Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 82
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Fire
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Fire
Fire
Lee Han looked at the burning puppy with an aggrieved expression. However, the burning puppy had already fled far away.
The White Tiger Tower students saw this and whispered among themselves with expressions that said ‘I knew it would turn out like this.’
Lee Han felt annoyed for no reason.
“Cheer up, Wardanaz! Just because a puppy is scared of you doesn’t determine your character!”
“That’s right, Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family!”
Friends from other towers cheered him on, but his mood didn’t improve.
‘I should think that unless they’re either vicious enough to try to kill me, or undead, they’ll all run away.’
With this sad realization, Lee Han put his hand in his coat pocket and rustled around. The burning puppy barked loudly.
“?”
Professor Lightningstep wondered what Lee Han was doing.
Surprisingly, what Lee Han pulled out was a sweet potato. Gainando unconsciously started to walk forward but was grabbed by his friends.
“Come here.”
Lee Han wiggled his finger and waved the sweet potato. The burning puppy stopped barking and began to slowly approach, smelling the sweet potato.
‘Not bad.’
Professor Lightningstep smiled.
Actually, this was a class to teach how to endure against the ill-tempered burning puppy, not how to lure it with sweet potatoes…
But the idea was good.
Instead of being stubborn or obstinate about the monster’s reaction, flexibly figuring out what the monster wanted.
That was exactly the first step in taming monsters.
The Wardanaz Family boy knew this well without being taught. Seeing him act like that…
Thud!
The moment the burning puppy, distracted by the sweet potato, looked away, Lee Han quickly rushed in and hugged it.
Then he lay down on the ground so it couldn’t escape.
“Got you.”
“…”
Professor Lightningstep was dumbfounded.
Hey!
-Woof! Grrrr! Woof! Woof woof! Whine… whimper whimper.
The puppy that was initially barking in surprise submitted to fear within seconds. It instantly became a docile lamb and looked up at Lee Han.
Lee Han scratched the puppy’s belly while lying on the ground. The puppy panted and wagged its tail.
Though it was a bit different from the friendly taming Professor Lightningstep had in mind, that was still taming nonetheless.
…Even if it used fear and deception.
“Professor. Look. We’ve become friends.”
“Yes. Well done. Keep hugging it for a long time.”
Raphadael from White Tiger Tower looked disgusted seeing Lee Han hugging the burning puppy without getting up from the dirt ground.
He really was a ruthless guy.
And he wasn’t even from a knight family but from a great noble family!
Did one have to be that ruthless to possess such dark magic abilities?
* * *
“Yaaawn.”
How much time had passed?
Someone yawned. Several students followed with yawns.
Only then did Professor Lightningstep realize something was strange.
‘Quite a lot of time has passed?’
Actually, the fire resistance potions Professor Lightningstep had prepared each had different durations.
This was to prevent students from observing and predicting in advance.
But no matter how long, it shouldn’t be this long.
‘What the…’
Professor Lightningstep looked closely at Lee Han.
And he realized.
Surprisingly, the potion’s effect had ended a while ago. When he looked for any trace of fire resistance aura in his body, there was none to be found.
Lee Han was just…
Releasing mana from his entire body while pushing away the burning puppy’s flames.
Even when the puppy whimpered and breathed out flames, they couldn’t reach Lee Han at all and were pushed down to the ground where they fizzled out.
It wasn’t casting a defensive barrier with mana, nor casting other magic, but blocking flames with pure mana release.
That wasn’t a mage’s technique but a swordsman’s technique.
‘What a brute!’
Lee Han misunderstood the look Professor Lightningstep was giving him.
‘Professor. I have to survive too, don’t I?’
Lee Han had his own things to say.
Wasn’t it dangerous in the first place to risk one’s life hugging a burning puppy relying on just one potion?
Since Lee Han had instincts too, he had no choice but to protect his body in his own way.
Of course, that method was an extraordinary one that others could never imitate…
Lee Han hadn’t yet realized that the fire resistance potion had ended. He thought that no matter how much he protected his body with mana, if the potion’s effect ended, he should feel the heat.
‘But petting this puppy gives me a strange feeling.’
A kind of grandiose delusion.
Confidence arose from within that he might be able to use fire elemental magic a bit better.
It was similar to the conviction he felt that he could handle orbs better after nearly dying to Professor Boladi.
If the latter had basis, the former had none.
‘…Is this a trap?’
Lee Han stared intently at the puppy. The burning puppy wagged its tail and panted.
Lee Han seriously wondered if this puppy was playing tricks to get revenge for being fooled by the sweet potato.
“The potion ended a while ago.”
“What? Really?”
At Professor Lightningstep’s words, Lee Han came to his senses and was amazed.
Seeing this, Professor Lightningstep thought to himself.
‘Next time I absolutely have to bring something he can’t block with mana.’
Unaware that he had dug his own grave, Lee Han asked Professor Lightningstep.
“Professor. Can fire puppies also cast hypnosis?”
“…Did you drink alcohol instead of fire resistance potion?”
* * *
After hearing Lee Han’s explanation, Professor Lightningstep spoke as if it was nothing special.
“That’s not hypnosis or trickery, but your understanding of the fire element has really improved.”
“Haha. Is that so.”
Lee Han answered in a tone that showed he absolutely didn’t believe it. Professor Lightningstep was about to hit him but stopped.
“It’s true. You’re learning basic elemental magic now, right? What was important when casting basic elemental magic? It’s familiarity with that element.”
What was important when casting basic elemental magic was how vividly and strongly one could draw the image of that element.
