Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1082
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Chapter 1082
“What? You came in person?”
Diret, who had just stepped outside the manor for a moment, frowned when he saw his friend.
Usually he wouldn’t come even when invited, but he always chose to visit personally at times like this – it was so very Yukveltire-like.
“Is that mage someone you hired?”
“Huh? Well… something like that. Actually, the thing is…”
“You’d better fire him immediately.”
Yukveltire spoke decisively.
Such a rude mage.
He would surely act rudely toward Diret as well.
“…”
Diret, who had been about to reveal his junior’s new identity, hesitated.
…He’s being annoying, so maybe I just won’t tell him?
Lee Han, standing behind them, apologized with his eyes.
‘I’m sorry. I got too immersed in the role.’
‘No, no.’
Diret changed his mind.
Come to think of it, it would probably be better not to tell his friend.
That way his junior could at least catch his breath by disguising himself when things got tough sometimes.
“I can’t do that.”
“…Huh?”
Yukveltire was flustered by Diret’s firm response.
Why not?
“Mr. Stedal from the Nago Family here is an excellent combat mage and experienced demon hunter.”
“…If you need a guard, there’s also a junior from the Wardanaz Family in the capital.”
Diret was furious at Yukveltire’s brazen suggestion to call a 2nd year underclassman to use as a guard.
Of course, Lee Han felt the same way. Lee Han cursed inwardly.
‘I should have spat when I came in earlier. Does he have no conscience?’
Diret signaled to his junior. It was a sign that it was okay to give his friend a hard time.
“???”
Lee Han didn’t understand immediately and tilted his head.
What was he supposed to do?
When his junior hesitated, Diret spoke up.
“Oh. Yukveltire. I think Mr. Stedal wants to say something.”
“Wh… what?”
“He seems quite angry? Oh my. Please speak freely. Free expression of opinions is important for all of us as mages.”
Lee Han spoke cautiously, wondering if he had properly understood Diret’s signal.
“Unable to… even guard… yourself… calling for… juniors… your skills must be… pathetic?”
“!!!”
‘Well done.’
Yukveltire’s pale face stiffened slightly at the unexpected rudeness, but Diret was delighted and gestured approvingly.
How refreshing!
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
However, Yukveltire quickly recovered from the shock.
Being a 5th year Einroguard student wasn’t something just anyone could do. Such forced nitpicking had no effect on Yukveltire.
“The virtue of an enchantment mage lies not in combat or guarding, but strictly in the purpose of the school. Don’t you know that?”
“Hmph… perhaps… you can’t even… do enchantment school magic… alone… so you called… juniors…”
“!!!”
Yukveltire’s eyes shook greatly.
While not being able to guard himself was forced criticism, this one hit right on target.
Since he had actually received help from his junior (though it was technically his junior’s master) to complete his unfinished magic, the shock was inevitable.
Originally, the more prideful a mage was, the more violently they reacted when their painful weaknesses were struck.
“…Just…”
“Just what?”
“…you wait and see!!”
Tap tap tap!
Leaving behind words that sounded quite pathetic, Yukveltire hurriedly ran into the manor.
Diret nodded satisfactorily at that retreating figure.
Yukveltire, wounded in pride and dejected like this, would become a well-behaved friend who listened well for a while.
He hadn’t expected this much, but it was an unexpectedly good result.
“Wow. Well done, junior. I just told you to give him a hard time because he was annoying, but I didn’t expect it to work out this well.”
“Sh-shouldn’t you go comfort him??”
Unlike Diret, Lee Han was in a very flustered state.
Thanks to their long friendship, Diret was confident about his friend’s condition, but Lee Han had no such assurance. He immediately thought he might have gone too far.
“It’s fine. It’s fine. Yukveltire will get over it by researching magic on his own after acting like that. That state is also easier to handle.”
“…”
Diret, who had been happy, realized that his junior was looking at him with slightly frightened eyes.
“No, no. I only do this to Yukveltire! I don’t do this to other people!”
“I… I see.”
But perhaps it was his imagination – Diret felt like his junior had somehow become a little more distant. Maybe the distance in their hearts had grown.
Diret hurriedly changed the subject.
“Oh right. Junior. I’m curious about something.”
“Yes.”
“How much did you actually help with Yukveltire’s magic? From his reaction, it seems like you helped a bit more than you said last time. You didn’t do more than what you told me about then, did you?”
Even as he spoke, Diret thought he might be mistaken.
Of course, it was a bit strange that Yukveltire had taken such a blow to his pride, but his junior here wasn’t stupid either.
Knowing his friend’s habits that were more persistent than a leech, there was no way he would dig his own grave by helping more than what they had agreed on in advance…
Tap tap tap!
Instead of answering, Stedal Nago hurriedly ran into the manor.
Diret stared blankly at that retreating figure, then trembled with his hands.
…These people really…!
* * *
“Senior Yukveltire. There’s an outsider here – is that alright?”
Dirimpa asked cautiously, reading the mood.
He had seen that crazy 5th year’s difficult personality before when helping with Diret’s work.
-I cannot allow outsiders to attend. If there are mages with insufficient skills, problems could arise during mana release.
-Yukveltire. These are mages from Callarogard!
-So? What magic have they completed?
