Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 613
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Chapter 613
As Lee Han stepped outside the door, Eandurude followed closely behind.
“Junior. You need to stay here.”
“??”
Eandurude looked at him as if asking why she had to do that.
Seeing her expression, Lee Han pondered how to explain.
“Well, you see, where we’re going now, there’s no telling what kind of violence the Principal might unleash…”
“Don’t casually slander people. I’ve already used up all my violence.”
The Skeleton Principal cut off Lee Han’s words and put a bracelet on Eandurude.
It was a bracelet that suppressed the petrifying curse-imbued magic eyes and the hair that turned into snakes.
“May I bring her along?”
“To adapt to Einroguard, she needs to practice moving around as much as studying.”
Seeing his growling junior, Lee Han suddenly became worried.
She wouldn’t attack passing citizens, would she?
‘I must stop her at all costs.’
Lee Han firmly resolved not to let his junior become an Empire criminal.
“Let’s go.”
Following behind the Skeleton Principal, the two students began walking.
His junior sniffed around, smelling the people passing by.
“That thing…”
“That’s an ice cream cone. They use a baked waffle as a cone and put ice cream on top.”
At Lee Han’s explanation, his junior’s eyes sparkled.
And immediately took a ready stance to snatch the ice cream cone from a passing young boy.
“Transform into steel, cloak!”
After quickly binding his junior’s limbs with her cloak and transforming it into steel, Lee Han whispered urgently.
“What did I tell you, junior? If you attack first…?”
“Ah. I shouldn’t attack first!”
“That’s right!”
At Lee Han’s words, Eandurude became dejected.
She had wanted to try that snack.
“…Principal. Please give me some money to buy ice cream.”
“If you buy everything they want, it spoils the child.”
The Skeleton Principal said this while still flicking over an Empire silver coin. Lee Han went to a street vendor and bought an ice cream cone.
“Here. When you need something, you pay money to buy it. Understand?”
“Money is earned through work.”
“That’s right!”
Lee Han felt proud seeing his junior licking ice cream and saying the admirable words she had learned.
As befitting a clever one, when taught one thing, she remembered three.
“But isn’t it okay to steal money?”
“…Junior. Let’s talk about this again. So if you steal money first…”
On the way to meet the new student from the Penguerin family, Lee Han continued teaching Eandurude.
His junior understood well, but whenever passing people carried something interesting, she would forget the teachings and assume a battle stance.
Seeing this, the Skeleton Principal made a comment.
“I need to get her enrolled in Einroguard quickly.”
“…”
Lee Han worried that after enrolling in Einroguard, his junior might be called by nicknames like ‘the Beast of Black Turtle Tower’ by her tower friends.
She should have many friends like Nilia…
“That thing…”
“I said no!”
Lee Han immediately grabbed his junior’s neck with one hand and waved his staff with the other to firmly secure her cloak.
His junior said with a bewildered look.
“I think we’ve arrived…”
“…Haha. You have very good eyesight! How admirable!”
Lee Han quickly released his hand and staff and praised his junior.
Eandurude forgot about being misunderstood just now and nodded her head with a bright smile.
* * *
The Penguerin family was a family with quite a prestigious bloodline in the Empire, and accordingly, the family’s nobles had tremendous pride.
One of the people who inherited this characteristic the most was Alhi.
At not even ten years old, Alhi could read not only Empire script but also Three Kingdoms period script, Ancient Kingdom period script, Seven Kingdoms period script, and solve all kinds of complex arithmetic problems.
It wasn’t just intelligence that was outstanding.
In swordsmanship, considered a noble’s cultivation, he showed achievements that impressed many swordsmen, and he was flawless in music, literature, and art as well.
Having such talents, the expectations within the family were great.
“So sending him to Einroguard is right. We already decided to send him to Einroguard, and now you’re changing your words. Are you planning to tarnish the Penguerin family’s reputation?”
“For Alhi’s future, even if the Penguerin family’s reputation gets a little dirty, I can bear it. I’ll persuade Master Gonadaltes! Alhi doesn’t need to waste time mingling with other mediocre talents. We should hire tutors to educate him!”
“Why would other nobles send their children to Einroguard instead of hiring tutors for education? Einroguard is the Empire’s most traditional and excellent magic school. Among nobles who received magical teachings under tutors, few have achieved outstanding accomplishments.”
“That’s because the mages hired as tutors were terrible! If we hire the best, it will be different. Whether it’s a magic school or magic tower, we can’t waste precious time mixing with other mediocre talents!”
Various family members presented their opinions tensely regarding Alhi.
The older people argued not to waste precious time and to properly self-study alone, while the relatively younger people argued not to make unnecessary attempts and to send him to Einroguard.
Since both sides genuinely valued Alhi’s talents highly, the confrontation was even more intense. To the point where no one would easily concede.
“Alhi. What do you think? Don’t you want to try going to Einroguard? It’s about honing your skills with the Empire’s best talents at the Empire’s best magic school.”
“Don’t put unnecessary pressure on him. Alhi. Even if you go, it’ll be hard to find guys at your level. You’ll just waste time and spend it lonely!”
Alhi hesitated and looked at the family elders.
He knew his talents were outstanding, but it was difficult to easily decide which choice was right.
Thinking about excellent masters, going to Einroguard seemed right, but then again, if he went to Einroguard, there wouldn’t be friends at his level, so it might be a waste of time…
“Are you there?”
“Go, Gonadaltes sir! We’re sorry. Such rudeness… Please come in.”
