Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 15
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Chapter 015
‘But it is quite difficult.’
Controlling the orb with willpower was no ordinary task.
Like the student who got hit by his own orb earlier, the orb would fly off wildly with just a moment’s lapse in concentration.
It felt like having a strange third arm newly attached.
Fortunately for Lee Han, he didn’t have to worry about collapsing from mana depletion.
In fact, even after continuously making the orb float and draw circles, he didn’t feel his mana dropping at all.
“…”
Professor Boladi said nothing and just stared intently at Lee Han.
‘Is he doing that because my mana isn’t dropping?’
Lee Han wondered why the professor was staring at him.
It couldn’t be because Lee Han was controlling the orb too quickly and skillfully (even Lee Han could see his circles were somewhat crooked), so maybe the professor was amazed that Lee Han could control the orb for so long without getting tired.
‘No. He’s just looking at me because there’s no one else here.’
But Lee Han belatedly realized the professor was just staring absent-mindedly.
If he was curious about the large mana capacity, he would have just asked a question!
Well, since Lee Han was the only one in the lecture hall, there was nowhere else to look. Lee Han focused on diligently spinning the orb, regardless of whether the professor was watching or not.
He wasn’t quite sure what the point of this was…
‘Let’s just think that spinning it hard will give me good grades.’
A magical orb that gives grades when you spin it round and round.
Thinking of it that way, he could do it indefinitely.
Lee Han was excessively adapted to enduring unreasonable tasks under professors.
* * *
‘How fascinating.’
Professor Boladi was very intrigued.
Of course, it didn’t show on his expression at all, but he was feeling the emotion of fascination for the first time in a long while.
The new student before his eyes was the reason.
Every year, new students would flood into 【Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat】 like high tide, then disappear like low tide.
Last year, the number of people who attended: 0.
However, Professor Boladi paid no mind to this.
His contract with Principal Osyu Gonadaltes was to ‘give 【Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat】 lectures every year,’ not to ‘gather many students.’
In fact, even when there were no students, Professor Boladi would sit in the lecture hall at the appointed time, place the orb and wait, only getting up after the lecture time was over.
Others might not understand, but this was Professor Boladi’s principle.
Time accumulated repetitively in this manner.
Breaking that repetition, one peculiar new student appeared today.
A handsome boy with bold, sculptural features.
You could tell at a glance he was a Blue Dragon Tower student.
Judging by his behavior and accent, he was probably from an Empire great noble house.
But…
He was concentrating on continuously spinning the orb without any complaints.
Even the lowest-ranking Black Turtle Tower students would rush out saying ‘Why the hell do we have to do this?’ when taking this lecture, so it was unusual for a Blue Dragon Tower student to be quietly concentrating.
Moreover, he showed no signs of fatigue despite continuously spinning that orb.
He definitely had innate mana capacity.
Actually, if Professor Boladi had been friendly with other professors, if he had ever talked with Troll Professor Garcia Kim, he would have heard roughly how much mana Lee Han had.
But Professor Boladi didn’t bother socializing with other professors.
His contract with the principal didn’t include such content.
Therefore, Professor Boladi only guessed that Lee Han had quite a lot of mana, but couldn’t tell exactly how much.
‘I hope he continues to stay.’
For the first time while teaching, Professor Boladi hoped a student would remain in his seat.
If that student kept attending, Professor Boladi could move on to the next content for the first time in his teaching history.
* * *
“I’m telling you I found a really good lecture?”
Lee Han spoke seriously.
Normally Lee Han wouldn’t show such kindness, but Yoner and Gainando were somewhat exceptions.
Yoner might become a business partner later, and Gainando’s mother might give friendship money later.
There was nothing wrong with treating friends from good families well.
“I think no other students will come to attend this. If you take it, I’d say an A+ is guaranteed.”
“…Mmm…”
Yoner’s face clearly showed an expression of great concern about ‘How can I refuse Lee Han’s suggestion well?’
A lecture no one attends – just hearing the name made her want to avoid it, but she felt bad about refusing when Lee Han was recommending it so earnestly. What to do?
“…No. If you don’t want to take it, you don’t have to.”
Lee Han said to Yoner.
He had no intention of forcing her to take it.
He just recommended it because he thought it was good that you could easily coast through one subject per semester…
“Hmm. Tell me more details.”
In contrast, Gainando seemed interested.
“What do they teach?”
“There’s an orb artifact the professor made, and you inject mana into it and make it float.”
“Oh. And then what?”
“You practice making circles by moving it around.”
“I see. And after that?”
“There is no after that.”
“…”
“…”
Yoner and Gainando stared at Lee Han as if dumbfounded.
“That… isn’t he a fake professor by any chance?”
“Fake or real, what do I care? What matters is that he gives me points.”
Yoner was impressed.
When she first enrolled, Yoner had thought this:
-Aren’t I probably the most practical thinker among the students here?
Since Blue Dragon Tower students were mostly from great noble houses, many of them had quite rigid ways of thinking.
Yoner had felt this several times.
But talking with Lee Han made her realize the world was wide and the sky was high.
That boy from the Wardanaz Family was practically obsessed with practicality.
To a degree even Yoner couldn’t match!
“Well, if you guys don’t want to take it, it can’t be helped. Next is 【Basic Swordsmanship】.”
“…Are, are you really going to take that too??”
