Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 283

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Chapter 283

Baishada was dumbfounded by Professor Ingoldel’s misguided assumption.

No…

“I really didn’t give any advice at all…”

“That’s not true. Mr. Baishada’s teachings were a great lesson for us.”

At Lee Han’s words, Baishada’s eyes widened.

He was grateful, but his bewilderment was just as great.

Above all…

‘You guys had already cut the giant’s hair before I even taught you anything!’

Of course, it wasn’t that Baishada hadn’t given any advice.

He had gone hunting with Lee Han’s group before and given them various teachings.

But those were teachings necessary for hunting, and had nothing to do with giant hair.

Anyone who heard this would think they had cut the giant’s hair thanks to Baishada’s advice.

“You don’t need to be so modest, Mr. Baishada.”

“That’s right. It’s truly admirable.”

Not only Professor Ingoldel but even Gretse sent him looks of respect.

Secretly stealing a giant’s shoes and cutting a giant’s hair were completely different stories.

The latter was something you absolutely couldn’t easily obtain without facing and defeating a giant.

And for new students to accomplish that.

It was natural for Ingoldel and Gretse to send looks of respect.

“…”

He had wanted to receive looks of respect from Gretse.

But definitely not like this!

‘My feelings are complicated…’

Baishada didn’t know whether he should be happy or not.

* * *

After submitting his assignment and finishing the evaluation, Lee Han tightly tied his boot laces.

Then he cast enhancement magic on himself.

“???”

Durgyu was confused by his friend’s sudden spellcasting.

“What’s wrong? Lee Han?”

“Durgyu. See you later then.”

Lee Han shot out like an arrow.

He ran out so quickly that Durgyu and Giselle were slow to grasp the situation even after he had bolted.

“What the hell…”

“Durgyu! How could you not tell us either!”

‘Ah.’

When other White Tiger Tower students came looking with faces full of betrayal, Durgyu finally realized why Lee Han had run away.

Since Lee Han wasn’t from the same tower as the White Tiger Tower students, if he avoided them, there would be no reason to meet.

There was no reason for him to stay and deal with them.

“That bastard…”

“He, he probably didn’t mean anything bad by it.”

* * *

Final exam week was already half over.

‘A little more time and everyone will be indistinguishable from undead.’

Lee Han thought this while looking at his friends.

His friends’ current state would be hard to distinguish from skeleton warriors if they just lacked flesh.

“Lee Han. We’re out of coffee.”

Yoner whispered solemnly as if saying ‘The Empire has fallen and a great demon from hell has arrived at the gates.’

Of course, saying such things while holding an empty coffee can didn’t sound very solemn.

“I see.”

“We’re also out of sugar… there’s more missing than I thought.”

“Hmm.”

Lee Han knew this too, as he also managed the Blue Dragon Tower food storage.

Of course, ingredients for meals, canned meat, and various seasonings and vegetables were still plentiful.

Since Lee Han also didn’t want to settle for school meals, he had prioritized managing these.

But luxury foods like coffee and tea, or snacks were a different story.

Not only were they not as abundant as other food supplies, but students had been consuming them tremendously since exam period began…

Even though they had recently gone out and half-emptied snack shops, the consumption was so fast it was devastating.

‘Well, it’s not strange that we’re going broke when students from all four towers are eating simultaneously.’

“Lee Han. Since it’s come to this, let’s take out the cake commemorating the end of the semester now. The living must live. We can’t starve to death.”

Ignoring Gainando’s solemn words from the side, Lee Han said to his friends.

“We have no choice but to endure, don’t we? If we just eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner…”

Lee Han didn’t think it was such a worst-case scenario, but the Blue Dragon Tower students fell into a half-panic state.

“Good heavens!!”

“Oh God! How could this happen!!”

“This must be the Principal’s conspiracy!”

‘These guys need to experience how students from other towers live.’

“Wo, Wardanaz. Coffee? No coffee either? Without hot brewed coffee with plenty of sugar, my exams will be doomed.”

“How about using chicory or dandelion roots as substitutes?”

If you roasted the roots of other plants and then boiled them in water, it became a drink with a coffee-like taste.

Black Turtle Tower students actually enjoyed it that way.

However, the Blue Dragon Tower students were greatly shocked by Lee Han’s words.

“Ho, how can we eat such things?”

“You’re not joking, are you?”

“…”

Gainando asked from the side.

“Can’t we just not share with students from other towers anymore?”

“But we can’t refuse when (they pay money).”

At Lee Han’s words, Gainando showed a slightly moved expression.

Being generous, he could understand up to the Black Turtle Tower, but he had wondered why they shared food supplies with those annoying White Tiger Tower guys, but Lee Han was certainly broad-minded.

To readily extend a hand even to such annoying bastards.

Gainando wiped under his nose.

‘I should follow his example too.’

“Right. You’re correct, Lee Han.”

“Oh.”

Lee Han looked at Gainando with surprise.

Given Gainando’s personality, he had expected him to throw a tantrum saying ‘No matter how much money they pay, don’t give it to those bastards!’

“Then what should we do, Lee Han?”

“I told you earlier. Just endure it.”

“Huh? Endure what?”

“Just endure and study.”

“…Uh-huh…”

* * *

“Lord Wardanaz. I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

Lee Han, who had been fiddling with his shield for Professor Verdus’s final exam, was puzzled by Ratford’s visit.

“Do you have any questions perhaps? Which lecture are you stuck on?”

“Ah. That’s fine.”

“Have you already finished studying?”

“No. But there are many things in the world more important than exams, aren’t there?”

“?”

Lee Han tilted his head.

Are there such things?

“More importantly, please look at this.”

Ratford pulled out a map from his pocket. It was a map leading somewhere on the 2nd floor of the main building.

