Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 156
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Chapter 156
Lee Han’s expression became serious.
‘Something’s strange about this.’
Tiziling Priest found an outing pass?
That could happen.
If students from other towers, or even White Tiger Tower students found outing passes?
That was also acceptable.
But Gainando…
‘It’s a trap!’
Lee Han’s intuition screamed.
This was definitely a trap!
The Skeleton Principal wasn’t someone who would scatter outing passes so easily that Gainando could get his hands on one.
‘But… why? Why the outing passes?’
While he was certain it was a trap, he couldn’t guess the reason for scattering outing passes like that.
‘I have no choice but to be more cautious.’
“What’s wrong?”
Noticing that Lee Han’s expression had become serious, the other Blue Dragon Tower students asked with worried voices.
“Isn’t it suspicious that we can get outing passes this easily?”
“Indeed…!”
“So you want to take the outing pass from Gainando using that excuse?”
“How about we take it saying we’ll return it later?”
“…”
Seeing his friends who were already excited beyond measure, Lee Han shook his head.
‘I need to keep my wits about me, even if I’m alone.’
* * *
Gainando was sitting in the tent of Professor Mortum, the professor who taught dark magic.
While other professors selected passionate and outstanding students to assign tasks, Professor Mortum didn’t do that.
To begin with, the number of new students interested in dark magic could be counted on one hand.
All new students learning dark magic had to attend.
Ymirg and Raphadael were also sitting next to Gainando, blankly staring ahead.
“…”
“…”
Heavy silence.
With Lee Han absent, the dark magic new students who weren’t close to each other had even less conversation.
All three were from different towers, different backgrounds, different races, different personalities…
Gainando grabbed his collar and flapped it.
Strangely, the air felt suffocating.
‘Isn’t this because of the negative mana?’
To break the suffocating atmosphere, Gainando finally opened his mouth.
“Hey there!”
The other two students responded enthusiastically to Gainando’s overly sociable greeting.
“…”
“Don’t try to act friendly with me, Prince. It’s disgusting.”
Even though one stayed silent and the other was harsh, Gainando was actually delighted.
“Did you just call me Prince?”
“Wh… what? Why are you happy about that? You perverted bastard.”
Raphadael, the angel hybrid, looked at Gainando with disgust.
As expected, there wasn’t a single normal person among those who wanted to learn dark magic.
To be happy even when being cursed at…
“Say it again! Who am I?”
“Why don’t you get lost!?”
“Um, excuse me.”
Ymirg, the giant hybrid, hesitantly spoke up.
“Shouldn’t we call some customers over…”
“What? Where would there be disgusting people interested in dark magic?”
‘But you’re learning dark magic too…’
Gainando and Ymirg looked at Raphadael as if they couldn’t believe it.
However, Raphadael remained steadfast.
“People not being interested in dark magic is actually a good thing. I…”
“How are things going?”
When Professor Mortum appeared, Raphadael immediately bowed.
“Good day, Professor!”
“Yes. Cough cough. How are things going?”
“…”
The three exchanged glances with each other.
While the standard for “going well” might differ from person to person, having 0 customers wasn’t going well by any standard.
Professor Mortum’s face darkened.
“Is no one showing interest?”
Actually, Professor Mortum had prepared quite diligently compared to other professors.
Black cloth spread over a wide table.
And magic circles, grimoires, and artifacts arranged on top of it.
It was Professor Mortum’s heartfelt arrangement to find and recommend suitable dark magic spells for any customers who might visit.
Compared to Professor Boladi who told Lee Han to throw water orbs at customers’ faces, it felt insulting to even make the comparison.
…But things in the world don’t always go well just because you put effort into them.
Basically, among the guests who came to the festival, there weren’t many who would deliberately seek out gloomy dark mages.
“Professor, I have something I’d like to ask.”
“Cough. What?”
“Why didn’t you bring Lee Han?”
“…”
“…”
Ymirg and Raphadael looked at Gainando with more contempt than the professor did, as if he were trash.
Even though they were from different towers, rumors about Wardanaz had reached their ears.
-Wardanaz was making magic circles for Professor Alpen.
-Well, he’s excellent, so that makes sense.
-Wardanaz was helping Professor Bagrek. Looks like he was attending lectures.
-Why on earth…? I don’t understand, but if he’s attending lectures, it’s natural to help. There probably aren’t any other students attending anyway.
-Wardanaz was running errands for the Principal.
-He’s excellent, so that makes sense.
-Wardanaz was called to make magic fireworks too.
-He’s excellent, so… no, wait. Isn’t Wardanaz doing too much work? How is he not collapsing?
They say great grades come with great responsibility, but Wardanaz was a bit extreme.
Even students from other towers looked at him with worried eyes, so there was nothing more to say.
But this guy who claimed to be a friend from the same tower, instead of showing such concern, asked the professor ‘Aren’t you calling him?’
‘What a piece of trash!’
Raphadael looked at Gainando with contemptuous eyes.
“Cough. Wardanaz… has many other things to do, so I left him alone.”
“Still, I wish Lee Han was here.”
“He must be too busy…”
“Lee Han will be fine!”
“Cough. Well… I’m not sure.”
Unable to watch any longer, Ymirg and Raphadael stepped forward.
“It’s, it’s fine. We’ll do it ourselves.”
“We’ll be fine without Wardanaz.”
“Fine my ass! You useless guys!”
While the two were contemplating whether to beat up Gainando or not, Lee Han appeared with other friends.
“Were you here?”
“Lee Han!!”
Gainando was overjoyed as if he could jump.
Finally, he could escape from this suffocating atmosphere.
“Help me!”
“With what?”
