Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 269

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Chapter 269

Even the White Tiger Tower friends were stirring restlessly.

They wondered if it was right to steal a fellow tower mate’s proposal like that.

But Angrago didn’t care.

“This isn’t particularly dishonorable behavior for a knight.”

“Isn’t that guy crazy?”

Ignoring the Prince’s words, Angrago continued speaking.

“There’s an item and paying a fair price for that item. That’s all there is to it.”

‘I’m not one to talk, but is this really okay?’

Lee Han thought to himself.

He knew the White Tiger Tower students were adapting to magic school, but this seemed like adapting too well.

“Angrago. That’s something a merchant would say, not…”

“Purchasing items isn’t the exclusive domain of merchants! Just because you’re a knight, you can’t buy things? There’s a famous sword here that you all want, and just because someone else wants to buy it first, you think we should give up? Would that really be wise?!”

Angrago must have found the assignment quite difficult, as he desperately spouted sophistry.

The White Tiger Tower students seemed overwhelmed by his momentum, tilting their heads with expressions like ‘Is that so?’ and ‘That seems right too.’

Gainando said ‘That sounds like bullshit,’ but it didn’t reach the White Tiger Tower students.

“Now then, Wardanaz! I’ll pay double, so let me go first…”

“Wait. I’ll pay triple!”

“…”

Angrago had forgotten one thing.

If he could butt in by offering double, others could also butt in by offering even more.

This time, Shailes from the Richmond family of Black Turtle Tower butted in.

As one of the Empire’s leading carriage transport families, Shailes had no burden with credit.

‘These damn rich bastards.’

Lee Han grumbled internally.

Was it okay to waste money like that when it wasn’t even money they earned themselves?

“Richmond, you bastard… Are you planning to interfere with White Tiger Tower’s business?”

“What nonsense are you talking? Didn’t you say it was a legitimate right?”

“Then I’ll raise it to quadruple!”

“Think I’ll back down? Five times!”

“…Wait. Wait. Everyone gather around!”

Angrago, realizing things were getting serious, called the White Tiger Tower students together.

Rowena, who had just spoken up, was also dragged along to put their heads together.

“The atmosphere has become difficult to buy this alone. Let’s all join forces.”

“Join forces?”

“We’ll all buy it together and share it.”

“…”

Lee Han looked at the White Tiger Tower guys with disbelief.

What the hell were these crazy bastards planning to share?

However, the madness spread not only to White Tiger Tower but also to Black Turtle Tower.

Shailes also gathered his tower friends.

“Tutanta. The White Tiger Tower guys are trying to cowardly buy Wardanaz with money! Help me!”

“Those utterly vile bastards. Are they supposed to be knights?”

“…”

Realizing the atmosphere was flowing strangely, Asan spoke up from behind.

“Wardanaz. The current situation is a bit…”

“Y-yeah. I didn’t expect this either.”

“Right? There’s only one way.”

“What way?”

“Everyone gather around.”

“?”

Asan began calling the Blue Dragon Tower friends together.

Then he seriously calculated how much silver each could contribute.

“We absolutely have to buy first. Each of us should contribute the maximum we can…”

“Suppress their initiative! Make sure they never dare try again!”

“…”

Lee Han felt despair.

* * *

Though he felt like tearing down an entire castle, Lee Han ultimately didn’t do so.

It was a matter of conscience, and long tails always get stepped on.

He didn’t want to appear in the Empire newspaper with headlines like ‘Einroguard 1st Year Student’s Excessive Fraud… Multiple Victims Emerge, Einroguard, Is This Really Okay?’

“Stop raising the price. I’ll just help in the order you spoke up.”

“But Wardanaz. Then those later in order might not get help because your mana is depleted.”

“That won’t happen.”

“But…”

“I said it won’t happen.”

Lee Han spoke firmly.

He might not know about other things, but he could be confident about this.

His mana wouldn’t just be sufficient—it would overflow!

“Wardanaz. Of course, this might look a bit messy to you…”

“Enough with the excuses. Do I just inject mana here?”

“Y-yes.”

Crackle!

The mana-powered torch lit up. The White Tiger Tower student was amazed at how it worked instantly.

“As expected…!”

“I thought there would be trial and error, but it works in one try. Is this the finished version?”

“We were supposed to add mana amplification too, but seeing how it lights up in one go, maybe we could finish here…”

“Don’t talk nonsense and do it properly.”

The White Tiger Tower student became dejected at Lee Han’s words.

After that, Lee Han looked over other students’ constructions.

“Lord Wardanaz. This is a device that repels attacking undead when activated…”

“Did you make this targeting the Principal?”

“Wardanaz. It’s a wooden horse that moves with mana. What do you think?”

“That was a horse? It has eight legs, so I thought it was a spider.”

“…”

Looking at his friends’ constructions, Lee Han felt relieved.

He had worried that his own construction might be too low-level, but it seemed like he wouldn’t fall too far behind.

‘Wait?!’

Lee Han’s thoughts changed when he saw the Imperial Princess’s assignment blueprint.

The blueprint showed a small fountain completed by precisely connecting five magical devices.

It was a beautiful work using illusion magic, elemental magic, and enchantment magic.

Rowena spoke proudly as if it were her own work.

“How is it, Lord Wardanaz? This is a blueprint Her Imperial Highness created without proper sleep for several days. I was worried because she’s taking three schools of magic, but even in that situation, to complete such a blueprint is truly…”

Rowena stopped mid-sentence.

The Imperial Princess’s followers beside her also stopped.

Originally, taking 3 magic majors was indeed very surprising. Usually it was one to two at most.

