Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 624

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Chapter 624

“Thank you.”

“Yes. But it won’t go as you’re thinking right now.”

The Skeleton Principal gave advice in a disinterested tone.

He could see what the Family Head was thinking as clearly as looking at his own palm.

He was probably thinking the same thing as several ambitious people in the Empire.

-Let’s join hands with the Wardanaz Family, the Empire’s most powerful magical noble house, and get one step ahead in the power structure within the Empire!

Such thoughts were nothing surprising since any ambitious family would think this way.

All families within the Empire wanted their own family to become stronger, wealthier, and more prestigious.

To such people, a family like the Wardanaz Family was an attractive partner.

A great noble family with long history, strong power, and wide influence.

…The problem was that the Wardanaz Family wasn’t an ordinary family that wanted to become stronger, wealthier, and more prestigious.

Just as the Skeleton Principal didn’t establish a family to aim for the Empire’s top prestigious house, the Wardanaz Family Head was the same. Mages who had reached enlightenment inevitably transcended worldly affairs and became detached from the world.

When there was shining truth in the distance, would one be interested in the sticky and troublesome power struggles within the Empire?

However, the Family Head before him didn’t care.

“That boy might have different purposes.”

“Well, that guy will be even harder to deal with…”

“…?”

* * *

“Prahgal is a god of life.”

“?”

Lee Han, who had returned, doubted his ears at Jicklin’s explanation.

“Not a god of tentacles or chimeras?”

“Originally, evil gods also make plausible claims.”

Giselle answered indifferently while searching for records of battles with the Prahgal Order within the family archives.

Originally, evil god orders also made plausible claims.

If their claims were strange from the start, why would cultists emerge?

The Prahgal Order roughly had the doctrine of ‘Lord Prahgal is a god of life, and the current people of the Empire are imperfect beings, so let’s accept Lord Prahgal’s essence and become greater and stronger beings.’

“Are those greater and stronger beings chimeras?”

“Strictly speaking, they’re not chimeras…? It’s closer to using transformation magic through divine magic.”

As Lee Han and Giselle whispered and talked together, Jicklin felt slightly hurt.

She knew they were both mages, but she felt excluded when they talked without including her.

“The fact that such evil god worshippers have appeared means there’s a high possibility that other accomplices are nearby.”

“That’s right. The knights assigned to reconnaissance are checking the surroundings. They’ve probably already fled though.”

“How about asking the Shadow Patrol for help?”

“Ha, ha, ha. Are you crazy?”

“…You don’t need to say it that harshly.”

Lee Han became slightly dejected when his serious suggestion was blocked.

Giselle was rather flustered by that reaction.

“…I thought you were joking.”

“Wouldn’t it be fine?”

“Imagine White Tiger Tower asking Black Turtle Tower for help to solve a task they were assigned.”

“!”

Lee Han understood immediately.

‘But you guys cooperated well when you needed to, even following my orders!’

When necessary, they cooperated quite well, even subtly following his commands!

“Ahem.”

As her younger brother and his friend played by themselves, Jicklin cleared her throat.

Only then did the two look up at Jicklin.

“What’s the matter?”

“??”

“Um… um… So, we’re currently interrogating the captured mercenaries. Would you like to watch?”

“Ah, yes. I’d be happy to participate.”

“I don’t think they’ll know much.”

“Shh. Be quiet. She’s being considerate.”

“Are you her older sister?”

* * *

The captured mercenaries tried to stay calm despite waking up late.

“Damn. Was he an evil god worshipper? No wonder he was so generous…”

“Shh. Shut your mouth.”

Experienced mercenaries knew well what to do in such situations.

Keep your mouth shut, speak less, and claim you knew nothing.

In cases like this, it was even more advantageous since they actually knew nothing.

The most dangerous thing was getting scared and babbling, making some strange slip of the tongue.

If they were misunderstood as being close to the evil god worshipper or having connections with them, they’d have to rot in underground dungeons for over ten years.

“You guys know this well too.”

“Mind your own business. Who do you take for a rookie?”

The mercenaries strongly warned each other in preparation for any situation.

If someone got scared by the knights’ pressure and fabricated things other mercenaries didn’t do, things would become troublesome.

“Follow us.”

The knights separated the mercenaries and began interrogating them.

“Where did you meet the evil god worshipper?”

“We, we met him in Shangtma City, Sir Knight. I really knew nothing. He just said he’d pay money…”

“What was the destination?”

“It was Ice Port. He said we just needed to take him to Ice Port… I really didn’t know! Please forgive me!”

“The payment was too generous, didn’t you suspect anything?”

“Oh my, how can we do mercenary work if we suspect clients who pay generously!”

“I see. Then tell me everything you know about the evil god worshipper. Anything suspicious, no matter how small.”

“Well, well…”

“Is there a mercenary who talked a lot with the evil god worshipper?”

“I’m not sure about that either…”

The mercenaries only said what was necessary and answered that they didn’t know the rest as soon as they heard the questions.

Even if they tried their best to recall and talk about it, it would only become troublesome.

Moreover, there was no benefit in having rumors spread that they, as mercenaries, had babbled about their client.

The knights, sensing this, glared at the mercenaries.

“They’re seasoned guys. Even though they didn’t have much time to talk, they’re all acting the same.”

“They probably won’t speak since there’s no benefit in running their mouths. Mercenary bastards, really.”

“What should we do? There might be someone who conspired with him.”

“I don’t think so. That evil god worshipper wouldn’t try to lure such mercenaries into his order. They’re completely untrustworthy.”

“Indeed…”

“Still, continue the interrogation. We need to get even small clues.”

