Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 787

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Chapter 787

“…I’ll do my best.”

Lee Han had no choice but to say that in the end. Karnella, who was listening from the side, said indifferently.

“The person who was going to pay money got dragged away, so do we really need to do this?”

“Hormashi.”

Professor Yonramo spoke as if warning him.

When a junior wants to learn, how could a senior interfere with that?

Of course, Professor Yonramo himself didn’t have ambitions like challenging magic that far exceeded his own level, but that didn’t mean he needed to deliberately drag down his disciple either.

“Don’t interfere.”

“Understood, Professor. I was just feeling sorry for him. Even if he practices the magic Senior Jarun left behind right now, there won’t be much he can learn from it.”

The research Jarun was conducting was too difficult and complicated for a student who had just entered his second year to learn much from.

Instead of pouring time into completing 【Jarun’s Inelastic Rubber】 or 【Jarun’s Surface Lava】, it would be much more beneficial to learn the relatively easier 2nd to 3rd circle magic of the transformation magic school.

“Hasty judgments are forbidden. Lee Han might have judged that there’s something to learn from it. It’s not like Lee Han doesn’t have magic he’s being forced to learn unwillingly by other professors…”

‘Professor!’

Lee Han was slightly moved.

Indeed, Professor Yonramo was someone who understood Lee Han.

“…but there must also be magic he actually wants to learn. Like this magic.”

‘That’s not it.’

Lee Han regretted it.

He should have just said he was skipping lectures and helping because of the gold coins!

Professor Yonramo was clearly mistaken, thinking that Lee Han was studying magic out of pure will.

“Indeed… these magics… hmm.”

Karnella thought the junior was slightly crazy but didn’t bother saying it.

If she unnecessarily provoked the junior’s mood, she might lose the opportunity to befriend rare creatures like griffins or basilisks.

“Well then, everyone dismiss. Oh right. Lee Han. Do you have 【From Caterpillar to Dragon】?”

“Huh? Yes.”

Lee Han flinched.

After last year’s final exams ended, Professor Yonramo and Lee Han had this conversation.

-It would be good to study that during the break. It’s quite a good magic book.

-How much should I study?

-As much as you can manage?

From the professor’s perspective, it was just a casual book recommendation, but it didn’t sound that way to Lee Han.

It sounded like he was being told to do his absolute best and come back having done as much as possible.

“How far did you read? Did you perhaps read Chapter 3 too?”

“I read a little.”

“Is that so? Did you learn any of the magic from Chapter 3?”

“…I learned a little.”

“Then show me one during the next lecture. Everyone really dismiss now!”

Professor Yonramo waved his hand and left as lightly as when he came.

Pop!

Karnella looked at her junior with curiosity and asked.

“You have 【From Caterpillar to Dragon】? I heard that’s quite difficult. And the magic in Chapter 3… what did you learn?”

“I didn’t learn any.”

“What?”

“I haven’t learned any yet. What I read during the break only got me through Chapter 1.”

“Junior. Why did you lie like that?”

“You’re saying that after just seeing Senior Jarun get devoured by a cloak?”

‘That was his own fault though…’

Honestly, from Karnella’s perspective, even if Senior Jarun died from being dragged away, that level should be considered natural death.

They just asked him to do one lecture, but he kept ignoring that request, so even a good person like Professor Yoner would resort to such means.

“Professor Yoner isn’t the type to scold you for not learning.”

“Ha! Every professor appears benevolent before revealing their true nature.”

“That is true though…”

Karnella couldn’t deny this statement from her junior either.

Einroguard professors should never be completely trusted until graduation.

“Let’s say that’s true. Junior. So what are you going to do? You just finished Chapter 1.”

“I’ll have to advance to Chapter 3 by next week and find some magic to learn. Sigh.”

“…”

‘Isn’t this guy crazy?’

Karnella shuddered at Lee Han’s way of thinking, which couldn’t possibly be considered normal. Perhaps he had fallen into madness from taking all the schools of magic.

Would a normal person choose to catch up on the curriculum at that point?

“R-right. Junior. I respect you. Don’t forget I said this. Especially later when competitions are held or when I let you pet baby basilisks.”

“Understood, Senior. Would you perhaps help me with casting?”

Lee Han asked while preparing the 【Jarun’s Inelastic Rubber】 experiment.

“Are you confident about this? It doesn’t seem very advanced, so there won’t be much left over.”

“It’s still very incomplete, but I think casting is possible at this level.”

“Really? Did I see it wrong?”

The tall dark elf senior tilted her head.

When she looked at the research on 【Jarun’s Inelastic Rubber】 earlier, it wasn’t even at a castable level.

There was a world of difference between a level where you could forcibly cast and summon matter even if it disappeared shortly after, and a level where casting itself was impossible.

Even for research, the former was much more convenient. With the latter, you couldn’t even see it with your eyes or touch it with your hands.

‘Could I have confused the two?’

“!”

Surprisingly, Karnella realized that she had indeed been mistaken.

Looking at the magic formula, it seemed like casting itself would be possible at this level.

‘The mana consumption would be enormous, and it would put quite a burden on the mage, but at least at this level…’

“Senior Jarun is peculiar. How did he prepare such magic intending to cast it? It looks like he’d collapse after using it once.”

“Ah. I modified it for my use.”

“What? When? You didn’t have time for that.”

“I calculated and modified it after receiving it from Senior Jarun while the professor was knocking on the door.”

“…”

Karnella felt a chill down her spine.

…What the hell is this guy??

* * *

Lee Han came outside after finishing his work (he recorded every second of work time in the ledger without exception).

-You bastard, get those filthy hands away right now!