“This is… the kitchen?”

“Yes. It’s the kitchen connected to the food storage.”

Ratford said with gleaming eyes.

“Let’s hit this together, Lord Wardanaz.”

“Ratford…”

Until just now, Lee Han had been thinking ‘he’s doing all sorts of things to avoid studying,’ but honestly, his heart couldn’t help but be moved by Ratford’s such consideration.

To know that the Blue Dragon Tower had run out of luxury foods and come find the school’s kitchen like this.

“Thank you. To know that our tower’s luxury foods have run out and show such consideration.”

“What? You’ve run out of food?”

Ratford looked at Lee Han with surprised eyes.

Lee Han was also surprised.

“Didn’t you know? Wait. Then why did you bring this?”

“What? Well… since I know the location, we should hit it before others take it, right?”

“…”

Lee Han was impressed in a different sense.

Just as a true mountaineer climbs simply because the mountain is there, a true thief steals simply because there’s something worth stealing there.

It didn’t matter whether it was exam period or not.

When fingers get itchy, they take action!

“If it’s the 2nd floor… that’s not bad.”

If it were the 3rd or 4th floor, Lee Han would have hesitated a bit.

From the 3rd floor of the magic school onwards, all sorts of changes occurred with every visit, screwing over innocent students.

But the 2nd floor had relatively few such changes.

If you knew the way, you could quickly go in at night, loot, and come out.

“Good. Shall we go tonight for a change of pace?”

“You’ve made a good decision. Other people might take it too.”

“Other people? Who else knows?”

“Ah. Tutanta and his friends know. They’re probably targeting it too.”

“Really? Did you find it together? What a coincidence.”

“That’s not it. Tutanta found it and I stole it and brought it out.”

“…Let’s leave right now.”

Lee Han decided to leave immediately without waiting until night.

If they ran into the Black Turtle Tower students at night, it would only create misunderstandings.

* * *

Yoner asked puzzledly.

“Wouldn’t it be okay to bring more people?”

“First, we don’t need to bring much…”

Since the semester was ending anyway, there was no need to bring much.

“…and it wouldn’t be good if word leaked out.”

“??”

Yoner tilted his head.

“Is it over there?”

“Yes.”

“Wait. Ratford. Match your stride. The invisibility will break if you go outside.”

Lee Han was currently using invisibility magic with amplification.

A method he realized while facing the Rock Drake.

When casting 【Gonadaltes’s Invisibility Cloak】 together with the Spire Keeper’s necklace, the range of the invisibility magic expanded.

Of course, it wasn’t omnipotent. If you strayed even slightly from the area, the invisibility would immediately break.

Click!

Ratford picked the lock in an instant and opened the door.

The moment the door opened, Lee Han realized he had found the right place. A subtle food aroma wafted from inside.

‘Lucky.’

A storage on the relatively close 2nd floor of the main building, with no particular guards or defensive devices.

This was luck beyond what he could ask for.

‘Well, after all that hardship, I deserve at least this much.’

“Eyes, pierce through the darkness.”

Lee Han cast dark vision magic and stepped into the kitchen.

In the inner corner was a door connected to the adjacent food storage. Lee Han quietly opened the door and went in, starting to loot quickly.

Starting with cans containing coffee grounds, then sugar, condensed milk, honey, tea leaves, and other necessities were stacked neatly in his backpack.

When he felt the heavy weight in his backpack, Lee Han thought he could understand Ratford’s feelings.

‘Certainly, sneaking in at night to steal is more fun than buying with money.’

Moreover, thinking that these food items were things the Skeleton Principal had bought with money doubled his enjoyment.

“I’m done.”

“Me too.”

“I’m finished too.”

“Let’s go!”

If there was something he learned at the magic school, it was that once you achieve your goal, you shouldn’t dawdle.

Lee Han turned around without hesitation.

“!!”

As they exited the kitchen and tried to walk out to the corridor, familiar faces appeared from the opposite side.

Seeing Salko’s gang, Lee Han felt just a little bit sorry.

‘Well, there’s still plenty left, so it should be fine.’

Thanks to taking quite conscientiously, there were plenty of food items left inside for Salko’s gang to take.

Moreover, Lee Han and Yoner had swept up professionally under Ratford’s direction.

Salko, arriving late, wouldn’t even notice that someone had come and gone first.

Swoosh-

Thanks to the invisibility magic, Salko’s gang didn’t notice Lee Han’s group and went straight into the kitchen.

At that moment, an intense flow of magical power was felt from inside.

Clank!

“!!”

“?!”

As the kitchen door closed with a heavy sound, those inside also noticed something was wrong and frantically tried to open it.

However, the door only made loud noises but wouldn’t open.

‘There was a trap!’

Lee Han felt chills down his spine.

He had been relieved that there was no particular surveillance or magic on the 2nd floor of the main building, but who knew there would be such a trap.

As expected, one must never let their guard down in Einroguard.

“Why did it activate?”

“It seems to be a trap that activates when the number of intruders exceeds a certain threshold.”

It was truly a malicious trap.

A trap that wouldn’t notice when 2 or 3 people entered, but would spring the moment they called their friends over!

Lee Han briefly stopped his invisibility magic and approached closer to the door. Ratford asked cautiously.

“Are you going to help them?”

“No. I’m just checking.”

Sorry, but if he tried to help now, there was a chance he’d get caught along with them.

Lee Han wanted to understand what kind of magic this was before escaping.

So he could respond when encountering such magic in the future.

‘The flow and composition are roughly…’

Clank!

The moment he brought his hand close, the door opened.

Thanks to that, he made direct eye contact with the Salko Gang who had been trying to open the door from inside.

“…”

“…”

Lee Han spoke resolutely.

“I came to rescue you.”

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