Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 190
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Chapter 190
“Enchantment Magic is really fun.”
“…”
“…”
The students, who were still half-frozen from the cold, were slightly bewildered by the beaver beastman professor’s words.
What are we supposed to do about that?
“Now then, the enchantment magic that can prepare against cold is…”
“????”
“Professor? Um, is that all there is about enchantment magic?”
The students became even more confused by Professor Beeble’s appearance of trying to jump straight into the main topic.
Until now, professors who came to teach about new magic usually started with things like ‘this magic field is what kind of magic, how it’s used in the Empire, how much potential it has for the future…’
But Professor Beeble was trying to jump straight into the main topic without any of that.
Is this okay?
“Why? I said everything.”
“Well… what kind of magic is enchantment magic… how is it used in the Empire and how does it apply with other magic?”
One of the White Tiger Tower students raised their hand and asked.
Professor Beeble kindly answered.
“Look that up yourself. Now. So the enchantment magic that can prepare against cold…”
“…”
The students were more interested in enchantment magic than expected.
Especially the White Tiger Tower students were even more so.
Whether directly strengthening the body or strengthening equipment, enchantment magic was quite useful magic for knights.
And not just the White Tiger Tower students, but since enchantment magic itself was so useful, students from other towers were also very interested…
‘The professor seems a bit out of his mind.’
‘Actually, the other professors are like that too.’
‘We can’t not learn it… I wanted to learn enchantment magic…’
-Student Lee Han. Student Lee Han.
Professor Garcia cast telepathy magic and sent a message to Lee Han.
“?”
-Please help out a bit, Student Lee Han.
‘No way…’
Lee Han was bewildered.
I’m also a new student!
‘Honestly, isn’t this something a professor or a professor’s disciple should do?’
However, Lee Han nodded his head.
He had just noticed the corner of the podium that Professor Garcia had smashed.
‘What a truly kind student.’
Professor Garcia, who didn’t notice Lee Han’s fear, was simply moved.
How did such a kind student end up coming to Einroguard…
‘Hmm. This won’t be easy.’
Lee Han, who had received Professor Garcia’s request, fell into thought.
Actually, he was a decent professor as long as you answered well when he asked questions.
And Professor Bibble Verdus was naturally a crazy person.
Lee Han, who had been pondering, devised a strategy.
“Professor. Can enchantment magic be cast in the same way for both living and non-living beings?”
“What? No! What are you talking about? Of course not.”
Professor Beeble reacted as if asking what nonsense Lee Han was spouting.
“Why not?”
“Well, obviously…”
Professor Beeble began chattering away enthusiastically.
When casting enchantment magic on living beings, you always have to worry about the backlash, and because of that, the enchantment magic you can cast is also limited…
“I see.”
“Why are you asking that? You couldn’t possibly not know.”
“I apologize, Professor.”
“Now. Then, for cold protection…”
“But Professor. I’ve heard that if you learn enchantment magic, you’ll starve to death…”
“What!? No! You won’t die!”
Professor Beeble jumped up and refuted.
“Is that not the case?”
“That’s right!”
Seeing Professor Beeble chattering away enthusiastically to refute, Professor Garcia felt something like a thrill.
It was truly genius.
As if he was born to become a disciple…
‘…Come to think of it, that doesn’t seem like a good thing either.’
* * *
“Ugh! I wasted time unnecessarily because of you!”
“I apologize, Professor.”
Professor Beeble grumbled, but the students looked much more comfortable.
Ah, so this is what enchantment magic was like!
“Let’s get into cold protection. Originally, you guys can’t learn enchantment magic for cold protection.”
“Why?”
One White Tiger Tower student asked.
Professor Beeble answered as if asking why they were questioning an obvious fact.
“Because you’re stupid.”
“…”
“You new students should start with paper strengthening magic.”
“???”
Lee Han was confused by Professor Beeble’s words in a different way.
‘Didn’t he make me create magic fireworks right away?’
Is he discriminating against students?
“Professor! Aren’t you looking down on us too much!”
One White Tiger Tower student who couldn’t hold back any longer exploded.
The students who had overcome the hellish midterm exam period were in a state of slightly inflated groundless confidence.
Nevertheless, it was too impulsive an action. The friends beside him gasped in surprise.
“I wasn’t looking down on you though?”
“Excuse me?”
The professor’s reaction exceeded everyone’s expectations.
“I was just stating facts, wasn’t I? Wardanaz. Isn’t that right?”
“…”
Lee Han pretended not to see Professor Beeble suddenly addressing him.
I don’t know this person!
“Anyway, you need cold protection, so I have to teach you.”
Professor Beeble swung his staff.
Well-treated leather appeared in the air. The professor cast magic on the leather.
Pop!
“There. Try it.”
“…Professor Verdus. Please at least recite the incantation while doing it…”
Professor Garcia finally couldn’t hold back and spoke up.
* * *
【Lesser Cold Resistance】.
Magic that temporarily grants the power to resist cold to a designated non-living target.
It was quite a familiar magic to Lee Han.
Because he had been forced to learn 【Lesser Fire Resistance】 magic from Professor Beeble while making magic fireworks last time.
The problem was…
‘…This is 3rd Circle magic…’
1st year students usually learn 1st to 2nd Circle magic, but teaching 3rd Circle magic at their first meeting.
It was the best method if he wanted to make them lose interest in enchantment magic.
“Leather, repel the cold!”
“Leather repels the cold!”
However, as necessity always finds a way, Einroguard’s harsh environment full of cold made the students strong.
