Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 742

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Chapter 742

‘I should pretend not to know them.’

Lee Han instinctively turned his body and lowered his head.

Since he was already registered as a member of the Stonemason Club, he would eventually meet the upperclassmen, but he didn’t want to meet them today at the scene where he was demolishing the workshop.

Perhaps it was an instinct secretly appealing to his heart that he wanted to rest even a little on weekends.

Whoosh!

As Lee Han’s mind grew anxious, 【Bagni’s Flame Bull】 immediately wavered and spat out flames.

Seeing this, the upperclassmen spoke cautiously.

“Junior. We don’t usually interfere with other people’s business, but this curse seems like something you should dispel.”

“It looks a bit dangerous.”

Einroguard students rarely pointed things out even if someone was walking around half-turned to stone or had a basilisk hanging from their head with its teeth embedded.

After all, the person themselves would know best!

If they were troubled and struggling, they would handle it well on their own.

And more importantly, there were quite a few students who deliberately went around like that for magical research.

They might be testing petrification magic on themselves or looking for head areas that basilisks prefer, so students didn’t easily interfere.

But the Wardanaz Family junior looked far too dangerous to overlook as mere individuality.

“It’s not a curse, it’s magic practice.”

“What magic practice? What crazy person would cast a curse on themselves for magic practice…”

“Wardanaz!”

As attention gathered due to the flames surging from Lee Han, someone among the Stonemason Club members who recognized Lee Han appeared.

It was Erde of the Marcang Family, who had just been released this morning.

“It really is Wardanaz. Nice to see you! Friends, look here! This junior is that junior I told you about! He came to visit me in the punishment room!”

“…”

“…”

The Stonemason Club members made complicated expressions as if they weren’t sure whether to believe Erde’s words or not.

They knew that being an outstanding junior meant attending all schools and joining all clubs, but visiting the punishment room was a bit…

‘Isn’t that too much?’

‘It seems like Marcang is bragging.’

No matter how they thought about it, they suspected he had coaxed a naive junior into creating an artificial heartwarming story to become a ‘respected senior.’

Wasn’t it similar to the heartwarming stories the Skeleton Principal occasionally published in the Empire newspaper?

Seeing that his comrades didn’t seem to believe him, Erde got angry.

It was understandable that he’d be upset since no one believed him, from inside the punishment room to outside.

“It’s true! Junior, you answer. You came to visit the punishment room, didn’t you?! To help me!”

“Yes. I went there because there was something you helped me with, Senior.”

“Tell them how you got in too!”

“I persuaded the Death Knights and asked the spirit of the punishment room to let me pass through briefly.”

“…Hey. Explain it more sincerely.”

Erde whispered in panic.

Even he wouldn’t believe such a story if he heard it.

“But that’s how I got in.”

“What? That’s ridiculous… No, never mind. Isn’t there something more plausible? No one’s believing me!”

The Stonemason Club members shook their heads and pulled Erde away.

“Marcang. Alright. We’ll believe you. You’re amazing enough for a junior to visit you in the punishment room.”

“Blue Dragon Tower is really shameless. Do they like honor that much?”

“It’s true, you bastards!”

The Stonemason Club members brought up a serious topic.

“Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. Right? We’re not particularly interested in punishment room visits. We’re interested in club activities. Do you know what the Stonemason Club does?”

“Building… structures?”

Einroguard was a place with surprisingly high demand for construction.

From students’ secret storage rooms and cabins hidden throughout the territory to magical research workshops and various fortresses.

“Right. Building structures is our representative activity. But that’s not the end of it.”

“You also need to be able to demolish them. When they don’t pay or change their words, we have to demolish. We need to demolish quickly.”

“Sometimes when someone appears trying to demolish buildings, you need to be able to stop them.”

“And you’re a talent specialized in all of this. We’re counting on you, junior.”

“Pardon?”

Lee Han, who had been listening to the story, was flustered by the upperclassmen’s sudden expectations.

