Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1099

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Chapter 1099

Ignoring her half-brother having a fit behind her, Yukveltire spoke to Lee Han.

“More importantly, junior. A commission proposal letter came.”

Yukveltire held out the letter.

Looking at the contents written above, the conditions were very generous. It was a proposal sent from a magic workshop, and unusually, it was in a format where both Yukveltire and Lee Han had to come.

Yukveltire would take the leading role in the work and Lee Han would play a supporting role.

Looking at the scheduled magic list, the work wouldn’t take that long and the difficulty wasn’t high either…

‘The compensation is too generous for that kind of work though?’

Lee Han, who had been puzzled, realized belatedly.

‘Ah. The purpose is socializing rather than the commission itself.’

Having already received dozens of commission letters with similar purposes even before entering Einroguard, he could recognize it immediately.

The commissions pouring in to Lee Han now were largely of two types.

One was commissions that really wanted to hire him for his high magical ability.

The commissions sent by Giselle’s father or Yoner’s sister belonged to this category.

And the other was commissions that wanted to hire him for his high reputation.

Ability was ability, but the stronger purpose was to meet the bloodline of the currently famous Wardanaz family and build connections.

No matter how much Lee Han liked taking the easy way out, he couldn’t easily accept such commissions. If he wasn’t careful, they could become several times more troublesome than commissions where he just worked.

‘Rather than participating in social gatherings-balls-friendship meetings-exchange meetings-tea parties consecutively upon arrival, it might be better to just work…’

This commission had surely chosen both people directly to build connections with not only Lee Han but also Yukveltire.

Her personality had many problems, but in terms of magical skill alone, Yukveltire was the next successor of Einroguard’s Divination Magic School.

“The person who sent the commission is clever. Sending it to two people would have a higher success rate than sending it to one person separately.”

There was a high possibility that the senior would cooperate to help the junior, and the junior would cooperate for the senior’s dignity, even if neither felt like it.

But if there was one thing the sender was mistaken about, it was the dryness within the Divination Magic School.

The relationship between Divination Magic School students had absolutely no sentiment whatsoever.

“I’ll decline for now, senior.”

“Why?!”

Yukveltire was so surprised that her voice changed slightly.

Maybe if it were Diret who sometimes acted emotionally, but this junior couldn’t possibly not know the value of this proposal, right?

“The list of proposals I’ve received so far is like this…”

Lee Han unrolled a scroll as if he was truly sorry. Even though only the commission titles were written, it was packed from end to end of the long scroll.

If it had been a trashy proposal, he would have just told them to get lost, but this proposal was decent, so he felt slightly sorry.

“…”

Yukveltire was overwhelmed by the list of commissions her junior had received.

Not being overwhelmed in front of that list was harder than one might think.

Yukveltire barely managed to nod and walked away slightly staggering. Adenart muttered worriedly at her retreating figure.

“She seems to have received quite a shock. I’m worried.”

“She’s probably just hungry.”

“…”

Adenart looked at her friend as if dumbfounded.

The person who was as kind as a nanny when dealing with same-year students was treating Yukveltire like he was dealing with a Baldrogard student.

‘What on earth did she do…?’

“Wardanaz. Isn’t there some way?”

After the senior left, his friends requested consultation with serious faces.

If the dragon had such a powerful scale artifact, no lies would work.

“It’s not that there’s no way.”

“!!!”

At Lee Han’s answer, his friends’ eyes wavered.

That was so like Wardanaz. To think of a countermeasure in such a situation.

“We tell the upperclassmen to pressure Prince Uman. If we just prevent him from using that scale…”

“Indeed! I’ll go!”

Gainando and several students ran off to contact upperclassmen from other years.

10 minutes later.

Gainando returned trudging with drooped shoulders.

“…They told me to get lost…”

“What? Just like that?”

Lee Han was shocked.

Other towers aside, treating a junior from the same tower so coldly was definitely strange no matter how you looked at it.

