Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 306
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Chapter 306
If it were the senior’s specialty of enchantment magic, perhaps, but when it came to elemental control and manipulation, Lee Han honestly didn’t think he would lose to a 2nd year senior.
The 2nd year senior wouldn’t have learned while getting beaten up by the mad professor.
“Senior. I think you misunderstood because I passed the test earlier, but it’s not that I’m weak at elemental manipulation – it’s because if I lose concentration, I could burn down this entire temple.”
“…Uh… Oh. Is, is that so?”
Alarlong began to understand a little why this 1st year junior had no friends.
What kind of crazy bluff was that?
“That’s enough. If you’re not confident, I’ll just do it myself. I’ve received advice in various ways, so I should repay the favor.”
“Hey! I said no! I’d rather do it myself…”
Before Alarlong could stop him, Lee Han stepped forward.
“There’s no need for the senior to deal with this. I’ll handle it.”
“Good.”
Otiro didn’t back down easily either.
Ignorance always breeds courage.
Otiro didn’t know exactly what level the Einroguard students were at.
Seeing that he was a lower year student, and even junior to Alarlong, he thought it might be worth a try.
‘I’ve done flame elemental manipulation countless times. I won’t lose to a young student…’
Modifying 1st circle magic to mimic 4th circle wasn’t something just anyone could do.
Having consistently manipulated flame elements, Otiro believed he had a chance of winning against an Einroguard student if it was a flame manipulation contest.
Whoooooooooooooooosh!
…until dozens of flames instantly appeared floating in the air.
“…I, I was wrong. I’ve committed a mortal sin. Please forgive me!”
Otiro immediately prostrated himself.
His mind snapped to attention the moment he saw it.
Lee Han was concentrating on the flames with an expressionless face, then raised his head.
Controlling dozens of flames wasn’t particularly difficult, but losing concentration and causing the flames to explode would be a big problem.
So his words came out briefly.
“What did you do wrong?”
“Huh??”
“Tell me what you did wrong.”
Lee Han focused his mind again on maintaining the power of the flames.
Otiro, misinterpreting that frowning expression, frantically shouted.
“Tr-trying to deceive other mages… trying to deceive other mages! I’m sorry. Once I gained this meager skill, I became greedy…”
“That… that bastard!”
“How dare he try to deceive us!?”
Naturally, the mages nearby were furious.
Not only the bet, but they had almost been deceived on a much larger scale, so it would be strange if they weren’t angry.
‘Is this roughly settled?’
When it seemed the atmosphere wouldn’t flip anymore, Lee Han began dismissing the summoned flames one by one.
Being careful not to accidentally detonate them and turn the surroundings into a sea of fire.
“You… you…!”
Separate from the mages surrounding Otiro with menacing faces and throwing words at him, Alarlong stared at Lee Han with a shocked expression.
If you saw the same magic and didn’t notice anything, that would mean you had no talent as a mage.
‘Oops.’
Lee Han clicked his tongue inwardly.
He had summoned as many flames as possible to decisively suppress his opponent, but got caught because of it.
“…You’re a flame magic genius!”
“…Senior, you truly embody the White Tiger Tower itself.”
“Huh? Why are you suddenly praising me?”
Alarlong felt embarrassed at suddenly receiving praise from his junior.
“I thought there was a problem when you were so tense using flame magic earlier… but you’re just timid by nature. That’s unfortunate.”
“Haha.”
“But so what! Even if you get nervous a lot, what matters is magical skill. I haven’t seen anyone among the 2nd years who can float dozens of flames simultaneously like you.”
Alarlong wasn’t just giving empty praise. He was genuinely delighted.
“I’ve been waiting for a junior like you to enter the tower.”
“Huh?”
“A junior who can crush the arrogance of those annoying Blue Dragon Tower bastards!”
“…”
Lee Han suddenly felt sorry.
“Do you know how arrogant those bastards have been just because they’re somewhat good at magic? Those sons of bitches… just wait and see!”
While Alarlong was excitedly chattering, the mages who had beaten up Otiro came to Lee Han to express their gratitude.
“Thank you so much.”
“Thanks to you, we avoided being deceived. When I think about how we almost fell for that con artist’s tricks, it’s terrifying…”
“Wait! Are you by any chance Lee Han of the Wardanaz family?!”
“?!”
Lee Han was startled.
A mage he had never met had correctly guessed his name.
“Is that right? It is, isn’t it? I heard Zolbavden talking about it! Even though you’re a 1st year student at Einroguard, you subdued a basilisk in one strike!”
“…”
Lee Han regretted not subduing Zolbavden.
Hearing that, another mage slapped his knee and said.
“Ah! I heard that too! Didn’t you win a magical duel against Doin Gyeong of the Baller family at the Dalcard family manor?”
“You overwhelmed Doin Gyeong, who’s from Baldrogard!”
“It wasn’t overwhelming, the opponent ran out of mana…”
“You caused your opponent’s mana depletion?”
“…”
Lee Han didn’t know that Grandhen City’s social circles had such fast rumor-spreading speed.
“Uh… Gainando? What are you talking about? You’re Gainando of the Moradi family…”
“Oops. I have an urgent appointment. Senior. I’ll see you next time!”
Lee Han grabbed his permit and quickly escaped from the temple.
The gathered mages surrounded Alarlong and continuously bombarded him with questions.
“If you’re an Einroguard student, perhaps…”
“Are you very close with that person? Could you possibly arrange a meeting…”
“Ah, move aside! I said move! Junior! Wait! Junior!!”
* * *
“Oh? Lee Han.”
Durgyu waved his hand cheerfully.
He had coincidentally spotted Lee Han on Grandhen City’s main street.
But Lee Han walking from afar looked unusually tired.
