Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 61
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Anger
061
Anger
Anger
Who would have thought the students would become so distrustful.
But that was one thing, and curiosity was another. Professor Thunderstep sought out Lee Han, his prized student.
“Wardanaz.”
“Yes, Professor.”
“You’ll believe what I say, won’t you?”
Just as he had believed Professor Ingoldel’s words, he would surely believe Professor Thunderstep’s words too!
Lee Han nodded and said.
“Yes! I believe you! How could I doubt you, Professor!”
“…Just say you can’t believe me instead, you bastard.”
Professor Thunderstep was annoyed.
Those who openly doubted him were better than Lee Han speaking in such a roundabout way, which was irritating.
“But you really didn’t encounter the bull? That’s strange. I prepared it quite expensively… Why did a mud golem appear?”
“…Wait. What do you mean by that?”
Professor Ingoldel belatedly heard Professor Thunderstep’s muttering and became serious.
Professor Thunderstep hastily made excuses.
“Hahaha… Professor Ingoldel. There seems to be a misunderstanding. Actually, I prepared both the bull and the mud golem, but it seems that damn bull went somewhere.”
“…”
Despite the excuse, Professor Ingoldel’s gaze remained cold.
There’s nothing more frightening than a crazed swordsman.
Professor Thunderstep hurriedly dragged Lee Han over.
“Wardanaz. You tell her. Who do you think prepared the mud golem?!”
“…”
Lee Han was bewildered by how he immediately contradicted what he had just said, but played along.
Professor Thunderstep’s eyes were too desperate.
“Of course you must have prepared it, Professor.”
“Right? Professor Ingoldel. Look here. Even the smart Wardanaz says so.”
“I see. But do you think a mud golem is an appropriate trial for new students?”
“…”
Professor Thunderstep looked at Lee Han again, but Lee Han was already fleeing far away with his friends.
* * *
Saturday had arrived, but instead of going outside for walks or exploring the school’s mysteries, the Blue Dragon Tower friends were holed up in the common room, racking their brains.
The assignments from the week had piled up like mountains.
“Damn… What exactly is the logical flaw in this book? Wait, isn’t the fact that someone of my noble status has to read and wrestle with such a book itself an absurd flaw?”
“Ugh, how am I supposed to know how much it cost to create a magic circle? Just use the family’s spare money, why be so petty…!”
The students held their heads and groaned in agony.
The assignments were all difficult problems that couldn’t be easily solved.
Thanks to this, the snacks Lee Han had stocked in his pantry were selling like hotcakes.
Getting tired of it, Lee Han put various cookies and candies in a basket by the fireplace and set up a sign.
Apple-flavored candy – One silver coin
Apricot jam cookie – Two silver coins
Meikin family’s sweet chocolate bar – Four silver coins
Cup of tea with sugar – One silver coin
…
…
The prices were expensive, but the students didn’t complain at all.
Being able to obtain these when they could was happiness.
Right now, if they went outside, the Black Turtle Tower students were enduring by making fake cookies, fake candies, and fake gum…
“Phew. You guys are like that because you don’t take alchemy and only take easy lectures.”
“Are your assignments difficult? After taking alchemy, they seem like sweet desserts to me.”
“…”
Among them, several Blue Dragon Tower students taking alchemy lectures were grabbing friends doing assignments and boasting about their exploits.
Their expressions showed arrogance as if they had slain at least one dragon.
“Those bastards… Wardanaz probably did all the work…”
“Leave them be. They’re pitiful. To encounter a mud golem.”
“True. It’s really a crazy lecture. How can they tell us to fight a mud golem?”
The other friends listened patiently instead of telling them to ‘tone it down.’
It was thanks to honor and friendship.
‘They’re mistaken thinking they won’t experience such things…’
Lee Han shook his head with a bitter expression.
Students not yet taking alchemy were under the delusion that ‘we’ll be fine since we’re not taking alchemy.’
…But as could be seen from the basic riding lecture, madness was a virtue that professors in this school naturally possessed.
