Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 77
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In summoning magic, failure meant when even 1% different results from the target were summoned.
However, the magic quill pens now floating and falling from the air perfectly matched their targets.
There were just many of them.
Professor Garcia quickly understood the meaning and nodded.
“I see. It’s not a failure then.”
The Troll Professor let out a slight sigh of relief.
While caring equally for all students was a professor’s role, it was inevitable that the Wardanaz Family Boy worried him a bit more.
Due to being born with such an enormous amount of mana, even basic magic had to be of high difficulty for him.
Fortunately, Lee Han was facing the challenges that befell him with a bold and firm attitude unbefitting of a new student, but as a professor, he did feel sorry.
Wasn’t this originally something a master should find a solution for?
Professor Garcia, who couldn’t find a proper solution, was the only one among this magic school’s professors who felt guilt.
“Student Lee Han has quite a talent, doesn’t he? Seeing how he succeeded perfectly…”
When the relieved Professor Garcia spoke up, Professor Milay nodded.
“He has talent.”
“You think so too?”
Professor Garcia knew well how difficult summoning magic was, and how strict Professor Milay could be.
As such, Professor Milay’s recognition felt all the more valuable.
“He’s a talent who can learn summoning magic. But… there’s one weakness.”
“??”
Professor Garcia was slightly flustered.
“Of course, his mana amount is a little, no, quite a lot, um, actually tremendously much, but his control is gradually improving too…”
Professor Garcia, who tried to lie, couldn’t finish due to his conscience.
Still, considering Lee Han’s mana amount, he was adapting at a tremendously fast pace.
“I think it’ll get better as time goes on…”
I think it will get better as time goes on…
“I think it will get better as time goes on…”
“I think it will get better as time goes on…”
“I wasn’t talking about the amount of magical power, Professor Garcia.”
“I wasn’t talking about the amount of magical power, Professor Garcia.”
“I wasn’t talking about the amount of magical power, Professor Garcia.”
“So what?”
“The weakness I mentioned is arrogance.”
Arrogance?
Professor Garcia was slightly taken aback.
Of course, the boy from the Wardanaz family could appear arrogant at first glance.
His cold appearance, as if carved from marble, was layered with the dignity unique to high nobility, making it difficult for most people to approach him with conversation.
But Professor Garcia knew well that Lee Han was not that kind of boy.
After all, a student who personally feeds and supports the students of the Blue Dragon Tower couldn’t possibly have such an arrogant personality.
“I think there might be some misunderstanding…”
“Professor Garcia. Watch carefully.
But why did such a student deliberately summon over dozens of magic quill pens?
If he had the ability to succeed in one try, he could have just summoned one, right?
There was only one answer.
It was to arrogantly show off his own skills.
“No…”
Professor Garcia was flustered by Professor Milay’s words.
“Student Lee Han isn’t that kind of personality…”
“Arrogance is a necessary virtue for mages, but it’s also dangerous poison to have from too young an age. Professor Garcia. Especially when one possesses innate knowledge and talent.”
“Well, that’s…”
Professor Milay’s eyebrows rose. Professor Garcia flinched.
Just because they were both professors didn’t mean all relationships were equal. Especially if one professor was a former disciple of another.
But Professor Garcia wanted to clear up the misunderstanding somehow.
“I don’t think Student Lee Han has that kind of personality. Maybe it was a mistake… I think…”
“A mistake?”
A very faint bewilderment crept into Professor Milay’s voice. It wasn’t a good sign.
“So now, Professor Garcia… are you saying that summoning was done by mistake?”
Professor Garcia’s face reddened. When he thought about it, he could feel how absurd it sounded.
To summon multiple quill pens with that magic circle, it wasn’t enough to simply pour in several times the mana needed to summon one quill pen at once.
Since it wasn’t originally a magic circle for summoning multiple items, recklessly increasing the mana amount and pouring it in at once could destroy the magic circle or cause adverse effects.
A circuit that had mana input once took on different properties than before it was imbued.
Therefore, calculations also changed moment by moment. To pour new mana into a circuit that already had mana input required recalculating.
In other words…
The only way to summon multiple quill pens with that magic circle was to repeat the process carefully several times.
Calculate exactly the summonable mana amount for the magic circle and input it.
Then carefully assess the changed state of the magic circle and calculate exactly the mana amount again before inputting it.
Repeat again. Repeat, repeat.
It was a feat one wouldn’t choose unless they had strong confidence in their own skills.
A feat only possible with intention!
“Maybe he practiced beforehand to avoid destroying the magic circle… and forgot that mana remained in the magic circle…?”
“…”
Professor Milay, who had been looking at Professor Garcia with a stern expression, relaxed his face.
His eyes seemed to pity his kind-hearted disciple.
“Professor Garcia. A student that outstanding couldn’t have forgotten that, could he?”
‘That’s right…’
Professor Garcia closed his mouth, having nothing to say.
Honestly, Professor Garcia also felt his excuses were weak.
But what could he do when it really seemed likely to be the case?
“It’s good to trust students and show them affection, but you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to students’ shortcomings or mistakes. Professor Garcia. Sometimes affection and trust can blind us.”
“Yes…”
“Though I said this, I’m not denying that the student has outstanding talent. It’s just that arrogance could hurt the student himself, so we must be careful.”
“Yes.”
“You don’t need to worry so much. If that student learns summoning magic, he’ll soon be able to fix that arrogance.”
Professor Garcia fell silent, having nothing to say.
Honestly, Professor Garcia was feeling that his excuses were getting rather weak.
But what can you do when it really feels like there’s a high possibility of that happening?
“It’s good to trust and show affection to students, but you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to their flaws and mistakes just because you believe in them. Professor Garcia. Sometimes love and trust can cloud your judgment.”
