Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 24

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Chapter 024

While Durgyu was lowering his evaluation of Gainando, Nilia began counting off the necessary preparations for moving around for a long time at night.

“First, since we don’t know how long we’ll be moving, we need to prepare as well as possible. It would be good to have sturdy boots and several pairs of quality socks, but…”

“We don’t have anything like that.”

The atmosphere became solemn at Lee Han’s words.

The Principal had deliberately given them rough and worn clothes, so there was no way they would have such things.

Nilia pulled out her luggage as if she had expected this.

“I made spare boots using the beast hide we caught last time. I tore curtain fabric from the common room to make foot wraps. Here. Give me your foot.”

“…”

“…”

When Lee Han and Yoner remained silent, Nilia realized her mistake.

‘Did I act shabby again?’

After bringing the meat, Nilia had been able to become quite close with the Black Tortoise Tower students, but she still inevitably felt some distance when talking with them.

There was bound to be distance between Nilia, who was born and raised as part of the shadow patrol unit in the cold Northern Mountains, and students born and raised in massive merchant families in the Imperial Capital.

-Wow! Do you see that red flower over there?

-Yeah. That flower is delicious. Sweet.

-…Oh, no. Isn’t it pretty?

-It’s pretty and delicious, so isn’t that even better?

Of course, unless Nilia was a fool, she couldn’t help but notice that atmosphere.

After things became awkward once, she had kept her mouth shut and swallowed her words.

But to speak up again like this.

It was a mistake.

“This is, well… I did sew it myself… I had no choice but to…”

“That’s really amazing!”

“Right! Amazing!”

“!?”

However, Lee Han and Yoner’s reactions were the complete opposite of what Nilia expected.

“This is amazing?”

“Of course. To make this yourself.”

“Not just anyone has this kind of skill. You sewed this directly with a needle, right?”

At Lee Han and Yoner’s reactions, the corners of Nilia’s mouth and eyes trembled pleasantly.

“…It’s nothing special.”

“Nothing special? What are you talking about.”

“Right. Who here could do this.”

“Nilia. You should go into business.”

“Right. Let’s charge money and sell to students from the same tower.”

As the topic flowed in a strange direction while she was happily receiving praise, Nilia waved her hands.

“I don’t like business.”

“No, why?”

“Why? Nilia. Why do you dislike money?”

When Lee Han and Yoner asked with sincere expressions, Nilia was dumbfounded.

‘Isn’t it normal to not want to do business with friends!?’

Anyone watching would think Nilia belonged to the Blue Dragon Tower.

“Why would I take money for something like this! I don’t want to!”

At those words, Lee Han and Yoner became serious.

“That’s nonsense. Whether you can take money or not isn’t decided by you, but by the market.”

“Really good words. Nilia. You understand, right?”

“…Can I just finish my explanation? Hm??”

“Oh. Sorry. Continue.”

Nilia, who barely escaped, cleared her throat. Still, her expression was much brighter than before, and her long ears were perked up happily.

No matter how much she pretended otherwise, being recognized couldn’t help but be joyful.

“But what’s so amazing about this?”

Gainando asked as if he didn’t understand.

Thwack!

Yoner smacked Gainando’s back. Lee Han kicked Gainando’s shin.

“Nilia. Don’t give him any. He won’t know what’s amazing about it unless he tries going without.”

“Right. He needs to suffer a bit.”

“You… isn’t this too much?! I’m still a prince…!”

‘He was a prince?!’

Nilia was shocked.

Lee Han and Yoner, who came from great families, didn’t think much of the imperial family members numbering in the hundreds, but to Nilia it felt tremendously significant.

A direct descendant of the Emperor.

That name alone carried dignity…

‘…Well, not really.’

Seeing him getting his back hit by Yoner and his shin kicked by Lee Han, no matter how she looked at it, he seemed more like a patient than a prince.

