Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 634

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Chapter 634

“Junior. You shouldn’t hate learning.”

“Sob.”

“Studying is all for your own good. It’s comfortable here, right? When you enter Einroguard, it’ll be even more torturous. If you fail exams, you go to the punishment room!”

‘The lies are too excessive.’

Alsicle was inwardly disgusted.

Of course, Alsicle also agreed that the savage needed education. Especially education about the history and respect of noble families like the Penguerin Family was desperately needed.

But who would fall for such lies?

“I don’t want the punishment room…”

“Right, right. Then you have to study.”

‘No way. That actually works.’

Crackle-

A reply came back from the main gate of the 【Exploration Room】.

Alsicle, who had been eagerly waiting, rushed over.

-Welcome. Director departed.

“?”

Alsicle tilted his head.

Who is the director?

“Who is the director? Is it your brother?”

“What did you say?”

“Here. It says the director has departed.”

Lee Han was startled and came running.

Alsicle was also flustered by the urgent appearance he had never seen from Wardanaz before.

“Why, why? Is something wrong?”

“That can’t be right?”

Lee Han took the reply and read it.

But the content didn’t change.

-Welcome. Director departed.

“No… didn’t it come to the wrong place?”

“Who is the director that you’re reacting like this?”

“Oh, it’s the Family Head.”

Family Head .

In other words, Lee Han’s mother.

Alsicle was shocked.

“You had a mother?!?!”

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and Eandurude stared at Alsicle.

Eandurude especially looked at him like he was looking at trash. Alsicle, belatedly realizing his rudeness, shouted in panic.

“S-sorry. That is, I mean.”

“Trash…”

“No! That’s not it. It’s not like that! The Wardanaz Family Head at least appears occasionally, but his wife has never shown herself even once, so I didn’t even know she existed!”

Alsicle pleaded desperately.

Usually, the family head of a great noble family or their spouse, no matter how social they were, would have their status known in the Empire.

No matter how unsocial a person was, there were official events they had to attend, so rumors couldn’t help but spread.

But the Wardanaz Family Head’s wife simply had no rumors at all.

The Family Head occasionally showed himself, but there were no stories about his wife, so Alsicle had assumed ‘perhaps she died young?’…

“Ah. The director is a rather unsocial person. She dislikes external activities.”

“?”

Alsicle thought ‘what nonsense is this?’

The Wardanaz Family was already the most unsocial family in the Empire.

Even the Family Head himself only appeared when the Empire truly needed an Archmage, so what?

“Um… Wardanaz. This might be rude, but your family… is already unsocial, isn’t it? The Family Head isn’t exactly a social person either…”

“Come on. Compared to the director, the Family Head is a social person.”

“…!!!”

While Alsicle was shocked, Lee Han gave some additional explanation.

Empire people commonly didn’t even know of her existence and were easily mistaken, but his mother, who was the Family Head of the Wardanaz Family and director of the Dawn Library, was perfectly alive.

She just disliked external activities.

“No matter how much she dislikes it, how can she be this unknown?! The officials…”

“Well. It’s magic.”

“…I’m a mage too. Magic isn’t omnipotent.”

“It’s like this.”

When the Wardanaz Family Head received contact saying ‘A great drought has occurred in the western Empire, please help us,’ he would move entire seawater, remove the salt, and create reservoirs.

He would do that much.

But his wife would just ignore the contact.

Then she would erase the memory of the messenger who delivered the contact, erase the memory of the official who sent the messenger, and if superiors were involved, erase their memories too…

“…”

Alsicle was so shocked he couldn’t close his mouth.

Of course, among the supreme levels of illusion magic, there were spells that could cut out the opponent’s memories.

But it was only for very brief moments, and only at the level of slightly touching memories from just before.

She manipulated memories related to someone as important as the Wardanaz Family, not missing a single one among all the Empire’s officials?

“Does that make sense?!”

“It makes sense, which is why you don’t know about it, Alsicle.”

“…R-right.”

Alsicle shuddered as if cold ice had been placed against his spine.

When he came, he had the light heart of wanting to witness the amazing magic of the Wardanaz Family and the outstanding wisdom of the Family Head and strive to improve, but now he only felt fearful reverence like when a boy first learning magic meets an Archmage.

Is this magic?

“Hmm. I’m not sure why the director is coming out. Actually, I haven’t had conversations with her many times either.”

“When was the last time you had a conversation?”

“Was it my birthday when I was eight? She came then, gave me a present, and immediately went into another dimension.”

He knew it was a really useless question, but Alsicle couldn’t overcome his curiosity.

“What did she give you?”

“It was an expensive-looking magic book, but the Family Head said it was dangerous and took it back. He just gave me money instead.”

Lee Han grumbled as if disappointed.

‘That doesn’t seem to be the problem…’

Clunk.

With a small sound, the door of the 【Exploration Room】 opened.

From inside, the most vicious and threatening-looking demon Alsicle had ever seen walked out.

Alsicle realized that the light emitted by his defensive artifact was growing dim.

Some demons dealt damage to living beings just by being seen, and the demon before his eyes was exactly that kind of demon.

Lee Han quickly covered Eandurude’s eyes.

“Director! You haven’t undone your transformation!”

-Ah.

The demon undid the transformation magic as if belatedly realizing. A pale and frail human mage revealed herself.

Seeing that appearance, Alsicle thought that what Wardanaz had said earlier might have actually been a joke or lie.

How could a mage with such intelligent and melancholy eyes be such an eccentric person?

“A penguin beastman.”

“Yes. This is Alsicle from the Penguerin Family.”

