Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1075
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Chapter 1075
‘Why did they focus on such a peculiar career among all of Stedal Nago’s many experiences?’
Of course, Lee Han had also included that career with some ambition.
Who in the Empire wouldn’t have wanted to increase their fortune during the bone flower speculation wave?
But he hadn’t expected people to pay so much attention to that particular detail.
Weren’t the experiences of being captured by pirates or finding treasure from treasure maps more interesting?
“What? That Nago family?! I heard about it too. They say he acquired eight families that went bankrupt during the bone flower speculation wave!”
“!”
Lee Han flinched at the already distorted rumor.
He hadn’t said anything like that?
“Amazing. Truly remarkable insight, and truly remarkable wealth. He wasn’t called the great magnate of the south for nothing.”
“Wasn’t it the west?”
“Huh? The east…”
“What kind of family is the Nago family? This is the first I’ve heard of it.”
“Ah. You must not have heard since you were away traveling. Recently…”
While the gathered people quickly shared rumors among themselves, the mages lying inside the boat shared bewildered glances.
What on earth was this situation?
“What is Stedal Nago?”
“I, I don’t know either. It seems like an alias. Is it an alias used by Einroguard students?”
“Could it be an alias used by Lord Gonadaltes?”
“That… that might be it.”
Puyo thought Abalkaigen’s hypothesis seemed plausible.
Looking at the Skeleton Principal’s behavior, he gave a strong impression of someone who lived without imperial law, but surprisingly, this archmage was quite law-abiding.
Of course, from the victim’s perspective, they’d naturally cry out ‘You call that law-abiding?!’ but it really was the restrained side of him.
But separate from that, suspicious rumors occasionally circulated in the Empire.
Rumors about people who suffered terrible fates after being attacked by an unidentified, fearsome archmage!
And strangely enough, such people always had recently crossed the Skeleton Principal somehow.
Puyo wouldn’t be surprised at all if the Skeleton Principal secretly used aliases to attack those who had crossed him.
“Come to think of it, the alias seems deeply related to Lord Gonadaltes too.”
“But isn’t it too carelessly chosen a name?”
“He probably has deep thoughts behind it. Something we mages couldn’t even guess.”
The two mages never imagined that the Skeleton Principal’s disciple was arbitrarily using his master’s family name as an alias.
Meanwhile, someone among the gathered crowd finally said what Lee Han wanted to hear.
“Ah! You mean the mage who escaped from those pirates!”
‘Finally!’
Lee Han inwardly sighed with relief.
He needed to act roughly going forward, so it would be troublesome if the other party misunderstood him as the god of imperial investment.
-Hmph. You bast…
-Lord Nago! Please share your wise opinion on whether the west will have a good harvest or poor harvest this year!
‘Just thinking about it is embarrassing.’
Such a situation must not occur.
“From pirates?”
“Yes. I heard that in his youth, he was captured by pirates, but he turned the ropes into venomous snakes and poisoned all the pirates. Not only that, he turned the pirate captain into stone and scattered the pieces across the seas!”
“…”
Lee Han, who was about to interrupt, hesitated again.
Just like the investment rumors had been inflated, the other rumors had also been quite exaggerated.
“Ah! I think I’ve heard of it! They say he buried a greedy person underground in Granden City too!”
“…It was a canal!”
Even strictly speaking, he hadn’t exactly shoved him into a canal, but explaining that here would be too much.
At the rough voice, the people present were startled and turned their gazes. Lee Han, who had shouted without realizing it, quickly cleared his throat.
“How dare someone insult Stedal of the Nago family? Step forward!”
“I… I apologize.”
Count Jau quickly sheathed his well-sharpened dagger and apologized.
Everyone gathered here deeply empathized with how unpleasant and insulting it was to be mistaken for Professor Verdus.
To think of causing such harm to another innocent person. It was horrible just to imagine.
‘Just how many spells are cast on that dagger?’
Lee Han inwardly wiped his chest. Though he seemed like a kind old count, the aura of the dagger he held was truly murderous.
Its purpose was probably to penetrate the magic protecting an enchantment mage’s body in one strike…
If a fight broke out, he shouldn’t try to defend against that with telekinesis, Lee Han thought as he shouted.
“How dare you commit such tyranny in the capital!”
“I’m, I’m sorry, Lord Nago. However… isn’t that sailboat the work of the mage Bibble Verdus?”
“No…”
“You can tell by looking at the beaver figurehead attached to the front of the sailboat.”
“I’ve seen it several times in Professor Verdus’s letters too.”
‘Oh no!’
Lee Han, who was about to deny it, realized his mistake.
He should have immediately cut off the beaver figurehead attached to the front of the sailboat!
Who would have thought that leaving it alone out of fear of disrupting the balance of the well-made masterpiece magic would trip him up like this.
The gathered nobles were only worried about possibly mistaking another innocent person for Professor Verdus, but they were by no means easy opponents.
Without a proper explanation, he couldn’t send them away.
“I… stole it from him.”
“!!!!”
“You stole, stole it!!”
People stirred in shock.
Lee Han thought people were overwhelmed by Stedal Nago’s lawless nature of arbitrarily robbing other people’s belongings.
However, that was a misunderstanding.
“How were you able to steal Professor Verdus’s belongings? By what method exactly?”
“Truly amazing…! The rumors weren’t wrong!”
