Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 621

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Chapter 621

“It’s fine.”

“No. If you cast 【Heat Enchantment】 on the saddle, both the rider and the horse will appreciate it.”

Lee Han brought out various life magic spells he had learned under Professor Garcia during his first year.

Jicklin’s horse snorted and rubbed its head against Lee Han as he cast warming magic on it.

“Giselle. Please take care of the rest.”

“Magic isn’t supposed to be wasted like that originally.”

At her sister’s command, Giselle timidly rebelled.

Wardanaz was the strange one for wasting magic just because he had a lot of mana – normally you don’t cast magic on every single trivial detail like this.

Jicklin’s gaze became stern, thinking her sister was making excuses.

“Giselle. You can’t say ‘that’s how it normally is’ just because you can’t do it yourself.”

“That’s not what I meant…!”

“I’ll finish the rest!”

Giselle glared at Lee Han as he ran off to cast magic on the other luggage.

Lee Han spoke as if he had no choice.

“I couldn’t just stand there doing nothing.”

“Thanks. Really thanks. Yeah. Why don’t you suck up to my sister even more.”

“Don’t take it out on me. It’s just my Einroguard habits showing.”

“…”

Giselle had nothing to say to Lee Han’s words.

After all, casting magic on everything like that before traveling was something Wardanaz had done at Einroguard too.

The difference was that this was outside!

Even at Einroguard, Wardanaz was crazy, but seeing him outside made it clear that Wardanaz was truly insane.

A mage should normally conserve their abilities as much as possible and only cast magic when it’s important, but he just cast magic on every trivial detail…

Put Wardanaz next to them and any mage would look lazy and incompetent.

“What about the other people?”

“There aren’t any. This is everyone.”

“…?”

Lee Han paused.

Of course, he knew that knights’ hunts were more uncomfortable than nobles’ hunts.

Rough terrain with no roads, no gamekeepers or beaters, and no servants or porters following with luggage!

But honestly, if a Shadow Patrol hunter like Nilia heard this, she would snort with laughter.

-Wardanaz. Don’t fall for what the knights say. Half of what knights say is bragging and the other half is whining. They go in only on good weather days with maps that record every fallen hair in detail. Apprentice knights carry supplies including luxury goods! Real hunting is done by hunters…

Even if it was a bit more uncomfortable than nobles’ hunts, knights didn’t go out in complete discomfort either.

But this was everyone?

“What about the other knights? The apprentice knights?”

“I told you there aren’t any… I said it, didn’t I? There’s nothing good about inviting them.”

Giselle sighed.

She only accepted this because she knew the abilities Wardanaz had shown at Einroguard for a year – otherwise she would have opposed it with her life on the line.

Two horses each.

Only pack what could be loaded on them, nothing else.

This was Jicklin’s hunt.

“Hmm. I see.”

“…I thought you’d be more surprised??”

“There’s a knight in our family who does similar things…”

“You’re really from the Wardanaz family, aren’t you??”

* * *

Jicklin was in a very good mood.

The friend her sister brought from magic school was polite and pleasant.

She had worried because he was from a mage family, but who would have thought he’d get along so well with a knight.

Perhaps he was someone more suited to being a knight.

“Wardanaz. Do you see that river over there?”

“Yes. I see it.”

“Once, a lesser dragon crawled up that river.”

Jicklin looked at the river with memories in her stoic gaze.

“What happened to it?”

“It died.”

“…Why did it die?”

Lee Han blamed himself for asking carelessly and asked again.

“Its neck was severed.”

“Who cut it and how?”

Giselle answered curtly in her place.

“My sister fought a bloody battle alone for three days and cut off its head.”

“Haha… Wait. This isn’t a joke.”

Lee Han, who had been about to laugh artificially thinking it was a joke, paused.

Giselle was serious. Giselle’s sister also asked as if puzzled.

“Is there any reason to joke right now?”

“…”

Lee Han was shocked.

To think a knight alone fought a large monster like a lesser dragon for three days and killed it.

They say a knight who has reached mastery is like a walking fortress, but this exceeded imagination.

‘Surely she’s not stronger than Alarlong or Professor Ingoldel??’

“Why on earth did you fight alone?”

“Because my sister wanted to fight alone. I was watching from the riverside.”

Giselle grimaced as she recalled the terrible past.

The memory of watching while worrying that something might happen to her sister was still vivid.

“You should have called for support.”

“My sister doesn’t like it when you call for support.”

“Who cares. Just call for it and make excuses afterward.”

“…?!”

Giselle was intrigued by Lee Han’s unexpectedly reasonable words.

“Wait, so the purpose of this hunt is also like that…?”

“Yeah. We wander around looking for decent prey.”

Giselle explained in a dry voice.

Wandering around the cold, rough northern lands to find prey suitable for a knight to face one-on-one.

When decent prey was discovered, she would immediately tell them to fight while the rest waited behind.

The better the knight’s skills, the higher the level of prey accordingly – something you could never let your guard down about…

“Isn’t that just Professor Bagrek’s exam?”

“Hey. Watch your words. No matter how my sister is, she’s not like an Einroguard professor.”

Giselle seemed unable to make objective judgments when it came to her sister.

Lee Han thought this and shook his head inwardly.

‘I came out for vacation during break, but there are people like professors outside too.’

It was truly sad.

“Hmm.”

Jicklin checked the high terrain and looked around.

From what she could see, she had a feeling that quite a few monsters would be inhabiting the vicinity.

“We’ll stay here today. I think we need to check the monsters in the area…”

“I’ll do it.”