“I don’t have that much experience building structures. I’m not even from a guild…”

Last year, he had followed the Skeleton Principal around repairing Einroguard or participated in fortress construction plans, but Lee Han didn’t consider himself an expert.

What exactly were the upperclassmen seeing to make such a judgment?

“You have a lot of mana, right?”

“Yes.”

“Right. You have a lot of mana. That alone can solve almost all of the problems I just mentioned.”

“…”

* * *

Surprisingly, what the Stonemason Club members said was true.

Salko of House Tutanta, who had joined first, nodded as if he knew Lee Han would come when he saw him.

“There’s no way you wouldn’t come. Wardanaz. There probably isn’t a club that suits you as well as this one.”

“I was forced to join, Salko.”

Salko pretended not to hear and continued speaking.

“As you can see, magical structures require casting numerous spells like stacking bricks. It’s work where stamina is really important.”

“I see.”

“Demolishing is the same. Since you can’t demolish in one strike, you have to steadily use magic to dispel them. Likewise, stamina is really important.”

In the end, stamina in magic was almost equivalent to mana capacity.

There were mental concentration and other factors, but the moment mana ran out, casting magic became significantly more difficult.

“Salko.”

“What is it?”

“I’m done.”

“…Wardanaz, you bastard! A worker like you should join the guild!”

Salko trembled his beard and shuddered at Lee Han’s work speed.

He had expected it, but the speed far exceeded those expectations.

While gathering the magically processed timber in one place, Lee Han asked.

“Salko. Did you join this guild because of construction after all?”

While moving to the Stonemason Club area and working, Lee Han could also hear the members’ conversations.

Although there were occasional jobs involving demolishing buildings or fighting, the Stonemason Club members were fundamentally people interested in creating things.

Perhaps because of this, many students taking enchantment magic were visible. Enchantment mages could go into artifacts, but they could also go into construction like this.

-If we get paid this time, I’m thinking of completing the Teal Tower.

-Is that possible? It’s already gotten so tall that monsters are attacking it.

-Hehe. Once it’s completed, I could throw this at the Skeleton Principal’s face and still pass graduation. It’s difficult but worth doing.

Since Salko also took enchantment magic and was from the Stonemason Guild, there was a high possibility he joined the Stonemason Club because he had a structure he wanted to build.

“Hm? What are you talking about?”

“I’m asking if you joined the Stonemason Club because you had a building you wanted to construct.”

“No. I just chose this place because the pay is good.”

Salko shrugged as if asking what he was talking about. Lee Han felt slightly embarrassed.

“…Don’t all the other official clubs have decent pay too?”

“The groundwork you just finished is worth thirteen Empire gold coins, Wardanaz. As long as commissions come in steadily, there’s no club with higher pay than the Stonemason Club.”

“Come to think of it, my aptitude definitely seems to match the Stonemason Club.”

Lee Han accepted reality and resolved that since he was registered in the Stonemason Club, he should fulfill his duties as a member to some extent.

Come to think of it, being enrolled in multiple clubs could actually be an advantage.

If there were no expensive commissions at the Stonemason Club, he could earn gold coins at the Ballgame Club, and if there were no expensive matches at the Ballgame Club, he could go to the Soup Club…

‘It sounds a bit crazy, but it’s worth trying.’

Every time Lee Han heard about the rewards from club commissions, he became a slightly more positive person.

Clang clang clang-

The bell hanging above the Stonemason Club’s fortress rang, and one of the members shouted.

“Emergency commission, emergency commission! Daily wage more than double. Anyone participating, move to the front of the western Nightmare Whispering Forest!”

“An emergency commission. Wardanaz. Shall we go together?”

“What’s an emergency commission? The Nightmare Whispering Forest isn’t exactly a good place to approach…”

“It’s a building that needs to be constructed faster for various reasons. Usually there’s additional payment involved, so there’s nothing to lose by participating.”

“Let’s go!”

