Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 651

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Chapter 651

“Wow, what a really kind village!”

Priest Siana exclaimed in admiration.

The other priests from the order also showed their agreement with surprise.

It was rare to find village people who cared this much for travelers coming from outside.

“It would be really nice to build a temple here.”

“I agree, Priest Siana.”

Though faith should be spread equally everywhere, if that village was a warm and gentle place, one couldn’t help but feel a little more joy.

-The thief ran away!!

-Catch him!! If we don’t catch him today, people from the family will come!!

-Everyone! Come out quickly! The priests have come outside! We need to catch him before they come in! Do you all want this village to become known throughout the Empire as a place travelers shouldn’t visit!

-Why today of all days! There are so many peaceful days!

“…??!”

* * *

For his junior who kept grumbling that he couldn’t do it, Alsicle began explaining the basics of time magic.

Though it wasn’t his specialty, since it was such a notoriously difficult magic, he knew it to some extent.

“Wardanaz. Every magic starts with detection or perception.”

“Yes.”

Lee Han nodded.

Novice mages always dreamed of dropping meteors with one finger and knocking out professors, no, enemies with one whistle, but in reality that was an advanced level that even excellent mages had difficulty demonstrating.

Magic always started from ordinary and basic things.

For elemental magic, it started from feeling the elements.

For illusion magic, it started from seeing illusions.

For healing magic, it started from recognizing diseases.

Likewise, space-time magic also started from detection or perception.

“【Time Perception】 or 【Space Perception】. Actually, these two magics are often learned by mages who don’t explore space-time magic. They’re useful.”

“That’s right. I’ve also learned 【Space Perception】.”

“…”

Alsicle looked at Lee Han in shock.

That wasn’t something he expected a student who had just finished his first year to agree with.

“You learned 【Space Perception】? How on earth did that happen?”

【Space Perception】, which played the role of accurately putting the space around a mage into their head, was a 1st circle magic but had a higher difficulty than most 2nd circle magics.

Occasionally there were magics with such wickedly high difficulty that transcended circles.

Such magic was naturally not learned together when learning 1st circle, but when learning 3rd circle…

“A senior taught it to me?”

“I don’t know who it is, but I think it would be better not to associate with such a guy?”

Alsicle was disgusted.

Balpatan of the Moradi family, who had no choice but to teach Lee Han 【Space Perception】 in order to escape, was suddenly treated as a crazy senior.

Even though Lee Han had asked to be taught first!

“Come on. He’s not a bad person.”

“Professor Gonadaltes isn’t a bad person either.”

‘Isn’t he just bad?’

“If you know 【Space Perception】, the explanation will be easier. 【Time Perception】 is a similar type.”

【Space Perception】, which identified what objects were located near oneself and exactly what the distances between those objects were, was a useful magic for everyone from combat mages who often had to deal with fast enemies to adventurers exploring ruins with spatial magic.

【Time Perception】 was similar.

When this magic was cast, one could accurately perceive the passage of time in seconds, minutes, and hours even without a clock, and could measure the time from start to finish of any task without the slightest error.

This was also a very useful magic for alchemists making precise potions or combat mages who needed to understand their opponent’s magic.

“By the way, I’ve also learned 【Time Perception】.”

“Haven’t you learned 【Space Perception】?”

“No. I didn’t need it.”

“…”

“…”

Suddenly silence fell.

It wasn’t particularly because Alsicle did something wrong, but sometimes when people gathered, it would become strangely quiet.

Times when they had nothing to talk about with each other and ended up staying still simultaneously.

“I really didn’t learn it because I didn’t need it!”

“Yes?”

“What are you saying…?”

Yoner and Nilia, who had been talking about ‘what kind of clubs might there be at Einroguard’, turned their gaze.

Alsicle, who belatedly realized his misunderstanding, blushed.

“I mean, I didn’t learn it because I didn’t need it. I don’t do combat or adventures…”

“I see.”

“That’s definitely true. It’s strange that Wardanaz learns everything.”

Unlike the two, Gainando and Eandurude stared intently at Alsicle.

Though they didn’t speak, you could feel that the two understood each other.

‘Ugh. These clueless greenhorns.’

“…Wardanaz, let’s learn 【Time Perception】.”

“Yes. I’ve learned it all now.”

“…”

Lee Han, who received the incantation and mana flow during casting that Alsicle wrote down, learned 【Time Perception】 while the senior mage was chattering.

Seeing this, Alsicle resolved that he must leave the Wardanaz manor within this week.

Otherwise, he might go crazy.

‘This manor is like hell…!’

“Didn’t you say you couldn’t learn it yesterday?”

“That’s right. But you said 【Time Perception】 and 【Space Perception】 are learned by many other mages too. This should be considered separately.”

“…”

Alsicle felt a strong urge to hit Lee Han’s mouth with his wing.

Though Alsicle himself didn’t know it, this was an impulse the Skeleton Principal often felt too.

“What’s next?”

“Next is that that…”

“Yes?”

“Next is the past, that is, going back in time and reading it.”

Alsicle, whose pronunciation had become unclear due to clenching his beak tightly, regained his composure and spoke.

From here on was the specialized field of time magic that even Alsicle hadn’t learned and most other mages hadn’t learned either.

