Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 580

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Chapter 580

“That’s too harsh…”

The apprentice knight looked at Giselle with a hurt expression.

Of course, recommending someone from a mage family representing the Empire like the Wardanaz family to a knight order was indeed rare.

It made people’s reactions that much harder to predict.

But the Wardanaz family boy was certainly qualified to be recommended to a knight order.

Just look at how he recently subjugated anti-magic extremists alongside the Knights of the Hornbeam Knight Order.

If it was Wardanaz, he would elevate the honor of whoever recommended him rather than tarnish it.

It would be good for Wardanaz to join an excellent knight order, and good for Moradi to gain the honor of recommending excellent talent…

“Moradi doesn’t want to create the misunderstanding that his family is close with the Wardanaz family.”

Lee Han stepped in for Moradi.

After all, recommending someone to a knight order with your family name on the line meant your own honor would be stained if the other party made mistakes, so it was difficult to do unless you were quite close.

The moment you made a recommendation, people around couldn’t help but think ‘Oh, they must be quite close.’

Of course, Lee Han’s actions weren’t very helpful. Giselle immediately denied it.

“That’s not it? Why would I reject friendship with the Wardanaz family? What are you talking about, Wardanaz?”

From Giselle’s perspective, with her excellent political sense, this was absolutely unacceptable.

Even if they weren’t a knight family, there was no benefit in rumors spreading that she had rejected friendship with a great noble family like Wardanaz.

“No… hey…”

Lee Han was dumbfounded by Giselle bringing the conversation back to square one when he was trying to end it on a good note.

Of course, Giselle also glared at Lee Han with equally bewildered eyes.

‘Why are you saying our family doesn’t want to create the misunderstanding of being close with the Wardanaz family? What if the Wardanaz family takes offense?’

‘No. People in our family don’t even read the Empire newspapers. They wouldn’t care what anyone says.’

Unable to watch any longer, Durgyu stepped in.

“Wardanaz has said several times that he has no intention of joining a knight order. That’s why Moradi reacted so hastily. His words were harsh, but please understand.”

“Right. That’s exactly it.”

“Yes. That’s exactly right.”

Lee Han and Giselle nodded with relief.

In fact, from Lee Han’s perspective, being misunderstood as wanting to join a knight order was very dangerous.

There were few professions as difficult and arduous as being a knight.

Thinking about it coldly, one could react with ‘What does that have to do with the insults?’ but the apprentice knight accepted it for now.

He had a friendship with Durgyu, and something else had piqued his curiosity more.

“Wardanaz. It seems like you could perform excellently even if you joined a knight order, so why? There are mages in knight orders too. They receive much respect while helping the knights. Moradi. The knight orders in the north where your family is located…”

‘Shut up. You clueless bastard.’

This time Giselle succeeded in swallowing her words.

If he wanted to recommend someone to a knight order, he should do it himself instead of constantly asking Giselle to do it.

Fortunately, Durgyu answered again.

“Wardanaz will remain at Einroguard even after graduation. He needs to research magic with the professors.”

“Are you insane, Durgyu!?!?”

Lee Han cried out in shock.

This time Durgyu looked slightly hurt.

* * *

It took some time for the apprentice knights and students to clear up misunderstandings and put their heads together.

“So the six of us have to spend a day in those mountains.”

At the apprentice knight’s words, Lee Han asked carefully.

“Do you happen to know where we start from?”

“Of course not! Haha. Wardanaz. Then it wouldn’t be a test.”

‘This clueless bastard.’

Lee Han cursed the apprentice knight inwardly.

The Einroguard students had been trapped inside, but what had these knights been doing while coming from outside without finding out even that much?

Professor Ingoldel would have been more lenient with them too.

“Wardanaz. This is serious.”

“Why?”

When Giselle whispered and asked, Lee Han was puzzled.

Of course they hadn’t heard where to start, but was this really that serious?

“We were originally planning to go into the mountain lodge and spend the night there.”

“We were, weren’t we?”

“…Do these bastards look like they’d tolerate that?”

“What? No. Of course they’d tolerate…”

Lee Han, who was about to speak, hesitated.

The apprentice knights’ eyes were more upright and earnest than he had expected.

Huh?

“Wait. Everyone. I have one question, well… there are some friends among the others. Friends who want to hide cabins in the mountains beforehand and take shelter there.”

As soon as Lee Han finished speaking, the apprentice knight looked disgusted.

“They would do such a cowardly thing? Who exactly would do that?”

“Wardanaz. We need to tell the professor right now. Who is it?”

“…Well. I just heard it in passing.”

Lee Han’s face grew serious at the apprentice knights’ reaction.

Lee Han made an excuse and called his friends aside.

“No. Are all knight family descendants like this? Isn’t preparing a mountain lodge also a skill? Do you know how much we suffered preparing supplies to put in there?”

With a sincere voice, Lee Han poured out his feelings to his friends.

What did those apprentice knight bastards who had been living comfortably in the city outside know to say such things?

Lee Han and his friends had worked hard in their spare time despite being busy, trying not to get caught while building mountain lodges throughout the mountain range.

Sneaking up at night when on duty, waking up early at dawn to sneak up, sneaking up during free time during the day…

The supplies to put inside were precious materials worth their weight in gold, obtained with great difficulty from outside.

To ignore all that!

“Knight family descendants who joined knight orders early are generally more stubborn.”

Giselle agreed with Lee Han’s words and explained.

Those who had been trained as apprentice knights from childhood to pull their weight in knight orders were stubborn and didn’t know how to compromise.