Lee Han was amazed by the golden commissions flowing into the Stonemason Club.

He couldn’t believe what kind of people with overflowing gold coins would urgently add extra payment to have buildings constructed like this.

* * *

Anfargon, a member of the Blue Dragon Tower and the Enchantment Magic School, frowned as he glared at the tower.

“The effect isn’t as strong as expected.”

“We definitely amplified it using the power of the Nightmare Whispering Forest…”

“Has the forest’s energy weakened? Anyway, we need to draw power from elsewhere. It must be completed today.”

Anfargon and the other members pulled out the blueprints for the nearly completed 【Tower of Echoes】 again.

The students who commissioned this tower were trying to create a new workshop for music magic research.

Since music magic had many differences from general magic, there were many requirements, but the Stonemason Club members completed the building according to specifications with their characteristic wisdom and persistence.

However, there are always variables in the construction process.

The magic that amplified sounds within the tower, utilizing the power of the Nightmare Whispering Forest, had become weaker than expected.

It was a kind of natural disaster, but the members didn’t make excuses. Having received gold coins, they had to deliver by the promised date.

“Is everyone gathered? Let’s begin. Now. We’ll install additional magic circles from that shaded area over there to the tower stairs here to secure mana!”

“Senior, that’s impossible!”

“No. It must be done. Begin!”

The iron-willed characteristic of the Enchantment Magic School was sometimes more reassuring in situations like this.

Although Anfargon wasn’t a popular senior within the club, seeing such a calm attitude in a confusing and chaotic situation made the members feel composed.

Clank clank clank-

Lee Han and the others who arrived late were amazed by the massive construction already in progress.

“Are they planning to build a new building over there and connect it?”

“It seems so… To do this within today. Unbelievable.”

Lee Han and Salko whispered among themselves while participating in the work.

The club members who were in the middle of working welcomed the newly arrived underclassmen.

“Well done coming! Tell us if it gets too difficult.”

“Don’t collapse for no reason!”

“Thank you, senior.”

The members who were watching in case the underclassmen overexerted themselves or made mistakes were surprised by their work speed.

Salko was one thing, but the student from the Wardanaz Family next to him was showing a terrifying work pace.

“Is that the guy?”

“That must be him.”

“The fierce battle was worth it.”

“Damn. We should have monopolized him completely.”

How much time had passed?

When the additional building next to the tower showed signs of near completion, the club members let out exclamations of joy.

At this point, it was almost as good as success.

“It’s done. You guys! When it’s finished, go back to the dormitory and rest well.”

“Yes!”

Salko nodded vigorously and answered.

Actually, even if the seniors hadn’t said that, he was planning to go back and rest. Such massive construction consumed enormous stamina even when not done alone.

Even that Wardanaz guy with infinite mana would need rest. Using magic and doing construction while concentrating would have consumed considerable stamina and focus.

“Wardanaz. When the work is finished, how about you also rest today instead of going to other clubs?”

Before Lee Han could answer, applause was heard from behind.

It was the students who had gathered to research music magic.

“It’s completed!”

“As expected of the Stonemason Club. They’re worth the expensive price.”

“Though it is too expensive.”

“Those twin towers resonate mana? That’s efficient.”

“Though it is too expensive…”

The bard Ifadur, who was talking with the students, spotted Lee Han and waved his hand.

“Student Wardanaz!”

“Ah. So you’re Wardanaz? I was just about to call for you.”

The students gathered for music magic research swarmed over, grabbed Lee Han, and dragged him into the tower.

Salko stared blankly at their retreating figures and shook his head regretfully.

“Wait, wait. Shouldn’t he be resting?”

“No. That Wardanaz guy probably planned to go straight in and do magic research after finishing work here to reduce wasted time. What a ruthless guy…”

At Salko’s words, the Stonemason Club members looked at the tower as if it was nothing new.

Indeed, the madness of taking courses from all schools was beyond the level they could predict.

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