Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1174
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Chapter 1174
‘That’s right.’
Catten unconsciously nodded his head. Then the Descendant of Ahrak glared at Catten.
“People are bound to make mistakes in life. Mages are even more bound to make mistakes.”
“?”
“??”
Is that so?
Lee Han and Catten exchanged glances as if puzzled.
No matter how long they lived, it seemed they wouldn’t make such sordid mistakes.
“You young fools haven’t tasted the bitter side of magic yet! As time passes, you’ll come to understand my words.”
“Ah. Yes. Then I’ll speak to you again at that time.”
Saying that, Lee Han tried to send away the Descendant of Ahrak.
He already had plenty to do and didn’t have time to deal with such a troublesome dark mage.
The Descendant of Ahrak struggled and resisted.
“Think carefully! Do you really want to live like slaves in Einroguard’s dark magic school?! If you stay there, you young fool will just have to do menial tasks taking care of incompetent upperclassmen all the time! You! You seem to be an upperclassman, don’t you feel sorry for your junior?!”
“Hmm.”
“…Senior. You’re not being swayed by such words right now, are you?”
Lee Han, who was trying to push away the Descendant of Ahrak, was shocked by Catten’s reaction.
The person who said they should be wary of power was being swayed by such words?
“Ah. Junior. I don’t think we should join the Descendants of Ahrak. However…”
“However?”
“The criticism about Einroguard’s dark magic school does seem to have some merit…”
“…”
Being a fellow 5th year student, Catten had consistently heard many stories about Einroguard’s dark magic school from Diret and Yukveltire.
Diret’s were complaints and Yukveltire’s were one-sided criticisms, but actually their content wasn’t very different.
In the end, the conclusion was one.
How difficult and harsh Einroguard’s dark magic school was.
The Descendant of Ahrak grinned wickedly. Finally, one of the young fools with a proper head on their shoulders had appeared.
“Yes! Finally one young fool has come to their senses. A talented mage should find a place to utilize that talent, not do odd jobs in some school where cobwebs have formed in the treasury!”
“I’m not going to a place that disguises itself to steal exam questions.”
“If you join the Descendants of Ahrak, you can do whatever you want. No one will interfere. You’ll walk your own path!”
“I’m already walking my own path right now. And Senior, I appreciate your concern, but you’re also devoted to magic that others try to stop you from practicing.”
“!”
Catten was greatly shocked by those words.
That was certainly true.
“It’s not about how harsh it is that matters, but that I want to walk that path.”
“…You’re right, Junior. I’m ashamed. You truly want to walk the path of Einroguard’s dark magic school.”
Lee Han hesitated for a moment.
Catten and the Descendant of Ahrak stared intently.
…Didn’t he just hesitate?
“Yes… that’s right. Well.”
“Don’t lie! You hesitated!”
“No, I didn’t. And if you keep persisting, I’ll have Senior Catten deal with you. Leave quickly while I’m being nice.”
Lee Han was annoyed by the senior elder mage who kept telling only the truth and tried to chase him away.
How petty to whisper truths in his ear. What a despicable fellow.
Knock knock knock-
“See. While we’re doing this, the professor has arrived.”
“Hmph.”
Lee Han glared at the Descendant of Ahrak and opened the door.
Again it was Professor Taswan from Callarogard. The professor smiled kindly and held up a stone tablet.
Sorry. I just accidentally inhaled toxic fumes and can’t speak.
“…”
“…”
“What an insincere bastard.”
The moment the Descendant of Ahrak muttered, Catten threw a punch at the professor’s face.
The undead of Oondorgu’s Legion screamed in pain and protested.
“Krrrreuk (That’s too much)!”
* * *
“You’re both here alrea… huh??”
The mage who came out of the Obsidian Tower looked at the two senior dark mages with confusion.
Why are they bleeding from their noses?
“There’s a good reason for it, young one.”
“Krreuk (The early-rising dark mage gets the freshly buried corpse).”
“Did someone attack you?”
“…I tripped on the way. The castle corridors were bumpy.”
“Kreuk (I got caught up and fell too).”
Despite their insincere excuses, the Obsidian Tower dark mage didn’t pay attention.
He wasn’t particularly interested in them to begin with.
“Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. I’ve come with a formal proposal in the name of the Obsidian Tower. Please consider it positively.”
The dark mage politely presented the proposal. Lee Han glanced behind the open dormitory door.
“Isn’t there anything… more?”
“?”
“You can speak honestly. You know. That thing.”
“???”
The Obsidian Tower dark mage was bewildered.
‘Is he talking about bribes?’
The proposal would be full of privileges for the mage himself anyway, so why bother?
But if that’s what the other party wanted, now was the time to accommodate. The dark mage coughed lightly and spoke.
“If you put it that way, I’ll speak verbally. Our Obsidian Tower this time…”
“S-sorry everyone for being late.”
Professor Taswan came in panting.
He had arrived late because he was comforting his disciples who were feeling dejected from being compared to students from other magic schools.
Seeing this, the Descendant of Ahrak and Oondorgu’s Legion shouted as if they knew it.
“Aha! As expected! You cunning little bastard. With that innocent face, you’re planning doubly?”
“Krreuk (I knew it)!”
“…Excuse me?”
“What are you talking about?”
Not only Professor Taswan but also the Obsidian Tower dark mage was confused.
Had the madness that any long-experienced mage encounters invaded these two?
“Enough! I’ll show you through action. Spirit, return his soul to its original state!”
The Descendant of Ahrak displayed dark magic as powerful as his reputation.
A well-raised spirit emerged from his sleeve and pounced, searching for traces of artificially altered souls.
Then it circled around Professor Taswan once and returned to its master’s sleeve.
