Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1121

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Chapter 1121

Without even a chance to stop him, the underclassman disappeared somewhere, leaving the Dark Magic School students bewildered.

What?

“Where is Wardanaz going?”

“He must have another lecture. Summoning magic or…”

“Like illusion magic, enchantment magic, divination magic, transformation magic?”

“We should add healing magic and alchemy too.”

Dirimpa watched Ogoldos and Diret’s conversation with a bizarre expression.

What kind of conversation was that supposed to be?

“Ah. Dirimpa. That joke just now was using the fact that our underclassman attends multiple schools…”

“I, I see.”

Dirimpa thought that strange jokes had increased in the school while he was away.

Honestly, wasn’t it more scary than funny?

Flutter!

Meanwhile, a paper bird suddenly flew over.

Seeing the recycled paper dyed dark blue from dark magic drugs, it was definitely a paper bird sent by Professor Mortum.

“What does the professor say?”

“…The professor says he’ll write the report himself?”

Diret blinked, looking slightly confused.

Something was strange. The underclassmen seemed to think similarly as they each threw in a comment.

“Isn’t it a trap? If we say okay, he might sulk for a whole week…”

“It feels really likely and it’s annoying.”

“Huff, huff huff. Did something happen?”

The underclassman who had disappeared had returned at some point.

Thanks to using physical enhancement magic along with the knights’ secrets, his speed was almost like an arrow.

“Professor Mortum says he’ll write the report himself.”

“Wow. That’s really great!”

Lee Han clapped hypocritically without changing his expression at all.

By now, Professor Mortum would be cursing the Empire’s totalitarian political system while writing the report.

“…Something’s strange…”

Diret glanced at his underclassman.

He couldn’t know for certain, but his underclassman’s current attitude seemed like he was hiding something.

Even the professor was doing things he didn’t usually do.

“Let’s go see the demon together, senior. When it comes to squeezing demons, no one in the school can match you.”

Ogoldos spoke with a voice full of respect.

Of course, just because he put respect into it didn’t mean everything sounded plausible.

‘He makes me sound like a really bad person.’

“No. As I said, I’ll just open the lock. The professor says we don’t need to write the report, but I have other things to do.”

5th year students could become as busy or as leisurely as they wanted, depending on their mindset.

And Diret was naturally the former.

Since he didn’t have to write the Eastern Region dark magic report, he planned to spend his free time writing warnings about the Nightmare Echo Forest for the underclassmen.

Recently, whether due to the inspector or because students had set fires because of the inspector, the frequency of evil spirit appearances nearby had greatly increased.

“What kind of work?”

“Hm? Evil spirits are appearing in the Nightmare Echo Forest, so I’m thinking of writing precautions and countermeasures to distribute on the 7th floor…”

Lee Han looked at Ogoldos and Dirimpa. It was a question of whether this was also Dark Magic School business.

Naturally, both shook their heads and gaped their mouths.

‘Senior is being a pushover.’

‘I really don’t understand why he’s like that.’

“You two. I can hear all that mouth gaping.”

Diret warned the underclassmen who were gaping behind him.

By 5th year, one could hear what underclassmen were saying even without them making sounds.

“I see. I understand. I’ll go somewhere briefly.”

“…”

The underclassman shot out like an arrow again.

And shortly after, a paper bird flew from Yukveltire.

It was a letter fiercely condemning the authoritarian behavior of the Empire’s inspector, who had ordered him to waste his time for useless underclassmen.

‘…This is really strange!!’

* * *

The demon Orlagh whistled as he swept the basement dust with a broom.

If other demons full of vigor who had never contracted with humans saw this, their eyes would have rolled back and they would have vomited blood.

How could a demon who had even served as a duke’s duel flag bearer perform such servile actions?

Most demons thought they’d rather die than do such menial work.

However, Orlagh’s thoughts were different.

‘Hehe. I’m different from stupid demons.’

As a demon who had worked under a certain family, Orlagh definitely had exceptional insight.

One of them was ‘it’s better to do it first than to do it after getting beaten.’

Thanks to such excellent insight, hadn’t both Arrogance Duke and Arsil praised Orlagh?

“By the way…”

Orlagh looked around the basement after finishing cleaning once.

Looking again, it was worlds apart from when he worked at that family’s manor.

There, even though there were many dangerous artifacts, he never felt it was poor, but here somehow…

…Apart from being disorderly and chaotic, he strongly felt it was impoverished.

‘As expected of dark mages… No, no. That can’t be. A mage from the Wardanaz Family is also affiliated here.’

Orlagh steeled his weakening heart.

In a corner of his mind, an evil whisper was tempting him saying ‘remember again how poor dark mages are,’ but Orlagh gritted his teeth and endured.

Since he already had to work here, such thoughts would do no good.

He had to look at the positive side!

-Hey.

Suddenly, squeaking sounds came from a corner under the basement shelf. Orlagh bent his head while holding the broom.

“…What? Some hamster?”

-Do I look like a hamster to you, demon. You must be quite a foolish demon.

“Whether you used to be a mage or a dragon that burned the sky, you’re a hamster now. Where do you get off with such pathetic provocation?”

If it were another demon, they would have gotten angry, but Orlagh instead snorted and sneered.

If he got angry at such provocation, he could never have worked under that family.

‘…Not bad. This demon.’

The mage criminal hamster, Antagondals, was impressed.

An excellent mage could measure the caliber of the opposing demon with just a few words of conversation.

