Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 663
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Chapter 663
“Pro… Professor Bagrek!”
Palga screamed in a shrill voice while collapsed on the ground.
It was hard to believe this was the same senior who had just been seriously burning with competitive spirit while thinking of his duel opponent’s strategy.
Lee Han was also flustered.
“Senior. I said it was Professor Bagrek, not Gonadaltes.”
It wasn’t even the Skeleton Principal, so there was no need to be so shocked at Professor Boladi’s name.
“Lee Han. I don’t think this will be very helpful.”
As Durgyu said, it didn’t seem to resonate much with Palga. Palga looked around nervously and then crouched down.
It was like the movement of a herbivore that had heard a predator’s roar.
“You… you were going around with Professor Bagrek? Why on earth?”
“As I said, we met by chance.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Just because you met by chance doesn’t mean Professor Bagrek would suggest going around together. There must have been another reason.”
‘No. This person is sharp.’
Lee Han truly felt that his opponent was an Einroguard senior.
People who had spent more than a year at Einroguard basically developed sharp senses for danger.
“It happened that we helped the Professor with some work. So the Professor treated us to a meal.”
“I see… but why to the duel club?”
“The topic came up during the meal, and the Professor said he would give us a tour.”
“!”
Palga was shocked.
Who would have thought Professor Boladi was such a friendly and sociable person.
He thought he was a bloodsucker monster created by the Skeleton Principal to torment students…
“Sur… surprising. I never knew Professor Bagrek would say such things.”
“Senior. What happened between you and Professor Bagrek?”
Durgyu asked as if he couldn’t understand.
As far as Durgyu knew, Professor Boladi wasn’t someone who had many disciples.
He wasn’t someone who taught various lectures, nor was he someone who enjoyed tormenting students like the Skeleton Principal, so there was no reason for such an extreme reaction.
“My other friends just fear Professor Bagrek to some degree. I don’t really understand why you’re acting this way, Senior.”
“…That’s understandable. Have you tried taking the 【Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat】 lecture?”
“I tried to take it, but…”
“Since you’re both White Tiger Tower students, that’s natural. We were the same.”
Palga said with a bitter smile.
New students could choose and attend lectures as they wished, but usually each tower had traditionally popular lectures.
For example, in the case of White Tiger Tower, combat-related lectures like swordsmanship were popular.
Especially 【Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat】 – because ‘magic combat’ was in the name, many new students would enter the lecture hall with excitement.
And they would all flee from the lecture hall crying and never come near it again.
“I understand.”
“Right. When I asked the upperclassmen, they said they did the same. They said one person even died, but I still don’t know if that was bragging or not.”
“…”
While Lee Han was speechless with absurdity, Durgyu answered.
“We all ran away too. Except for Lee Han… ugh.”
Durgyu groaned as his friend stepped on his foot. Lee Han sent him a look telling him to be quiet.
There was nothing good about telling this senior, who fell backward just hearing Professor Boladi’s name, that Lee Han was actually his disciple.
‘He might have a heart attack.’
“If it had ended there, Professor Bagrek might have remained like a scary rumor wandering around Einroguard among us. You know, like those stories about an Unbreakable One living in the deep underground of Einroguard…”
‘It does live there.’
Lee Han was about to speak but held back.
The senior seemed quite frail. He might collapse if he knew the Unbreakable One really existed.
“But that wasn’t the case.”
Palga’s face was like that of an old soldier recalling wars from long ago. Durgyu became curious and asked.
“What on earth happened?”
“As I mentioned earlier, I belong to the 【Einroguard Duel Club】. And clubs have supervising professors.”
“Oh no. So Professor Bagrek was the club supervisor.”
At Lee Han’s words, Palga denied it.
Professor Boladi wasn’t sociable enough to supervise a club.
“The supervising professor is Professor Kirmin Ku.”
“??”
“Sigh. This is internal club business so I’m a bit reluctant to tell you… but since I’ve come this far, I’ll just tell you. You’re both White Tiger Tower students anyway.”
Durgyu looked at Lee Han. Lee Han pretended not to see and ignored him.
“There was a time when our duel club lost consecutively. With no fees coming in, it was truly maddening. With research and food hard to obtain, the morale of club students was really…”
“Wait a moment, Senior.”
Lee Han, who had been listening quietly, couldn’t help but ask.
“Didn’t you say you don’t do betting?”
“Ah. You misunderstood. The fees I’m talking about are proxy duel fees. Fees as substitute warriors.”
While people crazy for thrills and honor dueled directly, not everyone in the Empire wanted to duel personally.
There were also duelists who substituted for such people and received fees. One of the main income sources for Einroguard duel club students was these proxy duels.
‘Does this make money?’
Lee Han was puzzled.
“Sorry, but duels aren’t that common these days, and trial by combat is even rarer. Does this make money?”
“Outside school, everyone uses Imperial law for trials, but within Einroguard, duels are usually preferred.”
“…”
Hearing about the main customers, Lee Han and Durgyu couldn’t close their mouths.
Their upperclassmen preferred to resolve disputes with exciting duels rather than arguing with rules about Imperial law and such.
‘Is this a magic school or a barbarian den?’
Lee Han was horrified.
“And there are customers outside Einroguard too. Mainly students from other magic schools often seek our club members as mercenaries. Our duel win rate is high.”
