Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 392

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Chapter 392

“Professor. No matter how I think about it, taking care of a basilisk egg in the dormitory is too much. If it accidentally hatches…”

“Accidentally?”

“…Anyway, if it does hatch, an accident could happen.”

Lee Han wanted to step on Professor Verdus’s foot, but the distance was a bit too far. Lee Han felt disappointed.

“But I received advice from an expert that it’s better for you to handle it.”

“What crazy expert…? No, I’m sorry. Excuse me, but who is it?”

Lee Han wondered if the Skeleton Principal had spouted such nonsense.

“Professor Lightningstep.”

“…”

Lee Han tried his best to stay calm and listened carefully to Professor Boladi’s explanation.

According to the explanation, Professor Lightningstep seemed to have answered Professor Boladi’s questions as faithfully as possible.

But no matter how diligently one takes notes, raising and caring for something requires interest and sense that goes beyond theory.

Worried Professor Lightningstep said this:

-Wouldn’t it be better to just leave it to your disciple?

-Indeed.

Professor Boladi decided to respect that expert’s opinion.

“Indeed… But Professor. Professor Lightningstep’s words don’t mean I should take it to the dormitory to raise it.”

“Is that so?”

“Let’s compromise and raise it in a third space. Anyway, if we’re going to care for a basilisk, there will be many things to prepare…”

Lee Han pondered where would be good.

Professor Thunderstep’s cabin was also quite a good option.

It was located away from the surroundings and good for doing various additional work…

‘Hmm. There’s nothing good about angering the food supply source.’

But given Professor Thunderstep’s personality, if he said he would care for a basilisk egg in his cherished cabin, there was a high possibility he would sulk.

Lee Han gave up and opened his mouth.

“I’ll find the location, so you two build it.”

“Huh? Me?”

“…You said you were taking materials.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

Professor Verdus asked with genuine incomprehension.

Lee Han smiled at the genius’s attempt to transcend the concept of trading.

And he asked Professor Boladi.

“Professor. Please persuade him.”

“Understood.”

One minute later, Professor Verdus was persuaded.

* * *

“Hot during the day, cold at night… We’ll need not only a fireplace but also a space that can enhance frost magic.”

“Heat enhancement, frost enhancement. Both are magic with absolutely no fun.”

Ignoring Professor Verdus’s words, Lee Han moved his steps.

‘We’ll need a lot of water, so near a stream would be good. Since it’s a basilisk, we should go to a place with few people… Professor Verdus will probably handle materials and such.’

The good thing about having a mage, especially an excellent enchantment mage, when building was this aspect.

Lee Han went north from the main building and thoroughly searched the forest at the foot of the mountains before making his decision.

“Please build it here.”

“Got it.”

Professor Verdus swung his staff without complaint. In an instant, the ground was firmly packed and deeply dug, then logs were stacked one by one and began to take the shape of a house.

A log cabin with a quite cozy structure, though not spacious, was quickly completed. Professor Verdus cast fire enhancement magic at the fireplace location and even cast frost enhancement magic at the opposite position.

‘Should I store food supplies here after raising the basilisk?’

It seemed wasteful to just abandon such a solidly built building.

Lee Han carefully placed the basilisk egg in the center of the log cabin. He could feel the energy of life stirring inside.

“Oh right. Shouldn’t we prevent intruders from coming?”

“P-Professor…!”

“What?”

“I’m surprised. To think you would have such thoughts.”

Lee Han was honestly surprised.

Naturally, since it was a cabin for raising a basilisk, he was planning to ask for detection interference or directional confusion magic to be cast around so other students couldn’t come.

But for Professor Verdus to do it himself.

Professor Verdus answered proudly.

“Of course. What if someone else steals the basilisk.”

“…I-I see.”

Lee Han canceled his surprise from just now. Professor Verdus didn’t care and cast magic.

“If you don’t enter following the trees marked in red, you won’t be able to find your direction.”

“Indeed.”

“What are you doing now?”

“I’m making food for the basilisk.”

Lee Han poured the basilisk feed that Professor Lightningstep had made into a pot and boiled it with water. A foul smell spread inside the log cabin.

To hatch a basilisk, quite a lot of nutrition is needed. According to ancient texts, ‘you must catch seven chickens, four sheep, five pigs, two bulls, and sixteen fish per day to feed the egg,’ but if you give properly formulated feed, it’s not necessarily required…

Lee Han was truly grateful to Professor Lightningstep.

Otherwise, Lee Han would have had to catch all of that himself.

“The smell is terrible, but do you really have to make this?”

“You could catch seven chickens, four sheep, five pigs, two bulls, and sixteen fish to give instead.”

“Right. Work hard.”

“…I won’t do that. I’m going to give this.”

“Why?!”

Lee Han ignored Professor Verdus’s words and began feeding the egg.

The basilisk egg absorbed the well-boiled feed porridge like a sponge absorbing water.

‘Does it like it?’

The egg trembled slightly and he could feel waves of mana flowing out. Though not certain, it seemed satisfied with the meal.

Lee Han, who had been carefully feeding the egg, called Professor Verdus to prepare for the next task.

“Professor. Please feed it for a moment.”

Professor Verdus grumbled about the smell and picked up the ladle.

