Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1120

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Chapter 1120

‘…This is more fun than I thought.’

Lee Han, who had been giving various advice beside Wuman, thrilled at the sweet taste of power he was experiencing for the first time in his life.

So this was the power of authority?

He couldn’t even imagine what he could do with this power.

He could make Gainando study all day, or make Professor Verdus only teach instead of doing research. It was truly tremendous power that could shake the Empire from its very foundations.

‘Oops. I got too intoxicated by power.’

Lee Han shook his head.

As a mage, one had to be careful of powerful forces. History was full of mages who had ruined themselves by becoming intoxicated with suddenly acquired power.

For now, let’s focus on inspecting Professor Verdus!

“Let’s go, Your Majesty!”

“Right! Professor Verdus…! Hmm. Are you sure this is really okay?”

“Just trust me.”

Wuman followed behind Lee Han while deeply agonizing over whether this was really acceptable.

* * *

The students attending the third-year lecture, 【Dangerous Artifacts Visible in the Empire and Safety Management】, were yawning. Some were even dozing off.

However, Professor Verdus stubbornly didn’t change his attitude. After throwing a large chest into the middle of the students, he just repeated the same words.

“Figure out how to safely disarm it yourselves.”

“…Could you at least give us a hint?”

“No! Have you ever seen dangerous artifacts give hints?”

The students cursed the professor inwardly. Some cursed openly.

“I wonder if someone will collapse that bastard’s dam.”

“If it’s going to be like this, why even hold lectures?”

“More importantly, why is that person crawling around on all fours?”

If it were a lecture only for Divination Magic School students, there would have been less complaints.

Students already adapted to Professor Verdus would ignore their master whether he neglected them or chattered, and just do their own work.

But this 【Dangerous Artifacts Visible in the Empire and Safety Management】 was a lecture that students from other schools also attended.

Professor Verdus’s behavior of throwing a dangerous artifact and then instructing them to figure out how to safely disarm it themselves made the students furious.

Wasn’t this blatantly saying he’d slack off!

“Can’t we just pick it up and throw it at the professor?”

“That’s genius. I’ll block the left arm, so who wants to try blocking the right arm?”

“Is it just me who’s bothered by Professor Verdus crawling on all fours? Why isn’t anyone else concerned?”

Bang!

While the third-year students were whispering about their seditious plans, the door burst open with a crashing sound.

Wuman whispered with slight bewilderment.

“You didn’t need to break the door…”

“You must show the inspector’s dignity, Your Majesty.”

-This knight doesn’t know much about an inspector’s work, but agrees that dignity must be shown.

The Death Knights who had followed Lee Han at some point joined in agreement.

Among the many things an inspector could do at Einrogard, inspecting Professor Verdus would be among the best.

Still, when Wuman hesitated, Lee Han quickly shouted.

“Professor Verdus! By the sacred inspector’s authority granted by His Imperial Majesty, I will re-inspect your lectures and duties!”

“What?! Why?!”

Professor Verdus was greatly surprised.

Why him, an innocent mage who had done nothing wrong, instead of an evil mage like the Skeleton Principal?

Instead of answering, Lee Han gave instructions to the Death Knights.

“Take him away! Lock him in a small room and make him do Professor Garcia’s overdue work!”

-We were planning to drag him away without being told. Huhu.

“No! Take Gonadaltes instead of me!”

Professor Verdus was dragged away screaming. Seeing this, Wuman asked with still worried expression.

“If we suddenly lock him up like this, who will teach the students?”

“Ah. Don’t worry. Senior Yukveltire will substitute the lecture.”

For Yukveltire, who was quietly absorbed in research, this was like a bolt from the blue, but Lee Han didn’t care.

Originally, fifth years were supposed to sacrifice a bit for their juniors. You could tell just by looking at Senior Diret.

“In, indeed…”

“Now then. I’ll send a letter to the senior by inspector’s authority. Everyone, have a good day!”

The inspector and his right-hand man who had swept in like a storm disappeared like a storm again.

The students in the lecture hall were so shocked that no one could open their mouth until Yukveltire came running with an angry face.

“Professor! I absolutely cannot tolerate you dumping lectures on me so arbitrarily… Wait, where did the professor go?”

“He, he was dragged away.”

“?!!”

* * *

News of the inspector’s changed appearance spread quickly.

Iaktus: What a despicable inspector!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Isn’t it good?

Iaktus: What’s good about it! Such appeasement policies divide and weaken students!

Even the Watchman Club was talking about this incident.

Ipelldrem: But I don’t understand what’s wrong with the inspector who came to Einrogard…

Iaktus: Shut up!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Shut up!

Ipelldrem: So, sorry.

Iaktus: You said it’s definitely Wardanaz who’s lending wisdom to the inspector, right? That bastard. To collude with foreign powers as an Einrogard student.

Ipelldrem: Wardanaz?!

“…”

Lee Han quickly sent a personal message to Senior Ilendil.

Gonadaltes: Senior. Senior. Please make some excuses for me.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: …Aren’t you working me too hard?

Still, saying they were in the same boat, Ilendil came to his defense.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: The inspector must have threatened him.

Iaktus: Ha! Is being threatened an excuse?! If he’s threatened twice, he’ll sell Einrogard to Baldrogard!

Ipelldrem: Wow. Can you actually buy it?

Unbreakable One: Um, Ipelldrem. Saying that doesn’t look very good…

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Instead of just getting angry, how about thinking of ways to use this. If the inspector listens carefully to that junior’s words, it also means we can control the inspector by controlling the junior.

“…”

Lee Han was so dumbfounded he sent another personal message.

Gonadaltes: Senior. What are you doing right now.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: So, sorry. While making excuses, my hands moved thoughtlessly.

