Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1035

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Chapter 1035

 

“Uh, is this really okay??”

 

Even while flying away as fast as an arrow, Lee Han didn’t forget to harbor doubts.

 

It was actually natural.

 

In a situation where the Crazy Knight had come looking, was it okay to leave just the senior behind and escape like this?

 

“If two powerful combat mages leave, then the senior will also…”

 

“Student Lee Han! It’s good to evaluate yourself highly, but! This! Is something! Student Lee Han! Doesn’t need to! Get involved in!”

 

Pop!

 

Professor Garcia followed behind using spatial leap and spoke.

 

Currently, Professor Boladi was casting quite high-level composite enhancement magic including strength enhancement, time acceleration, and spatial compression.

 

Truly a speed that would make him disappear in the blink of an eye.

 

To follow that, Professor Garcia also had to grit her teeth and cast spatial leap.

 

‘Good grief. I thought he needed to have some confidence, but to put himself on the same level as Professor Bagrek.’

 

“No. I was talking about the professors when I said powerful combat mages.”

 

“…I’m not a combat mage, Student Lee Han!”

 

Professor Garcia let out a scream full of bewilderment.

 

Because of that, her spatial leap was delayed once and when Professor Garcia staggered, Professor Boladi also stopped moving.

 

“This should be enough.”

 

“Th-thank you, Professor.”

 

“I’m grateful too?”

 

Lee Han also gave thanks along with Professor Garcia.

 

The reason there was a question mark at the end was because he still had doubts about whether this was really something to be grateful for.

 

“Still, with the Crazy Knight coming, leaving him behind is a bit…”

 

“You really don’t need to worry. The senior is someone who can easily shake him off even alone.”

 

Professor Garcia wasn’t worried at all.

 

Currently in the Empire, or more precisely, the Skeleton Principal’s former disciples visible outside Einroguard basically all had the ability to take care of themselves.

 

Disciples who didn’t have such ability had already been caught and taken to the punishment room long ago.

 

Considering the Great Artist’s skills, no matter how strong a knight might be, he would instantly toy with him and escape.

 

“Even so, I’m still a bit worried…”

 

“Graaah!! You spell-caster!!! Disappearing again!!! Come out I say!!!!”

 

As soon as those words ended, the knight’s frustrated voice could be heard from far away.

 

Professor Garcia spoke as if to say ‘I told you so.’

 

“See?”

 

“I-I see.”

 

Lee Han spoke while trying not to show his disappointment.

 

“But Professor. I didn’t know the senior would be unab… no, unable to keep promises like other common enchantment mages.”

 

“The senior isn’t unab… no, he’s not someone who can’t keep promises like other enchantment mages.”

 

Professor Garcia tilted her head.

 

Unlike Professor Verdus who had no intention of keeping promises from the start, the Artist was relatively good at keeping promises.

 

For such a person to be unable to keep them and run away like this.

 

“Maybe the senior… No. No. This might be too extreme a thought.”

 

“!”

 

When Professor Garcia trailed off, Lee Han showed a surprised expression.

 

Could it be?

 

“Is what I’m thinking correct?”

 

“…It probably is. Student Lee Han. It’s exactly…”

 

“That knight is the Principal’s spy, and the senior figured it out.”

 

“Completely wrong!!”

 

Professor Garcia was shocked by her disciple’s rich imagination. Even Professor Boladi seemed faintly surprised.

 

“Isn’t it? Nothing else comes to mind.”

 

“The senior’s work got stuck. If his magic wasn’t blocked, there’d be no particular reason to run away like that.”

 

Enchantment mages who took on commissions with big talk but got stuck due to unexpected circumstances were divided into two cases.

 

One was to boldly shout like Professor Verdus, ‘It’s blocked! It’s not my fault! I did my best!’

 

The other was to run away and try to find a solution.

 

The Artist was a typical case of the latter.

 

“Huh? Can’t he just explain the situation and ask for more time?”

 

“What are you talking about, Student Lee Han. How could he do such an embarrassing thing?”

 

Professor Garcia shuddered as if she didn’t even want to think about such a shameful act of throwing away one’s pride.

 

Even Professor Boladi shook his head as if that wasn’t right. Lee Han felt unfairly wronged.

 

‘Am I the strange one?’

