Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 560

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Chapter 560

Angrago flared up when his friends cursed at him.

“That goat looked so pitiful back then! It was hanging upside down!”

“So you got caught instead?”

“I’m telling you, you can’t trust even animals at Einroguard.”

The chattering students eventually came to a conclusion.

It must definitely be a false rumor!

Neither Wardanaz nor Moradi were the type of friends to act leisurely in a situation like today.

* * *

“…!!!”

Lee Han and Giselle looked up at the villa from the road below with eyes of shock.

Evening was already approaching the city. The mana lamps along the roadside were emitting light, and the number of people who had been so numerous was gradually decreasing.

And with the evening, Death Knights had come.

In front of the villa’s main gate.

‘We’re too late…!’

Lee Han looked at Giselle. Giselle nodded, having already steeled her resolve.

“Wardanaz. I have a favor to ask.”

“Tell me.”

“Since you’re close with the Principal, ask him to assign us separate punishment rooms. I think I’ll be twice as pissed off if I’m locked up looking at your face.”

“I’m not close with him though?”

The Death Knights wore luxurious and colorful coats to try to look like Empire citizens, but it wasn’t very effective.

When they just breathed, negative energy spread out – how could they not be noticed?

-How on earth did this happen…?

-The prisoners have escaped!!

-What is our Master even doing? He told us to just trust his magic! The prisoners ran away! We should have just stood guard!

-Calm yourself. Our Master pursues his own aesthetics.

-What exactly is that supposed to mean?

-Originally, criminals shouldn’t just sit there helplessly. What kind of boring thing is that? Criminals should keep struggling and fighting desperately in vain. For that, you need to give them even just a little bit of hope.

-Huh… I think I understand. Hearing that makes my anger subside. Our Master truly thinks deeply.

‘What do you understand.’

‘What’s subsiding.’

Lee Han and Giselle, who had cast invisibility magic and carefully approached, cursed inwardly as they listened to the Death Knights’ conversation.

What kind of insane conversation was this!

To think he deliberately didn’t post Death Knights as guards to torment the prisoners.

But ironically, the Skeleton Principal’s such twisted hobby came as luck for the students.

If Death Knights had been standing guard, the escape would have been several times more difficult.

They might have been caught in the villa without even being able to escape.

“Moradi. It’s not over yet.”

Lee Han’s eyes burned with determination.

Looking at the Death Knights gathered at the main gate now, it was clear they still hadn’t fully grasped the situation.

They would think the prisoners had escaped on their own, so they would prioritize tracking them.

Then they could sufficiently break through them, reach the portal on the villa’s upper floor, and return to school.

-But how did those prisoner bastards escape? With the magic items they had, they couldn’t have opened the main gate. Was there someone with magical talent among them?

-No matter how talented, they couldn’t have opened the main gate…

-Didn’t our Master’s successor come and go?

“Who is the Principal’s successor?”

Giselle asked with puzzlement.

Lee Han felt an ominous premonition sweep through his entire body.

-Young Wardanaz isn’t the type to do such violent things. Why would such a good boy release prisoners?

-That’s true.

“…”

Giselle glared at Lee Han with an indescribable look in her eyes.

Lee Han had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.

“That’s because that Death Knight is a weird guy…”

“Get lost, successor.”

-Search.

When one of the Death Knights clenched and opened his gauntlet-covered fist, blue energy spread around the area.

The traces left near the villa manor’s main gate floated to the surface.

Countless footprints and traces of magic.

-???

-?????

The Death Knights fell into confusion.

-What the…?

-Were the mercenaries attacked?

-Was there a mage among the mercenaries?

-Maybe they had some bizarre grimoire? Maybe they summoned a demon into their own body…

-If that were the case, Granden City would have already contacted us. Anyway, contact the city guard. Since prisoners have escaped, we need to report it.

-Yes.

-It seems some escaped outside the main gate, so pursue them. The footprints are still there.

‘We’re saved!’

Lee Han’s eyes widened as he saw more than half of the Death Knights heading outside the manor.

The traces of the most troublesome mercenary had drawn the Death Knights outside.

‘But I’m not grateful!’

The two headed toward the villa’s main gate with desperate resolve.

They planned to break through the dimensional portal using everything they had.

* * *

“Wardanaz!!”

“Moradi!!”

The students who had been waiting anxiously cheered.

Lee Han and Giselle had passed through the portal!

Lee Han immediately turned off the artifact after passing through the dimensional portal. The overheated artifact made a bizarre sound.

“Huff… huff.”

“Gasp… huff.”

The two couldn’t even speak and collapsed on the storage floor.

“???”

“What’s wrong? Hey, where’s the stuff?”

The two couldn’t answer and just gestured with their hands.

Angrago carefully approached.

“Moradi. I don’t know what you’re saying.”

“■…”

“What?”

Angrago moved a bit closer.

Giselle whispered in a rough, hoarse voice.

“Bring water…”

“One cup for me too…”

“…”

As Angrago slowly stood up, his friends grew curious.

“What did he say?”

“Did you get cursed or something? Why are you late? Where’s your luggage?”

“…bring some water.”

A moment later.

Lee Han and Giselle downed a glass of cold water and came to their senses.

“What on earth happened?”

