Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 31

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 031

‘Have my wicked inner thoughts been discovered?’

Lee Han worried for a moment, but fortunately he hadn’t been found out.

“Even if you wear priest robes, your faith won’t deepen or the curse weaken…”

Tijiling seemed concerned that Lee Han might have some other misunderstanding.

“Of course that’s true. But if I wear priest robes, I think I’ll be able to reflect on myself for lazily spending time in comfortable, soft clothes.”

“…Uh, wouldn’t those clothes be sufficient enough?”

Tijiling pointed to Lee Han’s clothes.

Since the Skeleton Principal only gave students rough and crude school uniforms (though whether these could even be called uniforms was questionable), they were already far from comfortable and soft clothes.

However, Lee Han remained unwavering.

“No. I need priest robes. To understand Prising’s will a little better.”

“If you say so much…”

After pondering, Tijiling gave in. For the devout Tijiling, the reason of doing something for faith was one she couldn’t refuse.

“I’ll get them for you when we meet next time.”

“Good. Oh right. The priest asked me to make sure you eat proper meals.”

“I’m fine.”

Tijiling answered softly but firmly.

“I’m satisfied with my current meals.”

If one immediately backed down saying ‘I understand’ when the other person refused, that showed a lack of graduate student qualities.

When a professor tells you to do something, you must make the impossible possible.

Of course, the Mehrid Priest wasn’t a professor, but…

“But the priest is worried about you. If we don’t do something, he’ll keep worrying. How about this? We eat meals together. You don’t have to force yourself to eat. Just eating together should ease the priest’s worries a bit, don’t you think?”

Thinking Lee Han’s words made sense, Tijiling, who had been pondering, nodded her head.

She had been feeling sorry that the Mehrid Priest kept worrying about her anyway.

“That seems like a good idea.”

“Right?”

Lee Han grinned.

‘If we just eat together, I can easily make her eat much more.’

Manipulating one girl who had grown up only praying at the religious order was far too easy.

Perhaps sensing something suspicious in that smile, Tijiling tilted her head.

* * *

The weekend ended and a new week arrived.

The faces of students who had endured the brutal first week after enrollment had somehow matured.

-Hah. Do you guys find Einroguard difficult? It feels like home to me now.

-After about a week, it seems manageable? I think I can follow the magic classes well enough.

The students who had taken a brief rest over the weekend were brimming with baseless confidence.

However, Einroguard mercilessly revealed its true nature to such students.

【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】.

-Here we have a young mage at one vertex of a cube. The young mage wants to connect a magic circle from the vertex where he stands to the farthest vertex. Calculate the shortest distance the young mage can connect.

-…P-Professor? Th-this isn’t magic, is it…

-Don’t ask stupid and foolish questions. A mage who relies only on instinct and knows only how to wave a staff will never achieve greatness. The higher the circle of magic, the more essential complex calculations and understanding of principles become. Geometry is one of the cores of magic. Those who don’t know geometry cannot properly draw magic circles. Similarly, arithmetic is also a core of magic. How can someone who doesn’t know how to distribute mana draw magic circles?

-…

-…Th… This…

【Basic Imperial Language and Logic】.

-One of the greatest dangers to young mages is being deceived by fraudulent contracts from beings intellectually superior to themselves. Therefore, mages must be able to read the dangers of contracts and the ambiguous meanings contained within them. Now. Today we will solve this problem. Here we have a drunk, stupid mage. This mage always does foolish things when drunk, and one day this mage summoned a demon while drunk and made an unfavorable contract. Can this mage nullify the contract when he sobers up… Do those sleeping now not care about their own souls? Wake up!

-Gaaah! I wasn’t sleeping!

Students who had encountered the fierce required subjects they couldn’t meet in the first week looked half soul-drained.

What did I just listen to?

“Maybe… magic just isn’t suited for me…”

“To think I was mistaken about knowing magic just from waving a staff around… I’m worthless trash…”

Students muttered with their confidence completely shattered.

However, even among them, there were a few outstanding individuals.

“Geometry and arithmetic are merely basics for governing and operating the Empire.”