“What’s wrong? You look exhausted.”
“…I had some business to attend to. What have you been doing, Durgyu?”
“After resting well since the semester ended, I’ve been preparing to work with friends. Oh right. You wouldn’t know. White Tiger Tower students…”
“Take on requests and perform as adventurers to sharpen their senses in real combat, right? And earn their living expenses on their own as a bonus.”
“How did you know?!”
Durgyu was shocked.
Since noble families usually socialized with other noble families, and knight families with other knight families, they didn’t know much about each other’s lifestyles.
Lee Han smiled gently and said.
“We’re friends. Of course I’m interested in how you’re doing.”
“Lee Han…!”
Durgyu was deeply moved.
Among the White Tiger Tower students, there were narrow-minded guys who said ridiculous things like ‘Durgyu, don’t meet Wardanaz during vacation, that guy is dangerous.’
He wanted to show those guys Lee Han’s current appearance.
‘What are they talking about with such a considerate friend.’
“So you’re planning to register as an adventurer for now?”
“Yeah. Something like that.”
Durgyu nodded.
Adventurers who take on requests and solve them.
At first glance, it seemed like no qualifications or registration were needed. Couldn’t you just find people who needed requests and make deals?
But that method only worked in lawless territories on the far outskirts of the Empire now, and such half-hearted approaches didn’t work in the Empire’s great cities.
The Empire’s Adventurer Guild took charge of management and mediation to prevent unnecessary friction or disputes.
Adventurers had their identities verified and registered at the guild, and clients deposited silver and gold coins at the guild to guarantee credit. It was quite a systematic method.
“I borrowed from someone I know to get equipment fitted, and other friends are also getting theirs fitted after being introduced to places that sell equipment cheaply…”
Before he could finish speaking, a group of White Tiger Tower students wearing armor appeared from the opposite side.
Although there were some scratches and rusty parts, there seemed to be no particular problems with performance. They had definitely been introduced to good places through connections with knight orders or knight families.
“Wa, Wardanaz!”
“Yeah.”
“…Wait! Don’t misunderstand!”
“What shouldn’t I misunderstand?”
Lee Han was puzzled as the White Tiger Tower students panicked and trembled.
Lee Han hadn’t done anything in particular right now.
“The debt… we’ll earn money and pay back the debt!”
“Th, that’s right! This was also borrowed half on credit! Don’t misunderstand! We didn’t spend the silver coins we owe you first!”
‘Ah.’
Lee Han finally understood the situation.
Unlike the basically wealthy Blue Dragon Tower students, or some Black Turtle Tower students from wealthy merchant families, White Tiger Tower students didn’t have very thick wallets.
There weren’t many wealthy knight families, and students from other knight families had no silver coins to spend unless they earned their own living expenses.
While lodging and meals could be solved through connections, they had to handle everything else directly, so preparing like this was natural.
“Yeah. It’s fine.”
“It’s already contracted so even if you beat us to death right now, there’s no corner where money would come out… Huh? It’s fine?”
“Yeah. I said it’s fine.”
At Lee Han’s words, the White Tiger Tower students hesitated.
“Re… really?”
“Yeah.”
“Is it really okay to earn money and pay back? You won’t go to the knight order because we paid late and leave insulting letters about our family names…”
“That’s a creative method. But I won’t do such things.”
“Then perhaps you’ll send letters to our families…”
Lee Han, getting annoyed, raised his staff. The White Tiger Tower students shrank back.
“I said it’s fine.”
“I, I see. Thank you.”
One of the White Tiger Tower students who had been reading the mood spoke quietly.
“Then we… well… we have to go to the adventurer guild to register.”
“Let’s go in together.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s go in together. I came to register too.”
“…”
“…Why??”
“To collect silver coins.”
Lee Han answered, but no White Tiger Tower student believed those words.
‘He’s doing that to maintain his combat sense, right?’
‘That must be it. How is this guy more warlike than knights?’
‘I’m telling you he’s crazy about magic!’
“Come on. Everyone stop standing around and let’s go in.”
Durgyu urged his friends.
The White Tiger Tower students didn’t want to leave Lee Han behind them, but they had no choice but to open the door of the adventurer guild and go inside.
The adventurer guild didn’t have a particularly special atmosphere. Rather, it was quieter and more businesslike than other buildings.
Except for people in various outfits sitting quietly and waiting, it would be hard to tell this was an adventurer guild.
Thud!
“Einroguard 1st year, Lord Angrago of Alpha Family, confirmed. Please work hard.”
Thud!
“Einroguard 1st year, Lord Dukema of Je Family, confirmed. Please work hard.”
Adventurer registration proceeded much faster than expected.
It was natural since they had clear identities as Einroguard students and all had families.
The clerk stamped without even looking and handed out permits and medals.
“Einroguard 1st year, Lord Lee Han of Wardanaz Family.”
“Yes.”
“…”
The clerk paused for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Lee Han. His face looked very bewildered.
“Are you planning to work together with your close friends?”
“Yes? If there’s work we can do together, I think we’d do it together.”
“The requests are unlikely to be dangerous, but basically they’re work where you could get injured. I hope you’ll take that into consideration.”
“I understand.”
Lee Han understood the clerk’s concern.
Probably idle and bored nobles had occasionally come looking to try adventures.
It would be fortunate if it ended there, but usually such nobles were likely to complain ‘How dare you push me into such shitty work!’ after getting hurt.
“But really…”
“Clerk. You don’t need to worry about that bastard Wardanaz… no, Wardanaz.”
“That’s right. He’s really cra… he has sufficient ability to protect himself.”
“We guarantee it.”
“????”
When the knight family students all spoke in unison, the clerk became even more confused.
What on earth was that student’s identity?
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