Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 710

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Chapter 710

But there was no choice.

There were three main contacts connected to Lee Han’s artifact notebook 【Whispers of Einroguard】.

One was Diret, one was his same-year friends, and the last one was this person.

And unlike the first two, there was absolutely no need to show respect to this person.

‘That 1st year seems to have talent in enchantment magic. If he takes enchantment classes, I’m thinking of having him help with my work next year.’

‘He’s eccentric enough to hang around with Ilendil, and seeing how close he is with dark magic school students, this Wardanaz family 1st year very likely has narrow and poor social relationships.’

If he had known who it was, these were insults worthy of casting magic right at their face.

What kind of person would say such rude things?

Originally, Lee Han had planned to suspect this person if there was a senior who invited him to a club first.

Though it became a meaningless method since too many seniors wanted to invite him to clubs…

‘No need to speak nicely.’

Sometimes certain people need cold, sharp criticism.

Especially those who try to boss around juniors.

I knew you were rude before, but today you’re especially bad. Why are you acting like this?

-Are you contacting me to talk about that junior again? No matter how strange that junior is for taking multiple schools, to think a senior would harass him to make him help with your work.

Lee Han acted like a righteous Black Turtle Tower student as he scribbled with his quill.

The mirror counterpart slowly shook their head at the sharp reaction.

‘Still so emotional.’

Though they had been talking since last year, this Black Turtle Tower (or with low probability White Tiger Tower) student had the flaws of being violent-tempered, impatient, and stubborn.

Even considering those flaws, they seemed like decent material, so they had contacted them to make a proposal, but to get this kind of reaction.

The mirror counterpart decided to calmly pacify the other person.

Persuading students with lower intelligence than themselves was something they had experienced countless times at Einroguard, so it wasn’t particularly difficult.

It’s not because of that.

-It’s not because of that?

Right. Due to personal circumstances, I’m temporarily postponing making proposals to that junior.

“!”

Lee Han was shocked.

The mirror counterpart had bent their stubbornness!

‘Can people… actually change?’

At first he was about to be moved, but Lee Han soon became cold-headed.

‘No. It must be because of the clubs.’

Come to think of it, weren’t the official clubs currently in a brawl because of Lee Han?

In this situation, there was no one who would take a junior away to make them do research. Only someone with Professor Verdus’s mentality would have that kind of thinking.

-I see. You thought well. As a senior, harassing juniors is really…

You’re the one who’s misunderstanding something. That Wardanaz family junior enjoys learning. Not just two or three schools, but he tries to learn magic from all schools. What do you think it means to try to learn magic from all schools like Professor Garcia Kim? It’s good to care for juniors, but don’t overprotect them. From the junior’s perspective, it would rather be bothersome.

Smack!

Lee Han threw the notebook at the wall in anger.

Then he came to his senses a moment later and picked up the notebook again.

‘This bastard.’

It seemed like the other person was deliberately trying to get on Lee Han’s nerves.

And what made him angriest was that he couldn’t refute that claim.

Logically speaking, based on the established facts alone, the other person’s argument was correct.

‘Damn. Even I think someone who takes all schools seems a bit crazy.’

Lee Han gave up on arguing and decided to be satisfied that the other person had temporarily backed down due to the club conflict.

-Stop being noisy and just say what you want to say. So what do you want to tell me?

Join the club.

“…?”

Lee Han paused at the other person’s words.

He couldn’t understand what they were saying.

-Are you talking about an unofficial club?

That’s right.

-I’m not interested in unofficial clubs. I have no intention of joining.

It’s a different format of club than what you generally think. In fact, you’re already a member.

Lee Han grabbed his staff and checked his surroundings.

Fortunately, he didn’t feel any particular curses or magic.

‘This bastard… what the hell is he doing?’

To spout nonsense about already being a club member.

-I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Having this artifact itself was the condition for club membership. Let me show you directly.

As soon as the words ended, the letters in the notebook where Lee Han had been scribbling with his quill began to tangle and collapse, then started changing into something new.

Lee Han detected the change in magical power he felt from within and was horrified.

‘From a distance… they modified the artifact?!’

It was unbelievable.

To manipulate an artifact from an invisible distance with just their will.

Of course, they must have woven magic into the artifact from when it was first made. Otherwise, this kind of manipulation would have been impossible.

But even considering that, it was unbelievable genius.

How much magic must have been packed into that artifact to make this possible?

Moreover, to avoid feeling out of place when viewed from outside, they had to refine the formulas while inserting them so they would appear as different magic.

While Lee Han was horrified, the change finished and new text appeared.

Iaktus: From what I hear, the reason the Masonry Club wants that guy is because he helped the principal with repair work last year, and members who visited the Tutanta family during winter break heard praise about him… Wait. Is this a new member?

Bakwantalana: Right. Since one person left, we need a new member. I invited him.

‘Group communication artifact!’

Just like what he had shared with his friends, students were definitely gathering and communicating here too.

The person calling himself Iaktus was the newly met senior, and the person calling himself Bakwantalana was, judging by the handwriting, the mirror counterpart he had just been talking with.

‘Is it the name of a legendary enchantment mage? It suits someone majoring in enchantment magic school.’

