Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 582
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Chapter 582
“How is a slime acting like that?”
At Lee Han’s muttering, Giselle stared at him intently.
She couldn’t believe he was being serious.
Did he really have no clue at all?!
Feeling his friend’s gaze, Lee Han asked back in confusion.
“Do you have something to say?”
“Nothing in particular. Stop!”
At Giselle’s shout, the students and knights running up from below hesitated.
Lee Han looked at them and thought.
‘How many of those guys are slimes?’
The fake Lee Han, fake Giselle, and fake Durgyu were certain, but he couldn’t guess which of the others were slimes.
It would be nice if he could attack to confirm, but in the current situation, if he did that…
‘We’d immediately become the fakes.’
He didn’t know how the fake Lee Han had persuaded them, but he could tell the persuasion had worked properly.
The students were standing behind the fake Lee Han with unwavering eyes.
He wanted to get angry at being fooled, but Lee Han endured it. Getting angry could wait until later.
Now was the time to persuade them in return.
‘No matter how much of a Shifting Slime it is, there are limits. It can’t replicate the real thing.’
Lee Han exchanged glances with Giselle. The two friends nodded meaningfully.
-We can persuade them, right?
-Of course.
Weren’t they friends who had shared hardships together for a whole year?
Even powerful transformation abilities couldn’t deceive memories.
“Speak up! Fake Moradi! You told us to stop, so why are you acting like that? Are you perhaps thinking about what lies to tell?”
“What bastard is…”
Lee Han looked to see who was starting the agitation so quickly from below and was dumbfounded.
The fake Lee Han was shouting.
‘This is really fucking annoying.’
Giselle must have thought the same as she looked at Lee Han with irritation. Lee Han pointed downward and said.
“Moradi. You should glare at that side.”
“Shut up. I’m going to.”
Clearing her throat, Giselle pointed her sword and shouted toward the friends gathered below.
“You idiots. Do you know what you’re doing right now! You’re being deceived!”
“!”
“Huh… what?”
At Giselle’s shout, the friends hesitated.
It was exactly like Giselle’s usual sharp retorts in the White Tiger Tower lounge.
Then the fake Giselle stepped forward and gently persuaded the friends.
“Calm down. Friends. The fake is getting anxious because she’s been exposed.”
“I… I see!”
“That’s Moradi for you.”
“…”
“…”
Lee Han and Giselle were speechless.
“No… are you guys wearing fake eyes because you plan to replace them with artifacts later? How is that Moradi? She’s too kind!”
At Lee Han’s shout, the friends below the slope snorted and retorted.
“Moradi was always like this, you know?”
“Right. As long as Wardanaz doesn’t irritate her, Moradi is originally kind and gentle!”
‘Such ridiculous slander?’
Lee Han was angry at the White Tiger Tower students’ slander.
Moradi was originally that kind of personality, not because of Lee Han.
…Wasn’t she?
“Come to think of it, she seemed a bit more gentle when we first met…”
“Do you want to go down there?”
“No. I’m just retracing memories to try to persuade them. But Moradi. Your friends seem to like your masked appearance, so couldn’t you persuade them with that?”
“Are you being serious?”
“I’m serious. Look at your friends.”
Giselle looked down the slope and sighed deeply.
They seemed completely smitten after whatever conversation they’d had with the slime.
“Fine. Fine then.”
Giselle cleared the anger from her face and managed her expression.
It was the kind and gentle Giselle that occasionally appeared when needed.
“Everyone…”
“That fake Moradi is acting! Don’t listen!”
The fake Lee Han waved his staff and shouted.
Lee Han really wanted to kill that slime.
“That’s Wardanaz for you!”
“You can’t fool Wardanaz’s eyes!”
And those White Tiger Tower guys who were being fooled by that slime too!
Lee Han growled and shouted.
“Fine, let’s say Moradi is like that. But does that look like me to you right now? Why exactly?”
“Everyone. Don’t be fooled by that fake’s words. That fake is trying to deceive you. The only person who can protect you is me. Trust me! I am your savior!”
“Wardanaz…!”
“You really are…!”
Lee Han almost grabbed the back of his neck.
They believed such honeyed words??
“Are you really falling for those words? Seriously?! You guys have to protect yourselves, who’s going to protect you! How can you fall for sweet talk!”
“Don’t listen to the fake’s words! Trust me!”
When the fake Lee Han shouted firmly, the White Tiger Tower students nodded as if enchanted.
Compared to the fierce fake on the slope above, the Wardanaz beside them who kept offering warm words seemed like the real Wardanaz.
‘I was wrong.’
Lee Han felt frustrated.
To think he’d lose in persuasion to a fake!
Giselle must have thought similarly as she covered her face with her hand and sighed.
“Wait. There’s Durgyu. Let’s try persuading with Durgyu.”
“The fake will probably be more popular.”
At Lee Han’s words, Giselle responded cynically but still threw out the question.
“Choi. If you’re real, try saying something.”
“…”
The fake Durgyu said nothing.
“?”
“??”
Lee Han and Giselle were confused.
The slime disguised as fake Durgyu seemed to be less trained.
Seeing this, the students below the slope became triumphant and shouted.
“Hehe. Fakes! Durgyu won’t fall for such tricks!”
“He thinks it’s not even worth answering!”
“…”
While Giselle was horrified, Lee Han opened his mouth after much deliberation.
“Moradi.”
“?”
“I think all of those guys are slimes.”
“What?”
