Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 826

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Chapter 826

“Fine. Let’s go.”

“Are you sure it’ll be alright?”

Lee Han, who had asked the question, realized belatedly.

“Ah. You’re going there to attack him.”

Come to think of it, that wasn’t bad.

Ragesa would get her revenge, and Lee Han and the upperclassmen would get to watch Professor Verdus get attacked.

It would be a happy time for everyone.

‘I don’t know why I tried to stop this.’

The 【Staff Materials and Magic Amplification】 lecture would be filled with rare laughter and applause.

“What are you talking about? I won’t do that.”

However, contrary to Lee Han’s expectations, Ragesa showed a negative reaction.

“What? You’re not going to attack him?”

“No matter how much I want to tie an anchor to that bastard Verdus’s ankle and throw him into the sea, I won’t interfere with students’ lectures. It’s already miserable enough being stuck in Einroguard, so it would be terrible if their lectures were disrupted too.”

“…”

At the kind pirate’s words, Lee Han thought to himself.

‘She’s being unnecessarily considerate.’

The students would actually want their lectures to be disrupted.

Especially the Divination Magic Guild students even more so…

“You can attack him, you know? The upperclassmen would love it.”

“What nonsense are you talking? Even if I want to beat up that bastard Verdus, still!”

Though Ragesa knew Einroguard fairly well, she couldn’t have predicted that Professor Verdus pursued extreme free-style lectures.

How could she predict that the lecture content was stealing the professor’s research materials?

“I’m serious… Then why are you going?”

“Do you only have attacks on your mind, you brat? I’m going to observe. To see how that bastard Verdus teaches. If he teaches well, maybe my anger will cool down a bit.”

Ragesa clicked her tongue disapprovingly as she spoke.

Even now, just thinking about Professor Verdus made her stomach burn because of the wasted gold coins, but she thought seeing him teach his disciples might make her feel a bit better.

At least she could think that her gold coins weren’t completely useless.

‘Hmm. She’s going to attack him.’

Lee Han was certain.

The moment they arrived at the lecture hall, Ragesa would immediately attack!

“Ragesa. Do you really think Professor Verdus will teach well?”

“I know exactly what you’re thinking, brat. But I’m not expecting that bastard Verdus to teach like Garcia! That would be an unreasonable expectation. It’s enough if he’s improved from the last time I saw him.”

Ragesa’s standards became quite lenient when it came to Professor Verdus.

Lee Han guessed the reason was probably because being too strict would only give her a headache.

“What was it like when you saw him last time?”

“Last time I saw him, he said he didn’t want to lecture and sent his disciples to other schools.”

“…”

* * *

However, surprisingly, Lee Han’s prediction was wrong.

Professor Verdus wasn’t in the lecture hall.

“Where did Professor Verdus go?”

“He’s not coming today because of assassination threats? Well, with so many outsiders around, there could be assassins. Senior Yukveltire will lecture instead.”

A nearby upperclassman kindly explained.

Lee Han was slightly impressed by that explanation.

‘No wonder he’s survived this long!’

He felt like his long-standing question of ‘How is Professor Verdus still alive with so many enemies?’ was partially answered.

Who would have thought he’d skip lectures in preparation for Ragesa’s attack.

“That sneaky bastard, really!”

Of course, from Ragesa’s perspective, this was absurd.

She had come to see how he taught, only to have him skip the lecture entirely.

If he had this kind of creativity, he should use it for his research instead of skipping lectures.

“It’s fine, Ragesa. The lecture will run well even without the professor.”

It might even run better.

“Of course it’ll run well. Anyone among these students would teach better than that bastard Verdus!”

“Who is this person saying such nice things?”

One of the upperclassmen whispered to Lee Han.

At first he wondered why a pirate had entered the lecture hall, but her encouraging words were quite pleasant to hear.

“This is Ragesa, Torgerd’s Daughter, Admiral of the Southern Privateering Fleet.”

“Oh?! The person who invested in Professor Verdus?!”

“…There are many other good titles, but why do you remember her by that one…”

As soon as he finished speaking, the students in the lecture hall swarmed over.

“Greetings, Ragesa. I’m Baruglioz from the Elvali family…”

“I have some research I’ve been working on…”

Reading the intense greed in the students’ eyes, Ragesa growled menacingly in warning.

“Know that I’ll smash the heads of all you brats who came here thinking I’m easy prey just because I invested in that bastard Verdus.”

“…”

All the students quickly fled. Ragesa took a sniff of tobacco and spat out curses.

“I swear, coming to Einroguard never puts me in a good mood!”

“Well then, let’s start the lecture.”

Yukveltire, who had been checking the time, spoke up. Unlike when Professor Verdus was there, the students in the lecture hall eagerly raised their hands.

“Senior. I have a question. I’m trying to put ruthenium alloy in my staff, but magic keeps bouncing off when I cast spells. Why is this happening…”

“When using metal in staffs, you must perfectly understand that metal’s properties. Metals don’t have good compatibility with certain types of magic. If magic bounced off ruthenium alloy, it must be wind elemental magic. Either put restrictions on the magic or add metal to mitigate it.”

“Senior. What do you think is wrong with my staff? I asked Professor Verdus several times and barely got an answer, but he just said it was trash.”

