Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 245
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Chapter 245
As the two emerged from the Giant’s Cave, dawn stars were already rising in the pitch-black night sky.
Lee Han muttered bitterly.
“I need to do my assignments, but I’ve wasted time on useless things.”
“…”
Giselle felt chills at the quiet madness Wardanaz displayed.
To worry about assignments first in this situation.
Did one have to be this crazy to occupy the top position in magic school?
“Why are you staring at me like that? I’m fine.”
Lee Han noticed Giselle’s gaze and responded.
Of course, he had stayed up all night because of the enchantment magic assignment, but he had recovered somewhat after getting some sleep.
Originally, students who were learning should be able to endure all-nighters with mental strength. Lee Han was an expert in that field.
“Right… I can see very well that you’re fine.”
“Thanks for worrying about me.”
Thud-
“…Could you put away that shield?”
As the shield spinning around Lee Han flew over, Giselle said irritably.
“Ah. Sorry. I need to check the duration.”
Giselle gave up and shook her head.
So even while wandering around the mountain range, being attacked by giant lizards, and confronting a giant, he was still concerned about his magic assignment.
‘That magic-obsessed bastard…’
-Wardanaz!!
-Moradi!!!
After walking out some distance, they heard the shouts of White Tiger Tower students along with flickering torches in the distance.
It seemed they were still searching this area.
“Over here!”
“Wardanaz!”
The White Tiger Tower students came running. Judging by their dusty appearance with all sorts of wild grass clinging to them, they had been searching the entire time.
Durgyu, who was among them, let out a sigh of relief and said.
“Thank goodness. Everyone was worried and has been searching like this.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you for what. Look how much you two have done for us.”
“Mm.”
“Mmm.”
Lee Han and Giselle groaned simultaneously.
Actually, they had tried to escape using the other friends as bait…
“As a noble, it was naturally something I had to do.”
“As a knight, it was naturally something I had to do.”
“As expected…!”
The White Tiger Tower students gathered there burst into admiration simultaneously.
Moradi was one thing, but Wardanaz certainly had the dignity of a leader when you saw him at times like this.
Of course, he was a despicable archmage who would suppress them with various evil magic when things went wrong, but they had to acknowledge what deserved acknowledgment.
When things were moderately settled, Giselle looked at her friends and asked.
“Wait. How many of you all came out and were doing this?”
Even a rough look showed that not only the earlier group but other friends had all come out too.
“Ah. They said they’d help. We did well, right?”
“…”
Study a little…!
Giselle suppressed the words that were boiling up inside her.
“…Yeah. Thanks. Everyone.”
“There seem to be more over there.”
Lee Han pointed with his finger at the torches running from far away.
It seemed all the White Tiger Tower students had participated in the search.
It was truly passionate friendship.
“Everyone’s so kind.”
“Shut up…”
* * *
“I bet the 2 pieces of black bread that came out today and this chocolate pudding.”
“Wha… What? Really?”
“Why. Are you scared or something?”
“Scared… How dare you! Fine. I bet the snacks Wardanaz will give this evening! That shield will end within today!”
“Hmph. It’ll last until tomorrow!”
“…”
Lee Han, who had returned to the tower and was sitting, looked at his friends as if they were pathetic.
The Blue Dragon Tower students were fiercely betting on ‘how long the spinning shield would last.’
It had already definitely passed one day, and now his friends’ interest was whether it would break through 2 days or not.
“It’s… It’s impossible…! I saw in a book that without separate work, it absolutely can’t last a day!”
Gainando was shaking his book and denying reality.
He had studied for once, but knowledge had betrayed him.
“Study… studying is all useless! What help could these dead letters be!!”
“Stop talking nonsense and sit down.”
“Okay.”
At Lee Han’s warning, Gainando sat down again.
“It would be good to finish the 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】 assignment today. Since there are many other pre-final assignments. What we need to do now is Professor Milay’s assignment and…”
“Wha… What did I do wrong that you’re tormenting me?”
When he recited the assignments, Gainando was seriously aggrieved and sorrowful.
Lee Han ignored him and continued speaking.
“What other assignments are there?”
“We need to compose a song for 【Basic Music】…”
‘What strange assignments there are.’
Lee Han hadn’t taken 【Basic Music】. It wasn’t mandatory.
However, 【Basic Music】 was a quite popular lecture in the Blue Dragon Tower.
For those from great noble families, cultural subjects like music, dance, art, and literature held greater value than one might think.
Of course, to Lee Han, it was a lecture with less value than Professor Boladi’s lectures…
“I roughly finished composing everything.”
Asan, who was passing by, spoke up. Gainando was surprised by those words.
“Already? How?”
“Hehe. Why should I tell you?”
“I’m curious, could you let me hear it?”
“If Wardanaz is asking…”
“Hey…”
Gainando growled, but Asan pretended not to hear and ignored him.
A friend who gives snacks daily and a friend who tries to steal snacks daily inevitably receive different treatment.
“Einroguard. Einroguard. It’s so wonderful.”
“…”
“…”
Lee Han and Gainando’s expressions twisted.
“A place with warm meals and soft beds. Einroguard.”
“Uh…”
“Is it okay to spread fake rumors?”
“The underclassmen will come in soon and enjoy this paradise too. Einroguard.”
Asan, who had been humming the lyrics, stopped and explained.
“But we can’t badmouth Einroguard in front of the professors, right?”
