Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 802

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Chapter 802

An existence more terrifying than the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate was definitely a subordinate of the Skeleton Principal who didn’t know the Principal’s position.

Which meant…

“That… who exactly is Lord Gonadaltes?”

Lee Han asked, hoping for the slim possibility that there might be someone with the same name in the Empire.

“He is an Archmage who has achieved enlightenment, of noble royal bloodline, born with the fate of the great wheel of reincarnation! Don’t tell me you’re asking because you really don’t know?”

“…Where is Lord Intarendals from?”

“I am from the Kingdom of Margada.”

“…”

The Kingdom of Margada didn’t even exist in the current Empire. Lee Han felt dizzy at the kingdom name that he thought he’d only heard of from the Three Kingdoms period.

This confirmed the other person’s identity.

Not a subordinate of the Skeleton Principal, but a subordinate of the Insane Doppelganger.

‘Is Einroguard’s defense really okay like this?’

Of course, being so vast, they couldn’t completely prevent intrusions, but shouldn’t they be more careful when there’s an insane monster in the territory?

To think a subordinate of an insane monster would enter so openly…

“How exactly did you get in?”

“What do you mean?”

“Einroguard territory is protected by powerful magic. It should be even more so these days.”

Lee Han was scared and in pain, but he tried his best to extract even one more piece of information from the enemy.

That way he could report to the Death Knights to strengthen the defenses.

“Naturally, I entered with permission.”

Intarendals spoke with a noble smile. He seemed to think Lee Han was joking.

“…Permission?”

“Yes. Are you perhaps curious about the permit?”

“…I would be grateful if you could show it to me.”

Lee Han barely held onto his sanity and made the request.

Surprisingly, the permit Intarendals presented was real.

According to the qualifications proven by the seal and blood drop of the Dalcard Family, entry to Einroguard is permitted for the following individual. If the promised amount of gold is not spent, a curse will…

Einroguard’s rules were not lax.

First, to visit during Club Week, one had to clearly prove their identity.

For noble families, the ring seal and blood drop were the means of proof.

Since both couldn’t be easily forged, they were reliable for identity verification.

Now, after such identity verification, one would enter Einroguard promising ‘I will definitely invest or sponsor this much’…

“??????”

Lee Han tilted his head in confusion.

‘The Dalcard Family should be Asan’s family.’

Asan, a friend from the same Blue Dragon Tower.

Why would a great noble family that had served as the Empire’s treasurer for generations be cooperating with such an insane doppelganger?

‘Asan… don’t tell me you were a traitor…!’

While he was trembling with absurd feelings of betrayal, Intarendals cast a worried look.

The noble boy before him seemed to be in poor health. He had been staggering with a pale face continuously.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. That… I have a question, are you affiliated with the Dalcard Family? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it.”

“Ah.”

Intarendals smiled cultured.

Only then did he realize why the boy was confused.

“I am not ‘currently’ affiliated with the Dalcard Family. Originally, when I was alive, the family name wasn’t even Dalcard, and back then the naming conventions weren’t like this either.”

“…”

Surprisingly, the person before him was a distant ancestor of the Dalcard Family.

So ancient that even his name no longer remained.

Lee Han was dumbfounded seeing the ancient-style seal ring and blood drop the other person showed.

And the Dalcard Family would be even more absurd.

Someone was impersonating their family, and it turned out to be a resurrected ancestor.

‘This is an absurd nightmare.’

“I briefly resurrected and visited Einroguard under Lord Gonadaltes’ orders. Does this explain things a bit now?”

Intarendals, who had been Gonadaltes’ chief attendant, briefly defied death and resurrected under his master’s command.

Then he gathered his old seal ring and wealth to visit Einroguard. Fortunately, there was quite a bit of gold that descendants had failed to collect and had been lost.

‘Later… I’ll have to ask later. I can’t ask now.’

Lee Han was so shocked that even after hearing about the gold, he couldn’t ask about its burial location.

“I think I understand a little. That, why are you looking for the boy named Lee Han of Wardanaz Family?”

“That reason is related to my mission, so I cannot tell you. Do you happen to have any ideas?”

“Ah! I just remembered. I think I heard he’s a 6th year, so perhaps you should look among the 6th years.”

“Indeed. Thank you.”

Intarendals turned to bow elegantly, but the boy had already quickly disappeared.

‘What an impatient boy!’

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“Puheu! Where are you going?”

As Lee Han quickly ran to escape the 7th floor village area, Falkrious spotted and caught him.

“Senior, have you perhaps been bribed!”

“Huh? What bribe?”

“Never mind then. Let go of this. Something urgent has come up.”

“What are you talking about? What could be more urgent than extorting gold coins from outsiders?”

The pot-bellied senior from the Cooking Club couldn’t understand what Lee Han was saying.

After preparing so hard, where was he going?

“Puheu… You. You’re scared right now. Right?”

“I am scared, but…”

“Even a genius like you gets scared. But everyone does. I did too.”

Falkrious spoke with eyes wet with nostalgia.

He remembered the moment he first faced Club Week as a 2nd year.

Back then it was really hectic and frightening. Even when customers asked kindly, it sounded like they were disparaging his magic.

-Is this magic pot useful?

-D-did you just insult my pot?!

‘Hmm. Memories.’

Falkrious sent another apology to the customer who had to be dunked head-first into the cauldron because of him, and looked at his junior with encouraging eyes.

