Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 350
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Chapter 350
Lee Han wiped away tears with his handkerchief. Strangely, his vision was blurry.
‘Is it raining?’
“…You should eat something. I’ll go buy some.”
“No. We should buy it for you.”
“We already don’t have underclassmen coming in, and if we take a junior’s silver to buy ice cream, even fewer will come.”
The upperclassmen sat Lee Han down in front of the fountain and walked toward the ice cream cart.
-…So I said no…
-…We can’t compromise on this either…
“??”
Lee Han was confused seeing the upperclassmen who had walked over arguing with the ice cream vendor.
‘What? Did they fail at price negotiation?’
If that was the case, Lee Han thought he should go help them.
“Why are they doing that?”
“Ah… The merchants we know don’t want to take silver from us.”
“!”
-I can’t accept it. I won’t take it.
-Haha. You healing mages are wrong. How much do we owe you, and you’re trying to pay silver?
-That’s right. Oh, I made crepes here, please have some.
-What? Did the healing mages from Einroguard come?
As the argument dragged on, merchants from the surrounding area began flocking over.
The merchants who recognized the Einroguard students came carrying armfuls of snacks they were selling and piled them up neatly.
The upperclassmen were flustered and didn’t know what to do.
-It’s fine…
-My goodness, you’re so skinny only bones are showing!
-That’s a prejudice…
-Really! You need to eat more!
-We’re healing mages, so why are you saying such nonsense…
-Take this too!
The upperclassmen, who had been thoroughly overwhelmed by the swarming merchants, returned with half-dazed expressions.
And they laid out a mountain of snacks on the table.
“Eat a lot, junior.”
“…You’ll eat with me, right?”
“Yeah. But we’ve worked too much and have no appetite. You need to eat a lot.”
“…”
Lee Han thought he would have to eat even if his stomach burst.
‘At least it’s fortunate that they’re popular.’
Dark mages sometimes had shops refuse to take silver too, but that had a slightly different meaning.
The healing mages here were closer to genuinely not wanting to take silver and wanting to treat them.
The upperclassmen each held an ice cream cone and watched the fountain, played mage card games, or laid out boards and rolled dice to play horse racing.
Everyone’s faces were filled with gentle happiness and peace…
Rumble!
“What’s that sound?”
“There must have been an accident in the Guild District! That’s it! The one they were newly building…”
“Smoke is rising, isn’t there a fire?!”
“…”
The upperclassmen silently looked down at the ground and then stood up.
“Upperclassmen. Don’t tell me…”
“Sorry, Wardanaz.”
“You never know. The professor might need our help.”
“Thanks to today, it was so enjoyable. I’m glad a junior like you came in.”
“No…!”
Before he could stop them, the upperclassmen each bit into a donut and ran off to the accident scene.
“The Principal is there, so it’ll be fine…!”
Lee Han cried out sadly, but the upperclassmen just waved their hands and left.
Left alone with the mountain of snacks, Lee Han sighed.
‘If they spend a few more years like this, even the kindest person would become ill-tempered.’
The plaza became quiet as even the merchants went to watch the accident scene.
Then a voice came from behind.
“Why are you eating alone like this?”
“…!”
Lee Han turned his head at the familiar voice.
An elder mage with the impression of a kind grandmother was standing behind him.
“Yumidifus…!”
“It’s been a while.”
Yumidifus, a renowned water elemental mage in the Empire, sat in front of Lee Han and pointed to a waffle.
“Of course you may have it.”
“Thank you.”
Yumidifus made no movement, but the syrups on the table rose up and gently covered the waffle.
Taking a bite, Yumidifus looked at Lee Han and asked.
“Why are you so tense?”
“Well…”
Yumidifus herself was a reasonably moderately crazy mage, but the mage who would come after Yumidifus’s appearance was a different story.
“…Didn’t Professor Bagrek go looking for you to prepare what’s needed for the second semester lectures?”
“Ah. That’s right.”
Yumidifus nodded.
“You were worried that Voladi Bagrec might not find me.”
“…Ah, yes.”
Lee Han answered while managing his facial muscles.
Yumidifus continued as if it was fine.
“He found me well, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
“Yes…”
Crack.
“By the way, I’d like to see water elemental magic. Can you show me?”
Lee Han gripped his staff. Yumidifus spoke in a gentle but stern voice.
“Make it float.”
“Spring forth!”
“Shape transformation.”
“Become a wall!”
“It’s about time you do it all at once. Try doing it all at once.”
Lee Han’s spell casting speed was among the fastest compared to other mages.
It was natural since he was being harshly trained as a combat mage.
Because of this, even when casting water elemental magic by dividing each process, it wasn’t much of a problem.
But Yumidifus was telling him it was time to graduate from that too.
All at once, like an excellent mage.
Lee Han nodded.
‘It is about time.’
Of course, if other friends had heard this, they would have said ‘Wardanaz, get a grip, you’re still a first year, what do you mean it’s time,’ but Lee Han’s perception had also been slightly broken due to the other professors.
“Water, become a shield!”
He cleanly compressed the action of floating water and converting it into a shield into one incantation and one motion.
“Excellent.”
“I was lucky. Since it’s the element I’m most familiar with…”
“That familiarity comes from your effort, so you shouldn’t call it luck.”
When Yumidifus waved his hand, the fountain water surged up and became a wall.
“Let’s see the rotation attribute. Can you pierce through this wall?”
“I’ll try.”
Among the advanced attributes of the water element, the rotation attribute was one that Lee Han had been steadily practicing since his first semester.
Of course, it wasn’t that easy.