Asan of the Dalcard Family, which had held the positions of Imperial Chancellor and Imperial Finance Minister for generations.

“…”

Imperial Princess Adenart, renowned for her exceptional talent among countless imperial family members.

“How did I solve it? Hey. Is that what’s important right now? We need to find a way out first.”

Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family, who stood out even among the most prestigious noble children gathered in the Blue Dragon Tower.

These three were prodigies who had handled the suffocating assault of required subjects without batting an eye.

‘I never thought going to graduate school would be useful in my life.’

Lee Han thought to himself.

Everyone around him had said ‘What are you going to do by studying so much?’, but surprisingly, studying was useful.

Though he never knew it would be useful in this way…

“Kekeke. Lee Han. Look at those White Tiger Tower guys over there. They’re a complete mess.”

‘You couldn’t solve it either…’

Lee Han was amazed at Gainando, who was regaining his spirits by looking at the White Tiger Tower students, despite having struggled because he couldn’t solve the problems either.

What a consistent person!

“Could you teach me later?”

Yoner asked cautiously.

Even Yoner, who was quite smart, found it difficult to completely follow today’s classes.

He would need to go back, review, and solve the problems again.

If he did that, having a smart friend like Lee Han help would be a great assistance.

.

.

If you do that, having a smart friend like Ihan help you would be a great assistance.

Honestly, Ihan’s behavior earlier was surprising.

Asan comes from a family renowned for that sort of thing, and Princess Adenart has already proven herself several times over, but who would have thought Ihan could match them and demonstrate such ability.

“As much as you want. I’ll be asking you about alchemy later too.”

Yoner’s face brightened at Ihan’s response.

‘It’s convenient when studying if we each have areas we’re good at.’

Surprisingly, networking was helpful for studying.

A genius who didn’t need help from others could get by without connections, but Lee Han wasn’t that kind of genius.

If there is a relationship where you can help and support each other, it is bound to be advantageous in many ways.

Ihan didn’t think it was a loss to teach Yoner mathematics or logic.

Instead, he thought it would be beneficial since he could learn alchemy from Yoner.

“Oh! Then me too!”

Ihan hesitated for a moment.

Teaching Gainando definitely felt like a losing proposition.

“Of course.”

“Didn’t you just hesitate?”

“It must be my imagination. Anyway, seeing how difficult these required courses are, I think I made the right choice not picking too many electives.”

Everyone nodded at Ihan’s words.

The confidence I had felt after attending the first week of lectures, thinking “This seems doable,” had long since disappeared.

I seriously wanted to cancel my other classes.

Lee Han casually suggested.

“How about it. Are you perhaps willing to consider repetitive training in swordsmanship, physical conditioning, or magical combat even now…”

“Sorry.”

“I don’t like that.”

“No matter how I think about it, that doesn’t seem right.”

Though the students had been listening attentively to Lee Han’s words, they were very, very firm on this point.

* * *

Just as the students gathered periodically, the professors also met regularly.

The dwarf professor, Thunderstep, sipped his freshly brewed tea.

‘Mm. Indeed, having a capable worker makes the tea taste better.’

There was a dwarf saying: ‘When you have a skilled worker, everything becomes delicious.’

The boy from the Wardanaz Family was certainly a skilled worker. The tea leaves had improved so much compared to when Thunderstep managed the cabin alone.

This wasn’t something just anyone could do. Especially those from the Empire’s great families found it even harder.

The so-called talent for menial tasks!

“By the way, Principal.”

Hmm?

Hmm?

Hmm?

“Which professor will be teaching the 【Basic Mount Training】 course?”

The troll hybrid professor, Garcia Kim, spoke up.

Thunderstep answered with a puzzled expression.

“Huh? Wasn’t Professor Bendozol supposed to teach it?”

“Oh my. Didn’t you hear? Professor Bendozol went missing while searching for unicorns. Seeing as he still hasn’t returned, I think we need to find another professor.”

Don’t worry. I’ve naturally prepared for this.

Don’t worry. I’ve naturally prepared for this.

Don’t worry. I’ve naturally prepared for this.

“As expected…”

“We had faith in you.”

