Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 338

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Chapter 338

Lee Han was about to argue about why only he had to be excluded, but stopped himself.

While it was absurd, honestly speaking, if asked whether he wanted to participate in that gathering, that wasn’t the case either.

‘I don’t want to get caught up between them.’

Of course, his friends would want to overcome the surprise trial together with Lee Han…

But Lee Han didn’t particularly want to do that.

“What can I help you with?”

“Oh my.”

“?”

When Professor Ku exclaimed in admiration, Lee Han was puzzled.

Why is he acting like that?

“Ah. The Principal said that if it were you, Wardanaz, you’d gladly help out.”

“…”

Lee Han felt complicated about having his inner thoughts read by the Skeleton Principal.

“To have such a diligent disciple. As I said before, it seems too good for Professor Bagrek.”

“Haha. That’s not true.”

“Boladi would probably think the same. Though that shouldn’t happen.”

‘That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.’

While Lee Han was thinking to himself, Professor Ku waved his staff.

Then a massive Flame Beast revealed itself.

When the blazing giant beast glared with murderous eyes, an ordinary person would have screamed, but Lee Han didn’t even blink.

“It doesn’t seem suitable for a ballroom.”

“Indeed. A perceptive student would notice.”

Professor Ku acknowledged his mistake and readily dispelled the illusion.

Lee Han slowly opened his mouth.

“If you need an illusion to surprise the students, I think you need a plausible monster rather than simply a threatening one.”

“Plausible?”

“Yes. A monster that wouldn’t seem strange appearing in a ballroom.”

“Is there such a thing?”

Professor Ku was flustered.

It seemed like any monster would feel strange in a ballroom.

“If you attach a good reason, even a strange monster becomes plausible. For example, if you say the Principal released the monster, most students would believe it.”

“I see…”

Professor Ku, who had been listening to the story, suddenly wondered to himself.

In a way, this was about tormenting Wardanaz’s friends, so was it worth being this serious about it?

‘Truly befitting Boladi’s disciple.’

From Wardanaz’s appearance of firmly refusing to compromise when it came to magic-related matters, regardless of whether his friends suffered, Professor Ku was reminded of Boladi.

In the end, disciples inevitably resembled their masters to some degree.

Unaware that Professor Ku was having such disturbing thoughts, Lee Han pulled out a list of monsters.

“How about demon-type monsters? It would be believable that the Principal summoned them.”

“How about this fellow?”

A four-winged demon that breathed a mixture of flames and sulfur revealed itself.

“It seems fine. Its threatening appearance suits the Principal well.”

“Indeed. Then let’s prepare.”

“Yes. …Wait. Prepare what?”

Lee Han was slightly flustered when Professor Ku said to prepare without any explanation.

Prepare what?

“The demon illusion, of course?”

“I haven’t learned that yet.”

“Ah. Even if it’s not an illusion that can move on its own and control senses, it’s fine. Just similar appearance will do.”

“…That’s what I’m saying I haven’t learned yet.”

Lee Han was gradually becoming afraid of what Professor Ku thought of him.

Does he perhaps think I’m a fourth year student?

“What?!”

Professor Ku was shocked.

Then he spoke again as if it was obvious.

“That’s right. Since you’re a first year, Wardanaz, it wouldn’t be strange if you didn’t know.”

Lee Han was about to ask ‘Are you just realizing that now?’ but held back.

The other person was a professor.

“Yes… No matter how crude, creating an illusion of a monster like a demon doesn’t seem to be at the level of magic I can handle.”

“But Professor Verdus said you mastered the 4th circle magic 【Azirmo Summoning Enchantment】. That’s also illusion magic, isn’t it? If you can do that, you should be able to manage a demon illusion…”

Magic that summoned an illusion of a dragon made of light.

Even with the help of a magic circle, it was certainly remarkable.

Enough to attempt a demon illusion.

Finding himself at a disadvantage, Lee Han pretended not to hear and changed the subject.

“So what can I help you with?”

“I was going to assist you from the side if you summoned a demon illusion… How about learning it now? I think you could do it, Wardanaz.”

‘Hmm. Indeed a friend of Professor Boladi.’

The saying ‘birds of a feather flock together’ wasn’t there for nothing.

If a crazy person’s friend seemed too normal, you had to think again.

There was a high possibility that madness was hidden beneath that normal exterior.

But regardless of Lee Han’s rude thoughts, this time it wasn’t Professor Ku’s fault.

This was because other professors, starting with Professor Verdus, had raised the difficulty level with comments like ‘Wardanaz does this much’ and ‘Wardanaz would probably do this much too.’

Having heard such things, it was natural to suggest learning the spell to summon demon illusions.

A suggestion born from pure consideration without a trace of malice.

Of course, even throwing a stone with pure intentions and no malice could still kill someone.

“I have many spells I’m currently practicing…”

Lee Han was gradually learning the knack of dealing with Einroguard’s professors.

A kind of rotating defense – making excuses about Professor B when dealing with Professor A, and making excuses about Professor C when dealing with Professor B.

It could become troublesome if discovered, but what choice did he have.

If he didn’t do this, he’d die right now.

“That’s true.”

Professor Ku wasn’t surprised at all.

Just from the lectures he took in the first semester, he could guess that Wardanaz was currently practicing many spells.

“What are you practicing? I’m curious. Are there any illusion spells?”

“Illusion magic… I am practicing Ogonin’s illusion magic.”

Lee Han paused after speaking.

Professor Ku was listening with too much interest.

“Ogonin’s? What magic have you learned and to what extent?”

“It’s not that remarkable.”

“If it’s Ogonin’s illusion magic, that’s a different story. It’s classic and orthodox. Though the number of people learning it has decreased considerably these days due to its difficulty, I’m pleased that you’re practicing it, Wardanaz.”

