Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 7
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Chapter 007
‘It looks like a mix of lingzhi mushroom and ginseng.’
That’s what Lee Han thought when he saw the herb they needed to find.
It was an herb called 【Poison Herb】, which was written to be used when making antidotes.
“Have you handled it before?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s a relief.”
Lee Han felt reassured when Yoner said he had handled it before.
Distinguishing what was what among the countless grasses and herbs scattered around the hills, fields, and forests was quite difficult work.
No matter how many herb illustrations there were, it was easy for beginners to get confused.
In that regard, an experienced person who had handled them before was reassuring.
“But… it’s a bit much for just the two of us to move around.”
“Is it really dangerous?”
“Right? When wandering around, at least three is good. I guess I hit Gainando for nothing.”
“Even if I hadn’t hit him, he wouldn’t have followed anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”
Yoner grinned at Lee Han’s words.
“Then should we just wander around with just the two of us?”
“No. I don’t want to get my name on the casualty list.”
Einroguard had many vicious rumors befitting its reputation.
Since magic was such a dangerous field of study, there were several cases of people dying while learning it.
Lee Han had thought it was unavoidable before entering here.
No matter how much the professors paid attention, accidents were bound to happen.
But looking at it now…
‘Isn’t everyone just generally safety-insensitive?’
From the professors to the students, everyone at Einroguard seemed to have no attachment to life. By modern person Lee Han’s standards, they all looked somewhat crazy.
“Casualty list… don’t make such creepy jokes with that face. It doesn’t suit you.”
“I wasn’t joking.”
“If it’s not a joke, then it’s even scarier, you know? Yeah. I think someone from the same tower would be better.”
Yoner looked around.
He was thinking of finding one of the Blue Dragon Tower students and suggesting they move together.
But there was no one around.
“Oh… are we screwed?”
“Can’t we talk to the Imperial Princess?”
“You really want to talk to that Imperial Princess? She looked incredibly prickly.”
“We’re trying to find herbs, not throwing a ball, right?”
Yoner nodded at Lee Han’s words. It was a valid point.
“But it looks like we’re already too late.”
There were already several students gathered around Adenart.
The Imperial Princess had already formed a party, perhaps feeling the need to travel in groups as well.
“No way. There are even Black Turtle Tower new students there?”
Lee Han felt somewhat wronged.
If they were going to fear and avoid the Wardanaz Family, shouldn’t they avoid the Imperial Princess the same way?
But surprisingly, several of the students gathered around the Imperial Princess belonged to the Black Turtle Tower.
“Well, that Imperial Princess was famous in various ways even before enrollment…”
Famous people before enrollment tend to remain famous.
Adenart was renowned among the Imperial Family for her outstanding intelligence and remarkable talent.
It was natural for various nobles and commoners to gather around her immediately upon enrollment.
“Was that so?”
“…Even if you’re from the Wardanaz Family, did you really live without reading newspapers?”
“I usually only read 【Empire’s New Business】 in the newspapers. I wasn’t particularly interested in 【Imperial Family News】.”
“Ah. That was interesting. Did you see the one about adventurers bringing back used potion bottles from dungeons instead of throwing them away and getting coins back? Wasn’t that a good idea?”
“It was a good idea.”
“…No. This isn’t the time to talk about that.”
Yoner came to his senses. The conversation was going off track.
“Anyway, if you had just read 【Imperial Family News】, you would have known that Adenart was famous in many ways. So it’s natural for people to gather around her like that.”
“Was there anything about Gainando by chance?”
“There wasn’t.”
“I see. So Gainando wasn’t anything special.”
“Really nothing special.”
Gainando, who was drinking potions in the infirmary, was unfairly attacked.
“Then let’s give up on the Imperial Princess and find someone else.”
“Will that work? It looks like only Black Turtle Tower students are left now.”
Lee Han frowned at Yoner’s words.
‘Hmm.’
Indeed, it seemed like only Black Turtle Tower students were left now.
Of course, if they grabbed just anyone and asked them to move together, some might agree.
But since they would be moving together, they shouldn’t be a hindrance to each other, right?
Most importantly…
‘It would be good if they had ability.’
When doing something in groups, what’s important is each other’s abilities, isn’t it?
Lee Han looked around. And he spotted one suitable person.
* * *
Nilia, a new student of the Black Turtle Tower, was a dark elf from the 【Shadow Patrol】 of the northern Empire.
The 【Shadow Patrol】 was a group of excellent hunters and scouts who moved through the northern mountains as if they were their own backyard.
Having been born in such a place, Nilia was also confident in wandering through forests and mountains.
‘What? This isn’t even that difficult.’
She had never seen poison herbs directly before, but once she knew what they looked like, finding them was quick.
There was no comparison to the bookworm greenhorns who had never set foot in mountains or forests in their lives.
Actually, since entering Einroguard, Nilia had been feeling inferior.
There were too many outstanding new students not only in other towers but also within the same Black Turtle Tower.
From emerging noble families, famous merchant families in the Empire, or even new students with renowned adventurers as parents.
Among such people, Nilia, who had spent her life running between mountains and forests before being invited to school, couldn’t help but feel inferior.
The magic classes she heard for the first time were overwhelmingly daunting…
So when she encountered this kind of class, it was natural for Nilia’s motivation to surge.
‘Hmph. Just wait and see. I can find them several times faster than the others.’
Nilia was planning to move quickly by herself to find the poison herbs.
While others weren’t familiar with mountains and forests and moved in groups, Nilia was confident even by herself.