-That’s my line. Shameless fool. Go seduce juniors from your own tower!

-To say something that shows you don’t even know what Einroguard club spirit is, I absolutely cannot yield to you…

“?”

Lee Han tilted his head at the sound of people gathering and fighting.

Quite a few students had gathered, and except for a few, the rest seemed to be watching the fight.

“Senior Sevius.”

“Who… was it you?”

The hamster beastman senior who was a fourth-year from Black Turtle Tower gestured to Lee Han when he saw him.

“What’s going on?”

“Something that happens often. Clubs are fighting over taking a junior.”

“Ah. Like what happened with me.”

“Similar. Look over there.”

Sevius pointed his finger at a student in the middle of the fight.

“That one belongs to the Hunters Club. The one in front is the Statue Making Club. The one next to it is the Outing Club.”

“I see.”

Lee Han felt slightly relieved whenever he heard the names of Einroguard’s unofficial clubs.

At least they couldn’t forcibly drag Lee Han away.

“Are you also targeting new members, Senior?”

“No. I came to retrieve a book.”

Sevius gestured with his chin and pointed at another student’s backpack who was watching.

“That bastard was using the book he borrowed as a pillow.”

“…I, I see.”

Lee Han decided not to worry about his senior’s purpose and tried to continue watching the fight.

Students belonging to each club were fighting in various outfits, and second-year Nilia caught in between was looking troubled…

‘…?!!’

Lee Han was startled at the sight of his familiar friend.

Why is she there!?

“What?!”

“What’s wrong?”

“My friend is over there?”

“Your friend? Hmm…”

Sevius thought, ‘Just like your friend to be so peculiar.’

“What are you trying to say?”

“Nothing. Nothing at all. Your friend is quite popular.”

-If someone from the Shadow Patrol doesn’t join the Hunters Club, where else would they go?!

-Is there nothing but origins in your head? Look at this statue. Can’t you feel this talent?

-You’re all wrong. This sociable junior should join the Outing Club. She’s a talent who can blend into any ballroom!

“Could Nilia get hurt?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. They’re just fighting among themselves.”

Sevius carefully took out his staff, chanted a spell, and extended it toward the backpack of the student absorbed in watching.

Then the staff penetrated the backpack as if being sucked into liquid.

Swoosh!

Sevius carefully pulled out the book and put it in his backpack with a satisfied expression. The other person didn’t even know what had happened.

“But they’re fighting too much.”

“Well… talents worth recruiting to clubs aren’t common.”

“What if they all try to recruit her?”

“That’s impossible. Usually clubs don’t go that far.”

“…”

Lee Han looked at his senior with a bitter and sad gaze. Sevius belatedly noticed that look and felt a pang of conscience.

“…You’re a special case. Who told you to be so eye-catching?”

“That’s too harsh.”

“Those guys are unofficial clubs, so they don’t have the authority to force membership. And even if they did, they wouldn’t force a junior to join unless it was really exceptional.”

You had to be at the level where not recruiting would earn lifelong mockery from other clubs and beatings from club members to be forcibly recruited.

Originally, Einroguard clubs greatly respected the free will of mages.

“…”

Of course, Lee Han’s mood didn’t improve much.

Meanwhile, the confused Nilia spotted Lee Han.

-…Help me!

Lee Han was flustered by his friend’s desperate gaze.

“Senior. Could I sneak my friend away?”

“Just tell her to join one club.”

“Do you know what kind of place Einroguard clubs are to say such nonsense?”

“It’s just because you only joined difficult and strange clubs. There are plenty of normal clubs too.”

Sevius, who had been grumbling irritably, eventually granted his junior’s request.

“Fine. I’ll draw their attention, so take her away in the meantime.”

“Thank you!”

Lee Han bowed his head. Then he signaled to Nilia.

-Approaching soon. Prepare to escape.

‘Wait. But how is he going to draw attention?’

“It’s the Principal! The Principal is attacking!!!!”

Screams and chaos.

Lee Han cast invisibility magic and ran through the pandemonium, impressed.

‘I learned something.’

* * *

“So what exactly happened?”

“Huff, huff… It’s, it’s a long story.”

Nilia said while breathing heavily.

“How long could it be? Tell me.”

“So…”

She met some Black Turtle Tower upperclassmen, and the upperclassmen liked Nilia so much they fought over getting her to join their club, and when she ran away from that, she accidentally met a Phoenix Tower senior from the Alchemy School, and that led to becoming friends with Phoenix Tower upperclassmen, and during that, club talk came up again…

“…Hmm. Longer than expected.”

“I told you it was long! Ugh.”

Nilia put her hand on her stomach as if just thinking about the upperclassmen made her stomach hurt.

Having to choose just one from all those proposals.

“Right. How did you choose one?”

“Nilia. I just got recruited to all of them.”

“…”

An awkward silence lingered between the two friends for a moment. Nilia turned her gaze away with an embarrassed face and kicked a stone on the roadside.

“Ugh… Ughhh…”

“!?!”

“A, a monster!”

Nilia was horrified to see an unidentified monster that appeared from where the stone had rolled.

The creature had a terrible appearance like a chimera that had melted completely in a toxic swamp. Despite seeing all kinds of monsters at Einroguard, this was the first time seeing such a monster.

“Wardanaz! Be careful!”

“Boy of the Wardanaz Family… do you remember me… I am Antagondals… as the price for luring you away… I became like this…”

“???”

Nilia turned her head in surprise.

She hadn’t known her friend knew this creature.

Lee Han answered shamelessly without any change in expression.

“Excuse me, but I’m not sure. Who are you?”

“…”

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