Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1167

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Chapter 1167

Just in case, he checked the surrounding magical power, but there was no change whatsoever.

If someone was dwelling in the stone tablet like Sarataan, or if even traces of magic remained, he surely would have been able to feel the echo of magical power…?

“Senior.”

Lee Han called out to Catten.

Though Lee Han had confidence in his own senses, he never became overconfident.

A swordsman who had reached a high level like Catten might have sensed something Lee Han had missed.

“By any chance, didn’t you sense anything strange?”

“My poor interpretation skills, you mean?”

Catten answered with a dejected face.

“Not that, but changes in magical power. In this vicinity.”

“I didn’t sense anything like that, junior.”

‘Hmm.’

Lee Han wondered if it was his own mistake.

Come to think of it, with so many things happening lately, he might have heard auditory hallucinations from fatigue.

Maybe that voice earlier was also a distorted version of the Skeleton Principal’s voice?

“Sarataan. You didn’t sense any changes in magical power or dimensional distortions, did you?”

-There was nothing like that. Why?

Sarataan wondered what nonsense this mage was spouting.

If there had been such a thing, there’s no way a spirit like him wouldn’t have sensed it.

“No. It must have been my imagination after all.”

It’s not your imagination, so stop fidgeting like a novice and listen quietly! If you fidget one more time, I’ll put a venomous insect in your skull.

“…”

Lee Han realized his mistake.

He should have felt the sense of unease immediately when Sarataan made that confident claim…!

“By any chance, are you Lord Bakwantalana?”

Bakwantalana? Who is that… Ah, you must be mistaking me for the mage who received the stone tablet?

Along with the words, the voice took out a transparent venomous insect from a dimensional rift and tried to insert it into Lee Han’s forehead.

Mortals who didn’t listen when told to stay still needed a light lesson.

However, the insect struggled with all its might but couldn’t penetrate Lee Han’s magical power and fled back into the dimensional rift.

The voice was so dumbfounded that it was momentarily speechless.

“Who’s there!”

Catten sprang up as if bouncing, feeling all the hair on his body stand on end.

It was a bizarre phenomenon he had never experienced in his life.

He couldn’t detect any kind of magical power, yet this spine-chilling eeriness.

What on earth was this?

“Junior. Were you perhaps attacked by someone?”

“Huh? No, I wasn’t.”

“Hmm… You must have studied magic too diligently.”

Catten sat back down and opened his book 【Basic Summoning Magic Theory That Even 1st Year Students Can Understand】.

However, his ears were still raised high with wariness.

…

The voice felt even more bewildered.

That mortal looked like a warrior who had nothing to do with magic, yet he sensed the presence of the venomous insect?

…Bakwantalana merely received magic from this grandmother. The stone tablet is proof of that.

“No way, did Lord Bakwantalana shamelessly publish magic he received from others as magic he created himself?!”

Lee Han exclaimed in great surprise.

To brazenly publish magic learned from an otherworldly being as magic he created himself.

Come to think of it, he didn’t publish it, but it was still a bit disappointing.

Didn’t Bakwantalana say he completed it through his own research in his later years?

A transparent staff appeared in the air and struck Lee Han’s head. Lee Han was flustered by the attack that came without any warning.

And the voice was also bewildered.

Normally, his entire body’s magical power should have been shaken, causing him to hear all sorts of hallucinations and auditory illusions, but he didn’t budge like some massive rock.

‘What the…’

“No matter how I think about it, this is!”

Finally, Catten also sprang up again.

Really… let’s get rid of that annoying little warrior and talk.

The voice, perhaps tired of having inaudible conversations, cast a thin veil of confusion. Lee Han could sense this veil too.

Outside the veil, Catten was impressed by Lee Han’s absorption in studying the stone tablet. Strangely, he wasn’t even blinking or breathing, but somehow it suited his junior.

I said he received magic, not that this magic was that magic. This grandmother clearly told you not to fidget, didn’t she?

“I apologize.”

Now you’re behaving nicely. Well then. Will you return the stone tablet? That stone tablet originally belongs to grandmother.

‘Indeed.’

A layperson might not know, but as an Einroguard mage, and among those mages, Lee Han who had the most contact with otherworldly beings, immediately understood the current situation.

This stone tablet was definitely a gift given to Bakwantalana by some powerful being from another dimension who was now conversing with him.

Lee Han had something similar. The blue stone given by the Frost Giant King was exactly like that.

Thanks to it, whenever Frost Giants saw the stone, they would recognize him as ‘Ah! That challenger!’ and pick fights…

‘…Should I remove this stone even now?’

Lee Han pondered for a moment but quickly gave up.

Even excluding that stone, his distinctive features were already too well-known, starting with the spirit markings, so it probably wouldn’t help much.

“Would it be alright if I just copy the contents and return it?”

Go ahead. …Do you really intend to do that?

The voice asked suspiciously.

Objects from other dimensions weren’t things to be easily given up. Especially if that object was a token gifted by a powerful being from another dimension.

Moreover, the other party was a mage. To a mage, such an object was tantamount to a powerful magical tool that could be utilized in any way.

“Yes? Yes.”

If you’re thinking of switching the stone tablet, you’d better not.

“No way, there was someone who did that?!”

Lee Han, who was copying, was startled.

‘Reckless but creative. Educational too.’

There were definitely things to learn from senior mages.

“How did they switch it? How were they caught?”

…

“Ah. I will return this stone tablet. It’s just that I might need to dece… no, I might need to fool other mages, so I wanted to learn…”

Why aren’t you being greedy? Don’t lie about not feeling greedy. This grandmother can distinguish all such lies.

