Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 677

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Chapter 677

“Ah, no. When the Professor took such good care of it…”

When Lee Han spoke in a bewildered voice, the Skeleton Principal replied indifferently.

“That’s one thing and this is another. Don’t expect human-like loyalty from magical creatures like unicorns.”

Although Professor Bendozol had taken good care of it, the unicorn had a duty to choose the environment where it could raise its foal as well as possible.

When it saw the foal get frightened looking at Professor Bendozol earlier, it had no choice but to think carefully.

Regardless of how excellent the magic was or how great the devotion, it first had to win the foal’s favor.

“The Professor would be sad if he knew.”

“I doubt it. Professor Bendozol would be happy that the unicorn is smart.”

“…”

Lee Han had no choice but to accept the Skeleton Principal’s words.

Professor Bendozol was someone who would pamper and love the unicorn no matter what it did!

The troubled unicorn made a low crying sound. The Skeleton Principal made a ‘hmm’ sound and put his hand to his chin.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. It made a request. I’ll grant it. It’s not a difficult request.”

‘What kind of request?’

When Lee Han asked in puzzlement, the Skeleton Principal kindly explained.

“It wants you, the trustworthy one, to take care of it. I said yes.”

“…”

Lee Han, who was speechless from absurdity, quickly regained his senses and said.

“Why should I do that?!”

“Because you’re going to do it anyway.”

“Pardon?”

“What are you pretending not to know? When the next semester starts, you’ll learn under Professor Bendozol, and when you learn under Professor Bendozol, you’ll take care of all the vicious monsters he raises. Then wouldn’t you also take care of the unicorn?”

“The Professor could take care of the unicorn directly. And the Professor doesn’t like me very much.”

Lee Han resisted desperately.

However, the Skeleton Principal answered coldly.

“Even if the professor tries to take care of the unicorn directly, the foal will dislike it, so he’ll call you. Regardless of Bendozol’s likes and dislikes, you’re someone who has a talent for being loved by certain monsters.”

Gainando, hanging upside down, asked with his face red from blood rushing to his head.

“What kind of monsters?”

“You’re particularly attractive to monsters that covet and approach you rather than getting scared and running away because of your abundant mana.”

“…”

It wasn’t happy at all.

It was annoying that the Unnamed Hunters nearby were nodding and agreeing.

The Skeleton Principal asked as if puzzled.

“Didn’t Professor Bendozol praise you?”

“He kept cursing, saying he didn’t understand why someone like me receives love.”

“There’s no greater praise than that!”

The Skeleton Principal, along with his words, completely uprooted the environment where the unicorn was staying and sent it through a pillar of black power.

Before leaving, the unicorn foal hesitated and made a crying sound to the Skeleton Principal.

The two unicorns moved to Einroguard riding the pillar.

“Professor Lightningstep. The work seems to be finished, will you come to Einroguard with us?”

“I would appreciate that.”

“What about the hunters here?”

“If possible, they too would like to return to their mountain range…”

“It’s bothersome, but it can’t be helped.”

The Skeleton Principal prepared to send Professor Lightningstep’s group back using pillars of black power.

Before leaving, among the Unnamed Hunters, the hunter who had coordinated with Lee Han this time approached.

“Thank you for your help.”

“I was grateful too. Take this.”

“?”

What the hunter offered was an old arrow.

“It’s a token of the Unnamed Hunters. In any mountain range, if there are Unnamed Hunters, you can request help.”

“Thank you!”

“Since we went hunting together, you’re also a hunter. There’s nothing to thank me for. And if you’re interested in the oath, listen to what the token says.”

“What does that…”

The hunter had no intention of explaining further and left with his comrades riding the black pillar.

Pop!

The Skeleton Principal yawned lightly and asked.

“What about you guys?”

“Please send us back to Plaheu City.”

“Understood. See you next semester.”

After sending all the friends away, the Skeleton Principal finally looked at Lee Han.

“So, how do you feel?”

“Pardon?”

Lee Han tilted his head at the sudden question.

He couldn’t guess what was being asked.

“Um, I think I feel more proud since I’ll receive a bounty for capturing the Professor.”

“…Not that feeling…”

The Skeleton Principal considered hitting him once but held back and said.

“You faced that Dochul bastard, didn’t you?”

“Ah. Only Professor Bendozol fought, and I only blocked some clones. It’s a peculiar monster.”

“It’s a bastard with several troublesome attack methods. As you continue attending Einroguard, you’ll see more monsters like that.”

“…”

He didn’t know why attending Einroguard would make him see more such monsters, but Lee Han just kept his mouth shut and listened.

“Probably Dochul couldn’t use much power because it had very poor compatibility with you? At best, it would be curses or dark elements.”

“That’s correct.”

“But if its abilities had been more physical or direct, you wouldn’t have been able to face it so easily.”

Lee Han agreed with the Skeleton Principal’s words.

Dochul was a threatening and vicious monster, but unfortunately, most of the attack methods Dochul possessed were methods that didn’t work on Lee Han.

Curses bounced off, and trying to deactivate mana with dark elements didn’t work either…

From Dochul’s perspective, it must have thought ‘what kind of bastard is this?’

“I think so.”

“What do you think you should do to subdue such creatures more easily?”

“Hmm.”

Lee Han pondered the question that was both easy and difficult.

“Based on the magic I’ve learned, shouldn’t I learn more high-circle magic? Magic that can deal greater damage to monsters like Dochul, or magic that can bind their feet…”

“Half correct. Not wrong. You’ll probably learn more high-circle magic this year.”

“Yes. I’ll learn more 3rd circle magic…”

“Don’t talk about 3rd circle nonsense and learn about ten 5th circle spells.”

