Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 30
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Chapter 030
Lee Han found himself asking the question without realizing it.
In fact, curses were somewhat similar to buff magic when you thought about it.
If used well, they could actually be beneficial.
What if someone wanting to lose weight got a curse that reduced body weight?
If used well, they could actually be beneficial.
If used well, they could actually be beneficial.
A belt cursed with mana absorption would normally be an item that any ordinary mage would hate, crying “Eek! Get that away from me!” But for Lee Han, the story was a bit different.
Lee Han…
Had far too much overflowing mana.
‘That’s seriously worth wearing around?’
He was already wearing mana-absorbing iron bracelets anyway, so adding one more belt wouldn’t make much difference.
“Effects, you say?”
“Well, since it’s a cursed item, doesn’t it have original effects?”
Magic also had action and reaction.
Cursed items often had more powerful effects than ordinary items as compensation for their price.
After all, if they didn’t, who would bother wearing cursed items?
“Ah. Brother. So that’s what you meant. Let me see…”
‘No. Shouldn’t you remember the original performance, not just the curse?’
Lee Han was dumbfounded by the priest who remembered the curse on the item but couldn’t remember its effects.
Wasn’t that putting the cart before the horse?
“It was a belt with invisibility magic. But that’s not very important. What matters is the curse on it… Anyway, Brother. You can speak honestly. Whatever answer you give, I can accept…”
“What do you mean? I’m fully prepared for anything.”
Lee Han spoke with intense eyes. The priest was greatly shocked by his appearance.
This couldn’t be!
He had naturally thought Lee Han would give up and leave, but the priest himself had been mistaken.
‘How shameful! I failed to recognize a brother of true faith and spouted hasty words.’
The priest no longer saw Lee Han as a pampered young man from a noble family.
Standing before the priest was a brother ready to seriously walk the path of faith.
“Brother. My name is Mehrid. Please tell me your name.”
“Lee Han. Lee Han Wardanaz.”
‘Wardanaz!’
Mehrid was even more surprised.
The Wardanaz Family? Wasn’t that the famous family of non-believers in the Empire?
No wonder he looked exceptionally refined and dignified…
“The order will be delighted by your joining, Brother. Here, please accept this Belt Honoring Prising.”
The name was rather grandiose for a cursed belt, but Lee Han accepted it with a solemn expression.
Click-
As he put on the belt, Mehrid looked at Lee Han with a worried expression.
Brothers newly initiated into the order always struggled with bearing Prising’s new burden.
After all, experiencing a curse for the first time was inevitably difficult.
That mana-absorbing belt might be too harsh for a student who just enrolled…
“How do I activate the invisibility magic on this?”
“…?!?!”
“??”
“Ah, that… You say ‘I hide in the night.’ When you want to cancel it, say ‘I reveal myself in the morning.'”
“I hide in the night.”
“I hide in the night.”
“I hide in the night.”
As Lee Han recited the incantation, his form became transparent as if by magic.
‘Oh…’
Lee Han was amazed.
Not all invisibility magic was the same.
Low-circle invisibility magic was invisibility magic in name only, with drawbacks like only allowing light to pass through slightly, or having strange aspects visible upon close inspection.
But this belt’s invisibility magic seemed nearly perfect.
‘There’s merit in wearing cursed items.’
“Br-Brother. Are you… feeling alright physically?”
I reveal myself in the morning.
“Of course I’m fine.
I reveal myself in the morning.
“
I reveal myself in the morning.
Lee Han canceled the spell.
Actually, before putting on the belt, he had slightly hoped that his mana would decrease a bit, leaving just an appropriate amount to handle…
Surprisingly, there was no effect at all.
‘Seeing how worried he is, it seems like an item that absorbs quite a bit of mana. How can there be no effect like this?’
At this rate, it seemed like more mana was being recovered than what the iron bracelets and belt were absorbing…
Feeling greedy, Lee Han spoke up.
“Priest. I want to bear a little more of Prising’s burden.”
“Huh…!”
Mehrid was deeply moved by this admirable brother’s words.
But he couldn’t accept that.
Just the belt he was wearing now would put considerable strain on his body…
“No. Brother. Prising’s burden cannot be shouldered all at once. I understand your heart, but please wait a little longer.”
“No! I must bear more!”
“I understand that feeling, but! Brother. You must wait!”
* * *
In the end, he failed to obtain one more artifact, but it wasn’t without gain.
The invisibility belt alone was already tremendous profit.
What Lee Han would naturally do with this was…
‘My escape methods have increased.’
From the last escape attempt, Lee Han had painfully realized his own complacency.
This school was crazier than he thought, and the Principal was far more insane than expected.
He didn’t know what traps might await his future attempts.
When that time came, this invisibility belt would protect Lee Han.
“…And so the first gathering honoring Prising’s will was held, which became the origin of our order. That’s all for today, Brother.”
Priest Mehrid explained the order’s history and rules to Lee Han.
Though he wasn’t particularly interested in the order’s history, Lee Han was a professional at listening to uninteresting stories.
-Did I tell you about my golf course visit last time?
-I’m really curious, Professor! Please tell us quickly!
‘Actually, it wasn’t that boring.’
Apart from the order’s history, the rules and divine magic were interesting.
And surprisingly, the Prising Order really did have the free-spirited culture the Principal had mentioned.
Believing in other orders together was OK.
