Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 451

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Chapter 451

‘Haven’t I adapted to Einroguard too much?’

Where had the lone wolf-like hunter from the Shadow Patrol gone, leaving only a seasoned Einroguard student behind?

When Nilia backed down, the Black Turtle Tower students were very disappointed.

“Ah… I thought it might work if we did it right…!”

“Wouldn’t silver coins have been better?”

“A proposal that wouldn’t work because of money wouldn’t have worked on Wardanaz, who isn’t even one of us.”

“I thought there was a high chance it would work since Nilia is close with the Blue Dragon Tower kids.”

Flinch!

Lee Han clearly saw Nilia flinch and glance around at her friends’ expressions.

“…Nilia. Wait a moment.”

“Huh? Why? What is it?”

“The Blue Dragon Tower kids were looking for you. They must be having a hard time without you.”

“…Huh? Really↗?”

Even though she tried to hide it, she couldn’t conceal the rising tone of her voice or her ears perking up slightly.

“Of course. Without you, half the Blue Dragon Tower kids would starve to death. I know you’re busy because of the Black Turtle Tower friends, but please pay them some attention.”

Nilia nodded with the most dignified expression she could manage.

“Ha. Oh no! I didn’t think that far ahead.”

“It happens.”

Behind them, the Black Turtle Tower students looked at Nilia with admiring faces.

Nilia, whom even the Blue Dragon Tower students from great noble families relied on and respected, was an object of admiration among her friends.

A noble hunter from the Shadow Patrol who came down from the distant northern mountains, on a completely different level from them!

Hearing the conversation just now only increased their respect.

“At the ball last time, she didn’t even blink an eye. She didn’t move a muscle.”

“To Nilia, who’s been through all kinds of hardships, a ball probably looked like child’s play, right?”

“…”

Nilia perked up her ears listening to the conversation, then whispered to Lee Han.

“But did the Blue Dragon Tower kids really look for me?”

“Well…”

“…Thanks anyway.”

Nilia nodded as if she had expected as much and expressed her gratitude to Lee Han.

* * *

Wednesday morning.

After helping Anfargon finish supervising the students’ enchantment magic midterm exam, Lee Han came outside to prepare for the next test.

“Hmm…”

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“Something a senior said was a bit strange.”

Lee Han explained what had happened to Yoner, who was casting his fishing line beside him.

Since all his friends knew he had helped supervise the enchantment magic exam with Anfargon, that wasn’t surprising, but what Anfargon said after the exam was a bit odd.

“What did he say?”

“He said it would be better to be careful because it gets troublesome when rumors spread among other seniors about having an outstanding junior…”

Lee Han couldn’t understand it.

First of all, Lee Han had already made his name known among the seniors since the first semester.

Just from what Senior Diret and Senior Ogoldos had said before, there were quite a few seniors who knew Lee Han’s name.

‘Wasn’t it already too late? Huh? Is it not too late yet?’

“Maybe only the dark magic school seniors know about it?”

Lee Han offered a slightly hopeful prediction.

Since the dark magic school seniors would basically have unfortunate social relationships, it wouldn’t be strange if they hadn’t told others about Lee Han.

‘Huh?’

Yoner caught a trout and threw it into the creel, then looked puzzled.

From what he had heard, the enchantment magic school seniors seemed to have equally unfortunate social relationships.

In Yoner’s view, the enchantment magic school seniors seemed to have narrower human relationships than the dark magic school seniors.

At least the dark magic school seniors had enough social skills to cooperate with friends from other schools to summon the Frost Giant King to the school.

Though he wasn’t sure if that was a positive thing…

‘Maybe the enchantment magic school senior was mistaken?’

“Yoner. Yoner. Are you listening? It seems like only the dark magic seniors know. Then surprisingly, other seniors might not be very interested.”

Lee Han was delighted.

He didn’t want to receive unnecessary attention beyond what was needed.

“Yeah… uh-huh.”

Yoner couldn’t bring himself to tell his friend what he was thinking inside, seeing how happy he was.

“Wardanaz! Come down quickly!”

“?”

Lee Han, who was sitting on the Tanzhuer, turned his head.

The White Tiger Tower friends who had left earlier to take the swordsmanship test were splashing and swimming in the water.

“Why are you guys doing that there?”

“What do you mean? We have to take the test!”

“…??”

Lee Han was momentarily confused.

‘Shouldn’t swordsmanship be tested on solid ground?’

Since the subject was what it was, he naturally thought it would be done on hard ground.

“Don’t tell me you’re taking the test in the water?”

“Yeah. We have to steal a ship.”

“Hurry up and get in! It’s hard without you!”

“You need to put away things like the Tanzhuer or ships. Put it away and come in.”

“…How do I know you’re not tricking me?”

At Lee Han’s suspicious gaze, the White Tiger Tower students got upset and shouted.

“Would we all be doing this here just to trick you?!”

“Just hurry up and get in!”

Some of the White Tiger Tower students who were shouting angrily suddenly thought to themselves.

‘Huh? If we could trick Wardanaz once, wouldn’t that be worth doing?’

Come to think of it, it would be a profitable deal.

* * *

The Knights of the White Poplar Knight Order who had come to help with the exam were bewildered by the sight of Einroguard completely flooded.

“Shouldn’t we stop the rain and drain the water first?”

“Unfortunately, the Principal said it would be difficult.”

“What? That can’t be right. I know that Duke Gonadaltes once dried up seawater before, so a flood of this level…”

Professor Ingoldel quickly changed the subject.

