Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 252

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Chapter 252

“So what I’m saying is.”

Professor Garcia, being an excellent professor, explained briefly, simply, and accurately, hitting only the key points.

But sometimes, no matter how well you explain something, it’s hard to convince the other person.

When the content is too absurd!

-It’s Lee Han of Wardanaz Family, and as I mentioned earlier, he’s taking many lectures. But he shows such great talent in every lecture he attends that the professors are quite fond of him. So Professor Alcasis, please don’t call on him too much just because he has talent in healing magic, and show some consideration. There are other professors too.

“…Don’t do this, seriously.”

Professor Alcasis let out a tired sigh and spoke.

“Excuse me??”

“I said don’t do this. Who put you up to this? The Principal?”

Professor Alcasis was convinced that the Skeleton Principal was playing a mischievous prank.

In Einroguard, only the Skeleton Principal could pull such a prank on Professor Alcasis, who was the most tired and busy.

The other professors couldn’t dare play such pranks as they might actually die.

“No no no… This isn’t a prank!”

“…”

Professor Alcasis frowned as a headache came on. Professor Garcia spoke with concern.

“Should I cast a pain relief spell on you?”

“Casting too many spells isn’t good… So you’re saying it’s not a prank?”

“Yes.”

Professor Alcasis tried to accept the story he had just heard.

One student taking a few more lectures than usual?

It wasn’t common, but it happened occasionally.

Even Professor Garcia had been overly ambitious during his student days and regretted it.

…Though this student’s level was a bit beyond ‘a few’…

“How many was it earlier? The lectures he’s taking?”

“Summoning Magic, Illusion Magic, Enchantment Magic, Divination Magic, Transformation Magic…”

“And there was also dark magic, right?”

“Oh right. Keep it secret from Professor Mortum…”

“Do you think I have enough free time to go tell him? Anyway, he’s getting good evaluations in all the lectures you mentioned?”

‘He’s top of the class…’

Professor Garcia was about to say he was top of the class, but hesitated and stopped after reading the mood.

It wasn’t a lie, but it somehow felt like one.

“Yes…”

“…Does that even make sense???”

“I know, right…”

Professor Garcia felt it anew too.

When he saw it happening one by one from the side, he didn’t notice, but when he summarized it for someone else, it was quite strange.

“Wardanaz Family…?”

“What does it have to do with Wardanaz Family? Haven’t you met them before?”

“I have…”

Professor Garcia became dejected.

Memories of being scolded by Professor Alcasis during his student days came back, making him shrink.

‘This isn’t my fault though.’

“Sigh. Fine. I get it. I understand. Yes. Sometimes such geniuses do appear.”

“Isn’t ‘sometimes’ being too generous…”

“Be quiet.”

“Yes sir.”

“But what do you mean by showing consideration?”

Professor Alcasis’s eyebrows tilted a bit more.

Giving special treatment to one student was something Professor Alcasis’s personality could never accept. Even if that student was of imperial blood, it would be the same.

“Ah. Well. Other professors also have a lot to teach, but if Professor Alcasis keeps him for too long or… even takes him outside… you know.”

While all magic was like this, healing magic was especially a time-consuming monster.

Starting from the amount of knowledge needed to various fields.

If he monopolized a student trying to quickly make them into a useful healing mage, other professors could get angry.

Moreover, in the case of healing magic, there were often cases where students were taken outside.

“You call that reasoning?”

Of course, Professor Alcasis was very dumbfounded.

No matter how short-staffed they were, he had no intention of taking a 1st year student outside.

This had nothing to do with talent.

Even if they had heaven-defying talent, would he take a 1st year student to matters involving human lives?

“Professor Garcia. You should know. Even doing this now…”

Though he was semi-forcibly keeping students to learn healing magic, Professor Alcasis naturally knew.

Among these, those who wouldn’t learn wouldn’t learn no matter how much he pushed.

It was natural.

No one was as stubborn as mages, so would they keep learning magic they weren’t interested in just because they were told to?

However, if he taught them by force, he could mobilize them for help when manpower was short.

A mage who knew no healing magic and a mage who had learned at least a little were completely different.

Of course, he didn’t expect them to play core roles.

If he taught them by force like this and then expected core roles, that would be truly unconscionable thinking.

He only expected supportive roles when problems arose…

“I don’t expect even one person’s worth from students who are forced to attend. If they do half a person’s work, that’s doing well. But what’s this about keeping them too long or taking them outside?”

He was trying to teach only the minimum to somehow solve the manpower shortage, yet he heard something like ‘don’t treat him too much like a top student since there are other professors too,’ so it was natural for Professor Alcasis to be bewildered.

“Right? I’m sorry. I guess I worried unnecessarily.”

Professor Garcia apologized sheepishly.

He had been worried because the professors kept grabbing Lee Han’s arm or leg and pulling him toward their magic towers whenever they saw him.

People normally get torn apart when pulled like that.

“The professors keep…”

“I understand, so don’t worry. And sorry, but that Wardanaz doesn’t have much talent for healing magic.”

“Excuse me?”

Professor Garcia tilted his head.

‘But he was doing well earlier?’

Professor Alcasis gave a slight eye signal.

“He’s just pretending. His mana isn’t decreasing.”

“…Ah, that’s because…”

Professor Garcia decided to finish explaining the last part he had left out from his earlier explanation.

* * *

“…That’s how it is! Not very surprising, right?”

