Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 203
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Chapter 203
Infusing weapons with mana sounded like evidence of an extremely skilled swordsman, but in reality, it wasn’t that difficult.
Lee Han, Durgyu, and Giselle could all infuse their weapons with mana to some degree right now.
Probably two or three White Tiger Tower students with less skill than the three could also do it.
Having trained swordsmanship steadily in knight families for over ten years, plus having the talent to enter Einroguard, it was natural in a way.
The difficult and important part was maintaining the infused mana stably, while momentarily infusing mana was relatively low in difficulty.
However, throwing weapons were a different story altogether.
With a sword, you could continuously circulate mana like part of your body to maintain the infused mana stably, but…
Throwing weapons that left your fingertips the moment you threw them were much more troublesome.
Since you couldn’t recover mana through circulation, mana consumption was large and the difficulty of control increased several times over.
In other words…
“You used magic, didn’t you!?”
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
The White Tiger Tower students with nosebleeds were fuming.
No matter how much they tried not to misunderstand, this crossed the line.
Infusing snowballs with mana and throwing them?
Being very generous, that could be possible.
Though they didn’t know how much mana he had to keep throwing like this without getting tired!
But infusing snowballs with cold-attribute mana and throwing them?
This was really ridiculous.
Wardanaz wasn’t even from a knight family that specialized in throwing weapons, so there was no way he’d know such secrets.
Infusing throwing weapons with mana and throwing them was already difficult, but adding elemental attribute bestowal on top of that was really…
Not just the White Tiger Tower students, even knights wouldn’t believe such a thing.
“You used magic! The snowballs are coming frozen solid like this!”
“I blew mana into them and threw them, so they froze on their own.”
“How does that make sense!?”
The White Tiger Tower students were dumbfounded.
It would have been better if he had insisted ‘Actually, the Wardanaz family has secrets of throwing weapons.’
To say cold was bestowed on mana without doing anything – what was that, like waving your hand without a staff and having Magic Missile come out!
“Friends! Listen to me! Lee Han’s words are true! He didn’t use any magic!”
“That bastard Durgyu is being fooled again!”
“Durgyu, you fool, you can’t be so gullible!”
“…”
Durgyu sat back down dejectedly. Giselle clicked her tongue and said.
“He didn’t use magic! I saw it.”
“Moradi!?”
“Don’t be fooled. Moradi is just taking his side because they’re on the same team now.”
‘These damn bastards…’
Giselle cursed inwardly. Lee Han muttered as if pitying them.
“You all don’t receive trust from your friends.”
“…”
“…”
Durgyu and Giselle agreed for the first time.
If only you couldn’t speak!
“What’s going on with everyone?”
Professor Ingoldel came up looking puzzled.
The students weren’t throwing the snowballs they were supposed to throw, but were having nosebleeds and arguing.
“Professor! Wardanaz…”
The White Tiger Tower student with a nosebleed tearfully explained what had happened.
At that pitiful sight, Giselle covered her face with her palm.
When the White Tiger Tower was being embarrassed earlier, she wondered if they could be embarrassed further, but surprisingly, they could be embarrassed even more.
“I see.”
Professor Ingoldel was amazed.
Both the White Tiger Tower students’ testimony and the current situation were surprising.
‘There’s no way a student like Wardanaz would do such a thing?’
Rather than Lee Han being that pure and good-natured, it didn’t seem like a student as excellent as Lee Han would use such obvious deception that could be caught.
Professor Ingoldel was trusting his disciple in his own way.
Sure enough, Lee Han said confidently.
“Professor. You’ll know if you check.”
A moment later.
Professor Ingoldel, having finished his examination, told the students.
“It’s not magic.”
“!?”
“N-no, Professor! The snowballs really froze solid!? Those are completely like stones!”
“Hmm… I don’t have deep theoretical knowledge about magic, but I think perhaps the surrounding environment is full of cold, so Wardanaz was affected by it. He might have unconsciously bestowed cold attributes to his mana.”
At Professor Ingoldel’s explanation, the students went ‘Oh’ and were convinced.
Certainly, the surrounding environment often influenced mages.
The current unnaturally harsh cold environment might have temporarily affected Wardanaz’s mana.
“Then how do we remove the cold attribute?”
“Do we light a fire or something?”
“What are you talking about?”
Professor Ingoldel looked at the White Tiger Tower students with puzzled eyes.
“Huh? Uh… don’t we need to remove the cold attribute?”
“Since there’s purity in snowball fights, shouldn’t we remove it…”
The White Tiger Tower students stammered under Professor Ingoldel’s gaze.
They felt an inexplicable uneasiness.
No way?
“Infusing weapons with mana is a knight’s technique, so there’s no reason to remove it. Everyone continue.”
“…”
“…”
The White Tiger Tower students’ mouths fell wide open.
It was easy to forget because Professor Ingoldel prohibited magic, but Professor Ingoldel wasn’t someone who pursued warm and harmonious lectures.
He was someone who pursued lectures as close to actual combat as possible!
Thud-
Lee Han, Durgyu, and Giselle emerged from behind the rock.
In each of their hands were frozen snowballs.
“Wait a sec…!”
* * *
“Lee Han. How should we divide the boar?”
“Hmm… Rather than dividing it and taking it with us, it would be better to just treat the friends who attended the lecture on the spot.”
Durgyu was surprised by Lee Han’s words.
“Are you really okay with that?”
“Yes.”
“Lee Han. The other friends will be moved by your honor.”
‘I doubt it.’
‘I don’t think so.’
Lee Han and Giselle thought to themselves.
