Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 64
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“I think I’ve chosen everything.”
Lee Han finished his frenzied shopping spree.
Lee Han’s shopping didn’t end with just visiting the grocery store and fabric shop.
The stationery store and bookstore (Please fill it with cheap and sturdy papers! Do you happen to have any illusion magic books that could fool a professor’s eyes?), the agricultural store (Where are the edible seeds and seedlings?) and so on.
The staff members were amazed.
‘He really wouldn’t starve to death even if he were stranded on a deserted island!’
“Where are the stables?”
“The stables… you mean?”
Arien was puzzled.
As mentioned before, it was impossible to bring mounts near the school.
But Arien no longer asked questions.
This Young Master of Wardanaz Family surely had some plan in mind.
* * *
Amur Stable was bustling with people coming and going.
Thanks to this, the stable owner Amur was incredibly busy.
He consulted with a group of adventurers who came to buy new mounts, then hurriedly opened the specialized flying mount area at the top of the tower for a customer who came to leave their lightning eagle…
Running a stable in a village with so many adventurers around required more than ordinary knowledge and ability.
Not only did he need the ability to handle horses, but he also had to know how to deal with most of the various mounts seen throughout the Empire.
Just as the busy time barely ended, an unusual customer arrived.
‘A magic school student?’
“Good day.”
“Good day. What are you looking for?”
“Do you happen to have people who go directly to the school from here?”
“!”
Amur was surprised.
The student’s words were actually correct.
The magic school located over there in the mountain range was an object of fear, but there weren’t no visitors from outside.
There were merchants contracted with the magic school who consistently came to supply materials, adventurers who came after solving quests posted by mages, and occasionally when someone caused trouble, Imperial Emperor’s Messengers would fly over frantically.
But to those who knew the situation well, the magic school’s main gate had a notorious reputation.
There was even a saying that ‘you’d die of old age trying to get through’…
So people in a hurry went underground or flew through the sky. As long as their identity was properly verified, passage was relatively easy.
“That’s right. Why do you ask?”
“I’ll pay money, so could you help me escape on schedule?”
“…!”
Lee Han had only one reason for coming here.
‘I need to prepare the next escape method.’
It was persistence that even the Skeleton Principal would admire.
On a good day when he used his outing pass to come out, instead of wandering around the village and eating desserts, he was seriously preparing his next escape method.
And such burning sincerity was conveyed to Amur as well.
‘Amazing!’
Amur looked at Lee Han with shocked eyes.
Amur had also heard the rumors about the magic school.
That it was a place of such harsh education that students would attempt to escape.
But for a still green magic school student to come out like this and plan such a bold scheme.
Even among the tribes living in the Empire’s roughest lands, there weren’t many boys with such courage.
‘I want to help him.’
Amur wanted to help Lee Han as much as he admired his guts.
But there was a problem.
“That’s… difficult.”
“May I ask the reason?”
“I’ve escorted customers into the magic school several times, and the magic school’s identity verification is extremely thorough.”
It was easy compared to the main gate, but the sky route wasn’t easy either.
Customers who flew to approach the magic school had to stop at a designated position first.
When they sent a signal, someone from the magic school would fly out to verify their identity.
If they matched the person who had made an appointment in advance, they would be let in.
“But since you said you’ve been inside before… couldn’t you enter with an appropriate excuse?”
“That’s right. Getting in isn’t the problem. But getting out is the issue. The school checks the number of people when leaving too.”
“…!”
When Amur entered riding a flying eagle, they would check whether only Amur was riding the eagle when leaving.
They even used various magic to check if anyone was hiding, making deception nearly impossible.
Lee Han’s expression darkened after hearing the explanation.
‘Damn. Do they really have to go this far?’
The magic school’s motto should probably be changed to ‘Do we really have to go this far?’ at this point.
“But it’s not like there’s no method.”
Amur said while putting a thick cigar in his mouth and lighting it.
“What method is that?”
“Get an ownerless mount from inside. When I come to find you, you can ride the mount you got from inside and follow me out.”
“…?”
Lee Han didn’t understand.
If they check when leaving anyway, wouldn’t he get caught?
“They’ll check anyway, so wouldn’t I get caught?”
“That’s a bit different. I learned this by chance… People who enter from outside get thoroughly checked including their mounts when leaving again, but when people staying inside leave, they don’t check as thoroughly.”
Since professors also went out, they didn’t check as thoroughly when people staying inside left.
When Amur happened to leave together with one of the professors, Amur was inspected several times, but the professor was let out without even a glance.
“Of course, if you leave alone, the probability of getting caught would increase. But if you leave together when I enter, the attention would be focused on me. This seems to be the best method.”
‘Damn. Is it even possible to get an ownerless mount inside the school?’
He wanted to steal someone’s mount, but…
“Just in case, I’m telling you this, but don’t think about stealing someone’s mount.”
“Of course. I have no intention of doing such a thing.”
At Lee Han’s answer, Amur smiled satisfactorily and nodded.
“That’s right. Forcibly separating an owner from their mount is barbaric and cruel.”
