Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 730

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Chapter 730

Realizing the distrust his junior was sending, Hormashi sighed.

“You don’t trust me because I’m from Blue Dragon Tower!”

“It’s not because you’re from Blue Dragon Tower, it’s because I’ve experienced it firsthand…”

“Can’t be helped. I’ll have to go in first and bring him out myself.”

“Stop!”

Professor Bendozol stopped Hormashi with a fierce voice.

“In this weather, you’d make him walk this distance in the desert?”

“That much should be fine though?”

“You don’t even know the meaning of ‘fine,’ that’s why you’d say that! Shut up and stay still! I’ll bring him myself!”

Professor Bendozol stepped onto the desert sand with huffing breaths.

Watching his retreating figure, Hormashi muttered sullenly.

“Professor Bendozol always only cares about animals. If he’d used even 1% of that affection on students, he’d be more popular than Professor Garcia.”

“I agree.”

“Wait! Junior. Your year didn’t have Professor Bendozol for basic riding lectures, right?”

“Right. Professor Lightningstep taught us.”

“Damn it!”

Hormashi was so frustrated he stamped his feet.

Belatedly noticing Lee Han’s stare, Hormashi said boldly.

“What? I just said that because I wanted you guys to experience Professor Bendozol’s teaching too.”

“Yes… I see.”

“Really. Just looking at this desert reminds me of my first year…”

“Did you race here?”

“Oh. We did. But we ran while carrying our mounts.”

“…”

Lee Han resolved to definitely thank Professor Lightningstep when he met him this week.

Thump, thump, thump-

With quite heavy sounds, a monster could be seen walking from the distant horizon.

The monster certainly looked like a dog.

But…

‘Wait, isn’t it a bit big?’

Come to think of it, if it were an ordinary dog, it wouldn’t be so clearly visible from here.

The dog walking over was easily two or three times the size of a lion, and its head was also two or three times that of a lion…?!

“That’s a Cerberus!”

A magical beast with bloodlines from another dimension mixed in, Cerberus!

Lee Han was dumbfounded at the sight of the monster with three heads breathing flames.

To call that thing a puppy.

Then would they call a dragon a lizard?

“Right. It’s a Cerberus. Why?”

Hormashi asked back as if wondering what the problem was. Truly a shameless senior.

“You said it was a puppy, so I thought it would be something smaller and cuter.”

“Hmm. Isn’t it cute?”

“Generally speaking, Cerberus don’t usually get evaluated as cute.”

“Ha. You’re not one to talk. Generally speaking, people don’t raise griffins or basilisks either.”

“…”

For the first time, Lee Han was left speechless.

Indeed, his senior was different in some way. To cruelly exploit a weakness like that.

Hormashi unwrapped the coat and cloak that had been tightly wound around his body. On top of his uniform, flat weights were attached densely like badges or medals.

“??”

“Weight, increase.”

Hormashi paid no mind and randomly increased the weight of the weights attached to his uniform.

As if that wasn’t enough, he amplified the weight of the weights attached under his long skirt and even his boots.

“…Uh, what are you doing?”

“Oh. My puppy plays a bit rough. It’s easier to endure if I increase the weight beforehand.”

Even without magic, it would have been quite heavy, but seeing him multiply that weight several times over, Lee Han was very flustered.

“Are you okay?”

“I’ve trained enough to endure it. Professor Ingoldel… Ah. You wouldn’t know.”

“I also take Professor Ingoldel’s lectures.”

“…I, I see.”

Shuddering at the fact that his junior was taking additional lectures from all schools, Hormashi said.

“…Anyway, I’m the top student in Professor Ingoldel’s lectures.”

“Oh. Me too.”

“…”

For the first time, Hormashi thought he should pay some attention to the White Tiger Tower juniors.

What on earth had happened?

‘Indeed.’

Hearing that his senior was the top student in swordsmanship lectures, Lee Han was slightly impressed.

Mana operation according to swordsmanship, plus various enhancement magic.

Just seeing him carry around those weights showed that his senior’s achievements were not light.

“You’ll join a knight order after graduation then.”

“No. I’m going to join a ball game club.”

“…I see.”

While they were talking, the Cerberus approached nearby.

Professor Bendozol summoned clouds in the air to create shade so the Cerberus could avoid the sun, and cooled the hot sand with cold air so it could step comfortably.

The Cerberus yawned with its three heads, regardless of what the mage was doing.

“My puppy! Over here! Karnella!”

“Ah. Is the Cerberus’s official name Karnella?”

“Karnella is my name.”

“I’m sorry.”

“No need to be sorry. I prefer being called by my family name. I don’t really like my name.”

Karnella of the Hormashi family said seriously.

Lee Han became cautious, wondering if there was some unspeakable circumstance.

“I’ll be careful…”

“It’s the name of a player who made a crucial mistake in the western ball game finals 63 years ago.”

“…Ah, yes. Senior.”

Karnella didn’t realize she had just dropped to a position similar to Gainando in her junior’s mind.

The Cerberus ran over excitedly upon spotting its master.

As the three heads competed with each other trying to lick, Karnella staggered.

“Don’t lick too much! You’re not a very nutritious prey, so licking will only hurt your tongue!”

Karnella ignored this and said.

“This is my mount. I’ve raised it since it was young.”

“Indeed… Uh, if you’ve raised it since young, how did you bring it here?”

“Of course I smuggled it! It was tough back then.”

“You must have had a hard time. I really struggled too.”