“That’s true.”
Lee Han understood Asan’s feelings.
Sometimes grades were more important than truth, weren’t they?
“I have to make such ridiculous songs?! Then I’ll make one however I want!”
“What are you going to make?”
“There once was a noble prince…”
“Cut it out.”
“That doesn’t seem right.”
“Listen first!”
“Are you all working on your 【Basic Music】 assignments?”
Neblen from the Kirak family joined their conversation after overhearing.
Lee Han thought to himself.
‘Don’t tell me everyone except me is taking 【Basic Music】?’
“That’s right. Kirak, did you compose one too? You probably wrote a song praising the Imperial Princess.”
Neblen was one of the students in Blue Dragon Tower who followed the Imperial Princess.
However, Neblen shook his head.
“No.”
“Really? What did you compose?”
“Would you like to hear it?”
“No, let’s just study now…”
Lee Han tried to stop them, but the other two immediately nodded.
“There was an honorable mage who always prepared meals…”
“…”
“…”
“That’s touching?”
Asan was impressed.
The other students sitting by the fireplace also nodded.
Gainando grumbled.
“Hmph. Do you think Wardanaz would like being praised so arbitrarily like that?”
“Well said, Gainando. The song is terrible.”
“No… what exactly is terrible about it?”
Neblen was flustered.
He naturally thought Lee Han would like it.
“If you say it’s terrible, I’ll compose a new one…”
“…Wait.”
Lee Han couldn’t bring himself to tell him to do that.
What could be more troublesome than starting an assignment over?
“…On second thought, it’s not that bad.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. Now let’s study.”
“Wardanaz! Look over there! There!”
“…Didn’t you hear me say to study?”
Despite Lee Han’s words, Gainando pointed his finger toward the window.
Lee Han suppressed a sigh and looked over. Then he was shocked.
“…!!”
The main building, the largest and most majestic structure on the magic school grounds.
The exterior of that main building was writhing as if it were a living creature.
‘What the…!?’
It’s because of the reorganization period.
“Aaaaaaahhh!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaahhh!”
Students screamed at the sight of a giant skeleton suddenly rising above the window.
Lee Han wasn’t surprised and asked.
“Reorganization period?”
The main building should be considered half-alive, really.
According to the Skeleton Principal, the main building, which had accumulated magic inside for countless eons, could no longer be called an ordinary building.
As countless mages who came and went from Einroguard added new spaces and cast new magic, the main building periodically reorganized its body.
It was relatively reorganizing all sorts of disorder and chaos.
“Uh… wait. Then does the interior layout change too?”
Lee Han was listening without much thought when he was suddenly startled.
He had worked so hard to make a map!
It doesn’t change that drastically. The framework remains, after all. Though things like rooms that should be there disappearing might happen.
“That’s a relief, at least.”
Be careful when you go on your night walks. There have been several students who went missing while wandering around during reorganization periods.
“What nonsense are you saying? There’s a curfew at night. I’ve never broken the rules even once.”
“…”
…
Not only his friends but even the Skeleton Principal was slightly impressed by that shamelessness.
R… right. I understand. Come out.
“Pardon?”
You were supposed to learn illusion magic from Ogonin every weekend.
“Ah…”
At the Skeleton Principal’s words, Lee Han finally remembered.
Ogonin, an archmage who was incredible in his prime even if his skills had rusted somewhat now, was someone who carried on the lineage of pure classical illusion magic among illusion mages.
The Skeleton Principal had said to consider it an honor to receive the opportunity to learn from such a person, but…
“But I’m busy with pre-final assignments right now.”
That’s fine.
“Ah. It won’t take long?”
Lee Han was delighted.
Of course, the Skeleton Principal was the head of this school, so he couldn’t be unaware of the academic schedule.
No. I don’t know about that either. I said it’s fine because the pre-final assignments are yours to do. Come out.
“…”
Gainando, who had been listening to the conversation nearby, nodded.
‘I should write a song about an evil lich.’
* * *
You met Ikurusha?
“…No. By any chance, is there some bulletin board at Einroguard that I don’t know about?”
Lee Han was flustered.
Unless there was a bulletin board shared among professors or people staying on the grounds, this speed of information spread didn’t make sense.
Lee Han imagined Professor Boladi posting a paper on the faculty lounge bulletin board that read 【Please explain pre-final assignment content】.
‘Should I infiltrate the lounge and destroy the bulletin board?’
There’s no such thing. But that’s an interesting thought.
“No…”
And Ikurusha is someone I’ve known for a while. I went to visit him and he suddenly started praising you, so I asked about it.
Within the magical school grounds, there weren’t only professors and students.
Thanks to those powerful flows of mana, there were also many mystical beings who had been living there for a long time.
Originally, that big guy rarely praises other students, especially when it comes to alchemy… you didn’t cheat with magic, did you?
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. That was a fair bet.”
I suppose it was. Hmm… But even setting aside the resistance, it’s curious that you managed to defeat Ikurusha. To think you knew such a potion… did Professor Thunderstep teach you?
“Since I learned alchemy, I suppose you could say that’s the case.”
Never mind. Anyway, alchemy aside, it seems you’re really good at chess.
“I was lucky. Ikurusha was a bit clumsy…”
???
The Skeleton Principal stared at Lee Han like he was looking at a madman. Lee Han didn’t notice that gaze.
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