If he had gotten angry and raged at being called foolish, he would be a trivial demon easy to toy with.

However, the opponent showed composure instead. It meant he was a demon with considerable ability.

-Good. Good. I take back calling you foolish. But your current situation isn’t very good either, is it? A demon being trapped in this basement means you’ve been subjugated by contract.

Since it wasn’t particularly something to hide, Orlagh readily admitted it.

In fact, it wasn’t hard to figure out. What else would a demon wandering around a magic tower be?

“What are you trying to say?”

-That we can cooperate with each other. For each other’s escape.

“Oho.”

Orlagh immediately showed signs of understanding. The hamster cheered inwardly.

As expected, capable demons were convenient for this reason.

A demon with only strong pride and stupidity would have been annoying, saying ‘why should I join hands with a mortal like you,’ but a clever demon would get straight to the point instead of engaging in useless pride battles.

Of course, this convenience would disappear once they achieved their mutual goals. Being clever, they would try to betray immediately when the opportunity arose.

But the hamster was planning to do the same anyway. Once he escaped, he had to stab the demon in the back to recover the power he had lost.

“If you want cooperation, what exactly are you asking for? I’ll tell you upfront that there isn’t much I can do. Hamster.”

-I’m not asking for much either. Just some reagents and a bit of magic. I need to break this curse.

Though he said “a bit,” it was definitely not a small amount, but neither of them pointed that out. They both had their suspicions.

“A curse… I can see it’s a very powerful curse.”

-That’s right. That’s why I’m stuck here like this!

The hamster momentarily lost control of his emotions and growled.

If he could go back to the past, no matter how intoxicated he became with the power of ancient magic, he would never enter Einroguard directly.

He had naively thought that no matter what happened, he could just collapse his physical body and escape with only his soul, but who could have known he’d be bound like this.

He had truly learned a heavy lesson, but the price was incredibly harsh.

He had to roll around among stupid students, transformed into a hamster.

Moreover, the young mage who had inherited the hamster from the insane doppelganger didn’t treasure him or seek his wisdom, but just left him abandoned in the basement of the magic tower.

Lately, the hamster was beginning to suspect that the young mage had forgotten about him.

Could it be…

-If the curse is broken, I’ll personally find and destroy the contract that binds you. I can swear to this even now.

The hamster spoke cunningly.

Once the curse was broken, he planned to immediately collapse his physical body and escape. The price for betraying the oath would be paid by the body instead.

“That’s tempting. Very tempting!”

Orlagh nodded repeatedly with a half-convinced expression.

“Can you tell me more details? What kind of plan have you prepared and how far?”

-Look at this.

The hamster created a map using the seeds and carrot pieces he had collected.

Though trapped in the basement and unable to go outside, he had managed to create a map of the magic tower using only sounds and mana fluctuations. It was truly an amazing skill.

-The study about two floors up from here. And the hidden secret storage next to it. We need to break through here first. We have to find an opportunity to somehow gain access rights. There seems to be some Dark Spirit Gold here.

“I see. I see.”

-Next, we need to obtain mermaid tears… Wait! Someone’s coming.

The hamster squeaked upon hearing footsteps. The two quickly returned to their original positions.

Click!

Light entered the magic tower basement with the sound of a lock opening. The hamster quietly went back into the corner under the shelf.

Once they left, he would resume planning.

“Young Master! That hamster bastard is preparing an escape plan!! He’s a very bad one!”

-!!

As soon as the door opened, Orlagh rushed over to Lee Han and tattled about what had just happened.

The hamster’s pupils shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

Though the hamster prided himself on knowing demons well, even this mage criminal had his limits.

The cunning of a demon who had worked for a certain family for a long time exceeded common sense.

When the opponent was scheming, encouraging them while simultaneously preparing to inform on them.

That was the iron rule of demons working for a certain family.

* * *

“…”

-…

Lee Han stared intently at the hamster that had entered the cage. The hamster couldn’t say anything.

Orlagh whispered chattily from the side.

“I was quite surprised by how cunning that hamster was.”

-…Didn’t you promise to free me and then go completely silent!

The hamster finally exploded and squeaked loudly.

“I don’t think I ever actually promised…”

“You hamster bastard. Where do you think this is that you dare raise your voice!”

Orlagh scolded in extreme anger.

How dare he show such rudeness toward someone of Wardanaz Family blood.

If Arsil had been here, that hamster would have been sentenced to death.

“Um. Hey. Orlagh.”

“Yes!”

“That seems a bit excessive…”

“?!”

Orlagh was shocked.

What?!

“What part do you mean?”

“Just everything is excessive. Oh. And meeting me during vacation is a secret. You’re meeting me for the first time today.”

“What about the Wardanaz Family connection? Is that also a secret?”

“That… let’s keep that secret too since it’s embarrassing. Anyway, just stop it.”

If Orlagh said ‘Do you know who this person is!’ in front of the Dark Tower upperclassmen, Lee Han felt like he wouldn’t be able to show his face in the Dark Tower for about two days.

He had to prevent such humiliation in advance.

As the two chattered about useless things, the hamster exploded in anger again.

-Give me an answer!

“Ah. Sorry. I was a bit busy. But I left plenty of food before I went…”

‘His mocking skills are excellent.’

Orlagh was impressed.

As a former tent jester for a duke, the mockery that the Young Master of Wardanaz Family was displaying now was very high-level.

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