Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 518

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Chapter 518

“How could a 1st year do that?”

Those who’ve committed sins are always more shameless.

The Skeleton Principal silenced Anpagondo.

These guys who were about to go to the punishment room soon were shamelessly keeping their mouths alive.

Originally, mages basically leave behind traces of mana like echoes wherever they go. Of course, such mana echoes are very faint so you don’t need to worry much about them… but you should be a bit more careful. Those sensitive to mana might react differently.

Lee Han understood what the Skeleton Principal was saying.

Right now, spirits sensitive to mana would run away screaming “Ugh, it’s a monster!” whenever they saw Lee Han.

“Are you telling me to hide my mana?”

Normally you should…

The Skeleton Principal slowly looked Lee Han up and down.

You should start by clearing away the echoes when you cast magic.

“Is hiding it that difficult?”

For you, it’s very difficult. You ridiculously mana-rich bastard.

“…”

Leaving his frustrated disciple behind, the Skeleton Principal changed the subject.

From now on, observe the Bracelet of Ten Thousand Demons even more carefully. I thought it would take much longer originally, but one has already awakened… the probability of other demons awakening has increased.

The demons inside were a kind of nobility, different in level from the miscellaneous lower demons you could see in dark magic classes.

Even while sealed inside the Bracelet of Ten Thousand Demons, temporarily stealing the body of a young mage like Lee Han was entirely possible for them.

The demon that came out today was a relatively simple one, but there’s no telling what kind of chaos other demons might cause.

“Yes. Even that bastard Anfursas was like this, so I absolutely won’t trust other demons. He begged so desperately that I finally allowed it.”

Right. Demons should be ruled with whip and whip… what?

The Skeleton Principal paused.

Cohorti and Anpagondo also paused.

What did you allow?

What permission are you talking about?

“The demon pleaded so much to let him fight just once…”

…The demon took your body… Ah.

The Skeleton Principal immediately understood.

He couldn’t understand why the demon begged instead of forcibly taking control, but thinking about it, he had forgotten this Wardanaz bastard’s characteristics.

For someone ridiculously rich in mana, it wasn’t easy for demons to steal his body either.

But even considering that, one strange point remained.

Do you normally grant requests when demons ask? If I keep pleading, will you listen to me too? Go to the capital and get some donations.

“Ah. I had no choice. The upperclassmen were in danger.”

Are you calling that words, or are you spitting out garbage because your stomach is full of trash? Upperclassmen should worry about underclassmen, so why are underclassmen worrying about upperclassmen?

The Skeleton Principal was even more flabbergasted.

If you’re an upperclassman, you should handle your own business even if you die, not get your life saved by an underclassman.

Isn’t that right?

When the Skeleton Principal glared at Cohorti and Anpagondo, the two who had been looking at Lee Han with emotion hurriedly nodded their heads.

Fine. After aching and groaning for a while, you’ll learn painfully that taking care of upperclassmen is pointless.

“Aching?”

Ah. Didn’t you know?

The Skeleton Principal called a Death Knight to send the two upperclassmen to the punishment room and took Lee Han to the infirmary.

Right now, all the muscles in your entire body are torn.

“…”

Lee Han was shocked.

No wonder the Skeleton Principal had been floating Lee Han around from earlier…

‘Anfursas, that son of a bitch!’

Thinking about it, no matter how outstanding a warrior, there was no way there wouldn’t be backlash after causing such chaos with a mortal body that wasn’t fully trained yet.

As the price for showing such power, his entire body had been severely strained.

“I will never listen to demons again in the future. I’ll definitely keep them locked inside.”

No… don’t do that… it would be such a waste.

The Skeleton Principal was slightly flustered.

The reason he gave such a precious artifact like the Bracelet of Ten Thousand Demons was for him to learn how to handle the demons inside and gain wisdom.

Wouldn’t it be too wasteful to just ignore them?

Complete muscle rupture throughout the body isn’t even a big problem.

“…”

Lee Han was about to ask what would be a big problem if that was a small one, but stopped himself.

* * *

“Uuuuuugh.”

Lee Han made a sound filled with pain.

Healing magic wasn’t omnipotent.

Especially in cases of severe injuries like Lee Han’s, they definitely didn’t cure everything at once with healing magic. That would put severe strain on the body.

Only healing the parts that absolutely needed treatment right now, and enduring the rest with recovery potions while letting them heal naturally.

That was the standard treatment method.

Of course, from Lee Han’s perspective who had to walk around, it was pain enough to curse Anfursas, the Skeleton Principal, and the Infirmary Demon all at once.

Every time he took a step or put strength into his body, pain shot up as if he’d been beaten.

Nigisor Priest and Sharucal Priest supported Lee Han’s arms on both sides and said.

“What on earth happened at the festival…”

“Shouldn’t you rest more?”

“I already rested for a day.”

Lee Han sighed and said.

He had already experienced it with his body when he went outside for the previous request.

The more you rest, the more you have to deal with the consequences yourself!

“Thanks for escorting me, everyone. I can go alone from here.”

“Call us if anything happens.”

“Thanks. Oh.”

When Lee Han lowered his voice, the two priests looked puzzled and leaned in.

What story was he trying to tell?

“Keep it secret from the White Tiger Tower students that I’m injured.”

“…”

“…Yes…”

The two priests were flustered but decided to respect Lee Han’s wishes.

After the two left, Lee Han sighed and took steps using his staff as a crutch.

Although his whole body ached with muscle pain, there were many things he had to do.

‘First, the urgent things.’

The baby basilisk made worried whimpering sounds. Lee Han patted it reassuringly and entered the secret base.