Lee Han recalled the fact that the mirror counterpart was majoring in enchantment magic school.

As such, they seemed to be calling themselves by the name of a legendary enchantment mage.

Bakwantalana: We are a secret club, 【Watchmen of Einroguard】. We don’t do activities or gather for social activities like other clubs. We only follow two rules.

…What are they?

Bakwantalana: Keep secrets, share information.

“…!”

Lee Han immediately realized what kind of secret society this was.

Einroguard was a place where even your closest friends could sometimes betray you.

It was a place where you never knew when your plans for terrorist attacks on the Principal’s Office might be reported.

But at the same time, Einroguard was a place where information was more important than anywhere else in the Empire.

You never knew when information obtained a little faster than others might save your life.

This 【Watchmen of Einroguard】 was clearly an organization that expanded on the purpose Lee Han and Diret had of talking with anonymous students to obtain information.

Had they gathered to share Einroguard’s secret information with each other?

Iaktus: You catch on quick.

Bakwantalana: That’s right.

Bakwantalana explained in a bit more detail.

To join the 【Watchmen of Einroguard】, first one of the existing members had to invite you, and then you needed to get the consent of more than half of the remaining members.

For the club’s purpose to be maintained, members also needed to have minimum capabilities.

They didn’t need members who would just quietly watch without bringing information.

So did I also get consent then?

Iaktus: No. You’re a bit of an exception. One member graduated creating a vacancy, and Bakwantalana invited you. Bakwantalana is a bit special. He controls and manages the artifacts.

Iaktus briefly explained Bakwantalana’s role.

If Bakwantalana obtained one side of an ordinary communication artifact, he could trace back to the other side and invite them to the 【Watchmen of Einroguard】.

At the same time, it was also possible to expel a specific person’s communication artifact from the 【Watchmen of Einroguard】.

In case a communication artifact was confiscated by the Skeleton Principal, without such expulsion the club itself could collapse, making Bakwantalana’s role very important.

‘What…!!!’

Lee Han was genuinely shocked by the fact that this artifact manipulation wasn’t originally prepared, but had simply traced back through a connected artifact.

No wonder he hadn’t noticed at all – there really had been no preparation whatsoever.

‘…Really amazing. Senior isn’t a senior for nothing.’

He felt newly humbled.

No matter how much Lee Han took courses from all schools at Einroguard and stood out among them, the upperclassmen also had magic they had built up uniquely during that time. Such magic was not something Lee Han could easily covet.

Bakwantalana: Don’t say things that could cause misunderstandings. I’m also just a regular member.

Iaktus: I was just explaining honestly. The manager role is a fact, isn’t it? It’s also a fact that everyone respects you. Anyway, congratulations on joining. I look forward to active participation. The other members probably can’t see this right now because they’re charging mana. It’s fortunate we secured plenty of mana stones…

Such communication artifacts had to be located where mana was continuously supplied or have mana supplied by a mage.

Since it hadn’t been long since the semester started, the other members apparently hadn’t obtained the necessary mana yet.

Iaktus: Come to think of it, what form is your artifact? I’m fortunate mine is at least a blackboard, but among the others there’s also a crystal ball form artifact. You should see that guy’s handwriting – it’s a sight to behold.

Mine is in notebook form.

Iaktus: Haha! That was funny. You can’t enter this watchmen club with a notebook. Even though it looks like a simple communication artifact, this club actually requires quite a bit of mana.

Lee Han realized he had made a mistake due to his panic.

Even when obtaining information, he should hide his identity, yet he had answered straightforwardly.

That won’t work. It’s a mirror-form artifact.

Iaktus: Ah. A mirror? That’s better at least. It’s not round. Don’t forget what I said about mana just now. It’ll require much more mana than ordinary communication artifacts. Every year around summer, a few people can’t get in.

Iaktus explained the mana consumed by the various defense and secret magic that maintained the watchmen club.

Lee Han put down the notebook and quietly checked his own mana.

‘Hmm. No change at all.’

It had so little effect on his mana that he felt embarrassed listening. It seemed to be a very small amount.

Iaktus: How about we decide on your name soon? It’s inconvenient since you keep not having a name.

A name… you mean an alias?

Iaktus: Of course. If you don’t like an alias, you can use your real name too.

Bakwantalana: I don’t recommend it. Revealing your real name is dangerous.

Iaktus: Actually, even with aliases, we can guess to some extent!

Bakwantalana: Showing off unnecessarily will only create wariness and won’t help you, Iaktus.

Iaktus: Does it seem like showing off? I’m confident I know who some of you are.

While the upperclassmen were talking, Lee Han pondered an alias.

Naturally he had no intention of using his real name, and had to decide on an alias, but this was surprisingly difficult.

Since it had to be completely unconnectable to Lee Han, he couldn’t use aliases like Gainando or Moradi.

Using such aliases would be like giving them options…

‘What would be the most neutral alias that makes it impossible to guess my identity?’

While Lee Han was pondering, he was urged to hurry.

In the end, Lee Han made a quick decision.

Gonadaltes: Please treat me well, everyone.

Bakwantalana: …

Iaktus: …Are you crazy?

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