Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 591

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Chapter 591

‘What an absurd school.’

Lee Han grumbled as he made a protective charm.

Complaining wouldn’t make the professors listen anyway.

“Divide, dwell within.”

With the incantation, magic settled into the purple bone.

Though it was called a divination magic lecture, in terms of time spent, he had actually learned more non-divination magic.

One of those was the 【Lesser Cost Distribution】 he was casting now.

A magic that disperses the risk that comes to the caster when casting magic to other objects.

Of course, for powerful divination magic, even this kind of magic couldn’t handle it, but for the level of fortune-telling that first-year students did, this was sufficient.

The Tiziling Priest beside him skillfully overlapped triangles to create a protective charm.

The priests of the Frisinga Order, who specialized in handling cursed artifacts, were skilled at enduring and defending against such curses.

Using numerology with shapes and numbers to strengthen the structure of protective charms was also one of the Order’s wisdom.

Tijiling, who had finished the first completion, wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and then turned her gaze to the side.

Surprisingly, the Wardanaz Family Boy was still grappling with the bone.

“…?!!”

“Ah. This is really damn hard.”

Lee Han gritted his teeth and tapped the bone.

Generally, the characteristic that materials used for artifacts possess is high mana conductivity.

In other words, it had to be a material that conducted mana well and allowed it to stay for a long time to be good for artifacts.

But the purple bone that Professor Paselette had (forcibly) given him kept deflecting magic, whatever material it was made of.

Protective charm artifacts needed to be sturdy, but no matter how sturdy, if magic itself wouldn’t stick, it was useless.

Lee Han closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh.

‘I have no choice but to do it little by little.’

If it wasn’t that magic wouldn’t work but that it kept deflecting, there wasn’t no way.

Lee Han grabbed the bone and poured mana into it like crazy. Normally it should have burst immediately, but the bone was sturdy in material and only vibrated while somehow enduring.

‘I’ll tame it!’

It was a crude method, but a method was a method.

If an object was stained with Lee Han’s mana, there was a high possibility it wouldn’t deflect Lee Han’s magic either.

Once.

Twice.

Three times…

While other friends changed the structure of protective charms using beads made of various metals and semi-precious stones and tested with simple fortune-telling, Lee Han carved and carved the bone again.

“Wardanaz. Are you okay? The time…”

“Ah. It has to boil enough to become rice! Would raw rice become rice just because you rush it!”

“No, no. I was just worried.”

“If you rush, it becomes rougher and slower. Artifacts should be made properly. What if you miss while carving.”

‘Ah, an artifact craftsman!?’

The friend who spoke felt the illusion of a craftsman who had made artifacts for decades from Lee Han’s appearance.

Lee Han grumbled and checked the bone once more.

“This much should work… is it still not enough.”

“Wardanaz, really the time…”

Bang!

Lee Han, who finished the basic bone work, entered the next task like lightning.

He instantly swung his staff to split the bone, changed its shape, and then began casting magic on it.

“Divide and dwell. Divide and dwell. Divide and…”

Magic was cast continuously at a speed on a different dimension from other students.

The rapid incantation made them worry about mana depletion, exhaustion, or magic backflow, but Lee Han completed the work without blinking an eye.

Even after that, Lee Han’s hands didn’t stop. The split and shape-changed bones moved to precise positions.

“My, my goodness…!”

“Avalkain must have been reincarnated!”

Lee Han’s work speed was amazing enough for the name of an artifact craftsman from hundreds of years ago to come up.

Students could only blink and watch the work.

Click click click click click!

Lee Han, who finished assembly and completed the finishing touches, placed the protective charm on the table.

Then applause burst out from all directions.

“Wardanaz! Wardanaz!”

“Genius of labor!”

“Isn’t that an insult?”

Professor Paselette, who was sitting at the front of the lecture hall, said indifferently.

“It’s an exam.”

“Ah. Sorry, Professor.”

* * *

After the exam ended, Paselette, who checked the protective charm Lee Han submitted, was impressed.

It was on a completely different level from other students.

‘Amazing.’

-Amazing!

Actually, materials did have a big influence on artifacts.

The bone the Skeleton Principal had left was actually a bone from a Hell Bloodline Sheep, so it wasn’t surprising that the artifact completed with it performed better than others.

What was truly amazing was that he had somehow tamed this bone within the limited time and completed it as a protective charm artifact.

In fact, Professor Paselette had also wondered ‘Can he complete it within the remaining time?’ until the middle of the exam.

The strong power to subdue the material was one thing, but the subsequent work speed without any waste also played a big part.

“Did you learn this from Professor Verdus?”

“…Grrrgh.”

Lee Han made a groaning sound like a mage hit by a tongue curse. Professor Paselette was momentarily flustered, wondering if Lee Han had been cursed.

“You’re okay, right?”

“…I’m fine. Yes, I learned it from Professor Verdus.”

‘What was that just now?’

The professor was puzzled, but Lee Han’s expression was serious so he didn’t ask further.

“You made the protective charm well. It wasn’t an easy material, but you cleverly tamed it. With this much, it should be able to withstand a few easy fortune-tellings.”

“Thank you.”

Lee Han hid his hatred, anger, resentment, and sadness while managing his expression.

Until the professor’s next words came out.

“Actually, when I heard you volunteered for this, I wondered if it would be okay, but indeed the future is unknowable.”

“That’s… what? Volunteered?”

“You volunteered to use this, didn’t you?”

Lee Han was silent for a moment.

Then he asked.

