Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 575

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Chapter 575

Parthenope ignored Lee Han’s excuses and steered the boat.

She wanted to escape from this terrible chorus as quickly as possible.

* * *

‘Huh?’

As Lee Han continued down the underground passage, he felt the surrounding scenery becoming increasingly familiar.

This place is…?

Lord Gonadaltes?

When the massive rock jutting out over the distant underground lake spoke to him, Lee Han replied cheerfully.

“Hello there, Unbreakable One.”

Oh. You’re the one from last time…

The monster that looked like a giant rock, the Unbreakable One, recognized Lee Han and waved his hand happily. The rock mass shook and stones came flying down.

‘Next time I should ask him not to wave his arm.’

What brings you here?

“Actually, I was in the middle of bringing something in from outside.”

Lee Han signaled to the giants who hadn’t turned the corner of the passage to wait.

The giants waited, though they looked puzzled.

Bringing something from outside to such a dangerous place? Be careful.

The Unbreakable One spoke in a slow but powerful voice that echoed loudly.

While he respected the students’ freedom, it was always the mages’ own magic that ended up hurting them.

They could get hurt trying to bring in something too dangerous.

“Um, could you possibly keep what I’m bringing in secret from the others?”

At Lee Han’s request, the Unbreakable One slowly vibrated his rocky body and laughed.

Of course. I was able to grow here in the first place thanks to a student who secretly brought me in.

The Unbreakable One moved his stones as if to say to trust only him.

Whatever the student was bringing in, the Unbreakable One was ready to respect it.

“Thank you.”

-…

The siren who had been pulling Lee Han’s boat made a complicated expression.

No matter how she looked at it, the Unbreakable One would be surprised to see her.

So you’re getting help from a siren?

“Yes.”

How? Sirens don’t help other races.

The Unbreakable One asked in a slow voice, seeming curious.

“I have a friendship with her.”

Really?

The siren, Parthenope, showed a similar reaction to when she heard the giants’ singing earlier.

She squeezed her eyes shut and covered her ears.

‘They don’t seem very close?’

The Unbreakable One thought so, but had no intention of interfering with what might be a miraculous friendship.

That’s amazing. Keep it up. Take good care of her.

‘I’m not raising her though.’

Lee Han realized the Unbreakable One was misunderstanding.

Like the student who secretly brought the Unbreakable One long ago, he was mistakenly thinking Lee Han was also bringing in a dangerous creature.

Lee Han started to explain but stopped.

‘I should just get moving.’

Seeing the waiting giants fidgeting restlessly, he thought they should move quickly.

“Thank you. Everyone, let’s get going again!”

-Ooh. We’ve been waiting.

-It was hard. So hard.

The giants came out from behind the corner and walked out with splashing steps.

Lee Han and the giants found the path Ikurusha had told them about.

Among the many side paths of Cobweb Lake, it was the path leading to the main building’s underground storage.

The Unbreakable One, who had been blankly watching their retreating figures, was shocked to a degree that didn’t match his laid-back personality.

‘He’s raising giants!?’

Einrogard students had secretly brought in all sorts of strange creatures, but this was truly the first student to bring giants to raise them.

What on earth…?!

* * *

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

Having exited the passage and arrived at the underground storage, Lee Han spoke with sincere gratitude.

The giants deserved such thanks.

To walk such a long way just to help Lee Han.

“I really apprecia…”

-We should hang red ones. Red is warmer.

-No! Yellow is better. Yellow is warmer.

Of course, whether Lee Han was giving thanks or not, the giants were chattering among themselves about how to decorate the storage.

The underground storage was spacious enough for giants to wrestle inside, so the giants were absorbed in how to decorate this vast space.

‘Hmm. It’s rather fortunate they won’t be bored.’

From Lee Han’s perspective, it was better that the giants wouldn’t be bored.

The giants had to stay here for a week, and if they wandered outside out of boredom and ran into Professor Boladi, it would be dangerous.

‘If even one gets caught, there’s a high chance they’ll reveal the location.’

Given the giants’ personalities, if interrogated, there was a very high chance they would talk.

Lee Han gave the giants one final warning.

“You must not go outside carelessly. If you get caught, terrible things could happen to you.”

-Working all day?

“It could be more terrible than that.”

-Working for two whole days?? Ugh!

“Yes. Even up to three days…”

At Lee Han’s warning, the giants stirred uneasily.

Indeed, Einrogard’s mages were eccentric and fearsome beings.

“Well then, I’m counting on you.”

-Got it. Trust us!

Lee Han bid farewell to the giants and opened the storage door.

Whoosh!

“…??!”

Lee Han, who had opened the door and come out, was shocked to see the surroundings completely covered in green fog.

The complex overlapping flow of mana he felt from within.

It wasn’t just one poison but a compound poison with several mixed together. It was hard to even guess how many there were.

‘What? What happened?’

At first he wondered if some monster had appeared, but Lee Han immediately recalled what Diret had said.

-Of course I’ll try to persuade them with words first. But if persuasion doesn’t work, I might use a little poison. I’m not spreading poison to use on other people. If rumors spread that poison has been released, other people will stop coming in and out. You understand, right? I’m absolutely not spreading poison to use on other people.

‘…No, isn’t this a bit excessive?’

It seemed like poison had been spread not just in front of the corridor, but throughout this entire nearby area.

Lee Han was slightly flustered.

Was there really a reason to go this far?

