Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 702
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Chapter 701
“What is this supposed to be?”
At the ice-cold voice of his senior, Lee Han quickly responded.
“You looked cold, senior.”
“Are you calling that an answer?”
‘Huh?’
Lee Han was slightly flustered.
That would have worked perfectly on Professor Verdus…
It seemed Yukveltire had higher social intelligence than Professor Verdus.
‘But then why does someone like that act like Professor Verdus?’
While he pondered, Yukveltire removed the cloak and looked at Lee Han. Her gaze was half indifference, half contempt.
“Put your hand on the clock again.”
“…?”
Lee Han was surprised once more.
Amazingly, The Other Person didn’t recognize Lee Han!
‘What’s this? Beginner’s luck for starting 2nd year?’
There was a reason why the term “beginner’s luck” existed.
Perhaps luck was helping Lee Han out of pity for just advancing to 2nd year.
‘It’s not over yet. I need to get out of here without raising suspicion.’
Meanwhile, Yukveltire took out a small magnifying glass and looked at her junior.
It was a magnifying glass fitted with a lens of advanced mana recognition that she had made herself.
While mages dealt with mana, that didn’t mean they could perfectly perceive mana flows.
Even spaces that appeared calm and motionless were filled with countless mana flows and changes.
The flow of mana was so complex that even those born with natural mana sensitivity could hardly detect it through senses alone.
This simple artifact that Yukveltire created allowed precise recognition of her junior’s mana flow.
She intended to check directly what nonsense her junior had done to cause the artifact to stop.
Crack!
As soon as she activated it, the magnifying glass lens shattered completely.
“…”
“…”
Yukveltire tilted her head slightly. Then she cast magic on her own eyes.
“Pierce through.”
As 【Bakwantallana’s Blue Eyes】 was cast, information from the expanded space was directly transmitted to Yukveltire’s brain.
Yukveltire, who remembered mana better than people’s faces, quickly recalled her junior’s mana from her memory.
“2nd year from the Wardanaz Family?”
“…Aren’t you mistaking me for someone else?”
Lee Han attempted one last resistance with a resigned voice.
* * *
Having recognized her junior, Yukveltire showed a much more friendly attitude than before.
Of course, that didn’t mean she offered tea or refreshments.
Just speaking first to the junior in front of her and asking questions was already very friendly by Yukveltire’s standards.
“Have you thought about research?”
‘Here it comes.’
At his senior’s question, Lee Han steeled himself.
Fortunately, Lee Han had prepared an answer for this situation.
“I would be honored, but unfortunately I have a prior commitment. And that person said they wouldn’t forgive me if I pursued other research simultaneously…”
“What rude person is that?”
“It’s Senior Direte.”
“…”
Yukveltire showed a slightly disappointed expression.
Just as it was hard to imagine Professor Verdus looking disappointed, the same was true for the senior before him, so Lee Han was quite surprised.
“After telling me that, now she wants to monopolize you. Diret, how disappointing.”
‘Don’t argue back. Don’t argue back.’
Lee Han firmly suppressed his desire to defend Diret.
Diret had told him something.
-Junior, since you’re in Blue Dragon Tower, you might encounter Yukveltire.
-What should I do if I meet her? Should I play dead?
-That’s a good method but it won’t work. Yukveltire will immediately check your pulse. Just use me as an excuse.
-What? That you killed me?
-…No! Make an excuse that you don’t have time to participate in other research because of me!
-But… isn’t that too disadvantageous for you, senior?
-My life has been at a loss ever since I decided on 5th year. It won’t change if it increases from here.
-…
-…Sorry. That wasn’t something to say in front of a junior. Anyway, using me as an excuse is the only thing that might work on Yukveltire. Oh. Whatever Yukveltire says about me, just stay quiet. Don’t argue back. The moment you argue, you’ll get dragged in.
While classmates gave Yukveltire insulting titles like Verdus’s Top Student, in reality Yukveltire was quite different from Professor Verdus.
If Professor Verdus had no social intelligence at all, Yukveltire had it but chose not to use it.
Since she would use any means necessary when needed, one shouldn’t approach her carelessly. It was best to just keep one’s mouth shut.
‘I’ll endure it.’
While Lee Han exercised patience, Yukveltire smiled coldly.
“But I’m satisfied. Has Diret finally stopped taking care of juniors who don’t match her level and decided to focus on her own magic… Being a 5th year, perhaps she’s had a change of heart.”
‘…Would I lose if I challenged her to a duel?’
Lee Han almost challenged the senior before him to a duel.
How could she insult Diret like that!
Unaware of Lee Han’s thoughts, Yukveltire spoke in a cool voice.
“If it’s because of Diret’s research, I’ll yield for now.”
“Really?”
“Of course. I can persuade Diret later.”
“…”
Lee Han suddenly became very worried about Diret.
Professor Verdus’s persuasion basically meant tormenting the other person until they were sick of it…
…How different could his disciple be?
‘I might really need to subdue this person here!’
Never imagining that her distant junior was seriously considering assassination, Yukveltire turned her attention back to the artifact.
“So, Wardanaz Family junior… I’ve been thinking about why the artifact became inoperable. You’re taking quite a few schools, right?”
“Yes.”
“That’s probably the cause.”
Yukveltire looked at the giant lecture clock artifact and gave a command.