“I see.”

Rayana, the director of the Dawn Library and Lee Han’s mother, extended her finger.

Alsicle stood there innocently, unaware of what was about to happen.

“Director! You can’t erase his memory!”

“Why not?”

“Alsicle’s lips are the most sealed in the Empire!”

“…Gasp! I, I absolutely won’t tell anyone anywhere!”

Alsicle realized his memory had almost been wiped and shouted in terror.

Rayana nodded. It was more of a nod showing lack of interest rather than believing Lee Han or Alsicle’s words.

“So you entered Einroguard.”

“Yes. I’m striving to become a mage who won’t bring shame to the family name.”

“I’m not sure if learning under mediocre mages is a good method.”

The professors of Einroguard had suddenly become mediocre mages.

Lee Han answered as if he wasn’t particularly surprised.

“My level is also low, so I think it’s effective.”

“I see. Do you need any magic books?”

“I’m fine.”

Alsicle looked at him from the side with a ‘Why are you refusing!?’ expression, but Lee Han was cold.

Even if he mentioned the names of needed magic books, it was obvious they wouldn’t come back properly anyway.

She would surely say ‘Don’t read those mediocre magic books’ and recommend strange magic books that could cause mental collapse the moment you read them.

“But what brings you out here, Director?”

“I heard you entered Einroguard and trained for a year.”

Alsicle felt slightly touched.

“You were worried about whether he was doing well.”

“I came to see how much his magic has improved. I suppose that could be called worrying about whether he’s doing well. Is the gorgon half-blood next to you a child you had with that penguin beastman?”

“No.”

Alsicle was shocked and flapped his beak, but Mrs. Wardanaz paid no attention.

“If you need any magic books while working as principal, don’t hesitate to ask anytime.”

“…Director. I just finished my 1st year.”

“Ah.”

A brief silence lingered.

Rayana spoke as if she had made a mistake.

“I might have used foresight a bit too much.”

“Your magic failed.”

“My magic is never wrong, Lee Han. If one of the two is wrong, then it’s the future that’s wrong.”

‘What ridiculous stubbornness.’

Lee Han inwardly rebelled against his mother’s words.

After seeing the absurd future of becoming Einroguard’s principal, what kind of nonsensical stubbornness was she displaying?

“If you miss magic books while learning under those mediocre mages, write to me anytime. Even if the reply is late, I’ll find a way to send it.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Well then, I’m busy so I’ll be going.”

Rayana waved lightly and then passed through the door into the dimension again.

Only then did Alsicle release his tension and let out a heavy sigh.

There had been rumors about the Head of Wardanaz Family that ‘he’s magic wearing human skin,’ but the wife seemed like magic that didn’t even bother wearing skin.

To try to cut away Alsicle’s memory with just one finger without even using a staff.

“Really… it was really a great experience!”

As his fear subsided, Alsicle spoke in an excited voice.

He hadn’t noticed earlier because he was overwhelmed, but looking back, it really was an amazing experience.

From the wife’s entrance to her exit.

All the mana around her was in the director’s grasp. Her attempt to cast magic with just her finger without a staff was also a manifestation of that confidence.

As a mage himself, Alsicle couldn’t help but shudder at that magnificence, separate from his fear.

“Are you insane…?”

“Shh. You should only think that to yourself. It’s rude to say it out loud.”

Eandurude and Lee Han were disgusted by Alsicle’s reaction and distanced themselves.

To call what they just saw a good experience?

“No, no… Hey, Wardanaz. You might be used to it since you’re family and see her often, but it was shocking for me.”

“I haven’t met her many times in my life either.”

‘Ah right. This guy receives less shock because of his mana.’

Come to think of it, even when in demon form earlier, Wardanaz had just been calm.

Resistance aside, control over surrounding mana was also an important element like a birthright for mages.

The moment a mage lost confidence in their ability to control surrounding mana, they received a strong mental blow.

Since well-cultivated concentration and conviction were the source of magic, this was very fatal.

But Wardanaz was different.

Even when all control over surrounding mana was taken away, because he had so much mana, control around his person didn’t transfer beyond a certain point.

Like how heavy rocks don’t move no matter how fierce the wind blows, that was exactly how Wardanaz was.

“Anyway! I was really surprised.”

“Yes… well…”

“Seeing how the wife calls herself director, it must be a really impressive library.”

In the Empire, libraries and archives were more often created to protect great secrets rather than to spread knowledge widely.

The director positions of such libraries and archives were inherited along with families and were honorable titles in themselves.

If Mrs. Wardanaz called herself director, it was probably a library that had been passed down since ancient times.

“When I was young, my older brother received one book from there as a gift and almost died.”

“It must be a really impressive library, right?”

Alsicle pretended not to hear and changed the subject.

Come to think of it, a couple whose hobby was dimensional exploration wouldn’t have put in ordinary magic books.

Each book was probably a deadly forbidden tome.

“Still, I’m envious.”

‘Is he really insane by any chance?’

Regardless of Lee Han’s thoughts, Alsicle spoke with an impressed expression.

“One is the Head of Wardanaz Family, the other is the director of a library passed down from ancient times. The two of them must have joined hands for the completion of great magic. I want to meet a spouse like that too.”

In Alsicle’s opinion, the most worthless marriage was one where people united by falling into lust with each other.

Next was marriage where people united thinking of their families’ honor and benefit. This was an ordinary marriage.

The greatest marriage was a union for noble purposes and knowledge.

Without any personal interest or lust, for the great discipline called magic…

“The two of them just fell in love at first sight and got married.”

“…”

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