Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 598

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Chapter 598

Jideupeue blinked his eyes at the faint sound he could hear.

Suddenly, a useless old conversation he had with a knight under the Duke came to mind.

-But what happens if someone is cursed with petrification magic and left alone for a long time?

-You’re talking nonsense. Would that ever happen?

-Still, you never know what might happen in this world, Sir Jideupeue.

-If someone gets cursed like that and is left alone for a long time, they’d be discovered and killed before then. That’s why it’s nonsense.

-I think since the entire body changes, they wouldn’t starve to death. Instead, I think their body would stiffen up. Prisoners locked in narrow underground prisons for long periods have their bodies twisted, don’t they?

Jideupeue felt like he could now answer what happens when you’re cursed for a long time.

Even though it was his own body, it felt so awkward that he couldn’t put any strength into it at all. Even with just a little wind blowing, it felt like he would fall over immediately.

“Uh… uh… ah…”

Even when he tried to speak, his stiffly hardened tongue and lips couldn’t make a sound.

Seeing this, the Death Knights rushed over in shock.

-Oh my!! What crazy bastard did this!

-It wasn’t me!

-Not me either!

The Death Knights, thinking that one of them had accidentally turned a customer into a statue and thrown him there, did their best to care for Jideupeue.

-Customer. Don’t move!

-If you’ve been a statue for a long time, you won’t have strength in your body. First, you need to soak your body in hot water and recover!

-Get that liquor out. We need to help his senses return.

The Death Knights knew suspiciously well about how to deal with petrification curses.

They immediately laid Jideupeue down and poured a few sips of amber-colored distilled liquor into his mouth.

“Ugh. Ugh.”

Jideupeue’s complexion became less pale than before. The Death Knights nodded with satisfaction.

-Indeed, there’s no liquor as effective as this ‘Einroguard’s Lava’.

-Lay him down for now. We need to massage his limbs and then call Professor Lagrindes.

Jideupeue, who regained consciousness in the gray world, began to think slowly.

At some point, he had completely lost consciousness and felt like he had become a statue forever, but it seemed he had somehow been freed.

‘…Wasn’t I discovered?’

Blinking his stiff eyelid muscles and looking around, it didn’t seem like he had been discovered.

There were mountain-like piles of what looked like murky red slime corpses, and student mages were treating giants in the back…

‘?!?!’

Jideupeue almost screamed at the surreal scene. Fortunately, his throat was still stiff so no sound came out.

‘Get it together. I need to assess the situation.’

At least the Death Knights, who were the Archmage’s minions, showed no particular hostility.

They definitely hadn’t figured out Jideupeue’s identity.

-Professor Lagrindes. There’s a customer here who’s been a statue for a long time…

“Cut it out, you crazy thugs. Did you turn a customer into a statue and throw them away again because you didn’t like them?”

-Wh-what! When did we ever do that!

-Wardanaz will misunderstand!

At Professor Alcasis’s rebuke, the Death Knights frantically denied it.

Some shouted to Lee Han ‘Don’t fall for the Professor’s slander!’ but it wasn’t very effective.

‘I guess they turn people into statues quite often normally.’

Still, the Professor clicked his tongue once, threw a stamina recovery potion, and left.

A Death Knight poured the potion into Jideupeue’s mouth.

“Uh… ah… ah.”

-Now you can speak, it seems. Are you alright? What’s your name?

“I, I can’t remember.”

Jideupeue cunningly made an excuse.

In this situation, it was more advantageous to insist that he couldn’t remember anything like this rather than telling clumsy lies.

Since the Death Knights were misunderstanding, if he played into that, he could easily escape from this place.

-By our master’s skull, we’re in big trouble.

-Shh. It’s not over yet. We just need to restore his memory.

The Death Knights encouraged each other and strengthened their resolve.

-Wardanaz. Is there a way to restore this memory-lost person’s memories?

“I’m a 1st year student.”

-We know that too?

“…I meant I don’t know much.”

-Oh no!

-Let’s ask Professor Lagrindes again.

-Professor Lagrindes will be angry though…

“If you just send me outside, I won’t tell anyone.”

Jideupeue acted like a frightened ordinary Empire citizen and pretended to tremble.

This made the Death Knights feel even more sorry.

-No, no!

-We’ll definitely restore your memory.

‘Why does he look strangely familiar?’

Lee Han tilted his head.

Strangely, Jideupeue’s appearance looked familiar.

I think I’ve seen a statue that looked like that somewhere?

What are you all doing?

From behind, the Skeleton Principal came floating over. Professor Boladi was beside him.

-Oh, it’s nothing, Master. We accidentally found a customer who had been turned into a statue and were talking with him.

Don’t tell me you turned someone into a statue and dumped them again? I told you to just talk if you have complaints… No! That guy’s the intruder!! What are you doing!

The Skeleton Principal shouted as if dumbfounded.

The moment he heard that, Jideupeue squeezed out the last of his strength to try to escape.

However, the boy in front moved much faster. Lee Han immediately struck Jideupeue’s jaw with his staff.

Crack!

-…

There was no need to kill him… but good job anyway.

* * *

Every final exam week, the Skeleton Principal would check with several professors who required attention.

-Are you preparing well?

-I’m preparing well.

-Really. Are you really preparing well?

-I said I’m preparing well? What’s wrong?

-Haha. Actually, I wasn’t asking. Open your storage right now. If you’re not prepared, beaver soup will be boiling in that cauldron today.

