Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 215

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Chapter 215

“Professor Garcia. I don’t know exactly what it is, but it’s all my fault. Please calm your anger.”

“I’m not angry though.”

Professor Passelette Kraer apologized first. Of course, Professor Garcia didn’t understand.

“For someone who says they’re not angry, someone who’s really not angry… No. You look fine?”

“Yes. That’s why I said that much is okay.”

Professor Paselette looked Lee Han up and down, then asked Professor Garcia.

“Is that kid the one?”

“Yes. Student Lee Han is that one.”

‘What? Why do I have an ominous feeling?’

Lee Han hesitated for a moment, wondering if it was a side effect from the stone divination magic he was attempting.

Come to think of it, they said there was a price to pay for seeing the future…

“He really does seem to have a lot of mana.”

Professor Paselette fell into thought.

There was a reason why he deliberately assigned the impossible task of divining a day ahead, even though he could have given students easier divination magic—like seeing 1 or 2 seconds into the future.

He had assigned it expecting them to fail from the start.

For young mages, it was better to fail outright than to succeed half-heartedly.

No matter how much they borrowed the means of magic, seeing the future was a dangerous act that required a price.

It would be fortunate if that price ended with just mana, but if they succeeded, even more fatal payments could occur.

So…

“Stop now.”

Professor Paselette used his staff to blow away the stones in front of Lee Han.

That new student had been fearlessly continuing to attempt stone divination.

Since he had so much mana, he didn’t care about the price he had to pay when failing.

“1st year. You can’t attempt divination magic thinking you can try it multiple times like other magic. The price you have to pay when failing is relatively small, but no one knows what will happen if you repeat it.”

“But Lee Han is fine though?”

At Gainando’s innocent question, Professor Garcia waved her staff to make him shut his mouth.

There was nothing good about needlessly provoking Paselette’s temper.

“I understand. Professor.”

“Good. Keep that in mind.”

Lee Han truly understood.

‘It really is unstable magic.’

At this point, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was the most uncertain and capricious magic among all magic.

The farther into the future you tried to see, the greater the price you had to pay, and the more accurately and clearly you saw that future, the greater the price became, and even if you failed, the price could increase if you repeated it.

Just having a lot of mana didn’t mean you could keep trying.

‘I need to be more careful.’

Lee Han didn’t have such great ambitions for divination magic.

Mages with aspirations in divination magic pursued more distant futures, saying ‘I will see the end of the world,’ but Lee Han would be satisfied just knowing what kind of trap the Skeleton Principal was preparing.

That much would be enough to call himself a divination mage anywhere.

Of course, Professor Paselette didn’t trust Lee Han.

“Professor Garcia. I think we need to observe that student carefully.”

“Yes?”

“He must know well that he has a lot of mana, right? Now that such a student knows about divination magic, he’ll never restrain himself. He’ll keep trying divination magic even if he has to pour out all his mana.”

Professor Paselette was half-convinced.

Glimpsing the future was an intense pleasure incomparable to anything else.

A mage who was only a new student couldn’t possibly restrain himself from that. It would be dangerous without surveillance for a while.

“Student Lee Han isn’t that kind of person.”

Professor Garcia waved her hand dismissively as if it was fine. Like before, Professor Paselette couldn’t help but be even more surprised at this unexpected side shown by the kind Professor Garcia.

What on earth…?

“Professor Garcia. You know that new students all have completely empty iron heads…”

“I know. But Student Lee Han isn’t that kind of person.”

“Because he’s a genius? You know that in cases like this, geniuses are more dangerous.”

If they lacked talent it would be one thing, but in magic, people with talent were more dangerous.

It was like immersing themselves deeply in the swamp of magic without the ability to protect themselves…

“That’s right. But Student Lee Han isn’t that kind of person.”

Professor Garcia was firm.

Given Lee Han’s personality, he would never do anything reckless.

A conviction beyond talent or magical ability!

“…???”

Of course, from Professor Paselette’s perspective, it could only be even more bewildering.

‘Really, what on earth…?’

While Professor Paselette was at a loss for words and just opening and closing his mouth, Professor Garcia turned her gaze to the students.

Having warned enough about the dangers of divination magic, it was now time to talk about the advantages of divination magic.

No matter how dangerous divination magic was, mages were ultimately a tribe that plunged into danger.

If they weren’t going to show any interest just because it was unconditionally dangerous, there would be no reason to become mages.

“Now. Everyone must have been very surprised that divination magic is heterogeneous and unique unlike other magic.”

The students nodded. Some students just wiggled their fingers while collapsed on the floor. These were students who had tried divination and failed.

“But the magic you attempted today was quite… difficult magic. Divination magic doesn’t only have such difficult magic.”

‘Then wouldn’t it be right to show us the easy magic first?’

Lee Han, who had ended up attempting quite difficult magic several times, listened with a disgruntled expression.

It was fortunate he had a lot of mana, otherwise he would have collapsed along with his friends who were now rolling on the lecture hall floor.

“Starting from finding objects hidden in the lecture hall, to knowledge you’re missing or have forgotten, mistakes in magic circles you’ve drawn, divination magic has various applications. There are many cases where mages learning magic from other schools also learn a bit of divination magic.”

If you delved deeply, there was no magic as dangerous as divination magic, but if you delved shallowly, divination magic was quite convenient and highly versatile.

