Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 797

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Chapter 797

“I don’t think I’ll be able to enjoy it.”

No matter how much he tried to enjoy uncertainty and change, enjoying the fire element trying to burn everything around it (including Lee Han himself) was too much to ask.

The pirate crone felt sorry for Lee Han’s response.

“Kihihi… Still so stuffy. That’s understandable though. You’ve been trapped inside Einroguard. What you need is sea breeze mixed with plenty of salt, lad! Then you’ll know what freedom is.”

“You mean becoming a pirate?”

“That’s right!”

‘I’ll never know freedom then.’

Lee Han felt slightly sorry.

The profession of piracy was too unstable for Lee Han to aim for.

Having to drift on the sea waiting for income that might never come.

Compared to being an Empire official, it was a profession on the complete opposite end.

“There’s no sea and no pirate ship, but shall I teach you a little anyway?”

“That’s not neces…”

“Now. Close your eyes.”

“…”

‘Why do powerful mages ignore what the other person says?’

Lee Han wondered as he looked at Ragesa commanding him while rattling the cutlass at her waist.

Does hearing get weaker when magic gets stronger?

“I’ve closed them.”

“You’re now steering a ship on the sea. Understand? You’re the captain of a pirate ship.”

“Yes. I am the captain of a pirate ship.”

Lee Han repeated the words while feeling like he was becoming an idiot.

“What do you want to do?”

“Excuse me?”

Bang!

Ragesa stomped her foot and got angry.

“What do you want to do, I said! A pirate captain doesn’t ask ‘Excuse me?’! A pirate captain decides for himself!”

‘I want to stop doing this…’

When Lee Han didn’t answer, Ragesa spoke for him.

“What’s that? You want to smash all those brats from the duel club?”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Quiet, captain. Now. Those duel club brats are coming from that horizon with a sailing ship! Arrogantly spreading new sails and catching the wind taut!”

“…”

Lee Han wondered why spreading new sails and catching wind taut on the sea was arrogant, but he listened quietly.

“Feel the sea breeze!”

“…?”

“Good that you’re not saying the stupid thing about this not being the sea. The sea breeze is definitely there. Come on, come on, come on… you can feel it!”

Ragesa slapped Lee Han’s back hard and shouted. Her eyes flashed even more under her deeply wrinkled forehead.

The chain-wearing pirates following behind looked at the pirate crone like she was crazy.

They knew she was originally a pirate full of madness, but today’s display was particularly incomprehensible.

What sea breeze in a magic school hallway?

However, instead of ignoring the other person’s crazy talk, Lee Han calmly concentrated.

He thought there wouldn’t be no reason for this.

‘She says I can feel sea breeze here. What does that mean?’

There wasn’t a single breeze in Einroguard’s bleak corridor.

All he could hear were footsteps and the sound of shackles on the chain-wearing pirates’ ankles rattling.

And…

‘Ah.’

Lee Han felt a strand of mana brush past his cheek.

Just as it was natural for mana to fill natural spaces, it was hard to realize unless one was conscious of it, but mana originally circulated through space.

Mages who trained their senses to perceive mana knew how to catch such circulation and flow, and among them, mages with particularly keen and sensitive senses could catch it even more accurately.

“I felt it.”

“A clever and cunning fellow is really easy to teach.”

Ragesa was satisfied.

Even among fellow mages, there were many who couldn’t understand what it meant to feel the sea breeze.

What good was it to memorize and learn magic by rote if they couldn’t understand what magic was?

“I’m not really cunning…”

“Shh! Feel that sea breeze even stronger. Entrust your body to it.”

“!”

Lee Han was slightly surprised by those words.

Usually, Empire magic tried to control such flows of mana when recognized.

Only by gripping it firmly in one’s grasp could one cast magic without unexpected variables and enhance it.

Mages hated variables, yet she was telling him to entrust his body to variables instead.

“…I’ve entrusted myself to it.”

“Make that sea breeze stronger.”

Ragesa suddenly said.

An out-of-the-blue instruction without even telling him how to make it stronger.

Ordinary mages would panic at such instructions and give answers like ‘how’ or ‘that’s impossible.’

But Lee Han just accepted it.

Having received so many unreasonable teachings, this degree didn’t even feel particularly unreasonable anymore.

‘Make it stronger, huh.’

After thinking briefly, Lee Han immediately moved. When unsure, one had to experiment one by one to find the answer.

‘To make the flow of mana stronger…’

Instead of controlling mana, he would conform to the flow of mana and synchronize with it.

Lee Han’s flowing mana merged precisely with the surrounding flow.

“Kek!”

Ragesa made a surprised sound.

She hadn’t expected him to find the method and accomplish it this quickly.

It sounded simple, but injecting one’s own mana to strengthen the flow was no ordinary difficult task.

First, one had to read the flow of mana down to the most minute details.

Rough reading wouldn’t work. That would likely cause collision and stoppage rather than strengthening the flow.

Then one had to inject their own mana with perfect accuracy without a single error. If the direction or attribute was wrong, it would immediately collide.

Whiiiiing-

The sound of fierce waves that only experienced mages could hear began to fill the corridor. The chain-wearing pirates looked around anxiously, sensing something strange.

Though not mages, they instinctively felt unease as the flow of mana intensified.

“What’s wrong?”