“Yes…”
“Though I said that, I’m not denying that the student has exceptional talent. I’m just saying that arrogance could end up hurting the student, so they need to be careful.”
“Yes.”
“You don’t need to worry so much. If that student learns summoning magic, we’ll be able to cure that arrogance of theirs soon enough.”
Summoning magic had always crushed students who thought themselves the greatest geniuses in the Empire.
Combined with Professor Milay’s strictness, uncontrollable arrogance would soon be reduced to an appropriate level of self-confidence.
Professor Garcia turned his head.
Lee Han was sending the magic quills he had summoned flying toward Angrago, trying to scribble ‘I don’t have a quill.’
Because of this, a brawl was breaking out between the White Tiger Tower students and the Blue Dragon Tower students.
As he went to stop them, Professor Garcia thought that no matter how he looked at it, it didn’t seem like arrogance.
‘No matter how I think about it, that really doesn’t seem to be it.’
* * *
After one round of commotion ended, the students’ faces were covered with splotchy ink stains.
These were the aftereffects left behind by imperfectly summoned magic quills and perfectly summoned magic quills.
The summoned magic quills disappeared over time, but the ink the quills left behind did not disappear.
“Everyone, I trust you’ve gained at least some understanding of how difficult summoning magic is today. The magic you practiced today was the most basic of summoning magic basics, and originally you should be able to do it without a magic circle.”
Professor Milay frightened the students. However, the professor continued speaking seriously without concern.
“Nevertheless, if you have an interest in summoning magic and want to learn it seriously, come visit my workshop. You would all do well to remember this. People often mistakenly think that what’s needed to learn magic is talent or intelligence…”
Lee Han felt Professor Milay’s gaze turn toward him for a moment.
Was it his imagination?
‘Could it be that making the magic quills harass Angrago was the problem?’
“…what’s most needed is ultimately persistence and patience. If you continue without giving up and focus seriously, summoning magic will open a path for students.”
Professor Milay finished speaking and left the lecture hall.
The remaining students gathered among themselves and whispered.
“Should we visit the workshop?”
“The professor said so, didn’t she? That it would be hard to keep up if we just started listening from second year. It seems essential to practice summoning magic in advance from first year if we want to learn it.”
The students nodded.
After trying to summon quills themselves, they understood how difficult summoning magic was.
To summon self-acting objects with a mage’s power…
“But can we visit the professor now and learn summoning magic separately?”
“It’s not impossible, right?”
“Really? We already have a lot of assignments and more will be added, and we’ll need to prepare for pop quizzes soon – can we really study summoning magic separately on top of that?”
“…”
Realistic concerns made the students afraid.
Realistic concerns made the students afraid.
Realistic concerns made the students afraid.
Summoning magic was attractive, but if assignments increased for the sake of that magic, there weren’t many students who could handle it.
‘That’s why I told them to take easy subjects.’
Lee Han thought that, then felt remorseful.
Come to think of it, wasn’t Lee Han currently experiencing life-threatening situations because he tried to take easy subjects?
Lee Han suddenly became curious.
What elective lectures were other students taking?
“What electives are you guys taking?”
“Me? 【Basic Arts】. Everyone’s taking it, aren’t they?”
“I’m taking 【Basic Dance and Social Skills】. It’s practically semi-required.”
“I’m taking 【Understanding Basic Imperial Masterpieces and Great Works】. I want to buy one during vacation later.”
“…”
Lee Han was slightly flustered by the list of lectures his friends were taking.
…Am I the only one lacking in culture?
“There’s no lecture without assignments.”
“Same here. But I can’t not take summoning magic either.”
“Shouldn’t the school lend us artifacts that can turn back time or something?”
“Gainando. That’s from fairy tales. Where would such a thing exist?”
“Even if it existed, would they lend such a thing to students just to attend lectures? It would be used for much more precious purposes.”
Lee Han, who had been listening to his friends’ conversation, checked the time and stood up.
“Gainando. Let’s go.”
“Where are we going? And why are you taking Gainando?”
“Are you planning to use him as bait when you meet a summoned creature?”
“No. I need to meet Professor Mortum.”
While everyone was pondering whether or not to go to summoning magic, there was also a professor who was left lonely and abandoned without any interest.
That was Professor Mortum, who taught dark magic.
Since Professor Mortum had directly called their names, Lee Han and Gainando, unlike other students, had no choice but to visit periodically and learn dark magic.
“Do we have to go? Can’t we just send Gainando alone?”
His friends didn’t want to send Lee Han away, but Gainando had absolutely no intention of going alone.
“…If I end up going alone, I’ll recommend all of you.”
“Gainando! My noble friend! I think there’s been a misunderstanding!”
His friends immediately changed their stance.
Yoner asked as if wondering if it would be okay.
“The students who want to learn summoning magic will probably visit now, will that be alright?”
“Since she didn’t set a specific time, we can visit Professor Mortum first and then Gainando and I can visit together afterward.”
Lee Han was also interested in summoning magic. He just had a prior engagement.
It was better not to break promises with professors. Especially if that professor was a lonely professor who couldn’t find disciples.
“Then see you later.”
“Be careful, Wardanaz.”
“Watch out for escaped summoned creatures, and don’t forget the potion Priest Siana gave you.”
“Be careful of Professor Mortum too.”
“And be careful of Gainando too.”
At Asan’s words, Gainando showed a slightly moved expression.
“Dalcard…”
“If Gainando makes a mistake, you’ll be in danger too, so you need to be careful.”
“…”
It wasn’t telling Gainando to be careful, but telling Lee Han to be careful of Gainando.
Gainando decided to recommend Asan as soon as he met Professor Mortum.
How to Live as a Mage at a Magic School
How to Live as a Mage at a Magic School
How to Live as a Mage at a Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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