Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 366

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Chapter 366

While the Chestnut Knights weren’t a knight order that engaged in fierce real combat, there was still bound to be a skill difference between official knights of a knight order and students still learning magic at Einroguard.

Of course, the Chestnut Knights had many eyes watching them, so they would naturally have to hold back, but even considering that, the students seemed too disadvantaged.

The servant couldn’t understand at all why the students were happy about this.

“Let’s crush those arrogant bastards, Wardanaz! Never forgive them!”

“They don’t know you can use a sword. Hide it and finish them off in one go!”

“Attack with magic first, then draw your sword – they’ll panic and get taken down!”

At the crude shouts of the White Tiger Tower students, students from other towers looked at them with bewildered gazes.

Salko muttered.

“Are those guys really knights?”

Some White Tiger Tower students couldn’t lift their heads in embarrassment because of their friends.

They weren’t even stepping up themselves and were leaving it to Wardanaz, yet acting so arrogantly…

“Are, are you really okay with this?”

The servant asked hesitantly.

“Don’t worry! Wardanaz is here!”

“Uh… isn’t the mage going out?”

“…”

“…”

The servant’s innocent question brought the White Tiger Tower students back to their senses.

“We… we’re weaker than Wardanaz…”

“Ah, I see. That’s how it is.”

As things became awkward, the servant shouted to lighten the mood.

“I think being able to step in for a friend is what friendship is about! Isn’t that what friendship means?”

“We’re, we’re not really friends though…”

“…”

As the atmosphere became very awkward, the White Tiger Tower students unconsciously looked at Lee Han.

“You’ll, you’ll go out for us, right? Wardanaz?”

“We can’t remove you from White Tiger Tower’s strength.”

“Hey. You crazy bastard. Wardanaz is from Blue Dragon Tower.”

“Ah, oops. Out of habit…”

* * *

Separate from the White Tiger Tower students’ foolishness, Lee Han took the opponent’s provocation quite seriously.

Before the match, he called Durgyu and Giselle to thoroughly confirm the opponent’s strength.

“The Chestnut Knights aren’t that powerful or famous a knight order.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure.”

“Are you really sure?”

“…What do you mean by asking again?”

Giselle held back from adding ‘bastard’ or ‘asshole’ and asked.

Instead of answering, Lee Han looked at Durgyu. Durgyu glanced at Giselle and nodded.

“I’m certain. Lee Han. They’re not that great a knight order.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“But Lee Han… even if they’re not masters like Sir Bikelintz or Professor Ingoldel, if they’re representing the knight order, their skills definitely won’t be easy.”

Durgyu spoke with a worried tone.

Unlike the other White Tiger Tower students who had strange fantasies about Lee Han’s strength from being beaten so much (some White Tiger Tower students were seriously arguing that if Lee Han brought out hidden forbidden magic to fight the Skeleton Principal, it might end in a draw), Durgyu and Giselle were quite realistic.

Lee Han was strong, but he was still a student.

In contrast, the opponent was a knight with experience. It was always knights who caught mages.

“Don’t worry. Durgyu. I have it all planned out.”

With things flowing this way, Lee Han had no intention of handling it gently either.

No matter how crazy about banquet halls they were, there had to be limits.

Whatever the opponent was thinking, he intended to show them a lesson.

“What are you planning to do?”

Giselle asked out of genuine curiosity.

She knew Lee Han was a cunning, despicable, and meticulous strategist, but she couldn’t guess what he would do in this situation.

“Just watch.”

Lee Han approached the servant and whispered.

“This situation where students have to face a knight seems too harsh. I think we need some more concessions. Try to negotiate this well.”

The servant was more flustered than moved by the silver coins slipping into his sleeve.

Even for something like this?

“Of, of course this is what I should do. You don’t need to give me silver coins. I’ll do my best.”

“Oh no. Keep it. Keep it.”

Lee Han grabbed the resisting servant and stuffed silver coins into his pocket.

The servant, who finally gave up and took the silver coins, went outside and returned shortly after.

“They say you may prepare magic in advance.”

“Thank you.”

Giselle thought she understood now.

It was a simple but effective method.

Of course, it was absolutely not a method someone from a great noble family would use.

‘Is he really crazy.’

“Here. One more.”

“Yes!? Are you really okay…”

“Go again and tell them it seems like the students might just reject the proposal, so they should make more concessions.”

“…”

The servant went out with a dazed expression, not knowing what he was doing.

And he returned again and said.

“They say you may face three people instead of one.”

“I see. Wait. Don’t go. The students ate a lot today and their bodies are heavy, so more concessions…”

“Wardanaz, big trouble!”

At the sudden shout, the three students turned their heads.

“It’s not just the Chestnut Knights! The White Birch Knights are here too! The guys who came to school last time!”

“!”

Lee Han was shocked.

This was definitely a big blow.

If the White Birch Knights’ apprentice knights told them about what happened…

‘It’ll be hard to act weak and catch them off guard!’

“Still, we fought with swords together last time – isn’t there a chance they’ll keep the secret out of friendship?”

At Lee Han’s question, Durgyu and Giselle shook their heads and answered.

“Those guys don’t seem like they would do that.”

“If those bastards do that, I’m not from the Moradi family but the Wardanaz family.”

‘Isn’t that too much?’

While Lee Han was thinking that, someone carefully opened the back door of the banquet hall and entered.

It was a familiar apprentice knight from the White Birch Knights.

“Sp, spy…!”

