Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 528

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Chapter 528

“Isn’t something strange?”

Priest Tijiling tilted her head and asked the professor.

The strange gleam in Lee Han’s eyes hadn’t disappeared even after time had passed.

Professor Paselette also seemed to realize this, looking at Lee Han with slight bewilderment.

“…Are you alright?”

Lee Han gave no response. He simply remained silent, staring intently at the air as if something was there.

Realizing that his disciple was peering into the future with enhanced foresight, Professor Paselette muttered in a troubled voice.

“This shouldn’t be happening…”

“What shouldn’t be happening?!”

Priest Tijiling’s voice became urgent as she realized the situation was serious.

“It should only last a few seconds normally, but if it’s this long… the future he’s seeing becomes longer too.”

People who knew nothing thought peering into the future was easy, but the more experienced divination mages were, the more cautious they were about glimpsing the future.

Peering into the future meant confirming one possibility among countless others.

From the moment of confirmation, that possibility became not just a simple possibility but an intense fate that drew the mage in.

In a way, the mage who glimpsed the future became a puppet of destiny.

If one only briefly glimpsed fragments of the future, it was relatively safe, but enhanced foresight was a different story.

There was a high possibility of seeing much more specific and varied futures and becoming bound by them.

Moreover, hadn’t he known from before that this disciple’s prophetic abilities were exceptional?

“Then… please cut off the foresight!”

Priest Tijiling shouted in a loud voice that couldn’t normally be seen from her.

In contrast, Professor Paselette’s voice grew increasingly smaller.

“His mana is… too much… external interference is…”

“…”

Priest Tijiling wondered what he meant, but after desperate thought, she succeeded in understanding.

So he was saying that the Wardanaz family boy’s external resistance was too high, making it difficult to find suitable means of interference?

“Then isn’t there any other method?!”

“Only waiting…”

“How long?! No, more than that, why is the effect lasting so long!”

“…Because his talent is too exceptional…?”

Professor Paselette called for his other personalities to come out, but the other personalities were quiet as mice.

The personalities who had been positive about making the disciple drink from the spring earlier had collectively shut their mouths now that problems arose.

“Can exceptional talent really make it last longer?”

“It’s generally almost impossible, so I didn’t factor it into calculations…”

Thud-

Lee Han, who had been staring at the air, lowered his head then raised it up.

Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“I understand.”

“…???”

“Wait! I don’t know what you’re thinking right now, but what you’re thinking isn’t necessarily the absolute answer!”

Professor Paselette tried to stop his disciple.

Usually, mages who fell deeply into prophecy thought only the future they saw was the correct answer and moved with complete conviction.

But that was only one possibility among many, and there was nothing good about falling into overconfidence…

“Professor. I already know what I must do.”

Lee Han’s voice was calm, but within it was a fanatical conviction that couldn’t normally be seen.

Professor Paselette felt frustrated.

His disciple was about to experience the same cases that countless mages had experienced before.

“Think carefully. Why won’t you believe the words of a mage more experienced and skilled than you?”

“The professors keep deceiving us students.”

“…”

Professor Paselette honestly had nothing to say even with ten mouths.

“Priest Tijiling. Let’s go. There’s work to do.”

“Ah, yes.”

The Wardanaz family boy had always possessed a strong presence, but now that he was bound by the future, he was radiating an even more intense presence.

At his tone that wouldn’t allow even the slightest objection, Priest Tijiling unconsciously straightened her posture.

* * *

The White Tiger Tower students were actively exchanging opinions with a work golem in front of them.

“So Raphadael. Why can’t you move this thing?”

“…I told you. Just because you learn dark magic doesn’t mean you can automatically control all golems!”

“Then why do you learn dark magic if you can’t control golems… Gack.”

“Stop him! Stop him!”

When the enraged Raphadael grabbed his friend’s collar, the White Tiger Tower students quickly rushed in to break up the fight.

“We need to somehow move that golem. There’s too much work.”

“Right. Why did we learn magic? We learned it to use at times like this.”

The duty the White Tiger Tower students were assigned this week was cleaning the large storage on the west side of the main building.

The items stored inside happened to be construction materials like large stones used for castle walls, making it take too much time to move them by hand.

Magic was needed at times like this, but for first-year students, this task was too difficult to overcome with their own power.

The most promising option was the golem they had excavated last time, but operating and controlling this golem wasn’t easy either…

“Let’s just call Wardanaz. We’ve prepared compensation to give Wardanaz too.”

“Ugh. We need to save money as finals approach. We’ll need money again to call that Wardanaz guy when studying for finals.”

“…”

Raphadael wondered whether he should point out that his friends called food supplies “money,” or point out that they were planning to get Wardanaz’s help when preparing for final exams.

“Why won’t it work? I put in quite a bit of mana…”

“Try amplifying it more.”

“What if it breaks?”

“Would it break from something like that? It withstood that Wardanaz guy’s mana…”

Tap tap-

Lee Han, who had arrived at the scene where the White Tiger Tower students were discussing while surrounding the golem, lightly tapped the floor with his staff.

The White Tiger Tower students were startled.

“War… Wardanaz!”

“What brings you here?”

“Did someone call you?”

Whether his friends were flustered or not, Lee Han looked around and spoke coldly.

“Follow me.”

“…?”

“????”

Lee Han said nothing more and turned around sharply.

At this sight, the White Tiger Tower students became indignant and shouted.

“Hey, Wardanaz! You should at least give us a proper explanation!”

“Right! Do you think we’ll follow just because you tell us to follow? Is that how you see us?!”