“The Principal said that, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Didn’t you think the Principal might be lying?”

If nothing else, Lee Han couldn’t understand this part.

Professor Paselette was a master of divination magic, so why couldn’t he see such an obvious fact?

When the Skeleton Principal came giggling and left something, it was natural to be suspicious.

‘Are you pretending not to know because you’re an accomplice?’

Lee Han cast a suspicious look.

“Well, since you started the exam without saying anything, I thought you must have volunteered.”

“…”

* * *

Tijiling thought that Lee Han’s eyes seemed slightly reddened as he walked out of the lecture hall.

‘Must be my imagination, right?’

There was no way a boy like an ice statue would shed tears.

“Are you alright?”

“Priest Tijiling. I want to defeat a lich someday.”

“…What?”

“It’s nothing. Did you do well on the exam?”

“I got 95 points.”

“Oh dear. Don’t be too disheartened. You can do better next time.”

“…”

Tijiling was momentarily speechless from disbelief.

“I, I think this is pretty good too…”

“Right. That kind of positive attitude is important. Excellent.”

“…”

Tijiling, who could calmly respond without getting angry even when fraudsters came to the temple trying to sell cursed artifacts at high prices, found that this Wardanaz family boy had an exceptional talent for manipulating others’ emotions.

‘Ah!’

Tijiling was surprised to realize she was gripping her staff tightly and quickly relaxed her grip.

What on earth was she doing?

‘I need to change the subject!’

“What exams do you have left now?”

“Dancing, illusion magic, and healing magic, I think.”

“I’m all finished with this exam.”

Tijiling answered and was surprised.

There had been a boastful tone in her voice.

“…Wait, did you just brag about finishing your exams before me?”

“No, no?? Not at all! Absolutely not!”

Tijiling hastily denied it.

She couldn’t believe she would do such a thing!

“You could brag… it’s fine to do so. It’s my fault for taking so many classes, not yours.”

“It was really a mistake.”

“It could happen. Anyone would be happy when exams are over.”

The exact reason wasn’t because the exams were over, but Tijiling decided to remain silent as a sign of reflection instead of explaining in detail.

“?”

The priest who had been trying to stay silent realized something was strange.

“But…”

“Is there something you want to ask?”

“Haven’t you not taken the 【Repetitive Learning of Basic Magical Combat】 exam yet?”

“…Oh right. That’s right? Haha. Look at my mind. I forgot about that.”

Lee Han laughed heartily.

Tijiling thought there seemed to be some hidden secret in that expression.

What could it be?

“There’s no way you would forget that…”

“Ah, Priest Tijiling! Look out that window! The kids have inscribed Einroguard’s mottos on flags! Pretty decent, isn’t it?”

Students taking basic imperial literature had each inscribed mottos suitable for Einroguard on flags and hung them up proudly.

-Pursuit of freedom through unfreedom!

-The one who gets caught is the bad one!

-More secretive than starlight, more cold-hearted than moonlight!

“…Those?”

“They’re, they’re pretty decent, aren’t they?”

* * *

“Uh…”

“This is the illusion magic exam, right?”

The students who arrived before Lee Han looked around Professor Kirmin’s magic tower area in confusion.

Originally, since he was a master of illusion magic, the area around his workshop was always changeable, but today was more unusual.

Instead of the magic tower, dozens of barns were positioned there.

“Everyone’s here! I was waiting.”

Professor Kirmin welcomed the students with his usual voice that sounded like plucking strings. “Hello, Professor Ku.”

“Wait, wasn’t the final exam supposed to be fighting with illusion magic?”

Quite a few students had expected that an illusion magic duel might be the final exam.

Since it had been covered so intensively, it seemed likely to be covered in the final exam too.

However, Professor Kirmin cheerfully shook his head and said.

“Oh my, oh my, oh my. Just because we covered something a lot in class doesn’t mean it has to appear on the final exam.”

‘That’s disappointing.’

Lee Han was slightly disappointed that the illusion magic duel wasn’t the final exam.

If that had been the test, he could have easily gotten a perfect score.

“You’re feeling relieved, Wardanaz. Well, it was a bit much when you dueled with a professor like me last time, wasn’t it? It’s fortunate it won’t be like that during the exam.”

“What? Won’t we be fighting against other friends during the exam?”

Professor Kirmin laughed very happily at Lee Han’s question.

Then he paused.

“Ah. You were asking seriously.”

“…Yes.”

“That wouldn’t work. It would be meaningless.”

“Sometimes meaningless things can be done for confirmation…”

“What nonsense. Boladi would be disappointed if you said you passed such a trivial exam.”

‘Wouldn’t it be okay to disappoint him a little?’

People didn’t die from a little disappointment, but fighting with a professor could actually kill you.

“Now. Today’s final exam is simple labyrinth construction. As you’ll realize while attending Einroguard, methods to protect your own place are more important than you think.”

As you could see from imperial fairy tales, mages always liked to build their own towers to use as workshops.

Of course, such places couldn’t be made just by construction alone. Powerful defensive measures to protect the mage’s treasures were also essential to call it a workshop.

Skilled illusion mages could remain undetected even when thousands of troops came looking for them.

“You’ll each build a simple labyrinth over two days, then enter other students’ simple labyrinths afterward. We’ll evaluate how well the labyrinth blocks intruders. Anyone have questions?”

Several students raised their hands.

“Yes. What are you curious about?”

“Wardanaz… oops. How do you decide who enters other students’ labyrinths?”

“…”

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