Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 125

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Chapter 125

Seeing the fallen mouse, Lee Han found excuses flowing from his mouth without realizing it.

“I am not a dragon, lich, or principal.”

The friends near Lee Han looked at him as if asking what he was talking about. The red fox stretched out its front paw as if telling him to look ahead.

The mouse suddenly got up and started running away.

“…Wait! You said let’s duel! Like a noble, honor…”

Lee Han habitually brought up honor but then hesitated.

Come to think of it, this was a trick that only worked well on his Blue Dragon Tower friends.

-Like a noble, clean up the bowl you ate from yourself.

-Like a noble, look up information about reagents in the book.

-Like a noble, would you walk over that trap once?

There was no way talking about noble honor to a mouse would work. Lee Han quickly changed his words.

“…Like a mouse, uphold your honor!”

Of course, the mouse didn’t listen and ran away into the forest. The red fox looked at Lee Han pathetically. Perhaps because it had transformed into an animal, its gaze hurt a bit more.

“Can’t be helped. Let’s chase it.”

From the looks of it, that mouse was definitely something like the master of this forest.

Lee Han didn’t know why a mouse would learn magic and act as the forest’s master, but he just accepted it now.

…If it was a magic school, that could happen.

“Stop right there! I challenge you to a duel!”

Chasing after the mouse while shouting about duels made him feel self-loathing, but that wasn’t important right now.

Sharkan made clattering sounds as he tracked the mouse’s trail.

The mouse, realizing it was being chased, cast a counterattack.

“!”

The fruit-bearing vines along the path suddenly changed form and transformed into a fierce white-headed eagle.

Lee Han responded immediately.

“Space, be recognized. And… Spring forth!”

As the Space Recognition Spell was chanted, the situation around Lee Han quickly entered his mind. The trajectory of the mouse fleeing in the distance became almost visibly clear.

A large water mass was rapidly generated, then transformed into water orbs according to Lee Han’s will and began circling around.

Though it started as a simple 1st Circle 【Water Generation】 spell, it instantly progressed to form transformation and motion maintenance.

Yoner the red fox, who was watching from the side, was startled and raised his tail.

‘!?’

How could he not be surprised when his friend kept advancing several stages ahead in water magic while he wasn’t looking?

Of course, Lee Han had been skillfully using water magic from before…

But wasn’t that faster, more complex, and more sophisticated than what he’d seen last time?

Was this really okay?

“Don’t worry. I can catch something like that!”

Lee Han, perhaps misunderstanding his friends’ surprised reactions, immediately attacked the white-headed eagle.

Hit by the water orb that flew heavily in a sharp trajectory, the white-headed eagle made a popping sound and returned to being a bush.

“Sharkan. Catch him! Don’t let him escape!”

With splashing sounds, the spring beside them began to bubble and rise up.

The water that had been pooled in the spring took shape like a large slime and tried to lunge toward them.

“Flash!”

Lee Han immediately swung his staff and cast 【Lightning Generation】.

Though it was 1st Circle, it was magic that handled lightning, the most destructive and fastest of all elements, making it suitable for this situation.

Crack!

The lightning bolt struck the Spring Slime, but it was unharmed. Perhaps because of its massive size, the Spring Slime tried to move again.

Lee Han concentrated his mana and used his next method.

“Strike Down, Lightning of Perkuntra!”

Though it was 2nd Circle Magic, since it was magic directly developed by the powerful Lightning Spirit Perkuntra, its power was absolutely not inferior compared to Higher Circle Magic…

…but that was a fact only Perkuntra knew, and Lee Han was still suspicious of this magic.

Strangely, every time he used this magic, the effects were mediocre.

‘If it’s ineffective this time too, I’m sealing it for a while.’

In fact, it was because all the enemies Lee Han had encountered were too strong for a new student to face.

But Lee Han had already made up his mind.

It seemed like Perkuntra was a spirit who exaggerated a bit too much!

