Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1081

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Chapter 1081

 

Even though he had experienced various things since entering Einroguard, he never imagined he would encounter a demon he’d never seen before asking for help.

 

‘Is it because of my fierce impression?’

 

-I am not insane. Are you not of Wardanaz Family bloodline?

 

“Shh. What nonsense are you spouting?”

 

Lee Han quickly silenced the demon, worried that someone else might overhear.

 

As beings from another dimension, demons possessed a sense of smell that operated on different principles from mortals. Thanks to this, it had seen through Lee Han’s bloodline despite his changed appearance.

 

Despite being scolded, the demon seemed quite desperate as it pleaded earnestly.

 

-Please help me. I am Orlagh, flag bearer of His Majesty the Arrogance Duke’s dueling banner and tent jester.

 

Generally, demons did not reveal their positions like this first.

 

Information was the most powerful weapon mortals had when dealing with demons.

 

Just knowing what kind of demon they were facing allowed mages to target its weaknesses. It was clearly quite desperate.

 

‘How peculiar.’

 

“The dark mages here aren’t such threatening people.”

 

-Dark mages? That’s not what I’m afraid of right now!

 

Orlagh shouted as if he was hearing something absurd.

 

Orlagh wasn’t weak enough to be frightened by a few mages like that. Wasn’t he the honorable flag bearer of the Arrogance Duke’s dueling banner?

 

“Such a thing? You bastard. Are you looking down on Einroguard’s dark magic school?”

 

-Th-that’s not it!

 

When Lee Han got angry, the demon quickly apologized.

 

There weren’t many places he could get help from right now.

 

-What I’m afraid of is an angel.

 

“!”

 

Lee Han was greatly surprised by the name of a being he never expected.

 

An angel?

 

In fact, angels were beings rarely encountered in the Empire. They were the complete opposite of demons, which were relatively easy to see (in some families, they were as common as stones rolling on the street).

 

The reason lay in the nature of these two dimensional races.

 

Demons had deep interest in mortal souls and were always looking for opportunities to descend to the Empire.

 

In contrast, angels had no interest in other dimensional races and were solely devoted to the rules and laws they set for themselves.

 

This celestial race living a closed, reclusive life was truly rare to encounter.

 

Not only was it difficult for mages to make contracts with them, but even visiting them was not easy. How could one approach beings who wanted nothing?

 

Therefore, Empire mages wisely targeted demons. No matter how much they suffered, desire-filled demons could not avoid mages’ contracts.

 

Yet to hear the name of such a race here.

 

“Angels would rarely have reason to clash with other races, right? What on earth did you do?”

 

He wondered if Orlagh had invaded their training base and committed massacres.

 

However, Orlagh denied it.

 

-Angels wouldn’t come out of their dimension to chase someone over something like that.

 

“…I, I see.”

 

Lee Han shuddered at the angels’ ecology, which was far more surprising than he thought.

 

Even if you invaded their base and committed massacres, as long as you fled from their territory, they wouldn’t bother chasing you.

 

Orlagh hurriedly explained what had happened.

 

-I was wandering this mortal land searching for the most beautiful cloth on His Majesty’s orders. But at some point, I realized someone was chasing me. It was an angel.

 

Though he was a fairly powerful demon, Orlagh wasn’t a demon confident in battle.

 

In contrast, the opposing angel seemed specialized in combat, chasing without giving even a moment’s gap.

 

Gradually cornered, Orlagh eventually entered an underground ruins and hid his body in an ancient artifact.

 

Fortunately, the angel couldn’t track him this far and stopped pursuing, but…

 

“Ah. So that’s how you ended up being sold here.”

 

-That’s not important. If the dark mages extract me, that angel will resume tracking!

 

The demon trembled.

 

He had planned to seduce the owner of this manor and hide well for a while, but if the dark mages forcibly extracted him, the story would be different.