When Ragesa made choking sounds, Lee Han stopped the process and asked.

“It’s nothing, continue! Einroguard is a bit dry compared to the sea.”

The great pirate took out a barrel and gulped it down while urging him on. Lee Han tilted his head.

‘It doesn’t seem like particularly dry weather.’

Anyway, since the method he just used seemed correct, Lee Han continued.

Read the flow, read, read, then time it right to add his own mana to it.

Then the flow of mana became even more intense.

‘The flow has become rough.’

As the flow intensified, its movement naturally became more violent and rough.

Lee Han concentrated to not lose track of the flow.

Concentrating even more than before, reading, timing it right to add his own mana…

Whiiiiiing!!

After repeating it several times, the flow of mana rose to an alarming level.

At this point, it seemed like even non-mages could feel it, so Lee Han asked.

“Is this okay…”

“Keep going, Captain! Let’s see how far you can go!”

“…”

Though anxious, Lee Han did as the other person instructed for now.

Since she was an excellent mage, surely she wouldn’t make him do something completely unreasonable.

While Lee Han closed his eyes and summoned the storm, the chain-wearing pirates looked at the corridor with terror-filled eyes.

A phenomenon similar to when that mad spirit appeared on the sea was happening right now.

Despite there being no wind, heavenly sounds could be heard, bodies moved on their own by suddenly being pushed away or pulled in, space was distorting and the sense of time…

Regardless, Ragesa excitedly stomped her feet and clapped.

“More, more! Let’s see how far you can go!”

The chain-wearing pirates shed tears of fear.

We’re going to die here today!

True to being a madwoman who would steer her ship into storms and raging waves, she was encouraging this.

‘Please notice, you mage bastard!’

The chain-wearing pirates could only pray that the mage boy would open his eyes and realize what was happening.

If left like this, really…

‘Can I really keep going?’

Whether the pirates’ tears behind him created a miracle, or Lee Han himself thought this was getting too intense, he slowly began to stop his mana.

“Captain, unfurl your sails toward the limits of your mana! Let’s see how much you can squeeze out today!”

Ragesa shouted with gleaming eyes.

Once or twice would be one thing, but to keep standing while repeatedly pouring out mana like this.

She was incredibly curious to see how far it was possible.

However, instead of unfurling his sails toward his mana’s limits, the Wardanaz family boy answered rationally.

“I know my mana limits, Ragesa!”

“You know?”

“Yes! I can repeat this all day long!”

“…”

Ragesa felt chills run down her spine as if cold water had been poured on her. She doubted whether she had heard correctly.

If that was true…

‘Bagrek, you bastard, what kind of monster are you raising??’

“Ragesa. I think this is getting difficult now!”

Lee Han shouted in an urgent voice.

Though it was a mana flow he had strengthened himself, as that flow became too strong, it was getting difficult to entrust his body to it.

Whether it was his imagination or not, he seemed to hear creaking sounds from the corridor ceiling and walls…

“Got it, got it! Now. Send it off with a pirate’s cry!”

“Whee-eek!”

Lee Han whistled loudly and pushed away the massive flow of mana. Being so urgent, he focused only on safely finishing this pirate magic, forgetting about purpose or anything else.

————!

And the most savage roar Lee Han had heard recently swept through the corridor. Lee Han opened his eyes in shock.

The ceiling, floor, and walls were all horribly destroyed. It looked as if a giant beast had swung its claws and rampaged.

Looking to the side, Ragesa was panting and letting out a sigh of relief.

“Torgerd’s daughter almost died here!”

“What??”

“It’s nothing, kid! Well done. You’ve magnificently boarded the pirate magic.”

“What on earth happened?”

“Nothing much. When using pirate magic, sometimes things like this happen.”

Mournful crying burst out from behind.

The chain-wearing pirates had prostrated themselves on the floor and begun wailing loudly in relief at having saved their lives. Ragesa shouted in a fierce voice.

“Shut up, you prisoner bastards! Go back and cry! Before I extend your sentences!”

“It seems like something happened…”

“I said nothing happened! Are you defying my words right now?”

“…Understood.”

“Kid, you’re now a captain who has just boarded a small sailboat. I understand your heart is full, but you need to be humble. You must learn how to handle the sails, how to feel the wind, how to read the stars. As you learn each thing, you’ll come to feel how vast this sea is and what a small existence you are.”

Lee Han was slightly impressed by the wonderful metaphor about pirate magic.

It was a metaphor only a pirate who had lived on the sea her entire life could make. It was impressive enough to make even Lee Han, who had no interest in pirate magic, admire it.

“Then what should I do next?”

“Next?”

Ragesa took out a handkerchief and applied it to her wound. The handkerchief that absorbed the blood healed the wound.

“Kid. What you need to do next…”

Lee Han listened attentively.

Though he had initially been reluctant to learn from this pirate crone, since he had been lucky enough to succeed in learning, it would be a loss not to learn more about how to handle it.

Moreover, even though he tried not to be conscious of it, the destroyed ceiling, floor, walls, and the wailing pirates bothered him.

‘Should I have just kept my eyes open to watch?’

What should he do to handle this uncertain magic?

“…For the next hundred years or so, absolutely never use this pirate magic!”

“…”

At Ragesa’s words ordering him to disembark immediately after boarding, Lee Han felt very disappointed.

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