The students shouted like this while chasing after Lee Han who was walking ahead.

“…”

Priest Tijiling, who was beside Lee Han, looked at the White Tiger Tower students with a bewildered gaze.

‘But they’re following him?’

She couldn’t understand how they were grumbling like this while following.

Just looking at what they were saying, it was clearly words of refusal saying they wouldn’t follow, but…?

* * *

“Tutanta. Do you know why Wardanaz is acting like that?”

“No. Moradi. I was going to ask you the same thing.”

The students from each tower who had gathered in the middle of the night exchanged puzzled conversations.

Lee Han had come with a stern face, knocked on their doors, and told them to follow him, so they had come along, but they were curious about the reason.

Gainando, who had been yawning, looked at the two who were leading the other towers and asked.

“What? You guys came without knowing either?”

“Yeah. Prince. Do you happen to know anything?”

“No. I don’t know either? But if you guys also came without knowing… did you come for the same reason as me?”

“The same reason?”

Giselle asked back, not understanding what he meant.

Gainando wondered if there was any other reason for being here.

Being close to Wardanaz, they might have heard something.

“Didn’t you come because you were afraid Lee Han would scold you?”

“…”

“…”

“Oh, is that not it?”

When his two angry friends tried to attack him, Gainando hurriedly backed away and took refuge among the Blue Dragon Tower students.

Though Gainando himself didn’t know it, what he had just said unexpectedly hit the mark with both of them.

Originally, these two weren’t the type to listen to such groundless orders.

They had been overwhelmed by Lee Han’s aura, which seemed like a different person!

Realizing this fact through Gainando’s observation, the two blushed with wounded pride.

“I have something to tell you for a moment.”

“?”

The Tiziling priest called the two over.

The priest spoke with a cautious expression so other students couldn’t hear.

“Right now, Lord Wardanaz’s condition… is not normal.”

“…I knew it!”

“I actually suspected as much.”

“???”

The Tiziling priest was flustered by their reaction.

“How… did you know?”

“Priest. I’ve worked in the guild for quite a while. I can tell just by looking at someone’s expression whether they’re normal or not.”

‘What does that have to do with anything?’

“Priest. I was born into a northern knight family and raised alongside blades. I can tell what state someone is in just by looking at their eyes.”

‘Did knights have such abilities?’

The Tiziling priest was puzzled but moved on since that wasn’t the important part.

“I understand. Since you both knew beforehand, this will make the conversation easier.”

The priest briefly explained what state Lee Han was currently in.

Salko, who had wondered if Wardanaz had summoned a spirit or demon incorrectly and had his consciousness stolen, asked in surprise.

“So you’re saying he’s in a kind of awakened state… bound by seeing the future?”

“Similar. He said he’s in a state where he’s concentrating all his mental energy to complete the future he saw himself.”

While the Tiziling priest was speaking, Yoner came over with a dejected face.

“I tried to make him drink a vomiting potion, but he refused.”

“It won’t work. Right now, if his prophetic ability decreases, it would interfere with completing the future. Oh, Lord Meikin. These two say they already knew.”

“What? Really?”

Yoner looked at the two in surprise.

He couldn’t understand how they had known in advance.

“…We didn’t know exactly, we just had a hunch.”

“That’s not what’s important right now. So Meikin. What about forcibly making him drink the vomiting potion?”

“Is that even possible…?”

Yoner tilted his head.

Their friend had originally possessed overwhelming combat power, but now he also had sharp foresight.

He could detect and punish most approaches in advance.

“…”

Realizing this fact, the friends frowned.

“Is everyone gathered? Let’s depart.”

Lee Han looked around at his friends and then turned away.

Then one White Tiger Tower student glanced around nervously and tried to crawl on all fours into the bushes.

‘I can’t spend the remaining time working!’

Thwack!

Lee Han launched a water orb without even looking back and subdued his friend.

Everyone was shocked by that overwhelming display.

‘No opening…!’

‘His casting time is much faster than usual!?’

The guy who was already monstrously strong had become even stronger, making it suffocating.

“…Maybe Wardanaz saw a future that would benefit all of us?”

Salko spoke up, trying to see the positive side somehow.

Giselle was slightly swayed by those words.

Certainly, while Wardanaz was a bit crazy, he wasn’t a petty guy who would pull cheap tricks for his own benefit.

Could he really be moving toward a future that would help all the students?

“Wait. This place is…”

“Don’t tell me…?”

The students who had followed Lee Han into the main building felt something was off.

The main building’s 2nd floor, storage, connected passage…?

-I welcome the challengers.

A giant statue was walking toward them as if welcoming the students.

The powerful statue that had instantly subdued Lee Han and his friends last time.

The students froze at the statue’s appearance.

* * *

“What is it? What’s wrong?”

“What is that thing?”

The students who didn’t know the statue’s identity weren’t on guard against its approach and let their guard down.

Flash!

The statue immediately teleported a student’s staff into its own grasp.

“…?!?!?”

“Wh-what is this?!”

Even the students who hadn’t known about it seemed to instinctively sense the statue’s power from that magic.

There was such a statue here?

“Don’t back down.”

Lee Han spoke in an emotionless voice.

“That enemy is not a fearsome opponent. It’s an enemy we can definitely defeat.”

“Wardanaz, I’m more scared of you right now…”

The friends suffered intense conflict over whether the statue in front of them or Wardanaz behind them was more frightening.

“Advance!”

Lee Han shouted and pushed his friends forward from behind while advancing together.

Today he would break this statue and seize the secret hidden behind it!

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