-They haven’t completed any magic yet, but they’re properly learning the orthodox way…
-So you’re saying there’s nothing to prove.
-Hey. Come outside for a moment.
-I can’t do that. If I leave my position…
From that incident, the dark magic school students realized something.
Yukveltire wasn’t disrespecting other students – he was showing this much respect precisely because they were Einroguard students!
If Einroguard students were treated like this, they couldn’t even imagine how outsiders would be treated.
“…It’s fine.”
Yukveltire nodded with a dejected face.
Not only Dirimpa but all the other students were startled.
“Why is he acting like that??”
“Did one of his research investments explode or something?”
“Even if it exploded, he wouldn’t be like that. Maybe he got scolded by Senior Diret earlier?”
“For what reason?”
“Who knows. There could be over a hundred reasons.”
Cohorti unconsciously nodded in understanding.
Come to think of it, considering what Diret had been through, it wouldn’t be strange if he just randomly hit his friend on the back of the head while breathing.
“If there’s an angel nearby, we can make contact with this magic.”
Once everyone gathered, Yukveltire took out a celestial detection artifact.
It was six candlestick artifacts arranged in a hexagram formation.
Lee Han was amazed by the magic concentrated within it.
‘It finds beings from other dimensions, makes contact with them, and even bypasses detection to avoid being traced?’
Seeing this made the interdimensional visits and approaches from his 1st and 2nd year feel primitive by comparison.
If the method of lower-year Einroguard students was to open doors and directly wander around until beings from other dimensions interested in them appeared, Yukveltire’s artifact sent magical detection signals across dimensional barriers to locate beings.
On top of that, it even had magic that confused opponents by traveling back and forth between dimensions to prevent reverse detection. It was truly amazing magic.
‘With that artifact, I might be able to find spirits and approach them first!’
Lee Han paused at his first thought.
And felt deep self-loathing.
‘…What am I thinking. There’d be no point in approaching them that way anyway.’
Even if he hid his appearance and only sent signals to summon them, the spirits would still be frightened when they saw Lee Han, making it a meaningless method.
Unless he forcibly captured them…
Lee Han firmly shook his head. No matter what, he didn’t want to become a mage with a heart like the Skeleton Principal.
Whoosh!
Flames lit on the six candlesticks. Yukveltire chanted an incantation and opened a very localized dimensional passage.
It was practically an energy passage that human souls couldn’t pass through. Only magical signals could pass through.
Suddenly the flames flickered. Yukveltire spoke.
“We’ve made contact. What should I say?”
“Tell them we’re mages of the Empire. We’ve captured the demon they’re chasing, so we’ll manage it.”
Though it might sound rude, it was a natural statement for a mage.
There was no reason to yield to outsiders in the Empire’s own dimension, not some other dimension.
/All abilities are dangerously evil/
A student from the dark magic school said in a surprised voice.
“Is that the angelic language?”
“No. Yukveltire set it up backwards so the letters are coming out reversed.”
“…”
/You are a dangerous demon with no ability to control yourself/
The dark magic school students who read it properly this time cautiously exchanged opinions.
“The angel doesn’t seem hostile, does it?”
“Angels who are hostile are harder to find in the first place. They’re beings who only focus on their own purposes.”
“Is collecting demons the purpose?”
-Young master. Please…! Don’t hand me over!
Orlagh, who had been watching, spoke in a desperate voice.
If he had to serve as a slave, he’d rather do it for the Wardanaz Family than be dragged away by some crazy angel he didn’t even know.
“Young master??”
Stedal, no, Lee Han glared at Orlagh as if he would kill him.
Orlagh tactfully shut his mouth.
-Gulp.
‘Did the Nago Family also command demons?’
‘Surprising. I’ve never heard of it. Well, if he’s a mage of that caliber, his family must be extraordinary too.’
The dark magic school students didn’t show it outwardly, but they were very surprised inside.
It seemed like they had commanded demons in the past, and there weren’t many families with such abilities.
“For now, answer like this. We’re from Einroguard’s dark magic school, so we have both the experience and ability to manage demons.”
The answer came back soon.
/Most wizards who let demons escape were dark wizards/
“…”
The students felt slightly indignant.
Of course, it was usually dark magic school mages who caused incidents related to demons. Since they dealt directly with demons, accidents were bound to happen.
But most of those incidents were caused by low-level dark mages.
Those who had no knowledge of magic but were full of desire for power.
“Doesn’t it know about Einroguard?”
-Well, it is an angel after all.
“…Demon. Be quiet.”
-S-sorry…
Orlagh became intimidated again and shut his mouth.
Both the Arrogance Duke and Arsil from the Wardanaz Family had praised his eloquence, but it didn’t seem to work on these people.
“What should we do, Senior? Should we just cut it off and resort to force?”
“Wait. Let’s try sending one more message.”
After thinking deeply, Diret grabbed the artifact himself this time. The others wondered what content Diret was planning to send.
What could it be?
/Then I’ll acknowledge it/
“!!!”
Everyone present was greatly surprised.
They all stirred and chattered about what had happened. Lee Han asked in an admiring voice, loud enough for only Diret to hear.
“What exactly did you say?”
“I said there’s also a Wardanaz Family mage here.”
“…”
No way…!
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