Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1192

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Chapter 1192

Professor Jorzic was bewildered by the other person’s utterly groundless rudeness.

As a gentleman of the Empire, Professor Jorzic never forgave those who acted rudely, but someone pounding the ground with their fists while sobbing was somewhat of an exception.

Even a gentleman of the Empire didn’t want to deal with a crazy person.

Professor Thunderstep asked curiously.

“Are you crying because the dragon is too beautiful, or are you crying because you’re upset that Wardanaz transformed into a dragon?”

“I don’t know either!”

‘It’s both.’

The human heart is a complicated thing.

One could shed tears of emotion at transforming into a dragon while simultaneously shedding tears of jealousy.

In Professor Thunderstep’s view, Professor Bendozol was experiencing both.

He was moved, but at the same time his heart was burning with jealousy!

Who called that professor here?

Lee Han, transformed into a dragon, asked in an already tired voice.

He had thought it was fortunate that Professor Verdus hadn’t come, but an even noisier professor had shown up without any notice.

“Wahhh, uuugh, kheuk, woooo!”

“…”

“…Haven’t you already transformed into a beast?”

Instead of answering the question, Professor Bendozol only made increasingly louder crying sounds.

He cried so pitifully that a puddle of tears formed beneath him. Professor Thunderstep grimaced and lifted his boots, stepping back to create distance.

“N-now, Professor Bendozol. Calm down. Of course I know you wanted to transform into a dragon, but originally magic is something that…”

“Kheukheuk why heuk heuk heuk not me wahhh!”

“Why… not… me? Ah.”

Professor Thunderstep, barely understanding the answer mixed in with the crying, nodded his head.

“Dragons are originally that kind of race. Please stop crying.”

That’s right, Professor. If you’re going to cry, please go outside to do it.

“…Wardanaz is worried about you too.”

Professor Thunderstep cleverly distorted his student’s words.

“Now. If you stop crying, I’ll give you one of my student’s scales as a gift.”

That’ll disappear when the transformation wears off anyway, won’t it?

“Shh. Shut up. Please.”

The professor glared at his tactless student.

This kid right now…

Still, Professor Bendozol, having apparently poured out all the moisture in his body, got up from his spot while hiccupping.

The professors crowded around to comfort Professor Bendozol.

“Maybe someday you’ll be able to get permission from the dragons, Professor.”

“That’s right. Professor Bendozol has done several things for the dragons, hasn’t he? Though the dragons probably don’t know about it…”

“I also think the next mage to receive permission from dragons will be you, Professor.”

The professors comforting Professor Bendozol gestured to Lee Han. They meant for him to say something too.

Uh…

“Quickly! Say something!”

T-transforming into a dragon isn’t necessarily all good, is it?

“…”

“…You just stay quiet. Professor Bendozol, please ignore what you just heard.”

* * *

Though there were exceptions like Professor Bendozol, successfully transforming into a dragon was beneficial in many ways.

Especially significant was the fact that the remaining professors were readily willing to let Lee Han leave.

-Ah. So you took that crazy test because Professor Bagrek disappeared… Couldn’t you have just asked for understanding beforehand? If you had just said something, we would have let you substitute it with final exams.

-Ah. I thought you wouldn’t allow it.

-So that’s why you transformed into a dragon?

-I transformed into a dragon because other transformations weren’t working well, so I prioritized that one.

-…Right! Go quickly!

The professors were much kinder and more considerate than Lee Han had thought.

Upon hearing the heart of a student worried about his master, they tried to provide convenience despite the school’s strict rules.

“So that’s how I was able to leave like this.”

“…I-I see.”

Dawn.

Professor Kirmin, who secretly met with his student in front of the shrub forest near Einroguard’s main gate, wore a bewildered expression.

He had expected Wardanaz to break through all the tests and come out, but this kindness from the professors was unexpected.

Of course, Wardanaz’s magical skills had been thoroughly verified without needing to check through tests…

Was this really okay?

‘No. Let’s just think about Boladi for now.’

Professor Kirmin shook off his distracting thoughts.

Before this outing, Wardanaz had already asked Professor Kirmin to accompany him.

Given Professor Boladi’s skills, if the student approached alone, he might get beaten up and chased away, let alone captured.

“Where is Professor Kim?”

“I didn’t call her.”

“What do you mean…? Didn’t you say you would call her?”

“That was a lie. I thought you would worry too much, Professor.”

“…”

Professor Kirmin was shocked.

Like master, like student – he was already learning such bad habits.

To think he would lie even to Professor Garcia!

Regardless of whether the professor in front of him was shocked or not, Lee Han took out the commission letter he had prepared.

“This outing has nothing to do with a commission, so in principle, I can’t go out. So I prepared a fake commission letter.”

He went out so often for commissions that jokes like ‘Has Wardanaz already become a professor?’ circulated among students, but Lee Han was still a student.

Without a valid commission, he couldn’t go outside.

He could have used another commission as an excuse, but Lee Han thought even the time wasted on that was precious. He planned to search for the professor with full effort from the very beginning.

“Let me take a look.”

