Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 771
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Chapter 771
“You don’t think I’m the one who spread the poison, do you?”
First of all, Lee Han hadn’t burst any toxic swamps on the 6th floor…
…And even if the toxic swamp hadn’t burst, Lee Han was confident that this 【Gonadaltes’ Dark Magic Cloak】, no, 【Dark Magic School’s Defensive Cloak】 would have sold well.
No matter how he thought about it, it was something that couldn’t help but sell well.
“Of course not, Wardanaz.”
Ogoldos agreed while winking.
“…You’re not answering ‘no’ outwardly while thinking ‘yes’ inwardly, are you?”
“Huh? Wasn’t it?”
“No.”
Lee Han answered with a serious expression.
What do you take me for!
“Who would do such a thing?”
“Last year, Senior Direte and Senior Cohorti sprayed poison together to seal off an area.”
“…”
Come to think of it, the dark magic school seniors had once sprayed poison in the corridor to help Lee Han hide giants underground.
Lee Han reflected on what he had just said.
‘Hmm. You never know what people might do.’
“Anyway, it wasn’t me this time.”
Despite Lee Han’s words, the other dark magic school students were about to start a debate on ‘Is that really true?’
Annoyed, Lee Han called his comrades together.
“That’s not what’s important right now.”
“Ah. Right. We need to make more cloaks. It would be convenient if the professor helped us.”
“The professor disappeared. I think he ran away.”
“Should we call Senior Direte?”
Lee Han struck the floor with his staff. The dark magic school students looked over with puzzled expressions.
“First, don’t call Senior Direte.”
“Huh. Why?”
“If I say don’t call him, then don’t call him, you bastard.”
Gainando flinched and stepped back when Lee Han got angry.
‘I was just asking…!’
“We can continue working on the cloak production as soon as the basic process is finished since we’ve already soaked the dyes. I wasn’t talking about something so obvious.”
“Then?”
“We need to sell other things urgently! Senior. Don’t you really know?”
“I, I don’t know. What is it?”
Ogoldos was slightly overwhelmed by Lee Han’s momentum.
When it came to Empire gold coins, this junior exuded a momentum that overwhelmed not only seniors but even professors.
“Detoxification-related items! If we sell them at a cheaper price than the cloaks, they’ll be competitive enough.”
Just because they had made cloaks and they were selling well didn’t mean it was wise to only sell cloaks.
He didn’t know who had burst the toxic swamp, but since the opportunity had come, they had to make the most of it.
“What? So you’re saying we should sell detoxification potions or poison-repelling beads?”
“That’s right.”
Items like detoxification potions that temporarily prevented poisoned status or poison-repelling beads that blocked the approach of poison.
They were essential items for adventurers exploring dungeons, but they weren’t quite as essential for Einroguard students.
As mentioned, unless they had really outstanding performance, there was no reason for students to pay expensive money for them.
They could just find and learn it themselves!
“Would they buy such mediocre things? I think they’d want to do it themselves or buy something better.”
“Senior!”
“??”
“Students from other schools don’t know much about dark magic!”
“…”
“So don’t think that students will deeply consider dark magic items. If we just advertise that they’re good, everyone will believe it.”
Hit hard by the truth, Ogoldos’ face became dejected.
Certainly, thinking about it, students from other schools probably didn’t have the ability to distinguish between easy and difficult dark magic.
They weren’t even interested in the first place…
“Wardanaz. Just one more thing.”
Agdung joined the conversation.
“What is it, Senior?”
“Listening to the story, the toxic swamp did burst on the 6th floor, but there are several swamps with weak toxicity and many empty spaces, so if you know the tricks, it seems easy to deal with. Will such consumables really sell?”
“Hmm.”
Lee Han listened to the advice from the senior from Callarogard and fell into thought.
Then he opened his mouth.
“I think you’ll need to help with that, Senior.”
“Me? I can help with anything, but what should I…”
* * *
“Everyone. Please listen! I’m from Callarogard!”
“Callarogard? That’s a dark magic school, isn’t it?”
“That’s fortunate. If it were Baldrogard, I was going to throw stones.”
Students passing through the 7th floor stopped and listened when they saw the Callarogard student.
What story was he trying to tell?
“Right now, poison swamps have burst on the 6th floor, and they’re really dangerous swamps!”
“How are they dangerous?”
“…They’re really dangerous!”
“So specifically how? Do they place restrictions on using certain elements, or interfere with mana operation…”
“They’re more dangerous than that!”
“???”
Agdung avoided answering and waved his arms with exaggerated motions.
“Don’t go down to the 6th floor for a while, but if you really must enter the 6th floor, please purchase detoxification potions from the dark magic school students over there! They also have poison-repelling beads and defensive cloaks!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a boy with golden hair came running and collapsed.
“Ugh… poison, poison…!”
“Oh no! Here, drink this detoxification potion!”
The dark magic school students hurriedly ran over and supported the collapsed Gainando, giving him a potion.
“Everyone. Did you see that!”
Agdung thought to himself that it was fortunate he was in skeleton form.
Otherwise, his awkward expression would have shown on his flesh!
“It’s dangerous if you go down to the 6th floor without any preparation!”
The students murmured and discussed the information they had just heard.
-Is the toxic swamp that severe?
-Who on earth burst it? Could it be that the dark magic school burst it?
-No way. If the dark magic school had burst it, would they have prepared detoxification potions like that? They would have been spreading it more.
-Maybe a mage from Callarogard came and prepared it together. They don’t usually do stuff like this.
