Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1056

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Chapter 1056

 

Despite Professor Garcia’s protest, the Skeleton Principal answered shamelessly.

 

If that guy puts his mind to it, he could easily persuade Professor Boladi and bring him back. The fact that he doesn’t means he likes wandering around together too.

 

“…”

 

It was an absurd argument, but Professor Garcia couldn’t refute it for a moment.

 

Certainly, with his disciple’s eloquence, persuading would be more than enough.

 

Professor Boladi was strict and blunt, but he was relatively lenient with his disciple. If Lee Han had whined, there was a high chance he would have listened.

 

‘…No, wait. Am I being deceived by the Principal?’

 

While Professor Garcia was confused, there were people watching all this from the second-floor balcony of the villa mansion.

 

It was Jowrin and Eandurude.

 

The golden-haired girl who was licking the ice cream in her hand while watching all this asked Eandurude.

 

“Does Gonadaltes always treat Lee Han like that?”

 

“Huh? Yeah.”

 

“That’s really too much!”

 

Jowrin tapped the tile floor repeatedly with the heel of her red shoes, getting angry as if it were her own business.

 

Who would have thought that the affairs of the outside world, which she didn’t know about when she was at the mansion, were actually like this.

 

“I’ve decided. When Jowrin goes to Einroguard, I’ll stop such things from happening!”

 

“…Uh… do you really need to…?”

 

Eandurude suddenly felt anxious.

 

If Jowrin had been a reliable adult dragon, Eandurude might have been tempted, thinking ‘Gasp, a dragon is going to tear down Einroguard?’

 

But the Jowrin that Eandurude had seen so far still had many clumsy aspects.

 

Even if she said she would change Einroguard, it seemed like she would be deceived by the Skeleton Principal and get played instead…

 

“What were you two talking about?”

 

While they were chattering, other 2nd year students heard Jowrin’s voice and approached.

 

When Jowrin saw familiar students she had met last semester, she thought it was perfect timing and called out.

 

“Ah. Everyone’s here! Listen up! To Jowrin’s resolution!”

 

“Huh? What resolution?”

 

“When Jowrin goes to Einroguard…!”

 

Jowrin in human form gave a passionate speech.

 

Although her intimidation was less than when in dragon form (in fact, she looked as cute as a bisque doll, so there was no intimidation at all), her burning sincerity touched the hearts of the 2nd year students.

 

When the speech was over, the number of students listening had multiplied several times.

 

Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap-!

 

“Long live His Majesty! Long live His Majesty!!”

 

“The future of the Empire is here!”

 

Eandurude, the only one in her right mind, looked around frantically.

 

It seemed like this dragon would cause fewer accidents if her senior returned quickly.

 

* * *

 

“Wardanaz.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Tell me honestly.”

 

Giselle spoke in a cold voice.

 

Lee Han, who was gagging the third wanted criminal in front, flinched slightly.

 

“…I, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

 

“What are you hiding!”

 

What happened when they caught the second wanted criminal was as follows.

 

-Is it here?

 

-In the underground tavern, judging by the sounds, it’s definitely an unlicensed gambling den. A place where mercenaries often gather. Now. Both of you listen well. When we cause a commotion at the entrance with magic, Professor Bagrek will be waiting on the opposite side to round them all up. Got it, Wardanaz?

 

-I see. Got it. Moradi. …Everyone throw your weapons aside and get down!

 

-Hey! Wardanaz! Why are you charging in on your own! Are you crazy?!

 

-You bastard. Are you a worshipper of evil gods? Tell me now! If it’s discovered later that you were hiding it, the retaliation of a great noble family will come for you!

 

-Sp, spare me! No! I have no connection with evil gods whatsoever!

 

Ignoring the well-planned strategy where students would cause a commotion and Professor Boladi would ambush from the opposite side, Wardanaz had acted on his own.

 

From Giselle’s perspective, it was completely incomprehensible.

 

Maybe Angrago, but there was no way a guy like Wardanaz would charge in with blood rushing to his head.