“Ah… yes…”
Durgyu squeezed his eyes shut at the ugly money-making schemes of upperclassmen he didn’t want to know about.
‘This is just mercenary work!’
“Back to the main point, there was a time when our club lost consecutively. When club income decreases, the atmosphere becomes hostile.”
‘Aren’t clubs usually social places for friendship…?’
“At that time, we were really anxious. So we asked Professor Ku. We said we wanted to become stronger. Professor Ku said it was just bad luck overlapping and that we’d be fine if we calmly recovered our condition, but we didn’t back down.”
Fear was evident in Palga’s voice.
“Eventually Professor Ku gave in. He asked us this: Do you really want to become stronger?”
“Don’t tell me…”
Lee Han, gradually sensing the conclusion, felt an ominous feeling approaching.
“We answered yes. And Professor Ku brought Professor Bagrek. And blocked the door for three days.”
“Oh no!”
Lee Han sighed. Durgyu didn’t understand and asked.
“Why did he block the door…?”
“To prevent us from escaping.”
“It… it wasn’t that serious, was it?”
Palga slowly shook his head.
These foolish and inexperienced juniors saying such things was merely laughable.
They say such things because they’ve never experienced it!
“My story ends here. I don’t want to talk about what happened inside. You be careful too. All Einroguard professors are dangerous, but there are some particularly dangerous ones among them. Just because he treated you to a meal and showed you around the club, if you take his lecture next semester…”
Palga trembled as if the mere thought was terrifying. Durgyu reassured him not to worry.
“I won’t take it. And Lee Han here is already Professor Bagrek’s disciple, so he’s fine.”
Bang!
Palga fell down again.
“Are you alright?!”
However, Palga’s eyes were already filled with shock, fear, and the kind of wariness one would show when looking at a monster from another dimension.
“You… you were Professor Bagrek’s disciple. What… what’s your name?”
‘Oops.’
Lee Han realized his mistake.
The senior’s gaze was like that of friends looking at Gainando who had fallen into a dark magic sewage pit.
A cold look that conveyed the resolve to absolutely never get close!
“…Gainan…”
“Lee Han. You said Lee Han, right.”
“Yes.”
From now on, he would have to use aliases more thoroughly, Lee Han resolved inwardly.
* * *
Palga wanted to make an excuse and escape as quickly as possible, but Lee Han was no pushover either.
Since he didn’t want to let the senior leave with a bad impression, he desperately held on.
“…Oh, come to think of it, I should bring something to drink…”
“Durgyu. The senior says he’s thirsty. Go bring something quickly!”
“L-Lee Han.”
Lee Han looked at Durgyu with eyes that conveyed ‘You exposed that I’m Professor Boladi’s disciple.’
Durgyu was about to complain but closed his mouth and quietly went to get drinks.
‘Ugh. It was just something I said without thinking.’
“I… I can go get it myself.”
“No sir. Please sit down, senior. I think there’s been a misunderstanding – I don’t actually only attend Professor Bagrek’s lectures.”
“If there was someone who only attended Professor Bagrek’s lectures, that would be stranger.”
Ignoring Palga’s muttering, Lee Han spoke again.
“Actually, I…”
Lee Han, who was about to speak, hesitated.
Come to think of it, saying he attended lectures from all schools didn’t seem like it would help much in this situation.
“I happened to end up taking a few additional lectures, and the Professor’s lecture was coincidentally among them, so I ended up reluctantly attending it…”
“There you are.”
Professor Boladi appeared with the other friends. Lee Han squeezed his eyes shut.
‘You’re not helping!’
Palga’s face turned deathly pale as he gripped the desk with his fingers as if squeezing it.
“G-g-g-g-g-good day, Professor.”
“Are you cold?”
“N-n-n-n-n-no, Professor.”
“That’s good.”
Lee Han’s friends, unaware of the situation, looked puzzled at Palga who was shaking as if he had the flu.
Why was that senior acting like that?
“Everyone this way. The duel will start soon.”
Professor Boladi pointed to seats where they could watch the duel from the closest distance.
For dignity’s sake, distant and comfortable seats would be better, but to learn something, they had to watch from the closest position.
The students were about to walk to the stands following the professor’s instructions…
“Wardanaz.”
Professor Boladi gestured for Lee Han to come beside him.
“What is it, sir?”
“Number 6.”
“?”
Number 6?
‘Is he talking about the number of times the professor ambushed me? Isn’t it much more than 6 times?’
“The duel order.”
Professor Boladi confirmed his own order. It was number 5.
“I thought if I left you alone, you’d recklessly apply to participate. I found an appropriate opponent and applied for you.”
Even while introducing the duel club to other students, Professor Boladi didn’t forget his meticulous consideration.
Worried about his disciple who would recklessly challenge anyone to duels if left alone, he arranged for him to face an appropriate opponent.
“Professor…”
Lee Han clenched his teeth tightly.
He just naturally ended up clenching his teeth.
“I am truly fortunate to have a master like you, Professor…!”
“Mm.”
Professor Boladi patted Lee Han’s shoulder and walked away.
Then he could see the senior looking at him with shocked eyes from behind.
It was surprising enough that Professor Boladi was participating in duels, but to so confidently enter a junior who had only finished his first year.
That was clearly his top student!
Lee Han let out a deep sigh.
‘I should give up on becoming friends with that senior.’
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