“The upperclassmen all knew…”

As soon as Gainando arrived, the upperclassmen said this.

-Wait, junior! Did you come to ask us to resist together against the rule that prohibits making meals for other students or helping with assignments?

-How did you know!?

-Haha! Then get lost!

-…

The upperclassmen coldly chased Gainando away.

Lee Han squeezed his eyes shut and muttered.

“The Principal spread it around.”

“!?”

Actually, the fact that Lee Han was feeding his friends wasn’t widely known.

Starting from the cooking club, since it wouldn’t be good for others to know, Lee Han didn’t deliberately reveal it either.

Earlier too, most of the upperclassmen didn’t notice the hidden meaning in the rule, but to suddenly react like this…

“Even so, that’s too much. To ruin the tower’s affairs because of personal feelings!”

“Right! To think upperclassmen would act so emotionally. How disappointing!”

“If they’re upset, they should have entered a year late. They entered a year earlier themselves!”

‘Hmm. Good thing there are no upperclassmen around.’

Yoner thought to himself while watching his friends’ embarrassing behavior.

If there had been upperclassmen present, they would have immediately cast attacks even on juniors from the same tower.

And at the same time.

Similar things were happening in other towers.

-Senior! If we all cooperate to somehow ease that rule…

-Did you guys also mooch food last semester?

-That’s not important.

-Get lost!

* * *

No matter how much the 2nd year students cried out, time flowed equally.

The next morning at dawn.

Lee Han, who came outside for class, looked at Professor Bendozol’s face and thought.

‘Is there anyone else in Einroguard who’s as happy as that right now?’

Even the Skeleton Principal, who was indulging in mischief to his heart’s content, probably wasn’t actually that happy.

After all, the reality of an inspector coming to interfere was the same.

Perhaps he was being even more mischievous because he was annoyed by that reality.

In contrast, Professor Bendozol’s face was happiness itself. If satisfaction and happiness were condensed and molded, it would probably look like the current Professor Bendozol.

“Good morning, Professor.”

“Ah. Good morning, Wardanaz. Did you sleep well?”

“…”

Lee Han looked at the professor with eyes filled with shock and horror.

Did I come to the wrong place??

‘No. It’s definitely Professor Bendozol, not Professor Garcia, right?’

Usually Professor Bendozol’s greetings would be one of ‘You came,’ ‘Why did you come,’ ‘You came again,’ or ‘Get lost.’

But such a kind greeting. Even a happy Professor Bendozol was hard to believe.

Lee Han, who had been flustered, noticed that Professor Bendozol’s eyes were trembling slightly.

He was smiling happily, but at the same time, his expression showed he was forcibly suppressing his emotions.

“…Professor, by any chance. Are you forcing yourself to greet me cheerfully?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Wardanaz. Come in quickly. Don’t you have to attend the lecture?”

“If Prince Uman ordered you to do this, you don’t need to force yourself…”

“Can’t you shut up? Get inside quickly.”

Professor Bendozol, revealing his true nature, immediately growled.

He had been forcing himself to give greetings that didn’t suit his nature to make a good impression on the dragon, but this annoying brat was interfering.

“I’m doing this because I’m worried about you, Professor. If a person keeps forcing themselves to do things that don’t suit them, they can get hurt in return.”

“I can’t hear you! Get in!”

Lee Han looked at Professor Bendozol with a pitying expression.

He thought the professor was the happiest, but it turned out Professor Bendozol also had inner pain.

‘Just how much does he like dragons to flatter like that…’

Professor Bendozol’s second semester lecture was 【Just Vicious Creatures】. Compared to the first semester lecture 【Viciously Beautiful Creatures】, it was a lecture name that clearly showed how things had changed.

Lee Han checked his outfit and inspected his magic. Not only Lee Han, but other second-year friends were also trying their best to maximize their defense.

“Damn. Who would have known tree bark skin magic would be useful.”

“Could you cast some magic on me?”