 

The third wanted criminal was similar.

 

-…They say he’s hiding in the basement of this workshop. Wardanaz. If you really act on your own again this time… Wait. Where did Wardanaz go?

 

-Lee Han? He cast invisibility magic and went in earlier?

 

-…This is really!

 

Giselle, who had fallen for her friend’s words about getting snacks from a street stall (the freshly baked waffles were tempting too), felt ashamed of herself and quickly rushed into the workshop.

 

And what Giselle witnessed inside was Lee Han interrogating the wanted criminal, asking ‘Are you a worshipper of evil gods! If you’re a worshipper, tell me now!’ after beating up all the criminal’s accomplices.

 

No matter how she thought about it, this was definitely strange.

 

“…Sigh. I can’t help it. I thought it would be fine since Gainando doesn’t suspect anything, but I guess it was too much to expect.”

 

At her friend’s rude answer, Giselle’s fingertips trembled slightly with anger.

 

‘Who is this bastard comparing me to right now?’

 

Of all people, not some other friend!

 

Giselle closed her eyes and meditated quickly.

 

The experience accumulated at Einroguard wasn’t limited to magic alone. It applied to swordsmanship like this too.

 

Without those experiences, calming her mind this quickly would have been impossible.

 

“Right. You acted carelessly. Shall I guess? You definitely heard something. You probably got information about wanted criminals with bounties that even the professor doesn’t know about. And you’re trying to monopolize it.”

 

Giselle, who knew well about the habits of bounty hunters, made a sharp guess.

 

At that guess, Lee Han readily admitted.

 

“It’s roughly similar.”

 

“Right. You were originally crazy about danger…”

 

“Professor Bagrek can’t find out.”

 

Lee Han told Giselle the story he had heard from the Skeleton Principal.

 

While it was better for Gainando not to know, there was nothing good about deceiving Giselle who was already suspicious.

 

The elf friend’s face hardened upon hearing about the connection between the newly revived evil god worshipper cult and Professor Bagrek.

 

This was too different from what she had expected.

 

“But what were you about to say just now? What did I do about danger?”

 

“I said you always take risks, Wardanaz. You’re from Blue Dragon Tower, but that aspect is admirable.”

 

Giselle hastily changed her words.

 

She never expected he was following Professor Boladi for this reason.

 

She naturally thought they were traveling together to catch wanted criminals with bounties…!

 

“That doesn’t sound like what you were going to say?”

 

Lee Han was slightly suspicious, but given the situation, he didn’t press further.

 

“Anyway, Moradi. Since one has already appeared, we need to be more careful from now on. It can’t reach Professor Bagrek’s ears.”

 

“Were there any evil god worshippers after that?”

 

“No. There weren’t.”

 

Giselle inwardly offered condolences to the criminals caught in the second and third attempts.

 

Even though they were ordinary petty criminals who would have been caught normally, they had to endure all kinds of magic and threats due to bad luck.

 

‘More terrifying rumors about the Wardanaz family will spread… Well. Wardanaz doesn’t really care about that.’

 

The Wardanaz family already had several sinister rumors following them, and Wardanaz himself wasn’t the type to care much about such things.

 

Giselle just brushed off what she thought internally.

 

For Lee Han, who secretly cared a lot about such rumors, it would have been very lamentable.

 

“Then what should we do when catching the remaining wanted criminals? Do we absolutely have to catch them before Professor Bagrek?”

 

“Right. We catch them first, then check if they’re evil god worshippers or not, and if they are worshippers, we threaten them to keep their mouths shut.”

 

“What if they’re not worshippers?”

 

“Still, I need to threaten him to keep his mouth shut. I can’t let him say something strange to Professor Bagrek and make him suspicious.”

 

‘You already look suspicious enough…’

 

Giselle had that thought but settled for shaking her head.

 

Still, she felt a bit sorry that Wardanaz was willingly taking on hardships for Professor Bagrek’s sake.

 

‘…Wait. But why is Wardanaz, a second-year, doing this… Ah. Professor Bagrek has no disciples.’

