Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 745

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Chapter 745

‘What kind of Gainando-style calculation is this?’

He clearly had countless disciples, yet he was being so stubborn.

It wasn’t much different from Gainando insisting he hadn’t eaten the chocolate he just consumed.

“Please think about it once more. Those disciples who tried to burn the continent or tried to burn the royalty…”

The Insane Doppelganger flicked his finger and sent out a shockwave.

Rolling backwards, Lee Han cursed inwardly.

‘Can’t we just talk? Does it have to be like this?’

Dealing with people from the old days was truly exhausting.

“There’s a limit to being barbaric. Don’t you know anything about manners and etiquette?”

The Insane Doppelganger looked at Lee Han with genuine contempt.

How could he talk back like that in front of royalty?

Even knowing he was barbaric, it was a vulgarity that was hard to tolerate.

“…I apologize. I don’t know much about etiquette.”

Lee Han gritted his teeth, vowing that someday when he assassinated the Skeleton Principal, he would assassinate the Insane Doppelganger as well.

But for now, he had to endure.

His opponent was essentially a thug with a staff.

“That figures, lowborn.”

‘…I think I understand why Black Turtle Tower dislikes Blue Dragon Tower.’

Lee Han inwardly vowed that when he returned, he would hit the Blue Dragon Tower students once each time they brought up bloodlines or family backgrounds.

“Now that royalty thinks about it, you seem to be mistaken about doppelgangers.”

“…?”

Lee Han was confused when the word “doppelganger” came from the Insane Doppelganger’s mouth.

“There are remnants that fled from this royalty. You’re stupid and vulgar, so you might confuse royalty with those remnants. I’ll forgive you once, so don’t make such mistakes again. Understand, lowborn?”

Lee Han gathered information by asking if he could ask questions, so as not to upset his opponent.

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed strange for the Insane Doppelganger to claim ‘I am the original and the rest are doppelgangers.’

Still, after getting beaten a few more times, Lee Han had the following conversation.

-Isn’t it usually the doppelganger that only retains desire for honor, when there’s much more left in the original?

-When you make butter from milk, a lot of remnants are left, but does that make those remnants butter? What’s most important is the essence.

-…Ah… yes… So you don’t count the doppelgangers’ disciples?

-Yes. I understand. You can stop hitting me now.

-I just answered, why are you hitting me again…

‘I got beaten unnecessarily for the last few hits.’

Lee Han resolved to stop provoking the Insane Doppelganger and asked one last question.

“But… isn’t there a mage named Antagondals? Isn’t he your disciple?”

“He is a servant.”

The Insane Doppelganger glared at Lee Han with cold eyes.

How dare he think of a lowly slave as royalty’s disciple.

If he weren’t a barbaric lowborn who knew no manners, it would be rudeness worthy of extreme punishment.

“…?”

Of course, from Lee Han’s perspective, it was confusing.

Though Lee Han didn’t know much about Antagondals, he knew well that he was an excellent mage, treated as an Archmage among mage criminals.

Naturally, he would be several times better at magic than Lee Han.

Yet he treated such an Antagondals as a servant while considering Lee Han a disciple.

‘That’s strange?’

“That servant is better at magic than me, isn’t he?”

The Insane Doppelganger let out a shallow sigh with contemptuous eyes and shouted toward the sky.

“Fate, be cursed! Why don’t you give this royalty a proper disciple instead of throwing a stupid lowborn!”

‘Then send me back, you bastard.’

Lee Han cursed inwardly, finding it absurd.

It hadn’t even been a few hours since talking with the Insane Doppelganger, and he was already missing the Einroguard professors.

Complaining after kidnapping him himself.

Even Professor Verdus didn’t say such things.

Regardless, the Insane Doppelganger lamented his unfortunate fate several times, then placed a caterpillar on his finger.

Instantly, the caterpillar’s time accelerated rapidly and it transformed into a butterfly.

“Can this caterpillar fly or not?”

“It can fly.”

“Why? It’s a caterpillar?”

“It’s a butterfly now.”

The Insane Doppelganger released the butterfly.

Then he stopped a mouse passing between distant rocks and asked.

“Can that mouse fly or not?”

“It cannot fly.”

“Why? Given time, it might grow wings?”

“Mice don’t grow wings even when they mature.”

“Exactly. Lowborn. If you know, why ask useless questions?”

The Insane Doppelganger attacked Lee Han once more.

Lee Han endured the pain and thought.

‘So… it’s about talent difference?’

He couldn’t know exactly what this Insane Doppelganger was thinking, but roughly guessing, he seemed to need a disciple.

Not just any ordinary disciple, but one to complete his own honor.

He didn’t know the criteria for such a disciple, but talent seemed more important than current skill.

Honestly, he didn’t think a mage like Antagondals would lack such talent…

“Now I understand.”

“Ha! How can you be so slow.”

“…What must I do to become that honorable disciple?”

Lee Han began seriously considering escape methods.

The best option would be to persuade this Insane Doppelganger and get out.

Since he had confirmed that normal escape was difficult, persuasion seemed more likely to succeed.

Fortunately, though this Insane Doppelganger was crazy, he was consistently crazy, so if persuaded, he might let him go.

“Do I need to learn that shield magic from earlier?”

“That’s something even a stable keeper, not a disciple, could do.”

“…”

Ancient kingdom stable keepers seemed quite skilled in magic.

“Then what must I learn?”

