Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 469

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Chapter 469

“Wa, Wardanaz?”

“Yeah. Have you been well?”

Lee Han looked around the room.

From what he could see, it seemed far from being a punishment room.

‘Well, Professor Kraer isn’t the Skeleton Principal, so he wouldn’t torment a student he recruited for an exam.’

“Uh… that… well…”

Shailes panicked and rolled his eyes around.

If he returned to his Black Turtle Tower friends like this, he felt like he’d get an earful.

-You bastard, don’t you have any loyalty? Trying to survive on your own!

-Do you know how worried we were because of you! You should have left at least one clue!

“Don’t worry. I’ll tell the other friends that you suffered.”

Lee Han read Shailes’ inner thoughts and spoke.

Shailes was moved to tears.

“Wardanaz…!”

“If I need to borrow a Richmond family carriage during vacation later, give me a discount.”

“What a joke. I could even lend it to you for free.”

“I’m not joking though?”

“…Is, is this also a joke?”

Ponrig made a fierce growling sound.

It was a question asking whether to drop this clueless boy.

Being a horse beastman himself and having cared for many mounts due to his transportation guild family’s nature, Shailes trembled as if sensing danger.

“Why, why is it acting like this?”

“It seems to like you.”

“That… doesn’t seem likely.”

Shailes knew well what kind of monster a griffin was.

Even compared to hippogriffs or pegasuses that were often mentioned together, griffins were extremely difficult to tame due to their fierce nature and cunning intelligence.

With the griffin acting like this, Shailes couldn’t be sure whether Wardanaz had truly tamed the griffin or if the griffin was deceiving Wardanaz.

“Wardanaz… well… you know. It’s not that I’m ignoring you at all… but don’t you know that griffins are originally fierce and good at tricks?”

Ponrig made a low growling sound.

It was absurd enough that the master he had devoted his loyalty to had belatedly trusted him, but now some boy was sowing discord, which was very irritating.

“Hmm.”

At Shailes’ words, Lee Han looked down at Ponrig.

Since he was in such a hurry, he had used a curse-breaking potion to temporarily lift the curse and brought him along, but now hearing Shailes’ words, Ponrig suddenly seemed particularly fierce.

Usually he mostly saw him in horse form, so he might not have known.

Ponrig made loud sounds by clicking his beak with eyes full of indignation.

Even though he had been a bit prickly at first, he had always been loyal since then, yet to be doubted by one word from such a young brat!

“No. Ponrig is good. …Probably.”

Ponrig nodded happily then paused. He felt somewhat uneasy.

“Anyway, get on quickly. I need to prepare for the next exam.”

Shailes glanced at Ponrig then hurriedly climbed on.

The griffin was scary, but actually Wardanaz was equally frightening. After coming all this way to rescue him, if he kept talking back, he might become scarier than the griffin.

“But Wardanaz, how did you find out where I was?”

“With divination magic.”

“…Huh? Is that possible?”

Shailes tilted his head.

Divination basically became exponentially more difficult when there was little information or clues and the target was protected by magic.

Shailes naturally thought Wardanaz had found this area with a few clues and then only used divination magic to find out which floor of the tower he was confined on.

“I didn’t have time because of other exams, so I just kept repeating it infinitely until it worked. Then this place came up.”

“…”

Shailes made a shocked expression behind Lee Han’s back.

It was an unimaginably crude method.

There were side effects and reactions each time divination magic was used, but he had just kept hammering away at it continuously until it worked.

“Is… is that even okay??”

“I have to take other exams too, so time is short. Can’t help it. Let’s go quickly.”

“No, just because you don’t have time doesn’t mean you should do this kind of thing…”

To act so drastically just because there wasn’t time to study for exams.

If he had been a little more pressed for time, it was frightening to imagine what he might have done.

“Wait. Then where did the griffin come from?”

“I temporarily transformed a horse the professor lent me.”

“…You’re, you’re joking, right? This too?”

Click-

The door to the room where Shailes had been confined opened and Professor Paselette entered.

The professor, who had opened the door to give him a snack, was dumbfounded at the sight of the half-destroyed window and asked.

“…Why, why did you break it?”

“…”

Lee Han was slightly flustered by that question.

Huh?

‘Wasn’t breaking in and rescuing him part of the exam?’

Thinking about it carefully, the professor had told him to locate and report the position, not to rescue him.

He had just habitually broken the window and entered.

‘Hmm. If I say this as is, I’ll seem too crazy.’

Lee Han was thinking if there was a good excuse when his eyes met Ponrig’s.

“Perhaps…”

Ponrig cried pleadingly, asking him not to use him as an excuse.

* * *

“Anyway, you did well… you did well.”

Lee Han bowed his head in embarrassment at having destroyed the examination hall when asked to solve an exam problem.

However, Professor Paselette didn’t seem to mind much.

‘Thank goodness. What a kind professor.’

“Then I’ll be going now…”

“That’s why I said I should teach differently!!!”

“!?”

“!”

Lee Han and Shailes were startled by the professor suddenly shouting in a different voice.

Ponrig cried lowly with eyes full of wariness.

“Professor?”

“Ah. Don’t mind it. Don’t mind…”

“How can we not mind!!!”

“…”

‘I want to go home.’

Shailes thought to himself.

Being caught in the middle of two professors (though it was actually one person) arguing was more uncomfortable than expected.

“Just because he’s still a 1st year, we can leave him be a bit…”

“Geniuses should be taught differently! It’s because we’re teaching like this now that he’s protesting like that!”

“Well, that’s… divination magic is dangerous so…”

Even the timid personality came out to join the argument.