“Exclude replaceable lectures!”
If one took many schools, the corresponding lectures would inevitably increase.
Yukveltire commanded to exclude lectures that had overlapping content with other lectures or were replaceable.
Then…
Ting!
“…”
“…”
The clock rattled and stopped. Yukveltire frowned very slightly.
Her pride as a mage of the Enchantment Magic School was hurt.
“To think I didn’t anticipate such a case.”
“S-sorry.”
“It’s not your fault. It’s my fault. There was even Professor Garcia’s precedent, yet I overlooked it.”
“…”
Lee Han remained silent with a complicated expression.
He couldn’t tell whether he should be happy or sad.
“Then… let’s try to find schools that can be excluded.”
“Is that even possible?”
“Yes. I also incorporated some divination magic.”
“!”
Lee Han was startled by his senior’s words.
He had thought it was a complex artifact, but it was far more impressive than he had imagined.
To think it even contained divination magic.
“How does this watch work?”
“There are priorities. I mentioned schools, interests, and abilities, right? Next comes talent and professors.”
“Talent and professors… you mean professors?”
Lee Han felt something was strange and asked back.
He understood talent, but what about professors?
“Think of talent as your abilities that you don’t know about. If strange and unusual lectures come up, consider that you have talent in that area. Last is professors, which simply means how well personalities match. After all, it would be hard to learn if you don’t get along well with your master.”
“Such a function exists in this world?!”
Lee Han looked at it with admiration.
He thought that when finding Einroguard’s new students, they should use this kind of magic instead of the Skeleton Principal’s grand magic.
“Shouldn’t we raise the professors’ priority?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? In magic, personality compatibility with one’s master is the least important part.”
Yukveltire looked at her junior as if he were pathetic. Lee Han became dejected.
Clank, clank, clank… Ting!
“…”
“…”
While they were talking, the watch stopped again.
The wrinkles on Yukveltire’s brow became slightly deeper than before.
“Why is it doing this again?”
“…There must be no schools lacking in talent. How surprising…”
Yukveltire looked her junior up and down anew.
She had thought he had outstanding talent in enchantment magic (plus spirit affinity as a bonus), but looking at it this way, he was absurdly versatile.
How could he have talent evenly distributed across all schools?
“I’m sorry for not having any schools lacking in talent.”
“No. As I said, this is my fault. Don’t apologize.”
An excellent enchantment mage doesn’t fear discovering flaws.
The more flaws are discovered, the more the artifact develops.
…Though it seemed unlikely another junior like this would appear…
“Good. Then… let’s try to find excludable schools again. Focus on the professors you match worst with!”
“!”
When Yukveltire commanded to search for schools to exclude based on the lowest priority – compatibility with professors – Lee Han was surprised.
‘Who could be the professor I match worst with?’
Honestly, he was curious to know.
Since there were too many people he could guess, it made him even more…
Ting!
The watch stopped again.
“…”
“…It seems there are no professors you don’t get along with.”
“This thing is broken!”
Lee Han shouted in frustration.
What kind of crazy watch was this?
Or Yukveltire must have made a mistake with the divination magic. What would an enchantment mage know about divination magic?
“Do you know how much I h… anyway, how much I dislike some professors?”
“I’m sure you do. But those professors don’t seem to dislike you. That’s what this result shows.”
“…”
Lee Han felt a chill run down his spine at his senior’s blunt explanation.
Come to think of it, given some professors’ personalities, it wouldn’t be strange if lectures were forcibly added when he tried to avoid them.
If this watch had foreseen even that?
‘Scary…!’
“It can’t be helped.”
Yukveltire, who had been pondering, spoke up.
“Is there a way?”
“Exclude easy lectures that can be self-studied, focus on difficult lectures.”
“No, what kind of…?”
Clank!
The watch spewed smoke and finally completed a day’s lecture schedule.
It was a packed schedule with almost no empty spaces visible from morning to evening.
Yukveltire nodded as if telling him to write it down. Lee Han copied it down with a very reluctant expression.
“The 【Wand Materials and Magic Amplification】 lecture is worth learning. If you learn it, minute errors will be greatly reduced when conducting research. Before attending the lecture, prepare the following materials…”
After finishing the schedule, Yukveltire gave additional explanations about several lectures.
Before attending the 【Ancient Relics and the Tragic History of Summoning Magic】 lecture, you need to have at least 3 mental defense artifacts…
Lee Han, who was taking notes diligently, felt slightly grateful.
“Thank you, senior. I didn’t expect you to explain in such detail.”
“Do you think I’m spending time explaining so you’d feel grateful? So, do you want to help with research now?”
“No?”
* * *
Even after the explanation ended and evening came, Lee Han and his friends couldn’t rest.
Before visiting the tower’s new spaces, they had to deal with the smuggled goods first.
‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket.’
Some in their individual private rooms, some in the secret base, some in the cabin, some in the sophomore lounge…
Given the large quantity, even working all evening tonight might not be enough.
“Junior.”
“!”
Lee Han was startled to discover Diret as he was leaving the tower.
“Senior. Please lower your voice!”
“…Hey. You’re a second year now. You won’t go to the punishment room for talking to me anymore.”
“I’ll go to the punishment room if I meet first years.”
“What are you talking about? The first years can’t see you?”
“The prohibition wasn’t placed on me alone.”
“…”
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