There was nothing forbidden, and you could live however your heart desired.
…Except for wearing cursed items, that is.
‘Except for one drawback, it really is a decent religious order, but that one drawback is just too big.’
Lee Han didn’t think he could in good conscience tell others ‘The Prising Order seems pretty good, you know?’
That one drawback was just too huge!
Moreover, all the divine magic used by the order’s priests had such extreme tendencies…
Priest Mehrid, fearing that Lee Han might change his mind after hearing about the order, presented him with a generous gift.
“Here. Brother. Please accept this. I’ve heard that new students at Einroguard often go hungry. Of course, the rumors are probably somewhat exaggerated…”
‘They’re not exaggerated at all.’
Lee Han accepted the basket the priest had gifted him.
Like the basket the Flaming Order had given to Yoner, the Prising Order had also filled their basket quite generously.
He could feel their desperation to never let go of a believer once they’d caught one.
Bottles containing jams like raspberry jam, marmalade jam, and peanut jam, along with round, flat breads baked by the order.
Canned beef and pork famous throughout the Empire, with lids magically sealed.
There were also luxury items like salt and sugar, coffee powder and tea leaves.
Priest Mehrid spoke in a gentle voice.
“I thought you might need beverages when studying, so I included them.”
“I think they’ll be needed for survival rather than studying…”
“Pardon?”
“It’s nothing. Thank you.”
Lee Han bowed his head with joy.
Priest Mehrid seemed to have prepared this for Lee Han to eat during study breaks, but considering the school’s situation, this wasn’t meant to be consumed as refreshments during breaks but stockpiled in his room for survival.
‘If the religious orders kept visiting regularly, the human rights of students here would improve.’
“When is the next event?”
“Well. I’d like to come as soon as possible, but we need the Principal’s permission…”
‘Damn.’
Even without hearing the rest, he could tell the priests wouldn’t be able to come for a while.
Given the Principal’s personality, he wouldn’t invite them frequently…
“You should take this with you too.”
“?!”
Tijiling, the demon hybrid priest who was a new student from the 【Tower of the Eternally Burning Phoenix】, held out the basket she had received to Lee Han.
Lee Han was greatly surprised.
What?
She’s just giving this away?
Would accepting it mean making a contract with a demon or something?
“Why are you giving this to me?”
“I serve Lord Prising. Such luxuries are too much for me.”
“There’s no need for that. Tijiling. It was prepared for you, so take it.”
Priest Mehrid seemed to want Tijiling to accept the basket too, but Tijiling firmly refused.
‘My goodness. The 【Tower of the Eternally Burning Phoenix】 really has a different atmosphere.’
Just the Blue Dragon Tower students that Lee Han belonged to had already forgotten about noble family dignity and were rolling their eyes around saying ‘Hey, got any food? No? Really nothing?’…
While the students from the three towers were doing that, the Phoenix Tower students were nobly governing themselves and enduring with patience.
Amazing!
But amazing was amazing, and Lee Han had no intention of living like that.
“I’ll gratefully accept…”
“Um. Brother.”
“?”
Priest Mehrid took Lee Han aside to a corner.
“Could you perhaps look after Tijiling? Considering your family’s reputation, if you were to look after her, it would be of great help to Tijiling. As you can see, Tijiling is too strict with herself.”
“Huh? But I’m in a different dormitory…”
“Please.”
Priest Mehrid pulled out another basket along with his words and pressed it into Lee Han’s hands. He was definitely a priest who knew what he was doing.
“Here. I’ll give you one more, so please eat together with Tijiling so she can have the basket she was given.”
“Understood. Just trust me.”
Lee Han, holding three baskets, couldn’t refuse such temptation.
Just eating meals together was nothing…
* * *
“Should I call you Priest Tijiling?”
“Yes. Whatever you prefer, you can call me casually.”
“What’s the atmosphere like in the 【Tower of the Eternally Burning Phoenix】?”
Lee Han asked curiously.
Unlike the White Tiger Tower or Black Turtle Tower, he had no idea what the atmosphere was like in the Phoenix Tower.
The demon hybrid girl tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand the question.
“What do you mean?”
“Ah. I mean, what do you do in the common room during break time…”
“We each pray in our own rooms.”
Tijiling answered with a slightly proud voice. Lee Han was appalled.
‘Hmm. It was a much more desolate place than I thought.’
If Lee Han had entered the Phoenix Tower, he felt like he would have suffocated.
“Do you pray in the evenings too?”
“Yes. Some priests need to go to the forest or mountain to pray, so they go outside, and priests who can pray indoors pray inside.”
“I see. …Wait. You’re allowed to go out in the evenings?”
“Yes. We received permission.”
“!”
Lee Han was greatly surprised by this unexpected fact.
‘Priests could move around even after evening?’
Of course, going outside the tower after weekday evenings was forbidden. It wasn’t for nothing that Lee Han and his friends had targeted weekends for their escape attempts.
But the Phoenix Tower students had received permission.
Come to think of it, if Lee Han were the Principal, he probably would have let the Phoenix Tower students roam free too.
Since they wouldn’t cause any trouble even if left alone…
‘Then couldn’t I also move around after evening if I just wore priest robes?’
Lee Han felt like his eyes were lighting up.
If he just had priest robes…!
“Could I possibly get a set of priest robes?”
“…”
Tijiling narrowed her eyes and stared at Lee Han.
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
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