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Oh, it’s nothing. More importantly, what’s this about retaliation from a great noble family? You kept saying that earlier.”

 

“I don’t know either. I just blurted out whatever came to mind.”

 

“…”

 

Giselle was dumbfounded.

 

What kind of guy is this?

 

But the effect had been powerful. Even she had flinched when she heard it.

 

“Aren’t you going to tell the Prince? By now he’s probably starting to get suspicious.”

 

“Ah. Right.”

 

When Lee Han reacted as if he had just remembered, Giselle nodded with an expression that said she knew this would happen.

 

“I should bring him some waffles. Then he’ll forget about being suspicious.”

 

“…It’s not really my place to say this, but aren’t you looking down on the Prince too much?”

 

* * *

 

The mage criminal Kitarenannum poured a sticky black liquid over the empty upper left side of his body.

 

With a sizzling sound, his broken flesh slowly repeated the cycle of regenerating and then being destroyed.

 

“Ugh. Damn spider bastard!”

 

The notorious reputation of coming from the void outside dimensions was indeed no false rumor.

 

The poison they spewed was on a completely different level from the poison of spider-type monsters on the continent. It burrowed into one’s very existence, leaving terrible aftereffects.

 

Kitarenannum had barely escaped with his life from within that, but he had lost a considerable amount of his stored magic and part of his physical body. It was truly a devastating blow.

 

Creak-

 

“Mage. The boss says to collect the lodging fee.”

 

“…Here it is.”

 

Kitarenannum threw a handful of gems to the mercenary who entered through the door.

 

The only place a mage criminal who had barely saved his life could entrust his body to was with fellow criminals.

 

The place where Kitarenannum was now located was what mercenaries called the 【Capital Underground Fortress】.

 

Of course, it wasn’t really a fortress.

 

This was originally an abandoned village located a bit away from the capital’s castle walls.

 

Mercenaries who discovered the ruined village with only traces remaining had modified its underground like a fortress.

 

As time, history, and rumors accumulated, this village’s underground came to possess defensive power comparable to a decent fortress.

 

The Empire’s land was vast, and there were many places beyond the reach of knights, so there were countless such disguised bandit hideouts…

 

…Kitarenannum rated this underground village quite highly.

 

It was because of the leader who ruled the village.

 

‘Iron Cloak Ibinta bastard. Just wait and see. Once I recover from my injuries, I’ll get everything back.’

 

Iron Cloak Ibinta.

 

He was from the notorious adventurer organization 【Kangle’s Shadow】, and now the leader of the bandit group that had established itself in this village’s underground.

 

His specialty lay precisely in that cautiousness.

 

Usually when bandits set up such hideouts, they gradually become greedy and their confidence swells, making them want to plunder nearby peddlers and carriages.

 

However, Ibinta displayed a cautiousness that was hard to believe for a bandit. Even if he went far away to do jobs, he never caused any incidents from this hideout.

 

Thanks to this, this underground village still hadn’t been discovered. That’s how Kitarenannum had barely managed to arrive and entrust his body here.

 

“Oh right. Mage. Don’t go outside for a while. There are guys lurking around near the village.”

 

“Did you confirm who they are?”

 

“Don’t know. What do I care? Probably looking for some escaped slave.”

 

The bandit showed no sign of fear at all.

 

Beyond being confident that they wouldn’t discover this underground, he believed it wouldn’t matter even if they did.

 

Even if a subjugation force was organized and entered from above, considering this fortress’s defensive power, they could easily escape through the tunnels.

 

“…”

 

Kitarenannum agreed with the bandit’s words to some extent. This underground fortress was certainly solid.

 

But strangely, his heart was restless and he felt ominous.

 

Why was that?

 

‘Let me check.’

 

Kitarenannum activated the sight magic he had installed outside. It was magic he had set up on the surface just in case.

 

“…!!!!”

 

Upon confirming the mage who was lurking around the village, Kitarenannum jumped up and packed his belongings.

 

He had to get as far away from here as quickly as possible!

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