Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 477

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Chapter 477

Kettle finally couldn’t hold back anymore and burst out with curses.

Professor Verdus protested his disciple’s rude behavior.

“How rude!”

“You’re the one being rude! What kind of compensation is that!”

“It is compensation!”

“Strictly speaking, it’s not really compensation…”

When Lee Han muttered from the side, Professor Verdus exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s not compensation?! Why not!?”

“Uh… well…”

Lee Han pondered how to explain this.

If it were a normal person, it would have been easy (in fact, there would have been no need to explain separately), but Professor Verdus was someone who would never understand if spoken to normally.

“Compensation is originally divided by whether the recipient needs it or not. No matter how good an item is, if it’s useless to the recipient, then it’s not compensation.”

“But everyone loves the opportunity to work in my workshop?”

Lee Han could see Kettle grabbing the back of his neck and collapsing.

However, Lee Han’s innate patience wasn’t shaken by Professor Verdus’s words. Lee Han answered calmly.

“Even if I work in your workshop, Professor, my abilities are currently lacking, so it’s not easy to utilize that opportunity.”

“Ah! That makes sense!”

Professor Verdus immediately understood.

True, while Lee Han was slightly superior to other stupid students, compared to Professor Verdus, he was still a pitiful disciple with much to learn.

Even if Professor Verdus lent such a disciple his workbench, it would be difficult to utilize even one percent of it.

“I forgot you were stupid.”

“It’s fine.”

At Professor Verdus’s response, Kettle foamed at the mouth.

Was that something to say in front of a disciple who came all the way to the underground detention room to rescue him?

‘Why do evil people live happier lives in this world? People like the Principal and Professor Verdus live happily, but why must good people suffer like this?’

Kettle’s heart seemed to tear seeing the kind 1st year junior suffering.

“You could just give him something else.”

“Something else… hmm, what can he do even if he’s stupid…”

As Professor Verdus was about to fall into contemplation, Kettle urgently shouted.

“The basement storage of Seongakgwan! Ask for the key to the basement storage of Seongakgwan!”

Professor Verdus made a very openly reluctant expression. Seeing this, Lee Han suddenly became interested.

“Where is that?”

“It’s where Professor Verdus keeps his precious reagents and materials!! Even when my friend knelt down and grabbed his ankles, he absolutely wouldn’t open it!!”

“But it’s precious.”

Professor Verdus grumbled as if it were obvious.

Kettle shouted in frustration.

He was terrified that Lee Han might just let it slide.

“Hey! If you don’t get that key, don’t you dare act like you know me. Don’t go around saying I’m your senior! Don’t even say you graduated from Einroguard! Einroguard doesn’t need pushovers like you!!”

‘Being called a pushover is really unfamiliar.’

Lee Han felt very awkward hearing ‘why are you so kind and pushover-like’ from a senior after only hanging out with his friends.

If his friends had been there, they might have doubted their ears.

“I’m sorry, Professor. My senior insists I must get the key.”

“But it’s precious…”

“But as a junior, I can’t ignore my senior’s words. Then I can’t open it. And Professor, you’ll remain trapped here.”

“Still, it’s precious…”

Professor Verdus groaned in agony, but Lee Han stood firm, using his senior’s name.

Finally, Professor Verdus gave in.

“Fine. I’ll give it to you.”

“Thank you. I’ll use it well.”

“Wait!!”

Kettle shouted again.

Even though the key was obtained, there was desperation that he absolutely couldn’t let it go.

“Make him swear that when you work outside of lecture hours, you can choose those hours! And specify exactly what he’ll pay as wages when you work separately!”

“Work is enjoyable, so why would you need separate wages?”

At Professor Verdus’s question, Kettle ignored him and said what he had to say.

“Did you hear that!? Think carefully now! Do you think there’ll be another chance for Professor Verdus to yield obediently and make an oath!? How much you extract today will determine your future life at Einroguard!”

Kettle’s eyes reddened as he recalled friends who had studied under Professor Verdus.

All the kind and considerate friends had dropped out, and only a few genius madmen could endure under him.

He couldn’t stand still thinking this pushover freshman would suffer the same fate.

“Make him swear no matter what! Even if you have to hold a knife to his throat!”

“I’m sorry, Professor. My senior insists I make you swear.”

“Why is he acting like that?”

Professor Verdus grumbled.

He couldn’t understand why such oaths and contracts were necessary.

Einroguard’s enchantment magic school was running well enough with just passion for magic and mutual respect.

“I swear that when I assign work to my disciple Lee Han of Wardanaz Family in the future, I will give him the choice first…”

Professor Verdus, while making the oath, looked at Lee Han and asked.

“But isn’t this meaningless? You like working.”

“That’s right, Professor. Actually, it’s meaningless. I’m just making you swear to satisfy my senior. Even if I have the choice, would I refuse? Haha.”

Lee Han said this while internally thanking Kettle.

Thanks to that senior trapped in the detention room, Lee Han was getting everything he wanted without lifting a finger.

“…if I do assign work, I will pay appropriate wages… wages will be negotiated before assignment, and not I but the disciple will…”

Kettle took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes. Lee Han asked in confusion.

“Are you crying?”

“The air is humid because of the spirit flood, so you’re mistaken!”

“That’s completely nonsensical…”

“Focus on the oath! Don’t miss anything Professor Verdus says! And don’t trust the professor!”

“Hmm.”

Lee Han felt sorry.

If only Professor Verdus didn’t have ears, he would have liked to say ‘Senior, do you think I’d trust the professor when he’s crazy?’

But in front of Professor Verdus, Lee Han had no choice but to act like a good disciple.

