Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 55

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Chapter 055

Still, it was truly fortunate that the friends who had been constantly clamoring ‘we need to go outside’ and ‘we need to find a way’ were no longer fighting and had shut their mouths.

Lee Han’s words carried that much weight.

Nilia was newly impressed by how remarkable this friend from Blue Dragon Tower was.

To think he could silence all these noisy students with just a few words.

Could this be the charisma that only the bloodline of the Wardanaz Family, one of the Empire’s most renowned magical houses, could possess?

“Everyone got caught in the rain, so I should feed you something warm. Gather around. I’ll make something for you.”

At Lee Han’s words, everyone brightened up and flocked over.

Watching this scene, Nilia was suddenly reminded of someone familiar.

‘Mom… Mom?’

It must be her imagination, right?

Nilia was slightly flustered by Lee Han’s demeanor, which gave off an atmosphere that didn’t match the charisma of an imperial magical family at all.

* * *

If Gainando had seen it, he would have said ‘Why are you carrying so much stuff?’, but Lee Han had come into this mountain expedition with his backpack packed full.

It wasn’t so much that Lee Han was cautious, but rather that he didn’t trust this school that much.

Even if they got stranded in the mountain range, he needed to be able to survive for about a month!

Thanks to this, he had enough food supplies to serve all the gathered students and still have leftovers.

Spring forth.

“Spring forth.“

Spring forth.

Spring forth.

Thanks to being tormented so much by Professor Boladi, the water creation magic now flowed smoothly without any hesitation.

He could even simplify the staff movements bit by bit without completing the full motions.

‘Certainly, the more skilled you become with incantations and movements, the more freedom you gain.’

He had heard various things when he was at the family estate, but there were things that could only be understood through direct physical experience.

Incantations and movements were exactly those kinds of things.

Magic was the act of changing the world through a mage’s will.

No matter how excellent and talented a mage might be, changing the world with unfamiliar magic was bound to raise doubts.

Can I really perform this magic? Am I misunderstanding something? What if I make a mistake?

Detailed incantations and movements erased such doubts and made mages stronger.

Conversely, the more familiar one became with magic, the simpler these incantations and movements could be modified.

‘…No. But no matter how I think about it, learning that way is a bit… There’s no need to learn while getting beaten, is there?’

Bubble bubble-

The pot placed over the fire began to boil. Lee Han poured water into tin cups and brewed coffee.

The students who had been shivering after getting caught in the cold spring rain received their coffee cups with blissful expressions.

Clank-

Watching Lee Han crack eggs into a small square frying pan, Nilia was puzzled.

“Where did you get all these things?”

“I bought them from Black Turtle Tower students.”

“?!”

Come to think of it, there had been talk earlier about hitting it big at the black market…

That was Wardanaz?!

Lee Han finely chopped the scrambled eggs with a knife and distributed them to his friends.

The rhythmic sound of falling rain.

Warm coffee and eggs.

As their bodies warmed up and relaxed somewhat, the students suddenly became romantic.

“This isn’t bad either.”

“Right. This is the first time I’ve had such a pleasant moment since entering school.”

‘Have they developed Stockholm syndrome?’

Lee Han was shocked by his friends who had suddenly turned romantic.

It wasn’t like there was anything special in the coffee or eggs, yet everyone was suddenly talking nonsense…

Meanwhile, Rowena, an elf from White Tiger Tower, approached.

“Her Imperial Highness says she’s grateful.”

“Oh. I see.”

Nilia, who was listening nearby, grumbled quietly.

“Would she get cursed or something if she said it herself…”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing.”

“Does he think he’ll be cursed or something if he says it himself…”

“What, is he gonna get cursed or something if he says it himself…”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing.”

Nilia quickly changed the subject when Rowena tilted her head and asked.

I can’t believe you heard that!

“By the way, Mr. Wordanaz.”

“Would it be alright if I asked when you might be planning to make that vegetable stew again?”

“Wait. You’re making that vegetable stew again?”

“That legendary vegetable stew?”

The top students of the Black Turtle Tower, who had been sipping coffee, suddenly jumped to their feet.

Wait, that stew?

“No. I have no intention of doing it.”

The Black Turtle Tower students sat back down with dejected expressions.

You’re not doing it!

Rowena also looked disappointed, though not as much as the students from the Black Turtle Tower.

“Is that so? I was looking forward to it after hearing about it.”

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

How on earth did the rumors spread so fast that it’s already like this…?

‘But I’m not sure if it would taste the same if I made it again.’

Since it was a dish made by throwing in all the ingredients you had and boiling it thoroughly, there was no guarantee it would taste the same if you made it again.

Rowena returned to the princess and whispered something to her. The princess listened with an expressionless face, but somehow Ihan felt that expression looked disappointed.

Yonerg shook his head and said.

“It seems like excessive loyalty. The princess probably doesn’t even want it. I bet they’re just forcing it on her based on what other people are saying.”

“Is… that so?”

Ihan tilted his head in confusion.

Yoner seemed to think of the princess as an ascetic person who lived on nothing but dew.

But in Ihan’s view, the princess was somewhat more… than he had expected.

‘I thought he had a strong appetite like Gainando, but this is a bit too much.’

Lee Han reflected on himself. No matter what, comparing it to Einroguard was a bit much.

In any case, from Ihan’s perspective after running food errands for the princess, it was hard to accept that the princess had no appetite for food.

They really ate well…

The princess rose from her seat. Ihan flinched, thinking his inner thoughts comparing her to Gainando had been discovered.

Rowena spoke up instead.

“She says she wants to help with work in return for the food and drink she received.”

