Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 333

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Chapter 333

Normally, Lee Han would have immediately sensed the crisis, but having spent the day dispelling artifact curses and the evening casting enhancement magic and healing magic on countless people, his mind had become dulled.

So he realized it one step later than Nilia.

“…Don’t tell me they’re coming from Einroguard?!”

“If I were them, I would.”

Nilia muttered as if it were absurd.

To think that someone like Lee Han couldn’t immediately notice something she could figure out.

‘No. It might be because he used too much magic.’

Nilia suddenly became worried and looked at her friend. Lee Han, sensing Nilia’s gaze, whispered.

“Don’t worry. Even if the professor drags me away, they won’t call your name.”

“…I wasn’t even worried about that! You bastard!!”

What do you take me for!

* * *

The dark elf professor with the most tired face in the world was dozing off while supporting his body with his sword.

Because he looked the most exhausted in the world, the adventurers didn’t even dare to speak to him.

“Professor. We’ve finished up.”

“Professor. This side is done too.”

“Professor. This side too…”

Professor Alcasis nodded his head.

“This time we solved it ourselves!”

“If you came out after giving first aid to that extent, of course you should solve it yourselves. If you had called me, you would be nothing but thieving bastards.”

“…”

The disciples were moved to tears by their kind master’s warm encouragement.

It was true though…!

“Now. So. Am I going crazy from overwork and sleep deprivation right now? Or are the adventurers talking nonsense? Or is what I’m thinking actually correct?”

“…”

The disciples kept their mouths shut.

Honestly, they were confused too.

-The injured are being healed and coming up now, but are there priests down below?

-There’s one mage down there!

-One? One??

-Yes!

-You’re saying one person treated all these people like this??

-Yes!

-Are you having a mental breakdown, adventurer?

-…How dare you! Even if you’re a healing mage, I won’t stand still if you insult Lord Wardanaz!

“The only Wardanaz we know is that… 1st year student… isn’t this a misunderstanding?”

“That’s right.”

Fil and Chil came to Lee Han’s defense.

And honestly, they couldn’t believe it either.

No matter how outstanding their junior was, to save all these people and bring them up.

And it wasn’t even with help from others.

Securing the dungeon passage, casting enhancement magic on adventurers, doing all this while also casting healing magic?

It seemed more likely that another mage from the Wardanaz family just happened to pass by, saw this disaster, and helped out.

“As far as I know, other people from the Wardanaz family don’t help out for such reasons.”

“Then the adventurers must have been mistaken…?”

Before the words could finish, a familiar 1st year junior came up with a tired expression alongside the adventurers.

The junior looked around at the healing mages, then sighed with a resigned expression.

Knowing what that look meant, Fil and Chil sighed inwardly in the same way.

‘You should have done moderately well…!’

Before the junior could escape, the recovered knights swarmed around Lee Han.

The knight, Buhirgeu, shouted on behalf of the subjugation force knights.

“Here stands an honorable mage. We all express our sincere gratitude to Lord Lee Han, mage of the Wardanaz family!”

“Thank you, Lord Lee Han!”

“Thank you!!”

The knights who had collapsed shouted as if squeezing out their voices.

It was a rare sight to see proud and dignified knights expressing such gratitude. The excited adventurers stomped their feet and whistled.

“Without Lord Lee Han, we wouldn’t have been able to save our lives. We thank you once again for that amazing magic…”

While the knights were speaking, the adventurers talked separately behind them.

“He really managed to bring everyone out without missing a single person.”

“This is what magic is, I thought. I was amazed when I saw a mage shooting flame arrows before, you know? I’ll never feel that way again.”

“But why does the mage look so gloomy?”

“Tsk tsk. Would the mage be like someone like you? With so many injured people, he must be uncomfortable receiving praise.”

“In-indeed. He’s truly on a different level…”

* * *

If there was a difference between Professor Verdus and Professor Alcasis, it was that feigning illness worked in front of Professor Verdus but not in front of Professor Alcasis.

The moment you said you were sick, Professor Alcasis had the ability to heal you immediately.

“It was very impressive.”

“Thank you.”

Lee Han sat tied to, no, sat in the chair in front of Professor Alcasis with a tired face.

It seemed like he was tied up, but it was just his imagination. No rope was visible anywhere.

The disciples who followed Professor Alcasis, that is, Lee Han’s upperclassmen, were split in half and having a heated debate.

The topic of debate was Lee Han’s treatment.

-With that level of skill, we can really take him along from the second semester! No, with that level, we should obviously take him along! I threw up several times yesterday because of lack of mana! That junior handled dozens of injured people alone!

-You conscienceless piece of trash! How can you call yourself a noble! No matter what, how can you think of taking a 1st year junior along from the second semester? Do you want to see the junior waste away?

“There were various opinions about having you participate in fieldwork from the second semester.”

“Professor. I dislike special treatment.”

Lee Han said seriously.

“If it would be a burden to you, Professor, I’m fine…”

“But after seeing today’s work, those who said that would want to pull out their own tongues.”

‘I don’t think it would be that extreme.’

“You have genius-level talent in healing magic.”

“Yes… I’ve been vaguely thinking that might be the case.”

“There’s no need to let that talent rot by taking time. Take my hand. I’ll help your talent bloom.”

“…”

Lee Han became quite curious about what would happen if he took the professor’s hand.

Specifically, he wondered if he would become like those upperclassmen behind him.

