Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1140

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Chapter 1140

Unaware that the cult members had checked from afar and returned, Lee Han conversed with the knights.

“Let’s gather information first.”

-Successor. Information isn’t what’s important right now. Since the supervisor concealed the accusation for a mage’s sake, the sun might set in the opposite direction this evening and the continent might sink beneath the sea tomorrow morning!

“…I don’t think it’s quite that serious.”

“That’s right. Wardanaz is also friends with the bureaucrats.”

Siana and the other priests took Lee Han’s side.

Considering the achievements he had accomplished during past vacations, it wouldn’t be strange at all for bureaucrats to side with Lee Han.

Why else would the Skeleton Principal have brought Lee Han along to handle negotiations in his place?

-Tsk tsk tsk.

However, the knights clicked their tongues and shook their heads.

Having lived long, these knights had strong preconceptions. Such radical opinions were hard for them to accept.

-That’s something you say because you don’t know bureaucrats well. Listen carefully. The Empire’s bureaucrats are disgusting humans who always try to grab mages by the ankles and drag them into swamps, anywhere and anytime. Demons and monsters are more benevolent in comparison.

“…”

“…”

-Especially if you’re an Einrogard graduate mage, you must be even more careful of bureaucrats. Successor. Even if bureaucrats treat you kindly, you must never trust them…

“I’ll go give my greetings. Please handle the interrogation for me.”

Lee Han let the knights’ words go in one ear and out the other as he moved with his friends.

He didn’t know the reason, but there was nothing wrong with giving thanks.

And if there really was some sinister conspiracy like the knights said, he’d have to meet them to find out.

-You mustn’t! That bureaucrat bastard might be digging an evil trap…!

* * *

Of course, there was no such trap.

When Lee Han went to find the supervisor and met him, he only received a light warning.

“It would be good to be careful from now on. Evil ones don’t think twice when they commit wrongs, but when they’re on the receiving end, they spread rumors and appeal to the law.”

“Ah. Yes. I’ll be careful.”

“Good. The inspectors were very worried about you. Are there no particular problems living at Einrogard these days? Perhaps Lord Gonadaltes is making unreasonable demands…”

The supervisor was very interested in other accusations.

He didn’t care about the Wardanaz family boy beating up a few criminals, but he did care about the Skeleton Principal beating up the Wardanaz family boy.

Even other bureaucrats in the Empire’s capital were the same way.

“Mmph. Mmmph!”

Siana was disappointed that she couldn’t speak.

If only she could speak, she would chatter away accusing the Skeleton Principal of tormenting her friend.

“What’s wrong with her?”

“Haha. Nothing’s wrong. I’m fine.”

Since he was already acting on his own by borrowing knights, Lee Han couldn’t help but be mindful of the Skeleton Principal’s reaction.

Even if he were to report to the capital, he should do it later when he had nothing to lose.

Lee Han gestured to Siana to calm down.

“In any case, thank you once again. For not being swayed by the slander of evil ones and making the right judgment…”

“It’s something I naturally had to do, so there’s no need for thanks. The treasury officials were also very worried about you – there really aren’t any particular problems at Einrogard, are there?”

‘…Aren’t there too many bureaucrats worrying about him?’

Siana thought to herself.

At first, she thought only a few bureaucrats were paying attention, and even her friends could understand that.

But as the conversation continued, it seemed like it wasn’t just one or two people.

Just what…?

“Yes. I’m really fine.”

“Come to think of it, His Excellency the Bishop visited earlier.”

“!”

Not only Lee Han’s face but also the priests’ faces stiffened slightly.

Had they been caught?

Going around beating up criminals with friends at night wasn’t really something a cult priest should be doing.

Of course, Einrogard students had the noble Einrogard spirit that took precedence over imperial law or cult rules, but whether the bishop would understand that…

“He told me not to be deceived by the slander of evil ones.”

“Phew!”

The priests breathed sighs of relief. Nigisol said with a proud expression.

“It seems the thorough preparation of lies was worthwhile.”

‘Should we really feel proud about this part…’

“Khuk. His Excellency’s consideration is simply moving.”

“The people here should be the ones thanking you. Don’t forget to pay your respects to His Excellency the Bishop. Though someone like you wouldn’t forget anyway.”

“Yes!”

Lee Han’s group safely exited the supervisor’s office.

As Wardanaz consulted with Tijiling about what gift would be good to buy for the bishop, Siana suddenly became curious and asked.

“But Wardanaz. Then you’re not doing criminal suppression tonight?”

There were many who came to surrender at the mansion, and there were watching eyes, so surely today…

“No? We’re doing it though?”

Lee Han asked back as if wondering what she was talking about.

An evil god worshipper might be holding out alone, targeting this situation where criminals were surrendering en masse.

“I, I don’t think that would happen. It doesn’t seem like other criminals would leave someone holding out alone like that…”

Never overlooking even the slightest possibility.

That was the lesson Lee Han had learned from dealing with evil god worshippers.

In fact, Lee Han kept his word.

Until the commission ended and it was time to return, Lee Han didn’t skip a single day of wandering around the city, stirring up and shaking suspicious places.

For the criminals of Befaim City, this was a greater disaster than a plague. So many fled to other regions, abandoning the foundations they had built, unable to endure any longer – dozens of them.

And it left deep psychological scars on the remaining criminals of Befaim City.

Even after Lee Han’s group left, these people were so shocked that they referred to those events as the 【Night of Death】.

The tavern owner who had been attacked first even put up a new sign on the wall.

1. Evil god worshippers prohibited

2. Mages prohibited

* * *

Tezareku, one of the few remaining executives of the Seinguiros cult and a faithful fanatic, frowned at the reports coming in.