Among them, the specially watched professors would be checked from before final exam week, but fortunately Professor Boladi wasn’t quite at that level.

-…I plan to have the exam by asking the giants like this.

-…Oh…

‘Should I have checked from last week?’

After hearing about this final exam from Professor Boladi, the Skeleton Principal wondered if he should raise the other’s attention level.

Perhaps the madness had been less apparent because there had been no disciples until now.

Usually when discussing exams with professors, the Skeleton Principal would say ‘raise the difficulty,’ but the exam Professor Boladi presented this time was really a bit…

-Hey! This looks fine to go with!

-Thank you.

Though he felt a bit uneasy, the Skeleton Principal approved Professor Boladi’s exam.

As the Principal, he had his pride and couldn’t stop the exam just because it was difficult.

Still, he couldn’t help but worry, so the Skeleton Principal found himself calling Professor Boladi a bit more often.

-Is it going well?

-Yes.

-Is it really going well?

-Of course.

Professor Boladi smiled faintly.

He judged that the Skeleton Principal kept asking because he was impressed with Professor Boladi’s exam.

Seeing that smile filled with pride, the Skeleton Principal was dumbfounded.

‘Even though he’s a professor I hired, does he really have no conscience?’

The Skeleton Principal also liked giving his disciples trials, but he didn’t feel proud about it in good conscience.

But this professor was genuinely proud, making him more wicked than the Skeleton Principal.

‘No wonder he has no disciples.’

Having very rude thoughts, the Skeleton Principal nodded.

-I see. I’d definitely like to watch when the exam starts.

Regardless of Professor Bagrek’s lack of conscience, this exam was honestly worth watching.

When would he see another exam that mobilized giants like this? Once he saw it, it would be a topic of conversation for over ten years.

Moreover, the true specialty of this exam wasn’t that it mobilized giants.

The true specialty was that he had precisely constructed obstacles like a splendid parade that never rested for a single moment using the mobilized giants.

An exam that only a battle mage with deep practical experience like Professor Bagrek could construct!

Indeed, how far would that Wardanaz fellow be able to pass in this exam?

‘I’m curious.’

-Master! A monster has appeared!

Right. Handle it well on your own.

At the Death Knight’s report, the Skeleton Principal waved his hand as if annoyed.

Come to think of it, five or six monsters would appear daily throughout Einroguard, so why report every single one?

-Master! A monster is rampaging around the main gate!

You idiots! Why are you telling me this now? If the main gate area gets destroyed, I won’t forgive you!

-…

The Death Knight had nothing to say even with ten mouths.

While dozens of monsters could roam around in places invisible from outside, the main gate area where outsiders came and went had to be kept clean.

If someone received an invitation and a monster popped out, a third of the donations would be cut that very day.

I should go see now. Professor Bagrek.

“I’ll help you too.”

Wouldn’t it be better to prepare for the exam?

“It’s already perfect.”

Professor Boladi smiled faintly once again.

That smile filled with pride was somehow annoying, making the Skeleton Principal irritated.

‘I hope the exam gets ruined… Oh wait. What am I thinking.’

For a moment, he almost took Wardanaz’s side because Professor Bagrek was annoying.

I understand. Then let’s go!

The Skeleton Principal and Professor Boladi quickly flew through the air and arrived near the main gate.

There were already first-year students who had collapsed from the fierce battle and giants receiving treatment from upperclassmen of the healing magic school…?

?

The Skeleton Principal wondered why the giants were here but ignored it for now and checked the main gate first.

The damage wasn’t too severe.

The sculpture park was destroyed and the road was blown away a bit, but the main gate was intact and most importantly, no outsiders were caught up in it.

‘Thank goodness!’

A group of Death Knights came into view of the Skeleton Principal, who was sighing in relief.

The Skeleton Principal cast an angry glare.

What were these guys doing when they couldn’t even prevent the situation from getting this bad?

What are you all doing? Don’t tell me you’re turning them into statues again…

* * *

Lee Han, who had knocked down Jideupeue, asked in confusion.

“Is he really an intruder?”

Would I insist an innocent customer is an intruder?

“…”

-…

An awkward silence lingered. Lee Han quickly answered.

“Of course not!”

That seems two beats late… Anyway, I wondered where that intruder was hiding, and here he was hiding among the main gate sculptures. I thought he was lost somewhere deep in the main building…

The Death Knights, realizing their mistake, hurriedly flattered.

-That’s right. He cleverly made it this far.

-But he couldn’t fool Master’s eyes!

It seemed like you guys were taking care of the intruder just now?

-You misunderstand! We were just comforting him so he wouldn’t be shocked, since it would be bad if the intruder died.

The Death Knights made shameful excuses. The Skeleton Principal shook his head.

These guys are my subordinates!

Why are you acting like that?

“…Ah! I was cursing that the intruder is really despicable for coming all the way to the main gate!”

Lee Han quickly shouted.

Come to think of it, the reason that guy could make it to the main gate was because Lee Han had thrown him there while cleaning the storage.

It wasn’t a fact that would be good to reveal.

-Sorry. Mage. We tired from fighting.

-Got hit a lot, need to rest. Ugh. Head hurts.

“…”

He could see the giants and Professor Boladi conversing behind them. Professor Boladi still had a cold expression, but his fingertips were trembling slightly from shock.

The Skeleton Principal, understanding the situation, made a pitying tsk sound.

Oh dear… How unfortunate. Professor Bagrek prepared so diligently.

“I also find it truly unfortunate.”

Didn’t you just smile?

“It’s your imagination.”

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