Crackle!

With rapid charging, the intensified lightning bolt struck down on the Spring Slime.

With tremendous vibration, the Spring Slime shook violently. Part of its body evaporated, reducing its size.

However, the Spring Slime was still standing firm.

“Perkuntra!”

Lee Han cursed the absent spirit and immediately drew Dawn Star.

Nilia panicked and whimpered, trying to stop Lee Han.

‘It’s already down!’

Due to the powerful magic, the Spring Slime was already defeated. It was certain since it wasn’t moving at all.

Its current standing state was just the water that had been pooled in the spring maintaining its form due to residual mana.

However, Nilia’s cries didn’t reach Lee Han.

Lee Han slashed the fallen Spring Slime with Dawn Star. Only then did the pooled water lose its form and scatter.

“It seems like I was deceived by the spirit.”

“…”

* * *

The mouse fled frantically while casting Transformation Magic on its surroundings.

However, the intruder who looked like a new student but was indistinguishable from the Principal or a dragon skillfully dealt with them and gave chase.

That point was even more suspicious.

If he were really a new student, he couldn’t chase this well.

The White-headed Eagle was one thing, but creating a slime from spring water pooled with cold iron water and attacking with it, only to have it defeated immediately without even breathing hard…

No matter how much he thought about it, it was definitely the Skeleton Principal in disguise.

The mouse trembled with fear.

Whether monsters, demons, angels, or spirits made nests in corners, the professors of this magic school usually showed little interest, but very occasionally, if a professor’s mood was wrongly disturbed, the professor would personally come to demolish it.

This was surely one of those cases.

The mouse couldn’t understand.

What on earth had it touched that belonged to the Skeleton Principal?

It had just spread out a forest in a corner of the corridor and played with the new students…

No matter how much it thought about it, that didn’t seem like such a big mistake.

Clatter!

With the sound of bones clashing, Sharkan burst out and blocked the mouse’s path.

The mouse was startled and tried to cast the next magic, but Lee Han was one step faster.

“Move!”

Lee Han immediately cast basic manipulation magic to lift the mouse into the air so it couldn’t escape.

When this novice tried to lift it with 1st circle magic, the mouse counterattacked as if it were absurd.

By transforming its body…

Squeak?!

The mouse was shocked.

Its body wouldn’t move as if it were caught by some powerful mana.

Even when it tried to cast magic, the casting wouldn’t work.

The opponent was controlling the mouse’s surroundings with an enormous amount of mana, leaving no room for other mana to enter.

To show such unnecessary control with mere 1st circle magic that could only lift a quill pen.

There was only one reason.

The Skeleton Principal’s characteristic eccentric intimidation!

Squeak…

The mouse dropped its head to the side as if it had given up everything.

Lee Han was shocked.

‘Did… did I kill it?’

For a moment, he thought it was because he had cast 【Basic Manipulation】 too forcefully.

But no matter how much he thought about it, 【Basic Manipulation】 didn’t have such an effect. It was just about lifting and controlling.

Fortunately, looking closely, the mouse wasn’t dead. It just seemed to have given up.

“Hey. I’m really…”

Lee Han hesitated as he tried to explain to the mouse ‘I’m not a dragon, lich, or the Skeleton Principal.’

…Come to think of it, did he really need to clear this up?

Judging by how the mouse had cast magic earlier, despite being flustered, it was a much higher-level mage than Lee Han.

If it didn’t run away and attacked Lee Han while casting all sorts of transformation magic, there was a good chance he would lose.

Moreover, if the misunderstanding was cleared up, wouldn’t it attack Lee Han viciously out of resentment for having fled until now?

But if it thought Lee Han was the Skeleton Principal?

‘Couldn’t he get out of the forest right away?’

It wasn’t the first time he’d done this. Hadn’t he evaded the warehouse keeper’s eyes underground last time by imitating the Skeleton Principal?

