Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1186

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Chapter 1186

Unfortunately, Professor Verdus’s lecture still had a lot of time remaining.

The professors present gathered together and checked the timetable posted on the bulletin board.

Which unlucky professor would become the next target of the venomous Wardanaz?

“…”

Professor Yonramo’s expression immediately turned gloomy.

Why does fate torment the good and let the wicked prosper?

“…Professor Yoner. Cheer up.”

“Y-yes. Professor Verdus will get his turn soon too. He’ll have to pay for his karma.”

Despite his fellow professors’ consolation, Professor Yonramo remained dejected.

“What’s this transformation magic midterm exam? The lecture that student Lee Han is taking is surely…”

“【Practical Self-Transformation】.”

If transformation magic were divided into two major categories, one would be magic that changes other beings, and the other would be magic that changes the mage himself.

Naturally, the latter had a higher difficulty level.

The difficulty was inevitably high since one had to maintain the identity of the mage’s own soul while only changing the form of the body.

Therefore, instead of having school students immediately learn full-scale transformation magic, Professor Yonramo had them steadily practice transforming parts of their bodies first.

And 【Practical Self-Transformation】 was a lecture that showed the practical results of that.

A lecture that finally transformed the entire body, not just parts of it!

The gap in difficulty was much greater than, if not smaller than, magic from other schools.

“Isn’t this a lecture that a second-year shouldn’t be taking?”

“What’s the point of saying that now?”

Professor Thunderstep muttered in a powerless voice. Professor Garcia unconsciously nodded at those words.

Indeed, it really was pointless to say that now.

“But if it’s the 【Practical Self-Transformation】 lecture, there are actually advantageous aspects.”

Professor Paselette, like the excellent divination mage she was, found advantages in the current situation.

“No matter how much Wardanaz can borrow the young principal’s wisdom, it won’t be easy to surpass the professor in such a lecture.”

“Ah. That’s right! Look, Professor Yoner!”

It wasn’t a lecture like Professor Thunderstep’s where you could write down manufacturing methods, and this wasn’t a lecture where the young principal’s corrections were possible.

Professor Yonramo’s face brightened slightly at his colleagues’ consolation.

“Come to think of it, there really isn’t anything particularly noteworthy to point out in this lecture…”

“Right?!”

“And Lee Han might actually fail by making mistakes. There’s no need to worry too much already.”

‘That doesn’t seem likely.’

‘Do we have to agree with this too by force?’

The professors hesitated.

No matter how unconditionally they agreed, there were limits.

No matter how much they imagined, they couldn’t picture Wardanaz failing any lecture. Even Professor Paselette, who could grasp the thinnest possibilities of the future, shook her head slightly.

‘I can’t see it. I can’t see it.’

“R-right. He might fail by making mistakes. Anyway, the important thing is that unlike Professor Thunderstep’s case, he won’t be able to surpass the lecture, right?”

“Do you have to mention my name specifically?”

Professor Thunderstep grumbled complainingly from the side.

It was already miserable enough to receive corrections on manufacturing methods at this age, but now his colleagues were using him as an example every single time.

During this, Professor Verdus, who had been quietly listening from the side, opened his mouth.

“Wait a minute. I think there’s a chance Wardanaz might surpass Professor Yoner’s lecture!”

“Stop talking nonsense and stay quiet.”

Professor Garcia whispered fiercely.

She didn’t know what the other person was trying to say, but it wasn’t helpful at all.

However, Professor Verdus was someone who couldn’t bear not pointing out something if he knew it and others didn’t. He opened his mouth seriously with his cute face.

“If Wardanaz succeeds in transforming into a dragon, the story would be different. Professor Yoner can’t transform into a dragon, can he?”

A mage’s self-transformation had the following rules.

The more complex and advanced the creature one transformed into, the higher the magic’s difficulty became.

And when it came to dragons, the most perfect creatures, it wasn’t simply determined by magic difficulty.

The dragon race had been protected as an entire species by powerful magic passed down from ancient times.

This protection surprisingly applied even to the laws of transformation by completely separate mages.

Without a dragon’s recognition or permission, it was virtually impossible to even imitate parts of their body.

“Stop talking nonsense and stay quiet. No one can do that anyway.”

Professor Garcia’s voice, sensing ominousness, vibrated in low tones. It was like infrasonic waves emitted by a fierce beast.

“Although it was only a part, Wardanaz has magically constructed a dragon’s body before. That means there’s a possibility he could transform into a complete dragon.”

“What do you know about student Lee Han to say such things? You usually have no interest in him at all!”

Professor Garcia felt truly wronged.

This person who usually didn’t even know whether student Lee Han ate bread or rice, whether he was outside or inside, somehow remembered this kind of thing.

Moreover, that was a momentary transformation that had appeared in passing while student Lee Han was practicing during last year’s lecture.

Even Professor Yonramo himself, who had mentioned it, would have forgotten about it, yet Professor Verdus remembered it.

He really was someone who remembered things related to magic tenaciously.

Professor Paselette, unable to watch any longer, intervened.

“It would be a wyvern. There are quite a few people who can transform into sub-dragon species that have dragon blood mixed in.”

“But it could be a dragon. Wardanaz is friends with dragons.”

This time Professor Thunderstep stepped forward. He could have just watched, but Professor Verdus was somehow annoying.

“Just because you have friendship with dragons doesn’t mean you can transform into them.”

“But Wardanaz is a dragon’s contractor.”

“…”

“…”

The professors were all shot down. Professor Verdus, not even knowing he had won, stared blankly and asked.

“Right? The possibility is quite high, isn’t it?”

