Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 161
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Chapter 161
‘Was the distance to the main gate always this far?’
One of the Black Turtle Tower students thought to himself.
The sun hadn’t risen yet, so the surroundings were dim. Perhaps because of that, he felt even more tense and afraid.
“Wait. Stand by while I prepare.”
He didn’t know about other things, but one thing was certain.
That boy from the Wardanaz family…
When he was on your side, he was truly reliable!
Casting various enhancement magic on the students, holding potions suited for the situation, and not stopping there—summoning creatures and methodically dealing with monsters one by one. It was truly admirable.
“All cleared. Let’s go.”
Lee Han, having finished his inspection, returned to the gathered students.
Behind him, dawn began to break. Faint light emanated from behind Lee Han’s head.
The Black Turtle Tower student was momentarily overwhelmed by that sacred sight.
“The… the sun…”
“Of course the sun would rise. Let’s go.”
“…”
“Want to get hit before we go? Or just go?”
“I’m… I’m going.”
When Lee Han raised his staff and aimed, the Black Turtle Tower student immediately snapped out of his illusion.
I must have gone crazy for a moment!
* * *
The Skeleton Principal was floating in front of the main gate, waiting for the students. An excitement like waiting for first love could be felt from his soul.
How many do you think collapsed?
“I’m not sure.”
How boring. At least a third must have collapsed. Did you place the sleep catchers at the front?
“Yes.”
The Skeleton Principal was satisfied with the warehouse keeper’s answer.
Sleep catchers were very lethal monsters for careless students. By now, several would have departed for dreamland.
The shadow monsters too?
“Yes.”
Excellent. The sunlight is still weak, so the students will have a hard time dealing with them.
Unless they had prepared in advance, shadow monsters were tricky creatures for students to handle.
The Skeleton Principal waited with excitement.
And that expression immediately turned serious.
…Why are there so many of them?
“It seems the new students’ skills are exceptional.”
The Skeleton Principal was dumbfounded by the Warehouse Keeper’s reasonable response.
No matter how skilled they were, there was no way those blockheads could all make it to the main gate without a single one dropping out!
“Seeing them gathered together, it looks like they joined forces.”
…
The Skeleton Principal turned his gaze at those words.
And he looked at Lee Han among the students.
Lee Han put on an expression of knowing nothing, but the Skeleton Principal had already guessed the situation.
…Come here for a moment.
The Skeleton Principal called Lee Han aside. And asked.
Do you have any complaints about my educational policy?
“What do you mean… How could that be?”
Lee Han answered with a surprised expression.
Of course, he was thinking something different inside.
‘No. How did he know?’
Now. Look here. You’re playing by the riverside. But one of your friends falls into the river and is struggling. What would you do?
“Normally you’d save them, wouldn’t you?”
Right. Let’s say you saved them. I think it’s a very foolish and stupid thing to do, but let’s say you did! But then another friend falls into the river and is struggling.
“Oh no…”
By any chance, is the river’s name Einroguard?
Looking around, there’s another one, and yet another one… friends fallen into the river everywhere! Now. Think about it. Could you save all these friends?
“It seems impossible.”
Exactly! It’s realistically impossible. So you need to teach your friends how to get out of the river by themselves…
“Rather than that, shouldn’t we find out why friends keep falling into the river and prevent that?”
…
The Skeleton Principal was left speechless, having been caught off guard.
‘Oops.’
Lee Han immediately regretted it.
He should have just listened quietly, but his tongue moved on its own…
…Just wait and see! Someday the friends you’ve been looking after will betray you!
The annoyed Skeleton Principal grumbled and walked away.
‘He’s misunderstanding something.’
Even with the Skeleton Principal’s curse, Lee Han didn’t really care.
Because…
He hadn’t done this to save his friends in particular.
He had joined forces with his friends because he was worried about being attacked if he went alone, not because he did this troublesome thing to pull his friends out of the river.
Perhaps because he himself was evil, the Skeleton Principal always seemed to think Lee Han was excessively good-natured.
“Angrago. Are you okay?”
“Uh… huh? I’m fine though?”
“Good. That’s a relief.”
Lee Han patted Angrago’s shoulder. Angrago looked even more confused.
‘Why… why is this bastard acting like this?’
It was really strange to say, but Angrago seemed to feel more at ease when Wardanaz was being prickly.
A kind Wardanaz was several times more frightening than a prickly Wardanaz.
Lee Han looked at Angrago with an expression mixed with anticipation.
‘How will it be discovered?’
Pass.
“…?!”
However, the Skeleton Principal, dejected by the unexpected result, opened the main gate without properly checking the outing pass.
The students let out cries of joy as they exited through the main gate.
“We’re out! We made it out, Wardanaz! Thank you! You bastard. You’re really a genius!!”
Among them, Angrago’s joy had to be even greater.
They had passed through the main gate not with a real outing pass, but with a fake outing pass.
“…”
Lee Han’s expression hardened stiffly.
‘This bastard. He’s not being helpful.’
He had tried to confirm what kind of magic the Skeleton Principal used to inspect the outing passes, but…
“What’s wrong?”
“Right. That went well.”
Lee Han turned around abruptly.
The White Tiger Tower students were bewildered by Lee Han’s sudden change in demeanor.
“Why is he acting like that?”
“Isn’t he just embarrassed because you thanked him so much?”
“That bastard Wardanaz… there’s something uncharacteristic about him.”
When Lee Han returned, Gainando spoke in an extremely excited voice.
“Lee Han! Should we go to the card shop first? Or the cafe first?”
“Gainando.”
“?”
“But do you have money?”
“…!”
* * *
The students who passed through the main gate scattered individually and headed toward the nearest Philone Village.