Originally Lee Han had worked in his dormitory private room, but since the base was established, he had been moving things over one by one.

First…

‘Doing this in a private room would be a bit much.’

Looking at the potion bubbling in the huge cauldron, Lee Han newly understood why the upperclassmen had searched the school so desperately to make storage rooms and secure secret bases.

No matter how convenient and close the dormitory was, there were limits to what you could do there.

Moreover, from Lee Han’s position of studying magic from all kinds of different schools, the dormitory was even more inconvenient.

If he made a mistake and caused an accident, now other friends would be in chaos too…

‘The foresight potion is progressing well.’

Lee Han checked the potion’s condition.

Thanks to going through such trial and error, it was now stably past the initial stage and boiling into the middle stage.

‘The reagents are…’

After finishing his check, Lee Han moved on to the next task.

Next to the drawer where he stored his collected reagents, he was also working on making additional ones.

Dark magic alone consumed quite a few reagents, and dark mages had to learn how to make reagents themselves.

Clack-

Lee Han placed a pouch containing bone powder on the balance scale and checked its weight.

Seeing that the weight had increased, it seemed the work was proceeding properly.

Just as the power of bone elemental magic varied depending on what bones were used, there were also methods to improve the quality of existing bones.

It involved adding various reagents to enhance their quality.

“Hmm. I need to get some more poison.”

Lee Han thought he should borrow some items from Professor Thunderstep’s cabin.

Last time, he had collected some poisonous mushrooms…

-Kiiing.

The basilisk made a sound as if apologizing. Lee Han was puzzled.

“Why…”

Wooooong-

“!”

Lee Han, who was about to ask, turned his attention to the contact coming from the mirror.

He had forgotten that there was an artifact connected to an unknown senior at the base.

Lee Han used his staff as a crutch and slowly walked over once again.

On the way, he saw books related to Suyoktan that he had been using because of Professor Boladi. Lee Han pretended not to see them and closed the books.

‘I’ll do it later.’

Arriving in front of the mirror, Lee Han checked what was written on it.

Do you know the 1st year from the Wardanaz family?

“…”

Why was he found out?!

* * *

Thinking calmly, he hadn’t been found out yet.

Lee Han realized why the other person had asked such a question.

‘It’s because of the stone-throwing festival.’

They were definitely curious because of what he had shown during that Saint Something festival whose name he couldn’t even remember well.

Lee Han cursed Anfursas once again.

‘I hope this bastard didn’t cause me to leave a strange impression.’

While he didn’t have occasions to meet seniors now, once he became a 2nd year, opportunities to meet seniors would increase dramatically.

Moreover, since Lee Han was taking multiple schools of magic, this was even more true for him.

That’s why first impressions with seniors were important…

‘It’s scary because I can’t imagine how I must have looked.’

He wondered how the junior who had drawn his sword and gone wild must have appeared in the seniors’ eyes.

He probably didn’t make a very favorable impression…

If you know him, I’ll exchange it for information I brought.

Lee Han focused again.

The problem he was currently facing was this senior whose identity he didn’t know.

How could he get through this situation?

‘If I act like I know too much, it’ll look suspicious. The seniors who know me now are…’

Fortunately, there were several seniors who knew Lee Han.

If he spoke based on them as a reference, it would be possible to avoid suspicion.

While hiding his identity as much as possible, and at the same time…

‘I need to let them know I’m a decent and diligent junior.’

Once his thoughts were organized, Lee Han immediately tried to look out for his own interests.

Whoever the other person was, they would have friends and people around them.

If good rumors about Lee Han spread, that would also be a good thing.

-I know him. A few friends told me about him.

What kind of student is he?

-I heard he’s a junior who respects seniors, is polite, and does any task asked of him with a bright face and diligently.

That’s not what I asked about. I asked about his magic.

At the other person’s reaction, Lee Han grumbled inwardly.

‘Isn’t character much more important?’

Even if someone was good at magic, if their character was terrible, wouldn’t they just become a magical criminal?

People at Einroguard were excessively insensitive about character.

-As for magic, he’s reasonably good at it.

I heard rumors that he’s taking multiple schools of magic. Do you know if that’s true?

‘This much should be okay to say, right?’

The dark magic seniors and healing magic seniors already knew.

Seniors who were friends with those seniors probably knew too.

-Yes. I heard he takes multiple schools of magic.

So the rumor was true. That’s surprising. Do you know why he doesn’t take enchantment magic?

‘?’

At the other person’s question, Lee Han hesitated.

He couldn’t understand what the question meant.

‘But I am taking it? What are they talking about?’

Wondering if it might be some kind of trap question, his mind became complicated.

Was there a reason to think Lee Han wasn’t taking enchantment magic?

‘Let me think calmly. Why would they ask such a question?’

Instead of overthinking it, Lee Han returned his thoughts to the starting point.

Why would the other person ask such a question?

The idea that the other person suspected Lee Han’s identity was excessive speculation.

What was suspicious was…

‘The other person is someone who takes enchantment magic!’

They were someone who took enchantment magic, and after seeing what Lee Han showed at this festival, they must have wondered, ‘He’s said to take multiple schools of magic, but why doesn’t he take enchantment magic?’

He couldn’t think of any other possibility besides this.

But questions still remained.

Why did they think Lee Han didn’t take enchantment magic?

‘But I am taking it.’

Thinking about it, he could guess this too.

Enchantment magic students were basically uninterested in others, like Professor Verdus, weren’t they?

In that case, they might not know that Lee Han was a student in the same school even though he was taking it.

It was quite strange that others didn’t know even though he had met Anfargon, who was an enchantment magic senior, but…

‘The senior probably forgot to mention it, or forgot to ask about it.’

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