“Let’s look at this mage card. Where was this mage card one year ago?”

“I won it from a guest who came to the manor!”

When Gainando excitedly shouted, Alsicle hit the mage card with his staff as if saying well done.

“One year ago it would have been with the guest who came to the manor, and two years ago it would have been with yet another person. Reading the time this card has gone through can be said to be the true introduction to time magic.”

Handling time was on a different dimension from calling forth and manipulating just that element like other elements.

Since a process was needed to isolate and cut out the mage’s domain itself and intervene separately, even basic practice required tremendous difficulty.

This 【Past Detection】 played the role of providing such basic practice.

So that the mage could control the flow of time remaining in objects according to their will.

“Now take this card and practice so you can read the past…”

Swoosh!

A giant hawk flew to the window of the manor. Around the hawk’s neck hung a necklace with a crescent moon pattern.

“Ah. It’s here!”

“What is?”

“The item I bought at the Crescent Moon Auction. I need to pay you back for your helmet.”

“Ah. You didn’t need to rush like this.”

Though he said that, Lee Han couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.

What kind of item had Alsicle bought?

Sensing his junior’s anticipation, Alsicle chuckled and unwrapped the package.

“Ta-da!”

A round silver shield the size of a buckler revealed itself from within the packaging. Its antique style and patterns made it clear this was an artifact made long ago.

Lee Han was startled.

“Wasn’t this expensive?”

“It wasn’t that expensive. Because it has many scratches, it’s old, it’s not a trendy design, it has no gems, and its effects are for practical use…”

“…”

Lee Han was left speechless by such realistic reasons.

“Still, I picked it because it seemed quite useful for you. The magic on the shield was good.”

“What kind of magic is it?”

“Projectile deceleration.”

“?”

Nilia paused at Alsicle’s words.

The 【Projectile Deceleration】 magic wasn’t that rare of a spell.

Of course, artifacts with magic were valuable items, but that was only the case for items with semi-permanent enchantments.

The Shadow Patrol hunters regularly went down below the mountain range to ask enchantment mages for magic.

This was to temporarily enchant their equipment with magic before going out to hunt.

One of the frequently seen magics at that time was 【Projectile Deceleration】.

It was popular since it slowed down heavy projectiles thrown by enemies, and above all, it was advantageous because it wasn’t too difficult and most enchantment mages could use it.

“Wardanaz.”

Nilia grabbed Lee Han’s collar and whispered.

“As far as I know, projectile deceleration magic isn’t that great of a spell. You weren’t scammed, were you…”

“…It may be called deceleration, but it’s different!”

Alsicle got indignant at his juniors’ reaction.

Really, all Einroguard graduates were violent and rude bastards.

“Even if it’s the same deceleration, the principles are all different. Usually projectile deceleration uses telekinesis or wind elements. But this 【Jalharn’s Silver Shield】 decelerates projectiles using time magic.”

“!”

Lee Han was startled upon hearing Alsicle’s words.

Nilia was also surprised and asked.

“Why would they block in such a troublesome way?”

“…Mages originally do useless things. I don’t know either. Maybe they were bored.”

Asking a mage ‘Why do that with magic?’ was almost a taboo question.

Basically, magic became more than half unnecessary the moment you asked such questions.

And this wasn’t even something Alsicle himself had made!

“I thought this kind of shield would be good since you’ll be attending Einroguard. And it’ll be good for getting used to time magic too.”

“Thank you, Penguerin. This shield will definitely be a great help at Einroguard.”

“Why don’t you mention getting used to time magic.”

“Isn’t that obvious? Haha.”

Having his true feelings discovered, Lee Han carefully stored the silver shield. He didn’t know how useful this shield would be, but it would certainly be much more useful than the helmet.

“Lee Han. Lee Han.”

“?”

“Give me back the card…”

“…”

Lee Han returned the 【Saint Iactus】 card he had borrowed earlier for magic practice to Gainando.

As soon as Gainando received the card, he stuffed it deep into his chest and looked around warily.

‘I won’t let anyone take it!’

* * *

“We’re here!”

Durgyu and Siana had also arrived at the family manor.

The golem that came out to greet them bowed its head and then went to the garden.

“Wow. Wardanaz. Do golems work in place of people in your territory?”

“That’s right.”

“It’s truly befitting of the Empire’s prestigious magical family!”

Lee Han didn’t bother mentioning that demons occasionally appeared in the territory.

It wasn’t a particularly important fact anyway.

“Did you both have any trouble on the way here?”

“The village people were so kind.”

“That’s right. They kept giving us gifts, so it was embarrassing.”

Gainando grumbled.

“My carriage… my coachman…”

“That’s not the village people’s fault, Gainando.”

“Hmph. The village people might have chased away the coachman.”

“Why would the village people do such a thing?”

Lee Han was relieved that his friends seemed to have received proper treatment after coming such a long way (except for one person).

This much should make him not feel sorry as the person who invited them.

“Since we’re all gathered, shall we go on an outing to the city tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow!? We just arrived today!”

Priest Siana was flustered.

“Then the day after tomorrow?”

“Well, we should greet the people staying at the manor, and visit the villages around the manor to do volunteer work… I think it’ll take about a week…”

“…”

“…”

At Siana’s words, the friends exchanged complex and subtle glances.

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