Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 633

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Chapter 633

“Hey. Wardanaz. If demons like that are wandering around, you should have warned us in advance.”

“No, they don’t usually wander around.”

Lee Han clarified as there seemed to be a misunderstanding.

“No matter how our family is, we’re not the kind of place that uses demons like that, unlike Einroguard.”

“Then what’s in front of us right now isn’t a demon but a slime?”

Alsicle checked the giant demon outside once more at Lee Han’s words.

Eandurude beside him was bristling his hair and growling.

“Usually golems wander around. Demons rarely wander around unless there’s a special reason.”

‘That seems terrifying enough too.’

Usually in the Empire, when golems were seen, it was when enchantment, summoning, or dark magic school mages had rolled up their sleeves with serious intent.

Each one was that powerful and difficult to create.

Moreover, if it was an advanced golem capable of patrolling such a vast territory on its own?

He couldn’t even imagine how difficult it would be to make. From the difficulty level to the production costs, it would be beyond imagination.

And yet they just used it for patrol duty. It was frightening in many ways.

“Guests.”

Lee Han stuck his head out of the carriage and explained.

The demon saw Lee Han’s face and nodded.

It didn’t know why the Wardanaz family bloodline was calling himself a guest, but it wasn’t particularly curious.

Since it wasn’t doing this willingly anyway, it only planned to do what it was told.

-Follow me.

“Hiiek…”

The coachman regretted his past self who had come to drive a carriage to the Wardanaz family for money.

How did he make such a mistake!

“But didn’t golems usually guide the way? Why is a demon doing it?”

-Today the golems are being maintained and repaired. I came out because I rolled the lowest dice.

“…”

“…”

Despite having no facial expression, the amorphous demon somehow managed to convey the feeling that ‘life is truly miserable.’

The three, feeling sorry for no reason, quietly closed their mouths and asked no more questions.

Alsicle whispered inside the carriage.

“How did you catch that demon? Did you summon it from some ancient secret art?”

“Well. That might be possible… but usually he just picked them up.”

“Where do you pick up demons?”

“Other dimensions, perhaps?”

“…”

Alsicle closed his mouth and quietly admired the scenery.

He roughly guessed why that demon was in such a foul mood.

* * *

Following the forest path, the massive manor of the Wardanaz family came into view in the distance.

Normally, people working in the nearby forests and fields would be visible, but not seeing a single person gave it an eerie feeling like a ghost territory.

‘I’d be scared too if I were in their place.’

Alsicle looked at Lee Han with disgust.

This Wardanaz family boy seemed unable to sense what was strange, perhaps because it was his family’s territory.

“Don’t tell me there are no people inside either?”

“There are a few. The knights, the head butler who takes care of the manor, and some servants…”

Alsicle waited for more to come.

Usually, a territory of this scale would start with at least a hundred people minimum.

Starting with workers in charge of the fields, there would be forest keepers, woodcutters to bring timber from the territory, hunters to offer game, jesters and bards to perform plays periodically, temple priests to help with worship at the territory’s temple…

However, Lee Han said nothing more.

“…Is that all?”

“Yes? That’s everything.”

“Wh-what about the rest of the work?”

“Usually golems do it. Sometimes demons do it, but that’s really rare. Please don’t misunderstand.”

Lee Han eagerly explained, as if he didn’t want to be misunderstood as a family that used demons.

Of course, it had no effect. Alsicle was already feeling dizzy.

Clatter clatter clatter!

“Kn-knights!”

Alsicle shouted in a choked voice at the sight of knights running from afar.

After just a few hours, he couldn’t be happier to see people.

Lee Han beside him asked curiously.

“Do you like knights?”

Alsicle pretended not to hear and ignored him, waving his hand.

“Over here! Over here!”

“You must be Lord Alsicle of the Penguerin family. It’s an honor to meet you.”

“I’m also honored to meet the famous Sir Alarlong of the Empire!”

Alsicle flapped his wings and welcomed Alarlong.

Of course, he was also a renowned knight in the Empire, but the reason for this enthusiastic reaction was largely due to the loneliness of not meeting people until just now.

Alarlong said to the demon.

“I’ll guide them personally from here.”

-How delightful.

“Can’t you maintain proper attitude in front of guests? Don’t forget that I could tell the Family Head to extend your sentence.”

-I… I was wrong… knight. Please forgive me.

Alarlong glared at the demon with stern eyes. The amorphous demon dejectedly walked away to the other side.

Now that guest guidance was over, it had to go pick grapes from the orchard.

“Ah. Lord Alsicle of the Penguerin family. Please don’t misunderstand. The Wardanaz family doesn’t usually use demons. It just happened to be the day for golem repairs…”

“I-I see. Of course I won’t misunderstand. I absolutely won’t tell anyone about this.”

Unaware that Alsicle was breaking out in cold sweat, Alarlong contentedly stroked his mustache.

Alarlong too had his senses somewhat numbed from serving the Wardanaz family for so long.

“Lord Lee Han. I’m glad you’ve returned like this. And this person beside you is…”

“My junior.”

“To have such a spirited warrior as a junior, how wonderful. How do you do?”

“Grrrowl.”

Eandurude made eye contact with Alarlong and then slowly hid behind Lee Han.

He sensed tremendous strength from his opponent, different from someone like Alsicle.

