Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 588

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Chapter 588

And the transformation magic final exam wasn’t particularly difficult.

“Professor. I have a question. I was clearly trying to transform into Sharkan’s front paw, but I kept transforming into dragon-type forms instead.”

“It’s because you have too much mana. There aren’t many forms that can withstand it. You’ll get better with practice.”

Experience was quite important in transformation magic.

From maintaining forms to finding forms that matched one’s constitution, everything became much easier as experience accumulated.

For a student like Lee Han who had abnormally large amounts of mana, he would especially need much more experience.

“There’s no need to be impatient.”

Professor Yonramo was well aware that Lee Han was also taking classes from other schools of magic.

In such circumstances, achieving transformation magic worthy of a perfect score on the final exam was already sufficiently remarkable.

Actually, rather than sufficiently remarkable, it was insanely remarkable…

In any case, there was no reason to be impatient about it.

“Yes. I understand.”

When the professor said that, Lee Han nodded in agreement.

‘I suppose it’ll improve with practice.’

However, to Professor Yonramo’s eyes, Lee Han seemed somewhat disappointed.

The anecdotes about Lee Han that he’d heard from other professors had planted preconceptions in Professor Yonramo’s subconscious.

When someone remained expressionless with a statue-like face, the observer had no choice but to interpret it from their own perspective.

‘Hmm.’

Professor Yonramo thought about what advice he should give so this first-year student wouldn’t do anything reckless until next semester.

“Do you still have that magic book you received last time, 【From Caterpillar to Dragon】?”

“Ah. Yes.”

Lee Han had received an enthusiastic welcome at the last gathering of transformation mages.

How popular must he have been to even receive a family magic book?

“It might be good to study that during the break. It’s quite a good magic book.”

Lee Han’s pupils wavered briefly.

The final exam was over, but suddenly the professor was giving him additional assignments.

Why?

‘What did I do wrong? I got a perfect score, didn’t I?’

Right now, the other students taking transformation magic were chirping like larks as they left the lecture hall.

He couldn’t quite understand why only Lee Han had to receive additional assignments.

“How much should I study?”

“How much?”

Professor Yonramo pondered.

Lee Han would probably be busy during winter break too, so he didn’t want to burden him too much.

“As much as you can manage?”

“…!”

Lee Han received a huge shock.

As much as he could manage.

Wasn’t that essentially telling him to do his absolute best and cover as much as possible!

‘Is transforming into dragon-type forms really that much of a problem?!’

* * *

The Blue Dragon Tower students who had pitched a tent in front of the Phoenix Tower, lit a fire, and huddled together underneath to study let out sighs.

Maybe because it had started snowing again, they really didn’t want to study.

“Should we move to the library?”

“We moved there 30 minutes ago?”

“Maybe if we move again, we’ll study better.”

Gainando, who had been doodling, asked in confusion.

“Lee Han. Is it possible for the sum of interior angles of a triangle to be 190°?”

“…Just how did you calculate that?”

The 【Geometry and Arithmetic】 exam was a mandatory lecture that no one could avoid, and its difficulty was so vicious that it made everyone twist their bodies in agony, except for a few special students.

Lee Han put down the crystal orb magic book he had been diligently writing and checked Gainando’s calculations.

Gainando, who realized belatedly, spoke with a voice full of betrayal.

“L… Lee Han is studying for a different lecture!!”

“What!?”

“How could such a thing happen!”

The Blue Dragon Tower students received a huge shock.

Of course, they knew Wardanaz was top of the class in this lecture too, but to show such confidence that he’d prepare for other exams first even with this test coming up?

Even Asan and Adenart were shocked.

They had both been doing final checks just in case.

“Lee Han, you don’t understand my heart! How could someone confident enough not to prepare separately before exams understand my feelings!”

Gainando, who didn’t want to study anyway and thought this was a good opportunity, kept pressing the issue.

Other students who similarly didn’t want to study joined in shouting.

“That’s right! Wardanaz, you don’t understand our hearts!”

“Do I really need to understand such things?”

Yoner asked in bewilderment, but his voice was drowned out by his friends’ voices.

“Guarantee more snacks and break time…!”

“No. I already took my final exam, so I’m studying something else.”

Lee Han said while sealing Gainando’s mouth.

At those words, all his friends burst into laughter.

It was a joke that even made Adenart smile.

Asan laughed for a while, then wiped away tears and said.

“Even so, Wardanaz. Saying you took the final exam first doesn’t make sense… Wait, this doesn’t seem like a joke.”

Asan panicked seeing Lee Han’s face was 100% serious.

Huh?

It wasn’t a joke??

“For my final exam, I was told to help design 【Pocket Knife Fortress】, so I took this first and submitted the report.”

Lee Han showed his friends the basic blueprint of 【Pocket Knife Fortress】.

Seeing the complex layout of the fortress and artifacts, his friends’ faces turned as pale as if they’d seen the Skeleton Principal. Adenart quickly lowered the corners of her mouth and managed her expression as if she hadn’t been smiling.

“Anyone want to do this instead?”

“…”

“…”

“Guys?”

All his friends lowered their heads and began earnestly calculating numbers.

Satisfied with their now-quiet appearance, Lee Han resumed writing his magic book.

‘I guess I don’t need to give out extra snacks.’

* * *

Kilbedek had once been an adventurer, and sometimes a con artist, but now he lived as a fairly honest general store owner, having buried all that in the past.

It was all thanks to the village people.

These villagers had warmly welcomed Kilbedek, who was nothing more than an outsider.

So Kilbedek also tried to conduct business honestly to repay that kindness.

Of course, he did scam people from outside the village a bit, but he was definitely honest with the villagers.

The same was true for the other two adventurer brothers, Doig and Gido.