‘Hmm… Right. Senior Diret isn’t the type of person to do this on purpose either. There must have been a reason. Maybe other people didn’t listen…’

Clatter!

He spotted an undead disguised in the wall beside the corridor.

Seeing that it was connected to the magic circle ahead, it seemed like a structure where undead would jump out the moment someone stepped on it.

Moreover, there were curse-type magic circles in front of that too…

“…”

No, is there really a reason to go this far?!?

Lee Han applied the transformation of mana’s properties to stick to the wall. It was the principle of suction.

In that state, he somehow managed to escape the area by sticking to the wall without touching the floor, when he noticed writing painted in red on the wall.

Black Magic Academy die!!

“…”

Lee Han quietly erased the writing painted on the wall.

Since it was writing done with magic, it was a bit difficult, but when he poured mana into it, it somehow got erased.

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“As expected of the Imperial Princess.”

“That’s right! Who else but the Imperial Princess could teach classmates so well!”

“…”

Adenart looked at her followers with an emotion of being tired to death, but the followers didn’t notice.

“Come on! Next! Know that it’s an honor! For the Imperial Princess to teach you like this!”

“Hey… I’m a prince too…”

Gainando, who came with a question sheet, glared at the followers with indignation.

Sometimes there was suspicion that Adenart’s followers genuinely forgot that Gainando was royalty.

“And teaching is the duty of smart people! Like how those who have should give! Do you think Lee Han makes a big deal out of it every time he teaches like this?”

“Th, that’s…”

“Hmm.”

The followers surprisingly couldn’t refute Gainando’s sharp words.

Indeed, Wardanaz taught much more than this without making much of a show of it.

While the followers were frustrated, Adenart gestured for Gainando to come closer.

“What? Why?”

“…Please tell them that we’ll only study this much for today.”

“Really!?”

Gainando looked at her with delight at Adenart’s words.

To think that his usually disagreeable half-sibling would say such a thing.

“…Wait. No.”

Gainando, who had been excited for a moment, immediately became dejected.

Adenart was also flustered.

She naturally thought Gainando would happily agree to stop studying.

“There’s still stuff left to study. If I don’t finish it even after coming back, Lee Han will really get angry.”

“…”

Adenart looked at Gainando with a contemptuous gaze.

How much must he usually not study for Wardanaz to be like that.

Anyway, it wasn’t helpful.

‘This is hard.’

One thing Adenart realized was that answering other friends’ questions was surprisingly difficult.

Since each person was attending different schools and studying different parts, the content of their questions was also vastly different.

These kinds of questions weren’t at a level that could be solved just by receiving very excellent grades in the year.

-So why do differences occur when using ox bones versus chicken bones in magic…

-Imperial Princess. I don’t know what the problem is with making a potion of endurance. In the first attempt, I put in one spoonful of golden technique, two pouches of coldaran, and a handful of stone incense, and I did exactly the same in the second attempt, but I don’t understand why the second attempt didn’t work.

-When making artifacts on the spot, could I use the following simple magic circles?

-Additionally, I want to summon a spirit…

Rather, it was more amazing that she had answered even this much.

Luck had helped her to some extent too.

If it had been a field Adenart had no interest in at all, she wouldn’t have been able to answer at all.

“Wait. You didn’t tell me that because you wanted to rest, did you?”

Gainando looked at Adenart with doubt.

Adenart couldn’t answer due to her pride.

“Hey. She seems like she wants to rest?”

“What are you talking about? Such nonsense. If she wanted to rest, she would have told us.”

“She could tell me too. After teaching that much, she might want to rest, right?”

“The Imperial Princess isn’t tired at all by something like this.”

“Right. Who do you think she is like you?”

“…These bastards really!”

Indignant Gainando swung his staff. The followers didn’t back down either and grabbed Gainando and rolled around.

Students who were studying nearby also thought it was perfect timing and grabbed the collars of students from other towers they had grudges against.

“You just took the bread tree fruit I had my eye on last time!?”

“First come, first served!”

“This is revenge for last assignment!”

“You made a mistake because you’re stupid, who are you blaming!”

Indeed, befitting friends who gathered because they couldn’t study, they were ready to abandon studying at any time if there was any reason not to study.

While they were throwing papers at each other and splashing ink, Lee Han returned.

Bang!

At the sound of the wall breaking, everyone stopped moving and turned their gaze. Even Gainando, who was about to pour ink into a White Tiger Tower friend’s mouth, turned his head.

Lee Han, who had punched the wall with his fist, was looking at his friends with an expressionless face.

“What are you doing?”

“…”

“…Uh… Well…”

“Don’t you want to study?”

At Lee Han’s question, the friends looked around nervously.

Of course they didn’t want to study, but if they said so here, they might die. Even Gainando noticed that.

“…It’s not that…”

“That bastard started the trouble first…”

“No, he started the trouble…”

“Everyone sit down.”

At Lee Han’s words, the students quietly took their seats.

“Gainando. How far did you get?”

“I… I almost finished.”

“Tell me the reason for the difference when using ox bones and chicken bones.”

“Uh, well, that is.”

Seeing that, the friends frantically flipped through their books, preparing for any questions that might come their way.

Lee Han clicked his tongue and sat down in a chair.

‘These bastards when I told them to study.’

Thud-

When everyone became quiet, Adenart whispered to Lee Han in a small voice.

“…Really, thank you.”

“???”

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