Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 828

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Chapter 828

At those words, Yukveltire grabbed Lee Han’s wrist with rare panic.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to do something else.”

“Why? Don’t tell me you’re running away?”

Yukveltire tried to provoke Lee Han’s pride in her urgency.

Though she wouldn’t admit it herself, this obsidian staff had actually caught her interest quite a bit.

‘…I want to see the staff being completed.’

However, Yukveltire still lacked understanding about her junior.

Her junior had no pride.

“Yes.”

“…”

Yukveltire was so dumbfounded she lost her words.

“A mage’s pride… self-respect… such… and you’re Diret’s junior… as a junior, honorably…”

‘Oh dear. She can’t provoke properly.’

Provocation also required definite interest and understanding of the opponent to be cast effectively.

Even when Yukveltire tried to provoke, her understanding was so lacking that it was rambling.

“Senior Diret would applaud and say I did well if I ran away.”

“That’s true. Diret is unnecessarily too soft.”

“He’s quite soft with you too, Senior…”

“?”

At Lee Han’s words, Yukveltire wondered what he was talking about.

Diret being soft with her?

“How rude Diret is to me…”

“Yes. Yes. So Senior.”

“…”

At the sight of her junior being just as rude as Diret, Yukveltire’s fingertips trembled slightly again.

“What you called a king-level spirit earlier is ultimately a Spirit King, right?”

“That’s right.”

“How am I supposed to obtain a Spirit King’s branch?”

“Wasn’t the lightning spirit you contracted with also a Spirit King?”

“…”

This time it was Lee Han’s turn to be speechless.

That…

That’s right?

‘Certainly Perkuntra had the title of Thunder King.’

Among beings from other dimensions, titles of king or nobility symbolized their strength.

While kingdoms and royalty on the continent were determined by bloodline, spirits couldn’t have the title of king unless they themselves were strong.

“So… um… yes. I understand. But I contracted with a lightning spirit, so could it give me a branch?”

“No. You’ll have to find a wood-type spirit. Ask for an introduction.”

‘Should I send a letter to Brother Arsil?’

Lee Han thought he might have to swallow his pride and send a letter to his brother.

Honestly, though he didn’t want to admit it, if it was Arsil, he would probably readily introduce a high-ranking wood spirit with a title like Forest King or Sacred Tree King.

“I understand. I’ll ask the lightning spirit too, and try sending a letter to my brother. Though I don’t know when he’ll receive it.”

Originally, sending letters outside from Einroguard was quite difficult, but now this much was on the easy side for Lee Han.

He had taken out dozens of people, so what was one letter!

“Then I guess we’ll have to wait until we find a way to obtain the materials.”

“Tell me more about the Echo Stone.”

Yukveltire subtly suggested.

It wasn’t that communication artifacts of this type didn’t exist, but this Echo Stone had quite a unique format, sparking curiosity as someone from the Enchantment Magic School.

From what she heard, it seemed connected to an ancient being…

“I already told you everything earlier.”

“I’m telling you to talk about the stone’s origins.”

“Why is that necessary?”

“It’s needed to increase the staff’s completion.”

“How so?”

“…If you don’t want to talk, then don’t.”

“No… are you angry right now?”

“I’m not angry. It’s unpleasant that you keep accusing me of expressing such irrational emotions.”

‘This person. She really does seem interested in the obsidian staff…’

Lee Han felt his suspicion, which he had roughly dismissed, turning into certainty.

* * *

After the lecture ended (Lee Han eventually told her about the Echo Stone), as Lee Han was about to get up, something suddenly occurred to him.

“By the way, Senior.”

“What?”

“Doesn’t this lecture have pop quizzes?”

“No.”

“I see.”

If Professor Verdus’s weakness was having no interest in students, his strength was also having no interest in students.

Lee Han smiled at the news that there were no pop quizzes.

“Then what about midterms? A test?”

“There aren’t any.”

“…Huh, no midterms either?”

At this point, Lee Han began to worry.

It wasn’t good that there were no midterms, because the Skeleton Principal could appear midway and send Professor Verdus to the punishment room, then suddenly add midterms.

“Anyway, this lecture is about completing a staff. It’s enough if you just make a staff and bring it.”

“I see…”

Lee Han nodded at the refreshingly simple criterion of evaluating everything with finals, then paused.

“Then what do we do during the remaining period if we finish this first?”

“Don’t attend and proceed with whatever research you want.”

“…!”

At first it seemed like nonsense, but thinking about it, it was quite plausible.

Wasn’t this a lecture that didn’t check attendance anyway?

‘If I finish first, can I really do whatever I want with the remaining lecture time?’

Lee Han thought about what he could do if this lecture time became free.

He could preview the 【Poison, Bone, Blood】 lecture, prepare 【Wickedly Beautiful Creatures】 in advance, or manage the vegetable garden more before the 【A Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic】 lecture.

‘Hmm. Strangely, even though I imagined it, I’m not very happy.’

“Anyway, I understand. Senior. Thank you. I’ll contact you as soon as there’s news about materials. Please give my regards to Senior Diret, take care of your meals, and stop tormenting other people…”

“Are you done? Let’s go.”

Ragesa urged from behind. Lee Han stopped mid-sentence and bowed his head.

“Then, see you next time.”

“I never tormented any…”

Regardless, Ragesa and Lee Han had already left far down the corridor.

“What’s the next lecture? Please tell me it’s an interesting lecture without Vible.”

“【Magical Algebra and Arcane Geometry】…”

Ragesa screamed like a pirate stabbed in the chest.

Of all things, mathematics!

Lee Han realized he had seen it wrong and belatedly corrected himself.

“Ah. I saw it wrong.”