“That would be appreciated.”

Lee Han was delighted.

The Imperial Princess was someone with outstanding magical talent.

Having her help with various things would be greatly beneficial.

“Ooh…”

“That’s amazing.”

The Imperial Princess held up her staff and chanted an incantation.

Suddenly, an earth-colored mass and a red flickering mass appeared in the air, then compacted the ground around them and strengthened the campfire.

‘Spirits!’

Lee Han could immediately recognize that they were spirits.

Even though she hadn’t formally learned it yet, the Imperial Princess had succeeded in summoning spirits using only what she’d heard from other lectures and books.

Imagining the Imperial Princess communicating with spirits in the Spirit Realm and building intimacy before summoning them, Lee Han suddenly felt a slight regret about taking Professor Boladi’s class for no reason.

…Would it have been better to just take popular lectures?

Thud-

Thud-

Thud-

“!!”

While everyone was admiring the Imperial Princess’s spirits, a massive form appeared through the rain.

It was a golem.

* * *

People often had the prejudice that knight families were ‘only good at swordplay,’ but in reality, it was different.

When you thought about it, it was natural.

To deal with monsters and bandits on the frontier, various skills were necessary.

If they had only practiced swordplay from the beginning, White Tiger Tower students wouldn’t have come to learn magic like this.

As such, there were surprisingly many students among the White Tiger Tower students who excelled in various skills.

Bartrek of the Bark family, a dwarf from the Eastern Empire, had excellent talent in alchemy befitting his family’s reputation.

He would make and lend out ointments when White Tiger Tower students groaned from muscle pain and bruises.

Since even Giselle, the leader of White Tiger Tower, praised him, his skills needed no further explanation.

“Here. Drink the tea.”

Bartrek poured tea from the teapot in a gruff voice.

The White Tiger Tower students marveled at the Bark family’s secret herbal tea. They immediately felt their bodies warming up.

“Thanks, Bartrek. You’re the best.”

“You might be better than Priest Siana over there, you know? Hahaha!”

“Hahahaha!”

The White Tiger Tower students were currently gathered together with Phoenix Tower students.

When Professor Ingoldel disappeared and sudden heavy rain began falling, the students here had also taken shelter to avoid the rain.

In a way, they were lucky.

If Blue Dragon Tower students and White Tiger Tower students had been put in one place, they would have definitely fought.

However, the White Tiger Tower students were too busy laughing and chatting among themselves to notice Siana’s face contorting.

It had been a light joke that the Phoenix Tower students had casually made without knowing they could hear.

“…”

“…”

The Phoenix Tower students unconsciously watched Siana’s reaction.

She wouldn’t poison the medicine, would she?

“The rain seems to be getting lighter, shall we try to break through?”

“The rain… doesn’t seem to be getting lighter though?”

“Hasn’t it gotten lighter?”

“I think we could break through at this level.”

The White Tiger Tower students were much more hot-blooded than the Blue Dragon Tower students.

Of course, they knew it was dangerous to move when it was raining like this, but the number of students with them made them confident.

At this level, there was no reason to hesitate unnecessarily.

“Finding the path is one thing, but shouldn’t we rendezvous with students from other towers?”

“Blue Dragon Tower? With those arrogant bastards?”

The White Tiger Tower students were disgusted. However, the Phoenix Tower students didn’t back down easily either.

“Still, we can’t just abandon students from other towers and go back.”

“Hmm…”

Though the White Tiger Tower students were fierce and rough, they couldn’t really throw tantrums in front of priests.

“Tsk. We do need to find Black Turtle Tower too. Though it’s annoying…”

“Let’s look for students from other towers first. But where on earth did Professor Ingoldel go?”

Thud-

Thud-

Thud-

What had happened to Lee Han’s group in the distance happened exactly the same way to the White Tiger Tower students.

A golem appeared before them.

“…!!!”

* * *

An intimidating size that seemed to be at least 3 meters tall.

The students froze at the sight of the mud golem. Rowena spoke urgently.

“Everyone, don’t move rashly! Golems act according to rules. If we don’t violate the rules first, it won’t bother us!”

Golems were different from other wild monsters. Golems were basically artificial monsters created by mages.

They would shape materials like mud, stone, metal, etc. as desired, put a magic core inside, then activate it.

This was the basic method of making golems.

The problem was that when such magic cores were damaged or abandoned in a broken state, then accidentally combined with materials, a wayward golem that no longer obeyed human commands would be born.

‘This magic school really has problems with safety management.’

Lee Han cursed inwardly as he raised his staff.

Certainly, as Rowena said, golems had rules.

Whether it was an intact golem or a broken golem, that was certain.

The problem was that the rules of broken golems were hard to guess.

If it had a rule like ‘smash all new students’…

Swoosh-

The mud golem approached the students threateningly, then began drawing a line with its foot.

A thick line was carved in front of the students taking shelter from the rain below the cliff.

“??”

“Is it telling us not to come out of the line? What happens if we go out?”

“Let’s try experimenting once.”

“No! Wardanaz! We don’t even have Gainando!!”

Asan screamed as he tried to stop him. Of course, Lee Han had no intention of going out himself.

The bone summon clattered forward and jumped out. The mud golem mercilessly swung its fist.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

“…”

“…”

The students were shocked.

Fortunately, the shattered Bone Summon revived shortly after and returned to its original form.

Seeing this, Rowena focused on a different aspect.

‘Wait, can a summon revive that quickly?’

A summon that’s been reverse summoned once should require quite a lot of time and mana to recover…?

How to Live as a Mage in Magic School

How to Live as a Mage in Magic School

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