Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 832

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Chapter 832

“Oh. A prophecy from a king-level spirit? How interesting.”

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Such a prophecy is truly fascinating indeed.

Unaware of Lee Han’s inner thoughts, Ragesa, Arrogance Duke, and Arsil each added their comments.

And for the crime of speaking last, Arsil had to endure his younger brother’s fierce glare.

“You said that, didn’t you, brother?”

?!

Arsil waved both hands frantically in surprise.

However, Lee Han had already half-solidified his suspicion.

“Please be honest with me. You said I seemed like I’d become a Marryongwan when talking about me, didn’t you?”

From long ago, Arsil had a tendency to greatly overestimate his relatively young brother.

Knowing this well, Lee Han didn’t doubt for a moment that Arsil had brought up the Marryongwan topic.

Under his brother’s continued suspicion, Arsil shook his head vigorously.

Though Arsil did have expectations for Lee Han, he didn’t predetermine or define to other-dimensional beings ‘what he would become.’

Since words had power, he didn’t want to rashly influence his brother’s future.

How sad that you suspect us. We really never did such a thing!

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“What are you to interfere in other people’s family affairs?”

!

At the cold human mage’s words, Arrogance Duke was deeply hurt.

How could he say such cruel things?

Fortunately, Gwangmok King cleared up Arsil’s misunderstanding.

-Ah. Wait… I must have been mad.

“Indeed. You mean the title you just called me was crazy talk?”

-What did I just say? Oh dear. I must have fallen into madness and made a prophecy again. If it was an unpleasant prophecy, I apologize.

“…”

Who knew an apology could feel this unpleasant.

Lee Han made a complicated expression.

Gwangmok King guessed that the guest had heard quite an unpleasant prophecy and added:

-Human mage. Prophecies don’t necessarily come true just because you hear them.

“That must be right, isn’t it?”

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Be quiet, Garisaima.

Arsil warned Arrogance Duke to be quiet because his brother seemed angry.

It seemed his brother was displeased with having his future pre-limited by the prophecy of becoming a Marryongwan.

-Of course, most of them are correct. My prophecies even more so. Anyway, speak quickly before the madness returns. You came because of a staff?

Gwangmok King spoke hurriedly without taking a breath in a tired voice.

Since normal conversation with the guests would become impossible once madness returned, he planned to finish the discussion quickly.

“That’s right. Of course, I know it’s absurd to make such a request to someone I have no connection with, but if you could give me a chance to pass a trial…”

-If you go north from here, there’s a sacred grove I’ve cultivated. The mages who visited today may go there and take whatever tree branch they want. This promise is made while I’m sane, so it will remain valid even when I fall into madness. I swear by the realm.

Gwangmok King’s words grew faster and faster until there wasn’t even a moment’s pause at the end.

Lee Han, who had been listening with maximum concentration, was flustered.

“Huh. You mean we can just take them?”

Ragesa, who had also been listening intently beside him, was equally flustered.

“Huh. Just take them. Won’t the young mages develop bad habits? I think an appropriate trial would be necessary?”

Despite their kind and righteous appearance, spirits weren’t beings who gave gifts for no reason.

As could be seen from the Empire’s old tales, contracting with spirits itself required passing a kind of test or trial.

If contracting with spirits was like that, then any requests for gifts or powers were the same. Spirits were all beings from other dimensions with their own desires.

Spirits contracted with mages because the spirits themselves needed to borrow the mages’ power.

Spirits gave trials to mages and made them overcome them because the spirits themselves wanted to confirm the mages’ capabilities.

But this Gwangmok King was cheerfully telling them to go to the nearby forest and take whatever tree branch they wanted without demanding any trials, contracts, or negotiations.

From Lee Han’s perspective, it was bewildering. It was the same for Ragesa.

-I have severe madness, so I don’t really need contractors. What meaning would there be when I forget most of the time anyway?

“But would it be alright to give precious treasures to mages without any confirmation at all? Wouldn’t some qualification check be necessary?”

“Lady Ragesa…”

Lee Han called out as if dumbfounded, but Ragesa ignored him.

Gwangmok King answered again.

-I have severe madness, so treasures and wealth don’t mean much to me anyway.

“But you might need to entertain outsiders later?”

-Outsiders rarely come, so there’s no need to prepare for entertaining them. Since you’re here, take what you want. Who knows when you’ll be able to visit again.

“…”

“…”

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Lee Han felt sorry, thinking he might be visiting a struggling, suffering spirit just to extract gifts.

Even the White Tiger Tower students, whose faces had grown thicker since becoming second-years, seemed to feel a bit awkward as they murmured.

“Is… is it really okay?”

“It’s pitiful…”

-My forest is a place that flourishes abundantly anyway, so the mages need not worry. It’s fine, so call all your friends and take some too.

The Spirit King looked tired and weary but possessed the generous dignity befitting a king.

When the incredibly young human mages hesitated, he persuaded them that there was no need to do so.

“Would it really be alright?”

At Angrago’s question, Gwangmok King nodded, then paused for a moment.

-Why are you in prison after receiving tree branches?

“Pardon?”

-I must have been briefly mad again. My headache is getting severe.

“…”

“…”

The friends stared intently at Angrago.

Angrago cried out desperately.

“No, no! Even if I do get imprisoned, it would be for charges light enough that I could escape!”

-Ugh.

Unable to watch any longer, Arsil stepped forward.

Let me bring some tea.