“True essence cannot be spoken of in such a way. Lowborn. But considering your dullness, let me explain…”

Lee Han tensed up.

What magic would this Insane Doppelganger require him to learn before sending him back?

“…Start with word magic.”

“…”

Lee Han immediately changed his plan.

‘I absolutely must escape.’

To learn magic enough to satisfy this Insane Doppelganger, Lee Han might have to remain at Einroguard even after his friends graduated.

* * *

Angrago sat with a cautious expression, agonizing.

‘Should I go out to play polo, or study in advance for next week?’

To pull his weight in the club, he needed to practice harder than now. The upperclassmen were formidable as well.

Since Wardanaz was already being discussed as a potential striker, Angrago couldn’t fall behind either.

However, studying ahead for next week was also more important than expected.

All students who had started their second year would be feeling it.

This year is different from last year!

As if to prove that last year’s lectures were kind and considerate classes for New Students, the Professors proceeded with their curriculum roughly and fiercely.

If the first week was like this, it was unimaginable what the next week or the week after would be like.

Even the White Tiger Tower Students were stirring, saying ‘Shouldn’t we study ahead for this?’

Pat-

“?”

When Angrago heard some sound from inside his backpack, he tilted his head and rummaged through it.

‘What is it?’

The source of the sound was the paper bundle artifact that the top and second-ranked students of Each Tower had shared.

Wondering if some interesting story had come up, Angrago unrolled the paper bundle.

-Guys. I’ve been kidnapped by the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger. I think you need to help me.

-How on earth did this happen…!

-Where were you kidnapped to?

“!!!”

Angrago was shocked.

It seemed one of the eight Students had been kidnapped by the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger.

When Wardanaz had said ‘be careful of the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger,’ it hadn’t felt that real, but for Angrago’s Friend to be kidnapped. It was spine-chilling.

-What Wardanaz said was true! I thought it would only be in the outskirts, but it kidnapped a Student?! As expected of the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger. Wardanaz. What are you thinking of doing? How are you planning to rescue that poor guy?

-Angrago. The one who was kidnapped is Wardanaz.

-…

Angrago froze with a stupid expression, dripping ink.

He had never imagined that among the eight, Wardanaz would be the one kidnapped.

-No, no way! It’s not Tutanta or Richmond?!

-I can tell who you usually wanted to get kidnapped. But unfortunately, no.

-…Sorry for everyone having fun chatting, but couldn’t you think about escape methods?

-Wardanaz.EvenifyouhavebeenkidnappedbythInsaneDoppelgangeryoumustneverlosehopeDoYouhaveanyusefulartifactsamongthosethatyoucurrentlyhaveAnyartifactsthatcancontacttheoutside…

‘What?’

Angrago was flustered by the text appearing at an insanely fast pace.

Who is it?

-Imperial Princess. You can write slowly.

“…”

-And some artifacts were taken away. I had an artifact that could summon the Principal, but since it’s a doppelganger, it immediately recognized it as its own magic.

-What kind of artifact that can do what??

-Angrago. Is that important right now?

-Angrago. Are you perhaps a spy for the Insane Doppelganger?

-Ah, no… sorry. Damn.

-Wardanaz. Location?

-Somewhere in the Mountain Range I think, but I’m not sure.

‘This is serious.’

Angrago made a gloomy expression.

Although there were occasionally Friends who went missing from Einroguard for several days, most of them usually didn’t exceed a week.

But Wardanaz’s current situation looked like there was no telling when he could return.

Thinking that Wardanaz wasn’t there, this semester immediately felt overwhelming.

Could they really endure this year, which had become more difficult than last year?

Thud-

With the sound of the Private Room Door closing, Giselle came down. Angrago shouted in a welcoming voice.

“Moradi! Did you see!?”

“Yeah. This is serious.”

“Right. Without Wardanaz, it’s hard to even ask about magic.”

“It won’t end at just that level.”

Giselle felt a headache coming on and pressed her forehead with her fingers.

“The second-year system is going to collapse now.”

“Ah, no. What do you… why would it collapse? Because we can’t take exams?”

“Right now, it was Wardanaz who secured supplies and it was also Wardanaz who exchanged them. Alpha. Moreover, trading with the Black Turtle Tower guys was only possible because Wardanaz mediated between them, but he’s gone. Can you trust the Black Turtle Tower guys without that bastard?”

“…No. That seems difficult…”

“If we had acted separately from the beginning, it might be different, but if it’s suddenly cut off in a deeply entangled situation like now, it’s mutual destruction. We need to bring back that Wardanaz bastard.”

“Bu, but can we find him when we don’t even know where he is?”

“It’s not about whether it’s possible or not, we have to find him. Still, there are better points than last year. We have Upperclassmen.”

At Giselle’s words, Angrago’s face brightened.

Certainly, there were Upperclassmen who were more experienced and excellent than them.

“Of course, if it’s something involving the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger, they won’t accept it easily.”

“Then let’s deceive them!”

“…”

At Angrago’s appearance of suggesting to deceive a fellow Knight and Senior without even a second of hesitation, Giselle made a reluctant expression.

She had been thinking of deceiving them too, but The Other Person had changed too much.

“Right. If we hide the exact purpose and take them along…”

-IamcurrentlygoingtovisitthePrincipalWhenImeetthePrincipalIwilldefinitelyasktorescueWardanaz…

“…”

“…”

The two White Tiger Tower Students quietly looked at each other.

Come to think of it, there was also the method of telling the Principal.

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