A few pieces of meat weren’t enough to soften their hearts…
The White Tiger Tower students had been beaten up far too much.
“You didn’t apply enough ointment above your eye.”
“Your nosebleed is starting again.”
The White Tiger Tower students who came down from the mountain were in terrible shape. As if they had been beaten up by someone.
Nosebleeds, bruises, and their clothes were in tatters…
Sitting in small groups in corners, applying the ointment Professor Ingoldel had given them, they looked quite pitiful.
How bad must it have been for even Lee Han to give up taking the meat and decide to treat them instead?
Durgyu and Giselle drew their daggers and precisely cut off pieces of meat.
Those from knight families generally had a lot of hunting experience, and even if they didn’t, after spending about a month at Einroguard, they would inevitably gain hunting experience.
The two had neatly gathered not only the large cuts like sirloin and tenderloin, but also the smaller pieces of meat. These would be good for making sausages later.
“???”
Durgyu, who was cutting meat, was surprised to see Lee Han pull out a spice container from his pocket.
…Why is he carrying that around?
“What’s wrong?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Lee Han set up a pot and lit a fire. Thanks to the bitter cold, fire magic was relatively easy.
Then he cut some fat and put it in the pot. He was melting it to make lard.
Even though he had put the pot over the fire, Lee Han didn’t rest. He mixed the remaining meat scraps with spices to make sausages right away.
Giselle, who usually tried not to acknowledge Lee Han’s abilities, had no choice but to recognize the movements he was showing now.
Lee Han was as good at camp work as the most experienced camping knight from her family.
…Though she had no idea why a boy from a great noble family, not even a knight family, was so good at this!
“Come and eat now.”
“Huh?? Really??”
‘These guys were staring intently the whole time just now.’
The White Tiger Tower students had been sitting with sullen expressions at first, but as the work progressed, they kept throwing increasingly burdensome stares.
Those stares meant only one thing.
-Maybe we could have some too…?
Giselle sighed lightly and shook her head.
Such transparent behavior.
Today the White Tiger Tower students were making every possible embarrassment.
Showing rock bottom beneath rock bottom…
“Well… should we try just a little?”
“It wouldn’t be knightly to ignore such kindness, right?”
Lee Han said nothing unlike usual. It was because he had thrown too many snowballs earlier.
Let’s let it slide today!
Lee Han topped the hard black bread with the crispy bits that came out after extracting the oil.
With quite a number of students, it wouldn’t be good to let them fill up on meat alone.
The bread served with meals was perfect for times like this.
Few among the students ate this rationed bread as it was. They either tried to change its taste somehow or used it as currency.
Naturally, Lee Han, who was active in bartering, had quite a stock of such bread.
‘I’ll slip it in to make them feel full.’
Unaware of such devious intentions, the White Tiger Tower students were delighted with the bread and meat.
“Wardanaz. You’ve truly done a good deed.”
Professor Ingoldel spoke with an expression as if he himself felt proud.
To think that the student who won would share with other friends like this as a gift.
Lee Han nodded while hiding his wicked thoughts.
“Not at all, Professor. We’re all friends here.”
“…”
Giselle was inwardly horrified.
To be able to say such cringeworthy words without batting an eye.
While fools like Durgyu might be fooled, Giselle wasn’t. Wardanaz was the same type as Giselle.
There’s no way he’d say such things sincerely…
“Wardanaz…!”
“Hmph. It’s just tears from the smoke. I’m definitely not moved by your words.”
‘…These stupid idiots, really.’
Giselle felt like the meat she was chewing was getting stuck in her throat.
They got beaten up so badly, but just because they ate some meat, their faces already looked completely appeased.
Even though they were friends from the same tower, at times like this she really wanted to hit them.
“This is my treat.”
Professor Ingoldel came carrying a jar filled with fresh milk.
Lee Han thought that jar looked very similar to the one he had seen in Professor Thunderstep’s cabin.
‘…Surely not.’
Everyone ate and drank while warming themselves by the fire.
Even when Lee Han’s tension had relaxed a little, Professor Boladi appeared from behind like a ghost.
“Is the lecture over?”
“Yes. It’s finished, Professor Bagrek.”
“Can I take him?”
“You may.”
Lee Han instantly shot a gaze full of betrayal at Professor Ingoldel.
Professor Ingoldel was slightly flustered by that gaze.
What did I do wrong?
“Um… Professor Bagrek. Where is Lee Han going?”
“Upper floors of the main building.”
“Why?”
“To solve the cold.”
“…!”
At those words, the White Tiger Tower students stirred.
They had heard rumors that Wardanaz was stepping forward to directly solve this bitter cold, but they didn’t think it was real.
If he was going with a professor, it seemed like no ordinary resolve.
“Wardanaz…!”
“You really are…”
‘I should have thrown those snowballs a bit harder earlier.’
The White Tiger Tower students throwing looks of awe couldn’t be more annoying.
“Good! Wardanaz. We’ll go with you too!”
Angrago shouted with a determined expression.
Lee Han, Giselle, and Professor Boladi all threw looks that said they didn’t understand.
‘Is he crazy?’
‘Has he lost his mind?’
‘?’
However, the White Tiger Tower students, perhaps with less blood flowing to their heads as they digested their full meal, all agreed.
“Good! Us too!”
“We’ll join you, Professor Bagrek!”
“Please lead us!”
Professor Boladi responded sincerely to the White Tiger Tower students’ passionate cries.
“Trash like you…”
“Professor, you must be cold after coming such a long way. How about a warm cup of coffee!”
Lee Han quickly grabbed Professor Boladi’s arm and dragged him to the campfire.
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