Summoning paper birds to divert attention, making noise with skeletal hands, calling out Sharkan to break tree branches at the villa, using Gonadaltes’ surging power magic to move wardrobes, sending clones to finally get the Death Knights outside…

Cutting through doors, going out to the 2nd floor terrace and jumping up while carrying Wardanaz, hanging from chandeliers on the ceiling to avoid detection, cursing at Wardanaz who got the floor wrong…

“…seriously, what on earth happened?!”

The friends heard the explanation but couldn’t understand it at all.

What could have possibly happened for them to experience such a grand adventure at the manor?!

“It’s a long story. For now, everyone return to your dormitories. We must avoid getting caught here at all costs. Oh, guys.”

At Lee Han’s words, his friends focused their attention.

“If I go to the punishment room, could you bring me some food?”

“…”

Seriously, what on earth had happened?!

* * *

“So you got caught while trying to capture mercenaries.”

“That’s right.”

“It couldn’t be helped. You had bad luck. Besides, it’s not wrong that Wardanaz built up a reputation outside.”

Phoenix Tower common room.

The priests listened to Lee Han’s story and tried their best to comfort him.

Other students had brought in goods as if they were going to clean out shops, but Lee Han, who had worked the hardest, was facing the crisis of getting caught.

Priest Siana sniffled, her heart aching.

“Still, with just that one incident, the testimony might be inaccurate enough that you’ll be fine. You didn’t get caught for anything else, right?”

* * *

“…I caught some robbers.”

“…”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower students exchanged glances with each other.

If it had been Angrago, they would have immediately said ‘what are you doing,’ but this was Giselle.

If they said ‘what are you doing,’ they might get the immediate response of ‘I’ll show you what I’m doing, grab your sword and follow me.’

The most courageous student, Durgyu, broke the silence and spoke up.

“I respect you, Moradi. That’s not something just anyone can do. I think true honor means boldly stepping forward to practice justice, even if you suffer losses yourself.”

“Right, that’s right, Moradi. I think so too.”

“Exactly! That’s real honor!”

When Durgyu spoke up, the other friends thought it was good advice and added their own words.

Giselle was truly happy with her friends’ encouragement.

“Everyone shut up.”

“…”

“…”

‘I told you we should just stay quiet…’

An awkward silence lingered for a while.

Durgyu cleared his throat and said.

“Still, if it hadn’t been for you, the damage would have been great.”

“When I looked into it later, that staff craftsman’s shop had extraordinary defenses. I’m not sure if that would have happened.”

“…Still, not many people would have seen that like mercenaries. There’s still hope!”

“Right! If there are few and inaccurate testimonies, the Principal won’t be able to put you in the punishment room for that. Let’s all work together to point out the flaws!”

“There’s nothing else, right?”

“What kind of unlucky question is that? What else could there be? There’s no way there could be anything else, right?”

* * *

“…there was an accident and I saved someone who got hurt.”

“…”

“Priest Siana? Why are you avoiding my gaze?”

“Well, that’s…”

Priest Siana couldn’t look at Lee Han and avoided his gaze.

No matter how she thought about it, after all this, it seemed like he would just go to the punishment room.

If they gathered witnesses, there would probably be about a hundred…

“If you go to the punishment room, I’ll visit you every single day.”

“Thanks… but you know the punishment room’s path is complicated and changes daily, right?”

“…I’ll definitely go once every 3 days.”

The priests were genuinely sad thinking about Lee Han going to the punishment room.

“I’ll confront the Principal about this. Having to go to the punishment room for saving someone else!”

“Right! Something’s strange about this!”

Lee Han quietly shook his head.

It was a cry that would absolutely never work.

-Are you there?

“!!!”

When the Death Knight knocked on the common room door, the priests thought what was coming had come and jumped to their feet.

“He’s not here!”

-Wardanaz. The Master is looking for you.

“I said he’s not here!”

“Just try coming in! I’ll set your face on fire with Ahfra’s flames!”

The Death Knight was hurt by the priests’ reaction.

Unlike other towers, Phoenix Tower had always been filled with gentle and kind priests, but this year’s priests were being too harsh with their words.

“That’s enough. Thanks everyone. I’ll go and come back.”

Lee Han stopped his friends and stood up from his seat.

It was something he had already prepared himself for anyway.

* * *

I’m truly proud of you two!

“??”

“????”

When the Skeleton Principal shouted at them in a bright voice, the two sent wary looks and shrank back.

More frightening than a cursing Skeleton Principal was a praising Skeleton Principal.

But why?

As expected, it’s the tower representatives who elevate the tower’s honor! Is there anything you’d like to eat?

“Are you going to put it in the punishment room as contraband food?”

At Lee Han’s question, the Skeleton Principal laughed heartily.

The Skeleton Principal, who had transformed into human form (Giselle almost screamed in surprise), patted Lee Han and Giselle’s shoulders very hard.

Hahahaha! How could that be? What a joke. Others might misunderstand if they heard that!

“…?”

“…??”

Lee Han and Giselle shrank back even more.

Replace?

Of course, you ruined the textbooks you prepared for final exams, destroyed my villa, went out without permission to roam the city, and as if that wasn’t enough, you let other students go out in groups too, and the Death Knights even had to chase you two around to figure out how you managed to set those space magic coordinates, but there’s no way I would put you in the punishment room, right? Don’t misunderstand!

“…Should we just go into the punishment room and come back out?”

Lee Han raised his hand and volunteered, sensing the venom in the Skeleton Principal’s voice.

It seemed like it would be better to just go in and come back out.

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