Even if they avoided one crazy lecture, another would find them.
When that time came, they would learn!
Bubble bubble bubble-
Bubble bubble bubble-
Bubble bubble bubble-
“Orc bellflower and small feather mushroom. Is this right? Adding this…”
”
“Ugh, the smell is strong, but is this really right?? This is supposed to be correct…?
“
”
The students taking alchemy were spreading out their cauldrons and putting their heads together in contemplation.
The students taking alchemy were spreading out their cauldrons and putting their heads together in contemplation.
The students taking alchemy were spreading out their cauldrons and putting their heads together in contemplation.
They had gathered materials to make the assigned 【Low-grade Spirit Affinity Potion】, but they had only just begun learning alchemy.
If gathering materials was half the work, then mixing them was the other half.
Moreover, since the materials were limited, the students’ hands couldn’t help but tremble.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
“Aah!!”
Puff puff puff poof!
Pop pop pop bang!
Puff puff puff poof!
“Argh!”
“Wait.”
Lee Han reached out his hand to stop the students.
As he had learned in the lecture, he already knew that alchemy could fail from minor mistakes in movement or timing differences.
However…
‘Something seems strange?’
The current situation was a bit odd.
Even the students who Lee Han thought were doing fairly well kept having explosions with smoke bursting out from their cauldrons.
If it were just minor mistakes, the potion quality would differ but they should still get somewhat similar results, yet what was coming out was completely different from what was shown in the picture.
“What’s wrong?”
“…Don’t tell me Professor Thunderstep taught us the wrong crafting method?”
“…”
“…”
A chilling breeze swept through the common room.
A friend working on a different assignment nearby spoke as if it was absurd.
“Come on, no matter what, surely not…”
“No. It makes sense! There’s a 100% chance that’s what happened!”
“!?”
Friends who would have said ‘surely not’ in the past now suspected the professors even more than Lee Han did.
They had truly become students of this school.
“This is really terrible…! How could he deliberately teach us the wrong crafting method?!”
“Telling us to figure it out ourselves, is this a joke?!”
While the students vented their anger, Lee Han quietly pondered with Yoner.
Anger was anger, but grades were grades.
Even if they wanted to grab the professor by the collar, they still had to submit their assignments.
“We’ll have to experiment by changing one thing at a time from the potion crafting method the professor gave us. Yoner. Do you have any guesses?”
“The Devil’s Beard Flower, Troll Mushroom, Malenu, and Jade Dragon Flower in the crafting method seem suspicious… Actually, as far as I know, these have nothing to do with spirits.”
“Are all of these traps?”
“I don’t think so. At most one or two, I’d guess? Even if they’re not related to spirits, they might be useful for amplifying the power to summon spirits or strengthening the user’s mind.”
Lee Han was impressed by Yoner’s quick analysis.
Though Lee Han was also a skilled experimenter, he couldn’t match Yoner’s extensive knowledge from reading alchemy material books since childhood.
‘Maybe I should have read alchemy books instead of just the business section of newspapers?’
“Experimenting by removing them one by one would be fastest, but the problem is… we’d run short on materials.”
Lee Han fell into thought.
What was Professor Thunderstep thinking when he put traps in the crafting method?
“I think we’ll probably have to dig through alchemy books and compare with old crafting methods to find what’s wrong…”
Yoner muttered in a dejected voice.
At those words, Lee Han thought he understood the professor’s thinking.
‘Ah. He’s telling us not to rely on crafting methods made by others, but to dig through books ourselves and learn through discovery.’
Knowledge gained through one’s own study and realization naturally lasts longer than knowledge taught by others.
When Lee Han reached that thought, he got goosebumps.
He was getting too good at reading the professor’s mind.
Those who gaze long into the abyss tend to become like that abyss.
Lee Han shook his head to dispel his fear.
‘I need to stop being manipulated by the professors.’
“Want to go look for books?”
