Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 443

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 443

“What did you say?”

Lee Han, who was sitting on the Tanzhuer, asked in confusion.

Perfect score…

“It’s not a perfect score! It’s not perfect, so everyone come in!”

Professor Rozine hurriedly covered the demon’s mouth and called the students.

The exam hadn’t even started yet and he was arbitrarily giving perfect scores!

Why was he doing that?

“That’s my job! The exam hasn’t even started yet!”

But at that level, there’s no point in taking the exam…

Oripulas felt genuinely wronged.

He had tried to reduce the work out of consideration for Professor Rozine!

“The exam must be taken.”

Surely, mage. Are you also someone who follows unnecessary formalities just because they’re customs?

“…There are still many unconfirmed parts.”

Professor Rozine was unwavering.

Of course, she somewhat understood why Oripulas had just shouted about a perfect score.

Just controlling such a high-level Tanzhuer smoothly and arriving in front of the lecture hall was already sufficiently impressive.

However, the midterm evaluation had more than one assessment item and required a comprehensive review of various aspects.

“First, where and in what situation did you discover it…”

Where did you meet?

“Lee Han summoned it with the prie… priests.”

Perfect score!! Perfect score!!!

Oripulas clapped his hands in admiration.

Though he had been bound to work for the Imperial Mages for over a hundred years, such amazing sights were rare.

“I told you to stay quiet!”

Professor Rozine gritted her teeth and covered Oripulas’s mouth. The contract binding the demon activated, and Oripulas’s tongue stuck to the ceiling.

Mmph! Mmph!

“…How did you all make the contract?”

Professor Rozine tried to move on but couldn’t resist asking.

Honestly, she was too curious.

Let’s say summoning was possible due to really good luck.

Of course, this was also hard to understand right now…

But how on earth did they make the contract?

‘If it’s a contract that allows such control over a Tanzhuer, what kind of contract is it?’

“Lee Han asked, ‘Do you want to attack the Principal’s office? Or will you help us?’ So it said it would help.”

Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!

Oripulas, with his mouth blocked, applauded with a moved expression.

For a student who had studied for one semester to demonstrate such advanced techniques.

The advanced technique of proposing choices that the summoned being could barely manage but didn’t want to choose, then guiding them to the real choice.

It was that technique that made naive and inexperienced beings from other dimensions develop mage phobia after being tricked once.

“…Student Lee Han doesn’t need to take the midterm, so just observe from the side.”

“Yes? What did I do wrong?”

Lee Han, who was wiping off water, was flustered.

Professor Rozine, who usually praised students with an energetic voice, looked so exhausted.

‘Did I make some mistake?’

* * *

Fortunately, he hadn’t.

After understanding the situation, Lee Han sympathized with Professor Rozine’s guidance.

“The Principal is really too much.”

“Of, of course the Principal has his thoughts!”

The exhausted Professor Rozine came to her senses at Lee Han’s words.

A professor’s role was to stop students from badmouthing the Principal, not to encourage it.

“He must have thoughts. Thoughts of causing students pain.”

“…”

Professor Rozine wondered if Lee Han had been hit by the Skeleton Principal.

-Grrrrrowl mage! Grrrrrowl kill!

“I… I’m not the one who caged you, so why are you doing this to me! I, I’ll call Lee Han!”

Gainando turned pale and shouted at the monster trapped in the cage.

Of course, the monster didn’t recognize Lee Han’s name and howled fiercely.

Hmm… Threats are a good choice, but you should have used a name the other party would know.

Oripulas gave advice while scoring from the side.

If it’s a name the other party doesn’t know, you should at least provide an explanation so they can guess.

“Be, behind me is a crazy friend who takes all magic schools at Einroguard!”

-Grrrrrowl kill! Grrrrrowl!

Unfortunately, the monster didn’t understand. Oripulas finished scoring with disappointment.

Next!

“I see that you seem to like gems, and I brought some gems with me. If you would contract with me, next week I’ll bring the same amount of gems…”

Quickly grasping the other party’s likes and dislikes is also important work. You’ve improved a lot.

“Th, thank you.”

However, such beings are greedy and don’t like promises of regular payments. Of course, sometimes they do accept, but that’s actually more dangerous. Some try to kill the contractor and cut open the goose’s belly to get the gold.

“…”

While the students were taking their exam, Lee Han approached the Tanzhuer that was splashing and drinking water in the hallway in front of the classroom.

Then he asked.

“Are you alright?”

…

The Tanzhuer didn’t answer. It seemed slightly sulky.

“Um, when this exam is over, we need to move to the next lecture location.”

…Need strength… need to recover strength…

The Tanzhuer made gurgling sounds as if genuinely displeased and spat water to the side.

Lee Han could sense the subtle hint that it wanted to rest somehow and hoped he would understand.

“Recovery, huh. Lord Oripulas. Is there any way to help the Swallower of Ships recover?”

Oripulas, who was evaluating students, quickly rushed over at Lee Han’s call.

Most tasks requested by Imperial Mages were boring, so he had to fully enjoy such entertaining moments when they came.

When would he see a young mage using a Tanzhuer through contract again?

As a demon, such comedic moments were sweet happiness.

Recovery! It’s easy but difficult work. A corpse from when it was alive would be good, or do you have any reagents left from the summoning?

“We used everything during the summoning.”

That’s unfortunate. But it can’t be helped.

To summon a giant monster like a Tanzhuer, it would be more surprising if there were reagents left.