 

“Let’s go and try to stop him. The Petrogard students will suffer.”

 

The knight from the Garihi family who had lost the Artist was howling like a beast and making the Petrogard students flee in all directions.

 

As a professor of the same magic school, he couldn’t just leave that alone.

 

“Understood.”

 

“Wait!”

 

When Professor Boladi was about to step forward, Professor Garcia quickly stopped him.

 

“?”

 

“…I’ll do it!”

 

“No. Professor, you’re not a combat mage.”

 

Lee Han made good use of what he had just learned. Professor Garcia glared at her overly clever disciple.

 

‘Not knowing people’s hearts!’

 

If she sent Professor Boladi, he might inflict more injuries on that knight than necessary.

 

Since tracing back the reason why that knight was causing a disturbance, there was also the senior’s fault, she didn’t want to be too harsh on the opponent.

 

However, Professor Garcia was missing the fact that her disciple had grown a lot in the meantime.

 

Naturally, Lee Han guessed what Professor Garcia was thinking.

 

“I’ll go with Professor Bagrek. If it looks like the opponent will get hurt, I’ll stop him.”

 

“…Student Lee Han. It’s not that I’m underestimating your abilities, but will that be okay?”

 

“You don’t need to worry. The Professor will listen if I speak to him too.”

 

At Lee Han’s words, Professor Boladi silently nodded as if there was no need to worry.

 

Professor Garcia felt reassured but also worried in a different sense.

 

‘Isn’t he listening to his disciple too well?’

 

Einroguard professors basically needed to have the habit of being somewhat suspicious of students.

 

‘Students’ struggle against professors’ was one of the unofficial mottos symbolizing Einroguard.

 

Of course, she wasn’t in a position to talk about others either…

 

“Then let’s go… …Professor! You need to move together!!”

 

Lee Han hurriedly chased after Professor Boladi who had already disappeared far away.

 

* * *

 

Ram of the Garihi family was an excellent knight, but he had a fatal weakness.

 

It was carelessness.

 

The carelessness that currently there were only mages from Petrogard and Baldrogard here at most!

 

That carelessness caught the knight’s ankle.

 

“…Ugh?”

 

Professor Boladi stuck cursed daggers made by projecting shadows into each of the opponent’s limbs, then quickly withdrew from range.

 

Ram, who counterattacked as soon as he was ambushed, realized that his opponent had disappeared and that his limbs had become as heavy as if bound with chunks of metal.

 

‘…Strong!’

 

Ram, who had been angrily demanding the Artist come out, felt his anger disappear and his head cool down.

 

The blow he had just received was that fatal. Whether it was a curse with multiple magic linked together, it didn’t easily disappear even when he poured burning mana into it.

 

To be cursed like this at the start without even confirming the enemy’s identity. It was an unbelievable mistake.

 

Thud!

 

“Urgh!”

 

At the same time, a strong telekinetic force pressed down on the knight. It was 【Wardanaz’s Telekinesis】.

 

“I’ll subdue you for causing a disturbance in Petrograd.”

 

“How, how dare…! Ugh!”

 

As the knight circulated all his mana throughout his body to overcome the telekinetic restraints, Lee Han immediately cast 【Raven’s Eye】 as well.

 

In response, the knight set his entire body ablaze.

 

The burning mana wasn’t a metaphor—his body was literally on fire.

 

“Hrrruuup!”

 

‘Mana explosion!’

 

Lee Han was amazed by the knight’s rare technique.

 

Though not as much as mages, knights could also imbue their mana with attributes.

 

The knight before him had clearly maximized the fire elemental attribute in his body’s mana before exploding it. While too simple to be called magic, its power was certainly tremendous.

 

Not only 【Raven’s Eye】 but even the telekinetic force pressing down on his body was swept away in an instant.

 

“For a mere mage to appear so carelessly before a knight!”

 

Though the cursed dagger hadn’t been dispelled yet, Ram tried to catch Lee Han by supplementing his limbs’ strength with his remaining mana.

 

Since the magic had been deflected, the mage should have suffered some shock as well.

 

And at that moment, telekinesis and the eye spell were cast again.

 

“Kuhheuk…! H-how?!”

 

The knight, who never imagined his opponent could continue pouring mana to cast spells regardless of whether his magic was deflected or not, collapsed with a thud.