In the name of the Kraha Family, the following commission is entrusted to the mage of the Wardanaz Family

Organize and analyze the corresponding magics…

Professor Kirmin’s eyes widened in surprise.

Masters of illusion magic were very skilled at such forgeries and fakes. Naturally, Professor Kirmin was too.

But in Professor Kirmin’s eyes, he couldn’t see any flaws in this fake commission letter.

The Kraha Family’s seal was accurate, the stationery was the unique purple paper used by the Kraha Family, and the handwriting and signature were also…?

“How did you make this? The Kraha Family isn’t easy enough to allow random forgery of their family items.”

“It’s not a forgery, it’s real.”

“?”

“I asked for it beforehand and received it. A blank commission letter with the seal ring stamped on it.”

It was natural that Professor Kirmin couldn’t detect any flaws in this fake commission letter.

It was called fake, but all the other elements were completely real.

Gainando’s mother had personally stamped the seal on the family’s stationery and written the necessary text.

“!!!!”

Professor Kirmin was truly surprised.

Such fake commission letters couldn’t be given to just anyone. It was even a commission letter with the family seal and format completely finished.

With evil intentions, one could arbitrarily fill in the blanks with whatever content they wanted.

Even if they added that they were promised a mountain of gold coins as payment, according to this commission letter’s contents, the Kraha Family would find it hard to refute. All elements including the seal were real items used by the family.

But for a boy from another family to possess such a fake commission letter was hard to believe.

“Ah. Was this something the Prince had? In case he needed to go out…”

“Ah. Is this perhaps something the prince had? In case he needed to go out…”

“No. Gainando didn’t receive one. You only gave it to me, didn’t you? I received it directly.”

“…”

Lee Han’s answer made Professor Kirmin shudder.

He knew the reputation of Mrs. Kraha, who led one of the wealthiest families in the Empire, but such bold magnanimity.

…And the thoroughness of not giving such things to Gainando!

‘The Kraha family isn’t wealthy for nothing.’

Professor Kirmin felt a sudden respect for Mrs. Kraha, who wasn’t even present.

It was easy to say, but who would give such an item to their child’s friend instead of their own child?

It was impossible without firm belief that Wardanaz would step up if Gainando truly needed help.

“I thought there wouldn’t be any use for it since there were so many requests, but it looks like I’ll be using it this way. Let’s go. We need to convince the knights.”

“R-right.”

This semester, Lee Han had been receiving knights’ escort whenever he went out.

In other words, to go out on a fake request meant he had to deceive and bring along these knights too.

No matter how much most of the death knights favored Lee Han, if the fake request was discovered…

-An urgent request? Let’s go.

-I’ll call the idle ones. Hey, bring that iron pot guy too.

The resting death knights stood up without even glancing at the request letter.

Lee Han and Professor Kirmin were slightly flustered and asked back.

“Aren’t you going to check the request letter…?”

-There will be dozens of requests this semester, when would we check them all? Just tell us the location you want to go to.

“…Yes…”

Hiding his mixed feelings, Lee Han nodded.

It was definitely a good thing, but somehow he felt wronged.

He had even used the Kraha family’s letterhead…

* * *

Amrek Bark, Batrec Bark’s older brother and a dwarf belonging to the Crescent Moon Knights, looked down at the street below the third-floor inn with cautious eyes.

Currently, the subordinate knights he led were tracking a professor from Einroguard.

The power of mages from Einroguard always made the Empire’s knights tremble with fear.

Especially if it was a professor…

‘But you can’t just avoid them because you’re afraid.’

Amrek waited for his subordinates’ reports with eyes full of conviction.

No matter how excellent a mage was, they couldn’t continuously deceive the eyes of the Crescent Moon Knights.

The dense network built up over dozens, hundreds of years was not something easily shaken off.

“Found him!”

One subordinate knight rushed in with an excited face. Amrek gave light praise then asked.

“Where is he staying?”

“The Crescent Moon Inn. It seems he’s blending in with wandering mercenaries from outside.”

“Impressive disguise. This is why battle mages are troublesome.”

Amrek clicked his tongue.

Unlike desk-bound mages, battle mages who experienced real combat and were witnessed on battlefields were extraordinarily clever.

Despite thoroughly casting transformation magic, he was staying in poor facilities with mercenaries as a precaution.

This wasn’t his first or second time doing this.

“But Sir Bark. Why are we chasing this mage?”

“Hm?”

Amrek hesitated.

Actually, if asked for a reason, he had nothing to say.

How could he say that his stupid brother had a friend who took really good care of him, and as an older brother, he couldn’t not help?

Especially in front of his subordinate knights, it was even harder to say.

“That’s…”

“You fool! If he could have said it, he would have told us already. Don’t you know how important this must be just from hearing the title of Einroguard professor!”

Another knight scolded his colleague.

This task of secretly tracking an Einroguard professor was definitely not ordinary.

Surely Amrek must have tremendous information in his hands.

He wasn’t revealing that information to protect his subordinates.

“I-I see… I’m sorry!”

“N-no. That’s exactly it. I can’t tell you, but it’s a very important matter.”

Amrek inwardly sighed in relief and looked down at the street again.

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