Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 301
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Chapter 301
“Huh? Is it over already?”
The friends who had been hiding behind their respective tables preparing magic asked in bewildered voices.
Checking with a mirror, the basilisk was indeed lying collapsed.
Yoner put away his potion and stood up. Nilia also stopped casting magic on her arrow and stood up.
Gainando also stood up with the skeleton warrior he had summoned…
“Put it away quickly!”
“What are you really doing!”
“Ah, no… why…! This is magic too!”
Gainando felt wronged.
They had all prepared to fight the basilisk together, so why was he the only one getting scolded?
“Dark magic is magic too!”
“I know, so put it away! Other people are watching!”
Gainando sadly reverse summoned the skeleton warrior.
‘This dirty empire that only discriminates against dark magic.’
Summoning me is not such an easy matter.
Before being reverse summoned, Perkuntra seriously lectured Lee Han.
Wasn’t this young mage constantly wasting precious opportunities that, once used, couldn’t be used again for a while?
Lee Han asked in surprise.
“Are there other penalties besides the time limit?”
…
Perkuntra momentarily forgot his dignity and almost got genuinely angry at the young mage.
Mana consumption… no. Never mind. Anyway, remember this! Wasting precious opportunities will ultimately be something you regret yourself.
“This time I really summoned you because it was dangerous. But why did that basilisk collapse?”
It must have been hungry. How would I know.
Saying that, Perkuntra turned his gaze away.
However, the basilisk hadn’t collapsed from hunger or fatigue. Strong traces of petrification curse could be felt throughout its body, as if it had been hit by its own evil eye.
Hit by its own evil eye…
“Yes?”
The power of the evil eye is no joke either. If blocked, the damage returns to oneself. Did you have an artifact for evil eye defense?
“No.”
…
Perkuntra quickly grasped the situation.
That young mage had deflected the basilisk’s evil eye purely with his mana quantity alone.
‘What is this…’
I’ll be going now.
“I’m fine, so why don’t you stay a little longer?”
No.
Perkuntra didn’t want to praise Lee Han, so he hurriedly prepared for reverse summoning.
His retreating figure seemed quite sulky.
Lee Han thought he should buy some gifts that spirits like if he ever had to go to the punishment room again.
“Is… is it all over?”
“Yes. It’s all over. Just in case, please wait a moment.”
Lee Han called the guards who were waiting outside. This was to securely confine the basilisk just in case.
The startled guards came running and the situation was roughly wrapped up.
Grab!
“?”
Prince Bogajun firmly grasped Lee Han’s right hand.
Bogajun shouted with greedy eyes glistening with tears.
“Lord Wardanaz is my life’s savior.”
“No… even if you were hit by the petrification curse, this isn’t some remote place and a court mage would have come within an hour.”
Lee Han was dumbfounded by the prince’s exaggerated behavior.
When he saw Gainando making a fuss calling him a life’s savior over giving him one snack, perhaps making a fuss was a characteristic of the imperial family.
Grab!
This time Imperial Princess Judrantes grabbed Lee Han’s left hand.
“Life’s savior…!”
“Ah. I said no.”
“Let me repay this debt by visiting!”
“Let’s have a gathering sometime!”
“I said it first! Get away from there!”
“Go solve some plague and come back!”
“How rude… the bribery case involving your guard knight!”
The two imperial family members growled while pulling Lee Han toward themselves. However, their strength was very lacking compared to Lee Han’s, so Lee Han didn’t budge at all.
‘But is this okay?’
Lee Han wondered.
The imperial family members who had maintained their dignity because many eyes were watching until just now were fighting rather unsightly, perhaps shocked by the basilisk.
Was this level okay?
-That’s a bit…
-To forcibly insist like that even when Lord Wardanaz is refusing. How impolite.
‘It’s not okay.’
Seeing the nobles murmuring, it really wasn’t okay. Lee Han decided he should stop the imperial family members.
“Both of you. Your current behavior is a little…”
“Lee Han. Lee Han.”
Gainando came running over and whispered. Lee Han gave him a stern look.
“I told you to only say ‘yes’, ‘no’, and ‘hehe’.”
“It’s an emergency so I can’t help it! Mother has arrived!”
“…”
* * *
The guests froze at the news that Gainando’s mother had arrived early.
Normally, there would be no reason to freeze even if she arrived early, but today was a little different.
Hadn’t they nearly caused a disaster by releasing a basilisk while having a gathering at someone else’s manor?
As the owner of the manor, it was natural for her to be angry.
Brodon, who had brought the egg, hung his head low like a criminal and couldn’t lift it.
“I’m sorry to everyone.”
“Not at all, Lord Brodon. Aren’t we all members who participated in the gathering together? How could we say it’s only Lord Brodon’s fault?”
Seeing everyone looking extremely tense, Lee Han looked at Gainando and asked.
“Is your mother that strict?”
“I’m doomed… I’m doomed…”
“…”
When even Gainando was in despair, Lee Han was flustered.
This incident wasn’t Gainando’s fault, was it?
“It’s not your fault, so why are you like that?”
“She told me not to mess up the manor while she was away.”
“The other guys did it, so she’ll probably take that into consideration.”
At Lee Han’s words, Gainando lifted his head and looked at him with hopeful eyes.
“Really? You think so? Will you speak for me?”
“No. I’m a guest, so you should speak for yourself.”
“…Say it for me…! That I’m not confident!”
Gainando grabbed Lee Han’s sleeve and clung to him.
It seemed like Lee Han speaking to his mother would end much better than if he spoke himself.
“Lady Kraha is entering.”
When the family servants announced, the guests hurriedly straightened their clothes and stood up from their seats.
Even the Imperial Family members checked if there were any problems with their attire and stood up.