“…”
Lee Han listened to the murmuring conversation with a bitter expression.
It was fortunate that they weren’t suspected of staging it, but since they weren’t even suspected at all, that was somewhat bitter in its own way.
What kind of image had the dark magic school had until now that they didn’t even think of selling such potions?
‘They even think Senior Agdung prepared it!’
“Give me one potion.”
“Ah. Yes. Here it is. Thank you.”
“I didn’t know the dark magic school could do things like this. You’re doing good work. I support you.”
“Yes…”
“You’re doing this because you’re being mindful of that person from Callarogard, right?”
“No. It’s just something we can do…”
“What are you talking about? You guys were originally on the side of spreading more poison.”
“…Actually, there was someone named Cohorti in our school, and he was the one leading that. Since he graduated, we want to do things like this now.”
The students bought the potions with half-belief.
The price wasn’t too expensive (by Einroguard standards) and considering the situation on the 6th floor, it wouldn’t hurt to be prepared.
“Gainando. Could you go over there again in 30 minutes and pretend to collapse?”
“Hehe. Got it.”
Gainando researched how to make it look more realistic while making fake poison next to Lee Han.
Since everyone was outstanding mages, he had to show proper poisoning symptoms.
“Senior Agdung. Thank you. Without you, we wouldn’t have achieved such results.”
“Y-yeah.”
He definitely wanted to hear ‘without you, we wouldn’t have achieved such results’ from students from other schools…
‘Why am I strangely not happy?’
* * *
Throughout the weekend, Lee Han filled the treasury and changed the image together with the dark magic school students.
It was so surprising that even the Einroguard Watchman was talking about it.
Iaktus: Did you hear that the dark magic school is selling antidote potions instead of poison?! Why on earth are they doing such a thing!?
Beaver-Penguin-Fox: It seems a graduate named Cohorti originally prohibited the sale of antidotes to maintain the power of poison.
Iaktus: How terrible!
“…”
Deciding to apologize when he met Senior Cohorti later, Lee Han finished organizing the treasury. Outside the window of the Dark Tower, the sun announcing the start of a new week was slowly beginning to shine.
‘Well, that’s fortunate. This income needs to be maintained like this.’
This income was enough to fill the treasury even after the participating students divided the labor costs.
The problem was whether this could be maintained.
‘Let’s not worry about it already. Next time there will be next opportunities.’
If new curses broke out or undead disturbances occurred…
…Of course, Lee Han himself had no intention of causing them. He was just hoping a little!
“What are you doing there?”
“!”
Lee Han was startled.
Opening the door of the Dark Tower, the most pitiful 5th year student from the dark magic school was entering.
“Good morning. Senior Diret.”
“Why are you up from this dawn… didn’t you sleep?”
“What about you, senior?”
“Well, I…”
“I also…”
“…”
“…”
Both people simultaneously felt very sorry for each other inwardly.
“I was organizing what I worked on over the weekend.”
“What kind of work did you do?”
“I borrowed the professor’s and other students’ help to craft and sell items.”
“…Did they actually sell?”
“Yes. There were quite good results.”
“I see…”
Diret didn’t believe his junior’s words but didn’t bother to press further.
What would be the point of hearing more sad stories.
“Have some coffee here.”
“Thanks.”
“What’s that?”
Lee Han looked puzzled at the cup Diret brought.
Why was he sensing poison from the cup?
“Belgarung’s poison. It’s bitter so it’s good for waking up.”
“…Just drink coffee instead??”
“Hey. Coffee beans are expensive.”
Diret grumbled but accepted the hot tin cup.
Where else in Einroguard could you find a junior making coffee for a senior.
Usually they would steal the senior’s coffee beans if anything…
“Wait. If you borrowed the professor’s help, why didn’t you call me?”
“The professor told me not to call you?”
“…If it was before I drank coffee, I would have let it slide, but drinking coffee wakes me up. The professor would never say such a thing?”
‘I shouldn’t have given him coffee.’
Diret shook his head.
What would be the point of blaming an innocent junior when he should blame the evil professor.
“What morning lecture do you have today?”
“There might not be any.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Yes. Actually there is. It’s 【Sword and Life】, and since it’s Professor Ingoldel’s lecture, it should be relatively okay…”
“That’s probably not Professor Ingoldel’s lecture.”
“Pardon?”
“Let me see.”
Diret sipped his coffee and looked at Lee Han’s lecture list, then nodded.
“Junior. This lecture isn’t Professor Ingoldel’s.”
“Then who teaches it?”
While there were many mages at Einroguard, outstanding swordsmen were surprisingly rare.
“Catten of the Jahan family. A 5th year from White Tiger Tower.”
“!”
Hearing that it was a 5th year from White Tiger Tower, Lee Han became slightly tense.
After all, White Tiger Tower and Blue Dragon Tower had a long history of conflict.
“What kind of person is he?”
“Jahan? That guy is…”
‘As expected, is he a master of enhancement magic? Or maybe he’s skilled in other magic.’
“…the most stupid in Einroguard.”
“???”
At Diret’s words, Lee Han wondered if he had misheard for a moment.
“Pardon?”
“I said he’s stupid.”
“He’s a 5th year, so he can’t be stupid. Ah. I understand. You mean he’s stupid by your standards, senior?”
“No. He’s just objectively stupid… Junior. You’re taking classes from all schools, right?”
“Yes.”
“That Jahan guy is like this.”
Diret made a circle with his finger.
“Senior Catten is also taking classes from All Departments?”
“No… zero departments. He failed everything.”
“…”
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