Students who grew up in hot, sweltering places had affinity for the fire element.
Students who grew up by the crashing waves of the seaside had affinity for the water element.
Each person was inevitably influenced by the direction they had lived their lives, so such differences were bound to occur.
Thinking about it in reverse, continuous contact with a specific element would increase one’s understanding of that element.
“Theory is important, but as a mage, don’t miss your intuition. Wardanaz. Your understanding of the fire element has actually increased.”
Professor Thunderstep spoke seriously.
Though Lee Han had listened with half-belief, it wasn’t bad news.
To think his understanding of the fire element had increased just from hugging and enduring the burning puppy.
“But seeing how much it increased, you must have had talent for the fire element?”
“Excuse me? I have talent for the water element though.”
Lee Han answered with confusion. Usually it was difficult to have talent for opposing attributes.
Professor Thunderstep answered as if asking what he was talking about.
“If you didn’t have talent for the fire element, you wouldn’t have gained such understanding just from petting a burning puppy for a few dozen minutes.”
“!”
Come to think of it, Lee Han hadn’t had many opportunities to test his talent for the fire element.
Professor Garcia had said it was dangerous, and he had nearly died several times from using it wrong outside…
Huh?
‘Did I actually have talent for the fire element?’
The experience of burning fiercely with anger toward professors might have become talent for the fire element.
Maybe the water element was just something he got used to because Professor Boladi kept tormenting him…
“Wardanaz. Don’t set limits on yourself. It would be good to try everything directly and gain enlightenment.”
“Thank you.”
“You’ll be able to learn how to use fire resistance potions next time. I’ll prepare a monster suitable for you.”
“Thank y… Wait a moment. Professor! Professor!”
Lee Han called out desperately to Professor Thunderstep, but Professor Thunderstep coldly passed through the students who were being beaten by the burning puppies.
* * *
Evening.
Lee Han was diligently sewing together with Nilia. The other friends also sat together working their needles.
Everyone had burned holes scattered here and there in the corners of their clothes and coats. These were wounds left by the burning puppy.
Nilia looked at the fabric Lee Han had bought from outside with a moved expression.
It was like the expression an old craftsman would make when looking at their top student.
“You have a good eye, Wardanaz. You bought well…!”
“It’s all thanks to your teaching.”
“It’s sturdy and tough, and water doesn’t get in easily. Right. This is how fabric for coats should be.”
“Come to think of it, we should prepare for camping too.”
To do the assignment the Skeleton Principal had given them, they had to cross the lake. If they were unlucky, they might have to spend the night there.
“Me! I know camping well!”
At Lee Han’s words, Nilia excitedly raised her hand.
The Blue Dragon Tower students all let out exclamations and looked at Nilia.
Seeing Nilia’s long ears perk up, Lee Han suddenly felt sorry for her.
‘Those Black Turtle Tower guys seem too stingy with praise.’
Such a kind friend…
“What should we prepare, Nilia? A camping tent?”
“It’s fine. You just need one coat.”
“Ah. Then what about a camping blanket to lay on the ground?”
“It’s fine. You just need one coat.”
“…Don’t we at least need a blanket?”
“It’s fine. You just need one coat.”
Nilia was excited to share the wisdom of the Shadow Patrol Unit with her friends.
The wisdom of being able to sleep in a cold valley with just one coat was something her friends definitely needed.
However, the Blue Dragon Tower students’ faces were darkening.
Lee Han, who couldn’t bear to listen anymore, intervened.
“Nilia is joking, so don’t misunderstand, everyone.”
“Ha… haha! She was joking! Hahaha!”
“I thought with 100% certainty that it was a joke!”
Nilia looked at Lee Han as if asking what he was talking about.
“It’s not a joke though? You just need one coat for luggage… mmph mmph.”
Yoner quickly covered Nilia’s mouth.
Despite minor issues, the friends finished mending their clothes and preparing.
The cloaks and masks newly made from dark fabric would protect them in case of emergency.
Ratford said with a pleased expression.
“You all look like excellent thieves.”
“Haha. You don’t need to go that far.”
“How embarrassing.”
The Blue Dragon Tower students didn’t know what to do with Ratford’s praise.
Were they that cool?
“It’s time. Let’s go.”
Lee Han and his friends stood up from their seats.
Ihan and his friends stood up from their seats.
Ihan and his friends stood up from their seats.
Lee Han and his friends stood up from their seats.
Tonight, they will rob Professor Thunderstep’s laboratory!
The students were divided into two groups.
Into students who had already come out at night several times before, and students who had never come out at night.
Lee Han was naturally the former. Now he could roam around the school in the evening without any hesitation.
A naturalness as if just out for a stroll.
“Lord Ihan of the Wordanaz family. Do you know a way to open the door of the Gaksugwan?”
Lee Han nodded his head.
The physical lock is Radford’s.
The magical lock is Ihan.
‘I’ve already finished checking.’
Since the prefects were constantly going in and out for classes, it was easy for them to check the lock on the main entrance on the first floor. Ratford had already come prepared with a fake key.
“Follow quietly.”
Lee Han said that to his friends and approached the main gate of the dormitory with Ratford.
The friends carefully followed behind.
Surprisingly, there was a large hole in the main gate of the watchtower. It looked like a hole made by something big that had charged through and broken it.
The students were amazed.
“You prepared this in advance! Amazing!”
“…What the hell is this?”
At Ihan’s bewildered voice, the students present were startled.
How to Live as a Wizard at Magic School
How to Live as a Wizard at Magic School
How to Live as a Wizard at Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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