These two brothers had also received a warm welcome from the villagers, and to repay that kindness, even while tending sheep, they didn’t steal the villagers’ livestock. They only quietly took livestock belonging to people from outside the village.

The pastoral life they had forgotten restored their souls. Every morning when they woke up and met at the village entrance, the three former adventurers smiled peacefully.

-May Bildotscal’s glory be with you.

-May Bildotscal no longer need to watch over you.

Their souls had recovered so much that they could even occasionally talk about the terrible things they had experienced at that insane magic school during drinking sessions.

Gido, in particular, would say things like ‘maybe that incident was actually lucky’ after drinking about three bottles of strong wine.

Of course, once he sobered up, it wasn’t easy to say such things.

Not just because of the hangover, but because it was truly a horrific memory.

Being kidnapped by some monster-like mage and dragged to a magic school, then receiving terrible threats and being forced to fight against a young mage who was still green behind the ears.

And being attacked by that young mage even more viciously than the threats they had received.

The fact that they quit being adventurers and settled in the village should be explanation enough of how terrible it was.

-Still, it’s comforting that we won’t have to deal with mages anymo…

-Do you know a person named Kilbedek? He runs a general store. Recently, he’s the one who sold copper mirrors without magic, claiming they were magical.

-I, I don’t know who that is.

Kilbedek was startled by the appearance of a stranger who suddenly disrupted the village’s peace, completely covered in robes.

Whoever it was, Kilbedek’s long experience and intuition warned him that this person was very dangerous.

It wasn’t simply because the opponent’s build was large and unwavering like a trained knight.

It wasn’t because they knew about his recent lie to an outsider, selling a copper mirror without magic by claiming it was enchanted.

Rather, a more instinctive sense was screaming that this was dangerous.

This stranger was dangerous!

-Haha. Actually, I knew you were Kilbedek when I asked that question. When you’ve been dead for a long time, these childish pranks become quite enjoyable.

-…!!

The moment Kilbedek turned to run away, the stranger’s arm suddenly stretched out.

As the arm made of darkness coiled around Kilbedek, he collapsed instantly.

-Before you pay for your crimes under Imperial law, you’ll do some community service first.

-…!!

-Wh, what the hell… help…

-Shh. You’re not really in a position to boldly call for help either.

The stranger spoke while scattering a bone-chilling cold from inside his robes.

-Are you the Doig and Gido brothers? The two brothers who recently stole two horses and one cow?

-Eek!

When Gido tried to pull out a club, the stranger simply took it away and struck Gido’s head with it.

Doig was terrified by that display of combat power and raised both hands.

-I surrender!

However, the stranger struck Doig’s head too. Then he bound all three and loaded them behind his horse.

-Let’s go!

When the three former adventurers woke up, they were already inside a moving carriage.

Inside the carriage, people dressed in various outfits were chattering noisily.

“Hey, where are you from?”

“Wh… what?”

“Are you deaf or something? I’m asking where you came from and what you were doing.”

“Gen… general store.”

“General store? Were you running some kind of scam with your general store?”

At Kilbedek’s words, several people in the carriage sneered.

When criminals gather together, hierarchy is determined by how vicious their crimes are.

A general store scammer was the pettiest of petty criminals.

“I used to be an adventurer originally. Then I retired.”

“Is there anyone here who wasn’t an adventurer or mercenary? Grab a club and crawl out the village gate, and you’re an adventurer or mercenary.”

-Hey. You’re being too loud.

A voice came from outside the carriage.

The criminals who had been talking boisterously flinched.

Kilbedek guessed that these people had been punished several times even before he woke up.

They were excessively afraid of the outside presence.

“Wh… where do you think they’re taking us?”

“I don’t know either. Damn it. Maybe they’re selling us as test subjects to a dark mage.”

“Could be selling us as slaves.”

“Where was it that they were short on rowers recently? I heard the northern region has rough seas, so no rowers want to go out.”

“Damn it. Whatever it is, just let us avoid becoming test subjects for a dark mage.”

The criminals tried to comfort their fears by exchanging information with each other.

At that moment, Kilbedek, who looked out the carriage window, let out an ear-splitting scream.

“No!!! No!!!! I said no!!!!!”

“???”

“Why is that guy acting like that?”

“Stop him! Cover his mouth! We’ll all get punished together!”

Even as the criminals made a fuss, Kilbedek ignored them and tried to open the carriage door to escape.

“You stupid bastard! If the carriage door could be opened, we would have gotten out already! Stop! Do you want us all to die!”

“Get out of my way! I have to get out! We’re heading to Einroguard right now… mmph!!!”

The criminals subdued Kilbedek and covered his mouth.

Fortunately, the stranger outside didn’t come in.

“Ein… Einroguard? Isn’t that the mages’ den?”

“I, I don’t think it’s that dangerous a place? They’re not illegal mages, right?”

“Then why are they taking criminals like us there?”

“…”

A moment of silence.

Kilbedek exerted tremendous strength to push away the criminals and ran toward the door again.

“I’m getting out!!”

“Stop that crazy bastard!!”

The remaining criminals trembled in fear.

Just what kind of place was Einroguard that made that guy act like this?

* * *

“Good day to you, Mr. Oripulas.”

Lee Han politely greeted Oripulas, a demon who had been serving as an Imperial legal officer for 131 years.

Are you well too!

Oripulas greeted him cheerfully.

“May I ask about today’s final exam content?”

It’s not difficult. It’s an exam to distinguish between the Empire’s good people and evil people.

After hearing the detailed explanation, Lee Han and the students were intrigued.

“Did you bring many guests from outside?”

“How did you bring the evil people?”

“Maybe among the people they brought, there are some who are assigned to play evil roles?”

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