Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 433
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Chapter 433
“Everyone is helping each other to prepare for the flood.”
“??”
Lee Han, who was listening from the side, doubted his ears.
“Uh… the Black Turtle Tower guys are… raising prices… no.”
Lee Han was about to say ‘Those guys are bad for raising prices because of the flood, and I’m good for not raising prices’ but stopped himself.
What was this, snitching in front of the Skeleton Principal? How disgraceful.
“Right. Everyone is working hard to help each other.”
“What are you talking about, Priest!”
“The Black Turtle Tower guys are bleeding us dry!”
The White Tiger Tower friends protested while shaking off water, but Lee Han ignored them, pretending not to hear.
“Are you guys preparing well?”
“Of course. Who do you think we are?”
“…”
At the White Tiger Tower students’ question, Lee Han couldn’t answer immediately and hesitated.
Then the White Tiger Tower students shouted in anger.
“Hey, you bastard. Why are you hesitating!”
“Sorry. I couldn’t think of what to answer for a moment.”
“Knights! We’re knights! What’s so difficult about this!”
The young knights were furious at Wardanaz, who could answer all sorts of difficult problems brilliantly but couldn’t answer the easiest question.
Being from knight backgrounds, the White Tiger Tower students had some ability to handle such situations.
Moving the luggage piled outside upward, digging drainage ditches around the tower, preparing rafts and oars in case of overflow…
The Black Turtle Tower students were naturally skilled at such preparations, and the Phoenix Tower priests, having grown up in temples, weren’t lacking in ability either.
The problem was Blue Dragon Tower.
‘I wonder if they’ll be okay.’
Lee Han had given instructions, but he was worried whether they were doing it properly.
Having roughly finished his business, Lee Han looked at the White Tiger Tower students and said.
“This works out well. Come with me.”
“Huh? Are we going hunting?”
“No. I’m going to Blue Dragon Tower dormitory to do some work.”
“…”
“…Why should we do that?”
The White Tiger Tower students asked as if dumbfounded.
Unless they got shot in the head with an arrow, there was no reason to help those Blue Dragon Tower guys.
What was so precious about…
“You bought expensive magic items at cost price. Should I stop selling them from now on?”
“What kind of…!”
At the short but powerful threat, the White Tiger Tower students trembled.
One of them had a look of realization in the midst of it all.
‘This is the power of monopoly that Wardanaz was talking about!’
Last time when he said ‘If you monopolize essential goods in the market, you gain powerful strength,’ he had dismissed it thinking ‘What’s he talking about? Is that a dark magic spell?’ But experiencing it directly, he understood immediately.
“We just need to help. If we help…”
“Wardanaz.”
“?”
“At least tell the Blue Dragon Tower guys that we came to help honorably as knights.”
“…R-right. Got it.”
* * *
Gainando yawned while watching Imperial Princess Adenart command spirits to dig deep drainage ditches.
‘Why is she working so hard…’
“Gainando. Stop playing around and move that shovel quickly.”
“I-I’m recovering my mana.”
“Even if your mana is depleted, your body can still move.”
Gainando grumbled at his friends’ nagging and grabbed the shovel.
Lee Han wasn’t here, but there were too many friends who had learned only bad things from Lee Han.
“Gainando. Think carefully. Don’t you know the story of the ant and the grasshopper?”
Asan spoke up to encourage Gainando’s motivation.
“If you don’t prepare in advance, that’s what happens.”
“Can’t I just persuade the ant to live together…”
“Would you accept him if you were the ant?”
“If he prostrated himself saying he’d work as a servant, wouldn’t you accept him…”
“…”
Asan was almost convinced by the strange logic.
Come to think of it, if Gainando prostrated himself and said he’d work as a servant, Asan would probably accept him just to torment him forever.
The ability to make even enemies accept your surrender by being so pathetic!
‘Is this also an ability?’
Asan looked at Adenart.