Professor Verdus was not only an excellent mage himself but also had many enemies, making him highly vigilant.
Moreover, most of his time was spent hiding in his dam, no, his magic tower within the Einroguard territory.
Robbing such a mage was as difficult as stealing a dragon’s treasure.
“I robbed him through cunning schemes and powerful strength.”
“A-amazing…”
“Lord Nago. Could you possibly visit our family for a while?”
“No! Our family first!”
The capital nobles all rushed forward to invite this ridiculously extraordinary mage.
If they borrowed this mage’s power, they too might be able to capture Professor Verdus.
-What’s happening!
‘Phew. Thank goodness.’
When knights flew over from the distance, Lee Han sighed with relief.
They seemed to have rushed over after seeing several people gathered in the air.
Now the people would soon disperse…
“Lord Nago here has robbed Professor Verdus’s belongings!”
“!”
Lee Han was flustered.
He hadn’t expected the capital nobles to immediately tattle without any dignity.
The knights were naturally greatly surprised upon hearing this.
“How is that possible? By what method?”
“…”
Lee Han was at a loss for words.
Shouldn’t he be asking about the method?
One of the relatively new knights among them cautiously asked.
“Um, excuse me. Still, he robbed something, so can we just let that slide?”
“Compared to the amount that Master Bibble Verdus swindled through deception, it’s a drop in the bucket. Even if we investigate, he probably won’t show up anyway.”
The knights were experienced and wise.
Professor Verdus wouldn’t show up to the Imperial Court anyway. Making a fuss instead would be meaningless.
“More importantly, how did he rob it?”
“They say he robbed it through cunning schemes and mighty strength!”
“Ha, this will go down in Imperial history. The name is Stedal of the Nago Family…”
The knights who had been amazed belatedly began to question Stedal Nago’s identity.
“Surely the permission was… applied for by Einroguard’s Death Knights, right?”
“That’s correct.”
“Then is he from Einroguard? A new professor?”
“That’s probably the case.”
In fact, Einroguard professors stealing and robbing from each other might seem strange, but none of the knights present found that part odd.
“Then unreasonable requests would be difficult.”
If he wasn’t from Einroguard, the knights would have directly stepped forward to receive teachings about ‘methods to attack Professor Verdus,’ but if the other party was from Einroguard, such things were impossible.
The knights who quietly finished their conversation began dispersing the people.
“We understand it’s amazing, but you can’t keep gathering here!”
“Everyone please move as discussed beforehand!”
The gathered people shouted to Lee Han as if they were dying of regret.
“Master Nago. Please definitely consider our proposal!”
“Our family’s doors are always open!”
Lee Han let out a sigh of relief at the dispersing scene.
Though there were dangerous moments here and there, it seemed like things had ended well somehow.
“Everyone’s gone. Let’s go down.”
“I won’t tell anyone about what happened today.”
“!”
Lee Han was impressed by the two mages showing such thoughtful consideration first.
He was just about to ask them…
‘As expected, renowned mages are somehow different.’
“Thank you.”
“We should be the ones thanking you. We almost got our reputation tarnished.”
Abalkaigen expressed his sincere gratitude.
Who would have thought the day would come when he’d receive help from Professor Verdus’s disciple.
“If there’s ever a need to repair or further improve this ship, feel free to send a letter and ask.”
“It would probably be difficult to ask Professor Verdus, right? We may not be as good as Professor Verdus, but we can gather the wisdom of other mages.”
Thud-
When they returned to the departure point, the two mages came down to the 2nd floor and prepared to leave.
“Don’t you need to see Professor Verdus before you go…? Farewell!”
Lee Han was about to ask if they didn’t need to greet Professor Verdus, then realized he had asked a stupid question.
The two mages left with smiles, each going their separate ways. Neither showed any interest in Professor Verdus on the first floor.
When the distance had grown far and it seemed unlikely anyone would suspect a connection to Professor Verdus, Abalkaigen asked his disciple.
“Come to think of it, what were you trying to say earlier?”
His disciple had definitely been about to bring up the story of 【Bibble’s Sorrow】, hadn’t he?
“Ah. About that.”
Abalkarun explained what had happened earlier.
The Wardanaz Family boy had briefly left his seat and talked with his master, presumed to be the Skeleton Principal, then cast 【Bibble’s Sorrow】 to perfectly repair the artifact…
“…What?!!”
Abalkaigen held back the scream that was about to burst out and barely regained his composure.
The words ‘Why are you telling me this now?’ rose to his throat.
‘Ugh.’
The master made a firm resolution.
From now on, he would never interrupt his disciple’s words and would definitely listen to the end!
* * *
“Wardanaz.”
“Ah. Master Alsicle. You really worked hard yesterday.”
“Huh? No. That was nothing compared to your hardship. But I have something I’m curious about.”
“?”
The next day.
When Alsicle, who was staying together at the villa manor, called him, Lee Han was puzzled.
What could it be?
“Did you recently do anything under the identity of Stedal Nago??”
“…Why do you ask?”
Rustle-
Alsicle turned his backpack upside down and shook it.
Then letters that seemed to easily number over a hundred poured out from inside. Some even had bite marks from beaks.
“When I woke up this morning, my room was packed full of letters asking me to introduce them to Stedal Nago…”
“I’m sorry!”
Lee Han apologized with sincere feeling.
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