Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 665

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Chapter 665

“Your friend might get seriously hurt right now and you’re talking about sandwiches!!”

“What?!”

Startled, Gainando nearly dropped his sandwich.

“Can’t I eat a sandwich? Should I… should I have rice balls instead?”

“Are you joking right now!!”

Palga became even more furious at Gainando’s shameless attitude.

How could he be so sarcastic without even knowing his own fault.

“Right now your friend is…!”

-The winner is Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family!

“…in danger and you’re looking for food? How can you call yourself an Einroguard student!”

Palga was so excited that he didn’t notice what had happened in the dueling arena behind him.

While they were talking, the duel had already ended.

Lee Han returned to the stands and looked puzzled.

“What did you guys do to make senior so angry?”

“He got angry when I tried to eat a sandwich. He must have a grudge against sandwiches.”

‘Does that make sense?’

Lee Han cast a disbelieving look at Gainando’s words.

No matter how he thought about it, Gainando must have made some other mistake.

Like asking Palga to bring him a sandwich…

“Senior. What are you angry about?”

“Good, you’re here. Junior! These guys didn’t worry about you at all while you were fighting Count Semten and just sat there eating sandwiches! They’re trash who don’t know what friendship is!”

The friends became solemn at Palga’s criticism.

Come to think of it, they seemed to have been too indifferent to Lee Han’s duel.

They had been relaxed thinking he would naturally win, but from Lee Han’s perspective, it could have felt disappointing.

“Sorry. Lee Han.”

“We’ll cheer properly from now on.”

“No. It’s fine. I won anyway, so what does it matter.”

Lee Han was indifferent.

What difference would it make if his friends cheered?

Professor Boladi’s attacks wouldn’t be blocked by friendly cheering.

“Count Semten is really a strong duelist.”

“Ah. Yes. He was indeed. I was lucky.”

“…Wait. Why are you here?”

Only then did Palga realize that Lee Han was next to him.

Shouldn’t he be down in the dueling arena?

“The duel ended so I came up…”

“…What? Who won?”

“I won.”

“?!??!?”

At Lee Han’s answer, Palga looked at the dueling arena with a bewildered expression.

The duel club members were comforting the count. The count was praising Lee Han with a refreshed expression.

-How on earth?

-He really had a lot of mana.

-What else besides that?

-He really had a lot of mana.

-…No, Your Excellency. I understand about the mana.

-I’m telling you he really had a lot of mana!

-No matter how much mana he has, he’s still just a boy, so how much could it have been…

-What dense people!

“How!?”

“I blocked the artifact with my attribute, then fired magic continuously, and when his stance crumbled I rushed in…”

Professor Boladi approached behind the two like a ghost.

“【Lightning Cloak Enhancement】 was late.”

“Yes. I thought ‘oh no’ too.”

‘Here we go again!’

Palga suddenly felt frustrated even though it wasn’t his business.

Wasn’t his junior beating the count really amazing?

In fact, even Palga himself still couldn’t grasp how he had won.

Anyway, if he accomplished such a great feat, he should be praised, but trying to point out flaws as if he had been crushed.

“Professor. This was really well done…!”

“The rest was fine.”

“?!”

Professor Boladi’s criticism ended there.

Palga was more surprised than when his junior said he had beaten the count.

“That’s it!?”

“That’s it.”

Professor Boladi and Lee Han looked at Palga strangely.

Palga suddenly felt awkward.

“Well, that is. I mean…”

“Lord Boladi of the Bagrek Family.”

A duel club admission officer approached.

“We’re truly sorry, but we’d like you to stop visiting our Plaheu City Duel Club from today.”

“I understand.”

Professor Boladi nodded as if he had expected it.

Palga was startled and protested.

“What did the professor do wrong to be banned from entry?”

“He did nothing wrong. However, none of our duel club members can face him, so we’d like him to stop visiting.”

“What are you talking about! There are still so many members left!”

The admission officer answered expressionlessly.

“The others were all defeated yesterday.”

“…”

Palga looked at the professor with shocked eyes.

‘What the hell did this crazy person do?’

However, Professor Boladi wasn’t surprised at all.

Even his junior wasn’t surprised at all.

Lee Han stood with a listless expression.

‘Of course he gets banned for winning like that.’

Even if there were many trees in a forest, if you cut them all down at once, you couldn’t get trees after that.

Cutting little by little while considering the forest was ultimately for the woodcutter’s benefit too.

“Lord Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family.”

“Yes?”

“We’re truly sorry, but we’d like you to stop visiting our Plaheu City Duel Club from today.”

“…What!?”

Lee Han was startled.

Why!?

“Wasn’t there some mistake? Professor Bagrek was the one who defeated the others yesterday.”

“You’re his disciple.”

“Shouldn’t a disciple be much weaker!”

Lee Han was outraged by the absurd guilt by association.

By that logic, Lee Han, who was the Skeleton Principal’s disciple, should have been blacklisted throughout the entire Empire.

“Since you defeated Count Semten, none of the dueling club members will be able to defeat you, Lee Han.”

“You don’t know that! I won because I was lucky!”

Lee Han spoke sincerely.

He had easily countered Count Semten because the count was accustomed to artifact-based tactics, but if it had been someone else, it would have been a fierce battle.

Lee Han could accept banning Professor Boladi from entry, but he absolutely could not accept being banned himself.

Palga seemed to think the same way and protested.

“Count Semten has defeated more than ten people so far. But that doesn’t mean the count was banned from entry.”

