Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 628

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Chapter 628

Giselle and the friend in Giselle’s arms both felt awkward at the same time.

“Moradi. You said his limbs would be broken and he’d have to crawl around with magic.”

“Oh my. That’s just because Giselle likes to joke around.”

At her sister’s shameless response, Giselle nearly dropped Lee Han.

“No, the other knights of the family are…”

“That was a mistake, wasn’t it. Wardanaz. Did you feel something from watching this swordsmanship?”

“Hmm.”

Lee Han received the question and fell into thought while lying on his side.

‘Honestly, I felt a lot more from the overall aspects than just the swordsmanship.’

Since he usually fought with strong opponents like Professor Boladi or Professor Ingoldel who held back, Lee Han had been under one misconception.

That the enemies he would actually encounter wouldn’t attack while showing mercy like the two professors.

The biggest cause of defeat in this fight was definitely…

‘I should have prepared more thoroughly from the starting situation.’

When a knight who had reached mastery seriously came at him, it was impossible to stop them with Lee Han’s current firepower.

He should have brought out his strongest means like Perkuntra or the Bracelet of Ten Thousand Demons from the start.

Only by buying time and restraining their movement could he find a way to deal damage.

‘If I couldn’t face them with swordsmanship, I should have prepared magic to bind their feet, and if I couldn’t prepare magic to bind their feet, I should have at least used Perkuntra or the Bracelet of Ten Thousand Demons. How long has it been since I left Einroguard that I’m acting so carelessly?’

Lee Han reflected deeply.

To think a person would become so complacent just from leaving Einroguard.

If Professor Boladi had seen this, he might have said, ‘For my disciple to be so careless, I’ll teach classes with real intent to kill from now on.’

“I learned a lot.”

“Then that’s fortunate.”

Jicklin sent an affectionate gaze through the eyes visible above her expressionless face.

It was hard to believe these were the eyes of a knight who had just tried to kill someone.

As Jicklin turned around, Giselle looked at Lee Han and said.

“Hey. Get down.”

“Ah.”

Lee Han got down from Giselle’s arms and landed.

“Still, it’s good that it ended well. Right?”

“…Yeah.”

Giselle still felt a bit wronged, but had to acknowledge it.

This much could indeed be considered ending well.

“Next time, it would be better to at least hold a sword and try to block once.”

“What!?”

At Lee Han’s words, Giselle looked at her friend wondering what he was talking about.

But surprisingly, Wardanaz wasn’t joking.

“…You’re really going to try blocking!?”

“Don’t I need to develop the habit of blocking to survive?”

Lee Han asked back as if it were obvious, thinking of Professor Boladi and Professor Ingoldel.

By the time they became 2nd or 3rd years, these professors would gradually increase their power and beat up the students, so if he didn’t prepare in advance, he might really have to crawl around Einroguard.

In Lee Han’s case, who took classes from both, he might end up wandering around in an undead state beyond just crawling…

Giselle, who had been looking at Wardanaz with fresh eyes, felt slightly reflective.

‘Right. I shouldn’t think of running away first.’

No matter how much she was his sister, she shouldn’t think of running away first.

As a mage who needed to maintain distance, she should have perhaps been even more aggressive in her offensive.

“Yeah. I think you’re right.”

While there would be big differences in the strength, depth, and breadth of sword techniques and secret arts, if she could at least draw out aura, she could somehow manage to endure.

Thinking this, Giselle was about to nod her head…

…but stopped.

Intense pain began surging through her entire body.

“…Ma, magic backlash.”

“What?”

“The backlash is… coming.”

“!”

Only then did Lee Han realize what state Giselle was in.

Since she had cast several powerful enhancement spells, muscle pain was surging as a backlash.

“Here, drink this potion.”

Having much experience with casting enhancement magic, Lee Han quickly pulled out a potion.

Giselle, who hurriedly drank it, let out a sigh of relief as the pain subsided.

“That’s impressive. Is it a potion Meikin made?”

“We made it together.”

“I thought muscle pain potions were quite difficult…”

Treating pain that had spread throughout the body, rather than simple broken bones or cuts, required much more advanced techniques.

“It’s not a muscle pain potion but a pain relief potion. You need to go lie down before the potion’s effect wears off.”

“…”

Giselle held back from cursing.

Come to think of it, expecting something like a muscle pain potion from a fellow 1st year was a bit shameless.

“…Fine, just help support me.”

“Moradi. There’s one thing I need to tell you, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t get angry.”

“Just hearing that makes me angry, so I don’t know if I can manage that… but go ahead.”

“There’s a banquet tonight.”

“…Go stand in front of that cliff over there. I won’t push you. Really.”

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Some knights of the Empire claimed that ‘the direct and sincere gatherings of knights are on a different level from the roundabout chatter of nobles’ gatherings,’ but in truth, knights’ gatherings weren’t much different from nobles’ gatherings.

If nobles’ gatherings were mainly held in salons or halls, knights’ gatherings were mainly held in castles or fortresses.

If nobles’ gatherings began and ended with balls, exhibitions, or various plays and concerts, knights’ gatherings began and ended with sparring, martial contests, and if the alcohol was particularly strong that day, earnest duels.

If nobles’ gatherings involved discussing recent events while maintaining etiquette and formality, knights’ gatherings involved discussing recent events in a rougher and more friendly manner.

As such, the northern knights gathered at today’s banquet were greatly pleased to see familiar faces they hadn’t seen in a long time and chatted excitedly.