His friends tilted their heads and looked at Lee Han.

‘Is he thinking about how to persuade the mouse?’

“That’s right. I am the Principal.”

Squeak!

The mouse that had been trying to slyly peek at Lee Han with one eye open quickly shut both eyes tight and fell backward.

It had an attitude that said ‘I knew it.’

“…”

“…”

Lee Han could feel the gazes from his friends who had been transformed into animals, but he pretended not to notice and ignored them.

“But if you show mercy… and let me and these friends here go, I’ll overlook turning you into my undead minion.”

Lee Han spoke with his voice as ominous as possible.

Lee Han didn’t really know what an undead minion was either, but he just blurted out whatever came to mind.

Then the mouse nodded so vigorously that it created a breeze.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!

The mouse desperately pointed in a direction, seemingly wanting to get the Skeleton Principal out as quickly as possible.

Lee Han and his friends walked along the forest path. In the distance, the familiar corridors of the school began to come into view.

“Ah. Wait.”

Lee Han and his friends, who were about to leave, stopped.

The mouse looked at Lee Han with shocked eyes.

No… no way?

“No. There’s one more person. Just a moment.”

He had forgotten about Gainando.

* * *

Lee Han went back in and brought Gainando out.

As soon as the white mouse saw Lee Han, it burst into tears and clung to him.

“Gainando.”

His friends also seemed certain as they nodded. Lee Han placed the white mouse on his staff.

Gainando was moved to tears at seeing his friends again, but then was startled when he saw Nilia’s appearance.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!

“Hm?”

Lee Han looked at Nilia and then at Gainando.

“It’s okay. She won’t bite.”

Of course, such words didn’t reach Gainando’s ears. Gainando hid inside the coat pocket.

Instead of forcibly pulling Gainando out, Lee Han just took out the beer candy inside and moved it elsewhere.

“Well then, farewell. Forest mouse. If I ever have occasion to pass through here again, let’s meet again.”

Yoner, who was listening from the side, tilted his head.

…Isn’t that a threat?

Indeed, the mouse seemed to take it that way too as it trembled.

In the end, the mouse squeaked and brought out its treasure that it had buried in the forest floor.

It was a mysterious bone filled with abundant mana.

Squeak squeak squeak…

The mouse looked at Lee Han pitifully, as if asking him to accept this and let it pass.

Of course, Lee Han had no particular interest in bones. Professor Mortum might be different…

Clatter!

At that moment, Sharkan rushed over. Bones tangled chaotically with bones, and Sharkan’s empty parts were filled in.

“…!”

As the summoned creature that had been so skeletal was now transformed into a perfectly complete form without any gaps, his friends gasped in wonder at the mystery of summoning magic.

Lee Han was thinking something else.

‘…How dangerous did they say Sharkan was?’

According to Professor Lightningstep, Sharkan was a very proud and violent creature.

Right now he was docile because he was incomplete, but once complete, his original personality from when he was alive might emerge!

‘Should I bet on the slim possibility that Professor Mortum was considerate of new students, or the obvious possibility that he forgot about safety rules?’

Obviously it was the latter.

Lee Han immediately grabbed his staff and looked at Sharkan.

“…Sharkan?”

At his master’s call, Sharkan didn’t immediately run over and kneel.

But he also didn’t charge at Lee Han with a fierce roar, aiming for his throat with bone fangs.

Sharkan just…

Pretended not to hear and ignored him.

When called again, he lay down and buried his head in the ground.

“???”

His friends were confused, not understanding why that bone summon was acting like that.

Nilia, being a hunter, was the first to realize.

That was…

‘Like a rebellious phase…?’

Even the loyal dogs and wolves that hunters raised sometimes didn’t listen as they grew up.

It was because rebelliousness emerged as their souls matured.

‘…But do undead bone summons also have rebellious phases?’

Nilia found it hard to believe and just blinked her eyes.

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