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At Arrogance Duke’s request mixed with aegyo, Arsil knowingly brewed two cups of tea.

Gwangmok King sipped the tea while enduring his throbbing headache, then spoke again.

-For me with madness, guests are very brief and precious connections. Precious connections that are hard to know when we’ll meet among past, present, and future. So you human mages should take as you please. You may never have the chance to meet me again in your lifetimes.

The mages were deeply moved by the Spirit King’s kind and generous words. It even touched Ragesa’s heartstrings.

Even Lee Han, who had heard a prophecy close to slander earlier, felt his heart swell with emotion.

‘They’re both kings, so why is there such a difference between him and Perkuntra?’

One side apologized for not being able to give more to mages with a mind of non-attachment, while the other side was so…

“Spirit King…”

“I’ll think of Your Highness the Gwangmok King every time I use my staff!”

-I wouldn’t recommend it since madness might come. Now go!【/</p】

Gwangmok King issued an order to leave. There was a firmness that suggested he wouldn’t accept any further conversation.

Arsil and Garisaima also stood up to escort the students out for their friend’s sake.

Ah-I-almost-forgot!

Arrogance Duke, who had been escorting the students out, clapped his hands and called Lee Han.

Lee Han, who was about to leave with his friends, turned around in confusion.

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“…”

Perkuntra wasn’t a spirit skilled in prophecy, but she knew how to make proper predictions.

Lee Han was very flustered when he found himself in a position to be led around by the nose by the Arrogance Duke. Moreover, unlike last time, the opponent had even figured out his personal details.

“I have urgent business, so I’ll visit you again later…”

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“…”

Indeed, when it came to a Grand Duke level, it wasn’t easy to deceive them.

While Lee Han desperately racked his brain trying to figure out what to do, the Arrogance Duke’s complexion changed.

Kugh-!

Thud!

The Arrogance Duke fell to his knees. Lee Han and his friends were startled, not knowing why the demon Grand Duke was acting this way.

“What’s wrong?”

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The Arrogance Duke looked at Arsil with eyes full of betrayal.

Unlike other mortals, he thought he was a pacifist, but to commit such an act!

Arsil ignored him and quickly pushed his younger brother’s back. It meant to get out while the Arrogance Duke was paralyzed.

‘…Brother!’

Lee Han looked at Arsil with moved eyes.

To think he would protect his younger brother like this after the absurd suspicion from earlier.

Indeed, there was only family.

“Let’s go!”

Human-mage-wait-our-next-appointment-kugh-!

Ignoring the Arrogance Duke’s desperate calls as he detoxified himself, Lee Han hurriedly escaped with his friends.

* * *

The students walked quietly above the clouds.

Since too many things had happened inside the manor just now, they needed time to process it all.

“…This is incredible luck.”

“R-right!”

The friends decided to gloss over things like the poisoning attempt at the end or Angrago’s imprisonment prophecy, and only look at the positive aspects of the incident.

Ragesa also agreed seriously.

“You youngsters have caught some tremendous luck. Such connections aren’t easy to come by.”

“That’s right, isn’t it??”

All the students had excited expressions thinking about getting tree branches from the Sacred Grove.

‘Something’s strange.’

Lee Han felt puzzled when Ragesa wasn’t being spiteful.

The Gwangmok King had just given things away without even providing trials earlier, so why was she acting so calm?

While Lee Han was suspicious, Ragesa spoke to him first.

“Since he said to bring your close friends to take some too, you can call other youngsters to let them take some as well.”

“…Gasp. Lady Ragesa!”

“?”

When Lee Han exclaimed with a look of realization, Ragesa flinched.

Could this youngster have already figured it out?

“By any chance, can I sell my friend rights for money? To upperclassmen or external mages too…”

“…”

Ragesa felt ashamed of herself for flinching just now.

To be nervous over such words.

“Are you calling that babbling words right now???”

“I could ask out of academic curiosity…”

‘Is this youngster really not from a pirate family?’

Lee Han tried to ask about the limits of contracts and oaths but quickly backed down.

It seemed impossible to sell friend fees after all.

“Don’t think useless thoughts and hurry up and finish before the rift closes. Once Gwangmok King’s madness begins in earnest, you won’t be able to enter.”

“Over there!”

The White Tiger Tower student running at the front discovered a forest visible in the distance and shouted triumphantly.

Unlike other forests positioned in the domain’s sky that were unreachable, there was one forest uniquely positioned above the clouds.

Tap tap tap tap!

The White Tiger Tower student moved forward elastically with the power of enhancement magic.

And he grabbed the branch of the nearest tree and broke it off.

Swoosh!

“?”

The student looked at his empty hands with a stupid expression.

He had definitely grabbed and broken off a branch, but nothing came out. Looking ahead, the branch was intact.

‘One more time…’

Swoosh!

“…”

Only then did the student realize that the tree in front of him was a mirage. Ragesa burst into the laughter she had been holding back.

“Kihihihihi! Even if there are no trials, did you think finding and taking branches from a Spirit King’s forest would be that easy!”

Come to think of it, even without trials, sufficient hardships were expected, which was why Ragesa had accepted it calmly.

Other White Tiger Tower students cursed, but Ragesa ignored them and laughed.

Lee Han suppressed the urge to push her off the clouds and asked.

“Lady Ragesa. Then how should we take them?”

“You have to wander around until you’re chosen.”

“…”

Lee Han unconsciously checked the breadth of the Sacred Grove again. At least it was certain that no end was visible.

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