“…”
Lee Han had given up thinking ‘Since they’re mages’ mounts, alarms would go off and the owner would be contacted the moment I steal one,’ but since the other person seemed satisfied, he didn’t bother to point it out.
‘There are still many uncertain points, but… this is the plan with the highest possibility right now.’
Lee Han didn’t say things like ‘How do I get a flying mount inside the school!’ or ‘Even if they don’t check thoroughly, couldn’t I be discovered if they unluckily just remove my hood and cloak!’
That was something only losers would say.
‘I’ll make it work. If that’s the only way to get out!’
“…Please take care of me!”
“As expected! When I first saw your eyes, I thought you weren’t an ordinary student. From now on, once every two weeks, I’ll visit the school at midnight on Saturday. If you’ve prepared a mount, come to the stables at the tower peak. I’ll wait for one hour each time I visit. If you come prepared, we’ll leave together.”
Lee Han nodded, then suddenly became curious.
Even though he would pay money, this was too much trouble for the stable owner to handle.
Every time he comes and waits for an hour, not even knowing whether Lee Han will show up or not.
“But… please forgive me if this is an impertinent question. Why are you helping me like this?”
At Lee Han’s question, Amur scratched his beard and grinned.
“The school is tormenting students like you with absurd and harsh rules. In my hometown, we despise such rules. Seeing a student standing up like this, I couldn’t just sit still.”
“…Thank you!”
Lee Han was moved.
Outside the school, righteousness and chivalry were still alive!
* * *
The time on the outing pass was running out.
He had to calculate the return time too, so there wasn’t much time left now.
‘There’s one more place to visit.’
Lee Han hurriedly ran.
It was 【Illusion Mage Baldoron’s Workshop】.
Not all mages obtained government positions in the Empire to live as civil servants.
Some mages took on requests together with adventurers to solve them, and some mages set up workshops in villages to make a living from various requests.
The place Lee Han was visiting now was one of such workshops.
“…??”
Baldoron was flustered by the appearance of the student who came to visit.
No matter how he looked at it, it was a student from the magic school.
‘Why would a magic school student come here?’
Baldoron was a mage whose maximum was 3rd Circle Magic. This level was about equivalent to a 2nd or 3rd year student at the magic school.
There were several archmages inside, yet he came specifically to Baldoron’s workshop.
Moreover, judging by the other party’s atmosphere, he didn’t seem like an ordinary noble.
From his speaking accent to his appearance and gait, a great noble couldn’t hide these things even if dressed in rags.
“What brings you… here?”
“I came for a consultation about magic.”
“…”
Baldoron was dumbfounded.
‘Could he have come to pick a fight?’
With youthful vigor saying ‘How dare you set up a workshop with this level of skill!’…
“Please tell me.”
Still, since he had received the consultation fee, Baldoron decided to listen.
“I’m trying to enter a certain tower, but it has intruder prevention magic cast on it. Since you’re an expert in illusion magic, I thought you might know something.”
“…”
Baldoron was dumbfounded.
Wasn’t it too obvious which tower he was talking about?
‘It’s a tower inside the magic school…!’
Looking again, Lee Han’s clothes were first year uniform. Baldoron became even more dumbfounded.
So now a first year had not only succeeded in escaping the school, but had come looking for ways to break through the alarm magic inside the school?
‘…He’ll become an archmage in the future!’
Baldoron could only feel admiration.
When he was that age, he seemed to have been leisurely wandering around smoking cigarettes…
“Intruder prevention magic comes in countless varieties. No mage knows all the magic to such an extent. A skilled mage can recognize the structure of such prevention magic, and an even more skilled mage can reverse and dispel it, but…”
Baldoron trailed off.
This was a matter of knowledge and experience beyond talent.
A skilled safe cracker had the blueprints of thousands, tens of thousands of locks in their head.
That’s why even when encountering a lock they’d never seen before, they could quickly figure out what kind of structure it was by comparing it with existing lock blueprints.
Breaking through intruder prevention magic was similar.
You had to have hundreds of prevention magic commonly used in the Empire in your head to recognize ‘this is a mix of certain incantations’ or ‘this is similar to a certain incantation’ when encountering magic you’d never seen before.
No genius could just dispel prevention magic without knowledge and experience.
“This… requires seasoned experience and extensive knowledge. Even if I tell you a few magic I suspect, if you can’t skillfully handle that magic, you won’t be able to dispel it. Rather than dispelling the magic, breaking the magic would be…”
Baldoron, who was speaking, hesitated.
He had unconsciously said something nonsensical.
Of course, dispelling magic elegantly and quietly was a more magically difficult task.
But breaking magic was also absolutely not an easy task.
In some ways, it could be said to be a more difficult task.
If it was magic cast within the magic school, the amount of mana would be considerable, and you’d have to strike with tremendous force enough to shake the solid structure supporting the magic.
Where would you get such power?
“…No. I misspoke. This is an absurd method.”
“Not at all. Please tell me about that breaking method in detail.”
“?!!”
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
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