Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 235

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Chapter 235

Lee Han apologized again.

“I’m truly sorry, Professor. The truth is, I experienced an attack from intruders last weekend…”

Enough. I told you there’s no need to apologize. You stop fooling around too and change your transformation.

The fake Gainando stood up from his seat and instantly changed his appearance.

The person with the most sculpture-like appearance Lee Han had ever seen revealed himself.

‘Where have I seen… Ah.’

Lee Han realized.

That was the Skeleton Principal’s appearance when he was alive.

You. Do you want to get beaten by me too?

“I express regret in my name, Gonadaltes.”

The professor apologized and changed his appearance again.

This time it was a middle-aged male parrot beastman.

Hmm… isn’t this too similar to last year?

“Is it?”

It lacks a bit of freshness.

The professor’s appearance changed again.

It was a young female chameleon beastman.

“How about this?”

That’s what you did the year before last.

“I don’t think overlapping is that big a problem… isn’t it okay to overlap…”

The professor muttered and attempted several more transformations.

-Not good.

-Don’t you have any creativity?

-Even the 1st year blockheads make progress, so why?

Of course, the reactions weren’t good.

“…How about this?”

This time the professor transformed into a Skeleton Warrior. Then the Skeleton Principal exclaimed in admiration.

Excellent!

“Kehehe. Thank you.”

“…”

What do you think?

Lee Han quickly pondered what the most appropriate reaction would be in this situation.

“It’s truly excellent. All the students will focus on the lecture.”

You rascal. Your eye is as outstanding as your magic skills.

* * *

The professor in charge of transformation magic, Professor Yoner Meikin, was surprisingly a doppelganger.

Lee Han was amazed to see a doppelganger, one of the rarest among all races.

‘This school really has all kinds of people!’

Come to think of it, what expert could be better than a doppelganger for teaching transformation magic?

Since they were born with transformation as a racial trait…

But how did you notice that Professor Meikin was disguised?

“Uh… Gainando doesn’t call me Wardanaz.”

“Kuhuh. So that was the problem.”

Seeing the Skeleton Warrior lamenting in a sly voice, both the Skeleton Principal and Lee Han hesitated.

…Should we tell him to change?

Whoever taught you did a very good job.

“Are you praising Professor Bagrek for once?”

Professor Meikin spoke tactlessly.

The Skeleton Principal summoned a bone to grab Professor Meikin’s ankle and trip him.

Crash!

I’ll be going now. Even though Professor Meikin made a stupid mistake, he’s an excellent person when it comes to transformation magic. Make sure to learn well.

“Yes.”

Come to think of it, you were learning alchemy, right? Transformation magic is quite deeply connected to alchemy. Learning it will be helpful.

“I’ll keep your advice in mind.”

After the Skeleton Principal disappeared, Lee Han hesitated.

…Huh?

Somehow it felt like learning transformation magic had been confirmed.

‘This is strange?’

“Kehehe. Please take care of me, Wardanaz. I have high expectations for your skills.”

Professor Meikin put his arm around Lee Han’s shoulder, showing friendliness.

Lee Han hesitantly looked at Professor Meikin. At that moment, his nasal bone fell off with a crack.

“Oops. The part that got hit earlier…”

“…I’m sorry!”

“Kehehe. No, no. The one who got caught is at fault. The Principal is right.”

Professor Meikin snapped the fallen bone back into place.

Seeing this, Lee Han couldn’t bring himself to speak.

How could he say ‘I’m not sure about learning transformation magic’ in front of the professor whose nose he had blown off?

* * *

“Professor, where did you go to get beaten up?”

“Kehehe. I fell down.”

“But why… a Skeleton Warrior? I’m sure what you decided to do this year was…”

“Kehehe. This turned out to be better.”

‘I don’t think so.’

Professor Garcia looked at Professor Meikin who entered the lecture hall with puzzled eyes.

Being a doppelganger, it was the custom of the year to appear in all sorts of different forms, but a Skeleton Warrior didn’t seem like a good choice.

Look!

Weren’t the students wondering ‘Why is that professor acting like that?’

‘But since it’s the professor’s choice… let’s respect it.’

Professor Garcia respected Professor Meikin’s preference.

If Professor Meikin wanted to go around as a Skeleton Warrior this year, that was Professor Meikin’s freedom.

“Now. Today, Professor Meikin has come to teach you what transformation magic is. Professor Meikin is a natural transformation mage.”

Before Garcia finished speaking, Professor Meikin transformed four times.

Into Professor Garcia, into Professor Boladi (Lee Han almost fell backward), into Professor Alpen, into Professor Lightningstep.

Exclamations burst out at the sight.

All the students who had been confused just moments before now had different looks in their eyes.

“Transformation magic is… magic that understands the mystery contained within matter and immerses itself into that matter to understand the truth contained within. Excellent alchemists are skilled in transformation magic, and excellent transformation mages are skilled in alchemy. I recommend students taking alchemy to also take transformation magic. Ah. Student Lee Han… you don’t necessarily have to.”

Lee Han resented Professor Garcia.

How could he refuse when Professor Meikin was watching from the side after she said such a thing?

“No, Professor.”

“Are you really okay?”

“…I’m really okay.”

Gainando, who was beside him, tilted his head.

“You don’t seem okay…”

Professor Garcia continued her explanation.

Fortunately for Lee Han, transformation magic was useful magic in many ways.

Being able to change matter had tremendous meaning for a mage.

To be able to somehow substitute expensive materials with cheap materials without having to obtain them directly.