“Hey. In a situation where you might have to walk for hours straight, don’t you know how precious those boots and foot wraps are? If you walk for just one hour, your feet and everything will be scraped raw.”

“Let’s just leave him behind.”

“Ah… no! I got it! I understand, so don’t leave me behind!”

When the situation was settled, Lee Han apologized to Nilia instead.

“Sorry. Nilia. You prepared so hard, but Gainando here said something rude.”

“Oh, no. I really don’t mind.”

“You seem to mind, should I hit him one more time?”

“I’m really okay!!”

Nilia was shocked again and stopped him.

She truly felt no unpleasant emotions. Looking at him, Gainando seemed like he had never walked long distances in his life (especially being a prince), so it was natural that he wouldn’t know.

“Here. The coat I made. It’s spring, but it’ll be chilly at night. There will be quite a bit of wind around here too.”

“Nilia…”

“Really…”

“…Can you stop reacting every time I say something?”

It felt good, but they were making such a fuss that Nilia was getting annoyed.

“Leather backpack. You’ll need it when we enter the village. Leather water pouch. I made this too.”

‘Really amazing.’

Lee Han was honestly impressed.

To make all that by herself with just leather, needle, and thread.

‘Why won’t she do business with that skill?’

If it were Lee Han, he would have made a decent profit.

Looking to the side, Yoner seemed to have similar thoughts as he wore a regretful expression.

“To move for a long time in darkness, you need to wrap your feet well, prepare a coat for possible cold, and have enough to drink and eat…”

Nilia hesitated as she spoke.

She was worried about food.

Nilia could cross the mountain range while starving for a day, but would the other kids really be okay?

“I brought food. Sausage and sliced bread, goat cheese. And dwarf-style honey candy. Would this be enough?”

“!”

Nilia was surprised.

The food Lee Han brought would be sufficient as emergency rations.

“Where did you get it?”

“I swiped it from Professor Thunderstep’s cabin.”

“…”

Are you really from the Blue Dragon Tower?

* * *

“Today, honorable friends gathered in this place. Knights who have sworn to follow my commands.”

At Giselle’s words, students with sturdy builds nodded their heads.

They were White Tiger Tower students who trusted Giselle and decided to attempt escape together.

Though they hadn’t heard any plan, from this gathering alone, one could see the influence Giselle possessed.

There were several students taller and bulkier than Giselle, and several who looked much more fierce.

As an elf with delicate features and a frail appearance, she might have been intimidated, but Giselle stood in front without concern.

And she spoke in an arrogant and sharp voice.

“Don’t worry about the idiots and traitors who didn’t gather here. Those bastards will find out soon enough.”

“Of course!”

“You’re right, Moradi.”

“We depart in ten minutes.”

There was naturally a reason why Giselle was so full of confidence.

‘If I follow the map, about four hours should be enough.’

Surprisingly, Giselle had an escape map.

The escape map she had found when she was at the Moradi Family before entering the school!

-Magic basics for beginners, what is magic, legends of Einroguard… is this all there is?

-I apologize, Lady Moradi.

-Bring everything possible. I have no intention of being looked down upon by other mages.

Students from knight families all had similar concerns before entering magic school.

Will I really be able to keep up?

Unlike those from other families, having spent their lives only gripping and swinging swords, it was natural to have such worries.

The prideful Giselle had no intention of being looked down upon. Before entering magic school, she studied as much as possible, reading various books.

And among those books was the escape map.

-Einroguard escape map…? What is this thing?

A map with detailed methods for escaping the school.

When she first saw it, Giselle was dumbfounded.

Einroguard wasn’t a school just anyone could enter.

The finest magic school in the Empire where only talented individuals were selected.

What pathetic fool would get such an opportunity and then think about ways to escape?

However, just one day after entering this school, Giselle understood why that map was created.

Ah, it makes sense why it was made!