“But Wardanaz! It’s something everyone must overcome. And you’ll be able to overcome it better than anyone. If you can’t overcome it, who else could?”

“That’s not what I’m scared about, Senior.”

“I said there’s nothing 100% certain, right? Puheu. But with you, it might be close to 100%. Even at the Empire’s magic schools, geniuses like you are really rare.”

The pot-bellied senior mercilessly patted Lee Han’s back while encouraging him.

Though he didn’t usually praise him to avoid making his junior arrogant, Lee Han’s skills were sufficient to show off in front of Einroguard’s upperclassmen.

“And most importantly, there are customers who want to see you. Follow me. I’ll put gold coins in your hands!”

“It’s not a customer in old-fashioned clothes, is it?”

Falkrious laughed heartily without understanding and dragged Lee Han along.

In the Cooking Club’s dining hall, several outside customers had already arrived and were looking around with interest.

“Look, this kitchen knife will make even the clumsiest owner cut through the gaps between bone and flesh, not the bone and flesh itself. Think about this knife being introduced to the Butcher’s Guild!”

“Hmm. But our guild’s craftsmen might lose competitiveness because of this knife.”

“…Uh… I hadn’t thought of that. How about reducing the guild artisans?”

“Do you call that nonsense words?”

People from the Bakery Guild and Butcher Guild each added their comments about the magic the Soup Club members were researching.

Then they saw Lee Han and Falkrious and shouted.

“Falkrious!”

“Hello, Mr. Goladek!”

“Much better than when you shoved me into that cauldron two years ago!”

“Puhuh. I’m sorry!”

“No. Thanks to your magic, I was able to break the noses of those annoying Confectionery Guild bastards.”

Goladek from the Bakery Guild praised Falkrious over and over again.

Without this Einroguard mage, the Bakery Guild would have been the loser in the Capital Sugar War!

“Is this mage by any chance that junior?”

“That’s right, Mr. Goladek.”

Lee Han shook off his slight nervousness and looked around. Fortunately, Intarendals was nowhere to be seen.

“Hello. I am…”

“You’re Lee Han of Wardanaz Family, right?”

“I heard you’re taking all schools of magic. Is that true?”

“I heard you’re already being recognized by external mages? Is it true that you received recognition from Lady Yoanen of Meikin Family?”

“Master Puyo has mentioned your name before. I was surprised.”

“I heard you’re already discussing research with 5th year seniors. Did you really complete 5th circle magic?”

“…??????”

Lee Han was flustered by the guests who introduced him before he could even introduce himself.

What the hell is this?

“How?”

“Puhuh. Wardanaz. The people who visit here aren’t fools! They investigate very diligently and keenly.”

Just because they had a lot of wealth in the Empire didn’t mean there were only people who wasted gold coins carelessly.

At least the people gathered here were those who wanted to invest their gold coins in the best talent.

Goladek spoke with a proud expression.

“Of course, Einroguard may be a secretive sanctuary of magic, but we artisans also have ears throughout the Empire. I dare say there’s probably not a single piece of information we’ve missed. Isn’t that right?”

“…”

Lee Han recalled the numerous powerful enemies he had fought against this year and last year.

Then he quickly smiled and said.

“There’s really no hiding it. You haven’t missed anything!”

“Right? Haha.”

“I want to sponsor you.”

“Me too!”

Lee Han hesitated at the guests’ proposals.

“I haven’t even mentioned my research yet?”

“What’s so important about research. What matters is the person.”

‘No…!’

A senior next to him trembled while holding a ladle.

They had criticized his masterpiece, 【Bowls that let you endure while eating even if they contain poisonous food】, for lacking marketability!

‘This is why non-mages! They don’t know anything!’

Falkrious looked proud of his junior’s success.

“Puhuh. Congratulations, Wardanaz. It’ll end successfully. Of course, don’t be too arrogant! If you act selfishly like Professor Verdus, even gentle sponsors might get angry.”

At Falkrious’s words, the guests spoke with serious expressions.

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“Don’t even mention that ominous name!”

“…What exactly do I need to do?”

Lee Han asked just to be sure.

Free gold coins were nice, but originally there’s no such thing as free in this world, right?

Falkrious waved his cauldron-lid-sized hand as if telling him not to worry and explained.

“As I said, as long as you don’t act selfishly like that certain professor, investors and sponsors won’t get angry either. Show them what you’re researching, and listen to requests from investors or sponsors.”

“Requests?”

“Research direction or… improvement plans, sometimes requests to see if their children have magical talent come in too.”

‘It doesn’t seem too difficult.’

An arrogant and picky mage might have been furious at such pride-hurting proposals, but Lee Han could even visit sponsor mansions and hold flashy magical birthday celebration parties if they paid gold coins.

He didn’t know exactly what Professor Verdus had done, but…

‘…I wouldn’t go that far, would I?’

“Twenty Empire gold coins.”

“Then I’ll offer thirty.”

“Sixty…”

While the sponsors were discussing their respective amounts, someone asked Falkrious.

“Is this the right place where Lee Han of Wardanaz Family is?”

“That’s correct.”

“Indeed. Who are those people?”

“People gathered for sponsorship.”

“It’s fine to tell them all to go back since they’re not needed.”

“Excuse me?”

Falkrious was confused, wondering what the other person was talking about.

Intarendals took out a huge chest filled with gold coins and placed it down with a thud.

“My sponsorship alone is sufficient for Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. The people gathered here should go help other mages.”

“…!”

“!!!!”

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