“No way. What if the inspector checks later? If it were possible, I would have already asked Wardanaz. What do you think will come out?”

“I just hope it’s not a large monster.”

Even though only one day had passed since the new semester started, his friends’ faces somehow looked haggard.

Gainando muttered in a mournful voice.

“It’ll be that again for breakfast today, right? That porridge made by crushing and mixing demons and chimeras, then boiling them.”

“…I’m curious where you got that expression from, but anyway, cheer up, Gainando. There must be a way.”

“What way?!”

When his friend reacted too intensely to his casual remark, Lee Han was slightly flustered.

He hadn’t really thought about it…

“For example… um. You could go out yourself and get supplies.”

“…”

“You could also wander around the school and raid the Principal’s storage.”

“…”

When his dejected friend seemed about to sink into the floor, Lee Han hurriedly said.

“Commissions! There are also commissions. If you take a commission and go out, you’ll be able to catch your breath.”

“!”

This seemed somewhat plausible, as Gainando’s eyes lit up.

“Right. There were commissions?”

“That’s right, Gainando. It’s too early to despair yet.”

“…But I don’t think commissions will come to me. I’m from the Black Magic Academy.”

‘Oops.’

Lee Han belatedly realized his mistake.

It might be different for friends from other academies, but for Gainando, it had the opposite effect.

“And I need to shake off surveillance, but if that lizard adds more surveillance, I won’t be able to shake it off…”

“Look over there, Gainando! The professor is bringing a new animal!”

It was obviously a ploy to change the subject, but Gainando fell for it.

Considering the lecture name 【Just Vicious Creatures】, it was hard not to turn his attention.

“My goodness! It’s a barghest!”

Barghest.

At first glance, it looked like just a large black dog or wolf, but if you were a mage, it was hard not to recognize the dark magic dwelling over its fur.

It wasn’t for nothing that rumors spread calling it an ominous monster that brings death.

Just touching it wrong could drain your magic or life force and make you collapse, yet he brought such a monster.

As expected of Professor Bendozol…

“…It’s a baby, isn’t it?”

“It’s a baby… barghest.”

The students who had been scared by the name barghest were belatedly confused when they realized its size.

It was an adorably cute size. Perhaps because it was a baby, the amount of ominous magic wrapped around its fur was also very weak.

‘At that level, wouldn’t there be no problem even if you touch it?’

Lee Han was puzzled.

To learn how to handle barghests, he should have brought an adult barghest, but he brought a baby barghest that you could just hug and roll around with.

He couldn’t understand what the professor was thinking.

“Could there be some dangerous aspect of baby barghests that I don’t know about?”

“I’ve never heard of anything like that either…”

“Professor. Why did you choose a baby barghest?”

At Lee Han’s question, Professor Bendozol’s eyebrows twitched upward.

“What’s wrong with a baby barghest?”

“Well… it’s the 【Just Vicious Creatures】 lecture.”

“This is vicious enough. Are you some official who defines the Empire’s vicious creatures or something!”

“???”

While he was puzzled by the professor’s outburst, Wuman appeared from behind.

“Ah. A lecture was in progress! Professor Bendozol. It’s truly an honor to audit your class.”

“I-I-I-I-I-I am more honored. Dragon sir!”

Professor Bendozol answered frantically like a boy in love. Wuman asked curiously.

“It seemed like you were just angry at student Wardanaz here, is that correct?”

“…No! Absolutely not! We’re very close. That Wardanaz brat… I mean, Wardanaz also respects and cherishes me the most among his masters!”

“??”

When Lee Han looked at him as if asking what nonsense he was spouting, Professor Bendozol sent him a desperate look.

Please!

Please!!!

At the desperate, cornered beast-like look in his eyes, Lee Han found himself opening his mouth without realizing it.

“…Yes… well… from certain aspects, there might be such aspects or there might not be…”

“This is the first time I’m hearing this story!”

Wuman showed interest in what he had just heard and remembered it.

To think he would like Professor Bendozol the most among his various masters…

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