“Where is the Family Head?”

“He’s in another world. It would be best to send word to him right away.”

Lee Han nodded.

Alsicle beside him asked with curious eyes.

“Send word?”

“Hmm. You know that the Family Head is exploring other worlds, right?”

“Yeah.”

Alsicle nodded up and down.

Only a few people in the Empire knew what the head of the Wardanaz family was doing.

Exploring other worlds, that is, other dimensions connected to the continent, was exactly what the current head of the Wardanaz family was doing.

People who didn’t know well might wonder why he kept sticking his head into other dimensions full of such dangerous beings, but it was actually unavoidable.

Even if they stayed still on this side, beings from other dimensions would be interested in the continent anyway.

Rather than waiting and responding passively, mages preferred to actively respond by traveling through dimensions first, and the Head of Wardanaz Family was the most mage-like mage of all.

And in fact, even without the threat of invasion, mages would have stuck their heads in anyway. Anyone who wasn’t interested in the mysteries and knowledge of other dimensions wasn’t qualified to be a mage.

“Since he’s doing this quite seriously, he spends most of his time in other worlds. My eldest brother is also helping him.”

“Most of the time… how many hours a day? Four or five hours?”

“Except for one or two days a year, he’s mostly in other worlds.”

“!!!”

Alsicle was shocked by those words.

Entering other dimensions was dangerous and exhausting work, so mages tried to come out as quickly as possible and return to the continent.

Just look at how careful mages were when they entered the Spirit Realm to find spirits.

They went in after creating barriers with all sorts of magic circles and spells.

Even when dealing with spirits, who were relatively peaceful and safe among beings from other dimensions, they were that cautious, yet here someone was wandering around alien dimensions and making them his home.

“How is that possible?”

“He created a dimensional gate artifact and went inside?”

“Oh, no. Not the method of going inside… anyway, it’s amazing.”

Alsicle nodded while calming his pounding heart.

Just hearing this made him feel it was worthwhile coming to the Wardanaz Family.

To think such things were possible.

He felt like he had witnessed the distant horizon of the study called magic.

“But you said contact. Can you send messages inside too?”

“Yes. He said it was some kind of magic artifact, but I don’t know the exact structure either.”

“An artifact that can send messages across dimensions…!”

Alsicle shuddered.

Of course, Alsicle could also do things like sending telepathy to someone who briefly visited a safe dimension with layers of restrictions.

That was about as difficult as conveying words to a friend who went into a shallow puddle.

But if it was a mage freely traveling and exploring other dimensions, the story was completely different.

How could you convey words to a mage who went down to the deep sea without even a rope?

If that was possible, then really…

‘I must meet him!’

“But there is a drawback.”

“A drawback? What is it?”

“Maybe because the other dimension is far away, it takes about 30 minutes to get a reply.”

“…Th, that’s understandable.”

Alsicle could only nod at such a realistic answer.

Well…!

Lee Han picked up a quill and wrote a letter.

-Family Head. Greetings. Having finished a year at Einroguard…

Lee Han stopped his quill while writing the letter and frowned.

Alsicle asked cautiously.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hmm. I habitually wrote too long. I need to send it short.”

“How much shorter?”

“Like this.”

Lee Han crumpled up the paper, threw it away, and wrote again.

-Lee Han arrived at manor. Alsicle too.

“Hmm. I think I need to shorten it more.”

“…Hey, th, this is a bit much, isn’t it?”

“Ah. Sorry. Should I write Penguerin?”

“That’s not the point…!”

Noble dignity and authority stood above blood relations.

Just as parents and children called each other by formal titles in official settings, letters were the same.

And no matter how close they were, Alsicle was a guest, so wasn’t this too abbreviated!

“Pl, please write just a little more.”

“No. Even four words now is a bit long. The Family Head might get angry and tell me to shorten it.”

“Surely not. Then just one more word! Say Alsicle of Penguerin Family.”

“That’s two words though.”

After much back and forth, the two were able to complete the final version of the letter.

-Lee Han, Penguerin Alsicle.

“Then I’ll send it like this.”

Lee Han stood in front of the massive hall called the 【Exploration Room】 on the first floor of the manor and threw the letter into the mouth of the door.

As could be seen from the powerful and complex flow of mana felt inside, this was the frontline where alien exploration was taking place.

‘Amazing. To think studying at Einroguard for a year would make me feel it so differently.’

Lee Han marveled as he felt the swirling flow of mana inside.

Just a year ago, it felt like just a massive lump of mana, but now he could feel distinguishable patterns within it.

Beside him, Alsicle would admire the mana then sigh, admire the mana then sigh.

“What’s wrong? Are you hungry?”

“No! I think the letter was too rude…”

“That’s sufficient. Let’s wait until the reply comes. Oh. I’ll go to the kitchen and ask them to cook sardines.”

“Oh, no. It’s fine. I didn’t come here to eat.”

Regardless, Lee Han went to the kitchen and requested sardine dishes.

Then from behind the kitchen, a monstrous demon with dozens of hooves walked out looking dejected.

“…Where is that demon going?”

“Probably going to get sardines. Now. Junior. Let’s continue studying while we wait.”

Eandurude pretended not to hear and acted amazed by the manor like Alsicle. Lee Han mercilessly dragged his junior to sit in front of a desk.

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