 

If the angel found him during that process…

 

-If you help me, I will work faithfully for the customary period. Please help me!

 

‘Huh?’

 

Lee Han felt puzzled while listening to the story.

 

Come to think of it, couldn’t this kind of negotiation be done with the dark mages instead of Lee Han?

 

If he said he would serve faithfully as a slave, the dark mages would have agreed to negotiate too…

 

“But why did you approach me? There were other dark mages too.”

 

-You’re of Wardanaz Family bloodline, aren’t you?

 

Orlagh wondered why a mage who inherited Wardanaz Family blood would ask such a question.

 

There were mages who were good at handling demons. Countless mages had met their doom trying to handle demons carelessly.

 

In that regard, the Wardanaz Family was one of the families in the Empire with outstanding experience and expertise in handling demons.

 

Orlagh himself had even served under the family long ago.

 

Naturally, from a demon’s perspective, rather than entrusting his life to unheard-of dark mages while revealing his weaknesses, it was much better to entrust his life to a reliable demon expert master.

 

If he had to serve as a servant anyway, a trustworthy master was better – how could he trust dark mages he’d never seen before?

 

“…You’ve worked for the family before?”

 

-Haven’t you seen my true name in the family’s old demon registry?

 

“How could I remember every single name in such a thick registry!”

 

Lee Han got angry at the demon for no reason. Orlagh cowered and quickly bowed his head.

 

* * *

 

After urgently stopping the seniors’ work, Lee Han called Diret and explained the situation.

 

“Senior Diret… sir. An unexpected situation has occurred.”

 

“??”

 

When he quickly explained the story he heard from the demon, Diret’s face turned serious.

 

An unexpected angel was involved in this story.

 

“But that’s interesting.”

 

“The angel?”

 

“Ah. The angel too, but I mean how the demon is telling his story in such detail. It’s not common.”

 

Since information could be a weakness, demons tended to hide even situations like this.

 

No matter how much an angel was chasing them, if they kept their mouth shut, they kept it shut – there was no reason to babble additional weaknesses to strange mages.

 

Unless there was trust in the other party, or some degree of recognition…

 

“Right. He said he was a subordinate of the Arrogance Duke? Since you’ve faced the Arrogance Duke before, maybe he recognizes you?”

 

Diret offered a plausible guess.

 

Though he borrowed the Spirit King’s power, Lee Han had once stood against the descended Arrogance Duke.

 

Since the Duke himself had admired that skill, it wouldn’t be strange if his subordinates had heard about Lee Han.

 

“Indeed. A truly sharp deduction.”

 

Lee Han answered shamelessly.

 

He really didn’t want to say that the demon came to him because it had been used by the Wardanaz Family before.

 

“Still, hasn’t quite some time passed? Would the angel still be tracking?”

 

“If it was tracking even before being trapped in the artifact, there’s a high chance it’s still tracking now.”

 

Diret answered firmly.

 

A hundred or two hundred years wasn’t very long for races like angels. There was a very high possibility it was still chasing the demon.

 

“…”

 

Lee Han was startled by the answer that differed from his expectations. Meanwhile, Diret gathered the students and explained the situation.

 

“This demon here seems to have been marked for tracking by an angel. If we carelessly extract it, we might have to face an angel.”

 

“An angel?!”

 

Cohorti was shocked. The other students were equally surprised.

 

A completely unexpected name had suddenly popped up.

 

“Should we search the area to see if they’re nearby?”

 

“It would be hard to detect them. Besides, specialized magic for that is rare too.”

 

The Empire had many anti-demon magics, but magic for dealing with angels was uncommon.

 

Diret had never learned magic like tracking angels either. What would be the point of learning such a thing?

 

“But it’s really surprising that a demon would spill details about the situation like that.”

 

“They must have quickly surrendered after seeing Nago’s strength.”

 

Cohorti explained as if he was proud on his behalf.