“…”

“【Spirit, Energy, Mind】. It’s Professor Ingoldel’s lecture.”

“Oh!”

Ragesa let out a happy exclamation at the combat lecture.

Then she wondered.

“But now that I think about it, why is a Blue Dragon Tower brat like you taking a White Tiger Tower exclusive lecture?”

“…To get easy grades?”

“Kihihi! That’s quite a joke.”

“It’s not a joke… Raphadael. Angrago!”

Lee Han waved at his friends he spotted.

The two White Tiger Tower friends were having a serious conversation when they turned their attention to Lee Han’s call.

“Oh. Wardanaz.”

“I missed the last lecture, did I miss anything?”

“…Take this.”

Angrago held out a note with the quiz content written on it.

Visit the most dangerous place possible, survive for at least two days, then write and submit a journal (weekends recommended, places with different time axes recommended).

Professor Ingoldel

“…”

“Ho. As expected of Professor Ingoldel, teaching well.”

Ragesa was satisfied with the lecture content.

As expected, Ingoldel knew well how to forge students like steel, living up to her reputation.

Lee Han and his friends glared resentfully at the evil pirate. Ragesa didn’t care and asked back.

“Where else is there such a perfect test for honing a swordsman’s abilities?”

“Can’t we just do something normal? I want to enter the Empire sword tournament.”

“Eh. That’s something only greenhouse flowers would enter. Maybe if it were an underground illegal fighting ring sword tournament.”

“…”

Lee Han apologized to his friends with his eyes.

It was an apology for bringing Ragesa.

Angrago made groaning sounds and said.

“I wish she’d just decide the location for us. I don’t know where to choose. If we pick wrong and get told it’s easy, it’s worse than not doing it at all.”

In the worst case, they could suffer through hardships only to hear from the professor, ‘What, you went and played in such an easy place?’

“Choosing and finding the location is also an ability, brats.”

“…We’ll figure it out ourselves!”

Finally Raphadael got angry.

Then Ragesa burst into laughter as if she’d been waiting and swung her staff. Raphadael tried to resist in shock, but the pirate crone’s attack was much faster.

Clank!

Raphadael, bound tightly in chains, hung upside down in the air.

“Let me down!”

“If you want to get free, you have to free yourself with your own skills! Brat. You learned a lesson. This is what happens when you act up in front of a mage stronger than you.”

After finishing her words, Ragesa suggested to Lee Han.

“Oh right. For a test like this, how about taking your White Tiger Tower friends there with you?”

“Huh? Uh, wouldn’t that be a bit dangerous?”

After this lecture ended, Lee Han was planning to go down to the punishment room to meet Perkuntra.

Since he had to ask about the tree branch, he needed to visit in person.

Now that Professor Ingoldel’s lecture had become an assignment, he had to visit the punishment room anyway…

‘Isn’t it dangerous?’

No matter how much his friends had become second-years, taking them to visit the punishment room, especially to visit Perkuntra, felt a bit sorry.

“What are you talking about, Wardanaz?”

Angrago said with gleaming eyes.

Come to think of it, there were few friends who knew ‘the most dangerous places’ as well as Wardanaz.

Moreover, Wardanaz’s reluctant attitude made it even more appealing.

How well had he chosen?

“I’m ready. You don’t still think of me as last year’s Angrago, do you?”

‘You’re last year’s Angrago, what else would you be, some other dimensional Angrago?’

Raphadael thought to himself while hanging.

But certainly following Wardanaz seemed quite plausible.

He was really amazingly good at finding dangerous places!

“Well then… alright. Let’s go together.”

“You should bring other friends too. Kihihi.”

Ragesa suggested to Angrago. Angrago made a troubled face, not wanting to lose the dangerous place he’d finally found.

“There’s no need to go with so many…”

“Don’t tell me a knight would monopolize a chance for glory?”

“…I’ll call them right now!”

Watching Angrago being played in the palm of her hand, Lee Han felt unnecessarily worried.

‘They won’t get angry about being tricked, will they?’

* * *

“We’ve been tricked!!”

Angrago shouted without realizing it.

Giselle and Durgyu, who were beside him, looked at Angrago as if asking what nonsense he was spouting.

“Tricked about what.”

Lee Han didn’t trick you, Angrago.”

“Ah… no. The punishment room… I didn’t expect to come this deep…”

“Did you think Wardanaz would take you to a cozy study with a warm fire in the fireplace?”

“You said you asked first, Angrago.”

Angrago had nothing to say back to his two friends’ scolding.

‘Ugh. This is unfair.’

“The punishment room is… well, it’s on the mild side.”

Giselle said, looking at Lee Han.

Actually, she had been somewhat prepared for places more terrible and dangerous than the punishment room.

“Hey. Moradi. I have something to tell just you for a moment.”

“…This feels ominous.”

When Lee Han called her aside, Giselle suddenly felt very ominous.

Usually good news didn’t require calling someone aside.

“The thing is, actually, the reason we’re going deep underground in this punishment room isn’t to endure in the dungeon there, but because I have a favor to ask.”

“From whom? You’re asking a favor from a prisoner?”

“No. A high-ranking spirit. It’s in charge of the general punishment room guards here.”

“…Wow. That’s really not surprising at all.”

“Really? That’s a relief.”

“That was sarcasm, you bastard…”

“Anyway, I have to ask for something quite precious. So things might get more difficult. I thought it’d be better to know in advance.”

“Why the hell did that idiot bring all his friends saying let’s follow you?”

“I definitely tried to stop him.”

“…”

Giselle cast a slightly suspicious look.

It seemed that with Wardanaz’s abilities, he could mind control Angrago while restraining him.

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