Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 288

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Chapter 288

‘Just like someone who wants to learn magic from every school.’

Chil looked at Lee Han with eyes that were half pity and half admiration.

Actually, when Chil said ‘if you’re interested, you can try practicing once in advance,’ he didn’t really expect Lee Han to actually do it.

Lee Han would soon be taking his 1st year final exams, so he should focus on his own tests right now – why would he practice for a 2nd year final exam?

Even if he was interested, it was something he could do later when the opportunity arose.

But a genius’s way of thinking is different from ordinary people.

He hadn’t expected it, but this underclassman who wanted to learn magic from every school really stepped forward to practice even though his own exam was coming up.

Since it had come to this, there was nothing he could do.

He could only silently cheer him on.

“Still, don’t overdo it. You have your exam coming up soon too.”

“Thank you.”

Lee Han, who still didn’t know it was a 2nd year final exam, was genuinely grateful.

If he had known the truth, he might have grabbed his senior by the collar regardless of rank.

‘An opportunity my senior kindly gave me. I absolutely can’t let it slip away.’

A cow that seemed to have injured its leg and couldn’t get up from lying down looked at Lee Han with pitiful eyes.

“I’ll give it a try.”

“Alright.”

Chil stood beside Lee Han.

If Lee Han accidentally worsened the cow’s injury, he was planning to step in immediately and handle the situation.

‘Just don’t hurt the cow too much.’

Since he was giving a 1st year underclassman a chance to practice, Chil didn’t expect Lee Han to completely cure it.

Originally, it was absurd for a 1st year student to treat a living creature.

It was the same whether it was a person or an animal. There was a reason it was a 2nd year exam.

What Chil expected was for this outstanding underclassman not to worsen the cow’s injury.

It might sound strange, but by the standards of lower-year students learning healing magic, even this much would truly be remarkable.

Worsening the injury was normal.

Just not worsening the injury was already remarkable.

If he could heal the injury even a little, they would definitely have to handcuff him and drag him to the Tower of Healing Magic.

That’s how high the initial difficulty of healing magic was.

“It’s swollen and I can feel heat, so it seems to be fractured.”

“Excellent. You assessed it well.”

Chil gave high marks to the sight of Lee Han trying to assess the patient’s condition instead of immediately casting healing magic.

A healing mage had to possess all the virtues a mage should have. Especially caution was absolutely essential.

“Rise up, emotions. Looking at how it cries in pain when pressed, this area seems to be fractured…”

When he even used magic to find the fracture site, Chil’s lips curved upward.

The underclassmen might suffer, but from a senior’s perspective, he couldn’t help but be happy to see an underclassman with outstanding healing magic talent.

He felt sorry, but they could just find other underclassmen to bring over, couldn’t they?

“Yes. Yes. You’re doing very well.”

“I’ll give it a try.”

Lee Han said that and concentrated his mind.

He had knowledge learned from books and information obtained through magic, but he couldn’t let his guard down.

‘Imagine the image of bones mending and concentrate. Calmly. I’ve done this for those White Tiger Tower students before…’

Lee Han thought treating these animals wouldn’t be that difficult.

Because if it were highly difficult, it wouldn’t have appeared as a 1st year exam.

Then it must be at a level Lee Han could definitely handle.

“Mend!”

When his concentration ended, his staff swung and powerful mana was released.

The cow that had been letting out pitiful cries just moments before blinked its eyes and then smiled brightly.

“…????!???!?”

And Chil nearly fainted.

‘What?!?!?’

No matter how many times he closed and opened his eyes, it was true that the 1st year underclassman had healed the cow’s fracture.

What the???

“Senior? Senior?”

“Huh? Huh huh?”

“I think you need to check it. Did I do it right?”

“Per, perfect.”

“Is that so?”

Lee Han’s face brightened.

“If you were to grade it, would you give it full marks?”

“No… of course… it’s full marks… even if you hadn’t healed it, it would be full marks…”

When Chil turned pale white from shock, Lee Han also began to feel something was off.

‘What?’

Suddenly, a familiar sense of unease washed over him.

“Full marks even if I hadn’t healed it?”

“Just not making it worse would be doing well.”

“…Ah.”

Lee Han was surprised.

Thinking about it, it wouldn’t be strange to have that kind of evaluation standard.

‘Damn. Should I have asked that first?’

Since healing magic had so many side effects, you could definitely get high scores just by not making it worse.

Still, Lee Han wasn’t too flustered.

“But surely there have been 1st year students who healed before, right?”

“There haven’t.”

“Excuse me?”

“Well… this is a 2nd year exam.”

“…”

Lee Han was at a loss for words for the first time in a while.

‘Is he insane?’

What grudge did he have against Lee Han to recommend he try a 2nd year exam?

Lee Han considered whether he should attack the other person, but held back and asked as calmly as possible.

“Why did you recommend this to… me?”

“Huh? You seemed interested.”

“…”

Of course Lee Han had shown interest.

Because he thought it was a 1st year exam!

When a 1st year underclassman shows interest, shouldn’t a senior’s role be to say sternly, ‘But this is a 2nd year exam, underclassman. You should focus on your 1st year exam’?

‘He must have aged wrong or thrown up his age.’

Lee Han gritted his teeth and maintained his composure. Then he opened his mouth to salvage the situation.

“I misunderstood.”

“But you, this is really amazing…”

“Senior. Let’s keep this incident between us as a secr…”

Slam!

Before he could finish speaking, Fil opened the door and entered. Seeing Lee Han and Chil standing in front of the cow, Fil asked.

“What are you two doing there?”

“Fil! Look at this cow.”

“Why the cow… the fracture is healed? Did you do it?”

“No. This underclassman here did.”

