Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 811

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Chapter 811

“How can one person possibly be a 4th year, 5th year, and 6th year at the same time? Don’t you find this strange?”

“Hmm. Indeed, rumors are not to be trusted. If one is a cultured noble…”

“It’s not about culture, it’s about intelligence… No, never mind.”

Galar caught himself mid-sentence.

He still hadn’t broken his habits from when he belonged to the mage tower.

This required reflection.

‘I am no longer a mage belonging to a tower. I must abandon my pride.’

Hadn’t he suffered countless times because of this very pride?

-Excuse me, Mage sir. We’d like you to leave our party.

-What… What did you say!? Do you think a party like yours could find a mage like me!? Why are you spouting such nonsense?

-It’s because of that exact attitude! When you keep muttering “idiots” behind our backs every time we do something, how can we fight risking our lives?

-That was simply pointing out facts…

-Enough. Here’s our party’s new mage. We hit it off at the inn yesterday. He’s a talent who can cast a whole 2 first-circle spells.

-That’s not even a proper mage! He’s worse than a magic parrot! Even a magic parrot is better than that…

-Anyway, please leave quickly. If you don’t, we’ll call the guards!

Thanks to several bitter experiences, Galar had gained enlightenment.

How difficult it was to earn gold coins himself!

“It must be a 6th year, right?”

“I think it’s probably a 6th year. There’s a small chance it could be a 5th year… Wait, where are those guys going?”

The Baldrogard students belatedly realized something was wrong.

The Kalarograd students who had been there just moments ago were fleeing far into the distance.

“Where are you going! Our duel isn’t over yet!”

‘It’s over, you morons.’

Galar grumbled internally.

Anyone could see it was a duel that was finished from the start…

One of the fleeing Kalarograd students stopped and shouted.

“Baldro bastards. I don’t like you, but as a fellow Empire magic school student, I’ll tell you this. Run!”

“What?”

“Wait, didn’t he just call us Baldro bast…”

“Run! That’s ancient forbidden magic! You don’t know what might happen to you if you stay here!”

With those final words, the Kalarograd students scurried away.

Lee Han quickly made excuses.

“I have it well under control! Don’t worry!”

The Baldrogard students lacked talent in magic, but that didn’t make them stupid in other areas.

Just the fact that they didn’t enroll in Einroguard showed they had excellent instincts for pursuing the happiest life as a mage.

As such, the Baldrogard students sensitively picked up on the unsettling nature of this situation.

“Is it really well controlled? Considering the rumors about the Wardanaz Family and the testimonies about that boy, this situation looks quite dangerous.”

“…I agree. That magic looks very dangerous.”

When even Galar agreed, the Baldrogard students boldly made their decision.

“Retreat!”

Lee Han watched the students withdraw like a receding tide and called out in a regretful voice.

“Everyone! I told you I have it well under control! If you’d listen to my explanation, you’d understand! Actually, I didn’t cast this magic because I wanted to…”

“Hmm! All the more suspicious! Everyone, don’t look back!”

‘I underestimated the Baldrogard students…!’

He had thought he could convince the Baldrogard students even if not the Kalarograd ones, but that wasn’t the case.

Despite lacking magical skill, the Baldrogard students knew when to run.

“Ugh.”

Lee Han lamented internally.

He was worried that strange rumors might spread for no reason.

‘No. The Kalarograd students are all antisocial, and other magic school students will hate all the Baldrogard students, so rumors won’t spread that much.’

Lee Han somehow pulled himself together.

Of course, the problem of rumors spreading within Kalarograd and Baldrogard still remained, but Lee Han subtly glossed over that.

Letting those trash run away like that. And even with royalty giving orders, taking this long is shameful.

The Insane Doppelganger lightly scolded, unaware of Lee Han’s inner thoughts.

“…”

Lee Han glared at the Insane Doppelganger.

Come to think of it, if this Insane Doppelganger hadn’t made a fuss about casting magic to teach them a lesson, it would have ended pleasantly with just a fight between Kalarograd and Baldrogard.

“Understood. Please go back in now.”

This Black Emperor Crown’s characteristic brings control over nearby undead. Especially against undead summoning dark mages…

‘How do I turn this off?’

With the Insane Doppelganger ignoring his disciple’s words and explaining the characteristics of the newly summoned Black Emperor Crown, Lee Han carefully examined the 【Echo Stone】 embedded at the tip of his staff.

The Insane Doppelganger stopped explaining mid-sentence and said.

You won’t be able to grasp the structure inside with your senses yet, so don’t touch it carelessly…

Pop!

The illusion disappeared simultaneously with those words.

Lee Han looked at the 【Echo Stone】 with a bewildered expression.

He had tentatively extended his mana like thread to touch a specific part inside, and luckily it had turned off.

The Insane Doppelganger evaluated Lee Han’s talent quite highly.

But he still lacked understanding of the obsession shown in certain situations.

‘Hmm. I should keep it off for a while.’

Lee Han left the staff alone, planning to claim he had turned it off by accident when they talked later.

* * *

Iaktus: Hey. I heard someone cast forbidden ancient magic on other magic school students this time?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Excellent!

Iaktus: What’s excellent about it!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Why? Don’t you want to do that too, Iaktus?

For Einroguard upperclassmen, casting ancient forbidden magic on other magic school students was something that earned admiration, not criticism.

After graduation, other magic school students would ultimately be competitors anyway.

They would have to engage in bloody battles within the Empire’s magical academia to steal funding, so establishing one’s name and reputation first was excellent.

This was a brilliant preemptive strike.

Given time and opportunity, any other student would have cast ancient forbidden magic to widely spread their name.