“The Professor didn’t mean any harm…”

“Cough, cough.”

Kettle nearly collapsed again.

* * *

Still, thanks to Kettle, Lee Han was able to make him swear a few more oaths.

After finishing the oath not to visit without permission during vacation, Lee Han looked at Kettle with eyes dripping with respect.

‘He’s not a senior for nothing!’

Kettle was the first Einroguard graduate Lee Han had met, but who knew he’d be this reliable.

Lee Han now somewhat understood why Einroguard was considered the Empire’s top educational institution.

“Huff… huff huff. Right… now go. Never trust the professor.”

Kettle waved with an exhausted face.

“Can’t I help you escape too, Senior?”

“I can’t. Professor Verdus was just caught stealing the Principal’s things…”

“I didn’t steal anything!”

Professor Verdus jumped up and down in protest, but Kettle ignored him.

“…I was caught after causing trouble outside. Even if I escape, he’ll come after me right away. If I get caught then…”

Kettle shuddered.

Though he didn’t finish his words, his actions showed just how terrified he was.

“Should I speak to the Principal about it?”

“You’re quite the comedian.”

Kettle chuckled.

The first-year junior’s joke was more gutsy and amusing than he’d expected.

To make such a joke about the sky-like Skeleton Principal.

“While you’re at it, tell him to improve the conditions in here too.”

“Yes. I understand. But Senior, I brought the food I promised from outside.”

Lee Han opened his backpack and began carefully taking out food items.

He had generously brought preserved foods like canned beef and canned fruit that would be easy to eat in the prison cell, as well as luxury items like sugar, tea leaves, and coffee powder.

“This bread was baked this morning, so you should eat it right away. I brought some honey too.”

“…Wh-where did you get all this?!”

Kettle asked in shock.

No matter how he thought about it, these weren’t items a first-year could obtain.

If he had gotten all this, it wouldn’t even be enough for his own group to eat, yet he brought it all here.

Even being overly kind had its limits.

“Hey. If you give me all this, what will your friends say! Just take it back.”

“Huh? We have plenty anyway, so it’s fine.”

“…???”

Kettle was confused.

Plenty?

‘He doesn’t seem to be lying, but what’s going on?’

He wondered if the first-year students had collectively raided the kitchen.

But even then, it wouldn’t be to this extent…

“Senior. Please tell me what you left in the school as promised.”

“Ah. Right.”

Kettle, who had been confused, came to his senses.

Come to think of it, this junior had been approaching Kettle since the character education lecture.

Back then, he never thought this guy would actually break into the punishment room and successfully make the deal…

“Why do the professors trust someone as thorough as you so much? You shouldn’t trust professors.”

“Haha. But they are professors.”

Behind them, Professor Verdus nodded as if in agreement.

Kettle sighed briefly.

No one could be perfect.

This junior had tremendous magical talent, but he also had a very fatal weakness at Einroguard.

To trust professors like that…

“Take this. It’s the location of the room my friends and I used. There should be some useful stuff left.”

Lee Han bowed his head as he received the map Kettle handed over.

It was a reward that made coming all this way worthwhile.

“Thank you!”

“I should be the one thanking you. Thanks for the food. I’ll eat well. I have to stay here for a while longer…”

Kettle licked his lips and looked at Lee Han.

“Don’t end up like me.”

“I understand. I’ll be careful when using magic outside.”

“No. It’s fine to cause trouble with magic outside, just don’t get caught. I got caught and captured.”

“…”

‘He doesn’t seem to be reflecting at all…’

Lee Han thought to himself. Professor Verdus, who had been listening nearby, spoke up.

“Time to transform.”

“What?”

“Time to transform. You promised. You said you’d be a goat for a week if I came to rescue you.”

“…”

Kettle cursed Professor Verdus inwardly as he cast the spell.

Pop!

“Well, we’ll be going!”

Baaah!

‘When the Principal comes, I’ll definitely blame it all on that bastard!’

The goat, no, Kettle glared at Professor Verdus’s retreating figure with burning vengeance.

If the Skeleton Principal came and asked ‘Why is the punishment room in such a state?’, he was determined to shout ‘It’s because of Professor Verdus! Baaah!’

* * *

“Everyone. The flood is over.”

Ah… then release me…

When Lee Han returned to the library and declared this with a tired face, all the students were shocked.

“No way…!”

“Wardanaz, did you solve it?!”

“Hey. Don’t you remember what Wardanaz said last time? He told us to stop associating him with everything.”

Angrago scolded the Black Turtle Tower student.

“I did solve it this time.”

“…”

Angrago glared at Lee Han.

This bastard had scolded him last time saying ‘Do you think I solve every problem at Einroguard? Stop associating me with everything!’

“How did you solve it!?”

Release… me and then you can chat… mages…

“Wait!”

Salko looked around.

Then he made an expression of admiring understanding.

“I respect you, Wardanaz. You sacrificed the Prince, didn’t you?”

“No.”

“It must have been a painful choice, but it was an unavoidable sacrifice. You’ll feel better soon.”

“I didn’t sacrifice him.”

Release me… release me and then chat…

“Right. If you say so, I’ll respect…”

Gainando, who had secretly returned after eating snacks, glared at Salko.

Who are you telling him to sacrifice?

“What!?”

“Why are you surprised? What?”

“Then who did you sacrifice…?”

Lee Han said in a voice filled with fatigue.

“I just confronted it head-on. I went to find the spirits and persuaded them.”

Rele…

The Tanzhuer, who was about to plead to be released, shut his mouth with a look of disgust at Lee Han’s words.

What kind of crazy mage is this!?

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