Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 38
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Chapter 038
‘He’s a Black Turtle Tower student?’
Lee Han watched carefully to see what the other person would do.
The other person was a rat beastman boy. He was short with a slightly hunched back, but his footsteps were so quiet they made no sound at all.
Lee Han suspected the other person had received special training.
As the old knight Alarlong had said, footsteps often revealed a person’s identity.
A knight’s footsteps, a mage’s footsteps, a hunter’s footsteps, a thief’s footsteps…
And those footsteps were closer to a thief’s footsteps.
‘Rat beastmen aren’t exactly welcomed in the Empire though.’
Even though they said all races in the Empire were equal, it was difficult for that to truly be the case.
In reality, there were bound to be popular races and unpopular ones.
And rat beastmen were the latter.
A race that always received suspicious looks from Imperial citizens due to the many thieves, vagrants, pickpockets, and ragpickers among them.
That’s exactly what rat beastmen were.
‘That’s probably my prejudice. Not all rat beastmen go around stealing.’
Lee Han thought he was getting ahead of himself.
Not all rat beastmen were trained thieves, right?
Click─
Click─
Click─
“…”
However, the other person pulled out a crude, makeshift key from his waist and began earnestly turning it against the locked door.
Anyone could see what his intentions were.
‘Well, I’m not one to talk.’
Since Lee Han was also currently looking for ways to sneak out while breaking school rules, he couldn’t criticize others.
Rather…
‘It might be good to cooperate.’
Seeing how he had even made and brought a key, this wasn’t the other person’s first time out.
Lee Han couldn’t be the only student trying to escape the school.
Lee Han approached carefully.
If the other person got startled and screamed, Lee Han would be doomed too.
Swoosh-
Lee Han quietly stopped behind the rat beastman boy who was concentrating intently, then pointed his staff at his neck and whispered in a low voice.
“Hey. Make a loud noise and you’re dead.”
“…!!”
* * *
Ratford had been a professional thief belonging to the thief guild 【White Crow】 even before enrolling.
Actually, Ratford couldn’t believe it when he received the magic school admission offer.
No matter how much aptitude he had, to think they’d accept even a thief as a student.
Fortunately, the Black Turtle Tower students didn’t ostracize Ratford.
But Ratford himself couldn’t help feeling a strange sense of alienation.
Boys and girls born into wealthy merchant families were bound to be different from Ratford, who had honed his thievery while roaming the night alleys.
Because of this, Ratford wanted to show something with his own abilities.
Just like Nilia, who came from a hunter background (though Ratford never thought there would be another person like him), he wanted to be recognized by his tower friends through his skills!
So Ratford prepared meticulously.
-Since it’s such a large school, there must be kitchens and storage rooms. If I find and raid those places, I can get plenty of food and various necessities to eat well and have leftovers!
While other students mindlessly passed through corridors to lecture halls, Ratford examined the keyholes in the area behind the central staircase while watching out for others.
Examining the inside of a keyhole with just fingertip sensitivity, then making an improvised key on the spot to pick the lock was a high-difficulty feat that even decent thieves couldn’t perform…
But Ratford had finally succeeded after pouring all his spare time into it.
He thought only glory remained, but then this sudden ambush happened.
‘Who… who…’
It was obvious who the other person was.
It must be a guard protecting this school.
Professional thieves were always prepared for situations like this.
Ratford carefully raised both hands above his shoulders and spoke as submissively as possible.
“Don’t, don’t hit me. I surrender.”
Even among thieves, those who denied everything and threw tantrums when caught received a different number of beatings than those who obediently admitted their guilt.
If you were already caught, admitting it was actually the better choice in some ways.
“Shh. I also snuck out like you.”
“…?!”
Only then did Ratford turn around.
A sturdy boy wearing priest robes was removing his staff from Ratford’s neck and looking around.
‘He was a fellow new student?!’
Ratford was dumbfounded.
The threat had been so menacing that Ratford naturally assumed he was a guard.
No, for a fellow new student to make such murderous threats like ‘make a loud noise and you’re dead’…
“What is this…”
“Keep your voice down.”
“Who are you?”
Even as he asked, Ratford could somewhat guess who the other person was.
With his tall, solid build and the skill to approach and wield his staff like a weapon.
He must be one of the White Tiger Tower students.
‘I don’t know how he got priest robes, but he’s pretty clever?’
Walking around in priest robes would naturally draw less suspicion.
To think a knight-born muscle-head would show such wit.
“Blue Dragon Tower, Lee Han Wardanaz.”
“…”
Ratford gaped in shock.
* * *
Ratford accepted the situation faster than expected.
Actually, he didn’t completely understand it.
‘Why would someone from the Wardanaz Family be out at night… doing what… and how did he get priest robes…’
But since the current situation was so urgent, he decided to just accept it and move on.
More than anything, the proposal the Wardanaz Family boy made was more shocking.
“Move together?”
“Whatever we’re doing, working in pairs is more efficient. Moving together would be better for you too than moving alone, wouldn’t it?”
“…Can’t you see who I am??”
Ratford asked back as if dumbfounded. At that question, Lee Han paused.
“Are you perhaps the principal’s son or something?”
“…”
“…”
“…”
Of course, he obviously wasn’t the principal’s son.
Ratford was dumbfounded.
Anyone with eyes could tell that Ratford was from the rat beastman tribe.
And here he was in the middle of the night, rattling a fake key trying to pick a lock.
Anyone with a brain should have realized, ‘Ah, he’s a thief!’
“I’m obviously a thief! Are you, a noble from the Wardanaz Family, suggesting we work together with a thief like me?”
