Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 254
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Chapter 254
“…Dear friends! I think I’m getting better!”
“???”
At the student with broken ankle’s words, the other White Tiger Tower friends looked at him with expressions that said ‘What nonsense are you talking about?’
“Are you feeling sorry again about calling Professor Garcia? Of course we feel sorry too. But since you’re injured like this, there’s nothing we can do about it.”
‘These pieces of trash.’
Lee Han cursed the White Tiger Tower students inwardly.
If they feel bad about constantly causing accidents and calling Professor Garcia, they should think about stopping the accidents instead of continuing such violent sports?
“No. Wardanaz gave me first aid and I got better.”
“First aid? Ah. Healing magic.”
The White Tiger Tower students quickly realized what magic Lee Han had used.
Not all the students who came to learn healing magic earlier were Phoenix Tower students.
There were quite a few White Tiger Tower students interested in healing magic too.
Especially since no one needed healing magic as much as knights active in frontiers or battlefields…
“Clteran. That won’t do.”
“Right. What are you talking about?”
Since they were learning about healing magic, the White Tiger Tower students didn’t back down easily.
The more novice someone was who had just started learning, the more dangerous healing magic became.
Even if it seemed better, there was a possibility that the bones hadn’t set properly or had set in the wrong direction.
“No matter how much Wardanaz… Oh wait. Wardanaz. I didn’t bring this up to particularly insult you. You know that, right?”
“For reference, there are eight of us. Wardanaz. Eight people.”
“…Why are you emphasizing the number? With what intention?”
“Oh, nothing. Just that there are eight of us…”
The White Tiger Tower students seemed embarrassed themselves as their voices got smaller toward the end.
“I also agree with calling the professor. If I had known we’d call her anyway, I wouldn’t have given first aid. It was only temporary.”
“Right? See. Wardanaz is saying that too. You need to receive proper healing magic. Clteran.”
“I’m really saying this because I’m fine…”
While they were making noise, Professor Garcia came running.
Professor Garcia saw the sticks the White Tiger Tower students were holding and asked.
“Did you get hurt playing ball games again?”
“…No, no.”
“Just… we fell while running…”
The White Tiger Tower students stealthily hid their sticks. Lee Han sighed at the sight.
‘Those stupid idiots.’
If they were going to hide them, they should have hidden them earlier. How do they plan to survive in Einroguard with such a careless attitude…
“I’m not trying to get angry, I’m just asking.”
Professor Garcia said that, but it didn’t seem very convincing.
There were a few people who could make others cower in fear without even getting angry, and Professor Garcia was one of them.
“So who’s the injured person?”
“Here, it’s Clteran.”
“…He’s not injured though?”
Professor Garcia tilted her head.
Then the White Tiger Tower students began explaining with urgent expressions.
“He looks fine on the outside, but we don’t know what it’s like inside!”
“His ankle was dislocated but Wardanaz only gave first aid…”
“Ah.”
Professor Garcia listened to the situation explanation and waved her staff.
It was to accurately assess the condition of the fallen student’s ankle.
“…”
Suddenly Professor Garcia’s expression became serious.
The White Tiger Tower students were startled.
“Is there some problem?”
“Even so, it’s Wardanaz – would he make such a mistake?”
“They said healing magic is more dangerous if you attempt it carelessly.”
‘If they say it’s my responsibility, I’ll have to argue by bringing up the Good Samaritan story.’
While they were thinking different thoughts, Professor Garcia finished her contemplation and called Lee Han aside.
“Student Lee Han. Come over here for a moment.”
“Is there a big problem?”
“It’s not that.”
Professor Garcia whispered in a small voice so the other students couldn’t hear.
“It healed very well.”
“…Uh, then isn’t that good?”
Lee Han was puzzled.
If the bone had set well, there was no need to make such a serious expression, right?
“It’s good news for that student, but the story is a bit different for student Lee Han.”
Having talent in healing magic and being able to heal an injured friend so cleanly were completely different matters.
Although it wasn’t a severe wound, the fact that he had done it on a living person without any particular mistakes or aftereffects was amazing in itself.
Even among current 2nd and 3rd year students, there were several who couldn’t do it perfectly on people…
“??”
Of course, Lee Han was only more puzzled.
He understood well that actually using healing magic was much more difficult than expected, but anyway, if he had succeeded luckily, wasn’t that good?
“Listen carefully. Students learning healing magic often go out to help with work, right?”
“That’s what I heard.”
“At that time, student Lee Han might get dragged along too.”
“…No. I’m a first year.”
Lee Han was shocked at Professor Garcia’s words.
Just because he healed an ankle once, he’d be mobilized for work requiring healing mages?
“Even if you’re a first year, if you’ve succeeded once like this, the story is different. If you succeeded once, you can succeed twice, and then you become skilled…”
‘Are you perhaps close with Professor Boladi?’
Professor Alcasis’s evaluation dropped in Lee Han’s mind.
To casually say something only Professor Boladi would say…
“…Actually, seeing how you set the bone earlier, I think it would be fine to train you in regular practicals.”
“I don’t think so.”
Lee Han denied it very firmly.
Healing a White Tiger Tower student’s dislocated ankle and helping save the lives of numerous critical patients were different matters.
Lee Han didn’t have confidence to jump into the latter yet.
…He was a first year to begin with!!
“That’s why I’m saying this. Never tell anyone that you healed a White Tiger Tower student’s ankle. Got it?”