Faaaaaaaat!
When the door opened and Gainando’s mother entered, tremendous light swept through the hall.
Those who faced that light unconsciously let out voices of admiration.
“Ahh…!”
“Facing Lady Kraha’s beauty, I feel like I might go blind…!”
“???”
Lee Han was confused.
Everyone except him had enchanted expressions on their faces.
To begin with, so much light was pouring from her face that he couldn’t see properly.
Yet they were acting like this…
‘Is it the power of charm?’
It wasn’t only monsters like succubi that possessed the power of charm. Among spirits too, there were those who charmed people.
Since Gainando’s mother was said to have spirit blood mixed in, it wouldn’t be surprising if she had such power.
Lee Han endured it because he had high resistance to status ailments, but…
“Gainando. Don’t you have that kind of ability?”
“What ability?”
‘He doesn’t.’
Lee Han felt sorry for him.
If he had that kind of ability, Gainando could have gathered followers like the other Imperial Family members.
The light subsided.
Gainando’s mother had put on a veil.
“So. What happened?”
“We’re sorry!”
The noble with the greatest responsibility, Brodon, stepped forward first to explain the situation.
“It’s our fault. Lady Kraha!”
“It’s our fault!”
Gainando’s mother, wearing a veil, fell into thought instead of answering.
Then she asked.
“Who solved it, you said?”
“Uh… Lord Gainando and his friends…”
“Enough with the flattery. Who solved it? The guards?”
“N-no. Really, Lord Gainando and his friends solved it…”
“Didn’t I say enough with the flattery!”
Bang!
When Gainando’s mother struck the armrest, a sharp sound filled the hall.
A strong belief that Gainando absolutely could not have solved it.
‘Hmm. Parents certainly know their children well.’
Unlike Lee Han who bore no responsibility for this incident, the nobles and Imperial Family members froze even more than before.
“That… that is… Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family did take the lead, but really Lord Gainando also participated…”
“It’s not a lie… they solved it together.”
The nobles who had been crouching behind tables as soon as trouble broke out couldn’t grasp the situation accurately.
They could only guess that Lee Han had called his friends and done something.
So it wasn’t strange that they thought they had done something together.
“That’s not right? Lee Han alone… Kek.”
When Gainando looked puzzled and tried to point it out, all three simultaneously pinched Gainando’s back.
Read the atmosphere!
Only then did Gainando’s mother seem to accept that the nobles weren’t flattering. She slowly turned her gaze to Lee Han and spoke.
“I’m sorry for making you hear such unpleasant conversation when you did nothing wrong. Wardanaz Family, you said?”
“Yes.”
“Excuse me, but what is your relationship with Gainando?”
“Uh, we’re friends.”
“…”
“…?”
Heavy silence settled.
Lee Han momentarily wondered if he had answered wrong.
‘Is “friend” perhaps used as an insult in this manor?’
“Really?”
“We’re really close! The closest!”
Gainando answered emotionally in his place.
Gainando’s mother ignored him and looked at Yoner, asking.
“Really…”
“They are friends.”
“How come…”
“Because he’s kind?”
“Later with family matters…”
“Lee Han isn’t petty enough for that to be a problem.”
The nobles and Imperial Family members couldn’t understand, but Lee Han roughly got it.
‘Hmm. Gainando must have angered several previous friends.’
Gainando’s mother cast her gaze at Lee Han from behind the veil.
Though he couldn’t see her eyes, Lee Han somehow felt that she regarded him with both pity and gratitude.
‘Must be my imagination.’
“Thank you for preventing it from becoming a bigger accident.”
“I only did what I had to do.”
“It’s so humble that I’m hesitant to bring it out… but I hope you’ll accept it. Here.”
When Gainando’s mother gestured, one of the servants carefully offered Lee Han a jewel pouch.
While Lee Han was thinking ‘Should I refuse once before accepting? But what if they really take it back?’, Gainando’s mother spoke again.
“Please don’t refuse. It’s not about the value of the gift, but please accept the sincerity contained within.”
“If you put it that way, I’ll gratefully cherish that sincerity.”
Lee Han put the jewel pouch in his chest and was moved.
Gainando’s mother was truly an amazing person.
Such different consideration from someone who gave non-exchangeable tokens of gratitude!
‘This is what a true noble is like.’
“I hope you stay as long as you wish. Then…”
When Gainando’s mother left, only then could the nobles breathe sighs of relief.
“Thank you. Lord Wardanaz.”
“We’re truly indebted to you today.”
Not only the basilisk but also preventing Lady Kraha’s reproach.
No amount of gratitude would be enough.
Brodon and Zolbavden resolved that when they attended the next gathering, they would definitely tell everyone about what the Wardanaz Family boy had done.
Lee Han, who didn’t notice such inner thoughts, nodded appropriately.
“Not at all. I only did what I had to do.”
“Lord Gainando was also excellent. To think you could stop a basilisk. But what magic did you use?”
“Uh… um… hehe.”
“Aha. It’s a secret.”
Among the mages, there were some who didn’t reveal their areas of expertise. The nobles interpreted this positively.
Surrounded and receiving praise, Gainando’s mood instantly improved.
“I suppose I am that good… hehe…”
Mid-sentence, Gainando realized the two members of the Imperial Family were glaring daggers at him and was horrified.
‘So it wasn’t Adenart, but that bastard who was the more cunning one.’
‘He’s been hiding it even though they’re close friends, hasn’t he?’
They had been wary of Adenart because Lee Han was acquainted with her, but it turned out the one they really needed to be cautious of was someone else entirely.
“L-Lee Han. Those people are glaring at me…”
“Just pretend you don’t see them and ignore it.”
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