Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 389

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Chapter 389

‘I had a vague suspicion too.’

Lee Han was feeling it as well.

Since Professor Boladi wasn’t a basilisk-raising expert and didn’t have other disciples…

…there was a high chance that Lee Han would end up taking care of the basilisk!

But that didn’t mean his heart didn’t ache.

“Do well. It’s truly a precious experience.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Why should he have to go through such a good experience, precious experience, and all that nonsense?”

Professor Thunderstep grumbled as if it made no sense. Then Professor Lightningstep looked incredulous, asking what he was talking about.

“Think about it. When and where else would you get the experience of caring for and raising a basilisk’s egg? And how helpful would that experience be? After doing this well, all the other snake monsters in the Empire will feel like amateurs.”

‘Yeah right.’

There were countless monsters in the Empire, so there was no need to prepare for snake monsters in advance.

Couldn’t you just avoid going to places where they appeared?

“In my opinion, it seems right to just avoid dangerous places or leave it to snake experts…”

Professor Thunderstep said this while handing Lee Han a basket full of food. It contained bread and rice cakes, large chunks of meat wrapped in bags, cheese, salt, sugar, bottles of honey-preserved fruit, and several canned goods.

“What’s this?”

“Take it and eat some. You must be busy since you came late anyway.”

Someone like Lee Han could certainly catch up to the other students’ progress even if he came 2 weeks late, but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t be difficult.

Considering the things he had to do in the second semester, he needed to eat hearty meals at least.

Lee Han was honestly moved.

There weren’t many professors who did things like this.

“Professor…!”

“Hmph. Don’t misunderstand. I’m giving this because you work well.”

“Thank you.”

Lee Han bowed his head, then took out the canned goods he had hidden in his clothes and put them back in the basket.

Seeing this, Professor Thunderstep glared at Lee Han.

* * *

Evening.

Lee Han used the food supplies he brought from the cabin and vegetable garden to simply prepare dinner.

It was more abundant than the meals provided by the school, but since he hadn’t been able to properly bring supplies from outside yet, there were definitely some empty spots on the dining table.

The priests weren’t people who actively hunted or foraged either.

‘Hmm. It’s a bit bothersome to look at.’

Lee Han skewered rice cakes, meat, and asparagus, roasted them over the fire, then offered them to a priest.

“It’s still a bit lacking, but please bear with it until the next outing. Once I go out, I’ll bring back everything packed full.”

“What… this is already enough!”

“That’s right! If we eat more luxuriously than this, we’ll be punished.”

The priests said this while hurriedly devouring the stew made with potatoes, vegetables, spices, and rice.

Lee Han couldn’t help but feel pleased at their admirable appearance.

‘Those Blue Dragon Tower guys should watch this and learn.’

Just moments ago while preparing, he had thought ‘I wonder if those Blue Dragon Tower guys are eating well,’ but seeing the priests’ behavior, his thoughts changed to ‘Well, they’ll manage on their own.’

“Oh right. Lee Han sir. Shall we go get our assignments together?”

“It’s already that time. Let’s go.”

Lee Han nodded at Sharucal’s words. Sharucal hurriedly started dragging Lee Han downstairs, worried that the other priests might notice.

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

“If the other priests notice, it’ll be troublesome… no, I was supposed to go get new duties assigned, but I’m a bit late.”

“It doesn’t seem that late…”

-Where did Lee Han of Wardanaz Family go?

-Who knows? Didn’t he go into the tower for a moment?

-Wait, Priest Sharucal went to get assignments! I think they went together?

-Chase after them!

“…”

Lee Han stared intently at Sharucal. Sharucal ignored his gaze, pretending not to see it.

“Let’s hurry!”

“Don’t priests dislike lying…?”

When they arrived in front of the main building, an undead that had been waiting greeted Lee Han and Sharucal.

-You arrived quickly.

“…”

-But why is the Wardanaz Family bloodline among the priests?

“There are circumstances. You’ll know if you ask the Principal.”

-Ah. Does the master want to torment the Blue Dragon Tower students?

“…It’s not for that reason… no. Is it right?”

-Well, the Blue Dragon Tower first years lived too comfortably last semester. The master cursed about it several times too.

“…”

Lee Han decided to pretend he didn’t hear.

While having this conversation, students from other towers also arrived one by one.

Unlike Lee Han and Sharucal, the faces of the other tower students were full of tension.

Lee Han waved his hand and called out to his friends.

“Did you eat dinner well? Did Gainando properly bring you ingredients?”

When his friends spotted Lee Han, instead of waving back, they started crying.

“War, Wardanaz…! *sob* Please come back!”

“…Did Gainando cook?”

“No. We didn’t let Gainando cook…”

The Blue Dragon Tower student said while sniffling.

Lee Han thought he had been careful, but there was a blind spot in his thinking.

Even if he prevented Gainando from cooking, that didn’t mean the other friends were good at cooking!

The Blue Dragon Tower students made every mistake beginners could make: burning food, getting the seasoning wrong, mixing incompatible ingredients.

No matter how much an excellent alchemy student like Yoner tried to control things, there were limits.

-Turn down the heat! Turn down the heat!

-Why? If the fire is strong, the food cooks faster, so isn’t that better?

-Measure the salt properly before adding it!! Don’t just sprinkle it!!

-Huh? Wardanaz just sprinkled it though? Isn’t it supposed to be done by feel?

-What feel when you’re doing it for the first time!! Hey there! Don’t add more water! I told you the vegetables have enough moisture!

“Why don’t you change the tower name to Hungry Blue Worm Tower?”

“We’re not that bad. Hehe.”