“It’s fine, Wardanaz. Please rest for a moment. Mages have weak stamina, don’t they?”

“…”

Giselle grumbled inwardly, ‘That guy is sturdier than me.’

While Jicklin briefly left for scouting, Lee Han immediately summoned skeleton warriors and began preparing the campsite.

Before Giselle could even step forward, simple wooden stakes, sleeping areas, a central campfire with a simple cooking tripod, and alarm magic were set up in an instant.

Giselle blinked her eyes.

She had camped with him a few times at Einroguard, but it wasn’t to this extent back then.

‘Did, did he only go camping while I wasn’t watching…?’

“What’s wrong, Moradi?”

“It’s nothing. Thanks for preparing everything well.”

“…What’s wrong, Moradi?!”

“…”

Seeing Wardanaz react even more intensely to her thanks, Giselle really wanted to hit him just once.

‘Hold back. Sister might return soon…’

If Jicklin returned to find her grabbing Wardanaz by the collar and fighting, she would be the only one at a loss.

Lee Han poured boiled coffee into a tin cup and offered it to Giselle. Then he spoke with a serious expression.

“Moradi.”

“?”

Wondering what he was going to say, Giselle suddenly remembered something from not long ago.

Didn’t this bastard make that expression and say something like ‘It’s sister, not big sister, right?’

“If you say something useless again…”

“No. This is serious talk. Moradi. Be a bit serious. I’m trying to have a serious conversation here.”

“Hey you…!”

“If we find suitable prey to face, the hunt would end quickly, right?”

“!”

Surprisingly, this time it really was serious talk.

Giselle nodded at Lee Han’s sharp words.

“Right. If we encounter decent prey…”

If Jicklin thought ‘this knight had a decent fight in this hunt,’ the hunt would be over.

“You and I are both Einroguard mages. Let’s use magic to quickly find suitable prey.”

“It’s a good method, but it won’t be that easy.”

Giselle replied while resting her chin on her hand.

Even if there were many monsters in this area, finding an appropriate opponent wasn’t easy.

Magic wasn’t omnipotent, after all.

“Unless you have some secret magic you learned from the Principal. Do you?”

“I have magic that enhances physical abilities.”

“Hey. You’re the one, right? The one who gave our tower guys muscle pain…”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. More importantly, Moradi. Suitable opponents are originally a matter of individual judgment.”

“…You want to lie?”

“Not necessarily that, but we could persuade her.”

“Even though sister may seem naive, she’s not someone easy to persuade. And her intuition is so good that such lies won’t work well.”

A knight of Jicklin’s caliber had intuition that should be considered almost like prophecy magic.

Just by looking at the knight who followed, she could sense what kind of prey they could fight and what kind of battle it would be.

“Then we just need to find somewhat strong prey.”

“You seem confident?”

“If we prepare in advance, we can fight advantageously, can’t we?”

Lee Han said, pointing to the skeleton warriors. Giselle made a reluctant expression.

“I’m not sure if sister would allow such things in a knightly battle.”

“Hmm. Then there’s only one method left.”

Lee Han spoke as if he had no choice.

Giselle was curious about what method this cunning top student of Einroguard had left.

“Let’s claim we had an intense fight while Jicklin was away.”

“…That might not be bad…?”

Giselle unexpectedly agreed.

Unlike other things, this felt quite plausible.

“Right? I’m going to release the summoned creatures I’ve contracted to search the surroundings. There are spirits too.”

“Okay. Got it.”

“I said I’m going to release the summoned creatures I’ve contracted to search the surroundings. There are spirits too.”

“…? I said I got it.”

At Giselle’s reaction, Lee Han became slightly dejected.

She doesn’t understand how amazing this is!

“Wait. One more thing.”

“?”

“If you want to finish the hunt and go back, we need to find prey that suits sister too. It’ll be harder than you think.”

“Really? Why…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jicklin’s voice was heard from below.

“Everyone, I’ve returned from scouting. There weren’t any suitable monsters… Wardanaz, did you create this campsite with magic?”

Jicklin spoke with faint surprise showing on her stoic face.

However, Lee Han couldn’t answer immediately.

In Jicklin’s other hand was a minotaur’s head, dripping with blood.

“Ah. Are you interested in this? I caught it while passing by.”

“…Oh, ooh…”

Lee Han realized that finding a suitable opponent for this knight would be more difficult than expected.

* * *

“This is trouble.”

Lee Han said while offering Giselle soup made with finely chopped minotaur meat and potatoes.

“At this rate, we’ll be outside until the banquet.”

“That’s what I told you. Sister’s hunts are hell.”

Giselle sipped the soup. It was annoyingly delicious.

She never thought she’d have the luxury of eating such cooking during a hellish hunt with Jicklin.

“Jicklin didn’t say much, but did she enjoy it?”

“Sister? That means she liked it tremendously. She ate a whole bowl. She usually doesn’t even finish one bowl.”

“Don’t people usually eat about five bowls when it’s delicious?”

“What kind of barbaric bastard eats like that?”

“Gainen… Ahem. Never mind.”

“…”

As Lee Han was changing the subject, he was startled when the lower-grade ice spirit sent a signal.

“It says it found an enemy?!”

“What, what kind of monster!”

Giselle quickly grabbed her sword hilt and asked.

“Oh no. It’s not a monster but a person. It says they look like criminals.”

“Ah…”

Giselle, who was about to sit back down in disappointment, came to her senses and stood up.

“Hey! If they’re criminals, we have to catch them!”

“Oops. Right.”

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