Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 512

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Chapter 512

“Why aren’t you helping?”

Lee Han exhaled the breath he had been holding while gripping Dawn Star.

The basilisk wrapped around his wrist reproached his friends with its tail as if agreeing.

However, his friends ungratefully retorted.

“There wasn’t even time to help!”

“Even you would have found it difficult!”

“From what I saw, the time was a bit…”

The friends who had been angry suddenly became curious and asked.

“But how did you catch it in such a short time? Ah. I see.”

Salko asked then looked at the basilisk with a knowing expression.

“You used this basilisk’s death gaze. Right?”

-…

The baby basilisk looked away awkwardly.

Giselle, who was beside them, sighed and said.

“If it had been the basilisk’s death gaze, we would have felt it too. Tutanta. You don’t know because you’re not a swordsman, but look at what Wardanaz is holding.”

Lee Han was holding Dawn Star.

“I see.”

“Right. You must have coated the sword with the basilisk’s poison.”

-…

The basilisk just went inside Lee Han’s coat.

Lee Han patted its tail to comfort it and began explaining.

“It wasn’t the basilisk, but because of this sword’s power. It’s a sword made of obsidian, so it strongly absorbs mana.”

The famous sword Dawn Star, used by the anti-magic extremist, displayed even stronger power in certain situations.

The ghost mage normally wouldn’t have been an opponent that Lee Han and Adenart could defeat so easily together…

But it made the mistake of approaching close to cast contact magic.

If it had been another novice mage, they would have panicked at losing distance as a mage and dropped their staff, but when the opponent broke through his magic and approached, Lee Han immediately drew Dawn Star.

The ghost mage, who never expected that Lee Han, being a mage, would carry a sword like Dawn Star, took significant damage.

-Kraaaak…!? Why does a mage have this sword…!?

“I was lucky.”

“…No, really, why do you carry such a sword?”

At Salko’s question, the other friends unconsciously nodded.

Why would a mage carry such an artifact?

That was an item that would not only cause mana depletion but also adversely affect various magic casting.

To deliberately carry that while practicing magic…!

“Think about it, Salko. At this school, would you fight mages more often, or non-mages more often?”

“…”

Salko initially tried to dismiss it as nonsense, but upon careful thought, it seemed somewhat plausible.

‘…Is that so?’

“Tutanta. I trust you’re not actually considering believing that bullshit. You’re not that stupid.”

* * *

Anyway, the students who overcame the trial waited for a moment instead of going up.

Pop!

A reward appeared before the students with smoke.

“Come to think of it, what did you get last time?”

“We got shock-absorbing armor.”

When Angrago answered immediately, Giselle glared at him as if he were pathetic.

‘Anyone would think we’re from the same tower.’

“Oh. That’s a good item. I haven’t seen it, haven’t you taken it out yet?”

“…I was wearing it under my clothes when you hit me last time…”

“…”

As the atmosphere became awkward, Lee Han quickly changed the subject.

“Look, a reward appeared!”

“Is that really a reward?”

Salko frowned at the shabby appearance of the reward.

Surprisingly, a bundle of papers was the entire reward.

Of course, you couldn’t judge an item’s value by appearance alone, but that was a bit…

“This is a communication artifact.”

Lee Han was the first among his friends to recognize this artifact’s identity.

Having seen it at the secret base before, he could immediately recognize it upon feeling a similar mana pattern.

“Communication artifact?”

“Right. If you pour ink like this here…”

When Lee Han took a sheet of paper and wrote ‘Gainando is stupid’, the same words ‘Gainando is stupid’ appeared on the other papers too.

It was the same principle as what he got before, but this one differed in that multiple people could communicate.

“There was such an artifact!”

“Right. By the way, if you get such artifacts at school, be careful. I heard upperclassmen ruthlessly scam people.”

‘How does this guy know this?’

While his friends wondered, Lee Han gathered the bundle of papers.

“I was planning to go out anyway, so I’ll sell this during the next outing, exchange it for silver coins, then share it with you guys.”

“…”

“…???”

The friends listening to Lee Han’s explanation hesitated.

Something was strange.

The Tiziling priest raised her hand and asked carefully.

“Um, I have a question.”

“What?”

“Why are you selling it??”

Giselle couldn’t hold back and interjected with the question.

Lee Han asked back as if he genuinely didn’t understand.

“If we don’t sell this, what would we do with it?”

“…Wardanaz. I also like selling artifacts to secure funds, but there’s no need to sell this one, is there?”

Salko said in bewilderment.

What could be the reason this trial’s reward was an artifact for communicating with each other?

It was clearly meant for tower students who normally wouldn’t be close to learn lessons and become friendlier with each other.

But to just sell that…

“Is that so? Won’t it fetch a good price?”

“That’s not what I meant. I think we should use it among ourselves. It would be easier to contact each other when something happens.”

“Salko. Your point makes sense too. But other friends would prefer silver coins more.”

Lee Han looked at Salko with a pitying expression.

There wouldn’t be many students willing to give up silver coins to use an artifact for conversations they could just have in person.

“Who wants to keep this and use it among ourselves instead of selling it?”

Everyone raised their hands at Lee Han’s question. Lee Han was shocked.

Even Adenart had raised her hand. When Lee Han looked at her, Adenart very subtly averted her gaze.

“Really??”

“We can earn silver coins at other opportunities.”

“Such complacent thinking. Who knows when you can earn… Anyway, I understand. It’s majority rule.”