The White Tiger Tower students listening nearby suddenly became arrogant.

Of course, to Lee Han, it sounded ridiculous.

‘What are these guys who can only grill things talking about…’

They were better than the Blue Dragon Tower students, but that was something any human should naturally be better at, and the White Tiger Tower students weren’t excellent at cooking either.

He knew this well from what he heard from Moradi and Durgyu.

-I caught a rabbit!

-Oh… let’s grill it!

-I got some bread!

-Oh… let’s grill it!

-I bought some fish!

-Oh… let’s grill it!

-I brought some spices and sugar, can’t we make something with these? Like the dishes that Wardanaz guy made. Those were delicious.

-There’s something good. Let’s sprinkle it on after grilling.

These bastards only know how to grill!

‘Well, at least they’re doing something by grilling.’

“You guys just eat it raw. Don’t bother trying to cook.”

Once it was confirmed that all the students had gathered, the undead opened its mouth.

-Attention. Everyone’s here. Now I’ll explain what needs to be done this week. First… some third-year students failed while trying to raid the 4th floor kitchen and started a fire inside, so we need to clean all that up.

One of the students raised their hand and asked.

“Uh… but why aren’t the third-year upperclassmen cleaning that up themselves?”

-Good question. The third-year upperclassmen are cleaning up an accident caused by the fourth years.

“…”

“…”

-And next… has any student been to the forest by the southern stream of the main building?

“I’ve been there.”

One White Tiger Tower student answered. Lee Han felt an ominous premonition seeing this.

-I see… we haven’t told anyone to go there yet, so you snuck in? I’ll remember your name.

“Ah, no…!”

‘As expected.’

You absolutely couldn’t let your guard down even when answering.

-Anyway, it seems to be swarming with pests. They’re not particularly strong, so you should be able to handle them if you go. Next is… organizing the 2nd floor storage room. There’s so much junk that it seems to take a long time.

“!!”

When his friends flinched, Lee Han asked curiously.

“Why are you surprised?”

“Ah. That came up last week too. The White Tiger Tower people took care of it.”

“I see.”

Lee Han looked at the White Tiger Tower students and asked.

“How was that?”

“Hmm. It wasn’t that difficult. Wardanaz.”

“Though we couldn’t finish because there was so much…”

From their wavering eyes, Lee Han immediately caught on.

‘It must have been tough.’

Judging by the White Tiger Tower guys’ reaction, it was definitely a lot of work and difficult.

Otherwise, those guys would have wanted to do it again.

-Alright. Now I’ll divide you up.

The undead busily made lots and sent them flying one by one. Sharucal grabbed Lee Han’s wrist and said seriously.

“Lee Han sir. How about praying to Agltakwa sir?”

“Uh… wasn’t he the god of sea and storms?”

He had never heard that Agltakwa also governed lottery drawings.

“Yes. But Agltakwa sir’s power is great, so surely if you believe and pray…”

Lee Han unfolded his lot.

2nd floor storage room organization.

“…”

“…Come to think of it, he doesn’t govern lottery drawings.”

* * *

“I feel bad for no reason. It seems like you drew something difficult.”

“Not at all. How could there be easy or difficult in such work.”

“That’s right. Actually, difficult work is more rewarding.”

‘I can’t get used to this.’

Lee Han was troubled by the priests’ words.

If it were Blue Dragon Tower students, they would at least be brazenly shameless, but these priests here were sometimes troubling because they were too kind.

Creeeeak-

When they opened the door, a huge garbage dump greeted the students.

Though he didn’t know who had piled it up, it was a storage room crammed full of all sorts of junk.

The terrain inside Einroguard changed whenever it felt like it, and when that happened, spaces that countless students had secretly used as storage would suddenly pop up like this.

And now if they left it alone, this space might suddenly burst and scatter garbage in all directions.

Since they had discovered it, they needed to clean it up as quickly as possible.

“…Wait.”

Lee Han, who had been looking around the mountain of junk, discovered a cloth covering a corner.

When he removed the cloth, there was a new pile of garbage inside.

That itself wasn’t particularly surprising, but…

‘This garbage pile seems like it hasn’t been here long.’

Lee Han felt suspicious and checked the top of the garbage pile.

Then broken wooden swords that White Tiger Tower students often used came out.

“..It looks like the White Tiger Tower guys got annoyed while cleaning and hid garbage here.”

“Oh my…”

“We’ll have to work even harder.”

The priests spoke as if they felt sorry.

Lee Han stared intently at the priests, thought for a moment, then said.

“Can I go get something from the tower for a bit?”

“Of course. Take your time.”

* * *

“You don’t need to worry about the stream forest. There are no dangerous guys. I’ve been hunting there several times.”

“Really?”

The White Tiger Tower student who had been to the forest spoke confidently.

“Yeah. There are absolutely no dangerous monsters here- gack!”

Thud!

Lee Han subdued one White Tiger Tower student from behind with magic, then pointed his staff at another student.

“Put your hands up. The moment you move a finger, something’s going to break.”

“War… Wardanaz!! You bastard! Just because we called you the hungry earthworm tower earlier…”

“What are you talking about?”

“…It wasn’t you?”

“You guys who cleaned the storage last week. Did you do it properly or not?”

At Lee Han’s question, the White Tiger Tower student flinched.

Anyone could see it was the face of someone with something to feel guilty about.

“We… we worked hard.”

“I see. Move two steps to the right.”

“Why, why?”

“Because if you faint there, you might fall into the stream. You wouldn’t want your clothes to get wet.”

“…Actually we did use some… shortcuts…”

“I see. Two steps to the right…”

“Just, just a little! It really was just a little!”

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