Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 777

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Chapter 777

‘Hmm. This might be good to present.’

Professor Jorzic, who had finished organizing, thought to himself.

Such a rare case would be worth presenting to the Empire’s mages.

Which mage in the Empire would have observed such a rare case?

“Then, Student Wardanaz! Since you’ve overcome the problem, practice the remaining flame elemental magic.”

“Yes, Professor.”

Lee Han nodded at the instruction to practice the low-circle flame magic he had learned but rarely used due to danger.

Just because he had finally grasped the sense of flame elements didn’t mean he should stop practicing immediately, as the gained sense could deteriorate.

It was better to practice the various magic he had learned in order to firmly nail down the understanding.

Starting from 3rd circle magic like 【Lower Flame Barrier】 and 【Lower Flame Arrow】, down to 2nd circle magic like 【Lower Flame Shield】 and 【Lower Flame Hand】.

Professor Jorzic was very satisfied watching Lee Han continuously cast magic.

“Hmm, hmm!”

Stroking his mustache, Professor Jorzic cast a scheming glance.

Seeing this excellent disciple suddenly filled him with new ambition.

After all, a master’s reputation is usually elevated by outstanding disciples.

The Wardanaz family boy before his eyes was among the most gifted gems of Einroguard in terms of talent alone.

But even that gem had a flaw – he had too many masters.

With too many masters, even if the disciple’s fame grew, the benefits might not reach Professor Jorzic.

However, watching this boy practice now gave him a brilliant idea.

‘The flame element was an absurd desperate measure, yet he somehow managed it. There’s a high chance he could handle even more difficult magic if pushed.’

Professor Jorzic was thinking the exact same thoughts that several Einroguard professors had before.

‘Moreover, since he succeeded under my teaching, he must respect and trust me.’

This was a thought that even some Einroguard professors hadn’t had.

‘What if I keep pushing him to do more difficult magic?’

This was again exactly the thought that several Einroguard professors had.

Rosy fantasies quickly unfolded in Professor Jorzic’s ambitious mind.

-I was able to become an Archmage at this age because Professor Benmalppa believed in my abilities and guided me. If he had made me do circle magic appropriate for my grade like an ordinary mage, I never would have advanced.

-Everyone, I did nothing. I simply recognized this boy’s talent and firmly believed in it!

-Benmalppa! Benmalppa! Benmalppa!

-Make Jorzic of the Benmalppa family the principal of Einroguard! He is the mage most suited to be Einroguard’s principal!

An ideal future where the Wardanaz family boy would benefit from learning more powerful magic, and Professor Jorzic himself would receive respect and fame from his disciple.

Convinced of this future, Professor Jorzic nodded.

“Student Wardanaz!”

“Yes?”

“Now practice the advanced properties of flame elements!”

“…Yes?”

Lee Han was slightly flustered.

He had just barely managed to control flame elements, and now advanced properties right away?

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“Don’t worry! You can do it!”

‘Did Professor Bagrek possess him??’

Lee Han was even more bewildered.

Originally, Professor Jorzic’s 【Elemental Magic and Its Applications】 was a peaceful lecture with high student autonomy.

Professor Jorzic himself preferred a gentle teaching method of helping students when they got stuck researching elemental magic, rather than directly leading and teaching students.

But such a person suddenly approached Lee Han and pushed him to quickly try the next advanced properties, so he couldn’t help but be flustered.

“Professor. I, I might be mistaken, but wasn’t this originally a lecture where you answered when I asked questions?”

“Student Wardanaz. Teaching doesn’t have a fixed form. It’s like flowing water.”

Professor Jorzic, being the only principal aspirant among the personality-defective individuals gathered at Einroguard, boasted his own eloquence.

When he used his professorial authority to preach ‘this is what teaching is,’ it was difficult for Lee Han to argue back.

“But I’d like to have time to practice basic flame elemental magic…”

“No, no! You’re mistaken. You definitely want to practice more difficult advanced properties. You just don’t know it yourself yet!”

When Professor Jorzic winked and spoke, Lee Han was dumbfounded.

He really had no idea why he was acting this way.

“Someday you’ll be grateful to this Jorzic of the Benmalppa family! Don’t forget to thank me then. Haha.”

“…”

Lee Han added Professor Jorzic to the 【List of Professors to Visit After Graduation】 in his mind.

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In the end, Lee Han had to practice the advanced properties of flame elements for the remaining time.

Just as ordinary-looking water elements could boast intense destructive power when combined with rotation, flame elements, which already had high power, could be utilized in quite diverse ways depending on which advanced properties they developed.

“I’m sorry, Wardanaz…”

“It’s fine now.”

Adenart apologized with a rarely dejected attitude.

It was because of a slip of the tongue during the lecture earlier.

-Student Wardanaz. Among the advanced properties of flame elements, the most representative methods would be blue flame or purple flame.

Advanced properties that strengthened or changed the nature of flame elements’ burning and incinerating characteristics were commonly used because they had good compatibility with flame elements.

Mages who specialized in flame elements were often misunderstood as only being able to destroy (and it wasn’t really much of a misunderstanding), but mastering such advanced properties would enable various activities beyond the limits of flame.

Of course, it was a correspondingly tricky and difficult path.

Just as it was difficult to deliberately rotate water elements to create power, deliberately changing the properties of flame elements was equally challenging.

-Student Wardanaz, which advanced property interests you?