However, none of the students realized the most important problem.
…They had no money!
Gainando wore a dazed expression at the reality that had suddenly struck him.
“…Couldn’t I just say I’ll pay them back later?”
“Gainando. There’s no need for that.”
Asan spoke in a confident voice.
“There will definitely be people from our families waiting in Philone Village.”
“Ah!”
Not only the Dalcard Family, but all the families of the students here would have prepared manors in Philone Village and be waiting for them.
It was only natural for Imperial Great Noble Families.
However, Lee Han looked at Asan with a pitying expression.
He would soon learn the reality.
10 minutes later.
“…”
“…”
Asan and Gainando stared at each other with blank expressions.
“Why, why aren’t they here?”
“I told you, those people went to Granden City…”
“Why??”
“Who knows. Isn’t everything mages do always strange anyway?”
The village people shrugged their shoulders and passed by.
The shock they felt was similar to hearing news that the sky had fallen.
“I, I have a good idea.”
Gainando spoke in an urgent voice.
“What idea?”
“Let’s go to a rich person in the village and borrow money using our family names.”
“Are you a beggar!?”
Asan was shocked by Gainando’s words.
It might be called borrowing money, but wasn’t it throwing the family’s honor into a mud pit for a few coins?
To think he would try to do such a vulgar thing after becoming a noble of the Empire.
“…”
Lee Han was inwardly dumbfounded.
‘You could borrow it, you fool…’
Even nobles have to borrow money when they don’t have any, or would they starve to death instead?
“Everyone stop it. I have money.”
“Huh? Where did you get it?”
“I put up collateral and borrowed it.”
“As expected of Wardanaz.”
“…”
Gainando glared murderously at Asan, who praised Lee Han as easily as flipping his palm.
“Hey… when I suggested borrowing, you called me a beggar…!”
“Borrowing using the family name and borrowing with collateral are different things, Gainando.”
Asan looked at Gainando as if asking what he was talking about.
‘This bastard…’
Vowing to crush Asan with the new card set he would buy at the shop, Gainando started walking.
‘Huh? But what did Lee Han put up as collateral?’
* * *
“No way. Aren’t you that Warehouse Porter from before!”
The shop owner saw Lee Han and immediately jumped up from where he was sitting and rushed out.
His expression was as delighted as if he had met an angel in hell.
“Why is he so happy to see us?”
“Right?”
The friends soon found out the reason.
“The story of how you bought several weeks’ worth of merchandise all at once is still the talk of the town.”
“It’s embarrassing, so please stop with that Warehouse Porter nickname.”
“Why? It’s an honorable title…”
The shop owner couldn’t understand Lee Han’s reaction.
It was an honorable title symbolizing a big spender in the shopping district, wasn’t it?
“Hey, Dalcard. Look at this. It’s a new card set!”
“Oh.”
“Wow…! There’s even a Principal card!”
“Then buy it.”
Asan answered halfheartedly. Then Gainando became serious.
“No. The Principal card has too many penalties to use properly, so it’s a trash card.”
“I, I see.”
While Gainando and Asan played around in the toy section, Lee Han and Yoner had a serious conversation.
“I don’t think we need fabric yet. Let’s focus on filling up on food supplies.”
“We’re running low on sugar… The canned goods are still okay, but we’re already out of sweets and candy.”
“Can’t be helped. Still, it’s much better than last time.”
“This is a belated question, but… how did you carry everything last time?”
Lee Han didn’t answer.
Now that he thought about it, it had been quite a foolish thing to do.
‘This time I absolutely have to divide it up and carry it.’
Since there were still some supplies left and several people this time, it would definitely be much more manageable than before.
“I guess this is about right. We have plenty of time since we just need to buy everything before sunset.”
“Lee Han. Can I buy this?”
Gainando came trotting over with a card set in hand. Lee Han nodded. It was Gainando’s money anyway.
“The problem is the midterm exam. I need to buy some geometry books. I absolutely couldn’t find any in the library.”
“Lee Han. Can I buy this too?”
Gainando came trotting over with an automatic toy set. Lee Han nodded.
“I think we’ll need alchemy books too.”
“Definitely. It was so hard to find books about materials in the library.”
What kind of school doesn’t properly provide the necessary books, forcing students to buy them outside…
But Lee Han and Yoner no longer complained about such things.
‘Right. Maybe libraries are originally places that don’t give books to people without ability.’
A library with books systematically and well-organized would be unusual, and generally these chaotic maze-like libraries might be the norm…
“Lee Han. Should I buy this too…”
“Ah! Just buy whatever you want!”
When Yoner shouted, Gainando was startled.
“You… you don’t need to get so angry…”
“Wait.”
Lee Han spotted a familiar face outside the shop window.
It was Baldoron, the excellent illusion mage who had taught Lee Han the basics of illusion magic breaking last time.
“Someone you know?”
“He’s an excellent mage who taught me magic last time. Baldoron sir! Baldoron sir!”
Baldoron, who was passing by on the street, turned his head when someone called him and was startled.
The Einroguard new student he had met last time had appeared in the village again.
And this time he even brought friends with him!
‘No… no, how does a 1st year student come out this often??’
Had the rules changed?
While Baldoron hesitated in confusion, Lee Han approached with his friends.
“This is Baldoron sir. He’s an excellent illusion mage. Thanks to learning from him, I was able to break illusion magic. Oh right. Baldoron sir. Thanks to what you taught me last time, I was able to stay safe when facing another illusion mage.”
“Who did you meet?”
Baldoron, who had been flustered, asked unconsciously.
Would a 1st year student have occasion to face another illusion mage?
“I believe his name was Ogonin…”
“…What????????”
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