That was fine, but the problem was forcing that on Einroguard students too.

“Well, White Tiger Tower kids are good at compromising.”

“Right. …What?”

“…That’s not that bad, is it, Lee Han?”

Giselle and Durgyu protested without realizing it.

Being from knight families themselves, being told they were good at compromising didn’t sound like a compliment.

“Aren’t you good at compromising?”

“What grounds do you have for such slander?”

“Last time one of your tower students was selling wooden swords on the black market. If you check, there’ll be several kids without swords.”

‘Crazy bastards.’

Giselle cursed her fellow tower students inwardly.

They were truly embarrassing bastards wherever they went.

“They… must have been really hungry. Very, truly hungry.”

“Hey… Choi. Just keep your mouth shut.”

Giselle gestured to her clueless orc friend. The more he spoke, the deeper they sank into the quagmire.

“What’s important now isn’t how good our tower is at compromising.”

‘You guys asked about it.’

Lee Han thought so, but kept his mouth shut out of consideration for his friends.

Durgyu had his head hung low, and Giselle’s ears were burning red.

“The question is how to deal with those useless ones. The test will start soon. We don’t have time.”

“You’re right…”

Lee Han fell into thought.

Professor Ingoldel had grouped the mages and knights together hoping they would cooperate harmoniously, but it had backfired.

For the three who were planning to immediately find and enter the mountain lodge in the mountain range, they were nothing but obstacles.

After pondering, Lee Han spoke carefully.

“There’s only one thing that comes to mind.”

“Me too.”

“I also thought of one thing.”

The three looked at each other in surprise.

They all had the same thought at the same time?

Durgyu was very pleased inside.

‘Fighting together for a year was worth it!’

He had always been worried because Giselle and Lee Han’s relationship wasn’t very good, but seeing this gave him a bit of hope.

After all, trials were what made comradeship stronger.

“Then shall we all say it together? Three. Two. One.”

“Put them to sleep then subdue them.”

“Knock them out then subdue them.”

“Fair and square with skill… huh?”

Durgyu was flustered.

His two friends’ answers were a bit different from what he expected.

In a situation like this, wasn’t the right improvisation to give up and overcome it by working together with the three apprentice knights?

Giselle also tilted her head.

Of course, her concern was in a somewhat different direction from Durgyu’s.

“Can we put them to sleep?”

“I have some sleep potions I made with friends. We can say it’s for cold protection.”

“Ah. That would be much more peaceful. Good. Let’s go with that.”

Lee Han and Giselle quickly reached a conclusion.

Put the three apprentice knights to sleep, then tie them up and take them along!

“What’s wrong, Durgyu? Is there something to improve?”

“…It’s nothing. I was going to say we should subdue them fair and square with skill.”

“Haha. You’re right.”

“It’s convenient that we’re on the same page.”

At his two friends’ words, Durgyu smiled sadly.

* * *

Clatter, clatter-

“I can’t believe we’re traveling by carriage!”

Labda of the Enge Family was amazed.

He never expected they would travel through this mountain range by carriage. Einroguard wasn’t called a school for mages for nothing.

“Labda. You were definitely a master of absorption swordsmanship, right?”

“Not quite a master. I still have a long way to go.”

At Lee Han’s words, Labda spoke humbly. But his appearance showed unmistakable pride.

The Enge Family’s swordsmanship was a rare technique in the Empire, focusing on the mysteries of absorption.

Knights already took pride in their family’s swordsmanship, but in Labda’s case, that pride had to be even stronger.

“Amazing. I’m also practicing the mysteries of absorption, but to apply it to swordsmanship… It’s hard to even imagine.”

“Thank… huh?”

Labda felt something strange.

‘How is he practicing it?’

Was the mystery of absorption something you could practice in the first place?

“Here. Everyone drink this.”

Lee Han handed over potions contained in round glass bottles. The apprentice knights looked at them with curious eyes.

“What is this?”

“A potion to help you endure the cold.”

“Oh. Thanks.”

Gulp gulp-

Seeing the apprentice knights drink the potions one by one, Lee Han smiled contentedly.

“Can you figure out where the carriage is going?”

“Not at all. It doesn’t seem to be moving in a normal way.”

Giselle, who had been checking the direction the carriage was moving with her eyes closed, frowned.

Even setting aside the lack of windows, this carriage had been showing physically impossible movements since earlier.

It would go up a slope then suddenly drop down, then move backwards…

It had definitely flown or teleported several times along the way.

Thud, screech!

The carriage stopped and the door opened. It was a signal to get off.

Lee Han and his friends tied up the sleeping apprentice knights, then carried them off one by one. The driverless carriage then turned around and quickly disappeared downward.

“The snow is getting heavier…”

Durgyu groaned as he checked the surroundings.

He had a feeling that the increasingly heavy snowfall would be no joke.

“I heard there are giants in this mountain range too. We won’t encounter any giants, will we.”

“You don’t need to worry about giants. There are no giants right now.”

“I see. Thanks… Wait, Lee Han. But how do you know that?”

Durgyu asked, but Lee Han couldn’t answer.

He was concentrating on checking the location of this area while looking at the map.

“Found it. If we walk about 30 minutes from here, we’ll reach the mountain lodge I prepared.”

“Ugh… What the hell happened…?”

Labda tried to get up with a drowsy voice.

Giselle struck Labda’s solar plexus hard with her sword’s pommel. Labda fell asleep again with a single scream.

“What happened?”

When Lee Han, who had looked up from the map, asked, Giselle shrugged her shoulders.

“Nothing. Let’s go.”

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