“I understand. Thank you.”
Lee Han felt sincere gratitude for his master’s grace.
Where else in the world would you find such a professor at a magic school?
“Wh… What? Wardanaz. What happened? What was going on??”
When Lee Han returned with a happy face, the White Tiger Tower students were terrified.
“It’s nothing much. The bones inside had grown wrong and shattered, but Professor Garcia resolved it well.”
“…”
The White Tiger Tower students cast fearful glances at Lee Han.
No matter how they thought about it, that wasn’t something to say with such a happy face.
* * *
You could feel with your skin that final exams were gradually approaching.
Morning.
Instead of chatting or playing around, the friends sitting around the common room were holding books or quill pens in one hand, scribbling as if entranced.
‘Everyone’s having a hard time.’
Of course, Lee Han wasn’t any different.
A book in one hand. A rice ball in the other.
That familiar sight showed a sense of stability on a completely different dimension from other students.
“Let’s go.”
“Cough cough.”
Gainando, who held the principle that you must focus solely on eating during meal times or it would be rude to the person who prepared it, choked at Lee Han’s words.
“I’m, still eat- cough cough.”
“Got it. I’ll give you 5 minutes, so hurry up and finish.”
“…”
Gainando sent a pitiful look, but it didn’t work on Lee Han.
“Ugh…”
“Eat quickly. We need to go contract undead.”
With assignments piled up before finals, they had to solve them whenever they had spare time.
If they relaxed just because they had some time, they could be crushed to death by the snowball-like amount of assignments rolling toward them.
The assignment to finish this morning was the summoning magic assignment.
Since Gainando and other friends hadn’t contracted yet, they planned to find undead in the Undead Realm to contract with, and Lee Han, though already contracted, was thinking of looking for more.
‘It would be nice if I could find a skeleton mage.’
He’d wanted one since last time but hadn’t found one yet, making him want it even more.
“You’ve already made a contract, so why are you trying to go in together? What are you scheming?”
Raphadael spoke bluntly when he saw Lee Han.
Ymirg and Gainando tried to stop Raphadael as if asking what he was talking about.
“He’s… he’s trying to help, you don’t need to say it like that…”
“Don’t you have any sense?! What if Lee Han really doesn’t help because of that! Go in alone, you bastard!”
Raphadael was slightly overwhelmed by Gainando’s fierce reaction and stepped back.
“If… if you tell me to go in alone, I don’t think I can…”
“You’re all being noisy. Stop fighting.”
Lee Han scolded them sternly.
Actually, Lee Han didn’t care whether Raphadael went in alone or not, but Lee Han wanted to take Raphadael along if possible.
‘It’s good to have a reliable shield in the party.’
As he’d felt when he went in last time, having a vanguard who could draw enemies’ attention and block solidly from the front was really convenient.
If Raphadael wasn’t there, Lee Han would have to take that role, so even more so!
“Lee Han. That bastard is acting like that!”
“Raphadael probably didn’t mean anything bad. Even if his mouth is a bit rough, Raphadael isn’t an evil guy.”
Of course, Lee Han thought Raphadael was a bad-tempered bastard, but he could use any sweet words until they went in.
“And I understand Raphadael’s misunderstanding too. He must wonder why I’m stepping forward when I could submit as is. But Raphadael. I’m not someone who abandons friends just because my assignment is finished.”
‘Best would be a skeleton mage. Or even a skeleton archer. I need to secure them when I can. It gets busier once final exam period starts.’
“Since I received help last time, it’s natural for me to give help. Does that make some sense?”
“…Hmph!”
Raphadael didn’t say anything more, but his attitude had definitely softened.
He couldn’t bring himself to deny that Lee Han’s motives were honorable.
Moreover, to mediate a fight while even scolding his close friend Gainando.
It was a generous attitude that Raphadael couldn’t imitate.
‘Maybe I should acknowledge this one thing…’
30 minutes later.
Raphadael cursed with a grim face.
“Evil bastards! Shameless bastards! Cunning bastards!!”
Raphadael, who was forced to take the vanguard role as soon as they entered the Undead Realm, poured out curses.
He’d been tricked last time, and now he was tricked again.
“S… sorry.”
Ymirg apologized. Then Gainando stopped him.
“Why are you apologizing? We distributed roles among ourselves.”
“Prince bastard, like I said, that bastard is better with a sword than me!”
“Hey. Stop making strange excuses. Does that even make sense?”
When Gainando answered as if it was absurd, Raphadael became even more furious.
That bastard who knows nothing!
-■■■■■…
A skeleton warrior appeared from ahead.
Ymirg muttered in amazement.
“Wow… I didn’t expect one to appear this quickly…”
“…”
Lee Han pretended not to know.
Although Professor Milay had put safety measures in place, there was a possibility that Lee Han’s mana had leaked out and attracted the undead.
‘But the probability of that should be very low.’
Lee Han thought so.
Like last time, there was also the possibility they’d encountered undead by coincidence. The habit of jumping to conclusions wasn’t good.
“Should we try suppressing and immediately attempting a contract this time?”
“Yeah. That would be…”
-■■■■… ■■■■…
-■■■■… ■■■■…
“…”
“That… that…”
Raphadael felt his knees freeze and his limbs stiffen at the number of countless undead that appeared before his eyes.
The professor had put safety measures in place, so why!?
“H… how did this happen, Wardanaz?! How!?”
“It’s truly inexplicable. An unfortunate situation.”
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