“The dark magic here…”
Before Gainando could explain, the Blue Dragon Tower friends who followed Lee Han asked first.
“By the way, Gainando, you got an outing pass?”
“Yeah.”
Pride and arrogance bloomed on Gainando’s face. The friends regretted asking for no reason.
‘I should have just forcibly taken it without asking.’
“Where did you get it?”
“I found it?”
“…You found it?”
When Lee Han asked back as if he couldn’t believe it, Gainando protested with an aggrieved voice.
“I really found it! I was walking and there was a box in the grass field nearby. I opened it and… Look! It’s real!”
Gainando pulled out the outing pass from his chest with innocent eyes.
It was a look that didn’t think Lee Han would take it away at all.
The other Blue Dragon Tower friends looked at Lee Han with tense faces.
-Now’s the time, Wardanaz!
-Right now!
‘…’
Even though he hadn’t learned telepathy magic, he could hear his friends’ telepathy clearly.
Lee Han checked the outing pass and returned it to Gainando.
“It’s real.”
“Right!?”
‘This is even more suspicious.’
This confirmed it.
Lee Han resolved to never let his guard down until he used his outing pass.
“Oh right. Lee Han. Help me.”
“With what?”
Gainando rambled on explaining what happened with Professor Mortum.
The professor called his excellent top students and assigned them work, so he prepared this and that, but people didn’t come…
‘What nonsense did Gainando spout?’
Lee Han wondered inwardly.
Ymirg and Raphadael were looking at Gainando like he was complete trash.
Raphadael was originally like that since he hated dark magic, but Ymirg was quite a good student.
Unless Gainando had done something wrong…
“I see. Got it. I’ll help.”
“!??”
“!!!”
The two looked at Lee Han in surprise.
They didn’t expect him to actually help.
“Why are you like that?”
“Aren’t you busy…?”
“Ah. I finished my urgent business today. I was originally planning to look around the festival a bit.”
Asan, sensing an ominous sign, spoke urgently.
“Wardanaz. You’re not planning to skip enjoying the festival today too, are you? There aren’t many days left!”
“It should be fine to enjoy it tomorrow.”
“Oh… no…!”
The Blue Dragon Tower students glared at Gainando.
Because of that bastard, Wardanaz!
‘I can’t just leave with Professor Mortum right in front of us.’
Of course, Lee Han didn’t stay because of his friendship with Gainando.
It was because Professor Mortum was right in front of them.
Even if Professor Mortum said ‘Cough, it’s fine, you can go play,’ professors were absolutely untrustworthy petty beings.
If he really went to play, later he might hear something like ‘Did you really go play? Cough, how impressive’ in return.
Since he had to learn dark magic, there was nothing good about getting on the professor’s bad side.
“I’ll help.”
“No… why?”
Professor Mortum looked at Lee Han as if he couldn’t understand.
Having heard stories from other professors, Professor Mortum knew well how much Lee Han was suffering.
“I’m also learning dark magic, aren’t I?”
“…!”
Not only Professor Mortum but other students were also moved.
Even Raphadael’s heart was shaken.
‘He may be learning dark magic, but his honor is truly flawless…’
“Lee Han!”
‘Compared to him, that prince…’
Unaware that Raphadael was badmouthing him, Gainando asked.
“But how are you going to bring people over?”
“We just need people to come, right?”
“That’s right?”
Lee Han asked the Blue Dragon Tower students.
“You guys. Get in line.”
“…U-us too?”
“Shh. Wardanaz told us to line up.”
Though they had come to play with Lee Han and suddenly got caught up at the dark magic tent, the Blue Dragon Tower friends lined up for the sake of friendship.
“Asan. If you know any students from other towers who are friendly, please bring them over.”
“Don’t worry, Wardanaz.”
Asan nodded.
Since he owed a debt regarding the magic circle, he intended to do his best.
A moment later.
Asan brought students with him.
Not only students from the same tower but also students from other towers were mixed in.
“Wardanaz. Should I stand here?”
“Yes.”
“Lord Wardanaz. Isn’t it a bit inappropriate to get the Imperial Princess interested in dark magic? I’ll do it instead, so the Imperial Princess should…”
“Here.”
Lee Han placed a candy in the Imperial Princess’s palm.
The Imperial Princess silently got in line. Rowena was shocked.
“No way…?!”
“Wardanaz. I brought more.”
Asan, who had disappeared after bringing the students, returned again.
This time he brought guests from Baldrogard.
“…?”
When Lee Han looked puzzled, Asan explained in an excited voice.
“When I mentioned your name, they said they really wanted to help.”
“I, I see. Good job.”
Asan disappeared again.
Then this time he brought some priests and imperial officials.
“…How did you bring them?”
He could understand the fellow students and even the Baldrogard guests.
They owed Lee Han favors after all.
But how did he get the priests and officials?
‘Is it the Dalcard Family’s connections?’
“When I mentioned your name, they said they wanted to help?”
“…???”
Lee Han couldn’t understand.
Why?
* * *
“I’ve never seen Professor Mortum so happy before.”
“Haven’t you only known the professor for a few months?”
“That’s true.”
Lee Han walked toward the dormitory with Gainando. After helping with cleanup until evening, the surroundings were already pitch dark.
“Want to play a round of cards when we get back?”
“I need to do magic decoding.”
“Want to play a round of cards after you finish decoding?”
“It’ll probably be dawn by the time I finish.”
Gainando was so obsessed with card games that he didn’t give up easily.
“Then at dawn… Gack!”
Something flew out of the darkness and attacked Gainando.
Lee Han initially thought it was a robber targeting their outing passes.
“Gainando! Don’t let them steal your outing pass… No, it’s a monster!”
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