Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 471

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Chapter 471

‘It can’t be…?’

The Imperial Princess tried to deny reality.

However, the signs were clear.

All those times from before when Wardanaz would strangely offer her food whenever he saw her.

Originally she had dismissed it thinking ‘Wardanaz respects me like other people do,’ but thinking about it now, even that was a bit…

Where on earth did such a misunderstanding begin?

Adenart frowned and fell into thought.

Of course, she had coincidentally done a few things that could be misunderstood. And she had eaten the breakfast, lunch, and dinner that Wardanaz prepared very deliciously.

But that was merely self-restraint as a member of the Imperial Family who valued ingredients and didn’t waste them, not gluttony. It was truly unfair beyond measure.

‘Could it be because of Gainando?’

The Imperial Princess had never blamed others in her entire life, but today she found herself blaming someone else for the first time. That’s how shocking it was.

When Adenart just frowned and remained silent, Lee Han nodded as if he understood everything.

“I understand without you having to say anything. Don’t worry, I’ll pack some for you when you go back. Your followers are clueless about these things.”

Lee Han was quite generous when it came to Adenart.

Since the Imperial Princess’s followers were spread considerably throughout the Empire from top to bottom, there was nothing bad about treating her well.

When he got a job as an Imperial official later, he wanted to hear “Ah, you’re the one the Imperial Princess praised!” rather than “Eek! That Wardanaz family member the Imperial Princess mentioned…! Why are you here?!”

And humanly speaking, the Imperial Princess’s followers were also quite clueless.

When the Imperial Princess was starving, they should think “Ah, I should bring her some food,” but instead they just stared blankly thinking “She doesn’t waver in her posture at all”…

‘Honestly, the Imperial Princess’s followers become a bit like Gainando when it comes to the Imperial Princess.’

“What should I focus on packing for you? The butter cookies and tarts I brought last time were pretty good.”

Adenart, who had been determined to firmly clarify the misunderstanding about herself and regain her dignity, hesitated.

As a member of the Imperial Family excellent in all fields, she couldn’t overcome her curiosity.

“What kind of tart…”

Ding-

Lee Han released the Imperial Princess’s hand without hesitation and grabbed his next friend’s hand.

Raphadael from White Tiger Tower’s Grall family took Lee Han’s hand and then hesitated.

Then he stomped his feet loudly.

Lee Han was confused, not understanding what bizarre nonsense Raphadael was doing.

“What are you doing? Are you practicing preliminary steps because you want to step on my feet?”

“Ah, no. The Imperial Princess over there was… isn’t this how it’s done?”

Raphadael looked around again and read the mood before stopping his foot stomping.

The Imperial Princess next to him had been stomping her feet like an angry person, so he thought ‘What? Was there originally a step like this?’ but since it was something the Imperial Princess was doing, he followed along…

It seemed that wasn’t right after all.

Lee Han chuckled.

“You got fooled, Raphadael. When dancing, you should do moves you know, not look at others’ moves. The Imperial Princess did that to trick guys like you who try to copy others’ moves.”

“Grr…!”

Raphadael, who had been hit where it hurt, gritted his teeth.

Those Blue Dragon Tower great noble family bastards really had every single action connected to schemes and plots, so you couldn’t let your guard down.

“Wardanaz. Just you wait. My skills are still lacking now, but I’ll soon break through your dark magic and defeat you.”

“Sure. Work hard and defeat the Principal too.”

Nilia, who was dancing while holding the Imperial Princess’s hand, stopped and tilted her head.

“Aren’t you going to make countermeasures for summoning magic, illusion magic, enchantment magic, divination magic, transformation magic, and healing magic?”

“Shut up!”

“What? You shut up. Do you want an arrow stuck in your back?”

Ding-

“Oh. Priest Siana. Your dancing skills are no ordinary matter. I should file a complaint with the Flameng Order.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Didn’t they steal away one of the Empire’s dancers?”

There were few friends as effective at flattery as Priest Siana. Lee Han also felt pleased seeing his friend’s face brighten completely.

Of course, during that time Priest Siana had stepped on Lee Han’s feet about twice…

‘If it were White Tiger Tower guys I wouldn’t have forgiven them, but if it’s Phoenix Tower, it’s fine.’

“Did you know a new storage room was discovered on the 3rd floor of the main building?”

“Oh my! What kind of storage room?”

“It seems like a potion storage room, but this doesn’t seem to be the Principal’s storage but one the seniors use. So I’m worried…”

“It’s fine. It’s fine. The seniors will all understand too.”

“Really?”

“I met and talked with some seniors before, and they all said that.”

Lee Han spoke without batting an eye.

Whether it was senior storage or whatever, the 1st years had to survive first, didn’t they?

“I’d really like it if you could tell me whenever anything happens among the priests in the future. Since I’m deeply faithful, my heart aches when priests have problems.”

Priest Siana was the most sociable among the quiet and unsociable Phoenix Tower priests.

Since she always reliably brought information, flattery wasn’t wasted on her at all.

“Still, you like the Flameng Order a bit more, right?”

“…Water…”

Ding-

“Priest Sharucal.”

The shark beastman priest, Sharucal, was the only person who liked the spirit flood.

Not only because of his own race, but the order that served Agltakwa, god of seas and storms, was bound to be advantageous in this situation.

“Lord Wardanaz. Thanks to this flood, we gained five new believers!”

“Oh… I see.”

“It’s all thanks to you, Lord Wardanaz.”

“?”

Lee Han was puzzled.

If people gained faith because of the spirit flood, that was one thing, but why was it thanks to Lee Han?

“What did I do? Do you think I caused the spirit flood…”

“What idiot would think that?”

Priest Sharucal burst into laughter, showing his characteristic shark beastman teeth.