“Design. You’re accumulating mana at the bottom but dissipating it at the top. It’s counterproductive.”

‘What?’

Lee Han was shocked.

He had expected Yukveltire to teach like Verdus, but she was a much better teacher than he thought.

Even when his friends said ‘Senior Yukveltire teaches well, doesn’t she?’, he had firmly believed there must have been some mistake…

‘Amazing. No, actually Professor Verdus was the really strange one.’

Perhaps because Professor Verdus was so insincere, even Yukveltire’s ordinary responses seemed more impressive.

To be fair, Yukveltire wasn’t like Professor Garcia, showing individual interest in students and casting warm glances at them.

But just answering the underclassmen’s questions like that was impressive enough for Einroguard’s Divination Magic Guild.

Indeed, the other upperclassmen were throwing questions left and right as if they were determined to learn properly today.

“I see…! That’s right. Senior. I made a prototype temporarily, could you evaluate it once? How is it?”

“Poorly made.”

“…”

When his masterpiece, made with all his heart and soul, was dismissed in two words, the student’s face was colored with shock.

Then friends who knew Yukveltire well whispered beside him.

“Hey, you idiot. Only ask necessary questions to that senior. You’ll just get insulted otherwise.”

“Just because she answers questions well doesn’t mean she’s Professor Garcia. Think of her as Professor Verdus with added features.”

‘Isn’t that going too far?’

Lee Han thought to himself.

Of course, Lee Han couldn’t completely deny that Senior Yukveltire was like a small Verdus, but still, Professor Verdus with added features…

‘…It doesn’t seem completely wrong either…’

“Ask your question.”

Yukveltire stood in front of Lee Han and gestured for him to ask a question.

Right now, she was moving according to the lecture content she had prepared in advance. The next junior needed to ask questions in the proper order.

“Ah. Yes. Hello, Senior. I’m currently preparing a staff that can unlock the seal of a high-level spirit and withstand even stronger output. I’m also considering metal materials, and so far I’ve gotten to this point…”

Lee Han took out a paper with staff blueprints drawn on it.

It had the Ice Giant King’s blue gemstone, a Space Teleportation Stone, and an Echo Stone embedded one by one, with the Wood Spirit’s authority written in various places.

Authority of Recovery (Mana Recovery) – What if I just put in obsidian so I can consume more mana?

Authority of Life (Plant Growth) – Need rare wood. Let’s check Professor Verdus’ storehouse.

Authority of Resilience (Staff Durability) – Says he needs to face stronger enemies. He’s insane.

“…”

“Hey. I told you to only ask necessary questions.”

A senior nearby whispered worriedly.

Given Yukveltire’s personality, if you rambled on like that saying ‘I’m doing this research,’ insulting expressions would immediately come back.

-I told you to ask questions, not recite your life story.

-Why are you talking about things no one asked about?

You had to ask only the necessary questions precisely – the moment you started unnecessary talk, personal attacks would begin.

“But I need advice…”

“Just ask us instead. If you don’t want your life negated.”

“So?”

“?!”

The students next to Lee Han were startled by Yukveltire’s reaction.

They expected her to immediately start talking about intelligence, but she actually asked “So?” back.

“I wanted to seek advice overall.”

“Putting in obsidian could be called an interesting attempt. Originally, putting mana-absorbing materials in a staff is close to taboo, but there are exceptional cases. This gemstone was given by the Ice Giant King?”

“Yes.”

“How did you receive it?”

“That story would be too long.”

“…Then tell me later. Who made this Echo Stone?”

“That’s…”

Unlike usual, Yukveltire patiently listened to her junior’s story.

Naturally, it was because the story was much more interesting than usual.

But she thought of it differently.

‘Diret. I’m taking care of my junior like this.’

She was showing kindness to her junior as Diret had said. From Yukveltire’s perspective, this was really a huge concession.

If Diret heard about this later, he should shed tears of gratitude.

“Try making a prototype with this combination.”

Yukveltire quickly wielded her quill pen and proposed a method.

It was quite a radical proposal for a staff. Based on obsidian, a mana-absorbing stone, it was a staff equipped with a vessel that could withstand even when powerful ancient spirits awakened.

The problem was that it would consume tremendous amounts of mana, but Yukveltire wasn’t particularly worried about that part.

Her junior would handle it well on his own!

“Thank you, Senior.”

“Right. Of course you should be grateful.”

“…”

While Lee Han made a displeased expression, Ragesa nodded from behind and stood up.

“It seems I misjudged someone. I had prejudice thinking she was Verdus’s disciple. This is much better.”

“Hello, Lady Ragesa. I’m only happy that you’ve realized it now.”

Yukveltire spoke calmly.

The other students in the lecture hall were amazed by her appearance.

‘She’s really not an ordinary crazy person!’

‘Maybe she was just speaking kindly to us.’

Since she wasn’t interested, she must have spoken to that degree to her juniors and ended it there.

Seeing her speak like that in front of an external investor was simply amazing.

“…Right. A master’s affairs are the master’s affairs, so they have nothing to do with the disciple!”

“That’s correct. Then let me tell you once more what I need…”

“Senior, Senior! I’ll speak on your behalf instead, so please tell me!”

Unable to watch any longer, Lee Han finally stopped Yukveltire and blocked her way.

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