“Ahem.”
“?”
Nilia was slightly startled when someone approached. It was a pretty girl with red hair.
“…What do you want?”
“I’m Yoner from the Meikin Family. This is…”
“Lee Han. Please take care of us.”
From their words, Nilia figured that Yoner was a noble while Lee Han wasn’t.
Usually, nobles mention their family name first when introducing themselves.
‘But he’s from the Blue Dragon Tower?’
“Why is he acting like that?”
“Because you didn’t mention your family name…”
Yoner looked at Lee Han with an expression of disbelief.
He had given his name, so why hadn’t he mentioned his family?
“Isn’t it too bothersome to mention your family name every time you introduce yourself? At this rate, I’ll have to start with the Family Head’s name and even mention where our family lands are located when introducing myself.”
“That’s how nobles do it when they party together, isn’t it?”
“…”
Lee Han was genuinely disgusted by Yoner’s words.
Nilia, who had been watching this, spoke up with a voice mixed with wariness.
“If you two are going to chatter, go somewhere else to do it. Why are you doing this here?”
“Won’t you move together with us?”
“!”
Nilia was startled by Lee Han’s words.
She hadn’t expected this at all.
“What are you scheming?”
Nilia looked at Lee Han with eyes full of hostility.
She didn’t think well of noble family children.
It had been the same when she lived in the north.
Occasionally, nobles who came to the mountain ranges would wrinkle their faces arrogantly, saying ‘How can people live in a place like this?’
Even when hunters offered them the best food and the most comfortable beds, the nobles would constantly grumble about the taste being bad, the discomfort, and asking why they were being treated so poorly.
Some of the scouts would joke, ‘If we pretended to guide them through the mountains and pushed them off a cliff, no one would know, right?’
Having grown up in such a place, Nilia had no reason to view the Blue Dragon Tower students favorably.
“It’s disadvantageous to wander around alone in such a vast place. If monsters appear, we need at least three people.”
“Hmph. I don’t need it.”
Nilia snorted and refused. Lee Han wasn’t surprised and asked.
“May I ask the reason?”
“Why do you want to know the reason?”
“Depending on why you refused, we can also figure out what kind of person you are. Hmm. Shall I try to guess?”
Lee Han thought for a moment and then spoke.
“You wouldn’t think we’d use you as bait or abandon you if we got into danger, would you? That would be completely disrespecting both of our honors.”
“…That’s not it.”
No one could hear such words from two noble family descendants and say ‘that’s right.’
No matter how much Nilia disliked the two, she couldn’t say that.
“Then do you think you’re sufficient on your own?”
“That’s exactly…”
“Surely not. No matter how excellent you are, you never know what might happen in mountains and forests. Besides, it’s not just about finding herbs but carefully digging them up too, right? If you think you can do all that alone, that would be really stupid. I don’t think you’re that kind of person. Hmm. I really can’t figure out the reason.”
“…Shut up. Fine, we can travel together!”
Nilia turned around huffily.
Lee Han nodded satisfactorily at this sight. Yoner looked at Lee Han with surprised eyes.
‘What exactly do they teach in the Wardanaz Family?’
* * *
Nilia’s steps were light and fast.
The way she took the lead and quickly made a path looked like a truly skilled hunter.
Yoner looked at Lee Han curiously and asked.
“She really does move well, but how did you recognize her and approach her?”
“Looking at her, her leg and calf muscles were developed, and she had calluses and bumps on her hands and fingers. Those come from holding a bow. It’s evidence that only an experienced hunter can have.”
“!”
“…!”
Not only Yoner but also Nilia, who was walking ahead, heard this and felt chills.
To think he had figured out her background from such things.
She had looked down on him for being from a noble family, but this boy named Lee Han had a strange atmosphere that couldn’t be taken lightly.
As if he could see through people’s inner thoughts…
“Just kidding, she had a 【Shadow Patrol】 emblem attached to her waist. If she’s from there, she’d be good at climbing mountains, right?”
“…”
Nilia quickly turned her head and glared at Lee Han.
Yoner asked with a laugh.
“Were you listening?”
“I wasn’t listening!”
“Let’s go together. Match our walking pace.”
“You guys should match mine, why should I match yours!”
Lee Han answered Nilia’s words.
“That’s because Yoner here is the only one capable of identifying herbs. If Yoner collapses from exhaustion, the two of us would have to search.”
“…”
Nilia was speechless again. But her pride wouldn’t allow her to be unreasonable.
“Fine. I can just slow down.”
“Oh. As expected of the Shadow Patrol, so wise…”
“Are you mocking me?? Huh??”
“It’s a compliment.”
Perhaps frustrated from being constantly outdone by Lee Han, Nilia turned her arrow.
“He says he can identify herbs, and I’ll serve as a guide. What’s your ability? What’s your role?”
‘She’d get angry if I said freeloading, right?’
Lee Han was about to say that but stopped. There was no need to unnecessarily provoke her.
“My role is to chase away wild beasts or monsters when they appear.”
“…”
Nilia was at a loss for words again. When climbing mountains, the person who takes on the role of chasing monsters is important.
Looking at him, Lee Han seemed to be from a knight family. He was tall and had a well-built, trained physique.
‘…Huh? Aren’t knights from the White Tiger Tower?’
“I don’t think I heard earlier. What family did you say you were from?”
“Wardanaz. The Wardanaz Family.”
“…”
Nilia stepped back with a disgusted expression. Lee Han felt slightly hurt.
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