“Hey. What does it look like I’m doing right now?”
“…”
At Lee Han’s question, Ratford was struck speechless.
…Right?
“Want to work together?”
“Yeah. You were looking for the food storage, right? Same here.”
“!”
Ratford was shocked for a moment, then collected himself and asked.
“Are you really from the Wardanaz Family?”
Ratford looked at him suspiciously.
No matter how he thought about it…
“Are we working together or should I knock you out and work alone?”
“Ca-calm down. Calm down, I said. Let’s work together. Two is better than one.”
Ratford frantically waved his hands as Lee Han’s staff was thrust threateningly toward him.
If nothing else, he could clearly sense that he couldn’t win against his opponent in a fight.
“So. You prepared a key?”
“Yeah.”
“Does it even work?”
“It won’t open. It should work normally, but it seems to be magically protected.”
Ratford anxiously poked at the keyhole.
If it was magically protected, Ratford had no way to open it either.
Unless he had some thief’s treasure, but here he was completely empty-handed…
Click!
Click!
Click!
“?”
A key flew up from Lee Han’s pocket and inserted itself directly into the keyhole.
Then it turned with a spin and opened the door.
“???”
“Wh-where did that key come from?”
“A key I stole from the principal’s office.”
“Are… are you joking?”
“No. I’m serious.”
Last time when he stayed behind with Asan to clean up, he hadn’t just learned magic but had also snatched a key.
He had wondered what key it was, but was it the key to this area behind the central entrance?
‘…I should be more careful.’
If it was a key the principal had left behind, he absolutely couldn’t let his guard down.
Lee Han firmly resolved not to become complacent about this stroke of luck.
They passed through the empty banquet hall with no one around, through the large hall, past several closed doors…
“Wait.”
Ratford suddenly dropped to the floor.
“I think there’s someone underground? I can hear sounds.”
“…!”
At that moment, Lee Han thought he understood how the workers came and went.
‘Underground!’
If they came and went through the main gate or castle wall passages on the surface, not only would they catch the students’ attention, but students would inevitably try to use those routes.
In contrast, if they entered and exited through underground passages, students would have no easy way to discover them.
No wonder it seemed strange that students wandered around so much but never saw a shadow of any workers…
‘Why does this damn school go to such lengths?’
“They’re definitely making noise in the underground storage. Let’s find a way down to the underground!”
“In-indeed…”
Ratford hurriedly began moving at Lee Han’s words.
Fortunately, the stairs leading underground appeared before them not long after.
Creeak─
Creeak─
Creeak─
They had only descended one flight of stairs, but the air had changed.
Above, moonlight had at least come through the windows, but here there was nothing but cool darkness.
Lee Han considered summoning light.
However, Lee Han’s instincts prevented him from taking such action.
Most of all, the fact that the key from the principal’s office had opened the door raised Lee Han’s vigilance.
‘Given the principal’s personality that I’ve seen so far, it wouldn’t be strange if he had set up a few traps in a place like this.’
Ratford rustled beside him. Lee Han spoke quietly.
“Don’t light a fire.”
“…?”
“Someone might be waiting.”
“!”
Ratford was startled by the Wardanaz Family boy’s words.
This was certainly an unknown place where anything could be lurking. Due to the unfamiliarity and anxiety, he had unconsciously been about to light a flame.
If Lee Han hadn’t spoken, he would have made a mistake.
‘…But seriously, what is he??’
Ratford had heard rumors about the Wardanaz Family boy a few times within the Black Turtle Tower.
-I heard he’s ruthless? He’s already controlling the Blue Dragon Tower with his charisma.
-Both the Prince and Imperial Princess can’t even breathe in front of the Wardanaz Family.
-I saw him in magic class last time, and he succeeded in one try what others failed at multiple times.
-In mount riding class, when a thunderbird attacked him, he subdued and made it submit with magic. Can you believe that?
At first, he had thought they were exaggerated rumors.
Wasn’t it too much for a fellow new student?
But seeing him like this, Ratford began to think the rumors might not be exaggerated after all.
The intimidating aura he gave off was no joke!
Whoosh!
“!”
A lantern flashed in the distance and the area around it brightened.
Lee Han and Ratford crouched down, not even daring to breathe loudly.
What they couldn’t see in the darkness was that this entire underground space was like a massive warehouse.
Shelves and tables were packed densely together, and all sorts of items were crammed tightly inside them, dimly visible.
The warehouse keeper slowly began walking with the lantern. Thanks to the silence so complete you could hear a pin drop, the warehouse keeper’s muttering could be heard clearly.
“Cheese… 8 pieces. Check. Maple syrup… 5 bottles. Check. White fire paper… 22 sheets. Check. Spirit silver needles… 3 pieces. Check.”
‘He’s memorized all the numbers!’
“The alarm magic has weakened. I need to recast it.”
Along with a wave of mana, they could feel the warehouse keeper casting magic on the items.
Lee Han felt a chill run down his spine.
Alarm magic was cast on every single item.
If he had carelessly touched anything without knowing this, he would have been dragged to the Punishment Room.
“Who’s there?”
“!”
Both their hearts sank.
The Warehouse Keeper had turned his head in exactly their direction and spoken.
‘There’s no way he could see us from this angle, right?’
Lee Han tried to maintain his composure even in his confusion.
How had the other person noticed them? Was he perhaps just testing? Would it be too late to use invisibility magic now?
“…!”
Lee Han was shocked when he saw the face of the Warehouse Keeper slowly approaching.
Surprisingly, the Warehouse Keeper was blind, with his eyes completely wrapped in bandages.
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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