-Regarding Einroguard Escape-

-Regarding Einroguard Escape-

-Regarding Einroguard Escape-

I truly say unto you, the path shown on this map is the only path of escape. You underclassmen shall escape the school through this path that my friends and I have refined and perfected…

I truly say unto you, the path shown on this map is the only path of escape. You underclassmen shall escape the school through this path that my friends and I have refined and perfected…

I truly say unto you, the path shown on this map is the only path of escape. You underclassmen shall escape the school through this path that my friends and I have refined and perfected…

The map had been written in detail and with care by upperclassmen for their underclassmen.

With just this map, they could definitely escape!

* * *

“They’re moving toward the mountain.”

“As expected…”

Lee Han’s group, lying prone in the thicket, witnessed torches flickering and moving in the distance.

The White Tiger Tower students had begun to move.

‘So it was the mountain after all?’

In Lee Han’s view, there were roughly two routes to escape the magic school.

One was through the massive castle walls or castle gate at the front of the magic school.

Since it was where they entered, it was close, and once out, they could quickly reach a village following the Imperial Highway, but the problem was that breaking through the castle walls or gate wouldn’t be easy.

The other was the massive and majestic mountain range spread out behind the magic school.

The long castle walls would surely be cut off deep in the mountain range, so if they could just get in properly, they could detour and escape.

Lee Han had thought that if Giselle knew a way, it would probably be the latter.

The vast mountain range spread behind the magic school looked so densely forested from the outside that one wouldn’t dare enter, but a capable person could definitely break through with a map.

That prediction had hit the mark.

“Move. Let’s follow them!”

“Huh? Why are we going to the mountain??”

Gainando followed in confusion.

He had naturally assumed they would exit through the castle gate.

“We climb up the mountain and break through.”

“Huh? Why?!”

“Because there’s a path there. Durgyu. Please take care of Gainando.”

“Understood.”

Durgyu readily nodded.

Among them, Nilia was the best at climbing mountains, and Lee Han and Durgyu had received considerable training as knights. Yoner also had confidence in walking, having wandered here and there since childhood to gather alchemy materials.

The most worrying was Gainando!

“Huh? What are you asking him to do??”

“I’m behind you. Prince. Breathe through your nose and don’t stop walking. Go!”

“Huh? No, wait…”

Gainando tried to resolve his questions, but before long, he could no longer ask any more questions.

“Huff huff huff huff huff.”

“Go!”

“What… go… huff huff huff.”

“Go!”

‘Stop it…!’

A night with dim moonlight.

Walking along unfamiliar mountain paths in the darkness consumed a lot of stamina.

Even though Nilia led the way, checking the path and cutting away and clearing obstacles, the entire group was soaked in sweat.

In the midst of this, Lee Han tried hard to record the path.

Thanks to being harshly trained under the crazy professor, Lee Han could draw a map on paper even without being able to see.

“???”

Yoner, walking beside him, looked at Lee Han as if he couldn’t believe it.

‘Could he be using magic like 【Night Vision】 by himself?’

Unless he had learned it in advance because he was from the Wardanaz Family, it was an inexplicable feat.

“Oh. Look at this.”

“What is this?”

“It’s sleep herb. If you grind it into powder and drink it with water, it helps you sleep well.”

“Let’s take it.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s take it. We never know when we might need it.”

“Would we have occasion to use this?”

Yoner tilted his head while gathering the sleep herb.

‘It seems like we’ve been walking for at least an hour.’

“Nilia. How long do you think we’ve been walking? It feels like we’ve walked for an hour.”

“One hour and ten minutes.”

Nilia answered like that and looked at Lee Han with renewed interest.

To think he wouldn’t lose track of time in these mountains without even being a hunter.

At that moment, Lee Han felt a chilling sensation as if all the hair on his body was standing on end.

‘A monster!? No, Nilia would have checked, right? Don’t tell me she missed it?’

Hahahahahahahaha!

Hahahahahahahaha!

Hahahahahahahaha!

“…”

It was the familiar laughter of a skeleton.

How to Live as a Mage in Magic School

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