At the reliable Skeleton Principal’s words, all the professors nodded.

Despite all the complaints, the Skeleton Principal’s power was crucial in maintaining and operating this massive bundle of uncertainty that was the magic school.

If not for the Skeleton Principal, who else could run and lead this school?

“So who is it?”

Thunderstep was curious.

【Basic Mount Training】 was one of the mandatory courses.

It wasn’t simply to prevent the embarrassment of graduates being unable to ride a horse, but also served the purpose of handling and becoming familiar with various unusual beasts.

As such, the professor needed to have extensive knowledge not only of horsemanship but also of various mounts.

Lightningfoot Choidar.

Lightningfoot Choidar.

Lightningfoot Choidar.

“…”

“Oh. If it’s that person, we can trust them.”

“Seems like an excellent choice.”

All professors except Thunderstep were satisfied.

Lightningstep was a famous dwarf adventurer, renowned for exploring and surveying remote regions within and beyond the Empire.

Of course, Thunderstep was very, very displeased.

Because Lightningstep was Thunderstep’s aunt.

“Why does it have to be that person?!”

If you’re going to complain, complain to Bendozol who went missing while searching for unicorns. Did you think I’d know a professor would disappear? You should consider it fortunate that I found such a suitable candidate so quickly.

If you’re going to complain, complain to Bendozol who went missing while searching for unicorns. Did you think I’d know a professor would disappear? You should consider it fortunate that I found such a suitable candidate so quickly.

If you’re going to complain, complain to Bendozol who went missing while searching for unicorns. Did you think I’d know a professor would disappear? You should consider it fortunate that I found such a suitable candidate so quickly.

“Ugh…”

Thunderstep couldn’t argue with the Skeleton Principal’s words.

Finding a perfectly suitable professor was certainly no easy task.

But…

‘I really don’t want to meet her.’

Lightningstep was partly responsible for why Thunderstep disliked the Eastern Dwarves.

Lightningstep was from the Eastern Dwarves.

Whenever they met, she would tear apart Thunderstep’s soul with nagging like ‘How long are you going to fiddle with flasks and chemicals in that small room?’ ‘Listen when an adult speaks!’ ‘Ironleg from the neighboring family has already started a household’ – that dwarf was none other than Lightningstep!

Professor Garcia consoled him.

“Don’t be like that. You probably won’t meet that often anyway.”

“I hope so…”

* * *

Though the students had been beaten down by mathematics and languages all day, their faces were surprisingly bright.

It was because of the class they were about to take.

【Basic Mount Training】!

In the Empire, horsemanship was both a noble’s refinement and a knight’s ability, and not too difficult a luxury even for commoners.

The Blue Dragon Tower students who had ridden horses around their territories since childhood, the White Tiger Tower students who had driven warhorses across mountains and fields, and the Black Turtle Tower students who had traveled the Empire’s long roads with just a horse were all confident.

Lee Han naturally knew how to ride horses, so he wasn’t particularly wary.

‘Well, if they only used the whip, people would collapse, so there should be some carrot-like courses too.’

-Kraaaaaaah!

“?”

“???”

“??????”

With a monstrous screech that only monsters would make, something huge flew down from the sky.

And it grabbed Gainando with its beak and flew upward.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

How to Survive as a Mage at a Magic School

How to Survive as a Mage at a Magic School

How to Survive as a Mage at a Magic School

Publication Date: August 15, 2021

Publication Date: August 15, 2021

Publication Date: August 15, 2021

Author

Author

Author

Author
Writing Machine

Author

Author

Publisher

Publisher

Publisher

Publisher

Publishing House

Publishing House

Publishing House

Publishing House

Address

Address

Address

Address
Seoul Seocho-gu Yangjae-daero 2-gil 100-48, Room 612 (Umyeon-dong, Seocho Develium)

Address

Address

ISBN

ISBN

ISBN

ISBN
979119176520

ISBN

ISBN

Copyright Writing Machine 2021

All rights reserved.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

The copyright of this book is represented by Bluepic Studio Co., Ltd. under contract.

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

This work is protected within Korea under copyright law,

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

unauthorized reproduction and copying are prohibited.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————