 

If they had come alone, the demon might not have surrendered and resisted, making things complicated.

 

If an angel sensing the conflict came to the manor, that’s when things would really escalate.

 

Thanks to Stedal Nago making the demon surrender with his mere presence and forcing it to reveal the secrets hidden inside, the job became much easier.

 

“Right, Nago?”

 

“You talk too much.”

 

“Y-yes, sir!”

 

Cohorti shut his mouth, but the other students’ thoughts weren’t much different.

 

Diret at least knew the circumstances (though it was a misunderstanding), but from the perspective of students who didn’t know the situation, it was absolutely amazing.

 

Without any conflict or confrontation, he made a demon surrender with his mere presence and forced it to spill its hidden secrets.

 

They had never heard of such a thing. He really wasn’t an ordinary battle mage.

 

“Hmm. Yukveltire does have related magic, but if we send a letter to get her here, it would take too long…”

 

“She’s in the capital.”

 

“…Why is she in the capital?!”

 

At his junior’s—no, Stedal’s—words, Diret shouted in shock.

 

The other students were startled.

 

Was it okay to treat that fierce battle mage so carelessly?

 

“Ah, no. Ahem. Why is she in the capital?”

 

Realizing his mistake, Diret cleared his throat. Cohorti apologized directly on behalf of his rude friend.

 

“I’ll apologize for him. Diret isn’t usually like this.”

 

“…It doesn’t matter, so keep quiet.”

 

Annoyed, Diret patted the battle mage’s back and signaled for him to follow him out.

 

When they faced each other alone, Diret asked in a serious voice.

 

“Why is Yukveltire in the capital?”

 

“That’s what I’d like to know.”

 

Lee Han said while gauging Diret’s reaction.

 

Tattling would be easy, but he was worried the backlash might reach him too.

 

Actually, he could have done things moderately, but he had participated too deeply because he wanted to see Professor Verdus crawling on all fours.

 

“What do you mean ‘that’s what I’d like to know’? She must have followed you, junior!”

 

“!”

 

Lee Han was surprised to realize his inner thoughts had been discovered.

 

“How did you know?”

 

“What do you mean how! With her personality, if she came up to the capital, it’s obvious.”

 

Diret was truly an excellent detective.

 

Just from knowing his friend was in the capital, he had figured out her purpose and actions.

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

“Why are you sorry, junior? She’s the one who should be sorry for stubbornly following you and taking on the job. I thought she might have reflected a bit…”

 

‘Phew.’

 

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

 

It seemed he hadn’t noticed that Lee Han had volunteered because of Professor Verdus’s crawling on all fours.

 

If he had mentioned that, he might have been treated the same as Senior Yukveltire.

 

“…If she’s in the capital, it’ll be easy to call her.”

 

Diret, who had been grumbling continuously, barely regained his composure and muttered.

 

He wanted to smack his friend on the back of the head, but he had to prioritize the immediate task at hand.

 

“Should I call her over?”

 

“No. Let’s send a paper bird and just borrow the artifact. I think we’ll fight if I see her face.”

 

* * *

 

Yukveltire packed the celestial detection artifact and magic tome in her bag and set off.

 

Diret had respectfully asked her to just send the artifact, considering her busy schedule, but Yukveltire showed the generosity she rarely displayed except to those she acknowledged.

 

She was going to go there personally and cast the magic herself.

 

This consideration, which even took into account the possibility of Diret making mistakes, would surely be among the finest at Einroguard.

 

Yukveltire thought so to herself.

 

“What? Did you come in person?”

 

“!”

 

When an unknown mage standing in front of the main gate spoke to her, Yukveltire hesitated.

 

This mage, who emanated a menacing aura, seemed to specialize in magical combat, showing no openings whatsoever throughout his entire body. Yukveltire felt slightly intimidated.

 

“Who are you?”

 

“You don’t need to know. Go inside.”

 

“…!”

 

What a rude mage!

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