As it assisted a mage’s brain, it went well with whatever school of magic it was used with.

“So, students interested in divination magic wouldn’t find it bad to take lectures under Professor Kraer. Of course, don’t forget that you must always be humble before the future.”

Despite the commotion at the beginning, Professor Garcia’s words must have been persuasive, as quite many students decided to take divination magic.

After the lecture ended and they walked out one by one, students chattered about what they could do with divination magic and what they would do.

“You worked hard. Professor Kraer.”

“What did I do? Professor Garcia did everything.”

At Professor Paselette’s words, Professor Garcia waved her hands dismissively.

“You’re the one teaching, Professor Kraer. I’m worried there might be too many students to teach because of me.”

If Professor Mortum of dark magic had heard this, he would have shed tears of blood.

A privilege only for professors dealing with popular magic!

However, Professor Paselette replied as if he didn’t care.

“Most of them are guys who’ll just build basics and leave anyway.”

Unlike other magic, divination magic had a considerably high student dropout rate.

It was natural since it was quite useful even if you only learned a moderate level, and the higher the level you went, the more your life became endangered.

As such, Professor Paselette wasn’t very interested in finding disciples either.

If he was lucky he’d get one, if unlucky he wouldn’t.

“Still, wasn’t there any student who looked useful?”

“Divination magic isn’t like other magic where it’s easy to find geniuses who stand out early on. Professor Garcia. Cases like yours are extremely rare.”

Professor Paselette grumbled as he spoke.

Professor Garcia might cherish students greatly, but Professor Paselette had no particular thoughts.

Revealing talent in divination magic during the 1st year was close to impossible.

Even after practicing ‘relatively’ easy divination magic throughout the 1st year and starting to divine in earnest from the 2nd year, it was difficult to discover talent.

First, just succeeding at divination was extremely difficult (it required intuition and inspiration), and then you had to know how to interpret those uncertain futures…

“And that kid. Is he really okay? Other professors are interested in him. You’re not going to come to me later demanding I take responsibility, are you?”

If a cherished disciple secretly practiced divination magic and collapsed coughing up blood, who would the other professors get angry at?

Professor Paselette didn’t want to take such risks.

“I’m telling you it’s fine.”

‘But I’m worried…’

Just then, Lee Han and his friends walked out. Professor Paselette perked up her ears. She intended to listen to the conversation the first years were having.

“I’m going to train hard and try to remember the order of the deck I shuffled. So Lee Han. You kept throwing stones and attempting divination earlier. Did you see anything?”

At Gainando’s question, Professor Paselette shook her head inwardly.

I just explained it, but he’s already forgotten.

Such a scatterbrained personality wasn’t suited for divination magic.

‘I told him several times that you see nothing when you fail…’

“Hmm. Brief images did pass by…”

“?!”

Professor Paselette’s eyes widened greatly.

What did he say?

‘He failed… wait… this isn’t the time to scold the first years.’

She had naturally assumed he failed, but thinking about it, Lee Han hadn’t said a single word about the stone divination failing. Surprisingly, he had succeeded but tried again!

‘He must have paid the price for success…’

Whatever blurry and uncertain images they were, the moment one saw the future, the price became enormously heavy.

But to do that several times without showing any sign…

‘He’s naturally gifted!’

One of the talents for divination magic.

It was a constitution that paid prices well.

It sounded like a joke, but in some ways, this was the most important talent.

If one mage had to offer blood after seeing the future while another mage had to offer mana, the latter was overwhelmingly advantageous.

That student surely had a constitution that paid the price with mana.

‘But to offer mana as the price would require an enormous amount…’

She had heard he had a lot of mana, but Professor Paselette was confused.

No matter how much mana he had, to pay all the success prices with mana and repeat it several times…

Was that even possible?

Could it be that first year’s misunderstanding?

It was often the case that young mages mistakenly thought they had seen the future.

The professor listened even more intently than before. To hear the rest of the conversation.

“What did you see? What did you see?!”

“I was cooking roast beef.”

“Roast beef…! Tomorrow’s menu is roast beef!”

“It’s not certain. Even if you see the future, that future can change at any time, as she said.”

“No. Lee Han. We can make the future.”

Gainando spoke with a voice full of drool.

“What are you talking about?”

“Tomorrow’s menu is roast beef.”

“Roast beef?! I like that! What meat do they use?! Is it lamb by any chance?”

“What roast beef?”

“Those Blue Dragon Tower guys are eating roast beef tomorrow.”

“Damn it. Those annoying bastards.”

Professor Paselette frowned deeply.

It was a crucial moment, but the other first year students were just making useless noise.

“Anyway, what I saw was roast beef made with beef.”

“Beef…!”

“Beef is good!”

“Those bastards. Did they come to magic school to eat? You can’t become a great mage with a full belly!”

Despite the jealous words from the White Tiger Tower students, Professor Paselette’s mind was elsewhere.

Even if one succeeded in divination, what images one saw and how varied completely among mages.

Nevertheless, if there were important factors, they were clarity and specificity.

The clearer and more specific the image, the better the divination.

If he saw clearly enough to distinguish the type of meat…

Professor Paselette muttered with dazed eyes.

“Beef… beef… beef…!”

“Did your personality just change?”

Professor Garcia, who came out from behind, wondered.

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