Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159

Realizing that the other student was harboring a strange misunderstanding, Ogonin urgently shouted.

“…I am not a professor!”

“?!”

Only after receiving Lee Han’s suspicious gaze did Ogonin belatedly realize what he had said.

If he had been a professional thief, he would have been careful with every word, but Ogonin was an amateur thief.

While he had a high reputation as a mage even within the Empire, this was his first time as a thief.

That inexperience had led to this mistake.

“No… that’s…!”

“How dare you use deception!”

“I didn’t use deception…?! Urgh!”

Ogonin could no longer continue his persuasion and excuses.

The other student’s attack had begun.

‘What… what is this… what the hell?!’

When the student summoned dozens of water orbs, Ogonin was startled but didn’t think he couldn’t block them.

While magical combat wasn’t Ogonin’s specialty, with his years of experience as a mage, how could he not have encountered magical combat?

He had faced elemental magic of that level before.

The large number was intimidating, but he just needed to block the front properly.

If he could just block it once, then he could suppress his opponent with illusion magic again…

…or so it should have been?!

Whoooosh!

When all the water orbs drew irregular trajectories on their own and flew at unexpectedly fast speeds, Ogonin had to panic once again.

‘What is this! What is this!’

Ogonin threw his body to the side.

To think that at his age, he would have to dodge attacks in such a childish manner.

“Earth, help me!”

The soil suddenly slid as if pushing Ogonin away while simultaneously trying to swallow the water orbs.

Lee Han didn’t bother trying to escape with control.

If you want to swallow them, go ahead and swallow them.

Because…

He could just summon more!

“Spring forth!”

“!!!”

Seeing the student prepare the next attack immediately without any rest after just summoning so much, Ogonin felt like he had fallen into a nightmare.

An illusion mage falling into a nightmare?

‘Is… is this a trap that Gonadaltes prepared!?’

He was desperate enough to have such thoughts.

“Elements, return to your original form!”

Ogonin countered the flying water orbs with elemental dispel. The water orbs scattered in the air.

However, his opponent paid no heed and summoned them again.

Ogonin realized.

‘I can’t win in a war of attrition!’

Pride as an Empire mage and all that – at this point, Ogonin actually became calmer.

Being humiliated once leaves you dazed, but after several consecutive humiliations, your mind starts to clear up.

‘I don’t know what kind of student this is, but…!’

He had to suppress them somehow and escape!

“Flames, transform into my appearance!”

Ogonin gave up on stubbornly attempting illusion magic that wasn’t working due to his pride.

Illusion magic was diverse beyond just spells cast directly on opponents. If one thing didn’t work, he could use something else.

Flames rose and transformed into the exact shape of Ogonin. It was a perfect duplicate that was impossible to distinguish.

Lee Han looked at Ogonin with shocked eyes. Ogonin felt his wounded pride recover just a little bit.

“…Student, please listen to me! I apologize for speaking rudely in my panic. But I also have my circumstances…”

Sizzle-

“?”

At the sound of a fuse burning behind him, Ogonin turned his head.

The flame duplicate had lit a fuse that finished burning and launched fireworks.

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop BANG!!!!!

Both Lee Han and Ogonin were left speechless, just watching the pile of fireworks being launched.

* * *

Next question! What I loved most during my lifetime…

Bang!

“?”

“What’s that?”

The students who had been yawning at the boring questions turned their heads.

Beautiful fireworks were decorating the sky behind them.

Bang bang!

“It’s fireworks!”

“Oh my, is it time to start already?”

The guests also excitedly rose from their seats.

Wasn’t fireworks one of the most beautiful things that could be done with magic?

The opportunity to see fireworks prepared directly by Einroguard this close was not common.

No… no… no!?

When the Skeleton Principal feigned complete ignorance and acted surprised, the Empire guests burst into laughter.

“You really do love surprise gifts!”

“Studying under such a delightful master, your disciples must be truly happy!”

No… what… which… eternally cursed bastard…?

“What did you just say?”