The western part of the Empire was currently in quite a chaotic state due to sudden natural disasters.

And such chaos was also the best time for evil god worshippers to increase their influence and seek opportunities.

‘But to fail consecutively like this? Incompetent trash!’

Tezareku believed that the god he served was the most fair and righteous among all gods.

Unlike other gods who didn’t respond even after thousands of prayers, this fair regent always gave believers proper compensation for the offerings they made.

Of course, among those offerings were some that required bloodying one’s hands, but for a vampire from an old western family like Tezareku, this wasn’t a particular problem.

There were plenty of underlings nearby who could sacrifice their lives in their stead.

Tezareku closed his eyes and reminisced about the past. The golden age when the regent’s power was at its strongest had truly been a fulfilling time.

The god who received offerings from believers bestowed powerful divine authority like sweet rain, and believers flocked like clouds to that omnipotence once again.

The cult’s members were also qualitatively different in level.

Noble vampires from prestigious western families like Juzen and Tezareku gathered to lead the cult’s strategy. The social interaction among those of matching refinement was a great pleasure in itself.

But now…

Because several important figures from that time had died and core forces and territories had been mercilessly destroyed, it took time to recover the organization even when trying.

Even if they recovered somewhat, the qualitative level of members was disappointing compared to the past.

If it had been the past, they would never have failed consecutively like this.

The order to infiltrate several cities in the western region and create hideouts wasn’t such a difficult command.

“The, the mercenary bastards are being hostile toward suspicious outsiders. Not just the mercenary bastards, but thieves, smugglers, and fence bastards too…”

Suspicious criminals operating in the Empire’s underworld often cooperated with evil god worshippers.

Even without going as far as the old saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, what each side wanted was too clear.

Criminals wanted money and evil god worshippers wanted people. The two could be exchanged indefinitely.

Even if they didn’t exchange, these types rarely reported worshippers of evil gods to the Empire. Why make enemies when you never knew when you might need to cooperate?

But for some reason, these bastards were now unconditionally chasing away or driving out any outsiders who looked even slightly suspicious.

It was a fatal change for the worshippers of evil gods trying to infiltrate anew.

“Is there still no contact from Juzen?”

“Yes.”

“Even if they’re dealing with those Flame Giants, it’s taking too long. I understand. Gather the remaining ones again… and send them to Bepaim City. Since it’s a place severely hit by disaster, it should be good for knocking on doors.”

Tezareku decided to focus on secretly making one city his sphere of influence for now.

Bepaim City would be a fairly good choice.

But this vampire failed to notice.

Due to the weakening of the cult’s information network, he hadn’t received reports that Bepaim City had already recovered significantly from the shock.

And that there were countless criminals filled with resentment to the brim due to all the suffering they’d endured because of the worshippers of evil gods!

* * *

Though the Skeleton Principal harshly criticized him as “annoyingly cheerful,” the students positively evaluated Inspector Wuman’s recent energetic transformation.

Of course, the rules were still somewhat suffocating, but they had improved for now (this contrast was even more striking since the Skeleton Principal had never shown such changing behavior), and above all, this dragon’s appearance of personally going around various parts of the school grounds to solve problems had earned quite a bit of favor.

If he only troubled the problems within the territory without troubling the students, who could complain?

But Jowrin thought differently.

‘The previously depressed Wuman seemed better.’

Sister! Please break and grind the trees in the forest. This Wuman will neutralize the poison!

When Wuman, transformed into a massive Black Dragon, shouted from the sky, Jowrin muttered again.

“Jowrin thinks it would be better to just leave the forest alone…”

A side effect of Wuman becoming energetic.

That was dragging Jowrin out too and semi-forcibly putting her into territory improvement work.

Of course, Wuman didn’t give forceful orders. With Wuman’s personality, he would never commit such an impious crime against his heaven-like sister.

Instead, Wuman brought work with a pure heart.

He arbitrarily judged that noble Jowrin would naturally accept such work joyfully.

Due to her superior’s dignity, Jowrin ultimately couldn’t escape. Her head was filled only with thoughts that she should have followed Lee Han’s outing, even if by force.

“I think Gonadaltes said that appropriate poison energy helps develop students’ coping abilities…”

What? What did you say?

“…It’s nothing…”

Jowrin, dejected instead of her younger brother, prepared to transform into a Gold Dragon.

Just then, the sound of carriages rushing in through the main gate of Einroguard’s castle walls could be heard. Jowrin noticed it with her superhuman hearing.

“Ah! The Contractor has come! Then Jowrin will take her leave!”

Sister! Interfering with the Contractor’s work is not good…

Jowrin pretended not to hear and whooshed away.

At that sight, Wuman unconsciously admired. It seemed his respected sister’s physical abilities had improved even further.

Whoosh!

When a massive golden light fell from the sky, the priests were startled.

However, Lee Han greeted her calmly.

“Good day, Your Majesty.”

‘Huh? It seems the speed has gotten faster?’

The knights flinched involuntarily at the golden meteor.

It definitely seemed much more vicious in speed than what they’d seen before.

Since they would be the ones who’d have to subdue this Gold Dragon if Jowrin went on a rampage or rolled around, this Gold Dragon’s growth made the knights flinch.

“Lee Han!! Jowrin wants to hear what happened outside!!!”

“Haha. Nothing much happened.”

Lee Han answered with an honest smile befitting a contractor. Jowrin tilted her head to the side, then looked at the prisoners trudging out from the rearmost carriage and asked.

“Who are those people?”

“Criminals I happened to pick up on the way.”

“…”

Jowrin sent a suspicious look toward the Contractor.

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