Since he had already mentioned the really surprising things first, he thought this much would be okay.

However, Professor Alcasis gave no response.

“Professor?”

“…”

“Professor??”

“Exactly how much mana does he have?”

“Professor. You said you weren’t interested earlier…”

“…I’m just asking.”

Professor Alcasis changed his words.

“But this is a bit unfair. I’m busy, so I wasn’t present when the other professors were talking about this.”

“Ah, why are you really doing this?”

Professor Garcia spoke while desperately pushing away the image of Lee Han’s limbs being dragged away.

“And Student Lee Han doesn’t even have that much talent for healing magic.”

“…Try this.”

Professor Alcasis cleared away the rope in front of Lee Han and threw him a bone.

The other students were horrified, but Lee Han, already accustomed to dark magic, accepted the bone without any concern.

Crack!

Lee Han broke the bone and immediately mended it back together.

It was an amazing speed.

His understanding of bones, innate mana capacity, and delicate control ability.

While they would need to teach him more to know for certain, just seeing that alone made it impossible to deny his exceptional talent for healing magic.

“It’s because Student Lee Han has been studying dark magic diligently.”

Professor Garcia made an absurd excuse.

“Professor Garcia. You know how beneficial it is to have abundant mana.”

“Professor Verdus said that yesterday, Professor Kraer said it the day before, and Professor Mortum said it the day before that…”

“…Fine, I take back what I said earlier.”

“Ah, seriously, why are you doing this!”

* * *

“It was fun except for the butchering, right?”

“Actually, wasn’t the butchering kind of fun too?”

“…Y-yeah. Don’t come near me.”

“?!”

When the lecture ended, the students’ evaluation was better than expected.

Considering they were forced to learn and someone was butchered during the lecture, it was a very positive result.

“Those who want to learn more healing magic… come this way…”

Professor Alcasis hurriedly disappeared to the upper spire as soon as the lecture ended, and the upperclassmen studying under the professor remained to call the first years.

Even though many students were forced to attend, there would surely be quite a few among them who were seriously interested in healing magic.

It was the seniors’ role to help such juniors.

…Actually, this should have been the professor’s job, but Professor Alcasis was too busy.

“Please take care of me, Senior!”

“Hey…”

“Y-yes?”

The student who greeted energetically was flustered by the senior’s lukewarm reaction.

‘What did I do wrong?’

“Lower your voice… I couldn’t sleep and my head feels like it’s splitting…”

“…”

“…”

‘It seems like even the students who wanted to learn healing magic might run away.’

“Lee Han of Wardanaz Family.”

“Tiziling Priest.”

“Are you alright?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Taking healing magic classes on top of everything else…”

“Ah.”

Lee Han paused for a moment.

Actually, he was surprised not so much by the lecture itself, but because even the Phoenix Tower students knew about it.

“What difference would one more class make at this point? And since I’m forced to take it anyway, I’d only be at a disadvantage if I don’t study.”

“I’m seriously worried about your health though…”

The Phoenix Tower priests whispered among themselves while looking at Lee Han as they walked.

-Shouldn’t someone stop him…

-He has noble honor and pride, so how could we…

-A person’s life is important!

‘These guys should speak quietly if they don’t want me to hear them.’

Lee Han felt strangely uncomfortable.

As the priests seriously worried about Lee Han’s lifespan while chattering, it seemed like anxiety he didn’t have before might arise.

However, it wasn’t only the Phoenix Tower priests who were whispering while looking at Lee Han.

“That guy… the one the professor mentioned… right?”

“Yeah… we need to… tell him about the advantages… of healing magic… and draw him in…”

Carrot and stick.

This age-old tactic was also used in magical education.

If forcing them to sit and learn magic was the stick, then showing them the advantages of that magic was the carrot.

The upperclassmen majoring in healing magic, whose workload was already increasing due to many dropouts, were desperate enough to sell their souls to demons to recruit underclassmen.

Moreover, there were the words Professor Alcasis had hastily left before departing.

-Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. You understand, right? Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. If raised well, he’s material that could do the work of ten people. Make him interested in healing magic.

-But Professor… how? The first years these days are cunning and probably noticed everything.

When even the professor looked like he might collapse and die from fatigue, what advantages could they possibly feel?

-It’s fine. Everyone prioritizes different values. From what I can see, he’s not the type who values comfort or an easy life. Looking at how he attends all the other lectures, he has the same personality as Professor Garcia. Burning with academic passion. Do you understand?

-Ah. I think I understand.

-Right. Persuade him well with that. I don’t need to tell you…

-Of course, Professor. We want underclassmen even more than you do!

“Are you interested in… *cough*. *hack*. *cough cough*. healing magic?”

“…Are you alright?”

When the senior approached with a face that looked like he might die soon, Lee Han couldn’t help but be flustered.

“N-no. It’s because it’s dry… it’s dry. Anyway! You must be interested in healing magic. That’s why you came here, right?”

“Well… there’s still a lot I don’t know, so I’m just curious.”

Lee Han spoke carefully, not wanting to hurt the other person’s feelings.

However, the two seniors immediately responded as if they weren’t offended at all.

“That’s exactly what interest is.”

“It’s truly amazing. To be this interested in healing magic. I think this is the first time I’ve seen it.”

“Excuse me?”

Lee Han looked back at the priests behind him.

…No matter how he looked at it, compared to the interest shown by those priests behind him, Lee Han’s interest was like a firefly in front of a full moon…?

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