Lee Han followed his friends’ decision while being amazed.

Since it was a trial that everyone solved together, everyone’s opinion was important.

“Well now. It doesn’t seem very necessary.”

“…”

“Would this really be that useful? I think we could just send paper birds.”

“…”

“And we probably won’t talk that much…”

“Cut it out!”

As Lee Han continued talking while handing out papers one by one, his friends finally exploded.

* * *

When the students walked out safely, the Skeleton Principal grumbled.

The problem is they’re all unnecessarily close.

Originally, if it had been students from other years, they would have torn each other down, checked each other, fought, and self-destructed in this kind of cooperative trial, but this year’s first years were too friendly with each other.

What kind of magic could be born in such a playhouse-like environment?

“We’re not close!”

“Who’s close with who…”

Noisy.

Several students tried to strongly deny it, but the Skeleton Principal didn’t listen.

“That Wardanaz kid even said the trial would probably be about agreeing with each other to reduce numbers…”

Salko must have felt quite wronged as he brought up something that was already over.

Hearing those words, the Skeleton Principal showed great interest.

Interesting opinion. Should I add that trial for next year’s new students…

“…”

“…”

His friends glared at Salko. Salko felt genuine guilt.

‘Sorry, underclassmen.’

Anyway, you all worked hard challenging only one trial like cowards. I hope you participate in this place next year too. Don’t go to the punishment room like losers, but participate here like winners. Do you understand?

“Yes…”

“I’m really happy. I’m getting motivated.”

Good. That’s how it should be. And Wardanaz, you follow me.

At the Skeleton Principal’s words, Lee Han felt his heart sink.

‘What? What magic is he trying to teach?’

Calculating coldly, surprisingly the magic the Skeleton Principal was teaching was quite a lot, not inferior to Professor Boladi.

Lee Han tried to quickly calculate and predict what magic the Skeleton Principal might urge him to learn.

However, unexpected people were waiting at the destination.

Two upperclassmen from the healing magic school, Fil and Chil, were sitting with tired faces.

You’ve worked hard.

“Oh, no sir. Principal.”

“Just having you acknowledge it is an honor.”

Hey. Bring more coffee.

The Death Knight bowed its head and brought a tin kettle filled with boiling coffee.

The two upperclassmen drank coffee making slurping sounds.

‘Huh?’

Lee Han was puzzled by the kind side of the Skeleton Principal that he couldn’t usually see.

Could it be that even the evil Skeleton Principal became a little weak when it came to healing mages?

Drink up and cheer up. Still, if not you guys, who would major in healing magic? Don’t even think about quitting. If it gets really hard, come to me and tell me.

“…”

Lee Han was speechless from disbelief.

‘What is this…’

Right now the Skeleton Principal was using the carrot from carrot and stick to prevent the healing magic school upperclassmen from running away!

“Ah. Junior.”

“Here. Over here.”

The two spotted Lee Han and waved their hands.

Lee Han greeted them lightly and sat in front.

“What’s the matter? The healing magic lecture isn’t today.”

The Skeleton Principal glanced outside.

It was already pitch-black night.

‘Crazy bastard.’

Regardless of the date, to think of a lecture at this hour was insane.

“Ah. It’s not a lecture.”

“We came because of Saint Iactus’s festival. It’s this week.”

‘There are too many festivals in the Empire.’

Lee Han grumbled inwardly.

Perhaps because there was little to enjoy, the Empire people really created and commemorated all sorts of festivals.

Popular and large festivals even had priests come from outside to help…

At least Lee Han had heard the names of festivals of that scale to some degree, but when it came to smaller scale ones, they became names too unfamiliar to Lee Han who mainly read the economics section of Empire newspapers.

‘And this isn’t just strange to me.’

Just three days ago when Gainando asked about a detective festival and requested that any one of his friends play a corpse role, didn’t everyone ignore him?

Too many festivals were causing fatigue.

But he couldn’t voice complaints in front of the upperclassmen.

Lee Han answered with a fake smile.

“A festival. I’m really looking forward to it.”

“You too?”

“My goodness. I don’t know why everyone likes this festival.”

The two upperclassmen sighed and complained. Lee Han realized something was going wrong.

That guy would like it. Unlike you guys, he’s a fierce beast.

“I wish His Majesty would ban this festival by imperial law.”

“It’s already hard enough…”

I understand. I understand. Those Empire bastards are truly barbaric! Yes, yes! Still, you can’t quit!

The Skeleton Principal rarely took the students’ side.

Lee Han carefully asked the Skeleton Principal.

“Principal.”

What?

“What is Saint Iactus’s festival?”

…You’re more barbaric than those who like that festival. How do you not know that?

The Skeleton Principal looked at Lee Han as if he were a barbarian. Of course, Lee Han ignored it.

‘Anyway, people who like festivals think their favorite festival is the most important in the Empire.’

It was truly regrettable.

Saint Iactus is a kid who defeated an evil dragon with a single stone. The festival commemorates this kid. Really now. Thinking about it, it’s ridiculous. Shouldn’t they praise me who cast magic on that stone?

The Skeleton Principal’s old historical stories that went with his life were interesting, but Lee Han decided to move on for now.

“I see. How do you commemorate it? Do you make cake?”

You throw stones.

“At sacrifice dolls?”

Making various large dolls to offer as sacrifices or burn them for festival commemoration often happened.

No.

“Then into the lake?”

Why would you throw stones into the lake? What if the spirits get angry? You throw them at each other.

“…??”

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