Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 485
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Chapter 485
“That worthless bastard!”
“!”
His subordinates thought Pasher was angry at the other guilds, but in reality, Pasher was angry at himself.
To think he had just stood there while a young student risked his life fighting, all because he was only thinking about winning the competition against other guilds.
Pasher trembled with rage and shouted.
“Let’s go!”
“Pardon?”
“Follow me!”
‘Why is he acting like this?’
When the old fisherman exploded in anger, his people became worried.
There was nothing good that could come from picking fights with outsiders.
The friction between guilds was severe, but outsiders wouldn’t understand that.
They should be as polite and courteous as possible when trying to persuade them…
“?”
Lee Han, who was emerging from the reef with Professor Boladi, looked puzzled at the fishermen approaching from afar with angry faces.
“What’s this about?”
“They’re fishermen.”
Professor Boladi answered as if it was nothing.
Lee Han asked with a troubled expression.
“They look quite angry… Did something happen?”
There were too many possibilities, which was the problem.
As Professor Thunderstep had told him, the guilds in this area had become sensitive due to long periods of friction, and naturally they viewed outsiders with complicated feelings.
Moreover, the Shadow Patrol hunters weren’t exactly kind and gentle gentlemen.
‘I hope they didn’t steal the fishermen’s prey or something.’
Since they were so obsessed with hunting, he suspected they might have secretly crossed into other territories beyond their permitted areas to hunt other things.
“That’s possible.”
“What should we do?”
“Prepare yourself.”
Professor Boladi spoke to Lee Han just as he had when they climbed onto the reef to eliminate monsters.
Lee Han didn’t understand what he meant at first, then realized it belatedly.
‘No way, this crazy…!’
Was he telling him to prepare to fight the fishermen?!
“…Professor, we can’t fight the fishermen! What would the city people think?”
“They’d think it was self-defense.”
“…”
That was true, but that wasn’t the important point right now.
They needed to resolve the situation quickly and return, so what would they do if they increased unnecessary conflicts?
They should avoid even the existing conflicts…
“Be careful of the fishermen’s nets. It could be dangerous if your feet get tangled once.”
“Have you fought fishermen before too?”
It was a casual question Lee Han asked without much thought, but Professor Boladi confirmed it.
“Yes. They’re especially threatening on boats.”
“…”
‘At this rate, didn’t you just attack anyone you made eye contact with while traveling?’
While Lee Han was pondering, the fishermen arrived.
The old fisherman who appeared to be their leader suddenly bowed his head and shouted in a booming voice.
“As a representative of Isran City’s official guild, and as a member of Isran City Council, I sincerely apologize with all my heart!”
“?”
“?”
Both Lee Han and the hunters were puzzled.
“Why is he acting like that?”
“Don’t tell me they’re trying to stop us from hunting starting today? If they commit such an outrageous act, they’ll receive the mountain’s curse…”
“This is the sea.”
“They’ll receive the sea’s curse!”
While the hunters were flustered, Pasher continued speaking.
“As the guild master, I was unable to provide any help to those who came from outside to solve the city’s troubles. Meanwhile, a young Einroguard student risked his life to eliminate monsters!”
“?”
Lee Han wondered what he was talking about, then understood belatedly.
‘Ah, so right now…’
Did the sight of Professor Boladi holding his staff and threatening while eliminating monsters look like a student stepping forward due to lack of manpower?
Of course, it was obviously a misunderstanding.
The Meikin family members weren’t fools or poor, so they wouldn’t have arranged manpower that way.
“I will accordingly discipline myself, so I ask for lenient treatment.”
The old fisherman said what he had to say in a booming voice, bowed once more, then got on his boat and left.
The Shadow Patrol hunters asked in confusion.
“What was that about, Mage sir?”
“So he’s going to punish himself?”
Usually, hunters who committed crimes in the northern mountains would atone through trials.
Like going deep into the snowy mountain peaks with only one arrow and bare hands to catch a designated monster…
Was it the same here?
“It’s not like that, he’s just saying he’ll reflect on it.”
“Shouldn’t reflection be more painful…”
Ignoring the hunters’ words, Lee Han turned his gaze away.
The words just spoken had some political rhetoric that made them hard to understand, but he could roughly grasp what they meant.
He was wrong, he was reflecting, and he would unconditionally respect the Einroguard party’s wishes in future negotiations.
From Lee Han’s perspective, it was a good thing, but…
‘What did he eat wrong? Why so suddenly?’
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand it well.
One of the hunters beside him said.
“Didn’t he feel sorry seeing you hunt alone, Mage sir?”
“…No…”
Lee Han found it hard to believe.
But thinking about it, it was quite a plausible story.
Nothing else came to mind at all.
When he glanced at Professor Boladi, the professor looked at him as if asking why.
“It’s nothing.”
One of Professor Boladi’s strengths was that he didn’t say unnecessary things.
If the Skeleton Principal had been here, he would have upset Lee Han by saying ‘You were able to persuade them thanks to me, be grateful’!
* * *
The rumor that Pasher and the fishermen’s guild had made contact with the Einroguard party from outside spread quickly.
The adventurer’s guild felt perplexed upon hearing this rumor.
“Those stubborn guild people already…”
“Shouldn’t we make a move too? Prepare bribes or something.”
“Shh. If you carelessly offer the wrong bribe to Einroguard’s mages, you might become a slug.”
In fact, the adventurer’s guild was the furthest removed from the disputes within the city.