-I’m not sure, Professor. I still want to do basic practice.

-Haha! Enough with the jokes, Student Wardanaz. Of course, these advanced properties might seem difficult. But I guarantee that Student Wardanaz can definitely do it! And you must!

-Did you perhaps meet with Professor Bagrek during the holiday…?

-Huh?

-It’s nothing.

-I think it would be good to try blue flame once? Even for Student Wardanaz, it might be difficult to change and grant separate properties from the start…

-You’re wrong, Professor. Wardanaz already knows how to summon white flame with divine magic.

Adenart, who had been listening from the side, got indignant at the words dismissing her friend’s abilities and stepped forward without realizing it.

Of course, the reaction wasn’t good.

-…

-…

More precisely, only from Lee Han.

When Lee Han looked at her with eyes saying ‘why are you doing this to me,’ Adenart belatedly realized her mistake.

-Actually, it was a mistak…

-You already know how to summon white flame! As expected!

-It’s divine magic, Professor.

-No big difference, Student Wardanaz! Didn’t I tell you? You want to practice more difficult advanced properties. Look. This is proof!

-Yes…

Excited Professor Jorzic pushed Lee Han with the resolve to no longer waver.

Lee Han had no idea how many additional elements he would have to study during this semester.

‘Those were the eyes of a madman.’

“Still, I’m sorry…”

“I said it’s fine. Here, have a sandwich.”

When Lee Han took out a sandwich from his backpack and offered it, Adenart’s face brightened slightly.

Seeing him offer food like this, it seemed he really wasn’t angry.

As befitting someone from a noble great family, how magnanimous…

“???”

Adenart opened the two pieces of bread covering the sandwich to check inside.

There was nothing between them.

“…”

Adenart glanced around cautiously before obediently biting into the Einroguard-style sandwich. Her face was full of remorse.

‘If you cause pain to a friend, you end up eating a sandwich with no filling like this!’

“Gainando makes mistakes and Senior Yukveltire makes mistakes too, so you don’t need to worry about it too much.”

“Mmph?”

Adenart raised her head in protest.

She could accept being compared to Yukveltire, but to be compared with Gainando.

No matter what, this was too harsh…

‘…Let me reflect…’

Adenart lowered her head again in reflection.

Wardanaz must have brought the empty sandwich and Gainando comparison as an indirect way to scold her.

Being hit with both of those in succession made her feel deeply how terrible a mistake she had made. It was only right that she should be ashamed of herself.

“Wardanaz!”

“Hm?”

Salko came running out of the 【Ancient Artifacts and the Tragic History of Summoning Magic】 lecture hall.

Salko shouted in a serious voice.

“I recommend running away from today’s lecture.”

“…???”

After saying that, Salko ran off quickly. For a moment, Lee Han thought a White Tiger Tower student had disguised themselves as Salko.

“Salko… isn’t the type to act like that just because he doesn’t want to attend lecture??”

Moreover, Professor Milay’s 【Ancient Artifacts and the Tragic History of Summoning Magic】 was a relatively safe lecture.

It was a 2nd year lecture, and even more so because Professor Milay was teaching it.

When Lee Han had attended in the first week, he remembered learning just simple historical introduction and a few famous artifacts…

‘What’s going on? Should I run away?’

Lee Han pondered whether to heed Salko’s warning or not.

However, that pondering ended immediately. Professor Milay appeared beside them.

“Everyone, please enter the lecture hall.”

At the sight of the elderly professor wearing a monocle, students inside and outside the lecture hall were startled into movement.

Lee Han inwardly regretted his mistake.

‘I should have reacted immediately. I was too complacent.’

The moment Salko ran away, Lee Han himself should have run too, but while he was pondering, the professor had arrived.

It was an unforgivable mistake at Einroguard.

Whiiiiing-

Inside the lecture hall, mana was swirling violently and irregularly due to the dimensional magic circles that had been set up.

They were definitely magic circles installed for the purpose of exploring other dimensions.

‘But Salko isn’t the type to run away because of that?’

Lee Han raised his head and looked at the blackboard. There was writing on the blackboard.

Visiting the Most Evil and Dangerous Dimension (Extra Lives Essential)

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and his friends unconsciously looked toward the outside of the lecture hall. Professor Milay said nonchalantly.

“The students from the previous lecture left without erasing this. Everyone be careful not to learn such habits.”

With those words, the writing on the blackboard was erased. Only then did the students breathe sighs of relief.

“Phew! I thought…”

“That Tutanta is always too hasty. He startled us.”

Along with the conversation, new letters appeared on the blackboard.

Visiting an Uncertain Dimension and Surviving

“…Um, Professor. It seems like it hasn’t been erased yet.”

“It’s recorded correctly. This is today’s lecture topic.”

Professor Milay spoke in a stern voice.

The students squeezed their eyes shut and muttered.

“Tutanta, that quick-footed bastard.”

“Sorry for not trusting you!”

As the students’ morale rapidly declined, Professor Milay began explaining in a calm voice.

“It will be different from what you’re all worrying about, so stop your needless concerns.”

“Ah. By any chance, we won’t be visiting directly, will we?”

The students perked up at those words.

If it was a theoretical lecture conducted in the lecture hall, there wasn’t much to worry about.

Don’t do dangerous things, run away when you see demons…

How difficult could it be to learn about such things?

“No. We will be visiting too.”

“…”

Then what’s different from our worries?

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