Oripulas wasn’t surprised.

‘Huh?’

Professor Rozine, who was listening from the side, fell into doubt.

Where did the first-year students get the reagents for summoning a Tanzhuer?

‘It wouldn’t be easy to obtain, would it?’

This is somewhat delicate to bring up, but… what about mana? I remember you having a lot of mana…

Oripulas was cautious, befitting a gentlemanly demon.

For a mage, mana is like life itself.

No matter how much mana one had, it wasn’t easy to restore the strength of a massive monster like Tanzhuer.

“Mana would be enough?!”

Lee Han was startled.

Such a simple method?

I don’t know why you’re surprised, but it’s possible if the quality and quantity are sufficient.

“Would it be possible to restore even more? From this current incomplete spirit state…”

Tanzhuer suddenly began coughing and spewing water from its mouth and back.

Being an excellent spirit beast, it instinctively sensed danger.

That’s impossible. Recovery beyond the form when summoned goes against the laws.

“That’s unfortunate.”

More importantly, are you really okay? Right now we should be talking about normal recovery, not recovery beyond limits…

Normal recovery already looked difficult, yet he was saying such things.

Oripulas was worried.

If this young mage collapsed and Tanzhuer was freed from the contract, how disappointing that would be.

“It’s fine. Ship Swallower. I’m grateful for your dedication, and I’ll offer my mana to restore you.”

Don’t do that…

Before Tanzhuer could finish speaking, mana began to move.

Tanzhuer’s bones, which had been drooping from exhaustion, gradually began to glow, and the color of its spirit-composed flesh regained vitality.

…

“Are you recovered?”

Tanzhuer didn’t answer. Instead, Oripulas answered for it.

You’ll become an excellent summoner. Please torment other beings for a long, long time.

* * *

When the exam ended, the students lined up to board Tanzhuer.

The exhausted Tanzhuer didn’t respond to any of the students’ words of thanks and kept its mouth tightly shut.

“Everyone did really well!! To accomplish this much in such harsh conditions, you’ll surely do even better in other situations!!”

Professor Rozine energetically saw off the students who had finished their exam.

The struggling students deserved to receive such words.

Professor Flywark. Did you take the box from the 47th Phantom Storehouse?

“Yes. I needed it to cage the Heart Eater…”

I wonder if it was necessary to use such an expensive one for the blockheads…

The Skeleton Principal, who had been floating down, was shocked to see Tanzhuer summoned in front of the lecture hall, waiting pitifully.

Good skeleton! What is that?!

“???”

“??????”

The students waiting in line were confused by the Skeleton Principal’s scream.

“Principal. That’s… Tanzhuer. Don’t you know Tanzhuer?”

The Skeleton Principal hung Gainando upside down with just a look. Gainando screamed in frustration while hanging upside down.

Who on earth got Tanzhuer from where?!

“…We don’t know!”

“We have nothing to do with it!”

The students bravely stood their ground.

One thing they had learned at Einroguard was ‘if there’s no evidence, stubbornly deny it.’

But the Skeleton Principal hadn’t asked because he didn’t know in the first place.

Wardanaz!

“Yes?”

How on earth did you get it?

“I don’t know what you mean?”

…

The Skeleton Principal almost broke the ‘innocent until caught’ principle he had repeatedly told the students and grabbed his disciple by the collar.

Just like whose disciple he is…

I’m not angry, so confess honestly. I’m asking out of pure curiosity.

“I don’t know what you mean. We just encountered Tanzhuer while it was drifting.”

…Beagle? You had Beagle get it for you, right?

The Skeleton Principal asked the question like leading interrogation.

However, the disciple before him was not to be underestimated. He answered without any change in expression.

“I don’t know what you mean…”

…

The Skeleton Principal glared at Lee Han with suspicious eyes.

This wasn’t because he was upset about losing Tanzhuer.

Well, of course that was also absurd…

‘How on earth did he get into the faculty lounge and steal it?’

What the Skeleton Principal wanted to know was the method.

If he couldn’t figure that out, the faculty lounge could be breached again.

Beagle… it must be Beagle. There’s no one else but Beagle.

The Skeleton Principal spoke half-convinced, half-probing.

Lee Han said nothing. It was best to stay quiet at times like this.

Very excellent. But remember this. Tanzhuer is a very fierce beast…

The Skeleton Principal, who was about to curse something out of frustration, looked at Tanzhuer waiting dejectedly.

It was properly bound by the contract and doing all sorts of menial tasks.

That stupid fool! How can you still call yourself a spirit beast of the sea?!

Tanzhuer spewed water with a sad expression at the sudden insult from the archmage.

It was already miserable enough…

Fine. I’ll acknowledge this time. But someday… someday you’ll fall into a trap too. Do you understand?

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Hmph. We’ll see then. I’ll prepare the most boring and tedious spot in the punishment room just for you!

The Skeleton Principal made ominous sounds as he disappeared into the distance.

The students behind thought to themselves.

‘…the faculty lounge…’

‘…he robbed it??’

While the friends were in shock at this unbelievable thought, Oripulas spoke up.

Full marks, full marks…!

“Shh. Be quiet.”

Professor Rozine glanced at the flying Skeleton Principal and made Oripulas shut up.

Provoking the thoroughly irritated Skeleton Principal wasn’t a good idea.

‘So that’s where he got the materials needed to summon Tanzhuer…’

Professor Rozine quietly drew another + next to the A+.

It was a sign of respect for an outstanding student.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————