Silence!

The Skeleton Principal revealed his true nature and forced the Empire customer’s mouth shut. The customer who was hit by the Forced Silence Curse struggled and felt frustrated, making muffled sounds.

What on earth… kind of…!

Blue flames blazed fiercely, leaving traces behind the flying Skeleton Principal.

Though his tears had dried up long ago, the Skeleton Principal wept with his soul.

Some evil being had ruined his plan to give the students a delightful fireworks dodging experience!

* * *

“…It’s over…”

Ogonin collapsed with a look of despair.

Who would have thought this was a fireworks pile.

Moreover, since he had set it off like this, there was no way to escape now. People would come rushing soon.

‘Should I hit him?’

Lee Han pondered while looking at the collapsed Ogonin.

To properly subdue him, knocking him unconscious would be the right thing to do.

From what he could see, this seemed to be a thief rather than a professor…

But for a thief, the other person strangely seemed like someone with status.

If he hit him carelessly and it turned out he knew one of the professors, it would be quite troublesome for Lee Han.

“Could you perhaps tell me your circumstances?”

“What?”

“I was wondering if you could tell me your circumstances.”

“You are… wait. First, are you a student?”

Ogonin, who had been in despair, suddenly became curious and asked. Lee Han nodded.

“I am a student.”

“5th year?”

“No.”

“4th year?”

“No.”

“6th year??”

“I’m a 1st year.”

“…”

Ogonin looked around frantically.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I was looking for a rope to hang myself with…”

“Please don’t do that.”

Lee Han tried to comfort him, but Ogonin collapsed in frustration.

Good heavens, he couldn’t even subdue a single new student with illusion magic and struggled helplessly, only to set fire to a fireworks pile!

He felt as if all his years of living as a mage had been denied.

“Is that so. Hmm. So…”

Lee Han tried to console the despairing mage and gather information about the situation.

Roughly speaking, there was this person named Ogonin who specialized in researching illusion magic, and previously when an ancient artifact related to illusion magic came up at auction, Gonadaltes quickly bid on it and took it away, and even when asked to research it together, he only gave responses like ‘Why should I? You should buy it with your own money and do it yourself’…

In the end, he had infiltrated like this to get his hands on that artifact directly.

‘What a tear-jerking story.’

It was an even more tear-jerking story because it wasn’t someone else’s tale.

In fact, weren’t the upperclassmen currently raiding the Skeleton Principal’s storage to obtain materials?

If it escalated further, they might have to go raid other magic schools’ storages.

“What happened… no, Sir Ogonin!”

Professor Kirmin Ku, who was both a fellow illusion mage and a professor at the magic school, arrived first and was startled.

Why was Sir Ogonin here?

“If you had come, you should have called me, why didn’t you…”

Professor Kirmin looked at the fireworks exploding and bursting behind them, looked at Ogonin lying prone, and looked at the fireworks once more.

And finished assessing the situation.

“Did Sir Ogonin perhaps set off the fireworks?”

“Yes.”

“…Wardanaz. Could I ask you for just one favor?”

“Should I pretend not to know anything in front of the Principal?”

“You really are…”

Professor Kirmin couldn’t continue his words. He was that surprised.

“Yes. I’ll ask you. Of course, I’m not saying you must do it. Either way, it’s true that Sir Ogonin tried to touch the Principal’s treasure…”

“No. It’s fine.”

“!”

“Isn’t he your friend, Professor?”

“…Thank you. Wardanaz. I’ll definitely repay this favor.”

Professor Kirmin was genuinely moved.

Unlike Bagrek, Bagrek’s disciple was truly a compassionate and warm-hearted mage.

How on earth did such a disciple come from under Bagrek…!

Pop pop pop pop bang!

Along with the sound of fireworks exploding, the Skeleton Principal arrived at the scene.

The Skeleton Principal looked at Lee Han, looked at Professor Kirmin, looked at Ogonin, and likewise finished assessing the situation.

How dare he set fire to someone else’s festival just because I refused research cooperation!?