Taking 3 required exceptional intelligence and burning academic passion, making it impossible without…

…thing, but right in front of him was someone taking twice as many majors.

“…Ev, even if taking three doesn’t seem that impressive, it’s really amazing…”

“It is amazing, so you don’t need to do that.”

Lee Han said in disbelief.

In truth, Lee Han’s life had gotten twisted by chance, but studying three schools simultaneously was indeed an amazing feat.

“Really well made.”

“You really think so?!”

Rowena was overjoyed as if she could jump. Lee Han thought to himself.

‘Shouldn’t she take care of her own grades first?’

From what he saw earlier, the design blueprint was quite…

Since Lee Han said it was good, he didn’t say anything more. Come to think of it, with the Imperial Princess’s connections, she might be able to secure a position after graduation.

A completely different existence from Gainando, who could only offer money!

After thoroughly checking the remaining blueprints, Lee Han asked.

“So where do I need to inject mana?”

“Here.”

“?”

Lee Han hesitated.

Where Rowena pointed, there was only a single round framework.

This was supposed to be a fountain completed by precisely connecting five magical devices, but just one round framework?

“Ah… are the other devices somewhere else?”

If it had been Gainando, he would have smacked the back of his head saying ‘Stop talking big about building cities and lower the difficulty,’ but the Imperial Princess had her reputation. Lee Han asked as kindly as possible.

“No!”

“No?”

“Yes! They’re still being prepared!”

At Rowena’s bright answer, Lee Han felt momentarily dizzy.

One week left and not even one device, no, not even one device was completed.

…Was that okay?

‘No matter how I think about it, this seems dangerous.’

No matter how generously he estimated, with other friends having completed more than half their structures, having not even one device finished was a warning sign.

“Isn’t this too… slow?”

“It’s fine!”

“Ah. I guess you have a method.”

“Yes! This level of assignment is something Her Imperial Highness can easily handle.”

“…?”

Lee Han tilted his head slightly after hearing Rowena’s words.

“So what exactly is that method?”

“Well?”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower student decoration on Rowena’s coat caught his eye anew.

‘Right. She was from White Tiger Tower.’

Lee Han nodded as if he understood. Rowena, still not getting it, tilted her head.

‘Are there no other followers around?’

“Neblen.”

Neblen from the Kirak family, also from Blue Dragon Tower.

Lee Han called Neblen over and asked.

“Isn’t this too slow?”

“It might feel a bit like that, but still, if it’s Her Imperial Highness…”

“…No. Not that kind of faith. Is there a way to complete five devices in a short time?”

Neblen hesitated. Lee Han definitely became anxious.

This is…?

“Your Imperial Highness. Is this really okay? It seems a bit slow.”

At Lee Han’s question, Adenart fell into thought with a serious expression.

Though she hadn’t fully realized it, the time was indeed quite tight.

“It is a bit…”

“It’s fine. Lord Wardanaz!”

“Her Imperial Highness will surely be able to do it!”

“…”

The Imperial Princess, who had opened her mouth, hesitated at her followers’ words and closed it again.

“It seemed like Your Imperial Highness was about to say something just now.”

“Did I?”

“Probably that you could do it.”

The Imperial Princess fidgeted with her fingers, hesitated, then finally gave up and sat back down.

Lee Han thought to himself.

‘No matter how I look at it, that’s the expression of someone who just realized the problem.’

Though her face was expressionless, Lee Han had seen countless students like this.

That was the look of a student who, despite pretending to be calm, had already intuited their fate inside.

“…Right. You’re probably right! Where do I inject the mana?”

Getting annoyed, Lee Han decided to just do his part and leave.

The Imperial Princess stared intently at Lee Han, trying to send some signal with her eyes, but Lee Han ignored it, pretending not to see.

‘Sorry. Your followers are annoying.’

The Imperial Princess’s followers were more troublesome than expected, and if he got involved wrongly, Lee Han could get a headache too.

After injecting all the mana and turning around, Lee Han saw Gainando passing by and said.

“Gainando. Maybe people without annoying followers like you are actually happier.”

“…Wh, what did I do wrong?!”

* * *

“Guys. How many suns were there originally?”

“…Fi, finally someone’s gone crazy.”

“I knew someone would eventually.”

At one Blue Dragon Tower student’s words, friends stirred.

“That’s not it! Look!”

“???”

Not just Blue Dragon Tower, but students from other towers also looked up.

Surprisingly, there were two suns floating in the sky.

“…Wh, what is that?!”

“It’s the Principal’s attack! It’s the Principal’s attack!”

Gainando crouched down low. Then Professor Alpen said.

“It’s not the Principal’s attack.”

“It’s not?”

Embarrassed, Gainando quietly stood up.

“That’s a phoenix.”

“Pardon?”

“Don’t you know what a phoenix is?”

Professor Alpen kindly explained to the students gathered around.

Very occasionally, when fire element mana gathered strongly and several special conditions aligned, a phoenix would appear from within the condensed mass of mana.

“It’s truly mystical and rare to see. All the students gathered here could be called lucky.”

“Wow…”

“That’s a phoenix?”

These were students who had been celebrating the phoenix in small ways during this week.

That small new sun born in the distance was a phoenix.

Just that alone somehow made one corner of his heart, grown desolate from assignments and studies, feel warm.

“It’s like a miracle!”

Thud thud thud-

Red glowing feathers fell from the sky like rain.

And wherever the feathers landed, fire began to blaze.

“…”

“…Aaaaah! Aaaah! Stop it!”

“You crazy phoenix bastard! What the hell are you doing!”

It took less than 10 seconds for the miracle to turn into disaster.

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