Professor Garcia’s fist was coldly loaded. Professor Paselette, noticing this, took a step back.

Whether Wardanaz could transform into a dragon or not was unknown, but today Professor Verdus might transform into a corpse.

* * *

Jarun of the Gangsulgudu family originally had no intention of graduating.

While other ordinary students were complacently obsessed with graduation, he had decided to dig down into Einroguard’s underground to find something more valuable than graduation.

But that thought had changed a little.

It absolutely wasn’t because a junior from the same school had even stolen Professor Verdus’s artifact to cheer him on, and it was a decision made solely by his own choice.

‘It’s absolutely not because of that guy. Come to think of it, I could graduate and still look for what I want. That’s why I’m preparing the submission.’

Jarun muttered to himself alone in the underground while preparing his submission.

This small room located underground, cool and moldy, was Jarun’s hideout and forward base.

A sacred workspace that no student could find, belonging only to Jarun…

Thump thump thump!

“Senior! Are you there!”

“…”

Jarun was shocked by his familiar junior’s voice and turned his head.

The paper bird terrorism was one thing, but he never expected him to find this place.

“…It must be an underground evil spirit. One that mimics voices…”

“I’m not an evil spirit! I can break down the door to prove it!”

Jarun trembled with anger.

What wrong had he done for this damn junior to keep tormenting him?

‘I’ll have to change locations or something.’

Slam!

“You should have been done with your work last time, you mole monster that deserves to be caught! Why do you keep coming to find me!”

When he opened the door, he saw his familiar Wardanaz family junior and also junior Karnella from the Hormashi family, who belonged to the White Tiger Tower, standing beside him.

Jarun asked in confusion.

“Hormashi, what are you doing here?”

“Actually, there are deep circumstances behind this, you could say…”

“…”

Jarun looked around behind him. No matter how much they were a year below, since the opponent was from White Tiger Tower, they would never be easy when fighting.

Where did I put that hammer with attack magic cast on it…

“Senior! I didn’t come here to fight! Just listen to what I have to say!”

“Isn’t it that damn bastard you brought along! Who do you take for a fool?!”

Jarun angrily blamed his underclassman.

No matter how outstanding that Wardanaz bastard was, there was no way a mere 2nd year would come here alone.

Karnella must have coaxed and brought him here.

“I did bring him, but there are deep circumstances behind this!”

“You’re probably trying to dump work on me again. You despicable bastards! Don’t try any foolish tricks!”

Lee Han, who had been just listening to the sparking conversation between the upperclassmen, asked with a puzzled expression.

“What do you mean by trying to dump work?”

“When you reach 4th year, you’re supposed to act as a school faction senior. But Senior Gangsulgudu is so good at going off the grid.”

The tall and slender dark elf senior shrugged his shoulders as he explained.

Originally, when you reached 4th year, you were supposed to take on certain duties as a senior of the school faction and help underclassmen.

Except for exceptions like a certain student, no matter how lazy and eccentric, they would help to some extent.

However, Jarun, who fell into the category of ‘that crazy senior,’ struggled not to take on school faction duties even if it meant being dragged to the punishment room several times.

If Yukveltire had seen this, it would have been grit she would have rated highly.

After hearing the circumstances, Lee Han looked at him with contemptuous eyes. It was the same look he gave when looking at a certain student.

“What, what’s with that look?”

“It’s nothing.”

“No one, not even a professor, can make a dwarf do something! Remember that well!”

“Yes.”

“…”

When Lee Han said nothing and just criticized with his eyes, Jarun began to feel increasingly uncomfortable.

Though he didn’t realize it himself, that was the pang of conscience.

The emotion any person should naturally feel when facing an underclassman more sincere and diligent than themselves!

Jarun hesitated and then changed the subject.

“…What is it. You two. What did you come here for?”

“This underclassman here wants to practice transformation magic, but it seemed like it would be too much for me to supervise alone, so I brought him.”

The short dwarf senior’s face twisted grimly.

To bother him for such a useless reason.

“Practice by reading books!”

“He’s past that stage and is now at the stage of complete transformation!”

“…!”

Even Jarun was slightly surprised by those words.

Was a mere 2nd year already attempting complete transformation?

“Even so, couldn’t you just teach him yourself, Hormashi!”

“If I could have done that, I would have done it long ago! Do you think I wanted to come to this moldy place! It’s because he seems like he’ll transform into quite rare animals!”

“!!”

Jarun was even more surprised.

He would have been surprised if a 2nd year transformed into something ordinary and easy, but he seemed like he would transform into rare animals?

“If he transforms into something like Cerberus, I could help him alone, but it seems like several rare animals will come up. I need someone to consult with.”

“…Come in.”

Finally, Jarun gave in.

Honestly, he was somewhat curious about what rare animals the 2nd year underclassman was trying to transform into.

When Lee Han and Karnella came inside and stood (there were no chairs for the two), Jarun asked a question.

“What do you think he’ll transform into? Don’t make a big fuss.”

“In this Hormashi’s opinion… basilisk has quite a possibility.”

Karnella spoke in a serious voice.

In transformation magic, the mage’s will was important, but the subconscious was also quite significant.

Otherwise, why would a mage’s aptitude exist?

It was a basic principle of transformation magic that it was easy to transform into subjects you had been familiar with since childhood.

And this underclassman was a reptile enthusiast who carried around a baby basilisk every day.

-What a really good person!

The baby basilisk excitedly shouted.

How could he have such a good opinion?

“But in terms of practicality alone, unicorn seems better too.”

-What kind of person is that?!

The baby basilisk immediately changed its opinion like flipping the palm of its hand and became indignant.

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