“Wardanaz. I really don’t think that’s a good idea…”
No matter how much his friends tried to stop him, Lee Han wouldn’t listen.
If it wasn’t a mandatory lecture, he would choose everything else based solely on his own criteria.
That was the rule of this magic school Einroguard!
‘Shouldn’t we really try to stop him??’
Gainando seriously considered whether he should run to the principal for counseling.
* * *
The Basic Swordsmanship lecture had far more students than Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat.
More than ten students were clearly gathered in the southern front yard of the main building, waiting for the professor.
‘No way. There are surprisingly many?’
Lee Han, who had been surprised, quickly realized the reason.
The students here were from the 【Tower of the White Tiger that Bites Lightning】.
White Tiger Tower students were from Imperial knight families who had come here to learn magic.
Naturally, being from knight families, they were skilled in swordsmanship and had a much more serious attitude.
While students from other families might have learned swordsmanship, they had no intention of learning it here, but White Tiger Tower students were the opposite.
‘Well, Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat was too much of a free ride.’
Lee Han was slightly disappointed, but thinking about it, a lecture where you get first place out of one person was unusual – this wasn’t bad.
Besides, hadn’t Lee Han also been steadily learning swordsmanship?
“…What?”
“Isn’t he from Blue Dragon Tower?”
Just as Lee Han was surprised, the White Tiger Tower students were also surprised and whispering among themselves.
They hadn’t expected students from other dormitories to come.
“I know who that guy is. He’s from the Wardanaz Family.”
“Wardanaz Family…! Isn’t that the Empire’s renowned magical family?”
“But why would someone from such a family take this lecture?”
“Didn’t he come because he learned a little swordsmanship from a tutor at home?”
“There’s a limit to looking down on swordsmanship.”
Most students showed strong rejection.
Though there were individual differences, White Tiger Tower students were basically those who took pride in swordsmanship and trained seriously.
In comparison, other noble families learning swordsmanship was just for self-defense, as a cultural accomplishment, lightly skimming the surface.
Coming to the lecture with that kind of attitude naturally caused rejection.
Lee Han also noticed those reactions.
‘What do I care.’
And of course, he didn’t mind.
Lee Han wasn’t stupid enough to get involved and react to every petty confrontation by teenage brats.
“Hey.”
When Lee Han ignored the reactions, one of the students finally stepped forward.
A trained physique befitting someone from a knight family.
Moreover, combined with the muscles characteristic of the orc race, intimidating lines showed even through the shabby, tattered school uniform.
The other person stood in front of Lee Han and looked straight up at him.
Lee Han also looked back at him as if asking what he wanted.
Though it was a rather fierce-looking orc, Lee Han had too much experience to be intimidated by something like this.
“Got something to say?”
“Yeah. From the Wardanaz Family, belonging to Blue Dragon Tower. Right?”
“That’s right.”
“Seems like you came to the wrong place, but this is a serious swordsmanship lecture. Not a lecture that teaches you to swing just for show.”
“I see. Thanks for letting me know.”
“…”
When Lee Han ignored him even after being told nicely, the orc’s expression soured.
“Seems like you didn’t understand properly, but real swordsmanship lectures aren’t just sword swinging like you high nobles do. We’ll be paired up for sparring, and you could get seriously hurt then. The other students here won’t hold back.”
“Right. If I end up facing you, I’ll be careful not to hurt you. If you’re that worried about it.”
“…”
The orc was a beat late in understanding Lee Han’s words. The orc’s face flushed red as he belatedly understood what Lee Han meant.
Just then, a small cough was heard.
The professor who would teach the lecture had arrived.
“Now. Everyone. Could you gather around?”
The professor’s voice was gentle and kind, but his appearance was the complete opposite.
Despite being an elf, a race born with natural beauty, the professor’s appearance created an intimidating presence.
It was the intimidation created by scars and wounds covering his entire body from face to toe.
One arm and one leg were prosthetics, and one eye appeared different in size from the other due to scars.
“I am Professor Ingoldel. I’ll be teaching you swordsmanship this semester.”
The elf professor continued speaking while leaning on a long sword like a staff.
“Probably all of you who are bothering to learn swordsmanship again here at Einroguard have experience learning swordsmanship. You’re here to improve your skills or keep them from getting rusty.”
Lee Han felt slightly guilty. Though that wasn’t bad either, he had come more for the credits.
“So I won’t be teaching swordsmanship from the beginning. It would be better for each of you to hone the swordsmanship you’ve already learned.”
The students from knight families listened to the elf professor’s words with bright, shining eyes.
They were students who were still unfamiliar with magic.
For such students, talk of swordsmanship inevitably sounded much more convincing than talk of magic.
Tap tap-
“?”
Lee Han turned his head. Someone was tapping his arm.
Though the same elf race as Professor Ingoldel, the image was completely opposite.
The other person had short golden hair reaching to the nape, with fine lines and androgynous beautiful features.
‘He’s got the looks to be popular with girls.’
“What is it?”
“From the Wardanaz Family. Right? I’m curious why someone from the Wardanaz Family would want to learn swordsmanship.”
The other person spoke in a manner that was cheerful yet not frivolous.
Unlike the student who had picked a fight earlier, you could feel that he was skilled at dealing with people.
“The small number of attendees made it look good for getting points.”
“…”
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
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