“They’re all slimes. Nothing else makes sense.”
“Even so, it can’t be that they’re all slimes…”
Giselle, who had been speaking, almost wavered for a moment.
Could it be?
Even if it wasn’t all of them as Wardanaz said, more than half of them could be slimes.
Otherwise, that stupidity couldn’t be explained.
“…Right. Quite a large number could be slimes.”
“Right?”
Lee Han raised his staff.
It had been a mistake to think there were only a few slimes and try to solve it through persuasion.
They were all slimes!
“Buy me some time. I’ll hit them all at once.”
“Got it. Sweep them all away.”
* * *
Except for fake Lee Han, fake Giselle, and fake Durgyu, all the rest were real students.
“…”
“…”
Lee Han’s group looked down with complicated gazes at the students who had been beaten down by snowballs.
“Graaah…”
“We trusted you…”
“Trusted what, you idiots!”
Giselle tried to kick the back of her fallen friend. Lee Han and Durgyu barely managed to intervene and stop her.
“What exactly did those slimes tell you?”
“That there were fakes going around. To be careful…”
“So we needed to stick together and move around…”
Lee Han, who had been listening, asked back in disbelief.
“Didn’t you think to suspect the ones who said that?”
“They seemed real!”
‘These guys would think anyone’s real if they just gave them candy.’
Lee Han looked at the pathetic students with contemptuous eyes, clicked his tongue, and stood up.
“Fine, just rest until the exam is over…”
“Look, the fakes attacked our friends!!”
“…”
Lee Han looked at a new group of students who had arrived at the bottom of the slope and the fake Lee Han, Giselle, and Durgyu leading them, then let out a deep sigh.
“Everyone, prepare for battle.”
“Wait, wait. Let us try to persuade them…”
A fallen White Tiger Tower student said, but Lee Han ignored them, pretending not to hear.
* * *
The next day.
Professor Ingoldel and the Knights of the White Poplar Order looked at the mountain range with faces full of expectation.
What kind of faces would the students who endured the cold of the mountain range return with?
“Professor. Shouldn’t you tell us now? What kind of monster did you prepare in advance?”
One of the knights, unable to contain his curiosity, asked casually.
All the knights knew about the trial of the cold mountain range, but the knights hadn’t heard about the monster Professor Ingoldel had prepared separately.
But now the exam would soon end and the students would return, so it wouldn’t matter much to ask.
Professor Ingoldel smiled awkwardly and said.
“Well. I’m afraid everyone will be disappointed…”
“What do you mean by that? Who would be disappointed in Professor Ingoldel’s choice?”
“Enhanced bulls? Or wild boars?”
“Since it’s a winter mountain range, wouldn’t it be monsters closely related to snow? Like white snow hedgehogs or ice drakes?”
Professor Ingoldel, who had been listening to the knights’ guesses with amusement, thought it was time to reveal the answer.
“I prepared shifting slimes.”
“Pardon?”
“What slimes?”
“Shifting slimes.”
Professor Ingoldel began explaining calmly. But he couldn’t hide that he was slightly excited.
That’s how much he had agonized over and diligently prepared these shifting slimes.
“I heard from other professors that monsters like shifting slimes could be artificially created.”
“That… that would be possible. This is Einroguard after all.”
“This is it, I thought. When I asked, the other professors also said it was a very good idea.”
“Uh…”
“Hmm…”
Professor Ingoldel, who didn’t notice the knights’ expressions subtly changing, continued his explanation excitedly.
“After receiving the slimes, I had them observe the students during every lecture. When final exam week arrived, they transformed quite convincingly. The students have to endure the cold of the snow mountain while distinguishing fake friends who come to them. Isn’t it great?!”
The professor finished speaking in an excited voice.
He had always worried that his exams seemed bland compared to other Einroguard professors, but this time he was somewhat confident.
The other professors had said it was good too…
“Um, Professor.”
“Isn’t this a bit too much?”
“!?”
Professor Ingoldel finally realized the knights’ expressions.
The knights were currently perplexed!
“We do train them quite harshly in our own way, but…”
“Infiltrating trained shifting slimes seems a bit too difficult.”
“Won’t it become traumatic…”
At the knights’ reaction, Professor Ingoldel answered in confusion.
“But the students should be able to handle this much. Other lectures have had much more dangerous things.”
Of course, the knights weren’t convinced.
Because the knights didn’t know what came out in other lectures!
The knights just thought Professor Ingoldel was exaggerating.
“Even so, there’s no reason for even you, Professor, to give such an exam…”
“That’s right, Professor.”
‘This is strange. What’s going on?’
Professor Ingoldel was flustered, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Even being surrounded by enemies on all sides after all allies had retreated from the battlefield was less confusing than this moment.
Could… could it be?
‘Did I make it too harsh?’
Professor Ingoldel was confused.
He had been confident that he had given a very appropriate exam while discussing with other Einroguard professors, but where did it go wrong?
‘No. The Knights of the White Poplar Order might be showing such reactions because they don’t know Einroguard. Surely if they knew Einroguard, they might think differently…’
“Ah. The students are returning!”
The knights extended their hands, pointing toward the entrance of the mountain range.
The students who had spent a day in the mountain range were returning triumphantly.
…To be precise, only Lee Han’s group looked triumphant, while the rest of his friends were being carried on stretchers and dragged along on sleds.
Seeing this sight, Professor Ingoldel immediately came to her senses.
‘Ah. I made the assignment too difficult!’
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