He had used it a few times in limited ways when facing the Rakshasa Hungry Ghost, but it inevitably took time.
At Lee Han’s current level, to properly handle the rotation attribute, he had to either give up some power and settle for moderate rotation, or commit to investing a lot of time.
Yumidifus was curious how far Lee Han had overcome this problem.
Of course, if it were an ordinary student, they would need to work for over 2 or 3 years, but the student in front of him was somewhat different, wasn’t he?
Swoooosh!
“?!”
Yumidifus was surprised.
Lee Han had summoned dozens of water orbs.
‘What is he thinking?’
“Rotate!”
With the incantation, several of the dozens of water orbs lost their form and disappeared.
Due to the rotation attribute being clumsily applied, they couldn’t maintain their form and the magic was canceled.
Lee Han focused his mind on the orbs among the surviving water orbs that had proper rotation applied.
As the rotation became faster, several more orbs were canceled. Lee Han didn’t care and accelerated the remaining orbs.
“…”
Yumidifus was honestly impressed.
He wasn’t impressed by Lee Han’s magical talent. He had already been impressed by that before.
What Yumidifus was impressed by was Lee Han’s way of thinking.
No matter how much mana one had, there weren’t many mages who could utilize it in such a way.
To use dozens of other magic spells as sacrifices to complete one magic spell.
It was an absurd waste from other mages’ perspective, but it wasn’t particularly difficult for Lee Han.
In less than a few minutes, one fiercely rotating water orb was completed.
Thud!
When that orb easily penetrated the barrier Yumidifus had erected, the Elder Mage clapped.
“Well done. I’m honestly surprised.”
“Really?”
Lee Han was delighted.
Honestly, while doing it, he had worried that Yumidifus might say ‘you’re still only at that level.’
But seeing him so satisfied, he felt relieved.
“Of course you did well. Why are you surprised?”
“I still have many shortcomings…”
“You’re unable to make proper evaluations because of Voladi Bagrec. You are doing well.”
“Thank you.”
Professor Boladi’s curses never felt good to hear.
Lee Han bowed his head.
“I was going to give you advice if you were stuck, but with that method… I don’t have anything to advise you on.”
“What? No. Please give me advice.”
Lee Han felt wronged.
The method of floating dozens of orbs couldn’t be good, could it?
If it were excellent advice from an Archmage like Yumidifus, it would be much more effective than such a crude method…
“No. You’re doing well.”
Yumidifus thought Lee Han’s method was very good.
Originally, there was no royal road in magic.
Especially for magic like the rotation attribute where subtle senses were important, it was crucial to keep experiencing and accumulating.
The method Lee Han was using now, floating dozens of orbs like a madman and applying rotation to all of them, was surprisingly very effective.
If he continued like this, he would soon grasp the rotation attribute.
“I’m late. I apologize.”
When Professor Boladi walked over, Lee Han’s heart sank.
The professor’s attire was tattered as if he had just walked straight from a battlefield.
‘What on earth did he catch?’
Since he would have to face whatever Professor Boladi had caught right in the second semester, fear couldn’t help but rise in Lee Han’s soul.
“Why are you late?”
“Other professors requested help with cleaning up an accident scene.”
“It’s surprising that you didn’t refuse.”
“Lord Gonadaltes also requested it, so I couldn’t refuse.”
“Gonadaltes?”
Yumidifus was startled.
The Skeleton Principal wasn’t the type to personally step forward to resolve such things.
Usually he would have his disciples or professors handle it…
“Was it that serious?”
“It wasn’t. I think he did it to let the students rest.”
Lee Han, who had been listening, couldn’t help but ask.
“Did the students end up participating?”
“No. Professor Garcia made them rest.”
Lee Han was moved.
Yumidifus nodded and said.
“Rest is important too. Honestly, the young healing mages at Einroguard are suffering from too much overwork.”
“Yes. Rest is important.”
“???”
Lee Han stared intently at Professor Boladi.
Someone who knew that had been acting like that all this time?
“Now that Voladi Bagrec is here too, let’s get to the main point. I came because I heard you have an aptitude for the ice element.”
Lee Han looked at Professor Boladi again.
Professor Boladi seemed to understand the meaning of that gaze and nodded slightly.
Lee Han couldn’t even imagine what Professor Boladi meant by nodding.
“It’s not quite an aptitude…”
“If you can summon ice, that’s an aptitude. Rare elements are hard to summon if you don’t have the aptitude. Anyway, the ice element is deeply related to the water element, and applying both together is educational in many ways. So what I’ll use in the second semester… Ah. I wasn’t supposed to say the name, was I?”
Professor Boladi nodded again.
Lee Han stared piercingly at the professor’s collar. He wanted to grab it just once.
“I came looking for you after catching that.”
“Thank you.”
Lee Han had no major complaints about Yumidifus’s proposal.
Unlike other professors, Yumidifus taught relatively sensibly.
If he stayed at the manor and received teachings about ice element magic, that wouldn’t be bad either.
‘Besides, it would be an excuse when other professors come.’
“Shall we depart then?”
“Ah. We’re not learning at the manor?”
“Learning at the manor is a bit awkward. There’s a tower where a mage who owes me a favor stays.”
“Is he your disciple?”
“Not a disciple, but he did receive some teachings from me.”
‘Isn’t that a disciple?’
Lee Han, who had been thinking to himself, paused.
Come to think of it, wasn’t Professor Boladi also a disciple of Yumidifus?
“By any chance, is that person like Professor Bagrek?”
“No.”
“Ah. I see.”
Lee Han felt relieved.
Until Yumidifus’s next words came out.
“He’s an even ruder bastard.”
“…”
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