“Yoner. Finding it in books would take the whole weekend, wouldn’t it?”
“Probably…”
“That absolutely cannot happen. I have to go out tomorrow.”
Lee Han spoke with a determined face.
In his eyes burned a firm resolve that no professor could shake, like flames.
Yoner felt something like admiration for that determination.
“…”
And then became confused.
‘…Is it okay to be this moved by talk of going out?’
“Everyone stop making potions and gather in one place!”
“??”
“I’ll figure out the method through experimentation.”
“Won’t we be short on materials?”
“I’ll gather everyone’s materials here to create the maximum amount of surplus. I’ll have to visit the other towers too.”
“…!”
Asan was impressed.
While one person’s collected materials wouldn’t allow for multiple experiments, gathering all the students’ materials would be a different story.
That would increase the surplus materials accordingly.
Yoner also nodded.
“If students from other towers join us too, it would help. Others might point out things I don’t know.”
“Priest Siana would be good.”
“She’s from Phoenix Tower, will she come?”
“She praised Wardanaz a lot, so maybe she’d come if Wardanaz asked?”
Leaving his friends’ voices behind, Lee Han confidently left the common room.
From his retreating figure emanated a conviction that he would absolutely not let his holiday be taken away.
“Wardanaz…! Please!”
“I’ll be back.”
“Oh. Wardanaz. Bring the Imperial Princess too.”
“…Can’t you guys handle that much yourselves?”
“…Can’t you guys handle that much yourselves?”
“…Can’t you guys handle that much yourselves?”
Lee Han asked as if dumbfounded.
“Well… we’re not close with the Imperial Princess…”
“You’re the closest one among us.”
“Since she’s royalty, it’s a bit difficult to approach her.”
“Fine, I understand…”
Since it wasn’t particularly difficult, Lee Han nodded.
“Ah, Gainando! What do you do if you get multiplication wrong!! We have to recalculate everything because of you!”
“I didn’t get it wrong! You’re the one who got it wrong!”
“This guy, where do you get off telling such ridiculous lies! Your equation in front is wrong!”
“…”
Lee Han was dumbfounded at that sight.
These guys?
* * *
-Imperial Princess. This is Wardanaz.
-!
When Lee Han knocked on the door, the Imperial Princess looked at Lee Han’s hands with expectant eyes.
However, Lee Han’s hands held no snacks whatsoever.
The Imperial Princess listened to his explanation and nodded, then went down to the common room below, but somehow her shoulders seemed to droop.
Lee Han felt sorry for no reason.
‘I should bring something when I go up from now on…’
Since other friends were keeping the ledger anyway, giving more snacks would benefit Lee Han.
His conscience just pricked a little for fleecing his innocent friends too much.
‘Is this the place?’
Arriving at his destination, Lee Han looked around.
Being from Blue Dragon Tower, he hadn’t had many opportunities to visit other towers.
The Phoenix Tower gave off a solemn atmosphere, while the Blue Dragon Tower had felt luxurious and extravagant. Perhaps it was due to the difference in students.
‘…Wait. How do I get in?’
Lee Han, who had arrived in front of the Phoenix Tower, only then realized he didn’t know how to enter.
Lee Han decided to try testing it out blindly first.
Thud-
Thud-
Thud-
“!”
As if there was some invisible barrier at the tower’s main gate, Lee Han was pushed back.
‘Intruder prevention magic, I suppose. Well, that makes sense.’
It would be chaos if people who weren’t part of the Phoenix Tower could enter.
“Lee Han of Wardanaz Family?”
A familiar voice called out from behind. A snake beastkin student wearing priest robes was tilting her head curiously.
Upon seeing Priest Siana, Lee Han instinctively put flattery first in his words.
“Priest Siana who made that excellent potion last time!”
“Oh my. Your praise is quite excessive.”
“It wasn’t praise, but a natural statement.”
“I made some potions this time, please take some. They’ll help with fatigue recovery.”
Priest Siana smiled brightly as she handed over the potions.
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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