“?!?!?!?!?”

Fil was as shocked as Chil had been earlier.

He was so surprised that Lee Han couldn’t even get a chance to persuade him again.

“Senior.”

“!!!!!!!!!”

“Senior. Senior.”

Fil only regained his composure after about a minute.

“If you really did this, then you’re naturally gifted…”

Bang!

The door opened again and the most tired-looking dark elf professor in the world entered.

Professor Lagrindes spoke in a rough, hoarse voice. Every word he uttered carried a terrible sense of fatigue.

“What are you doing here instead of preparing?”

“P-Professor!”

“We… we were looking at our junior’s magic.”

Fil and Chil froze.

Professor Lagrindes wasn’t a violent or cruel person, but he didn’t like wasting time or using it inefficiently.

And he was someone who could cut and slice enemy bodies just as well and quickly as he could cut and slice patients’ bodies.

“Your junior’s?”

The professor’s irritated expression suddenly softened. There was a hint of curiosity mixed in.

The two seniors, thinking this was an opportunity, hurriedly explained.

“Yes! He healed this cow here.”

“His skills are truly amazing for a 1st year, so we were just having a brief conversation!”

“!”

Professor Lagrindes’ eyes widened.

Though he was a professor who didn’t like pointless questions, he couldn’t help but ask.

“You didn’t help him?”

“No!”

“That’s right!”

“…”

Professor Lagrindes looked at the cow once, looked at Lee Han once, looked at the cow again, and finally looked at Lee Han one more time before falling into deep thought.

Then he opened his mouth.

“Starting from the 2nd semester, have him observe the practical sessions.”

“Professor!?”

“He did well, but he’s still a 1st year…”

Professor Lagrindes looked at the two seniors with cold eyes.

The two seniors who had tried to protect their junior froze on the spot.

“Now… now that I think about it, it seems fine.”

“Since he healed the cow, he should be able to heal patients too, right?”

“…”

Lee Han felt conflicted as he watched the backs of the two seniors.

‘What cowardly people in the face of power.’

He had trusted them a little, but they betrayed him immediately!

Professor Lagrindes was tired but decided to explain the reasoning.

Since this was an exceptional case, he needed to explain it to his disciples.

“Since he completely healed the cow, the next step is real people anyway. There’s no point in making him do useless training that would only kill his interest.”

Lee Han wanted to say that what he was best at was enduring useless work, but it wasn’t the right atmosphere.

“If he lacked ability, I wouldn’t even assign this. But if he has ability and we hold him back just because he’s a 1st year, that would be more inefficient. Do you understand?”

“We understand, Professor.”

“We wasted time. We’re sorry.”

“Fine. Start preparing for the exam.”

Professor Lagrindes left just like that.

Lee Han, who had been standing there dazed as the 2nd semester difficulty suddenly jumped up, suddenly thought of Professor Garcia.

-So this is what I’m saying. Don’t ever tell anyone that you healed a White Tiger Tower student’s ankle. Got it?

‘I’m sorry, Professor Garcia.’

“Please take care of us, junior.”

“Sorry that it seemed like we were trying to stop you for no reason. Don’t misunderstand. We weren’t trying to haze you because you’re a 1st year, it’s really because it’s difficult. Haha. What am I saying… With you as our junior, I’m actually looking forward to it, right?”

Fil and Chil turned Lee Han’s stomach upside down and walked out.

Lee Han was about to attack the two seniors but held back.

There really were final exams remaining.

“What’s the 1st year final exam?”

“Taking a written test. It covers types of injuries and human body structure. It’ll be boring, right?”

“…”

* * *

“Doesn’t Wardanaz look really pissed off right now?”

“You thought so too? I was thinking the same thing.”

“Gainando. What did you do?”

“I didn’t do anything!!”

Gainando was indignant.

“Did he do badly on an exam?”

“I asked him and he said he got everything right.”

“…”

“…”

The faces of the two Blue Dragon Tower students who had brought up the topic became distorted with pain like Lee Han’s.

They had guessed he did well, but a perfect score!

‘If you got a perfect score, shouldn’t you be smiling even with broken bones?’

‘I think so too.’

“Let’s just go take our exam.”

Lee Han gave up and started walking.

He planned to worry about the 2nd semester when it came and go take the remaining exams for now.

“Aren’t you all coming?”

“…Wardanaz. We don’t take Illusion Magic.”

“I don’t take it either.”

“…Right. I’ll just go by myself then.”

The Blue Dragon Tower students felt that Lee Han’s retreating figure somehow looked lonely.

【Basic Illusion Magic】.

Fortunately, Professor Kirmin Ku’s exam wasn’t too difficult.

It was an observation skills test where you had to distinguish between illusions spread throughout the lecture hall and find flaws if there were any poorly made illusions.

‘Not too difficult.’

Since he was even learning about illusion magic separately and had experienced it firsthand several times, this level of exam wasn’t too difficult.

As Lee Han focused on the exam, he felt the anger from the healing magic exam disappearing.

“I’m done, Professor.”

“Well done, Wardanaz. Though it’s disappointing that your score dropped compared to the last midterm.”

“…?”

Lee Han paused. Then he asked in surprise.

“My score dropped?”

“It’s a joke. A joke. You got a perfect score on the last exam, but this time you lost 1 point, so I thought I’d make a little joke.”

Professor Kirmin Ku naturally thought Lee Han would laugh it off.

Even if he lost 1 point, he was already overwhelmingly in 1st place.

What meaning could there be in losing 1 point when his score was already dozens of points higher than the average of other students?

“Are you saying I made a 1-point mistake?!”

“…Wa, Wardanaz. Did I perhaps say the numbers wrong?”

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