The admissions officer raised only his eyebrows on his expressionless face and replied.

“Count Semten has never overwhelmingly defeated the club’s champion in less than 10 seconds after the duel began.”

“…”

Palga unconsciously looked at Lee Han.

Just how did you win?

However, Lee Han was shameless like a true Einroguard student.

He argued firmly without backing down.

“I really was just lucky!”

‘Shouldn’t we just ban all Einroguard students from entry as a group?’

The admissions officer thought to himself.

Anyone who had seen the count’s defeat earlier wouldn’t be able to say ‘I won because I was lucky.’

Yet this Wardanaz family boy was shamelessly saying exactly that.

Even if he was from a great noble family of the Empire, wasn’t this a bit too much tyranny!

“Ugh. This is too much.”

In the end, Lee Han gave up first and backed down.

His eyes still showed resentment.

Palga, unable to watch any longer, comforted him.

“Calm down, junior. Of course it’s true that disciples are weaker than their masters, but if you say you’re Professor Bagrek’s disciple, you’re bound to seem much stronger.”

“Senior, you’ve also learned from Professor Bagrek before, so aren’t you practically his disciple too?”

“Ah, no. I’m not. Why are you saying that…”

Palga, intimidated by his junior’s momentum, quickly denied it.

An ominous feeling rose that if he stayed quiet, he might somehow get dragged under Professor Bagrek.

“Palga of the Ukim family.”

“Yes?”

“I’m truly sorry, but we’d like you to stop visiting our Plahur City Dueling Club starting today.”

“…”

Palga felt truly wronged.

His junior sent him a look saying ‘I got the same treatment,’ but it wasn’t much comfort.

‘I really didn’t do anything…!’

* * *

“See you next semester.”

“Yes.”

Lee Han and his friends saw Palga off. The senior’s shoulders somehow looked narrower.

Professor Boladi checked the time and prepared to leave. Durgyu asked without much thought.

“Where are you going, Professor?”

“Don’t ask, you bastard.”

“???”

When Lee Han got angry, Durgyu was flustered.

“Why, why?”

“If he thinks you’re interested and takes you along, will you take responsibility?”

“No matter what, he wouldn’t…”

“Underground fighting arena. Are you interested by any chance?”

“No.”

“We’re not!”

“No sir! Professor! Please be careful!”

At the professor’s words about going to a real fighting arena where people fought for their lives rather than relatively safe duels, the students quickly shouted in unison.

Professor Boladi looked at Lee Han. Lee Han immediately answered.

“I’m not interested either!”

“That’s fortunate. I can’t take you to the fighting arena.”

‘I don’t want to go anyway…’

“Don’t secretly follow me.”

“Yes.”

“I’m being serious.”

“Yes… I’m also giving a serious answer…”

Professor Boladi, as if he didn’t trust Lee Han, emphasized and explained how dangerous the underground fighting arena was.

No matter how much Lee Han was a disciple crazy about danger, he absolutely could not take him this time!

After seeing the professor off, Lee Han felt several times more tired than after the earlier duel.

“…Is it, is it over?”

“I didn’t do anything but I’m tired…”

Eandurude waved her hand suggesting they return to the manor, seeing the seniors’ condition.

Her eyes were full of hope that they might not do the troublesome shopping.

“Well then. Let’s go buy what Eandurude needs.”

“…”

Eandurude looked at Yoner with resentful eyes.

However, Yoner didn’t care.

“Wait. Yoner. It’s gotten a bit late.”

“!”

At Lee Han’s words, the junior’s eyes sparkled again.

“So let’s split up and check what items Eandurude needs. So we can save time.”

“…”

Eandurude sighed deeply enough to make the ground sink. Then she glanced around to see if she could escape.

“Oh right. Durgyu. You come with me.”

“Why, Lee Han? Aren’t we going to the armor shop?”

“No. I’m worried the junior might run away. Let’s work in pairs of two to keep watch.”

“…!”

Eandurude was shocked.

Could this senior actually read her mind?!

* * *

While their friends scattered to have fun, Lee Han, Durgyu, and Eandurude also started looking around.

“Hmm. I’d like to buy something for Ponrig.”

“Doesn’t the principal confiscate everything you bring from outside?”

“That’s true.”

Durgyu smiled, thinking his friend was quite sparing with words.

Even if he couldn’t bring it in, his friend’s sincerity would be conveyed to the horse.

“I should start thinking about ways to smuggle it in.”

“…”

Durgyu was shocked.

“Sm, smuggling were you thinking about?”

“Huh? Of course. Durgyu, weren’t you thinking about it?”

“I wasn’t… but, isn’t it strange to do that? I don’t think anyone else would have.”

“Moradi was thinking about it too. Salko even asked in his letter if I’d thought of smuggling methods.”

Durgyu was shocked once again.

‘Am… am I the strange one?!’

“Hmm. Storing it in a village outside and bringing it during outings would be the safest method, but the problem is it might take several weeks… The Principal is secretly watching me, you see.”

‘I’d probably watch him too.’

Durgyu only thought this to himself.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the friend next to him was at the center of every incident this school year.

“Eandurude. How about that horse?”

“It looks delicious.”

“How about that bird?”

“It looks delicious.”

“How about that snake?”

“It looks delici…”

“Don’t you have any other expression besides ‘delicious’?”

“The meat looks tender…?”

“I’ll have to show you the animals later.”

Lee Han decided he should visit the stables that handled the Empire’s rare animals a bit later.

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