Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1222

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Chapter 1222

“Thanks to you guys, I won’t fall behind even while in here.”

At Lee Han’s words, Gainando made an expression of utter disbelief.

Why on earth would someone need to study even inside a punishment cell?

“Lee Han. You can rest a little inside the punishment cell. There are magazines and mage cards here…”

‘Can’t you play mage cards alone though?’

Yoner, who was listening from the side, thought to himself.

Playing mage cards by yourself.

Perhaps thinking similarly, Adenart spoke up.

“Can’t you play mage cards alone?”

“…Wh-whatever I do, you always find fault with it!”

Gainando was indignant at the other imperial’s low political attack.

Of course, the other friends didn’t agree. Everyone sided with Adenart and looked at Gainando as if he were ridiculous.

Even Yoner (in fact, Yoner was the first to side with Adenart).

“Hmph. If you can’t play alone, just find someone to play with. Wait and see!”

“Wait a sec…”

Lee Han tried to stop him, but Gainando rushed over to the adjacent cell. Without even checking who was inside, he shouted.

“Excuse me, could you possibly play mage cards with Lee Han!”

“Alright.”

“…Pr-Professor Bagrek???”

Gainando was so startled he stumbled back several steps and fell on his bottom.

A completely unexpected person was in the adjacent cell!

“Professor, why are you here?!”

“Did you all not know Professor Bagrek was here?”

Lee Han was puzzled. Yoner whispered with an embarrassed face.

“Lee Han. You’re the professor’s only disciple…”

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, unlike other professors, Professor Boladi was someone whose absence really wouldn’t be noticed.

Even when he had escaped, except for a few people, no one knew about the escape…

Still, Lee Han defended his master like a respectful disciple.

“Eandurude is there too.”

“…”

“…Mmm…”

Honestly, whether it was 1 or 2 people didn’t seem to make much difference, but his friends respected Lee Han.

Meanwhile, Gainando was sweating profusely as he explained the mage card deck to Professor Boladi.

“So, so, so this is… the deck I’ll lend you… composed of giant monsters… very flashy… there are dragons too…”

“Looks difficult to survive the early game.”

“Th-that’s not true! Of course it’s disadvantageous against people who play without honor, but it’s pretty decent…”

“What is he really doing?”

The Blue Dragon Tower students looked at Gainando in disbelief.

Explaining mage cards to Professor Boladi.

Lee Han called out to help his friend.

“Gainando. Don’t bother the professor and come here.”

“You could have called me sooner…!”

Gainando came back sniffling. He couldn’t even remember what he had just said.

A few decks were taken, and what else did he say?

As the story seemed to be going off track because of the undignified other imperial, Adenart cleared her throat lightly.

Then she brought up what she had wanted to say.

“Wardanaz. Your recent subjugation of the anti-magic extremists together with Professor Bagrek was truly a proud achievement as a fellow student.”

Some students took it for granted because they were so close, but having a mage like Wardanaz in the same year was truly something to be proud of.

As Wardanaz built his reputation, the mages of the same year would also share in that glory.

As a friend of the same year, when it was time to express gratitude, gratitude should be conveyed.

However, Lee Han didn’t respond. At this unexpected reaction, Adenart was slightly flustered.

Huh?

“Was there something wrong with what I just said…?”

“Did you say anti-magic extremists?”

“Isn’t that right?”

Adenart was even more flustered.

Hadn’t Lee Han chased after Professor Bagrek to subjugate anti-magic extremists?

Gainando burst into laughter as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Anti-magic extremists! How can you be so mistaken!”

“Th-then…?”

“Lee Han went with the professor to subjugate mage criminals!”

“…”

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

Adenart could be mistaken. Various rumors would have spread while Lee Han was away.

But Gainando was mistaken even though he had been there when they fought the evil worshippers.

Thwack!

“Why??!”

Gainando, who got hit by a staff that came through the bars, opened his eyes wide as if wronged.