Lee Han hesitated at the sight of the professor’s three personalities arguing with each other.

‘Wait. This is dangerous.’

It wasn’t dangerous that the professor was having a split personality fight. In fact, by Einroguard standards, this didn’t even qualify as dangerous.

What was dangerous was the content of their conversation.

The professor’s radical personality was advocating for even stronger teaching methods than before.

“Look! How bored must he be to complain like this!”

“…No. I was wrong to break it. I misunderstood the problem…”

“Don’t worry too much. It’s not because you broke something. This is an ongoing debate from before.”

Professor Paselette’s words weren’t very comforting.

To think that the professor’s personalities had been debating how to teach in Lee Han’s absence.

From experience, students should participate in discussions about their own educational process.

Why were they talking among themselves and making decisions without the person involved?

“Then, then… let’s compromise…”

‘What kind of compromise are you trying to make?’

Lee Han cheered for Professor Paselette’s normal personality.

Since the radical and timid personalities were saying ‘let’s teach more intensively,’ the only one he could trust was the normal personality.

“If we force the teaching, it’ll backfire.”

Lee Han nodded.

“That’s only true for mediocre students! Do you think he’s ordinary?”

Lee Han shook his head.

“Certainly, he’s a bit…”

‘That personality isn’t timid, it’s just weak.’

Lee Han secretly resented the professor’s timid personality for being swept along by the radical one.

If you’re going to be a personality, you should firmly push your own opinions instead of losing to other personalities.

At least it was fortunate that the professor’s normal personality was holding out…

“Think about it. All the other lectures are rapidly advancing through high-level advanced courses, but if only divination magic is stuck throwing stones, would students find it interesting? Or would they quit? No matter how much we don’t need disciples, there are exceptions! Even stubborn people like Professor Knighton are changing after seeing other professors!”

“??????”

Lee Han doubted his ears.

What did he just say?

“Alright. Alright.”

“I’ll acknowledge it…”

“…”

Lee Han looked at the professor with bitter eyes.

So it ended like this after all.

Even now, divination magic wasn’t particularly easy, but thinking about how much harder it would get after midterms made his heart feel cold.

‘Is it my fault? Was smashing the tower’s windows such a grave mistake?’

“Wardanaz.”

Shailes, who was beside him, spoke up.

“Well… cheer up.”

“…Let’s just leave.”

The path back with Shailes was as dark and gloomy as Lee Han’s mood.

The two loaded Ponrig onto the boat (Ponrig had returned with his transformation undone) and slowly glided across the water.

Shailes suddenly remembered and asked.

“Wardanaz, don’t you still have to take the illusion magic exam?”

Come to think of it, wasn’t the place where Shailes had been trapped Professor Kirmin Ku’s tower?

Shailes didn’t take illusion magic, but Wardanaz was different.

“I took the exam and then came to rescue you.”

“Huh?”

Shailes wondered what he meant.

“Isn’t the exam still in progress?”

While Shailes was trapped, first-year students were challenging the illusion magic exam below the tower.

Professor Kirmin had placed nightmares received from Mac throughout the tower and pushed students to overcome them.

For an illusion mage, the ability to cast illusion magic wasn’t the only important thing. Mental strength to not be consumed by illusions was also crucial.

Since how they overcame those nightmares was important, students were still screaming and enduring…

But Wardanaz said he took the exam and came to rescue him??

“I expected it would end quickly. Fortunately, it did end quickly. Well, go in, Shailes. I have to go take the remaining magic exams.”

“Wardanaz. I hate to interfere, but I think you should reduce the number of lectures you’re taking…”

* * *

“It’s over! Hooray!!”

“Finally finished!”

“Hey. Wardanaz is watching. Pick up your books quickly, you bastard.”

When he returned to the library, students who had finished all their midterms for the week were throwing books and cheering.

Lee Han grabbed the White Tiger Tower student who threw books and tossed him aside, clicking his tongue.

‘Really, students who don’t study are the worst.’

Looking now, Blue Dragon Tower and Phoenix Tower students were looking dejected, regretting how they could have done better, while White Tiger Tower students were just excited that it was over.

“Wardanaz… do you, do you have any exams left on the weekend?”

“No.”

“Wow!!!! It’s over!!!! Hooray!!!!”

Friends who confirmed that Lee Han also had no remaining exams threw their books with relief.

Some friends played crude drums and performed songs of joy.

‘…Won’t Mac get angry?’

Lee Han suddenly felt sorry for Mac while watching his rampaging friends.

Making such a ruckus might make Mac angry and come running…

“Wait… I think there’s one exam left.”

At Lee Han’s words, friends who were about to unpack their stored food and open wine barrels hesitated.

Huh?

“What, what’s left?”

“Is it dark magic?”

“I think dark magic ended last time?”

“Then enchantment magic?”

“Enchantment magic probably ended last time too.”

“What about summoning magic?”

“Summoning magic also…”

Friends who were trying to guess gave up and looked at Lee Han.

They meant for him to just tell them.

“Isn’t there still the Basic Dance and Advanced Social Skills lecture exam left?”

At Lee Han’s question, friends stayed quiet for a moment then burst into laughter.

“That doesn’t have an exam!”

“Right. You just go tomorrow, dance happily, and it’s over.”

“…”

Lee Han frowned and looked at his excited friends.

“What’s wrong, Lee Han?”

“Shouldn’t the dance and social skills lecture also raise the exam difficulty a bit…”

“…”

Yoner, who had brought lemonade in a glass, looked at Lee Han with disgust.

What kind of nonsense was he spouting about one of the few relaxing lectures!

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