Why were those upperclassmen with the professor during vacation?

“I should go to the manor and think deeply…”

“…There’s no need for that. It’s a talent that doesn’t require such consideration.”

“Come to think of it, I have something to discuss with the priests…”

“I’ll send my disciples to tell them to wait a moment.”

“Now that I think about it, I also had something to tell the hunters.”

The professor’s disciples formed a human wall to block the hunters’ approach.

The two hunters were at a loss for words at the absurd interference from the healing mages.

What the hell is this vulgar…?

“What are you doing?”

“S-sorry. We’re just following orders too.”

Lee Han wondered if he should break through the professor’s pressure with a frontal assault.

Since he’d probably get crushed by the professor in the second semester anyway, did he really need to get crushed starting from vacation?

‘Even if I face some retaliation in the second semester, it’s better to protect my vacation.’

Lee Han steeled his resolve as he looked at the swords Professor Alcasis was wearing.

No matter how strong he was, Lee Han was also someone who had been harshly trained.

He wouldn’t back down easily.

“Are you done?”

“…”

Lee Han turned his head at the familiar voice of another professor.

Professor Verdus was waiting there yawning, having arrived at some point.

“When… did you arrive?”

“I heard the faculty went to check the dungeon, so I came after finishing the event.”

Professor Verdus seemed to have no interest whatsoever in the chaos that had occurred near the dungeon.

Even with injured people lying around wrapped in bandages, his expression didn’t change one bit.

“Did any artifacts come out of the dungeon?”

“As far as I know, no.”

“Really? Then that’s fine. Let’s go. We have work to do.”

Professor Verdus naturally dragged Lee Han to the carriage as smoothly as flowing water and departed.

Everyone left behind lost their words and could only stare blankly at their retreating figures.

‘Really…’

‘Is he insane???’

The Einroguard students majoring in healing magic couldn’t help but shudder at Professor Verdus’s behavior.

Even Professor Alcasis didn’t seem to be that extreme.

The hunters asked Nilia in bewilderment.

“No… shouldn’t he rest? Didn’t he just say work?”

“Well… yes. He’s a rather unique person.”

“Even so, that’s too much.”

‘Exactly!’

Nilia shouted inwardly.

It was bad enough that even the priests of Prising were whispering about it.

* * *

Lee Han returned to the manor, finished his work with Professor Verdus, and collapsed.

Then he slept for nearly a full day.

“…I thought I slept in the morning, so why is it still morning??”

“You slept for a day.”

“…”

Lee Han looked out the window with a complicated expression.

Professor Verdus was struggling on the carpet.

‘I should pretend not to see.’

“But young master… another guest has arrived.”

Lee Han momentarily considered putting up a “No Visitors” sign in front of the manor.

At this point, he couldn’t distinguish between guests and pests.

“Is it a professor?”

“No.”

“A friend?”

“No.”

“Perhaps someone who seems cra… no. Then I would have said it was a professor. Who is it?”

“It’s Prince Bogajun.”

“Ah. That…”

He was one of the imperial family members whose life Lee Han had saved by defeating the basilisk at the last imperial gathering.

He seemed to have talked about various things, but what he remembered was…

‘Did he say he failed while trying to solve the plague incident in Kuldran village?’

Since the imperial family members criticized each other so vigorously, all he remembered were their criticisms of each other.

“Lee Han of the Wardanaz family! I heard the rumors!”

“About defeating the basilisk?”

Lee Han asked half-resignedly.

Even if he called it an accident, people would hear what they wanted to hear anyway.

“Ah. I wasn’t talking about that rumor.”

“The subjugation of the King of Ghouls?”

“You subjugated the King of Ghouls? Please tell me that story in detail too.”

‘Damn it.’

Lee Han was angry at Granden City.

What kind of place spreads so many rumors that the speaker has to worry about which one to mention?

“Then what rumor…”

“I heard you saved the knights of the Crimson Forest subjugation force! I was truly moved.”

“…”

“There are many mages in the Empire, and among them are excellent mages, but to jump into a dungeon and risk your life for injured people…”

“I didn’t risk my life. I brought all my guards and it was a small dungeon where the monsters were almost all dead.”

Prince Bogajun was so intoxicated with himself that he couldn’t hear Lee Han’s words.

“…how many people could save them? Even Sir Lagrinde praised you highly. He said you have the qualities to achieve greatness as a healing mage.”

Lee Han smiled bitterly.

He wanted to tell the prince, ‘Telling a farm pig that it’s gotten plump isn’t a compliment,’ but since he wouldn’t understand anyway, what was the point of saying it?

Lee Han composed his emotions and smiled artificially. Then he opened his mouth.

“I’m just bewildered that excessive fame has attached itself to something I accidentally got involved in.”

“What are you saying… Fame reflects the soul. You have fame because you possess a soul worthy of it.”

Prince Bogajun looked at Lee Han with deep, profound eyes as he spoke.

“Wardanaz. I have a proposal.”

“Let’s hear it.”

‘I’ll definitely refuse.’

“There’s a gathering this time, and I’d like you to join me…”

Knock knock knock-

A servant carefully opened the door and entered.

“I’m sorry, young master. Another guest has arrived.”

“Who is it?”

“It’s Prince Gainando.”

At the servant’s words, Bogajun showed a deeply shocked expression.

‘As expected…!’

He had found it suspicious when he saw him hiding his claws at the manor last time, and it was just as he thought.

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