“What’s this about mage criminals all of a sudden. They were evil worshippers. You saw the Sainguiros Sect too.”

“Huh? Uh… Huh huh? Th-then what about the mage criminals?”

Gainando fell into confusion.

Right?

Lee Han was so dumbfounded he asked Yoner.

“What kind of rumors were going around that even Gainando, who was there with me, is confused?”

‘Anti-magic extremists, mage criminals, evil worshippers, separatists all came up.’

Yoner smiled an ambiguous smile that was hard to interpret and thought to himself.

Lee Han had certainly told some friends about the evil worshippers, but originally rumors were things that spread regardless of the truth.

Einroguard’s students made their own judgments and added flesh to the story.

-Wardanaz finished all his midterms and left? Chasing Professor Bagrek? I see. Mage criminals have been rampant lately, so he must be trying to subjugate them.

-Obviously he’s trying to catch anti-magic extremists. It’s not like he’s done it once or twice.

Just from his friend’s ambiguous smile, he could guess how the rumors had been inflated.

Lee Han sighed.

“I’d like you guys to take the truth and quell the rumors.”

“Of course. We can do that much. Wardanaz. What should we reveal?”

At Asan’s reliable appearance, beating his chest as if to say trust only him, Lee Han thought that at times like this, only friends could be helpful.

“We chased evil worshippers and actually found an evil deity’s domain, entered that domain and fought against the evil deity. We were lucky enough to destroy it.”

“…”

“…”

“…Is Lee Han telling us what really happened, or is he joking?”

Gainando asked his friends as if confused.

* * *

Friends from other towers also came to visit in turn.

The White Tiger Tower students pushed well-wrapped chunks of wild boar meat through the bars.

“Wardanaz! Congratulations on subjugating the separatists!”

“…Ri-right. Thanks.”

Lee Han was too tired to say anything and accepted the gift.

The White Tiger Tower students who had spent nearly two years at Einroguard had become very skilled. It was incomparably better than when they first enrolled.

When they first enrolled, they made mistakes not knowing they had to drain blood or scrape off fat from the hide after catching wild boar, but now they knew how to divide by parts and make different types of preserved food for each.

Lee Han, who had hung salted and smoked meat in the corner of the ceiling, looked at Bartrek and asked.

This time, Bartrek’s older brother Amurec, a knight of the Crescent Moon Knights, had helped Lee Han greatly.

“Didn’t your brother say anything?”

“He asked why I can’t be like Wardanaz even though we’re both Einrogard students.”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower friends sent looks of sympathy and empathy.

Such words weren’t only heard by Bartrek. Any second-year Einrogard student could hear such words at least once.

“Hmm. Sorry about that.”

“No… it’s because I’m lacking…”

The atmosphere became awkward. Giselle, who had been listening from behind, pushed away her friends and asked.

“What happened to the evil worshippers? They were all subjugated, right?”

“Hey. Moradi, you know the truth, so why don’t you correct them?”

“…I did correct them, but they won’t listen!”

Sparks flew from Giselle’s eyes.

She had subtly told these White Tiger Tower students, but they absolutely couldn’t understand.

Since she couldn’t explain Professor Boladi’s past in detail, she only said ‘evil worshippers were probably involved,’ but the White Tiger Tower students conveniently understood it as ‘there must be some evil worshippers among the separatists.’

Even the guys who had gone out together during the previous commission to subjugate evil worshippers were acting like this…

-Moradi. Think about it carefully. Sure, Wardanaz did try to subjugate evil worshippers during the last commission. But is there any guarantee it’s the same this time? Considering the Wardanaz family’s political position, I think separatists seem more plausible.

-Indeed, Gatono’s insight is incredibly sharp!

From Giselle’s perspective, it felt like being the only two-eyed person in a village of one-eyed people.

“I see. I understand. The Blue Dragon Tower kids also believe strange rumors.”

“…Did you find the professor?”

“Huh? Yeah. He’s doing well.”

