Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 600
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Chapter 600
The Skeleton Principal didn’t appeal to emotions like an amateur. He spoke professionally.
“I’ll pay you gold coins.”
“I’ll work hard.”
Lee Han also accepted professionally right away.
“But who are the people I need to meet in the capital?”
“Those who give lots of donations and support funds.”
“Is there something I need to do when meeting such people?”
“You need to show off your brilliant eloquence.”
“Huh? I don’t have that kind of ability.”
“…”
“…”
-…
Including the Skeleton Principal, his surrounding friends and even the Death Knights looked at Lee Han as if dumbfounded.
The Skeleton Principal ignored this and continued speaking.
“For finding new first-year students to enroll, I’ll need to borrow some of your magical power.”
“Ah. Yes. That’s fine.”
‘My master seems to be out of his mind sometimes.’
The Death Knight thought to himself seeing the Skeleton Principal boldly saying he’d borrow magical power from a first-year disciple.
And the disciple who said that was fine was also a bit out of his…
“But how do you secure the difficult students?”
“We’ll have to visit them and use persuasion and violence.”
“I see.”
Lee Han imagined visiting various manors and guilds, presenting invitations and having elegant conversations at the Skeleton Principal’s words.
Having a first-year student like Lee Han standing beside him would probably make the conversations smoother.
-Here, Mr. Wardanaz was also a first-year student until this year. Haha.
-Einroguard is the Empire’s finest magic school. We receive the best education. We are not hungry. We are happy.
-Look! How admirable!
‘How truly cunning.’
Lee Han shuddered at the Skeleton Principal’s wicked scheme.
The new incoming students would never imagine!
“Wait. Principal!”
Gainando, who had returned at some point, raised his hand and protested.
“Lee Han promised to come to my manor during vacation!”
“I never did that.”
Lee Han pointed out Gainando’s subtle attempt to turn a suggestion into fact.
“Haha. You rascal.”
The Skeleton Principal burst into hearty laughter instead of getting angry at Gainando’s words.
Then he snatched and ate the chocolate Gainando was holding.
“?!!!”
“Where did your chocolate go?”
“You ate it, Principal!”
“Right. You learned something. Now you understand why Wardanaz can’t go to your manor, don’t you?”
The Skeleton Principal seemed pleased with Gainando’s dazed expression and stood up laughing cheerfully.
The other students quickly turned their attention to their plates and focused on emptying their food.
* * *
“Lee Han. You have to write letters. Or you can come visit.”
“Got it.”
“Lee Han. Never mind the letters, just come visit. Oh right. Don’t visit Yoner’s house. It’s not very fun there. My house is better.”
“…”
The students preparing to leave through the main gate at the end of the semester were lively and affectionate.
Close friends made plans to meet during vacation or prepared to send letters to each other.
Yoner wore an expression of anguish, wondering whether to endure it since it was a happy day or just hit Gainando on the back of the head to establish discipline during vacation.
“Wardanaz. Write letters.”
“Thanks. Asan. You be careful going home too.”
Asan shook hands with Lee Han.
He was truly a respectable friend no matter when you looked at him.
A friend that made sense when family brothers and sisters nagged you to follow his example was a rare existence…
“Oh right. Asan. Here’s a letter for Mr. Daihal, could you deliver it for me?”
Lee Han handed Asan a letter he had quickly written after the final exams.
Asan’s older brother, Daihal, was a promising figure in the Empire’s bureaucratic circles, rapidly rising as a special administrator in Granden City.
Having finally made acquaintance with such a person, he couldn’t just waste the winter vacation.
Even if they couldn’t meet, sending such letters to make an impression and remain memorable was advantageous.
“And this is a small gift for Mr. Daihal. I heard he likes books, so I prepared one.”
“…Wardanaz, you didn’t contact my brother Daihal without me knowing, did you?”
“I didn’t.”
“I, I see. Thanks… I’ll deliver it.”
Asan was surprised by Lee Han taking better care of his family than he did himself.
“And this is a letter and gift for Ms. Hidan.”
Asan’s sister who got a job at the Eastern Bronze Dwarf Bank was amazing enough to impress even the picky dwarves…
“…Wardanaz, you’re scary sometimes.”
“?!”
Lee Han was flustered by his friend’s harsh words.
Why?!
Even after finishing his requests to Asan, friends who wanted to talk with Lee Han kept crowding around.
Seeing them argue over who would talk first, Asan frowned and said.
“You guys, it’s the end of the semester and you’re going to act this stupidly? Really?”
“Dalcard, you finished talking so get lost!”
“So what are you going to do about it!”
At his friends’ reaction, Asan spoke calmly as if he had expected this.
“We need to line up and draw numbers. That way it’ll finish much faster.”
“…”
Lee Han, who was talking with Nilia nearby, looked at Asan with a gaze of horror.
“Asan can be a bit strange sometimes.”
“…Einroguard students each have their own strange quirks.”
“Right. Except for me though.”
“…”
Nilia pursed her lips, then remembered the fact that her friend would be traveling around with the Skeleton Principal during winter vacation and held back.
“But Nilia. Yoner wanted to invite you.”
“I have to return to the mountain range during winter vacation.”
With drooping ears, Nilia looked like the saddest dark elf in the world.
“The Shadow Patrol people are waiting…”
“What if you just show your face and then go to the Meikin family manor?”
“I can’t just go to have fun… Everyone has their assigned area and must fulfill their duties.”
“What if you say you have winter vacation homework?”
“…Uh, th, that wouldn’t work, would it?”
Even as Nilia said this, she wore an expression showing she was tempted.
Lee Han spoke confidently.