Lee Han glanced at the White Tiger Tower guys standing over there.

“Those guys over th… No. So why is it thanks to me?”

“Everyone was very interested in divine magic. Whether they could learn it, how long it would take, etc. So I told them about your case, Lord Wardanaz.”

“…”

Isn’t that fraud??

Ding-

“Priest Tijiling. Are you eating your meals properly? What did you have for breakfast? What about yesterday’s dinner? You didn’t fast again saying you’d live ascetically, did you? I’m also a follower of the Prising Order, but you know there’s nothing in the doctrine about fasting, right?”

“…I, I ate well. You don’t need to worry.”

Tijiling was flustered by Lee Han’s motherly worrying.

Of course, among the priests, Tijiling did tend to act more ascetically than others, but why…?

“Priest Mehrid was so worried last time. Actually, I don’t want to worry either, but he said you skipped dinner again and were absorbed in prayer.”

“How did you know that? …Priest Siana!”

However, Priest Siana, who was cheerfully stepping on Angrago’s feet in the distance, didn’t hear.

“I’m not usually someone who worries excessively or bothers people, Priest Tijiling. I’m just saying let’s pay attention to the basics.”

“It was just once in a while…”

Tijiling rarely tried to argue back, but Lee Han ignored her and just said what he wanted to say.

“Eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner isn’t that difficult a request. Actually, there’s an old story like this too. While a priest who had abstained from grains for a long time and practiced austerities collapsed, a priest next to him who ate three meals properly gained enlightenment…”

“…”

Priest Tijiling gained two realizations.

One was to never skip meals again.

And the other was that when the Wardanaz family boy had made up his mind, there was no choice but to quietly listen without arguing back.

Ding-

“Shailes.”

“Wardanaz. Thank you once again.”

“The Richmond Family won’t forget this favor, right?”

“…Huh? Our family doesn’t have that kind of family motto… Don’t people usually not forget favors?”

“I’m not trying to show off, but I invested quite a lot trying to bring Ponrig last time. That curse wasn’t ordinarily vicious…”

“Th, thank you? Wardanaz, if I’m not misunderstanding, are you indirectly telling me this because you’re worried I might forget…”

Ding-

“Rowena. I’m asking this casually, but have you missed any meals lately?”

“No. Taking care of necessary food as a knight is also an ability.”

Rowena, who was from White Tiger Tower and a follower of Adenart, spoke proudly.

Lee Han asked again patiently in a roundabout way.

“Have you ever had a meal together with the Imperial Princess?”

“No. Originally, the more often Imperial Family members dine with others, the more they can be exposed to danger, so it’s not a good thing.”

“…”

Lee Han considered stepping on Rowena’s foot once, then decided against it.

‘Well, taking care of the Imperial Princess’s meals isn’t really what followers should be doing.’

Followers had their own lives too, didn’t they?

Of course, if they weren’t even taking care of her meals, he couldn’t understand what they were following her for…

“Aha. I understand!”

Rowena exclaimed in a bright and cheerful voice as if she had realized something.

Lee Han asked with an indifferent expression.

“What do you understand?”

“You want to have a meal together with the Imperial Princess. Am I right? Hehe. Wardanaz, you’re also amazed by the Imperial Princess’s talent. Since you’re from the Wardanaz Family… Ack!”

“Sorry. It was an accident.”

Lee Han stepped on Rowena’s foot once.

Ding-

“Nigisor Priest. You don’t look well.”

“The spirit flood has been going on for so long…”

Nigisol, who usually always burned brightly, had been getting more and more dejected over the past few days.

‘He’s being affected because he’s a spirit half-blood.’

Having spirit blood mixed in one’s lineage didn’t just end with having unusual appearance and becoming a genderless being.

Even though the spirit characteristics were greatly diluted, due to spirits’ nature of being sensitive to mana, it was impossible not to be affected by such external environmental influences.

“Still, thanks to Wardanaz, I found some comfort.”

“Huh? What did I do?”

“You beat up the sirens and lit a fire underwater.”

Nigisor Priest didn’t particularly like beings related to water.

But that aside, Lee Han had never beaten up sirens.

“I didn’t beat them up?”

“Really? The White Tiger Tower students said so…”

“Hmm. I see. Do you happen to remember who?”

Lee Han memorized a few people to dunk upside down in water.

“The spirit flood needs to end quickly… Ah. Do you happen to have a plan?”

“?”

Lee Han was slightly flustered by the too-natural question.

“What plan? A dinner plan?”

“No. A plan to end the spirit flood.”

“…How am I supposed to end that?”

Nigisor Priest looked at Lee Han with eyes that said ‘You’re pretending not to know again when you do know.’

“You say that, but you solved the blizzard incident last time too.”

“No, that was a coincidence…”

“I see. This time by coincidence too?”

“…”

Ding-

“Did someone make you angry? Why do you have that expression?”

“Yoner… Nigisor Priest isn’t a fire spirit half-blood for nothing.”

His skill at lighting fires in people’s hearts was extraordinary too.

Yoner took Lee Han’s hand and spun around. Lee Han was surprised despite himself at her skillful technique.

“You dance well?”

“…Of course I dance well. What did you think I was? Did you think I couldn’t dance?”

Yoner was dumbfounded.

She was still from the Meikin Family bloodline, after all.

“I thought you’d be like me, not attending balls and reading the business section in the Imperial Newspaper.”

“…That’s not completely wrong, but I still attended.”

Yoner, hit right on target, lightly pinched the back of Lee Han’s hand.

“And participating in events like this is important if you want to receive investment or support, you know?”

“That’s true. Hmm. Can’t I just use Gainando’s face?”

“I think it’d be better if you just practiced and came out yourself.”

Yoner answered firmly to her friend who was trying to take the easy way out.

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