“Ah… no…”

“Sir Gonadaltes. I don’t know what happened. When the three of us arrived, the fireworks were already burning.”

…

The Skeleton Principal was shocked by this unexpected betrayal.

Come to think of it, Professor Kirmin Ku was an illusion mage who was close to Ogonin.

It wouldn’t be strange for him to take Ogonin’s side.

‘These damn illusion mages…!’

What kind of ridiculous excuse is this…! So the fireworks lit themselves!?

“Lord Gonadaltes.”

Professor Kirmin spoke forcefully.

“If Lord Ogonin had deliberately set the fire, there would be no reason for him to remain here.”

…

The Skeleton Principal was truly caught off guard for the first time in a long while. Speechless, the Skeleton Principal could only roll his eyes.

It was such a reasonable statement.

Why on earth did Ogonin light the fireworks and then stay behind?

“Principal! The fireworks are truly beautiful!”

“To think we’d get to see something like this…!”

Bang! Boom! Boom boom!

Fortunately, excited guests rushed over before the Skeleton Principal could think of the correct answer.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Professor Kirmin spoke urgently.

“Lord Ogonin. Please leave quickly.”

“Th… thank you. And…”

“This student is Lee Han of Wardanaz Family.”

At Professor Kirmin’s words, Ogonin nodded with tears welling up in his eyes.

“Thank you so much. I will never forget your name either. I swear by the name of magic that I will definitely repay this debt.”

“Please go quickly!”

Ogonin hurriedly left the scene. If he got caught by the Skeleton Principal, he wouldn’t see anything good.

Meanwhile, the Skeleton Principal, who had been entertaining the guests, belatedly realized the truth.

He was discovered by Wardanaz! This guy! Even if I cast illusion magic directly on Wardanaz, it won’t work on him!

“I don’t know what you’re talking about…”

Where did Ogonin go! Did he already escape?!

The Skeleton Principal gritted his teeth.

Come to think of it, he was definitely caught by Lee Han.

The difference between a new student and a renowned imperial mage was so great that he didn’t think of it at first…

But comparing their compatibility, it was entirely possible!

If this wasn’t the case, there would be absolutely no reason to set off fireworks and remain at the scene.

Just wait and see… Ogonin! I will definitely repay this grudge from the festival!

“Let’s escape quickly.”

Professor Kirmin took Lee Han and quickly left the scene.

There was nothing good about staying there any longer.

* * *

Friday after the festival ended.

All the guests from outside had left, and the place that had been so bustling was now empty, but the students were still talking about the festival.

“Did you see the fireworks yesterday? They were really pretty.”

“They were made with enchantment magic, right? Will we learn that the week after next?”

However, Lee Han was feeling slightly tense.

This was because he would soon have to meet with the Skeleton Principal.

Since quite a few students had obtained outing passes this week, they were all supposed to gather in one place and face the Skeleton Principal together.

Lee Han had two outing passes.

One was from before, and one was the new outing pass he had received from Professor Boladi this week.

‘Surely he wouldn’t hold a grudge against me too over yesterday’s incident?’

Lee Han had just kept his mouth shut…

But given the Skeleton Principal’s personality, even that alone could make him sulk.

Is everyone here?

“Yes!”

Was the festival enjoyable?

“Yes!”

However, the Skeleton Principal who appeared was neither burning with anger nor flashing with madness.

He looked dejected and calm.

‘Thank goodness… No. I shouldn’t let my guard down.’

The Skeleton Principal, who had been exchanging greetings with the students, stared intently at Lee Han when he arrived in front of him.

“Is there something wrong?”

Are you close with Ogonin?

“Pardon? No, I’m not.”

I see.

Lee Han managed his expression almost perfectly. There wasn’t a single gap.

…Until he heard the Skeleton Principal’s next words.

Then you can come along when I go out next time.

“…”

Lee Han didn’t ask where the Skeleton Principal intended to ‘go out’ to.

Without asking, he could clearly sense where he was planning to go.

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