Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 440

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Chapter 440

Lee Han put strength into his facial muscles to maintain his dejected expression.

“Thank you…”

“When the hard day ends and you sit on a wooden chair in your lodging, sit quietly facing this bottle and tilt your glass. Then you’ll think of us.”

The knights spoke in gentle voices.

The White Tiger Tower students listening from behind already had expressions drunk on those words.

Wasn’t this the knights’ aesthetic?

Loving both sword and alcohol…

‘Can I sell this? Would I get caught if I sold it? Should I barter it?’

Of course, it didn’t really work on Lee Han, who was a mage.

* * *

Hmm. From here we’ll need to take a boat.

“…”

“…”

-…

Lee Han and the White Tiger Tower students, and even Ponrig, stared at the Skeleton Principal as if dumbfounded.

They hadn’t even reached Einroguard’s castle walls yet, but flooding had already occurred deep enough to reach their waists.

I’ve prepared a bone ferry for you all.

“Thank you so much.”

Yes. Of course you should be grateful.

“This is really going too far even for… mmph mmph.”

“Shh. Be quiet, Angrago.”

Covering Angrago’s mouth as he was about to explode from holding back, Lee Han climbed onto the boat.

Nothing good came from falling for the Skeleton Principal’s provocations.

Swoooosh-

“Row the oars! Angrago! You’re the helmsman! Clear the path toward the castle gate!”

Angrago, who had the most sailing experience being from the seaside, became the helmsman.

Angrago trembled at the heavy responsibility suddenly thrust upon him.

Whooooosh!

‘What kind of storm is this on land!?’

Whatever whim the spirits had taken, the waters that had risen over the land were churning with fierce waves.

The ferry swaying like a leaf in the wind felt very precarious.

“War… Wardanaz. I, I’ve never sailed a boat in weather like this…!”

“Angrago. Don’t make weak sounds. You have to do it!”

I’ll be going now.

The Skeleton Principal annoyingly took the Death Knights and ran across the water, passing through the school gate.

Lee Han ignored him and cheered on Angrago.

“Angrago. I believe in you!”

“But if the waves are this rough…”

Smack!

“I said believe, you bastard. Will you believe or won’t you?”

“I, I’ll believe!”

“…”

Bartrek, who was rowing beside them, almost got touched for a moment but stopped. Then he rowed hard while watching Lee Han’s expression.

“The fog is blocking visibility…!”

“I’ll cast light, so concentrate!”

“Waves! Waves are coming! Water is getting in the boat…!”

“I’ll bail out the water, so concentrate!”

“No good! Even rain is…”

“I’ll put up an ice barrier above! Go forward!”

“There’s a hole in the boat!”

“I blocked it! Sail again!”

“…”

Giselle and Bartrek quietly kept their mouths shut and rowed.

With each exchange of conversation, they somehow ended up rowing more earnestly.

“Aren’t you guys rowing too hard without rest? Why don’t you rest a bit and take turns?”

“N, no, Wardanaz. We can row more!”

Lee Han, who had barely caught his breath, was puzzled by his friends rowing too earnestly beside him.

It was good that they were rowing hard, but were they okay?

“The castle gate!”

-Why are new students wandering around in weather like this??

The Death Knight guarding the castle gate let Lee Han’s group pass while looking flustered.

Since the forests, gardens, and paths that originally showed the way were invisible, Lee Han headed toward the main building.

“Left side. Angrago! Turn left!”

The ferry cut through the fierce current and moved forward.

In the distance, one tower could be seen rising tall even from underwater. Being a building protected by magic, it remained elevated without swaying even in the flood.

When the entrance came into view, hope returned to the faces of the exhausted White Tiger Tower students.

“More! Faster!”

“The evil lich captain shouted to his crew with magic…”

“Is now really the situation to sing that sea shanty? Seriously??!”

“S, sorry.”

Angrago, who had tried to sing a song that sailors in his hometown used when rowing, stopped awkwardly at his friends’ criticism.

“Open the door!!”

Lee Han shouted loudly. Then friends inside the tower hurriedly opened the door.

“Get in! Quickly! The boat can’t hold much longer!”

The boat the Skeleton Principal had made had been creaking since earlier. If Lee Han hadn’t reinforced it, it would have collapsed immediately.

The White Tiger Tower friends hurriedly jumped into the tower entrance following Lee Han.

“We’re alive…!”

When they felt solid ground under their feet, the White Tiger Tower students felt moved like sailors who had finished a long voyage.

Until they noticed the Blue Dragon Tower students staring at them intently.

“…”

“…”

“War, Wardanaz… we, we fought risking our lives together, but you’re abandoning us like this…?”

“…What nonsense are you talking about. We just came to the nearest tower for now.”

Lee Han glared at the White Tiger Tower friends with an irritated voice.

These bastards, after he saved them, they’re talking nonsense…

* * *

While the White Tiger Tower students rested in awkward positions in front of the fireplace, Lee Han first tried to understand the situation.

“We prepared quite a bit but it was completely meaningless…”

“Mother Nature is mighty…!”

“All the luggage we left outside got blown away…”

“Right now the tower common room is also filling with water so we barely got it out…”

“Could you please speak one at a time?”

When his friends complained with a feeling like ‘Einroguard, we wish you’d fix these things,’ Lee Han was flustered.

Lee Han wasn’t the principal, after all.

“The common room is flooded too? But this place should be protected by magic?”

“When the rain and wind hit hard, some water gets in.”

“…”

Lee Han somehow felt the Skeleton Principal’s malice.

Of course, it could be that holes had formed after magic accumulated for a very long time…

‘Surely he’s not deliberately letting in uncomfortable external elements that aren’t life-threatening.’

“Right now we’re dividing into groups to bail out the water that’s risen in the tower.”