“Shh! Be quiet. I snuck in. I came to give you information.”

The apprentice knight hid among the students while watching outside.

“But what did you just say? Spy?”

“…Maybe you misheard smacking sounds?”

“Really?”

The apprentice knight turned his head to look at Lee Han with an indifferent expression.

Then he quickly poured out words in a very small voice.

“Right now the Chestnut Knight bastards outside are letting their guard down. Those bastards don’t know how evil Wardanaz you are…”

“Evil?”

“…I misspoke because I was in a hurry. They don’t know that you’re excellent in both swordsmanship and magic and have deep schemes. The guy taking the lead uses both sword and shield, and he uses a left-handed sword, you know? His swordsmanship is…”

At the apprentice knight’s friendship in immediately telling him the weaknesses, Lee Han looked at Durgyu and Giselle. Both avoided his gaze.

* * *

The duke, having finished his rest, opened the door and came out.

The guards and servants were waiting in front of the study without even breathing.

Though it was unnecessary behavior, the duke walked ahead as if it were natural.

“…?”

A noisy, bustling sound came from the center of the first floor located below the grand staircase.

At first he thought it was sound from the banquet hall, but thinking about it, the direction was different.

“What’s going on?”

“…”

“…”

The servants held their breath, unable to grasp the situation.

While the duke was resting, they had told the servants not to disturb him and then waited like dead mice in front of the study themselves, so their grasp of the situation was lacking.

“I’ll go check and come back.”

One servant hurriedly went down. He went down so quickly that he nearly slipped and fell several times.

The servant who went down felt his heart sink at the sight of knights and students gathered together on the first floor doing something like a duel.

“What on earth is going on here?”

“There was a problem over where to use the banquet hall…”

The servant also seemed to grasp the situation from the attendant’s serious face and made excuses with a tearful expression.

“You told us not to come up, so we had no choice…”

“You should have mediated instead of letting sword fighting happen inside the manor!”

“It’s not sword fighting, it’s practice sparring…”

That was fortunate at least, but the situation was still not good.

When a knight and student fought, wasn’t it obvious who would win?

Even if they won quietly, the students would harbor dissatisfaction with the duke’s handling, but if the knight used rough techniques, the aftermath was dizzying just to think about.

The servant ran to the duke as quickly as possible and explained the situation.

Duke Ikalderen, having heard everything, froze coldly. He had exceeded the critical point of anger.

“So?”

“…”

“So what’s the reason for reporting that as is? Am I supposed to solve it myself? Hm?”

“I’ll go solve it right away!”

The servants and guards immediately shouted and ran downstairs.

They planned to stop this even if they had to beat up the knights.

“This… this is cheating!”

“I don’t see how it’s cheating.”

“You were hiding magic… you were hiding magic!”

“Didn’t I say it was okay to cast magic in advance?”

“…???”

However, the scene that unfolded before the guards’ eyes was the complete opposite of their expectations.

* * *

Lee Han, Durgyu, and Giselle cast enhancement magic as much as they could and walked out.

While pretending to be as weak, scared, and nervous as possible.

“Durgyu. Remove the strength from your eyes. You look strong.”

“So, sorry. Lee Han. Acting is difficult…”

“Try thinking of yourself as Gainando.”

“I, I am Gainando. I am Gainando.”

“…”

It didn’t end there.

Lee Han boldly floated water orbs and demanded time to complete the rotation.

The opposing knight, not knowing what magic Lee Han was preparing, lightly agreed. He had already judged he had won from the three’s nervous appearance.

Bang!

As a result, the opposing knight broke through a glass window and flew into the garden next to the manor.

“…”

“…Tell me you didn’t blow him away on purpose, Lee Han.”

“Sorry. I failed to control my strength.”

The knights who belatedly came to their senses protested strongly.

“This… this is cheating!”

Originally he had planned to fight somewhat evenly to give the opponent the excuse of ‘haha, I let my guard down because they were young students,’ but having accidentally blown him away in one hit, Lee Han didn’t have many options left.

Act shamelessly!

“I don’t see how it’s cheating.”

“You were hiding magic… you were hiding magic!”

“Didn’t I say it was okay to cast magic in advance?”

Lee Han stubbornly maintained his ‘I don’t know anything’ expression.

Actually, the knights had nothing to say.

It had already been permitted in advance.

“Such cunning trickery…!”

“Stop.”

“Your Grace the Duke!”

The knights were delighted at Duke Ikalderen’s visit.

“We were having a simple spar just now, and if it’s alright with you, perhaps you could judge…”

“Why?”

“Pardon?”

“I asked why you’re having a spar in someone else’s manor.”

“…”

“…A minor dispute arose…”

“When a minor dispute arises, is it okay to have a spar in someone else’s manor? Is that the Chestnut Knights’ way?”

Only then did the knights realize the atmosphere was not normal and shut their mouths.

On their own land, they walked around with their shoulders high as members of knight families, but if the duke exploded in anger, they would be blown away.

“Your Grace the Duke. There’s a misunderstanding.”

“Are you saying I’m an idiot right now? Too stupid to understand your words?”

“No, no. That’s not it…”

“I generously overlooked your mistakes, and now you’re trying to insult me!”

The duke spewed coldly controlled anger.

Seeing that, Lee Han thought to himself.

‘He seems different from the rumors.’

The person who laughed happily when the White Tiger Tower students caused that commotion was getting so angry over a spar.

Unlike the rumors, he had quite a fickle and eccentric personality.

He was also a miser…

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