 

Lee Han felt slightly sorry and said.

 

“I’m sorry. Please calm down first…”

 

“Bal… why is a Baldrogard mage so stro… kuhheuk!”

 

‘Oops.’

 

Lee Han, who had momentarily increased the telekinetic output, quickly stopped. However, his opponent had already fainted.

 

Looking to the side, he saw Professor Boladi staring intently. Lee Han found himself making excuses without realizing it.

 

“He’s not seriously injured. …Probably.”

 

* * *

 

When Ram regained consciousness, he honestly apologized.

 

It wasn’t just because he had been subdued. Originally, as an Imperial knight, causing trouble in another magic school’s territory was shameful.

 

“…I’m sorry to everyone. How shameful.”

 

“What kind of request did you make to the artist that made him so angry?”

 

“Hmm. It’s a long story.”

 

Ram made an expression showing he wasn’t very willing. Then Professor Boladi slowly began preparing to move from behind. Anyone could see it was preparation for torture.

 

Lee Han was horrified and shouted in an urgent voice.

 

“Please tell us the story! We might be able to help!”

 

“Well… alright. I’ll tell you.”

 

The knight, who had been pondering, finally gave up and opened his mouth.

 

Since he was caught like this, it didn’t seem like the mages in front of him would give up easily.

 

Ram of the Garihi Family, a knight belonging to the Empire’s Fire Knight Order, had a lover and childhood friend whose future he had promised since childhood.

 

However, this lover was constitutionally weak and eventually died young, unable to overcome a magical plague.

 

The knight, keeping his grief deep in his heart, sought out the Great Artist.

 

To obtain a work that would help him remember his lover from when she was alive.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

Lee Han and Professor Garcia, who heard the circumstances, broke out in cold sweat.

 

The sweat wouldn’t stop due to guilt.

 

“…Professor!!”

 

“I, I didn’t know either. Student Lee Han. I had no idea it was such a story!”

 

Apart from Professor Garcia, Lee Han, who had even directly participated in the subdual with magic, felt twice the guilt.

 

“This won’t do. We need to at least explain the situation.”

 

“Let’s do that. Student Lee Han!”

 

The two approached after finishing their conversation. The knight was puzzled by the two mages’ fidgeting appearance.

 

What?

 

“Actually, the thing is…”

 

30 minutes later.

 

The red-haired knight who had heard the full explanation frowned.

 

“I see. So that’s what it was?”

 

“We’ll apologize on his behalf.”

 

“I’m sorry!”

 

As juniors from the same school, Professor Garcia and Lee Han apologized sincerely.

 

However, Ram shook his head.

 

“It’s fine. I thought he had given up entirely, but since that’s not the case, it’s rather better. But why does he avoid explaining the reason?”

 

“…That’s what I’m saying!”

 

Lee Han strongly agreed.

 

If he had just explained, this originally good knight wouldn’t have exploded like this.

 

Tap tap tap-

 

Ram, freed from his restraints, stood up and dusted himself off.

 

“Don’t feel too sorry. I did something shameful too, so let’s both forget about it.”

 

“Sob. I won’t forget the knight’s great magnanimity.”

 

“I told you not to do that… Please convey my apologies to Petrograd’s mages as well. I’m sorry I can’t do it directly. I caused too much trouble for such excellent mages.”

 

The knight praised each of the Petrograd mages’ works he had seen and felt sorry.

 

The dynamically lifelike wyvern statue (though the wings were shaped a bit wrong) and the beautiful moon spirit painting swimming in a night pond.

 

The living, moving prince painting that hung in the artist’s room…

 

“Petrograd mages certainly have excellent aspects.”

 

Lee Han honestly acknowledged it.

 

His thoughts had changed through his conversation with the Great Artist.

 

Unlike Baldrogard, Petrograd certainly had excellent aspects.

 

“…Wait a moment. What did you just say? What painting?”

 

“The beautiful moon spirit painting swimming in a night pond? Come to think of it, it seemed like undead walking out of a swamp…”

 

The latter part was concerning, but Lee Han let it pass. There was something more important.

 

“Did you say there was a prince painting in the quarters? A living, moving one???”

 

“That’s right. He was very kind. Do you happen to know which prince it is?”

 

“…”

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