“No. I happened to overhear the conversation. I see. You’re considering enrollment because of young Penguerin’s talents.”
“Th, that’s right. Your Excellency. If I may speak impertinently, in my foolish opinion, it seems more efficient for Alhi not to enroll and study on his own…”
The Skeleton Principal managed his expression.
Fortunately, work finished early this winter, otherwise he might have cursed.
“That’s possible. Everyone has such concerns.”
“Your Excellency! I knew you would understand!”
While the Skeleton Principal hypocritically appeased the penguin beastmen of the Penguerin family, Lee Han whispered to his junior.
“That guy over there is one of the students who will enroll with you.”
“Fight? Struggle? Submission?”
“No. I’m not telling you to fight… Actually, seeing he’s from a different tower, you might fight. Just that he might enter with you. Look at him and become friends if you can.”
“He looks weak.”
“Being weak doesn’t mean you can’t be friends, so…”
“Wardanaz. Come here.”
Lee Han, who was educating his junior on ‘making friends at Einroguard,’ paused at the Skeleton Principal’s call.
“What is it?”
“The people of the Penguerin family here want to know the average level of Einroguard students!”
“…?”
Lee Han wondered what the average level of Einroguard students had to do with him.
Was he supposed to talk about it?
“Should I talk about Gainando?”
“No. That’s not necessary.”
The Skeleton Principal placed his hand on Lee Han’s shoulder and said.
“This Wardanaz fellow here is someone who falls within the average range at Einroguard.”
“…”
Lee Han was dumbfounded.
Of course, Lee Han wasn’t overconfident or arrogant by nature, but he knew well enough that he wasn’t average at Einroguard.
He was the top student after all!
“As such, by looking at this fellow, you’ll be able to understand Einroguard’s average level. Now. Penguerin. Come here.”
Alhi walked out with a tense expression from meeting unfamiliar mages.
However, there was also a glimpse of confidence in his appearance.
It was confidence that even if they were his seniors, he wouldn’t fall behind in knowledge.
“What area does Penguerin excel in?”
“Alhi has no shortage when it comes to handling numbers.”
“Would you show us?”
The Penguerin family members didn’t hesitate to bring a thick arithmetic book.
Then they randomly opened to a page.
“Now. Alhi. Try solving this.”
-A mage wants to buy the following items with twenty-two silver coins…
Scratch scratch scratch-
Alhi lowered his head and began moving his quill rapidly. Numbers and formulas flew about chaotically.
How much time had passed?
Finally having found the answer, Alhi raised his head with a jerk.
“I solved it!”
“…”
“…”
“?”
Alhi was confused by the different reaction than usual.
The family elders were looking back and forth between Alhi and Lee Han with bewildered expressions.
“Well done. Penguerin. But your senior wrote down and submitted the answer the moment you lowered your head.”
“…?!!”
Alhi looked at Lee Han in disbelief.
Surprisingly, the paper Lee Han held also had the same answer that Alhi had given.
And it was written cleanly without any formulas!
‘That’s impossible! This is trickery!’
The Skeleton Principal spoke with an arrogant attitude.
“Penguerin isn’t bad either. He might be a bit lacking at Einroguard, but… well… Einroguard isn’t such a harsh place that it blocks a student’s admission for being a bit lacking.”
‘This is really too much.’
Lee Han felt a bit sorry when the penguin beastman junior made an expression as if the sky was falling.
Someone like Alhi would probably be able to achieve grades within the top five among first years.
It was that Lee Han was excessively skilled at arithmetic, not that Alhi was lacking…
“Al, Alhi isn’t only good with numbers. Alhi is also very capable with letters.”
“Would you show us?”
The Penguerin family members didn’t hesitate to bring a thick history book from the Three Kingdoms era.
Then they randomly opened to a page.
“Now. Alhi. Try reading this.”
-As the three kingdoms hated each other and set the continent ablaze, the enraged ■■■■■ began their retaliation…
“Wait.”
The Skeleton Principal pointed it out when Alhi subtly tried to skip over it, making him stop reading.
“Why are you skipping over it?”
“Huh? This is erased so I can’t read…”
“It’s not erased. Wardanaz? Explain it.”
“…That’s rewritten in Seohalin Kingdom script. It reads ‘Gonadaltes’ in Seohalin Kingdom script.”
“!!!!”
Alhi received a great shock at Lee Han’s words.
Unlike before, there could be no trickery in this.
It was a book that the family members had brought and opened!
‘There… there was someone more excellent than me…!’
“What’s next? Swordsmanship?”
“Th, that’s right.”
“Bring a sword. Wardanaz.”
At the Skeleton Principal’s merciless instruction, Lee Han whispered.
“Principal. Isn’t this a bit pitiful?”
“Are you saying I’m pitiful for trying to comfort and admit a guy with no particular talent? Thanks for the consolation.”
“…No, that junior…”
“I should receive thanks for giving him a reality check for free, not pity. It’s better he realizes it now. If he realizes it when he’s older, he’ll become like Alsicle – would that be better?”
At the sight of the Skeleton Principal butchering Alsicle who wasn’t even present, Lee Han quietly closed his mouth and went to get a sword.
* * *
After several rounds of contests ended, the Penguerin family’s reception room became quite quiet.
One of the family elders muttered quietly.
“Perhaps Alhi’s talent wasn’t that outstanding after all…”
“Maybe we were too enchanted because he’s a member of the same family?”
“…Wh, what are you saying! Even people outside the family said Alhi’s talent was outstanding!”
“Maybe that was just polite praise.”
“…?!”
Is… is that so!?
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