“Right. Really…”

Karnella, who was recalling the difficult memories from back then, paused at what her junior had just said.

Didn’t he just say he did it too?

“It’s gotten a bit thin, but there’s no problem with its health. It would be good to get some meatier food for it.”

“Professor. It’s already on the fat side even now.”

“I think he looks quite skinny!”

“That means he’s healthy. Now, junior. Look at this. You can see why I wanted to show you first, right? Cerberus is an animal you need to be careful with when running together.”

“That’s certainly true.”

“Of course, coming from you who raises a basilisk and griffin, that would sound laughable.”

“…Isn’t Cerberus a bit more threatening though? Professor, what do you think?”

“All three are lovely creatures. The real threat is punks like you being a threat to the Empire.”

Lee Han realized why his senior ignored Professor Bendozol’s words and immediately put it into practice.

“So I need to get used to this Cerberus.”

“That’s right.”

“Hmm. Can’t I just play defender instead of attacker?”

“No!”

Karnella shouted urgently as if she absolutely couldn’t compromise.

They were already lacking powerful attackers, and now a junior who could compete riding a griffin, unicorn, and basilisk wanted to drop out as a defender.

But from Lee Han’s perspective, Cerberus was a very threatening monster.

He was already living risking his life enough and didn’t want to risk it additionally here.

“Of course he’s fierce. But once you become friends, he’ll be loyal!”

“I feel like I’ll get bitten once or twice before that happens… Besides, monsters aren’t something you can forcibly befriend like that.”

Lee Han approached the Cerberus cautiously with a reluctant expression.

Then the Cerberus flinched and trembled, quickly lowering its tail and turning all three heads simultaneously. Then they pushed each other toward Lee Han.

“…What are you doing?”

Lee Han whispered in bewilderment.

What did this make of what Lee Han had just said?

However, the Cerberus blinked its eyes with a docile attitude and made no response whatsoever.

Karnella, who realized this belatedly, burst into a roar of joy and said:

“Yes! I told you! This Hormashi has been waiting for a junior like you! You’re born to be an attacker! You have the talent to command monsters!”

“Nonsense! That King of Monsters stuff is nonsense!”

Professor Bendozol retorted with an irritated voice.

Karnella asked back, wondering what he meant.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s just superstition from those Unnamed Hunter bastards!”

Professor Bendozol complained about how the hunters had praised Lee Han as the King of Monsters during winter break.

These hunters loved superstitions so much that they would casually spout such ridiculous stories.

“That’s even better?? Very good. Junior. You might be able to completely fill the gap.”

Karnella, who would easily give sweet talk to fellow club members but never actually expect anything, couldn’t help but feel hopeful at this point.

Could it be that a truly amazing attacker had joined?

* * *

“Senior Hormashi. I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“What’s the name of this technique?”

“【Player Takedown】! Are you joking? You don’t know the name of this technique?”

Though it was an advanced technique, it was such a famous technique name that Karnella was greatly shocked that her junior didn’t know it.

“I really haven’t played much quidditch.”

“…It’s okay. You can start from now!”

“Senior. Speaking seriously… originally a herd of deer led by a lion is stronger than a herd of lions led by a deer. Even though I’m close with my griffin, I think it would be better for a senior who’s good at quidditch to take the attacker position.”

Despite Karnella explaining the various privileges of attackers and prize distribution bonuses, Lee Han gradually wanted to drop out as a defender.

The madness occasionally revealed in his senior’s eyes was similar to Gainando when playing mage cards.

He didn’t know what crazy things people with such eyes might do.

“Hey, junior. Do you know what this club’s goal is?”

“…Isn’t it quidditch?”

“Right. The goal is to play quidditch honorably and enjoyably while socializing. Winning is good, but losing isn’t that much of a loss either. So all the members are satisfied.”

“That sounds good. It fits the purpose…”

“What’s good about it!!!”

Karnella shouted with bubbling hatred. Stomping her feet, the dark elf senior wildly pointed at the quidditch club building.

“I don’t care about the other member bastards! I want to win!! The few decent attackers we had all left, and now you want me to move the King of Monsters who just joined to defender?! Over my dead body! Junior. Just do one person’s worth! Just one person’s worth! Then I’ll do anything for you! I’ll even cut off Senior Perse’s head and bring it to you!”

‘This is bad. This person has already gone crazy.’

Lee Han realized his mistake.

He thought she might be a good person from how she took care of the funding, but indeed there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

“Alright. Here we go!”

Up ahead, a practice dummy riding a straw golem came charging. Lee Han whispered to his griffin.

“Ponrig. Don’t overdo it. There’s nothing good about overdoing it.”

There was no need to overdo it to meet a crazy person’s demands.

The intelligent griffin nodded as if it understood.

“Here it comes!”

Clatter clatter clatter!

The griffin instantly dashed across the ground, then stepped on the straw golem’s knee and leaped high.

When the practice dummy came in front of him, Lee Han instinctively swung the long quidditch bat to knock down the dummy.

Originally, 【Player Takedown】 was supposed to be one side distracting while the other side attacked through the opening, but Lee Han’s griffin charged alone and finished it before the Cerberus could even distract.

Seeing this, Karnella let out a cry of joy.

“That’s it!! That’s exactly it!! Junior! You are the attacker of Einroguard’s quidditch club!!”

“…”

Lee Han, who had landed on the ground, stared intently at Ponrig. The griffin broke into a cold sweat in panic when its master looked at it.

He definitely didn’t overdo it, so why??

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