“I’m considering torture or bribery.”

“Both are difficult in the current situation… Oh, Lady Jicklin!”

The knights who were talking stopped their conversation and greeted Jicklin, Giselle, and Lee Han’s visit.

“We were just stopping the interrogation of those guys and making plans for what to do.”

“Hmm.”

Jicklin nodded her head.

“I’ll take over from here.”

“Yes!”

Having brought her younger brother and his friend, Jicklin intended to show her capable side as a knight.

“The conversation recorded so far is as follows…”

Crack!

When Jicklin slightly bumped into the wall beside her while trying to receive the documents, the solid rock wall crumbled.

The knights looked at her with awe-filled gazes, while the mercenaries were terrified.

They had prepared themselves for some degree of torture, but…

‘Isn’t that execution??’

“I made a mistake because I was thinking about something else for a moment.”

“That can happen!”

The mercenaries wondered what kind of thoughts one had to have to break a rock wall.

“Hmm. So right now…”

“Uh, uhhhhhhh!”

The mercenary in the cell closest to the entrance screamed.

That mercenary pointed at Lee Han with his finger and trembled.

“You, you, you…!”

“?”

“You, that mage…!”

“What are you talking about?”

Lee Han shamelessly feigned ignorance.

It wouldn’t be good for what Lee Han had done to be revealed in front of the other knights.

Even Lee Han thought that pretending to be friendly, putting sleeping potion in the cauldron, and running away was a bit cowardly.

“Wh, what nonsense! You’re that mage! You came to us… Wait, us falling unconscious too, don’t tell me?! Since when! Since when have you been doing this? Answer me!”

The mercenary shouted in panic.

He couldn’t believe it himself.

All those people were deceived and knocked out by such a young brat?

He’d rather believe they collapsed because some evil god worshipper did something strange.

“Be quiet. If you don’t stay quiet, I’ll punish you.”

“Kn, Knight sir. Look at that mage! That mage did something to us… what did he do to us!”

“What kind of rude words are those toward a guest of the family, you mercenary scum!”

The knights’ anger exploded at being disrespected despite speaking kindly.

The cell door opened and the knights showed the talkative mercenary what for.

“Ugh, ahhh! Gahhhh! I, I was wrong! I misspoke…! Please spare me!”

Since the interrogation wasn’t finished yet, the knights stopped their attack at an appropriate point.

The thoroughly beaten mercenary cowered completely and looked around.

‘Was I dreaming…? No, no!’

The mercenary discovered a familiar knight next to that handsome mage.

Surprisingly, both were indeed from the Moradi Family!

‘Si, since when have we been under surveillance by the Moradi Family? Don’t tell me everything was under the Moradi Family’s surveillance? Even this interrogation now, could it be…?’

The mercenary felt chills down his spine.

Thinking they’d been watched from the moment they set foot in the Northern Region, he began to suspect that even this interrogation was just testing them while already knowing everything.

If that were the case, just keeping his mouth shut and being stubborn would be the worst choice.

If he did such a thing in front of knights who knew everything, he’d immediately be charged with insolence…

“I, I remembered. Actually, that evil god worshipper once said he came from the west.”

“What? Tell me more.”

“And… and also… Ah! Two days ago, another mercenary talked with the evil god worshipper for a few minutes. Please interrogate that guy.”

“Oh ho.”

The knights were very surprised by the mercenary’s suddenly cooperative attitude.

Why would a seasoned mercenary suddenly become like this?

“Are mercenaries usually this cooperative?”

“No. This is surprising.”

At Lee Han’s question, the knights were also amazed, not knowing the reason.

Seeing this, Jicklin, who was putting on her gauntlets, looked disappointed.

She had wanted to show her capable side as a knight in front of her younger brother and his friend…

* * *

Having finished both hunting and interrogation, Lee Han was resting in his dormitory while teaching his junior.

“Right. Eandurude. This herb is an edible herb. This one is a poisonous plant you shouldn’t eat. It’ll be useful when you go to school.”

“Edible herb!”

“And if you follow the river, you’ll often come across cabins. If there’s no one in the cabin, break down the door, go in, and check under the shelf. Usually the Professor makes basement doors there.”

“…?”

Alsicle, who was nearby, was puzzled by their ominous conversation.

What kind of conversation was that?

“Wardanaz sir. Are you inside?”

“Another visitor?”

“Isn’t this all because of Alsicle sir!”

Lee Han grumbled.

Wasn’t it because he threw all sorts of stories, real and made-up, at the knights trying to escape by himself that visitors kept coming?

“So, sorry. But I didn’t tell any made-up stories…”

“Is that what’s important right now!”

“Hng.”

Alsicle watched Lee Han’s mood.

The previous betrayal seemed to have stung quite a bit, as even eating sardines didn’t seem to resolve it.

“There’s someone who wishes to see Wardanaz sir…”

“Yes. Please come in.”

Lee Han roughly cleared his desk at the servant’s words and answered.

He expected more knights to enter.

However, when the door opened, only one person entered. It was an elf knight with a cold impression.

The impression somehow resembled Giselle or Jicklin, making Lee Han wonder if perhaps…

“By any chance…”

“I am Jideupeue of the Moradi Family. I welcome guests who have come from afar.”

“Hic.”

Alsicle was startled to see the Family Head of the Moradi Family had come and hiccupped.

‘What did you do?’

‘I didn’t do anything!’

‘…Didn’t you catch an evil god worshipper yesterday?’

‘…I didn’t do anything except that!’

Alsicle resolved to never believe it again when this Wardanaz Family boy said ‘I didn’t do anything.’

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