Then the egg trembled again and emitted waves. This time it was quite a negative reaction.

“…Professor. I’ll just do it myself.”

Lee Han took the ladle away, thinking it couldn’t be. Then the egg reduced its negative reaction.

‘To be hated by a basilisk that hasn’t even been born yet.’

Honestly, it was surprising.

That was also a talent if it could be called a talent.

“Why are you staring like that?”

“It’s nothing. Professor. Next is… mana.”

The task of periodically infusing mana.

For other mages, it was a bothersome task of having precious mana regularly drained throughout the day…

For Lee Han, it was the easiest task.

Paaaaat!

He could feel the egg being happier than before. Perhaps it was because Professor Verdus had moved away.

‘I might need to keep Professor Verdus at a distance.’

There was no point in constantly stressing out the basilisk and risking it developing a bad personality – that would only be a loss for Lee Han.

Knock knock knock-

“Have you arrived?”

Lee Han opened the door of the log cabin. Professor Boladi was standing there with an armful of groceries.

“What did you bring… canned goods? We still have basilisk feed though?”

“This is for you to eat.”

“!”

While Lee Han was moved, Professor Boladi entered inside.

Then he dragged Professor Verdus off the armchair and piled the groceries in that spot.

Various meat and fish cans, preserved fruit cans, and things like coffee and sugar were stacked up neatly.

“Professor…!”

“You’ll need food supplies if you’re going to stay here and take care of the basilisk.”

“…Professor. I’m going back to the dormitory in the evening.”

Lee Han answered with a serious expression.

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Evening.

Lee Han called out the White Tiger Tower students like he had done before and began cleaning the storage.

The difference was that the White Tiger Tower students were sighing once for every task they did.

“Sigh…”

“…”

“If only we had a golem…”

“…”

“Oh right… there’s no golem now…”

“…You can repair it tomorrow. You were busy today.”

Even at Lee Han’s words, the White Tiger Tower students didn’t stop grumbling.

“What were you so busy with? It was just studying anyway, right?”

“Magic is important, but you don’t know what’s really important. Wardanaz doesn’t understand people’s hearts.”

“…I spent time preparing for the basilisk egg to hatch under the professor’s orders. Is that enough?”

“…”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower students suddenly became solemn.

‘I told you that Wardanaz guy would have his own circumstances too.’

“But Wardanaz sir.”

“What is it, Priest Siana?”

When Siana, the snake beastkin priest of the Flameng Order, spoke to him, Lee Han turned his head.

“Since you worked last time, you don’t need to work today.”

“Ah. But I came late and I’m from another tower, so I want to do more.”

If it had been Blue Dragon Tower, he would never have shown such kindness, but the Phoenix Tower priests deserved this kind of consideration.

However, Priest Siana firmly shook her head.

“There’s a problem.”

“What is it?”

“This would normally be your prayer time, but you’re missing prayer time because of this work.”

“That… that’s true.”

“Now it’s my turn… did these White Tiger Tower people perhaps ask you to work together and you had no choice but to come out?”

“Wh, what…!”

“No way!”

The White Tiger Tower students felt wronged by this absurd misunderstanding.

Lee Han had dragged them out, yet they were being accused of dragging him out.

It was so unfair that they could barely speak properly.

“But there aren’t many reasons to keep coming out for work you don’t need to do… and it seemed like they were pressuring you to fix the golem earlier…”

“It wasn’t pressure, it was a request!”

“Yes… many people say that.”

Priest Siana spoke as if she didn’t believe it at all.

The White Tiger Tower students couldn’t believe why they were receiving such suspicion.

If you had Wardanaz and White Tiger Tower students together, who would beat up whom?

One hundred times out of one hundred, Wardanaz would be the culprit.

“You know how strong Wardanaz is!”

“But I heard that mages are usually slow at casting so they often lose to knights.”

“…That’s true, but such disadvantages are meaningless against Wardanaz! He’s the type who would ambush first if he wanted to!”

“Wardanaz sir wouldn’t do that. He’s such a polite person.”

“…”

“…”

Not only the White Tiger Tower students but even Lee Han felt a bit embarrassed.

Who would have thought that praising them every time they met would come back like this.

What was surprising was that the other priests also agreed with that.

“That’s right. Wardanaz sir wouldn’t make such ambushes.”

“No… I do though.”

“You’re telling a white lie so the White Tiger Tower people won’t feel embarrassed, aren’t you?”

“That’s not it, I really do…”

Lee Han explained as kindly as possible.

“It’s really not because of threats, they came out to work together. The golem was their request.”

“Yes. Well. I see.”

“If you say so…”

Lee Han realized that explaining now wouldn’t have much effect.

He could hear other priests working nearby whispering.

-Did the White Tiger Tower people forcibly drag Lee Han of the Wardanaz family out?

-Well… I don’t want to make hasty assumptions, but looking at how they’re treating him now…

“…Hey. Wardanaz. Go rest.”

“But I called you guys out, so it would be unfair if only I rested.”

“Is this the time to say such things!”

The White Tiger Tower students learned one fact.

Being called someone who threatened Wardanaz might be more unfair than being called someone who was threatened by Wardanaz!

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