While the fishermen’s guild and alchemist’s guild actively tried to obtain harvesting rights for Sangoria flowers due to their respective contributions, the adventurer’s guild wasn’t quite at that level.
First of all, the guild’s unity wasn’t that high, and since they started as employees, their perspective was bound to be different.
The Adventurer Guild didn’t care who won as long as they could guarantee that adventurers could gather a reasonable amount. That much was enough.
The problem was that the other two guilds were so thoroughly poisoned with anger that this kind of negotiation wouldn’t work on them.
At least the outsiders were reasonable to talk to…
‘But Einroguard’s mages are frightening.’
‘What if making contact backfires?’
The Adventurer Guild feared Einroguard’s mages far more than the other guilds did.
Unlike those who lived their entire lives as craftsmen in the city, adventurers who traveled around often felt keenly just how dangerous mages could be.
And if it was Einroguard, even more so.
“We should at least pay our respects. We need to leave a good impression at minimum.”
The Adventurer Guild’s guild master moved toward the harbor with his clerks.
Just then, they spotted mages and hunters returning from a hunt.
“H-hello there?”
He was so nervous that his voice cracked as it came out.
Lee Han quickly recognized where they were from by looking at the guild members’ attire and emblems.
‘The Adventurer Guild came out too?’
Since the Adventurer Guild was also involved in this conflict, gaining their favor wouldn’t hurt if he wanted to resolve things.
Lee Han smiled brightly and greeted them.
“Hello! Nice to meet you. Are you perhaps the ones who devotedly traverse the Empire’s most remote and secluded valleys?”
“!”
The Shadow Patrol hunters grumbled inwardly.
Even if it was a generous expression, wasn’t that going too far?
What adventurers traverse the Empire’s most remote and secluded valleys?
They don’t even come to the Northern Mountains often…
“That’s right!”
The faces of the Adventurer Guild members brightened at the praise, and their tension eased slightly.
“As befitting mages from Einroguard, your eyes are full of divine light.”
‘More like killing intent.’
Lee Han glanced at Professor Boladi and himself. There was still some blood on their coats.
“May I ask which family you’re from…”
“Ah. I’m from the Wardanaz family…”
“Gasp!”
Someone’s sharp intake of breath could be heard.
Though they tried their best to manage their expressions, Lee Han could feel fear flicker across the guild members’ eyes and faces.
“…”
He had forgotten since he’d been meeting people from great families or those who didn’t care about the Wardanaz family, but the Wardanaz name carried more intimidation than he thought.
‘Did I make a mistake? Should I have left it to Yoner or someone else?’
He was supposed to become a friendly and kind mage to persuade the guild, but instead he was scaring them first.
If Professor Thunderstep found out about this, he might shed tears of grief.
‘But this isn’t my fault.’
No matter how he thought about it, this was the Wardanaz family’s karma, not Lee Han’s.
“…I’m Lee Han from the Wardanaz family.”
Lee Han finished his introduction.
Then one of the clerks asked in a surprised voice.
“Did you perhaps subjugate the King of Ghouls together with adventurers in Granden City before?”
“…The story’s a bit different, but it’s similar.”
“I heard you also helped investigate the anomaly in the Black Rock Forest…”
“That’s also correct.”
“You’re still a student?!”
The clerk was genuinely surprised.
Though the distance was far, interesting events tended to spread as rumors.
When he heard rumors like “A mage named Lee Han from the Wardanaz family helped adventurers solve requests,” “He’s still young,” “Even though he’s a mage, he takes good care of adventurers,” he naturally thought they were false rumors.
But seeing him like this, the rumors seemed surprisingly plausible.
“Yes.”
“You’re a student at Einroguard… why do you work with adventurers…?”
“…”
Lee Han was dumbfounded.
‘For money, what else…’
They wouldn’t ask adventurers “Why do you solve requests?” would they?
Still, it was hard to say “I did it to make money” to their faces, so Lee Han answered as indirectly as possible.
“I thought it was something I had to do.”
“Wow…!”
“Unbelievable…!”
The Adventurer Guild members were too shocked to even whisper among themselves.
But it was a different kind of surprise from when they heard the Wardanaz family name earlier.
Feeling the guild members’ gazes soften and their fear disappear, Lee Han breathed a sigh of relief.
‘At least it won’t interfere with our conversation.’
“Lee Han of the Wardanaz family. We have something to discuss with you briefly about this matter.”
“I’m listening.”
“Ah, we were so flustered that we didn’t even ask about the professor here. We apologize. May we know your name?”
The Adventurer Guild members looked at Professor Boladi and asked.
Professor Boladi answered indifferently.
“Boladi of the Bagrek family.”
“Hiiiiiiek!!”
A groan filled with even more terror than when they heard the Wardanaz family name flowed out.
“…”
Lee Han glared at Professor Boladi with resentful eyes.
Just what had she been doing…
* * *
Professor Thunderstep, who had returned to the manor first, tilted his head when he saw Lee Han.
“Did something happen?”
Though he always looked tired, he seemed several times more exhausted than usual.
“Well…”
Lee Han pondered where to start explaining.
Then Professor Thunderstep asked with a suspicious expression.
“Professor Bagrek didn’t suggest going to catch a Sea Serpent, did she?”
“What? Is there a Sea Serpent around here?”
“I found traces earlier.”
“…Please keep it absolutely secret.”
Lee Han spoke with sincere conviction.
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