Instead of answering, Lee Han waved his staff. The stone given by the Frost Giant King glowed blue.

That ice-brained fool in your skull?

Not stopping there, Lee Han showed the spirit markings. The voice exclaimed in great surprise.

Even that noisy thunder-striker?

‘This is somewhat amusing.’

Lee Han felt slightly entertained.

Each time he showed something, the voice was providing insults in creative ways.

You couldn’t possibly introduce the Skeleton Principal, could you?

“I also have the evil king of the yachas.”

Ah, that clever young one.

“…”

Lee Han immediately felt disappointed.

Wasn’t the Yachaowang the most evil and vile among the figures just mentioned?

‘Hmm. Perhaps this voice is also as eccentric and vile as the Yachaowang.’

Lee Han unknowingly failed to realize that he had approached the truth.

“Actually, I’m currently carrying several burdens that are already difficult for me to handle, so I don’t have the confidence to shoulder this stone tablet as well.”

You do seem that way. You smell of stars – did you perhaps make a contract with a star too? What kind of stellar oath are you carrying?

“…Akseong…”

I can’t hear you! You little thing. Do you want to get hit by grandmother one more time?

“…Akseong Arna… You wouldn’t know, would you?”

Suddenly the other party fell silent. Lee Han grew anxious for no reason.

…This grandmother hit him for nothing! A poor young boy who would burn up on his own even if left alone!

“…”

Lee Han stared intently at the stone tablet.

‘Should I just destroy it instead of giving it away?’

As if reading such impious thoughts, the voice kindly consoled him.

A contract with Akseong isn’t necessarily all bad. Even if you’re unfortunate, you can still leave your name in history. Kekekek.

“I haven’t given it yet.”

Even your temper? There’s a reason Akseong likes you.

‘Be patient. I already have too many enemies as it is.’

Starting from the powerful beings from other dimensions he’d gotten entangled with, to the evil deities who were practically enemies.

It didn’t seem wise to increase his enemies further now. Moreover, the other party’s personality seemed as eccentric as the Yachaowang.

Good! Since you made this grandmother laugh, I’ll give you advice as a reward.

If the dark mages elsewhere in the castle had heard this, they would have fainted from shock.

This green junior had received permission for the questions they so desperately wanted far too easily.

Of course, from junior Lee Han’s perspective, he’d immediately say ‘If you’re upset, why don’t you make a contract with Akseong instead’…

“As for advice… is it possible to cancel a contract with Akseong?”

You can stop being funny now. Keep your greed in moderation.

‘Hmm. I asked seriously but it seems impossible.’

Lee Han quietly gave up in secret. It seemed it wasn’t possible after all.

“Do you happen to know much about powerful beings from other dimensions?”

If you hadn’t made this grandmother laugh, if you hadn’t flicked away that bug, I would have given you a beating right away.

“Bug?”

You don’t need to know. Anyway, I know well. This grandmother’s hobby is inviting others for tea.

‘She wouldn’t have invited Brother Arsil too, would she…’

Feeling like he’d get sad if he asked, Lee Han changed the subject.

“I have a concern lately – could you give me some wise advice?”

There’s nothing this grandmother does better than that. Try telling me about it.

“Actually, one of my masters has escaped.”

…It was about magic, but yes. Continue.

The voice was slightly flustered.

She naturally expected questions about dark magic or at least other magic, but suddenly life counseling?

* * *

I see. The Extortionist and the Tentacle One… when dealing with just one would be insufficient, you’ve made enemies of both and are troubled?

At Lee Han’s complaint that he wanted to sweep away the Sainguiros Sect but it was difficult with all sorts of disasters and even the Prahgal Order interfering, the voice quickly understood.

At first she wondered if he’d stolen something from his master (though then it would be the disciple escaping, not the master), but this was indeed an interesting question.

She could see anew why this mortal was able to contract with Akseong.

Usually ordinary mages would wait quietly and build their strength in such situations, but this fellow was trying to step forward first to help his master despite being just a disciple.

Just two isn’t very difficult at all!

‘I should skip the Kseaksarigol story.’

Lee Han resolved inwardly.

If he mentioned the Kseaksarigol Order too, the other party would probably think he was too strange.

Yes! A good method came to mind.

“What would that be?”

First, you don’t need to worry too much about the disasters. They happened due to magical power and dimensional distortions, so they’ll subside soon.

The western disaster would naturally subside with time, and the northern disaster would subside once this stone tablet was recovered, so it wasn’t a lie.

“When you say ‘soon’… about when…?”

The important thing is that the Extortionist and Tentacle One are both bothersome, right?

“That’s true.”

When this grandmother raises bugs, she works hard to figure out how to raise them plump and sturdy. One method is making them fight each other.

“Ah. I learned this in dark magic. If you gather bugs together and make them kill each other…”

A transparent staff appeared in the air and was about to strike Lee Han’s head but hesitated.

The thought occurred that there wouldn’t be much effect from hitting him anyway, so why bother?

If you interrupt while grandmother is speaking one more time, I’ll introduce you to a new evil deity instead of giving advice. You wouldn’t want to get entangled with another evil deity like some blind madman, would you?

“I’m sorry.”

Lee Han thought once again that he’d done well not to mention the Kseaksarigol Order.

Yes, this grandmother’s advice is this: join hands with one side and strike the other.

“…Though I’ve met the Frost Giant King and contracted with Akseong, I’m definitely not an evil mage. I think there’s been a misunderstanding…”

Unable to bear it, the voice struck his head once more with the transparent staff.

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