“So it’s not that remarkable…”

No matter how much Lee Han tried to speak, Professor Ku wouldn’t listen.

He even called over a passing mage.

“Darachi. My disciple here is practicing Ogonin’s illusion magic, having learned it directly?”

“What? Weren’t the students here today all first years?”

“That’s right, a new student. Isn’t it amazing?”

“That doesn’t make sense.”

When even a mage he’d never seen before came over, Lee Han wanted to hit Professor Ku.

What’s so great about learning from Ogonin that he’s calling over passersby too?

“Professor. Why did you bring someone else…”

“Ah. This is Darachi from the Baller family. This friend is also a mage who came to help with today’s work.”

Professor Ku had a wide network of connections, unlike Professor Boladi. The other mage seemed to be Professor Ku’s friend as well.

‘Baller family?’

Lee Han was surprised that the other person’s family name sounded familiar.

Where had he heard it before?

“Nice to meet you. I’m Darachi of the Baller family.”

“I’m Lee Han of the Wardanaz family.”

“…?”

Darachi stopped mid-greeting and stared intently at Lee Han.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah… I heard rumors, but I didn’t think you were a 1st year student.”

“…”

“Doin Gyeong was indebted to you.”

“!”

Lee Han finally remembered what kind of family the Baller family was.

Doin Gyeong from Baldrogard, who had shown a light duel with Lee Han at the gathering.

That Doin Gyeong’s family was the Baller family.

‘They were from the same family!’

“What happened at the gathering wasn’t me winning, but Doin Gyeong making a mistake…”

“You don’t need to speak so considerately. He’s an idiot for making such a mistake while competing in magic with a 1st year student.”

Lee Han wanted to somehow restore Doin Gyeong’s honor, but it wasn’t easy.

And the story that the opponent accidentally fell into exhaustion because Lee Han had too much mana was quite hard to believe.

While Lee Han was inwardly feeling sorry for Doin Gyeong, Professor Ku and Darachi had a conversation.

“If the rumors are true, then learning Ogonin’s magic isn’t completely nonsensical.”

“Darachi. Not because he’s my disciple, but Wardanaz doesn’t lie about magic.”

“I’m not saying I don’t believe it. It’s just that Ogonin’s illusion magic is so difficult that even if you try to learn and master it, it’s not easy. You might have motivation but not see results.”

“Well, we can hear about the results. Do you happen to have any magic you’ve learned?”

“I’ve learned 【Ogonin’s Emotion Recognition】 and the 【Ogonin’s Rising Anxiety】 series of spells, and now I’m practicing 【Ogonin’s Mist】…”

“Ooh!”

“That’s impossible!”

The two illusion mages were shocked.

To think he was already practicing 【Ogonin’s Mist】.

Any proper imperial illusion mage couldn’t not know 【Ogonin’s Mist】.

A defensive magic that spreads illusory fog to make proper aiming impossible for external enemies.

Of course, there were several illusion spells that created such effects. Among them were many spells that were easier to learn than 【Ogonin’s Mist】.

But the reason 【Ogonin’s Mist】 was highly regarded was because of its completeness.

Illusion magic created using heat didn’t cast properly in places full of cold, and illusion magic created using hallucinogenic clouds had drastically reduced effects when smell was blocked.

However, pure traditional illusion magic like 【Ogonin’s Mist】 had no such weaknesses.

Magic that took a long time to learn and was inefficient, but once learned, had no weaknesses and high completeness.

It wasn’t for nothing that Professor Ku and Darachi rated it highly.

“To think you’ve already learned 【Ogonin’s Emotion Recognition】 and 【Ogonin’s Rising Anxiety】. Amazing.”

“I told you so, Darachi.”

“At that level, it seems you’re fully prepared to learn 【Ogonin’s Mist】 too.”

“That’s right. Wardanaz. You said you’re practicing now? Try practicing once more. We’ll watch and help.”

“No… Professor… shouldn’t we prepare?”

“That can wait a bit.”

“Professor Ku is right. What’s so important about such pranks? Let’s see 【Ogonin’s Mist】.”

“…”

Is this really okay?

* * *

“Something’s strange.”

The Skeleton Principal said with a frown.

Professor Verdus, who was beside him, asked with delight.

“You finally realized! The uselessness of this pointless nonsense…”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“It’s not?”

“Why are the illusion mages gradually decreasing?”

The Skeleton Principal hadn’t left all the work to just Professor Ku.

Considering the size of the hall and the number of new students, it was impossible to leave it all to Professor Ku from the start. The mana possessed by Einroguard professors wasn’t that cheap.

He had called not only Darachi but several illusion mages in Granden City to stand by…

The illusion mages who had been in the ballroom were decreasing one by one.

At first, he thought they had deserted because they didn’t want to do it, but this was getting strange.

Unless someone was kidnapping them…

“…”

The Skeleton Principal took his eyes off Gainando, who was sweeping through the center of the ballroom like a storm, and went out to the corridor.

And he moved his steps toward where life force was gathered.

‘No way…’

If life force was gathered, there was only one answer, but the Skeleton Principal denied it.

No matter what, there was no way illusion mages would irresponsibly leave their posts and act on their own like that.

“It seems difficult…”

“No! Mr. Wardanaz. Please try just a little more.”

“That’s right! 【Ogonin’s Mist】 is too precious a magic to give up like this. I tried to learn it once too, but ultimately failed. I’m sure you can do it, Mr. Wardanaz!”

“I agree. I don’t want to praise failure highly, but completing it to this extent is already amazing. It would be a shame to stop here.”

“Come on. Just once more!”

“Just once more!”

“…”

The Skeleton Principal truly felt a headache at the sight of illusion mages surrounding Lee Han and clapping.

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