“?”

Lee Han doubted his ears.

Regardless, the Skeleton Principal continued what he had to say.

“With that much, you should be able to enter the realm of Small World. Once you know how to use that, dealing with bastards like Dochul will become easier.”

“It seems difficult…”

“It’s fine. I’ll tell Professor Bagrek.”

“I’ll do my best!”

Lee Han answered urgently.

He didn’t know what Small World was, but he had to survive first.

But the absurdity didn’t disappear.

‘Is it possible to learn ten 5th circle spells?’

5th circle magic was at a level that only exceptionally outstanding students among fourth years or third years could learn in a limited capacity.

Being told to learn ten of them, Lee Han couldn’t help but feel absurd and think of shortcuts.

‘If I fill it with the easiest difficulty ones and then somehow claim I’ve learned them…’

“Ah. Principal.”

“?”

The Skeleton Principal, who was about to move Lee Han with a pillar of dark power, turned his gaze.

“What did you mean earlier about disciples or alter egos?”

“Anyone who lives long enough will have ungrateful disciples or alter egos born from severed emotions. Anyway, be careful. But don’t go using the ring recklessly.”

“What the hell does that mea—”

The Skeleton Principal had no intention of answering further and transported Lee Han to the city.

The sight of the Skeleton Principal waving goodbye was the last scene Lee Han saw from the Sorrow Mountain Range.

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“Huff… huff huff.”

“Motion sickness… urgh.”

The students who had fallen in the fields near Flahur City staggered and suffered.

Dimensional gate magic was a spell whose difficulty and cost increased exponentially as the distance grew longer.

Sending them from the Sorrow Mountain Range to here was an absurd level of difficulty, but the Skeleton Principal had casually accomplished it on the spot.

Instead, the side effects returned to the students. Severe mana motion sickness.

For mages who sensitively detected the mana within their bodies, the sensation of mana shaking and moving wildly was unbearable.

“Le… Lee Han… save me.”

Gainando called out to Lee Han while hanging upside down. Lee Han somehow found the Skeleton Principal’s invisible telekinesis magic and cast a counter-spell to dispel it.

“Lee Han, are you okay?”

“I seem to be fine. And Gainando. That’s not me, that’s a tree.”

When Gainando spoke while looking at a tree, Lee Han turned his body around.

Fortunately, it seemed he had avoided motion sickness and flown here thanks to his resistance.

“Let’s all go back to the manor and rest for now. We’ve had a hard time in the mountain range.”

Even though he said that, his friends were sprawled out and couldn’t get up.

Lee Han thought he should rent something rather than forcibly drag them along.

“Could you possibly give us a ride in your carriage? I’ll pay compensation.”

“…Are you being serious?”

The coachman driving a cargo wagon on the road looked at Lee Han with an absurd expression.

A boy who clearly looked like he was from a noble family was asking to borrow a shabby cargo wagon.

“Yes.”

“Who exactly would be riding…?”

“My friends here behind me.”

The coachman glanced over cautiously.

Just looking at a few of them, he could feel they were from noble families.

Especially the dark elf girl, who maintained her dignity even while staggering, seemed like she might be from a great noble family.

After finishing his confirmation, the coachman answered firmly.

“Absolutely not.”

“What? Why not?”

“Are you being serious? This is… a cargo wagon.”

The coachman held back his bewilderment and explained.

To have noble family children ride in a cargo wagon that was currently carrying a full load of rough hay.

He didn’t know what kind of trouble he’d get into later.

“You don’t know how rough and dirty it is in here.”

“Ah, no. We can ride in it. We’re from Einroguard, you see.”

“What does being from Einroguard have to do with being able to ride in a cargo wagon? No way! I’ll get in huge trouble!”

The cargo wagon coachman wouldn’t budge.

He was worried that if he gave in to the payment and let them ride, the nobles might later complain, ‘How dare you make us ride in such a filthy place!’

“We can sleep on the streets and camp in mountain ranges…”

“Even if you tell such lies, what’s not allowed is not allowed. I’m sorry!”

The coachman answered and quickly ran away.

He was clearly scared of getting caught and suffering terrible consequences.

Lee Han sighed and approached other carriages, but most cargo wagons similarly rejected his proposal outright.

“So… sorry, Lee Han. For being born noble…”

“Are you laughing right now?”

“N-no?”

Gainando was holding back a grin while speaking when he flinched. Lee Han was glaring at him.

“It seems we’ll have to rent a carriage other than cargo wagons, though I’m not sure if it’ll work.”

Light carriages for 2-3 people weren’t enough for all his friends to ride. Lee Han looked around while waiting for a slightly larger carriage to come.

Finally, a carriage of appropriate size appeared. Lee Han quickly called out to the coachman.

“Excuse me, I’d like to ask a favor. Could you give us a ride in your carriage? I’ll reward you when we reach Flahur City.”

“Do you know who’s inside this carriage when you say that?!”

The coachman spoke quietly in a frightened voice.

He looked fearful of how the person inside might react if they heard.

“Who might it be?”

“A mage!”

“We’re mages too.”

-What’s going on?

An arrogant voice came from inside. The coachman hurriedly answered.

“Oh, no. Someone asked for a ride!”

-I’m a mage. Do you still want to ride together?

“I’m also a mage.”

The mage inside the carriage fell silent for a moment at the unexpected answer.

Then he spoke again.

-Which magic tower or guild are you from?

“I’m from Einroguard.”

Crash bang clatter!

The sound of someone falling and objects breaking came from inside the carriage.

After a moment, an answer came back.

-Pl… please come in!

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