Lee Han glanced to the side. Giselle couldn’t imagine that Professor Bagrek was in the adjacent cell.

“So what about the evil worshippers?”

Giselle asked again.

Rumors that the evil worshippers had suffered a major blow were already circulating, but the most accurate information was still hearing it from the person involved.

To what extent were they annihilated?

Lee Han answered with a serious expression.

“While chasing the evil worshippers, I fought directly against an evil deity. I completely annihilated it, so the remnants won’t be able to hold out and will rapidly decline.”

“…Are you mocking me right now??”

* * *

The Black Turtle Tower students cursed the White Tiger Tower students as soon as they arrived.

“Wardanaz. Those idiots are not only stupid but also despicable! They eavesdropped on us talking about preserved food and quickly beat us to it!”

“But it doesn’t matter. We prepared a different gift anyway. It’s incomparable to some mere meat.”

“Oh. What is it?”

Lee Han became curious at his confident friends’ appearance.

Ratford, as the representative, pushed the gift through the bars.

“Here it is.”

“…A hammer, chisel, shovel… rope…?”

“Prison break tools!”

“…”

The Black Turtle Tower students were serious.

Even if this punishment room was for professors, it would naturally be prepared against magic.

In that case, such physical tools could unexpectedly catch them off guard.

They had actually worked a few times in punishment rooms.

“These are tools made by gathering frost iron and magnetite. If you start digging from the corner now, you should be able to get out before the semester starts.”

“Thank you all so much.”

Lee Han expressed his gratitude, though he was half skeptical inside.

His skepticism was due to the Skeleton Principal’s attitude.

The fact that students could escape from punishment rooms was because the Skeleton Principal didn’t set surveillance or restrictions too severely.

If he really monitored strictly, it wouldn’t be easy for students to escape at their level.

Currently, the Skeleton Principal was in a situation where he was trying to seriously confine Lee Han, unable to resist some professor’s coercion and threats.

In such a situation, escape would likely be very difficult.

While pondering how to use these prison break tools, Lee Han suddenly became curious and asked.

“Did you happen to hear what kind of fight I had with Professor Bagrek?”

“Didn’t you come back from subjugating apocalypse believers this time?”

“…No.”

“Then what?”

“Hmm. I’m not sure if you’d believe me even if I told you.”

At Lee Han’s words, Salko showed a hurt expression.

“Wardanaz. We may be from different towers, but I’ve always respected your diligent nature. Do you think we wouldn’t believe a single word from you?”

“Right. I directly confronted and fought an evil deity. I even annihilated it.”

“Can I take back what I just said?”

* * *

The Phoenix Tower students came to visit last. Lee Han waved at the priests.

“Thank you all for coming.”

“Lord Wardanaz. Fighting directly against an evil deity is truly amazing!”

Siana said with sparkling eyes.

Unlike other students, these priests had heard the news from their respective religious orders.

News of the evil deity’s annihilation had been transmitted from various religious orders, and each order had accurately shared the information they heard, so the Phoenix Tower priests had no reason to believe other rumors.

Lee Han stood still. The priests were puzzled by his reaction.

Perhaps his body hadn’t fully recovered yet?

“…Among all the tower students, you guys are the most reliable and smart! Thank you!”

“??!?”

The priests were startled by Lee Han’s intense reaction.

They hadn’t expected him to react so strongly to just this kind of praise.

The priests, who belatedly understood the situation, nodded.

“Ah. We certainly found it hard to believe when we first saw it, so we read it several times.”

“I’m glad you at least believed it right away. Really.”

“Don’t worry, Lord Wardanaz. There’s a way to convince even those who don’t believe.”

Siana said confidently.

“What’s that?”

“I heard that it will be officially announced in the Imperial newspaper soon.”

“…What will?”

“The evil deity subjugation! Now that the cleanup is finished, it’s time to announce it.”

“…”

He hadn’t hoped for such a large-scale method of persuasion…?!

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