But why was Iaktus showing such a reaction?

Iaktus: I should have been the one to do it!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ah. I understand. It’s early in the semester, so there wasn’t enough time to prepare. How could they cast such magic?

Iaktus: They must have been preparing since last year. Whoever it is, they’re a cunning bastard!

Unbreakable One: Wait. How about we all reconsider? Sure, you might gain brief fame by bringing out ancient forbidden magic. But isn’t a mage who steadily researches and publishes magic to build achievements a truly great mage?

Iaktus: No.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I don’t think so.

“…”

Lee Han watched the Watchman Club’s conversation with a complicated expression.

Apart from Unbreakable One freezing the conversation’s atmosphere, it seemed rumors were spreading faster than expected.

Fortunately, since it wasn’t the same magic school, Lee Han’s name didn’t seem to have come up…

Iaktus: So who is it? This enviable bastard?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: From what I heard, there were rumors it was a 5th or 6th year…

“!”

At that moment, a wicked inspiration flashed through Lee Han.

Gonadaltes: Heh. I know who it is.

Iaktus: Ooh! Evil friend! Who is it, who?

Gonadaltes: Normally I’d demand payment, but I’ll tell you this much for free. It’s the 5th year from Blue Dragon Tower, top student of Buyeo Magic School, descendant of great bloodline, Yukebeltirada.

Iaktus: !

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: !

Unbreakable One: !!!!!

Iaktus: Unbreakable One. One exclamation mark is enough. I’ve been curious about this for a while, but why do you use so many?

Unbreakable One: …Just… for emphasis?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: That’s not what’s important right now. Yukveltire? She’s definitely a 5th year. That’s strange.

Gonadaltes: What’s strange about it?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: From what I heard, she’s supposedly skilled in black magic.

Gonadaltes: That’s also explainable. In Yukveltire’s case, she’s close friends with Diret, a 5th year student from Black Magic Academy.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Close friends?

Iaktus: Really? I don’t think so. Just like Professor Verdus has no friends, his disciple has no friends either.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I agree. Their relationship is… closer to Professor Garcia and Professor Verdus’s relationship, right? Professor Garcia is kind enough to look after Professor Verdus. But if you ask whether they’re close, even Professor Garcia would throw a punch at you.

Unbreakable One: Professor Garcia isn’t that kind of person though…

Lee Han grumbled at the unexpectedly nitpicky reaction and changed his approach.

Gonadaltes: Just get the gist of it. Anyway, the point is they have a relationship. That explains the black magic skills.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I see. That bastard Yukveltire might have stolen it.

Iaktus: Or maybe she extorted it.

Unbreakable One: Maybe she held out in the workshop until they helped her…

‘Did you all get slapped by Senior Yukveltire or something?’

Of course, Lee Han, who had just thrown his own infamy onto his senior, wasn’t one to talk, but their reactions were colder than expected.

But it couldn’t be helped.

‘Senior. I’m sorry. But this is Einroguard, isn’t it.’

Lee Han was acting according to what he had learned from Yukveltire.

Bakwantalana: What were you all talking about? What does ‘maybe she held out in the workshop until they helped her’ mean?

Bakwantalana, who arrived late, seemed to have only seen the last sentence before the conversation disappeared.

Lee Han kindly explained.

Gonadaltes: We were saying that the person who showed forbidden magic to the external magic school students was Yukveltire.

Bakwantalana: …That’s not right? What are you talking about?

Iaktus: What? It’s not? Then who is it?

Bakwantalana: I haven’t confirmed who it is yet, but it’s not Yukveltire. Definitely…

‘Gasp.’

Lee Han was flustered.

Who would have thought there was someone who knew the truth!

But even while panicking, Lee Han immediately went on the counterattack. Originally, in situations like this, the person who reacted slowly was the one who lost.

Gonadaltes: Well, if you don’t want to believe it, don’t. I generously shared information without even asking for payment, and now I’m just getting blindly denied. It’s quite upsetting.

Iaktus: Whoa, whoa. Calm down, friend. Bakwantalana probably didn’t mean it badly.

Gonadaltes: I think Bakwantalana is a bit jealous of Yukveltire. He doesn’t want to watch Yukveltire gain such glory. Still, isn’t blindly denying it a bit too much?

Bakwantalana: What…! That’s not it!

Gonadaltes: Everyone, think carefully about what I said. Really, in this Einroguard, during club week, how many people would be capable of showing forbidden magic to external magic school students? Hm? Don’t you find my argument convincing? It’s that very Yukveltire!

Lee Han cleverly appealed to emotions.

Indeed, the other club members, who apparently had feelings about Yukveltire, immediately fell for it.

Iaktus: I’ll believe Gonadaltes’s hypothesis. It seems highly likely.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Me too.

Bakwantalana: Then think whatever you want, you idiots. To think these guys are Watchman members makes me sigh.

Unbreakable One: Everyone, don’t fight!

Iaktus: Unbreakable One. Stop acting like a bat and pick a side! Is it Gonadaltes’s hypothesis, or Bakwantalana’s hypothesis!

Unbreakable One: I, I… well… I did think it could be another student…

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Who? Stop just saying there is someone and present a name convincingly.

Unbreakable One: Well, if I had to say, Lee Han of Wardanaz Family or…

“!!”

Lee Han got goosebumps for a moment.

As expected, Einroguard’s upperclassmen were never to be underestimated.

How did his name come up here?

Iaktus: Hey. He’s a 2nd year.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Are you an idiot?

Gonadaltes: Good grief. What nonsense. I can’t believe I’m hearing such things.

Iaktus: Gonadaltes, you need to be patient. There’s been a lot of strange talk today.

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