This person was pouring oil when asked to put out a fire?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: But thinking about it, it seems like a good opportunity… Could we perhaps use some of Einrogard’s budget for the Spirit Forest?

Gonadaltes: I’ll be going now.

Lee Han quickly closed the book.

Power was truly a frightening thing. To think requests would come in already like this.

‘I’ll have to be careful for a while.’

Thinking that not only seniors but even friends might try to borrow the inspector’s power made him feel alert.

Lee Han made a firm resolution.

Without personal gain, no, with just a little personal gain and the rest with pure intentions to help Jowrin’s sibling!

“Oh. Senior.”

A gloomy four-story tower located far from the western side of the main building, 【Blackdark Hall】.

It was both the headquarters of Einrogard’s Black Magic School and the headquarters of tombstones, graves, sewage pits, and swamps.

Meeting Ogoldos, a senior from the same school, in front of it, Lee Han showed slight wariness.

‘Perhaps he might covet the inspector’s authority that I possess.’

“…Why, why are you staring at me like that? Is something wrong?”

Ogoldos was rather more wary of his junior’s gaze.

Considering the combat prowess of this junior who was undergoing brutal battle mage training, it might be better to keep some distance.

“It’s nothing. Senior, if you’re thinking of wielding the inspector’s authority, I absolutely won’t allow it.”

“What… what are you talking about?”

Ogoldos was even more bewildered.

He knew an inspector had come to Einroguard, but wanting to wield authority?

What on earth was he talking about?

‘Huh?’

Lee Han hesitated.

His senior’s reaction was a bit different from what he’d expected.

“Senior, haven’t you heard that Professor Verdus was arrested?”

“Professor Verdus was arrested!? I knew it. I should have expected this. An inspector would arrest him first.”

Ogoldos was shocked but immediately understood.

In fact, it would have been strange if the inspector hadn’t declared ‘Professor Verdus, you’re under arrest!’ at the banquet as soon as he arrived.

“…Senior, what did you do today?”

“Today? I checked the sewage pit condition, tended to mushrooms, and summoned undead to inspect their state.”

“What about yesterday?”

“I tended to mushrooms, checked the sewage pit condition, and summoned undead to inspect their state. Oh, and I got a request to purchase dark magic reagents. Hehe. A southern farm bought ten bottles of ankle-biter poison. This should be plenty for this semester.”

“…”

Lee Han felt his eyes welling up for no reason.

Why did his heart always ache whenever he came to the dark magic school?

“But why are you asking?”

“It’s nothing. *Sniff*.”

In his mental list of selfish desires, Lee Han wrote a new line at the top.

-Support the dark magic school

While the two were talking, Senior Dirimpa appeared from above.

Usually, this senior stayed underground so much that there was no chance to see him, but since they had met during the recent vacation, Lee Han politely greeted him.

“Good day, Senior Dirimpa.”

“Who are you… ah, are you by chance the Wardanaz family junior?”

“Yes.”

“Wait, have I met you before?”

Dirimpa tilted his head.

He had heard a lot about this junior, but he had no memory of meeting him directly like this.

‘Oops.’

Lee Han realized his mistake.

Come to think of it, when they met during vacation, he had been in the identity of Stedal Nago.

“I heard so many stories about you from Senior Direte that I could recognize you immediately. He always praised you.”

“…See that? Ogoldos? This is respect.”

Dirimpa was thoroughly satisfied.

Senior Cohorti had said he was a completely crazy junior, but meeting him directly, he was much more polite than expected.

‘As expected, Senior Cohorti can’t be trusted.’

“But Senior, do you happen to know about the inspector’s authority?”

“I know an inspector came, but what do you mean by authority?”

“…What did you do today and yesterday?”

The dwarf senior tilted his head and counted on his fingers.

“Today I searched for bones underground, and yesterday… I searched for bones underground.”

“…”

“How did you manage to come out?”

Ogoldos asked as if puzzled.

This senior stayed underground so much that even Ogoldos rarely saw him.

“I heard a new demon joined the dark magic school, so I came to take a look. I wanted to ask if it knows anything about bones.”

“Ah.”

The demon Orlagh, who was the duel banner bearer and tent clown of the Arrogance Duke, rescued from an angel’s grasp during the recent vacation.

This demon had made a contract to work at Einroguard’s dark magic school in exchange for escaping persistent pursuit.

‘I should warn him to pretend we don’t know each other.’

Lee Han thought to himself.

That demon was tactless, so without prior instruction, there was no telling what nonsense he might spout.

“What? Everyone’s gathered here?”

Direte, who arrived last, looked puzzled seeing his juniors.

Since there were few of them and each was busy with their own tasks, it was rare for dark magic school students to gather like this.

Lee Han asked one final confirmation.

“Senior Direte, do you know about the inspector’s authority?”

“What’s that?”

“As expected. It’s nothing.”

Lee Han smiled.

It seemed he could spend time comfortably in front of the dark magic school people, unrelated to this terrifying authority.

“You all came to check out the demon, right? I’ll just unlock it and then leave. I have things to do.”

“What kind of work?”

“A fairly old dark magic was discovered in the eastern region, and the principal told me to analyze it and submit a report.”

Everyone nodded, but Lee Han felt something was off.

Huh?

“The principal asked you instead of Professor Mortum?”

“He did ask Professor Mortum, but if the professor is busy, I do it.”

Direte spoke as if it was no big deal.

By 5th year, students at Einroguard were skilled enough to serve as half-professors.

That also meant they would substitute when professors were busy.

Lee Han nodded.

“I’ll go somewhere briefly and come back. Please check the demon first.”

“??”

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