“You’re working hard.”

Just then, Blue Dragon Tower students who had finished work on the opposite side appeared.

Gainando, who was at the front, looked completely like a drowned mouse.

“This is a cursed school.”

“You just slipped and fell…”

“This is a cursed school, I tell you.”

“Honestly, the Imperial Princess did all the work…”

Even as they said this, his friends rubbed Gainando down with towels like catching a mouse.

Gainando, who had been screaming like a mouse being caught, saw Lee Han and shouted.

“Lee Han!!”

“Oh. Good work.”

“This is a completely cursed school! I…”

Gainando pushed away the towel and passionately gave a speech about how much he had suffered, why he hadn’t backed down despite it all, and therefore why he deserved to eat snacks.

Even if there were a place to give a speech about imperial succession, he probably wouldn’t be this enthusiastic.

“Y-yes. Good work.”

“???”

Adenart, who arrived last after waving her staff to sweep the bailed water out the window, looked at Gainando in confusion.

During the work, he had just fallen and rolled around doing the dog paddle?

“I also worked…”

“Let’s organize the luggage we brought first. Who has the ledger of supplies that got blown away?”

“Here it is.”

“Thanks. Yoner.”

“…”

As the topic quickly moved on, the Imperial Princess glared at Gainando with resentful eyes.

Gainando, who noticed belatedly, asked his friends in confusion.

“Why is Adenart glaring at me?”

“How badly must you have worked for that kind Imperial Princess to act like that. Tsk.”

His friends scolded Gainando. Gainando felt very wronged.

“N-no. I did my best… And if she glares like that for poor work, isn’t that unsuitable as the next ruler of the Empire? There will be citizens who work poorly too, right?”

‘You’re also royalty, you crazy bastard…’

The Blue Dragon Tower students were speechless at their friend naturally giving up his succession rights.

“It’s okay. Gainando. The Imperial Princess is kind, so if you work well next time, she’ll forgive you.”

“What if I make mistakes next time too?”

“It’s okay. If you make mistakes next time too, we’ll throw you out the window.”

“…I just won’t do it. Just won’t do it.”

Gainando resolved that next time he would definitely work hard in front of Adenart without fooling around.

Adenart had an easily appeased personality, so she would surely forgive him!

“Food goes here. Drinks go there. Fabric goes in the back. Don’t put reagents on the floor. It’s troublesome if they get wet. Oh right.”

Lee Han moved toward the inner part of the common room. Then he took out a bundle from the highest pantry.

Gainando’s eyes sparkled as he saw the bundle wrapped in oiled paper and waterproof magic-treated leather.

Was it food?

“Thank goodness. The books are fine.”

“…”

Gainando’s face became as sad as the rainy season.

“It was… books…?”

“Yeah.”

“No… did books… need to be… stored like that…?”

Gainando felt dejected remembering how he had done his absolute best in every way to protect that bundle.

He had even checked on it when waking up at night just in case…

“When the rainy season comes, books naturally get ruined first. If you lose books, you have to copy them again – do you want to do that?”

“That’s…”

“But still…”

The Blue Dragon Tower students rarely agreed with Gainando on anything, but this time they agreed a little.

Couldn’t they lose a few textbooks??

If they lost them, they could just not study…

Swoooooosh-

“Water’s coming in from below again!!”

“!!!”

The students’ faces changed.

Again, after they had just bailed out the water?

As the Imperial Princess tried to get up, Gainando blocked her way and shouted.

“This time I’ll go alone!”

“…”

While the Imperial Princess was speechless from disbelief, Gainando sent a winking look.

The Imperial Princess began to suspect whether this half-brother was provoking her.

She had no intention of engaging in petty rivalry and quarrels, but if he was provoking her like this, that was a different story.

“This is happening too frequently. This is serious.”

“Is it too much even for your abilities, Wardanaz?”

Angrago asked with disgust.

Lee Han had just bailed out an ocean’s worth of water from the ship earlier.

If the sailors had seen it, they would have cried and tried to scout him.

If even Lee Han found it difficult…

“No. I can handle it, but if this keeps happening consecutively in other towers too, it’s meaningless. I can’t block them all.”

‘…Is he insane…?’

Angrago thought to himself at Lee Han naturally assuming he would take care of all four towers.

But he couldn’t say it out loud.

If he did, his friends would bury Angrago underwater for the crime of being presumptuous, and only White Tiger Tower would be excluded.

“Are the private rooms fine right now?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

“Everyone put important items in your private rooms before coming out. Let’s evacuate with only necessary luggage.”

“…Where to??”

* * *

The Skeleton Principal burst into laughter when a dimensional gate opened above the stairs on the third floor of the main building.

Sure enough, a waterfall poured out, sending an unfortunate third-year student sliding down like on a water slide.

-Damn■ Einroguard■ cursed■…!

He seemed to be shouting something, but the Skeleton Principal ignored it and nodded with satisfaction.

Unable to even block water like that. Still far to go! Haha!

-Master?

What is it?

-Your disciple is moving with the first-year students.

…Huh?

The Skeleton Principal was slightly flustered by the unexpected report.

Moving around with students in this weather.

He had expected them to frantically bail out water like blocking enemies swarming inside the tower…

At least inside the tower would be the safest, wouldn’t it?

Right now, the places that were still intact during this great flood were the school buildings protected by magic.

But the protection only extended to the buildings, not the students. You could tell by seeing that 3rd year student get blown away just now.

At least the tower served as the students’ dormitory, so the private rooms had some protection…

The Death Knight glanced at the Skeleton Principal, then cautiously reported.

-He… seems to be taking the other tower students… to the library. It looks like he’ll be staying at the library for a while…

…

The Skeleton Principal honestly felt admiration beyond anger.

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