thunder Flower】…”
“Heoeoook!”
“You mean celestial magic? I have contracted with stars though…”
“Heoeoeoeoook!”
“Um…”
“Heoeoeoeoeoeoook!”
“…I haven’t said anything yet.”
“Ah. Sorry about that.”
The mages, accustomed to being surprised, felt embarrassed after trying to be surprised in advance.
They had been so surprised so many times that they unconsciously reacted with amazement first.
“What were you trying to say?”
“Ah. It’s nothing much, but I was curious how much more magic I need to use.”
“Oh my! We failed to consider the young talent. Let’s stop here.”
The mages spoke with apologetic smiles.
Of course, Lee Han hadn’t said it with the intention of stopping. It was just a question.
He hadn’t even brought up the Skeleton Principal’s debt story yet.
“I can do more though.”
“No, no! There’s no need for that.”
“Right. While Einroguard works mages harshly, we at Snowflake Magic Tower don’t treat them that way.”
“Anyway, Einroguard is a terrible and evil place. Isn’t that right?”
“?”
Lee Han sensed something strange in the mages’ conversation.
What was this?
“Um… it is tough, but calling it terrible and evil… well, it is correct though…”
“Exactly! Staying in such a place for too long completely twists a person. If my memory serves me right, wasn’t Professor Verdus there too?”
“That’s right! Professor Verdus was there. Haven’t you thought that staying too long might make you become a mage like Professor Verdus?”
“…”
Lee Han couldn’t believe it.
So right now…
Were they having this conversation to invite him to their magic towers?
‘No way. Would Imperial mages really do something so transparent?’
“Are you perhaps trying to give me a negative impression of Einroguard right now?”
“Wh, what?”
“Not at all? We were just discussing obvious facts about Einroguard.”
“Do you know that statistically, mages who graduate from Einroguard have a higher probability of becoming mage criminals?”
“Stop acting so crudely.”
The Skeleton Principal suddenly stuck his face out and cut off the conversation.
The mages were startled as if they had encountered an evil lich in the deepest part of a dungeon.
“If you’re also mages, you should make invitations fairly and squarely with magic. What kind of magic your towers have, what secrets you possess…”
At the wise Archmage’s advice, the mages from the magic towers responded enthusiastically.
“So that’s why you confined Professor Kim to Einroguard?”
“There are mages who have the right to speak of fairness.”
“Why don’t you release Professor Verdus?”
“…I didn’t confine Professor Garcia! He chose it himself!”
While the Skeleton Principal couldn’t deny the other points, he strongly denied the first accusation.
That was truly malicious slander.
“Ha. I suppose you would think so.”
“Aren’t all the Einroguard students also happily doing magic of their own free will?”
“I think he probably locked them in the punishment room and threatened them.”
“…”
The Skeleton Principal instinctively realized that if he said anything more, he wouldn’t even break even against these venomous mages.
This had been predetermined karma ever since he had deceived them with Professor Garcia.
“…Still, you’ll grant my request for the sake of my disciple’s face here, won’t you?”
“Of course. We’ll completely erase the debt.”
“The artifact you asked us to hand over last time, would you like to take it now?”
“Haha. No need.”
The Skeleton Principal slyly poked his disciple’s back.
It meant to quietly slip away now that they had obtained everything they wanted.
Lee Han, who had grown accustomed to dealing with mages flashing with madness, nodded and silently stepped backward.
His stealth was so perfect that the mages didn’t even notice the disciple had disappeared while they were talking with the Skeleton Principal.
-You’ve worked hard.
The knights who had been watching anxiously also breathed sighs of relief.
-We were worried the mages might go crazy and attempt a kidnapping.
“No matter what, they’re all people affiliated with magic towers, so surely they wouldn’t go that far?”
-In the old days with Professor Kim, they actually attacked and burned down the master’s villa…
“…What did you say earlier about how I should behave going forward?”
Lee Han felt the need to properly remember the advice he had casually brushed off earlier.
When going outside, disguise yourself, hide your identity, and when meeting mages, magic towers or…
-Still, don’t worry too much.
“Right? Even so, mages affiliated with the Empire’s official magic towers wouldn’t go so far as to…”
-Ah. That’s not what I meant. I meant that since you’re an excellent combat mage, heir, you’d be able to respond well even if the tower mages attempted a kidnapping.
“…Wow… How truly delightful.”
At the heir’s response, all the knights looked pleased.
It seemed to have been somewhat comforting.
While exiting the tower’s corridor with the knights, an unfamiliar mage appeared ahead.
It was a mage with silver hair and blue eyes. Lee Han whispered to the Death Knights.
“Is that person Erindarvel?”
-That’s correct. She resembles your friend, doesn’t she?
The knights naturally assumed Lee Han had recognized the person’s identity by their facial features.
“Ah. Indeed. She definitely resembles her.”
-Huh? Then how did you recognize her?
“The structure of the staff magic she’s using is similar to Senior Yukveltire’s…”
-…You’d better not say that in front of the magic tower mages.
“???”
Lee Han was puzzled by the knights’ reaction.
Was there some mistake in his recent speculation?
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. Lord Wardanaz. Welcome to our visit.”
“Greetings. Lady Erindarvel.”
The two mages greeted each other politely.
The archmage’s welcome had a somewhat strict and stiff feeling.
However, Lee Han felt slightly relieved just by the fact that she didn’t badmouth Einroguard or ramble about how wonderful it would be to come to their magic tower after graduation.
‘She might be a good person.’
His average expectations had dropped considerably due to the mages he’d met recently.
“Thank you for the magic demonstration you showed during today’s visit. It surely left a deep impression on the other mages as well.”
“Not at all. It was inadequate magic, so I’m only ashamed.”
-Inadequate?
The Death Knights muttered as if dumbfounded, but Lee Han signaled them to shut up.
“By the way, I heard that Senior Yukveltire sent a letter, and I’m sorry. Because of the Principal…”
“Are you referring to Yukveltire’s research?”
“Yes.”
“That’s insignificant research, so you don’t need to help with it. Please proceed with your own research, Lord Wardanaz.”
“…You really are Senior Yukveltire’s mother!”
“?”
“Ah. I apologize. It’s nothing.”
Lee Han quickly recovered, realizing it was rude.
“It doesn’t seem like such insignificant research though. If she could create an artificial dimension even locally…”
“When researching magic, one must consider both possibility and utility upon success. To put it in Einroguard terms, it would be a failing grade. Moreover, she’s even causing trouble for her friend.”
“Friend? Who…”
-Dark Magic School! She means the Dark Magic School!
One of the knights whispered desperately. Only then did Lee Han come to his senses.
“Ah! You mean Senior Diret! I have so many other friends that I was momentarily confused about who you were referring to.”
“???”
Erindarvel looked at the Wardanaz family mage as if he were strange.
Could there possibly be two Yukveltires at Einroguard?
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