“…”
“Kreuk (Are you an idiot)?”
“N-no. That’s strange? Spirit, return his soul to its original state!”
The spirit cried out timidly in rebellion from within the sleeve.
It was a cry that there were no traces of altered souls.
“…”
“…”
“He really does look like Professor Taswan.”
At Lee Han’s words, the two who arrived late asked in bewilderment.
“Then is he real? Are there fakes too?”
“…By any chance, Wardanaz, did you see a fake?”
In a situation like this, if a fake had appeared, the person who would do such a thing was…
“Now. Let’s all get back to the main topic. If we’re dark mages, we should discuss magic, but isn’t this small talk going on too long?”
The Descendant of Ahrak suddenly spoke with a serious expression. Even his undead friend was impressed by that shameless behavior.
‘It’s not easy to be that disgusting.’
“…Yes. It’s good that you’re getting to the main topic. Since everyone has gathered like this, I’ve already made my decision.”
Lee Han decided to get to the main point instead of arguing pointlessly.
From experience, there was nothing good about having long conversations with shameless mages.
‘Could it be us?’
‘It might be us.’
‘It must be our proposal.’
While the dark mages sent expectant gazes, Lee Han answered calmly.
“Everyone except the Professor should formally contact the Einroguard Dark Magic School and make your proposals.”
“…”
“…”
At the completely unexpected answer, the dark mages fell silent.
“Why, why would you do such a thing?!”
“Because I belong to the Einroguard Dark Magic School.”
“So why would you do such a thing?!”
‘Can he not hear what I’m saying?’
Leaving the Descendant of Ahrak, who was refusing the truth, aside, the dark mage from the Black Obsidian Tower fell into thought.
The request to send formal proposals itself wasn’t that bad.
The loss would be that the Wardanaz Family’s mage couldn’t monopolize the compensation, but he would get to see a little of it, and that was ultimately his own choice.
For the Black Obsidian Tower, it wasn’t something to worry about.
The problem was…
“I’m worried Professor Mortum might act a bit irrationally.”
“Krrrrrk (If he finds out he wasn’t invited, he’ll block letters for years).”
It was even more troublesome because the school faction leader happened to be a dark mage who had been excluded recently.
Wouldn’t he immediately burn the letters?
“Oh right. Don’t make proposals to Professor Mortum, make them to Senior Direte.”
“Is that okay?”
“Krrk (What a relief)!”
The dark mages brightened up.
That disciple was someone much easier to communicate with.
Even the Descendant of Ahrak, who had been acting sullen, was half-convinced by those words.
“Well… if it’s that young friend.”
Seeing this, Catten whispered to Lee Han.
“Did Professor Mortum perhaps attack these people?”
“Surely not… at most it would be theft or fraud.”
“…”
He might have committed theft or fraud??
* * *
Despite reaching a rough agreement, the dark mages didn’t leave the lodging.
The Descendant of Ahrak, who was lingering around with a regretful expression, saw the blueprints Lee Han was rummaging through and said.
“What’s this?”
“I’ve taken on a commission for fortress repair and improvement this time.”
“You took on resolving the northern anomaly and this too? The Family Head works people harder than I thought.”
Lee Han was about to say that the former wasn’t a commission he had taken on, but let it slide.
If he did that, it would only add another line of hurt to the hearts of the dark mages present.
They just needed to hate Professor Mortum, there was no reason to make them hate Lee Han too.
“But this magic is rather crude and outdated.”
“It’s old work. It’s natural since it was a commission that couldn’t use high-level mages.”
“Those damn nobles. They should think about spending money on mages instead of saving money for parties and banquets.”
The Descendant of Ahrak flipped through the blueprints and checked the notes Lee Han was planning.
From what he could see, it seemed like a plan to strengthen the area’s defenses and raise surveillance levels to detect potential intruders.
“Isn’t this too wasteful of mana?”
“That’s my style.”
“This young brat talking back so sharply… Then what’s this? If you break through this side path, surveillance would stop.”
“Krrk (How utterly amateurish).”
At the senior dark mages’ criticism, Lee Han answered in bewilderment.
“That’s because I haven’t even made that part yet.”
“Incompetent fools always make such excuses when criticized. Look here. This magic doesn’t need to be cast on such a large scale overall. I’ll generously teach you a magic. It’s 【Ahrak’s Eye】. With just that one magic, everything here would be solved.”
“Krrrk (That’s a good idea).”
The undead positively accepted his friend’s suggestion.
Going even further, he filled in the lacking points with his quill pen.
“Krrrrrrk (If you make the outer walls entirely from high-grade bones, it would work much better).”
“Your head’s working pretty well today? Then how about this? We place a demon here. I happen to have a decent demon trapped in a book.”
Professor Taswan was flustered seeing the two of them arbitrarily planning out an entire area.
Was this okay?
It was Wardanaz’s commission, but for them to do as they pleased like this…
“Shouldn’t, shouldn’t they not do that?”
At Professor Taswan’s words, the senior mage from the Black Obsidian Tower nodded.
“The waste is far too excessive. Both of you stop immediately. If you make it that way, the Empire won’t allow it anywhere.”
“What? Has this young brat gone mad?!”
“Krrrrrk (Do you even know anything about magical architecture)?!”
The dark mages argued with each other while arbitrarily completing Lee Han’s commission.
Since each of them was skilled in magic, it became even more intense.
Catten asked in surprise.
“Is it okay to leave them be?”
“I never said I’d use it.”
Lee Han answered coldly.
They had arbitrarily composed it with difficult magic only they knew, so why should Lee Han make such a thing?
No matter how well they made it, Lee Han had no intention of doing so.
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