Talking about this topic for long would only result in the outside knights badmouthing Einroguard.

“Turning crisis into opportunity is also a knight’s virtue. There’s nothing to worry about. We can take the exam even in this environment.”

“Ah. Are you taking the exam indoors?”

The knights looked at the professor as if that was a really good idea.

If taken indoors, they could properly assess swordsmanship skills even in this flooded situation.

“The indoors are also severely flooded right now… We’ve prepared a ship here.”

Professor Ingoldel pointed behind him.

A sleek warship with quite an agile appearance was waiting behind them.

“Aha! Having students compete in swordsmanship up there…!”

“I’m thinking of having the students swim and try to steal this ship.”

“…”

The knights were momentarily speechless.

The young apprentice knights behind them whispered among themselves.

-Isn’t that too harsh?

-In this weather, telling them to swim and steal a ship is a bit…

Professor Ingoldel herself didn’t notice, but from an outside perspective, Professor Ingoldel was already a perfectly fine Einroguard professor.

* * *

“…Let’s all come up with a plan first.”

Lee Han floated on the water and talked with the White Tiger Tower students.

Three to a team, without using magic, swimming with bare bodies, to steal one warship located at a designated spot.

It was a simple but unbelievable test.

‘Has Professor Ingoldel finally been completely corrupted by Einroguard?’

Lee Han felt sorry.

Professor Ingoldel had been someone who maintained some boundaries…

“What, what? Why is everyone in the water?”

“Get in. Quickly.”

The students who entered later than Lee Han were dumbfounded when they heard the test content.

“Where’s the ship?”

“You see the reef and peak over there on the sea?”

“That’s not a reef, it’s the stables, and that’s not a peak, it’s a tower…”

“Anyway, if you go around that way, there’s supposed to be a warship.”

“Then why are we doing this here?”

“…To hear Wardanaz’s plan?”

“What are you saying!”

Dukema shouted as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Of course it’s every man for himself. Do you think we’d take orders from Wardanaz!? Wardanaz is a competitor too!”

“Hey. Wait! At least listen to what he has to say…”

“You guys can do that! Let’s go! We’ll plant the flag first!”

Dukema began swimming vigorously with his team members. Lee Han watched their retreating figures with pity.

‘They’re just leaving like that when I haven’t even decided how to use them yet!’

As Dukema and his friends disappeared around the stables—no, the reef—silence momentarily lingered.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!

And fierce water spears began flying over the water’s surface.

“!!”

“Gah! Urgh! Blub! Blub blub!”

Though not sharply refined, the thick water spears had enough power to push students deep into the sea with each hit.

Dukema and his friends screamed and dove deep underwater. Then they hurriedly swam back to their friends, keeping their distance.

“What happened????”

“The ship, the knights on the ship… so unfair…!”

They had expected interference when climbing onto the ship from the deck above, but they hadn’t thought the knights would immediately fire water spears with ballistae when they hadn’t even approached yet.

Dukema and his friends coughed and spat out water.

“Thanks, Dukema. Thanks to your sacrifice, we could see what happens.”

“…Wardanaz.”

Dukema felt slightly remorseful.

That Wardanaz bastard wasn’t even a White Tiger Tower student, yet he was setting aside petty competition and emotions to focus on the problem at hand.

But Dukema himself had rebelled against that and ended up like this.

“Since you went first anyway, let’s try once more. This time, let’s split up into three…”

“…Get lost!!”

Dukema got angry and grumbled while turning his head away. Lee Han felt sorry.

“Was I too hasty?”

“I, I think so.”

Even Durgyu couldn’t bring himself to take Lee Han’s side.

When Lee Han couldn’t come up with any particular strategy, the students began murmuring restlessly.

“Wardanaz. Do you really have no strategy?”

“It seems difficult without being able to use magic.”

“Really?”

“…Do you think I can’t beat you guys just because I can’t use magic right now?”

At Lee Han’s serious question, the White Tiger Tower students who were about to doubt him flinched and backed away.

“Damn. Even Wardanaz can’t do it…”

“Well, it’s a competitive test anyway. Fine. Let’s break through on our own.”

As the students scattered across the water, Lee Han also fell into thought.

‘Can’t use underwater breathing, can’t use illusion magic, can’t use frost magic… It is difficult.’

Lee Han realized he really depended on magic much more than he thought.

Perhaps Professor Ingoldel had thrown students into this extreme situation to teach them this lesson.

Or maybe, like other Einroguard professors, she just wanted to see students suffer.

“Wait. Durgyu. Where did Moradi go?”

“You’re asking that now?”

“There were many White Tiger Tower students earlier, so I didn’t notice.”

“Moradi moved before you came, saying she’d do some scouting.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a small splashing sound from the opposite direction, and Giselle raised her head from underwater.

Lee Han shouted as if he had realized something from that sight.

“You went around the opposite direction to approach? You saw through their complacency that the path was too long for anyone to come this way! But there should still have been someone keeping watch… Ah. I get it. If you go around the opposite direction, it’s near the Logging Tower, so there’s a lot of debris floating in the water. If you disguised yourself among that debris, you could approach without being detected. Excellent, Moradi! Let’s depart right away!”

With other students currently loitering around the front and drawing attention, this was the perfect opportunity.

Lee Han began swimming in the direction Moradi had come from, not wanting to waste even a moment. Durgyu hesitated for a moment before following behind in confusion.

“…”

Giselle, who had swum at full speed to the distance and back, and was now breathing heavily while about to explain, was dumbfounded watching the two of them.

That bastard…

…what the hell is he really??

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