Surprisingly, several students succeeded with the magic.
Of course, strictly speaking, it wasn’t perfect success.
Enchantment magic was considered a failure if it couldn’t implement the full effect of the original magic.
The leather that the students cast magic on only felt very faint warmth.
Still, showing this level of achievement on the first day of learning was quite remarkable.
Even considering that the school was filled with cold, it was truly amazing…
“Professor! How is it?”
“What kind of cold resistance is this! I’d freeze to death if I went out wearing this!”
“…”
Lee Han saw Professor Garcia’s fist clench tightly.
Professor Garcia took a deep breath to regain her composure.
At this rate, all the students with talent and interest in enchantment magic might run away.
“Student Lee Han. Sorry, but could I ask you for another favor? Could you help the friends from other towers?”
“Professor. I haven’t mastered 【Basic Cold Resistance】 yet either.”
Lee Han looked at Professor Garcia with a bewildered expression.
He had been explaining the techniques of enchantment magic to his nearby friends and hadn’t even been able to wave his staff…
“Try it.”
“…Leather, repel the cold!”
Pop!
The magic was cast precisely on the leather. Professor Garcia nodded as if she had expected this.
“Now. Please help the other friends.”
“…Professor. This only worked because I learned 【Basic Fire Resistance】 magic first, so I was really lucky to get it in one try. Normally it doesn’t work like this.”
Lee Han timidly resisted as he stood up from his seat.
For some reason, he felt quite wronged.
One hour later.
Thanks to the efforts of Professor Garcia and Lee Han, by the time the lecture was ending, several students had come quite close to completion.
Of course, Professor Beeble didn’t praise them at all.
“It’s okay if you can’t do it. Can’t be helped. How could you do well when you have no talent and are stupid. That would be stranger. It’s okay.”
“…”
The students became even more dejected despite already being cold.
Professor Beeble said without caring.
“Enchantment magic is fun, so students who want to learn should come find me. Got it?”
“Yes…”
“Thank you…”
Lee Han became curious about how many would actually visit Professor Beeble’s workshop.
‘Surely I won’t end up taking the class alone.’
“Student Lee Han.”
After the lecture ended, Professor Garcia spoke hesitantly.
“Would it be okay if I asked you for one favor?”
“What kind of favor do you mean?”
“Could you perhaps help friends from other towers like you taught them earlier? I’d like to do it myself, but that do… no, the Principal wouldn’t allow it.”
‘Didn’t she just say dog?’
Lee Han looked at Professor Garcia’s benevolent expression.
To think he had to help those nasty friends who trembled and spread false rumors just by approaching them.
I really didn’t want to do this, but…
“Yes. I’ll do that.”
Lee Han answered immediately.
Professor Garcia looked at Lee Han with moved eyes.
The professor didn’t notice that Lee Han was glancing at her fist.
‘Hmm. She crushed the podium with that hand earlier.’
“Thank you so much! Student Lee Han. I’ll repay you somehow.”
“How could I expect such things when I’ve received so much kindness from you, Professor?”
“Student Lee Han is really…”
Professor Garcia’s eyes reddened.
How could Einroguard have such a kind disciple…
* * *
“…Gasp!”
“…Hup!”
“Stop making sounds every time I wave my staff.”
Lee Han looked at his White Tiger Tower friends with an annoyed expression.
Right now, his White Tiger Tower friends were continuing to learn 【Lesser Cold Resistance】 from Lee Han.
Even though they had heard the explanation from Professor Garcia, their fear didn’t disappear immediately.
The White Tiger Tower students flinched every time Lee Han waved his staff.
“Look. The magical structure of 【Lesser Cold Resistance】 is basically like this.”
Lee Han drew the direction of mana flow on paper with a quill pen. A complex mana circuit was drawn.
“Do you understand?”
“I understand, Wardanaz.”
“This part, this part, this part are sections that can be omitted through mental image.”
Keywords like ‘cold’, ‘resistance’, and ‘bestow’ could be resolved to some extent just through the mage’s mental image without needing to implement them by moving mana in complex ways.
If you tried to solve everything by moving mana, the magic would become several times more complex.
“Right.”
“The important thing is to become familiar with these remaining parts through continuous repetition, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then repeat it now.”
“…Huh?”
“???”
“I said repeat it.”
“Uh… aren’t there any other tricks or something?”
The White Tiger Tower students had expected that Wardanaz, being from a magic noble house, might share some ingenious secret for moving mana precisely or a secret for strengthening imagination.
“There’s no such thing. You improve by doing it.”
“But if we repeat like that, our mana will be depleted right away.”
“Ah.”
“…”
The White Tiger Tower students glared at Lee Han.
“Hmm. Right. No repetition then.”
“Wardanaz. I’d like you to share some tips on moving mana. In this process here, when moving the staff, doesn’t the mana get dispersed or scattered?”
“Did it? I didn’t experience that.
“…Wardanaz. By any chance, when concentrating mana in this part, didn’t it get tangled?”
“I don’t think that happened…”
“…”
Even more menacingly than before, the White Tiger Tower students glared at Lee Han.
This is why geniuses are!
“Wardanaz, weren’t there any parts where you got stuck while learning?”
“Of course there were.”
“Oh… what was it? Tell us.”
The students looked at him with curious gazes.
Where on earth did that Wardanaz guy get stuck?
“When moving mana, I once drew out too much mana and the magic got excessively amplified.”
“So what happened?”
“The magic became too strong.”
“…How is that a part where you got stuck?”
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