Just as she showed the natural dignity of royalty, Gainando also had natural patheticness…
‘…But does the ability to look pathetic have meaning? Where would you use it?’
“What? What are you thinking about?”
“Your natural ability as royalty.”
“!”
Gainando’s face brightened.
“What is it? What is it??”
“Huh? Uh.”
Asan was rarely flustered.
“That’s… uh…”
“It must be the ability to unite other friends’ hearts in one direction. Right?”
“Wardanaz!!”
At the voice heard from behind, Asan turned his head with delight.
‘But did he have such an ability?’
“Is everyone preparing well…”
Lee Han looked around the tower and let out a deep sigh.
At that sight, his friends averted their gazes as if they had committed a crime.
The drainage ditches were uneven, 2/3 of the pre-made rafts were unbalanced, and the supplies to be moved upward remained as they were…
Since they lacked experience, there were many trial and errors and the work was inevitably slow.
While everyone was intimidated, the Imperial Princess alone maintained her upright posture. She had some confidence in her work.
Compared to what the other friends had done, the part the Imperial Princess was in charge of had overwhelmingly higher completion!
“We need to get to work right away.”
“?!?!?”
However, Lee Han didn’t even check the part the Imperial Princess was in charge of and immediately got to work.
The Imperial Princess stared at Lee Han with eyes filled with great shock.
The White Tiger Tower students behind whispered as if puzzled.
“Why is that Imperial Princess glaring like that?”
“It’s obvious. She’s keeping Wardanaz in check. Think about it from the Imperial Princess’s perspective.”
“Ah. True. It’s hard to have two suns in one tower.”
The White Tiger Tower students nodded, thinking of Giselle.
How mercilessly the friends who had challenged Giselle’s authority had been crushed.
Being royalty, he couldn’t help but be even more sensitive to power.
When Wardanaz was in the tower, that guy was so overwhelming that he could only look for opportunities, but now that he had disappeared from the tower, the story was different.
He would surely try to reclaim the tower’s power with his own hands.
In such a situation, it was natural that Wardanaz returning like this wouldn’t look good.
“Hehe. This is going to be interesting. If those Blue Dragon Tower guys fight among themselves… Plus, that Wardanaz guy seems completely off guard.”
“Let’s not tell Wardanaz. Kekeke.”
There were few things as enjoyable as watching annoying guys fight each other.
The White Tiger Tower students nodded with sinister gleams in their eyes.
“What? You guys. Why do you have such suspicious looks?”
“Ah… We don’t?”
“Wh-why are you doing this to us, when we came to help?”
“Hmm. That’s strange… I see. Right. These White Tiger Tower friends came to help.”
At Lee Han’s words, the Blue Dragon Tower students were shocked.
“What? Why?”
“Isn’t this a trick?”
“Hey. Be quiet. As knights, they came to help their fellow friends.”
At Lee Han’s explanation, the Blue Dragon Tower students were even more shocked.
“Wardanaz! It’s definitely a trick…!”
“Be quiet.”
Lee Han forcibly silenced his friends and began the work.
* * *
Giselle moved her steps, bringing Angrago and Bartrek along.
All three had very tired faces.
It was because Jangkliff of the Jangklin Family was chattering away like crazy beside them.
“So the young knights… Ah. That’s right. Now that I’m talking, there’s something I missed, so again…”
‘I feel like blood is flowing from my ears.’
To Giselle, who absolutely hated talkative people, the vice-captain of the Chestnut Knights was a demon incarnate descended to this world.
His title would probably be something like Chatterbox Lord or Babble Duke.
Papapapapapapak!
At the sight of dirt shooting up crazily and a path being created before their eyes, Jangkliff momentarily shut his mouth.
The three felt their sanity, which had left until just now, returning as Jangkliff became quiet.
“It’s finished… Wait. What are you guys doing there??”
The three asked in surprise at the sight of their friends helping with the Blue Dragon Tower construction.
Why on earth?