“Brother! It’s been a long time. Isn’t this the first time since the Snowflake Forest subjugation battle!”

“Your reputation has reached where I am, so I could know how you were doing. Uhaha!”

Everywhere, you could see knights in half-armor shouting.

Among them, several knights already had flushed faces, having been unable to wait and stolen drinks from servants carrying alcohol.

Rather than blame those knights for their impatience, the other knights blamed the servants for not bringing alcohol quickly enough.

“You should have brought the alcohol faster! You can’t leave a knight who came from the edge of the north thirsty like this!”

“We apologize, Sir.”

The tough servants of the north weren’t seeing knights demanding alcohol for the first time, so they weren’t flustered at all and brought the next barrel of alcohol.

“The Moradi family’s influence is still strong. Damn!”

“Lower your voice. This is Moradi family territory.”

“Surely they won’t hold us accountable at such a pleasant gathering.”

If there were people drinking and enjoying themselves excitedly, there were bound to be people getting angry too.

Among the northern knight families, there weren’t only families that cooperated with the Moradi family. There were also families that competed for hegemony.

Knights from such families naturally had to be jealous of this large-scale banquet.

This banquet itself symbolized wealth, reputation, and the family’s connections.

“But I heard that the Moradi family’s direct line has deep ties with the Wardanaz family. Is that true?”

“That can’t be.”

The negative knights snorted.

No matter how much families might bluff to show off their prestige, there were limits.

What kind of family was the Wardanaz Family?

Weren’t they the most closed-off and isolated family among all the Empire’s families?

There was no way a bloodline from such a family would suddenly interact with outsiders.

“But I’ve heard from various places that they studied together at Einroguard…”

“I know plenty about Einroguard too. Don’t look down on me just because I’m not a mage.”

The middle-aged dwarf knight spoke confidently.

“Do you think all Einroguard graduates are friends? Not a chance. If they’re incompatible graduates, they’re actually on bad terms like enemies. The Moradi Family is a knight family and the Wardanaz Family has been a mage family for generations – there’s no way they’d get along. If they are on good terms, you can cut off my beard!”

“That’s definitely true!”

The knights around nodded at the experienced dwarf knight’s words.

It certainly made logical sense.

“Come on inside now. My throat’s getting dry from all this chatter outside.”

“Let’s do that. The Moradi Family may not excel at other things, but they certainly know how to treat guests properly…”

As the knights passed through the entrance of the massive tent and went inside, noise even louder than outside assaulted their ears.

Knights gathered around tables made from giant logs cut in half were shouting at the top of their lungs.

But none of the knights were surprised. It was a familiar sight.

When had knights’ banquets ever started according to the host’s declaration?

Half of them were always drunk before the host even made any announcement.

“Greetings.”

“!”

Seeing the familiar Moradi Family bloodline, the knights quickly offered their greetings.

No matter how much of a rival one might be, acting arrogantly after being invited to a banquet would mean not being treated as a knight in the Northern Region.

“It’s an honor to meet the bloodline of the Moradi Family, the Shield of the North.”

“Thank you.”

The Moradi Family bloodline staggered with each step as if seriously injured.

The boy beside him quickly offered support.

“Your reaction is slow.”

“I’m sorry, Moradi.”

“Are you mocking me right now? Why are you speaking formally? Are you crazy??”

“I was trying to express my apologetic feelings…”

“???”

The knights looked at the boy beside him with curiosity.

They thought he might be a servant or attendant of the Moradi Family, but he seemed far too noble for that.

“Who might this person be?”

“Ah. This is Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family. He was unofficially invited to stay with the Moradi Family.”

“…?!!!”

The knights’ eyes widened.

Usually, visiting a family unofficially like that was something done when the person was close to a member of that family.

There was no way the Wardanaz Family would send someone for any other reason, and the boy in front of them was definitely that rumored student.

“Moradi. Want to drink?”

“Do I look like I’m in any condition to drink right now?”

“Sorry. Then want some cake?”

“I don’t want to eat anything at all, so stop asking.”

“Gainando’s mood improves when he eats cake though.”

“…Could you tell me what exactly you meant by that comment, Wardanaz? I’m really curious.”

“Sorry. Even I think that was going too far, wasn’t it?”

The two whispered to each other as they walked toward where the other knights were.

Though their conversation was harsh, from the outside they looked quite close.

“Wh-what the…?”

“But you said not all Einroguard students are friends!”

The surprised knights looked at the dwarf knight and asked.

The middle-aged dwarf knight held out his dagger with a dazed expression.

“C-cut my beard.”

“…”

* * *

The Skeleton Principal, who had been yawning while sitting next to the Family Head, suddenly remembered something and asked.

“Come to think of it, you’ve been keeping Wardanaz around continuously?”

“Yes. I was impressed by how he efficiently improved the magic circles.”

“Is he at that level? Ah. With mana… what a brutish fellow.”

The Skeleton Principal quickly caught on.

The Wardanaz Family boy had a brutish shortcut that other mages couldn’t follow.

“That’s not all. Who would have thought he could improve behavioral patterns by relocating the positions of external knights. He said he learned it at Einroguard.”

The Family Head spoke with faint admiration showing on his cold face.

The Skeleton Principal was puzzled about what he meant, then was startled.

“The knights moving dormitories was because of Wardanaz?!”

“Yes.”

‘What kind of crazy bastard.’

The Skeleton Principal was dumbfounded.

Among Einroguard students, this was the first one who attended Einroguard and then tried to turn the Empire into Einroguard.

Even a demon wouldn’t go that far!

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