For mages, it was a revolution itself.

“Can’t you just buy it with gold coins?”

“Right…?”

Lee Han’s heart ached at the sight of his Blue Dragon Tower friends spouting nonsense.

They didn’t know how amazing this was right now.

Lee Han was shaking his head when his eyes met with Yoner’s.

Yoner was also shaking his head.

Nod!

The two awakened students nodded as if understanding each other.

“…Not only that, but you can transform the mage himself and even transform the surrounding environment. I also receive Professor Yoner Meikin’s help when redecorating my workshop.”

Gainando yawned languidly.

Seeing this, Professor Yoner Meikin swung his staff. With a flash of light, Gainando transformed into a white mouse.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!

“Oh… Ooooh!”

“My, my goodness!”

The students’ eyes began to shine again.

Though they were students who set their hearts on noble values like honor, scholarship, inquiry, and truth, sometimes they felt the desire to transform their friend next to them into a mouse.

“Professor Yoner Meikin…!”

Professor Garcia growled low.

It was a sound mixed with killing intent that would freeze the loins of prey.

Professor Yoner Meikin hastily swung his staff again.

“Kehehe. I was just joking. Just joking. Right? It’s fine, isn’t it?”

-Yes! It’s fine!

“He says it’s fine!”

Gainando was bewildered by Professor Yoner Meikin’s appearance of perfectly mimicking his own voice.

No way…!

“What an amazing professor.”

“I want to learn that magic.”

“You barbarians! Does it make sense to be thinking such thoughts right now!”

Gainando got angry at his friends, but everyone was already halfway won over.

* * *

“Damn. We were tricked.”

“I had expectations.”

“I told you so!”

Gainando scolded the grumbling students.

The students who had wanted to know the magic to turn friends into mice swung their staffs with disappointed expressions.

Naturally, the magic to turn friends into mice wasn’t a low circle magic.

In fact, it was magic that could only be learned after becoming an upperclassman.

‘I like this better though.’

Lee Han swung his staff to practice the 【Component Detection】 magic that Professor Yoner Meikin had taught today.

What benefit would there be from turning friends into mice?

Compared to that, being able to investigate the components of matter with just one staff was quite beneficial.

“Kukukukuk. To transform matter means to understand that matter to its deepest depths. Do you all understand?”

“Yes. Professor.”

Lee Han answered seriously to the Skeleton Warrior’s sly voice.

He hadn’t gotten used to the voice, but the meaning contained within it was quite important.

Changing the properties of matter or changing its form might look simple on the surface, but deep understanding was needed within.

Just like summoning magic looked like you could comfortably summon by throwing one reagent, but countless preparations were needed behind it, transformation magic was the same.

“Professor. I found it.”

“I found it.”

“I found it.”

Students who had discovered the composition ratio of the steel rod raised their hands from various places.

‘They’re all familiar faces.’

Probably because the students taking alchemy suited their aptitude, their grades were good.

Professor Yoner Meikin clapped with his bone palms as if pleased.

“Kehethet. You’re all excellent. Then shall we try one more simple magic?”

His cloak fluttered and settled gently on the desk. The professor tapped the desk with his hand.

“This cloak is made from sheep’s wool. It’s soft and fluffy.”

The staff was swung. Instantly the cloak changed into a hard lump of metal.

“!”

“…!!!”

The eyes of the students gathered near the desk sparkled.

Since they were all students seriously interested in alchemy or transformation magic, they showed more enthusiasm for this kind of magic than the magic to turn friends into mice.

Though it was simple magic, this magic was showing various possibilities.

What if it was changed to other materials instead of iron?

Or other forms? Or going deeper, what if the properties that wool itself possessed were reversed?

‘The fact that I can’t make money with transformation magic makes me sad.’

Lee Han had different thoughts by himself.

It was magic that was too well-known, so there were many countermeasures. Becoming rich by making fake silver or gold was virtually impossible.

“Hethethet. It’s good that you’re all passionate. Then let’s practice. If I may give one piece of advice, at first it’s better to understand the properties of wool rather than recklessly casting magic.”

Following the professor’s advice, the students began practicing in various ways – touching their cloaks, smelling them, detecting components, and so on.

The Imperial Princess spun around and swung her staff. The texture of her cloak changed to become like hard metal, then was released.

“The duration seems… too short.”

“Transformation magic is originally like that. Student. It will be easier to understand if you think about enchantment magic.”

The skeleton professor kindly explained.

Since it was a type of magic that changed form by infusing matter with mana woven according to the mage’s will, such magic was generally difficult to maintain for long.

“You don’t need to obsess over duration. If you just learn the proper method of casting, it will gradually increase. What’s important is implementing the desired matter with precise control…”

Professor Yoner Meikin finished his explanation and looked around.

There were still students analyzing components, and there were also students challenging the 【Steel Cloak Transformation】 magic.

“How is it? Does it feel like steel?”

“Hmm… It seems a bit lacking in hardness.”

“Let’s try swinging it once.”

Yoner cast transformation magic while holding a cloak in one hand and his staff in the other.

Then he struck down hard toward the cloak Lee Han was holding.

Clang!

“It seems better than before.”

“Good. I’ll try again. Wait a moment. Let me drink a potion first.”

“Sure. Take your time.”

At the heartwarming sight of them helping each other practice magic, Professor Yoner Meikin rattled his skull bones contentedly.

“…?”

Then he suddenly noticed something strange.

He struck toward the cloak, so why did that kind of sound come out?

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