Their friends seemed to think the same, looking very bewildered before belatedly answering.
“…For, for honor?”
“Wonderful… Wonderful!!”
Jangkliff shouted, moved to the point of tears welling up.
“Actually, I heard that since Einroguard’s students come from all over the Empire, they don’t get along well with each other, but the knights here are different! I’m truly moved!”
“…Th-that’s right.”
“We’re kind of like that.”
The White Tiger Tower students holding shovels awkwardly agreed.
Beside them, the Blue Dragon Tower students looked at them with ‘what are you talking about’ expressions.
“When were we ever close…”
“Hey. Give us some face.”
“We helped! Give us some face!”
“…”
Meanwhile, Giselle frowned and turned her gaze away.
She was curious about why her friends were acting like this, but she had no intention of asking.
The headache that had already risen because of Jangkliff would only get worse.
“Wardanaz. Let’s go now.”
“What? Where?”
“…What are you playing dumb for, you bastard…”
Giselle was about to curse but realized there were many people watching and decided to maintain her dignity.
“…The gathering. You remember, right. We all agreed to attend together?”
“We’re leaving already? What about tomorrow’s Friday lectures?”
“We’ll have to inform them and attend next time. Anyway, there are only one or two lectures on Friday.”
“That’s not true.”
“…”
At Lee Han’s words, Giselle was speechless.
Come to think of it, that Wardanaz guy was different.
“Anyway, I understand. Well, there’s travel time too, so we do need to leave now. We can ask other friends to inform the professors.”
“Right. Hurry up and prepare.”
“Wait. Moradi.”
“…What. Again.”
When Lee Han called her, Giselle responded with an irritated voice.
“A flood is coming soon, but is it okay for me to leave?”
“What can we do. It’s fate.”
Then suddenly, a violent reaction burst out.
“That evil White Tiger Tower bastard!”
“He’s going outside!”
“Moradi! No matter how much you leave, Wardanaz is needed by us too! How short-handed will we be without that guy!”
When even the White Tiger Tower students reacted, Giselle was dumbfounded.
These crazy bastards…
“Figure it out yourselves. You idiots! Do I have to spoon-feed you everything! Is Wardanaz your nanny?”
At Giselle’s sharp retort, Lee Han was hurt.
“Nanny is too harsh a word…”
Huh?
Am I actually a nanny?
Lee Han reflected on the things he had done and was slightly shocked.
“Wardanaz! Don’t be fooled by an evil guy like Moradi! Our friendship isn’t like that!”
“Right. Wardanaz! You’re not like a nanny! What nanny beats people up like that!”
“…I-I see.”
Lee Han answered like that for now, but thought he should prepare to leave right away.
His friends should be able to handle things well on their own!
* * *
“The horse is really amazing.”
“…Y-yes, right?”
When Ponrig neighed in protest, Lee Han quickly stroked his mane to tell him to be quiet.
It probably wasn’t a good idea to say ‘I transform a griffin into a horse and ride it’ in front of the knights.
Jangkliff looked at the young knights following behind him—or perhaps the expression ‘still young’ would be more fitting—with a face full of joy.
To think he would get to move together with the talents who would carry the Empire’s future.
That alone was an honor and joy.
“To pass through the night road together with the Empire’s talents like this…”
‘Good heavens.’
‘Oh God.’
‘I should have prepared something to put in their ears.’
“…But everyone. Are you performing well in your studies at Einroguard?”
“…”
“…”
Lee Han and Giselle were relatively confident, but the other two began to break out in cold sweat.
Jangcliff smiled mischievously as if he understood.
“I understand. Being from knight backgrounds, numbers and letters must be difficult. Instead, you all are excelling in horsemanship and swordsmanship, so there’s no need to feel discouraged at all.”
“…”
This time, even Giselle began to break out in cold sweat.
Surprisingly, in all the lectures mentioned so far, they had been losing their top positions to students from other towers.
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