“I’ll forge the Principal’s signature for you. I forged an outing pass before, so I can do it.”
“Wardanaz…!”
Nilia was intensely moved.
Tears welled up in her eyes and her fingertips trembled.
“I’m so glad you’re my friend! Really!”
“Haha. It’s nothing much.”
Lee Han quickly finished the friendly signature forgery and handed it to Nilia.
A fake assignment to cooperate with Yoner of the Meikin Family to make ten boxes of Dobrooke’s ruby potion was completed in no time.
“Make sure to write letters. Make sure!”
“Alright. Just in case, don’t include anything about being grateful for my forgery in the letters.”
Lee Han nodded contentedly while watching the happy Nilia.
Being able to make people happy with magic learned at Einroguard was truly wonderful.
“Wardanaz. Make sure to write letters. Here’s my address.”
“Oh. Got it.”
“Write letters, Wardanaz. Don’t just not send any to me.”
“Why are you having such misunderstandings? Others might get the wrong idea if they heard.”
“Wardanaz. Letters…”
“Yes, yes. I understand.”
The more Lee Han exchanged addresses with his friends, the more pressure began to mount.
…Isn’t this too many??
‘No, this might be harder than writing reflection papers.’
Last semester, the Skeleton Principal had made him practice magic while writing reflection papers, but thinking about the amount of letters he had to send to friends now, it far exceeded that.
‘This won’t do. I need to gradually cut back on letters.’
Lee Han decided that from now on, he would just tell friends he was saying farewell to ‘let’s meet up and have a meal’ instead of letters.
“Wardanaz.”
“Ah. Imperial Princess. Actually, when we meet next time…”
“You worked hard this semester. Write letters. I’ll be waiting.”
‘Damn.’
Lee Han cursed inwardly at Adenart, who only said what she wanted to say and walked away right from the start of his resolution.
“Ah. Mr. Wardanaz. If you have too many places to write letters to, I’m fine with…”
“Not at all? I have plenty of capacity.”
Lee Han reflexively answered Ratford’s words and then regretted it.
‘Ugh.’
“What bard came here??”
The Skeleton Principal looked at the line formed in front of the main gate and asked as if bewildered.
If the semester was over, they should happily pass through the main gate, get on carriages and leave, so what were they doing here?
“We want to exchange letters with Wardanaz during vacation…”
“You’re talking about letters and such. Practice magic in that time instead. You environmental magic lecture 41-pointer.”
“…”
The Blue Dragon Tower student who had spoken immediately became dejected.
The Skeleton Principal, who had chased away all the students by calling out their final exam scores, looked at Lee Han and said.
“All done? Let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Lee Han nodded and tried to walk toward the main gate.
Then the Skeleton Principal grabbed Lee Han’s shoulder.
“Not that way.”
“??”
“There’s a place we need to stop by briefly. Follow me.”
The Skeleton Principal moved toward the punishment room instead of the main gate.
Seeing this, Lee Han thought he might be trying to retrieve the intruder they had caught recently.
‘He must be planning to deal with the intruder as well.’
Swoooooosh!
As the Skeleton Principal stepped forward, all the paths in the punishment room changed for the Principal.
Lee Han cast an admiring gaze at the magic that instantly created the fastest route to the desired location.
“Truly amazing!”
“…Why do you ignore all the other amazing magic and show such admiration for magic that creates shortcuts to prison cells?”
Even if he tried on purpose, he probably couldn’t be this irritating.
‘In ancient times, this guy would have made a name for himself in a completely different sense!’
The Skeleton Principal clicked his tongue and walked forward.
Inside the bars was not the intruder they had caught recently…
…but a familiar penguin beastman mage.
“…?????”
“Have you reflected, Penguerin?”
At the Skeleton Principal’s question, Alsicle of the Penguerin family answered in a frail voice.
“I, I have reflected. Gonadaltes sir.”
“Have you also reflected on what you said last time? If you’ve reflected, try apologizing properly.”
“I, I am not superior to you in magic, Gonadaltes sir. It was my delusion to think that you blocked my entry out of jealousy for my magic. I will never have such delusions again…”
“…”
Lee Han couldn’t bear to watch and covered his face with both hands.
Only then did Alsicle seem to realize that Lee Han was standing next to the Skeleton Principal.
“No, no! This isn’t what it looks like!”
“What do you mean it’s not, you intruder.”
The Skeleton Principal spoke in a languid voice.
He couldn’t understand what this guy who was caught trying to sneak into the magic school had to be embarrassed about.
Wasn’t he already embarrassed the moment he was caught?
“I was just trying to visit but didn’t get permission! Don’t misunderstand!”
Alsicle desperately explained to Lee Han.
“I, I see. There seems to have been a misunderstanding.”
“You’re talking about misunderstandings.”
The Skeleton Principal smirked and pulled Alsicle out of the punishment room.
“Penguerin. I’ll keep quiet about the fact that you were caught trying to sneak into Einroguard, so help with work this winter.”
Alsicle, who had collapsed in frustration, nodded his head.
Lee Han asked curiously.
“Did His Majesty also summon Penguerin sir?”
“…What?! Wardanaz, His Majesty summoned you??!”
The Skeleton Principal sighed deeply and said.
“Why don’t you go outside and shout about it. That you’re having a private audience with His Majesty.”
“I apologize.”
“Never mind. Penguerin would have found out anyway. And Penguerin isn’t being called because of His Imperial Majesty.”
“…?”
When Lee Han looked puzzled, the Skeleton Principal sent a telepathy spell to explain.
-That guy is popular among the Empire’s nobles.
-Ah. Because of the splendor of ice magic?
-No. Because of his appearance. He has thick penguin blood.
“…”
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